• 2012

    “Your Cast Will Tire” is one of many shadowy and unsettling moments from the new Raime album, Quarter Turns Over a Living Line, which is out now via the fittingly titled Blackest Ever Black label. The seven tracks here toy with dark ambient soundscapes, pulsating beats, and some dub effects

  • 2012

    Detroit drummer and producer Karriem Riggins releases a video for the Alone Together track “Summer Madness,” which actually features a few other instrumental moments from his latest album, too. Check a review of the LP right here. /via/

  • 2012

    “Send Me Down” is the b-side to the latest single from California pop and contemporary R&B trio HAIM. It’s a polyrhythm-laden tune that carries a pretty heavy Michael Jackson influence. Actually, that’s the case with much of this outfit’s material, but they channel it into

  • 2012

    A track from Half Way Home, which is the latest album from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Cairo Gang cohort Angel Olsen. It’s a pretty wonderful tune, too. It well-sung, emotive, and I love the desperate romance coming from the lyrics as well. The bass and drums are pretty modest,

  • Though Goat’s combination of African music and psychedelic rock is quite novel, the band doesn’t back it up with much in terms of songwriting or execution. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • Though Goat’s combination of African music and psychedelic rock is quite novel, the band doesn’t back it up with much in terms of songwriting or execution. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    With one stellar instrumental after another from the Alchemist, and a series of rhymes that perfectly fit this album’s outlandish exploitation film cover, Rare Chandeliers is easily Bronson’s most consistent and impressive project yet. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • While Vessel does create a pretty consistent and well-groomed style on this album, which fuses elements of IDM and techno with some of the most shadowy sounds on record, some tracks are clearly more well-developed than others. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    Though New York’s up and coming Ratking comes through with a lot of energy, and a pretty grimy sound, the hip hop quartet doesn’t show a lot of prowess when it comes to focus and songwriting. I’m not that disheartened, though. From what I can tell, it

  • brooklyn

    Some heart-warming pop coming through on this new Plume Giant video for the track “We Got It Made,” which was shot and directed in New Haven, Connecticut. The song’s got a pretty joyous finish, and it’s honeyed throughout with some tight vocal harmonies that bring some nice personality