Sophist by Birth of Flower Featuring the raucous punk rock energy of the Minutemen, and the eccentric psychosis of Can, here’s one of the newest tracks from Connecticut band Birth of Flower. It comes from the trio’s latest album, Diety.
BBNGLIVE 2 by BADBADNOTGOOD BADBADNOTGOOD drops its second live album, and as the band progresses, they’re getting more adventurous in the artists whose music they improv on. This time, we’re getting some reinventions of material from electronic music producer James Blake. Stream the live album above, or download
As a part of the collaborative music series Converse throws together each year, we’ve got a new track featuring the minds of Andre 3000, James Murphy, and Gorillaz. Not every spot in this series has been a bright one, but the usual blend of genres these 3 artist, 1
Click Here To Watch The Video Here’s a video for a track that was recently dropped on the Wormrot EP Noise. The EP can be downloaded here. The video portrays some kind of sick, disturbing grindcore karaoke. Maybe it’s not too far off base, because this is probably
BJ The Chicago Kid and Kendrick Lamar have collaborated for a second time on “The World is a Ghetto,” which is a smooth piece of socially conscious soul. The song deals with growing up in a harsh environment and perceiving the world to be the same way. There are elements
Yasiin Bey–or Mos Def, rather–has released a video to go along with his “N****s in Poorest” track. The video is Bey doing the song in studio, with cuts to news footage and pictures relevant to the lyrics. The video also features subtitles for the entire song, which
The Hood (Feat. GLC) [Prod. by Classick] by BBU BBU is an up-and-coming Chicago rap clique, and they’ve got a new mixtape out via the Mishka Bandcamp, which is building its cred as a hot spot for genre-defying hip hop tapes. When it comes to breaking barriers, BBU is
Summery, fun, catchy, and lo-fi is a sound a lot of new acts shoot for, but few of them actually achieve it on the level of Vermont singer-songwriter Kyle Thomas. Whether you’re listening to some of his solo stuff under the name “King Tuff,” or some tracks from his
M-Phases creates a fantastic remix of “I Never Learnt To Share,” which is one of my favorite tracks from the debut full-length of singer-producer James Blake. Rather than embracing the track’s original ambient atmosphere, Phazes samples numerous chunks of the song and turns it into a hard-hitting hip hop
Conception by Consent I suppose the Chicago band Consent left the cover art to its debut release white and empty–blank, essentially–because there’s not much in the way of visuals that could add to what the music is doing. The band plays an ultra-abrasive brand of powerviolence. Yeah,
