AETERNA (2012) by Black Swan To those of you who prefer their ambient music as dark and eerie as possible, allow me to direct your attention to the experimental drone project Black Swan. I’ve heard plenty of artists toy with “dark ambient” music with underwhelming results, mostly at the
Members Trap Arnold and Rewrote of the trippy, electronic group M|O|D dropped some singles on SoundCloud recently. “MoreLoko” using some really squeaky sounding synthesizers and a boom-bap beat, it is definitely styled like a hip-hop instrumental. That being said it is still a stimulating track with a good
Drokk: Music inspired by Mega-City One by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury Geoff Barrow (Portishead) has teamed up with composer Ben Salisbury to make a soundtrack dedicated to Mega-City One from the Judge Dredd comics. With that in mind they have successfully created a moody, progressive synths composition reminiscent of
While UK-based producer Actress creates some really beautiful sounds on this new album, very few of them last long enough to leave a real impression on me–much less progress very far. WATCH THE REVIEW
Currently, the TND camp is in the midst of a bit of Death Grips fever, and there’s no cure in sight. Addiction, addiction, addiction. So, late last month, what seems to be a few Death Grips demos surfaced on YouTube, but they haven’t really received the blog buzz
[audio:http://www.dragcity.com/system/tracks/downloads/5333/original/1-08_Weird_Mirror.mp3] MP3 Dope Body drops yet another track from its forthcoming LP, Natural History. “Weird Mirror” is a fantastic piece of subtly reverbed punk-effing-rock. No prisoners. Break a sweat. Put someone in a headlock. The riff on
GRVRBBRS remixes one of my favorite tracks from Active Child’s last album, You Are All I See. With a punchy beat, the song is catchier than ever. Active Child’s passionate falsetto vocals still come through with a lot of strength, too. Love it! This remix comes with the
Some dark and noisy sounds coming off this newly released Nihiti track, “My Fantasy Has Gone Too Far.” I’m not sure what the specifics of this fantasy are, but it sounds pretty twisted from the industrial combination of bang-clang percussion unsettling synth drones. Check out the previous track to
El-P drops a new track from his forthcoming album Cancer For Cure, featuring verses from Killer Mike and Despot. I love the song concept, too. To me, it seems to poke fun at the ongoing race in hip hop to come off tougher than the next guy. C’mon, guys.
Thrash metal has a surprisingly large amount of its older acts still alive and kicking. Overkill just released a new album, and it wasn’t too long ago that Megadeth has a new release, too. Plus, there’s always the rest of the “Big Four” to take account of. Between
