California punk revivalists OFF! drop a new, hilarious video featuring Jack Black and the dudes from OFF! in the midst of some kind of backstreet brawl that would have taken place in some kind of low-budget action movie that was shot in the 70s. Check my review of OFF!’s
Death Grips drops a gritty new video for the track “World of Dogs,” which I’m happy contains no images of penises. Anyway, the track comes from the experimental hip hop trio’s new album, NO LOVE DEEP WEB. Hear the album here, and check out a review here.
Though the new Mountain Goats album doesn’t hold many surprises for longtime fans, John Darnielle does continue delivering some of the most unique and riveting tales in the singer-songwriter world. WATCH THE REVIEW
With a more colorful recording, bolder experiments, and more expansive jams, Australia’s Tame Impala shows nothing but improvement on their sophomore effort, Lonerism. WATCH THE REVIEW
Vast, sound-rich, and enveloping, this new collection of ambient material from M. Sage is actually quite interesting. I like that this young producer works to evoke a number of different moods among eight tracks here. There are spots that feel as if I’m sitting in on unreleased material from
A live video courtesy of the good people at KEXP of Alt-J playing one of the prettier ballads from the band’s new album, An Awesome Wave. Check out a review of the album right here.
With her new, acoustic album dropping next week via Sargent House–the title is Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs–here’s a less session’d version of the track “Flatlands.” Not only does Chelsea’s voice on this track sound pretty dark and seductive, but the strings that
With a new album titled Mars on the way before 2013 kicks in–I assume–here’s a track from Sinkane titled “Jeeper Creeper.” I’m digging the mix of influences on this track. The instrumentation here pulls together elements of psych music, drone, funk, and afrobeat as well. What’
Woodsist Records’ Babies have a new record on the way titled Our House On The Hill. It’s looking at a Nov. 13th release date, and “Get Lost” is one albums’ 12 cuts. The song features a messy, explosive folk rock intro–which will probably appeal to Woods fans–but
With Numbers, Mellowhype manages to churn out a few decent beats, but the lyrical content and originality are more lacking than ever. It seems making an interesting hip hop record is not in Mellowhype’s career itinerary. Instead, portraying the forgettable fantasies of that “cool kid with a c average”
