• 2012

    Danny Brown seems to be popping up everywhere lately. His output has been consistently strong, this song included. Backed by a beat that would sound right at home on Heems’ Nehru Jackets, Brown and Schoolboy Q lay verses about their favourite pastimes. It’s a fun song, and will fill

  • 2012

    As part of a run of tracks titled “Soulstice,” East Coast rapper Soul Khan has been pairing his own verses with unconventional beat choices, which have ranged from a fusion of the first two tracks from downtempo artist Bonobo’s 2010 LP Black Sands to a piece from pianist Rachel

  • Members of the Pittsburgh hardcore punk band Code Orange Kids have assembled in a new project called Adventures. With this song, it seems they have embraced more of a post-hardcore style with swelling intensity in the emotion behind the vocals as well as the instrumentation. This leads to the ending

  • A video has been released for the Jahill song, “Perfect Ten.” The visuals right from the beginning are pretty gross as members of a “Distinguished Citizens Club” combine various foods and liquids like a child would. They rub it all over their faces and with some excellent camerawork actually manage

  • Though clearly influenced by artists like the Knife, Portishead, and Björk, iamamiwhoami manages to pull together some very captivating and eccentric synth pop songs on her debut album. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    On August 28th, Wild Nothing will be releasing its latest album, Nocturne, on Captured tracks. While the band can certainly be lumped in with many others chasing after a dreamy pop rock sound, these guys certainly set themselves apart with their memorable songwriting and distinctive hooks and verses. I’m

  • 2012

    Japanese Juke&Footworks Compilation by JAP MUTATION BOOTYISM The sounds of footwork, juke, and ghetto house have come a long way since their Chicago origins, and have caught on in a big way on an international level. Loads of electronic producers have been experimenting with the jittery, high-energy sounds–

  • 2012

    Motion Sickness of Time Travel is the solo project of ambient music artist Rachel Evans, and she’s pretty prolific as well, having released three hefty projects this year. She had even more releases in 2011. The release list on her Bandcamp is pretty overwhelming. Below are three of her

  • 2009

    The Messianic Downfall by GNAW THEIR TONGUES “The Messianic Downfall” is a sickeningly dark piece of vile, noisy, and lo-fi black metal from this project’s recently released Eschatological Scatology. Nice title. This LP was recorded back in ’09, but hasn’t had any sort of official release until this

  • 1999

    Download: Joey Bada$$- 1999 New York rapper Joey Bada$$ drops a pretty telling line at the start of his new mixtape, 1999: “It’s been a minute since they seen a style with no gimmicks.” A no BS approach has pretty much been what’s been so appealing about