• Well, here’s a collaboration that’s totally from out of left-field. New York rap group Ratking has teamed up with New York noise musician Eric Copeland (of Black Dice fame) for Converse’s upcoming Cons EP Vol. 1. Because Copeland has been moving towards a slightly more accessible style

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    While I’ve never been a huge fan of RL Grime, this new co-produced track he’s released with Baauer is an outright banger extraordinaire. The reverbed, popping percussion matched with the massive hits of bass throughout this thing are a nice mix, and the groove is absolutely killer. Enjoy!

  • 2013

    Singer-songwriter Angel Olsen goes electric and heavy on this new track from her forthcoming record, which is set to drop via Jagjaguwar on February 18th! The title of this thing: Burn Your Fire For No Witness. While I’m not huge on this mid-paced, slightly lo-fi garage rock sound, Angel’

  • 2013

    Singer-songwriter Angel Olsen goes electric and heavy on this new track from her forthcoming record, which is set to drop via Jagjaguwar on February 18th! The title of this thing: Burn Your Fire For No Witness. While I’m not huge on this mid-paced, slightly lo-fi garage rock sound, Angel’

  • 2013

    Julianna Barwick’s latest album Nepenthe expanded on her solo-voice sound, adding more piano along with strings and horns and even a choir. One of the album’s most serene cuts, “The Harbinger”, just got the video treatment. The clip opens with some beautiful underwater shots of a body suspended

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    POSTMADONNA by Postmadonna The members of Seattle “spazzcore” quartet Postmadonna appear to be in desperate need of some Ritalin. But the animated, effervescent results of their latest self-titled effort are cause for us all to hope that they never want to shake their ADHD. Released earlier this year, Postmadonna is

  • The Scallops Hotel is a new Milo-affiliated hip hop musical side-project that has a new record on the way, which I believe is titled poplar grove (or how to rap with a hammer). Milo didn’t produce all of the tracks, though. Lee Bannon, Iglooghost, and Busdriver all contribute to

  • This past Halloween, Australian death metal outfit Portal shared this spooky music video for Vexovoid cut “Curtain.” The short was adapted from Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Conqueror Worm,” using puppets to re-tell the story. Choice imagery includes a ghoulish orchestra bowing their instruments with femurs, and the titular toothed

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    Dissed And Dismissed by Tony Molina Be sure to give this debut album from California post-hardcore artist, Tony Molina, a listen. Dissed and Dismissed is comprised of 12 tracks that pack plenty of sick-ass riffs into their seemingly paltry 11-minute total runtime. Notably, the penultimate track is a cover of

  • 2013

    The experimental California hip hop outfit known as Death Grips has dropped their latest full-length out of the blue with no explanation at all. It’s streamable on SoundCloud, watchable on YouTube, and downloadable on a slew of different file-sharing sites. The title: Government Plates. Give a listen below, and