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  • Feb 18 Album Reviews

    Baauer - "Harlem Shake"

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    With monstrous hits of bass, detailed trap-style hi-hats, and an infectiously unique synth riff, if Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” isn’t a perfect banger, it’s pretty damn close. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Feb 18 Album Reviews

    Grouper - The Man Who Died In His Boat

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    On her latest installment of tracks–which were formulated at the time of 2008’s Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill–multi-instrumentalist Liz Harris brings another collection of ambient-style folk tracks that are opaque, shadowy, and extremely emotive. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Feb 18 Album Reviews

    Pissed Jeans - Honeys

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    On Pissed Jeans’ latest effort the band still sounds, uh, pissed. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Feb 18 2013

    Foals - Holy Fire

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    On Foals’ third full-length album, the UK rock band continues down the path they set for themselves on 2010’s Total Life Forever, favoring newfound maturity over the raw energy that made the band so exciting in the first place.   WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Feb 18 1000 years

    Black Pus - "1000 Years"

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    Lightning Bolt’s more percussive half, Brian Chippendale, has a new album on the way via his solo pseudonym, Black Pus. “1000 Years” is the first track to drop from this forthcoming album, which is titled All My Relations and looking at a March release date on Thrill Jockey. It’

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  • Feb 18 2013

    The Coathangers and Nü Sensae Have a New Split

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    Thanks to the good people at Suicide Squeeze, two up-and-comers in the rough and wild world of garage and noise rock have a new split on the way. The 7″ single features new tracks from Vancouver’s Nü Sensae and Atlanta’s the Coathangers. Give a listen to both tracks

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  • Feb 18 2013

    Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge - "The Rise of the Ghostface Killah"

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    Wu-Tang’s very own Ghostface Killah is gearing up for another full-length LP. The title: Twelve Reasons To Die, and it’s dropping on RZA’s Soul Temple Music in the middle of April. The song is inconspicuous once it gets past the dramatic, narrative intro; however, the beat here

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  • Feb 14 avantgarde

    Grayceon - Pearl and the End of Days

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    Pearl and the End of Days by Grayceon San Francisco-based doom/progressive/noise outfit Grayceon just released a new EP yesterday for free on Flenser Record’s bandcamp page. This is certainly one of the most exciting pieces of progressive metal I’ve heard this year. If you’re a

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  • Feb 14 2013

    OXYxMORON - The Woods

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    The Woods by OXYxMORON OXYxMORON is a smooth, Southern hip hop trio from South Carolina, and the Woods is its latest project. The tracks here have a lot of sweet, jazzy beats that have some tight 808-style drums backing them up. A lot of the heartfelt, honest lyricism reminds me

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  • Feb 14 2013

    Gobby - Lantern EP

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    Download: Gobby – Lantern EP Electronic music producer Gobby has never been afraid to get indulgent, and his latest set of tracks on the Lantern EP show him going down the juke and footwork route with loads of sporadic samples and dense rhythms. He seems to embrace the most obnoxious qualities

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