• 2013

    Fears by Pretty Mouth Toronto experimental rock outfit Pretty Mouth certainly lives up to its creepy name, creating what sounds like a legitimate nightmare on the first track of this new album. While the band does showcase white a bit of influence from grindcore and noise rock, the vocals on

  • 2013

    Peace, Love, and GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE by Stone Titan Connecticut sludge/noise outfit Stone Titan has followed up their recently released full-length debut with a new EP of tracks that you can stream via the widget above. It’s heavy, feedback-filled, and in your fucking face.

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    Radioactivity – s/t by Dirtnap Records If you’re in the mood for a no-frills power pop project in the Ramones tradition, then look no further than the latest, self-titled effort from Dirtnap Records signee Radioactivity. Being a Jeff Burke project, Radioactivity is expectedly filled to the brim with infectious

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    Mind Spiders – Inhumanistic by Dirtnap Records With its reliance on synths and drum machines, its “tight, claustrophobic” recording, and its “Devo-influenced” aesthetic, Inhumanistic–the new album from  Portland punk rock outfit Mind Spiders–certainly lives up to its title. This is without a doubt the group’s most understated effort

  • 2013

    Australian producer Flume has a new mixtape out that features a myriad of different artists singing and rapping on his glamorously synthetic production, and the track above brings together R&B up-and-comer Autre Ne Veut with hip hop vet Ghostface Killa. Crazy, right? Though the track is short, the

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    Microhouse’s eeriest DJ is now dropping hard-nosed techno grooves under the name Audion, which is apparently a long-running side-project that’s been around long enough to have a “retrospective” album coming out on December 10th on Spectral Sound. Because of the vague description of just how long Audion has

  • Argentine singer/songwrtier Juana Molina just released her wonderful new album, Wed 21. And with it comes a music video for its lead track, “Eras.” Artfully creepy, the clip depicts a creature known as the Bichapong that has a blue face with only eyes (including one for a mouth). While

  • 2013

    New York psych folk outfit Grizzly Bear has a new b-side to offer up from their previous full-length, Sheilds. Stream it via the widget above, and grab a copy of it on the expanded reissue of the aforementioned album, which is dropping officially tomorrow. Enjoy!

  • 2013

    Massachusetts Singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler is about ready to release July, the follow-up to her mini-album The Sister from 2012. “Dead City Emily” is the first song to drop from it, and it basically gives us what we have come to expect: deftly plucked guitars, poetic lyrics, and ghostly beautiful vocals.

  • 2013

    Folkie Josephine Foster has been pretty busy these past couple years, and now she’s releasing the follow up to last year’s quietly great Blood Rushing. It’s called I’m a Dreamer, and here’s the title track. It has a certain timeless quality, sounding as if it