• 2012

    Unconscious Collective by Unconscious Collective Chaotic and flashy jazz fusion from the Unconscious Collective, which actually features one of my favorite things in jazz: Vibraphone. Yeah, weird thing favor in such a genre, but whatever. What’s interesting is the drums and vibraphone on this record are played by the

  • While Bish Bosch isn’t the strangest thing walking the planet, that certainly seems to be what he aims for on what is easily his most absurd album yet. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • Sweden’s Cult of Luna sticks to its guns on this new track from their forthcoming album, Vertikal, which is set to drop January 29th. The new track, “I: The Weapon” mixes the heavy, spacious sounds of atmospheric sludge metal with the melodic sensibilities of post-hardcore very nicely. The song

  • 2012

    Nervously Counting Rosary Beads by Guzzlemug On their bandcamp, Chicago’s Guzzlemug promises a 29-minute epic with the piece “Nervously Counting Rosary Beads,” and they more or less deliver with a group chorus, sludgy guitar riffs, and intensely improvised freakouts! Enjoy via the widget above, and check out the band’

  • el-p

    From his new, free EP that he released via Scion, here is a music video for Nick Hook’s “Sirens.” It’s a playfully dark set of visuals featuring a girl lip syncing to rap verses as if she were telling a ghost story. She puts the perfect amount of

  • 2012

    Romanian metal outfit Dordeduh combines elements of folk music from their home country with black metal and progressive metal. While the recording is a little rough and muddy, the resulting sound still maintains a lot of beauty. There’s a foreign mysticism to Dordeduh’s music, which fans of Negură

  • 2012

    Roomful of Teeth by Roomful of Teeth Roomful of Teeth is an experimental choral group founded and directed by Brad Wells a few years ago. Their music makes use of an array of singing techniques. Not only does the group have a strong set of beautiful singing voices, but they’

  • Members of Wu-Tang Clan and D-Block–mostly Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch–get together for a mostly enjoyable collection of hardcore hip hop songs loaded with gritty tales told with charismatic flows. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • The debut full-length from Code Orange Kids delivers all of the heaviness the band’s previous EPs promised, but the songs tend to be somewhat hit-or-miss. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • foxygen

    Foxygen drops a strange video for the song “Shuggie,” which features an array of characters who are completely infatuated with a mysterious black box. While there’s no real explanation as to what makes the black box so damn interesting–or delicious–it does highlight the absurdity of obsessions people