• fin

    A track from the forthcoming John Talabot album, ƒin, which will officially be out next week. You can stream it on Spotify right now if you’re impatient, though. After hearing John collaborate with Glasser on a fantastic track that appeared on his 2011 EP, Families, my expectations were high

  • british

    Black to Gold by Christian Mistress “Black to Gold” is one of two tracks to drop from the forthcoming Christian Mistress album, Possession. This outfit may be from Olympia, Washington, but they recreate that classic British heavy metal sound as if it’s coursing through their veins. There are a

  • british

    Black to Gold by Christian Mistress “Black to Gold” is one of two tracks to drop from the forthcoming Christian Mistress album, Possession. This outfit may be from Olympia, Washington, but they recreate that classic British heavy metal sound as if it’s coursing through their veins. There are a

  • A new video from Liturgy for the track “True Will,” which comes off the experimental black metal band’s latest album, Aesthethica. I’ve actually given the album a glowing review, and put it in my list of favorite 2011 albums. I usually don’t go for these videos that

  • 2-step

    BLK EP by Time Wharp Out now as a free digital download from Astro Nautico, here’s a new EP from Time Wharp, BLK EP. It’s a set of new tracks and remixes combines, well, what genres you’re hearing depends on what track you’re listening to. “BLK”

  • A funny little song from the forthcoming Neverever EP, Shake-A-Baby. The title: “Mexicoco.” It’s the kind of song that would have been a surf pop hit in the 60s if it had a better recording going for it. I can see leagues of teenage girls chewing gum and gossiping

  • afrobeat

    If you’re into highlife music and afrobeat, listen up. You might miss out on a copy of this forthcoming EP from Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang, An Letah. It’s coming out via True Panther Sounds on March 20th, and Janka Nabay should have a full-length album dropping

  • SWiSHeR. by LiL JaBBA FACT turned me on to an interesting little footwork project: Lil JaBBA. It’s got the quick, speedy beats and relentless vocal samples usually found in footwork and juke music, but uses a bit of noise and a lo-fi recording style to add some grit to

  • (This stream will be removed on Feb. 5th) Right here on the Needle Drop, we’re premiering a full stream of the new Steve Moore / Majeure, Brainstorm. It’s out via Temporary Residence. Though Moore and Majeure have made some considerable noise in the past with their respective solo efforts,

  • MP3 A track from the new 6-track EP from New York’s Homeboy Sandman. He’s got a pretty bold description for it, too: “6 rap songs with content no one has ever rapped about before in the history of rap music. Unfortunately not a very difficult thing to do.