Indie folk outfit Villagers has a new single out titled “the Waves,” which features an extremely surprising change of direction for the band whose previous efforts were mostly humbling, sad, singer-songwriter tunes with baroque instrumentation and a Bright Eyes-esque personality. This new track, though, features loads of electronics, louder instrumentation,
Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum drops another track from what’s going to be his second full-length album this year, Ocean Roar. It’s a slow, serene ballad featuring the kind of atmospheric synths that were so prevalent on this albums predecessor, Clear Moon. Some of Phil’s lyrics leave
[audio:http://www.stonesthrow.com/jukebox/karriem_moogy.mp3] Multi-instrumentalist and hip hop producer Kariem Riggins has a new collection of instrumentals dropping on Stones Throw later this year titled Alone Together, which is kind of the culmination of two collections of instrumentals titled Alone and Together. Alone is currently
Some futuristic, synth-heavy footwork on this new, free EP from LiL ≏ JaBBA, one of the stranger up-and-coming electronic music producers right now. Dig on it via the widget above.
L.A. producer Matthewdavid recently dropped a new EP titled Producers in 2012 Learn to Spread Love via Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder imprint. It is available as a free download over at the Brainfeeder website. A track from the EP, “Stop & Realize,” is also streaming via the SoundCloud widget
MC Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis drop a new track from their forthcoming album, which is dropping in October, and they’ve attached this hilarious music video to it. Obviously, this track is a lot more lighthearted than the last tune these guys dropped, but I still can’t help
Stream: Jens Lekman- I Know What Love Isn’t On September 3, Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman will be releasing his third LP, titled I Know What Love Isn’t, via Secretly Canadian. The folks over at The Quietus have made it available to stream now; just follow the link above
Electronic artist Rustie proved on his last LP, Glass Swords, that he was able to make interesting music that is very club and dubstep influenced while maintaining some personality in terms of style. A balance that I imagine is difficult to maintain. “Surph” is a track from that LP, and
A new track from Julian Koster project, the Music Tapes. Koster was a member of indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel and is a member of Elephant 6 Collective, which also features Of Montreal among former band mates like Jeff Magnum. This new track in a surprise to no one
