While I think California’s letlive. has pulled together some intense performances on this new album of theirs, the obnoxious vocal harmonies and poppy appeals keeps this album’s thrill short-lived. WATCH THE REVIEW
With subtle influences from black and death metal, Lycus has pulled together a heavy and incredibly melodic doom metal album that will probably get you whipping out your air guitar at least a few times during its 40-minute run-time. WATCH THE REVIEW
This video is for “Off the Record”, off of Ka’s new record The Knight’s Gambit. The song is a minimal ode to rap music, employing classic album titles as fuel for his wise-man on the corner sermons. The video is equally minimal, as Ka explores the biggest record
Washed Out–a.k.a. Ernest Greene–releases this video for “Don’t Give Up” off of his upcoming album, Paracosm. Paracosm means a detailed fantasy world, and this video looks to make the creatures of our own world into the creatures that inhabit a paracosm. The video consists entirely
Soundsmith James Ferarro offers this single off of his upcoming project with a terrifying name, NYC, Hell 3:00. The song begins with what sounds like a lo-fi version of something off of Zomby’s newest LP, combining dark dread with rolling trap high-hats. Ferraro’s vocals enter, sounding more
Mac Miller, the world’s most unlikely rap-critic’s pet, has released a fittingly psychedelic video for this cut off of his recent LP Watching Movies With the Sound Off. The video cycles between images of Mac rapping in a room of mirrors filled with lightbulbs and of a pretty
Elusive Liverpool-based experimental artist Matthew Barnes–a.k.a. Forest Swords–is set to release his debut full-length, Engravings, on August 26th via Tri Angle Records. Barnes has shared the track, “The Weight of Gold,” in which he offers a slightly more refined blend of the soothing lo-fi dub electronics
This week, The Flaming Lips shared the official music video for The Terror track, “Turning Violent.” The audio and footage are taken from a particularly dynamic live rendition of the late-album cut. Here, the spacious intro and first verse are subdued to the point of nearly being inaudible, but give
Alternative hip hop artist Hopsin is scheduled to release his third studio full-length Knock Madness on November 26th via his label Funk Volume. This week, he shared a new song from the project, “Ill Mind of Hopsin 6,” in which the rapper ruminates in the loss of a close friend
Syrian musician Omar Souleyman has announced that he has a new album titled Wenu Wenu due out on October 22nd via Ribbon Music. Souleyman made this new LP with the help of his right-hand man, Rizan Sa’id, but unlike previous efforts; it was recorded primarily in the studio. Excitingly,
