Download: Hot Sugar- Midimurder I was wondering when this guy was gonna get some significant notice! Beatmusic producer Nick Koenig, a.k.a. Hot Sugar, has been putting together some pretty colorful, vibrant, and hyper-sweet instrumentals for a while now. However, most of what I’ve heard from him hasn’
Some loose, dissonant post-punk from Silver Arm on the track “Man the Falcons,” which hits the ears with a pretty wild groove right from the get-go. Clearly noise and psych rock are influences in addition to danceable punk grooves, and the performance the band gives in the track ain’t
A menagerie of precisely placed sounds dance in divine sequence on Mesita’s new single, “XYXY.” A creature of constant flux, the song opens with a beautiful string and horn passage before locking into a tight groove of punchy drums and bass synth stabs. It’s in this section where
What an interesting track we have here. Operating out of Copenhagen, MØ is the sophisticated electro-pop endeavor of Karen Marie Ørsted who distinguishes herself from the legions of female-lead electro-pop projects out on the blogosphere with compositions that, despite their frigid origins, exhibit warmth, emotion, and even fun. Incorporating steel
It’s been quite the productive year for Geoff Barrow. While he hasn’t been working on the fourth Portishead album that music nerds everywhere would sell their souls to see realized, 2012 did see the release of Quakers, the debut album of his mercurial hip hop endeavor, and >
With Honor Found In Decay, Neurosis releases one of its most straightforward albums yet, forgoing some of the more ambitious instrumentation that’s made it onto past albums in favor of a sound that blends the heavy sounds of sludge with a bit of folk simplicity. WATCH THE REVIEW
Talented Philadelphia-based MC Lushlife has a new video for “Magnolia,” the opening track of his Plateau Vision LP from this year. In it, chunky cardboard cutouts of the song’s lyrics are worn on the heads of people in the various scenarios the song references. Everyone from arsonists to choir
Groovy good feelings all around in this new Dumbo Gets Mad track. Those good feelings come from a clear dub influence that is evident in the song that of course breaks down into psychedelic rock a few times. That groove mixed with their normal trippy nature mixes together something that
Dark Eyes by Half Moon Run Canadian trio Half Moon Run released their album Dark Eyes back in March and it definitely deserves some recognition. It is evident right from the beginning of the album that these guys are extremely gifted musicians and they have tremendous amounts of chemistry with
Artesian by Judd Madden Here is some truly dirty stoner rock with a lot of influence from doom metal. This sound is brought to you from solo artist Judd Madden who hails from Melbourne, Australia. The tracks on Artesian feel thick and absolutely oozing with a pumping ominous style that
