After a three-year silence, London’s minimalistic indie pop group The xx is back with their sophomore album. Titled Coexist, the record is the followup to 2009’s (sort of) self-titled xx. The band has made it available to stream via an embeddable widget, which you can find above. Those
After a three-year silence, London’s minimalistic indie pop group The xx is back with their sophomore album. Titled Coexist, the record is the followup to 2009’s (sort of) self-titled xx. The band has made it available to stream via an embeddable widget, which you can find above. Those
You can now give a the full album from Julian Koster’s The Music Tapes a listen, the album officially came out September 4th, but has been put on soundcloud by Merge records. The album is called Mary’s Voice and is about as odd and whimsical as one would
With modern cameras capable of capturing colors we don’t even have names for, the decision to shoot in black-and-white is not a decision to be made lightly. In his video for the David Byrne/St. Vincent collaborative song “Who,” director Martin de Thurah not only uses black-and-white to establish
Life Gone Wrong by Landscapes Life Gone Wrong is the first album from melodic hardcore outfit Landscapes who hail from the UK. They are attempting to become another one of the few hardcore bands that is attempting to break away from the formula that seems to plague the genre. They
Los Angeles beat maestro The Gaslamp Killer is readying his first proper full-length album for a September 18 release via Brainfeeder. The record will be called Breakthrough, and features guest contributions from Gonjasufi, Samiyam, Shigeto, Dimlite, Daedelus, and several others. The latter is featured on the most recent track to
New Orleans indie pop group Generationals, the duo comprised by Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer, has a new EP on the way titled Lucky Numbers. The band will be self-releasing it on October 2, following last year’s sophomore LP Actor-Castor. Above, you can stream the title track from the
When the adjective optimistic is used to describe electronic pop music, the sounds of treacly, unimaginative boy-girl duos with musical knowledge so primitive they make Beat Happening look like Beethoven in comparison often come to mind. A highly welcome change of pace, Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Altar Eagle pen mature, subtle
By clicking play on the widget above, you won’t be listening to a song. Instead you’ll be listening to a sonic painting. The reason I make this distinction is because the music was not written simply to be a pleasantly arranged series of notes. Instead it is a
I am a huge sucker for Spencer Krugs lyrical style and vocal delivery, there’s a fantastical quality about it that still remains raw with emotion, it feels genuinely unique. Of course he is best known for his bands: Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown. His new focus is collaborative/solo
