It’s been ten years since Philly band Man Man first started pulling together their unique blend of art pop, experimental rock, funk, soul, cabaret, and vintage pop. The band is now getting ready to release their fifth full-length, which will actually be their third for Anti. Since the band’
King Krule drops a new single with the track “Easy Easy.” The UK singer-songwriter has been teasing fans for months now with the prospect of a new album. But, so far, all signs are pointing to a solid, emotive, and captivating full-length debut. The dude’s spacey guitar reverb, driving
Cakes Da Killa is a New York MC whose latest mixtape, The Eulogy, caught my ear earlier this year. I loved the tape, really. Cake came through on most of the tracks with a blistering flow, high charisma, hilarious lyrics, and more personality than most. I’m happy to see
Latin music supergroup Ondatrópica covering man, myth, legend Fela Kuti on this new single of theirs for Soundway Records. If you’re unfamiliar with this band, they just so happened to put out one of the most ambitious records in modern Latin music last year. The band features approximately forty
Yesterday, the eminent indie pop act, of Montreal, announced that it has a new album called lousy with sylvianbriar due out October 8th via Polyvinyl. The LP was recorded in a home studio on a 24-track tape machine, resulting in a set of 11 songs that frontman Kevin Barnes describes
Ariel Pink comes through with a new, collaborative a-side with Jorge Elbrecht with the song “Hang On To Life.” The 7″ is due for release on Mexican Summer, and the track basically embodies everything that’s been so great about Ariel’s material over the past several years. “Hang On
When it comes to the more creative side of hip hop beats, Ras G is one of the oldest sonic alchemists on the West Coast today. He’s got a new album on the way via Brainfeeder Records this year, and from the sound of this first track from it,
UK-based rapper Blue Daisy has a few notable tracks out that have pretty creative videos attached to them. While he hasn’t exactly been establishing himself as a proponent of highbrow lyricism, for me, his songs do have a certain aggression and darkness to them that I find somewhat attractive.
Some strong, melodic, and catchy dance pop from the guys in Holy Ghost! on the song streaming above, “Teenagers In Heat.” It’s a track that’s been co-produced by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, and I think the band’s direction on this song is pretty interesting. It’s
A new single from Atmosphere that’s loaded with Bob Seger references. While the tips of the hat to Bob revolve mostly around his hit song “Night Moves,” it actually turns into a pretty cool metaphor for the song. Slug comes off captivating on his two verses here, but I
