Chelsea Wolfe releases the first single off of her upcoming album Pain is Beauty on Sargent House. The track is a perfect piece of cinematic synth-pop. The track starts with a pulsing synth, which is joined by a repetitive acoustic guitar strum, and understated synth strings. The song then juggles
Mount Kimbie: You Took Your Time on Nowness.com This video is from Mount Kimbie’s latest album, which features a collaboration with UK songwriter, rapper, and singer King Krule. The track casts Krule as the slightly patois-inflected wanderer of the London suburbs, and the video shoots other characters of
This video is from a track off of Mick Jenkin’s mixtape, Trees & Truth. Mick hails from Chicago, and affects the same cold stare and disaffected voice as those from the drill scene, but spits over soul beats that sound like something Ka or Roc Marciano would cook up
This video is off of Billy Woods’ collaboration with underground producer extraordinaire Blockhead. The LP Dour Candy, on Backwoodz Recordings, is out today. Billy Woods plays the grizzled, angry man walking around abandoned houses with a dog and a hunting rifle, face obscured through digital blurs. His raps are gruff
Indie rock legends Pixies release their first new music since 1992, the rocky cut “Bagboy.” At the time of this blurb’s writing, the top comment on the Youtube video is from user ExLionTamer13 and reads “First minute: “Oh no, I don’t like this.” Next 30 seconds: “Okay, this
Indie rock legends Pixies release their first new music since 1992, the rocky cut “Bagboy.” At the time of this blurb’s writing, the top comment on the Youtube video is from user ExLionTamer13 and reads “First minute: “Oh no, I don’t like this.” Next 30 seconds: “Okay, this
Japanese singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu comes through with a second collection of tracks that are some of the most colorful and eccentric mainstream pop songs from her country. WATCH THE REVIEW
Chicago experimental rock group Locrian creates some evocative sounds on a rough recording. I just wish their melodies and songwriting were as gripping as their moody, apocalyptic aesthetic. WATCH THE REVIEW
Smith Westerns’ Soft Will shows the Chicago band upping their recording quality, and really showcasing the big melodies and choruses that were hidden under some of the muck on their last record, Dye It Blonde. WATCH THE REVIEW
Despite the dramatic cover art and album title, J. Cole’s sophomore effort doesn’t seem any more emotional or focused than his debut. WATCH THE REVIEW
