MP3 Every time I hear a new track from West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar, I just can’t help but admire this dude’s drive to do something new, fresh, and different with every single track. The beat here has a rattling hi-hat that gives it a slightly Southern Flavor.
With guitars loud enough to pierce the ears of the Gods, here’s a new track from Florida sludge metal outfit Torche. It’s off the band’s forthcoming LP, Harmonicraft. It’ll be out on Volcom–uh, yeah, Volcom–on April 24th. Over the course of its career, Torche
A cerebral progression of deep rhythms, sporadic tones and noises presented on this new track from Kyoka. This thing’s got a great groove, which is incredibly danceable, but the sounds used to execute are very bold and colorful. It’s got a mechanical, calculated vibe to it, but still
Though the second installment of Angels of Darkness, Demons of light fixes some of the issues I had with the first, I can’t seem to shake this incredibly strong feeling of musical deja vu. WATCH THE REVIEW
Coming out March 26h on Nuclear Blast, here is a track from the forthcoming Meshuggah album, Koloss. Like usual, the band’s riffs hit a strong, oddly timed groove. Stylistically, it’s nothing incredibly new for the band, but I think it still manages to reach a darker shade of
Blending elements of black metal, death metal, and straight up rock ‘n’ roll, here’s a track from the new Goatwhore album, Blood For the Master. The album drops today on Metal Blade.
A new track from New Jersey’s most vile, perverse, and unsettling rapper, GDP. The dude’s lyrics, like usual, are dark, and make me wonder if he kisses his mother with that mouth. The beat here really makes the track. The refined string sections wrap around the rhythm like
Singer-songwriter Spencer Krug, a man known for his eccentric and drawn-out tunes in bands like Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown, has released a new track with his more experimental side project, Moonface. A new album has been announced. The title: Heartbreaking Bravery. It’s a collaboration with the band Siinai,
Islands is the pet project of Nick Thorburn–formerly of the Unicorns–and Anti- has seen fit to put up a stream of the band’s new album, which is set to berelease today! If you have listened to the songs they have released thus far from the album “This
MP3 A track from the forthcoming Killer Mike, EL-P collaboration, R.A.P. Music, which will be out via Williams Street Records May 15th. Though rapping about drugs, violence, and strippers has become an undeniable rap cliche, Mike’s lyrics and veteran status serve as a reminder of how gritty
