After the quiet, contemplative Clear Moon dropped in May, I almost immediately started yearning for the more aggressive side of Mount Eerie that albums like 2008’s Wind’s Poem had displayed. Thankfully, the new Mount Eerie album Ocean Roar delivers just that. The title track is the first song
Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar has been having a great year in 2012. He’s collaborated with Dr. Dre, announced a collaboration with Lady Gaga, performed at a number of high profile festivals (including Pitchfork, which I attended in July), and if all goes as planned, his major label debut good
Today marks the release of Four Tet’s new record Pink, a compilation of sorts that collects all of the 12″ singles that he has released recently for his Text imprint. The album also includes two new tracks, both of which hover around 10 minutes in length and both of
Stream: Swans- The Seer Slowly but surely, the practically unclassifiable art rock titans Swans have unleashed tracks from their new album The Seer. Last month, they dropped an edited version of “The Apostate,” which appears on The Seer in its complete, 23-minute duration, and last week they released another gargantuan
After several years consisting of a handful of features and tracks, MF DOOM is finally back with a full-length album. This time, he’s spitting over a series of instrumentals from Jneiro Jarel. WATCH THE REVIEW
Southern California’s Xibalba drags listeners down to the “place of fear” the band’s name references, combining the heaviness of doom and sludge with the aggression of hardcore punk and even metalcore. Sunn O)))’s Greg Anderson shows up on a few tracks, too. WATCH THE REVIEW
CRAB CAKE by Atomic Farmhouse L.A. hip hop project Atomic Farmhouse is rough around the edges, but has a lotta personality to offer. Remember how I just said MF DOOM has a lotta influence on these up-and-comers? This is one of those cases, I’d say. However, that doesn’
Stream: http://radio.myanimalhome.net/ In case you missed all the hubbub last night when Animal Collective streamed their new album Centipede Hz in full on the latest installment of their internet radio program, the full album has been archived for streaming on the band’s website. You can either
Sonic adventurer Flying Lotus has dropped a new track from his forthcoming album, Until the Quiet Comes, and it features the terrific Erykah Badu on vocals. I also suspect Thundercat may have something to do with the bassline. This album will be the followup to 2010’s well-received Cosmogramma, and
[audio:http://www.southernlord.com/mp3/08%20Ignorant%20Bastards%20copy.mp3] OILTANKER is a Hartford d-beat punk band with a loud, aggressive, and crusty reputation. Their guitar tones are a bit thicker than one would expect from a band in this style, which made their latest album, the Shadow of
