• 2013

    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

  • 2013

    New York’s swankiest rock band, the Strokes, have dropped another single from their forthcoming LP, Comedown Machine. The album currently looking at a March 26th release date, but I’m not so sure I’m excited to get there after this listening experience. As you may know, I dug

  • 2013

    A few days ago, I told you guys about up-and-coming hip hop outfit clipping, and their debut mixtape midcity. The be blunt, the tracks on this thing are noisy and hedonistic, and that’s all there is to it. The project now has a new video about, and it’s

  • 2013

    On this new, sophomore album, Jangle pop outfit Veronica falls works to homogenize their sound, but the issue is that it wasn’t really that diverse in the first place. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • Video of producer / DJ Holly Herndon performing at the Boiler Room. It’s not the most accessible Boiler Room set you’ll see; it actually takes Holly about twelve minutes to present some semblance of a steady beat. However, it’s still pretty awesome to see her perform the mind-bending

  • 2013

    Stream the new Beach Fossils album in full via the Hype Machine widget above. Though I haven’t really been a huge fan of most groups shooting for this guitar-driven dream pop sound, I’m finding this new record to be way more detailed, approachable, and memorable. Of course, it

  • baths

    A precious track from Cokiyu, which features bubbly synth arpeggios, dreamy vocals, and a slow-moving beat that’s riddled with detail. Cokiyu is the pseudonym of music producer Yukiko Ito, and the track streaming above comes from her latest single release, “Haku,” which features collaborations from a handful of different

  • !!! have a new album on the way titled THR!!!ER, and “SLYD” is the first track to drop from it. It’s a smooth, sexy, dance-friendly jam with loads of vocal cuts and driving beats. Enjoy! Look for the new album at the end of April.

  • 2013

    Everything Everything delivers a session performance of the song “Duet” for The Line of Best Fit. Watch, enjoy. I was catching a serious Coldplay vibe on this track, but the band’s eccentric approach to vocals and melody definitely keep them in a spot of their own.

  • A group of quick, cursory reviews of albums, tracks, and other musical events that occurred this past week that I wanted to talk about a bit, which includes new stuff from James Blake, Pusha T, Grave Babies, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and more. WATCH THE REVIEWS