• 2012

    Stream: Surahn- “Watching the World” Some tight, groovin’, and danceable pop from Surahn on “Watching the World,” which is set to be on this dude’s forthcoming EP on DFA Records. While the label has always been a supporter of various forms of alternative dance music, this track sidesteps weird

  • 2012

    mono no aware: between eternity and the burial by shizune Italy’s Shizune, which is a group of post-hardcore revivalists that I’ve featured on the site before, have a new EP streaming on their Bandcamp, and the band’s production sounds slightly improved. Nice! Of course, their tight playing,

  • 2012

    Internal Combustion by Tony Falco & Josh Sinton A series of free jazz odysseys on this new collection of tracks from percussionist Tony Falco and saxophonist Josh Sinton. While Falco and Sinton don’t create the most relentless or chaotic improvisations, they do get quite noisy and freakish. Stream it

  • 2012

    Accomplished composer Michael Price is set to release a new EP on Erased Tapes this December titled A Stillness. “A Bridge” is the first track to drop from it, and it’s a beautifully arranged and inspiring set of strings ascending through one movement after another. Give a listen via

  • 2012

    King Krule drops some visuals on what’s one of this year’s catchiest singles. Can’t wait for this dude to drop a full-length. Check my review of his last EP right here.

  • While Crystal Castles continues writing some decent electropop tunes, on III the Toronto duo sees fit to decorate all of them with generic drum timbres and an overabundance of reverb. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    Download: Mykki Blanco- Cosmic Angel: Illuminati Prince/ss Mykki Blanco, self-proclaimed “acid punk” rapper from New York, has dropped her debut mixtape, titled Cosmic Angel: Illuminati Prince/ss. Featuring production from Gatekeeper, Flosstradamus, Booty & Le1f, and more, the 15-track release is available to stream and download above via Datpiff.

  • amenra

    Some very intense and haunting sludge metal here from Belgium’s Amenra. I really cannot stress enough just how haunting this song is. The vocals are filled with a sort of furious pain that sounds so distant like it is being sucked up by the instrumentation, but not in such

  • Back in March, Norwegian songstress Susanne Sundfør released The Silicone Veil, a 10-track exercise in string-kissed, electronically influenced art pop. Above, you can stream the standout title track from the album. One of the aspects I admire most about Susanne’s music is her exploratory approach to songwriting. Rather than

  • 2012

    History Eraser by courtney barnett Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett specializes in writing infectious garage pop/rock tunes. Her most recent single is “History Eraser,” and it follows the debut EP she released back in April, which is titled I’ve Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris. Stream