• 2013

    Stream the latest track from neo-no wavers Housewives. via the embed above. The track is titled “Medicine Bottle,” and features squawking guitars, a finicky sax, relentless drums, and some deadpan vocals. Enjoy!

  • 2013

    On this new track, “Half-Hearted Love,” Clare Maguire sounds wise beyond her 26 years. She sings in a fairly low, commanding register, and her voice has a quivery vibrato akin to a less unhinged Beth Gibbons or Fiona Apple. It is her best tool, and it’s the biggest reason

  • 2013

    On this new track, “Half-Hearted Love,” Clare Maguire sounds wise beyond her 26 years. She sings in a fairly low, commanding register, and her voice has a quivery vibrato akin to a less unhinged Beth Gibbons or Fiona Apple. It is her best tool, and it’s the biggest reason

  • 2013

    Still by Weekend Nachos Chicago’s Weekend Nachos has never been a favorite of mine when it comes to the heavier side of modern music. I guess I’ve always felt their sound wasn’t that bold; however, it would be a shame not to share their new full-length of

  • On M.I.A.’s latest record, the UK-based rapper, singer, and producer takes a small step away from the noisy production that made her last record so bombastic, but still manages to deliver a series of smart, infectious, and wild banger-style party tracks.

  • Daniel Avery assembles a diverse album of well-crafted tech house tracks that’s solid from start to finish.

  • hip hop

    NYC rap group Ratking has dropped a dazzling new video and single, “100.” It looks as though since the release of last year’s Wiki93 EP,  the outfit has matured and refined its glitchy modern take on old-school New York hip hop to the point that “100” is not only

  • album

    The Frights by The Frights San Diego surf-punk trio The Frights put out their self-titled debut LP this past Halloween, a fitting release date given that the band describes itself as the “house band for a 1950’s underwater Halloween party.” With its delightfully messy, reverb-drenched recording and “dirty” take

  • 2013

    While they have a name that has gone through multiple iterations before arriving at this current one, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra have been fairly consistent. Grand, orchestral (sorry!) songs with elements of folk and post-rock thrown into the pot, Silver Mt. Zion make big songs, and this new

  • 2013

    Sounds like up-and-coming rapper Ryshon Jones isn’t happy about the current de-emphasis on lyrics in hip hop. Even though he hops on a banging, futuristic trap beat for this new single of his, the social critique he dishes out is pretty sharp, hilarious, and undeniable to an extent. Enjoy!