• atlanta

    Stream: Dead In the Dirt – “No Chain” The Atlanta, GA powerviolence trio DEAD IN THE DIRT is certainly an intriguing up-and-comer in the world of extreme music. The band pulls together some truly unrelenting and pummeling grindcore and powerviolence tunes, but all while advocating a straight-edge and vegan code of

  • acid rap

    Chicago-based hip hop artist has shared the official music video for Acid Rap cut, “Everybody’s Something.” The trippy video features a silhouetted Chance floating in space while a barrage of biological, political, and astronomical images are projected on him. You can watch a review of Acid Rap here:

  • 2013

    Is Survived By will be the third full-length LP from California’s Touché Amoré, and it’s currently looking at a September 24th release date on Deathwish. “Just Exist” is the first track to drop from the forthcoming album, and it features all of the band’s best qualities: tight

  • 2013

    Famed electronic music producer Kieran Hebden, a.k.a. Four Tet, has a new album on the way titled Beautiful Rewind, and “Kool FM” is the first single to drop from it. Like Tet’s Pink compilation forecast, “Kool FM” sees Hebden’s productions heading further into the worlds of

  • It would seem that ex-The Books member Nick Zammuto has a second album–huh?–on the way. Not only does this video note that, but the single above is essentially all the proof you need. “Need Some Sun” is one of Zammuto’s smoothest tracks yet, not really showcasing a

  • 2013

    New York indie rock outfit TV On the Radio has a brand new single out, and it’s much punchier than many of the tracks from the very smooth Nine Types of Light they dropped a few years ago. Actually, I’d call “Mercy” an incredibly driving song, fueled by

  • 2013

    Up-and-coming pop trio Haim has turned just about every head you’d want to in the blog-o-sphere with their hooky, layered, well-written pop songs that subtly reference everything from new wave to Michael Jackson. The band just dropped a new single with “The Wire,” and it’s got to be

  • British dance duo Basement Jaxx is back with its second single since 2009’s Zephyr, titled “What a Difference Your Love Makes.” The song features some fittingly kitschy 90’s house vocals from guest singer Sam Brookes, as well as the kind of bouncy and progressive electronics one is to

  • With “Young Blood,” Canadian indie rocker Mac DeMarco adds his name to the impressive list of fine musicians who’ve contributed to the ongoing Adult Swim Singles Program. The song features a simple, surfy lo-fi groove and Mac’s garbled vocals tell a weirdo narrative about hockey. The single will

  • blues

    Chicago-based experimental lo-fi folk artist Willis Earl Beal has shared a new song taken from his forthcoming sophomore LP Nobody knows. Thanks to Beal’s powerful inflection, “Too Dry to Cry” deviously comes across as incredibly profound and soulful on the surface, but its lyrical content is just as raw