One of the darkest, strangest up-and-coming MCs out there right now is Haleek Maul. The dude recently dropped the Chrome Lips tape with Supreme Cuts, and Haleek continues to build his sound on this new track. “88” features a really spacious beat, some eerie synths, pitch-shifted voices, and the slightly
The mysterious and gentle pop duo known as Rhye has recently dropped a new single titled “the Fall,” and it’s a light, danceable, and string-kissed piece of soft-spoken beauty. As moving as it is delicate. Get more music from Rhye on Innovative Leisure. /via/
Mamiffer / Pyramids by Mamiffer / Pyramids Mamiffer and Pyramids come together for some for a split 12, featuring some pretty heady and dark noise, drones, and experimental musings. This, sadly, will be one of the final releases of the soon-to-be-disbanded Hydra Head records. /via/
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
