• Toronto jazz fusion trio BADBADNOTGOOD caught on tape covering TNGHT at Mad Decent’s Block Party. A perfect storm of awesome, if you ask me. I wonder if a cover of this will make it onto BBNG’s next album. Hmmmm…

  • 80s

    Wild Nothing drops yet another track from it’s forthcoming album, which will drop via Captured Tracks on August 28th. The title: Nocturne. If the last track Wild Nothing dropped signified a crush on the 80s, “Paradise” is pure infatuation. The drum beat and synth sound a lot like something

  • Back when Dum Dum Girls dropped their 2010 debut I Will Be, it would have been hard to predict that within two years, frontwoman Dee Dee would develop into a remarkably talented and mature singer/songwriter. Tracks like the devastating “Coming Down” from last year’s Only In Dreams established

  • Back when Dum Dum Girls dropped their 2010 debut I Will Be, it would have been hard to predict that within two years, frontwoman Dee Dee would develop into a remarkably talented and mature singer/songwriter. Tracks like the devastating “Coming Down” from last year’s Only In Dreams established

  • drank

    Given that hip-hop culture has long glamorized alcohol use (and even abuse), I have to give props to Kendrick Lamar for dropping this new song. Despite what its catchy chorus might suggest, Lamar’s new single “Swimming Pools (Drank)” is a cautious, dark, and surprisingly personal indictment of alcohol use,

  • 2012

    With a new album from Dirty Projectors out now and records from Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear on the way, the upper-tier indie scene this year is looking a lot like it did in 2009. Grizzly Bear’s new single “Yet Again” is the second track to drop from their

  • 2012

    Airhead drops a new single via R & S Records, and it’s an obtuse one indeed. The rhythm seems to have a bit of a dub reggae feel to it, but it seems that anything goes with the slew of vocal samples and synths that sit on top of

  • 2012

    Coming out October 2nd on Profound Lore Records, here is a track from the forthcoming Menace Ruine album, “Salamandra.” For years, I’ve known this label to release some very forward-thinking metal music, and the Canadian band Menace Ruine fits in perfectly with that ethos. For years, the band has

  • 2012

    TNGHT drops a new video for the track “Bugg’n,” which features a myriad of visuals. There’s nightmarish depictions of a child’s room and toys; loads of live footage of the duo performing; there are some dark city streets as well. Heck, you can even see a dude

  • 2012

    Dark Shores by Strand of Oaks A charming little indie folk and rock hybrid coming off this new Dark Shores album. Stream it via the widget above, or grab a CD copy on Bandcamp.