• 2012

    Portland electronic music producer Massacooramaan’s debut EP, Dead Long Time, has some pretty impressive juke and footwork productions on it. The opening track is an all-out banger, featuring some pretty energetically sequenced shout samples with a myriad of intricate rhythms twittering away in the background. This EP is out

  • On his 10th album, Nas delivers a slightly modernized version of the same ol’ same ol’. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • Stream: Delicate Steve- “Afria Talks To You” After drumming up some impressive buzz for the release of their 2010 record Wondervisions, the Brooklyn psych-pop group Delicate Steve have a new album out called Positive Force. The single “Afria Talks To You” (no, that’s not a typo) was debuted a

  • It’s easy to dismiss Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott’s band Poor Moon as simply a Fleet Foxes side-project, but this group should not be reduced to spinoff status. Although Poor Moon’s ambitions are tempered more than Fleet Foxes, this band has some interesting ideas of their own.

  • It’s easy to dismiss Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott’s band Poor Moon as simply a Fleet Foxes side-project, but this group should not be reduced to spinoff status. Although Poor Moon’s ambitions are tempered more than Fleet Foxes, this band has some interesting ideas of their own.

  • Two of 2011’s most bombastic and divisive hip-hop artists, Danny Brown and Araabmuzik, have come together to produce a new track as part of Yours Truly’s “Songs From Scratch” series. When you think about it, this is a collaboration that was bound to happen. Much like Araabmuzik’s

  • Two of 2011’s most bombastic and divisive hip-hop artists, Danny Brown and Araabmuzik, have come together to produce a new track as part of Yours Truly’s “Songs From Scratch” series. When you think about it, this is a collaboration that was bound to happen. Much like Araabmuzik’s

  • 2012

    Atlanta rapper Killer Mike recently recorded a live in studio session for Yours Truly for “Untitled,” a highlight track from his new LP R.A.P. Music, one of the better hip-hop albums of the year. Watching Mike rap in this video is truly a sight to behold; his flow

  • 2012

    Just in time for my return from the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago this weekend, Hot Chip have released a new video for their In Our Heads cut “Look At Where We Are.” Although they didn’t play this track during their set on Saturday, their sunset-backdropped performance did reveal

  • On their latest album, Wreck and Reference unapologetically combines elements of noise, drone, black metal, and industrial as well. WATCH THE REVIEW