MP3 One of my favorite female singer-songwriters, Chelsea Wolfe, covers an artist I was sure had an influence on her latest album, Nick Cave. The original had a dark story and lead vocal, of course, but Chelsea’s version takes that darkness and translates it into a murky recording as
Wild Flag’s self-titled debut album is a light, fun, and upbeat reformation for these indie rock veterans. I think some longtime fans–especially those in the Sleater-Kinney camp–will expect a little bit more. That’s fine and understandable. I feel the same way to an extent. However, after
A new track from Vampire Weekend keyboardist and producer Rotsam Batmanglij. It was dropped on his SoundCloud today, and I’m absolutely in love with it. All these flavors are driving me absolutely bonkers with ecstasy. The sitar, the strings, the hand percussion all sound fantastic. It’s all the
A hilarious video concept from Craft Spells on the track “Your Tomb,” which comes from the band’s latest album Idle Labor. Find a review of it here, and grab a copy on Captured Tracks. /via/
Download: Wormrot- Noise Y’all may remember back in April when I reviewed the new Wormrot LP, Dirge. Damn, that album was loud, fast, intricate, intense, and catchy. Basically, it had everything I could want in a grindcore record. I’m not the kind of person who needs to be
The band Big Troubles just dropped its sophomore album, Romantic Comedy, via Slumberland this month, and “Sad Girls” is the track embedded above. This song is a light, jangly pop rock tune that sounds like it might have gotten some radio play on college stations in the 90s. The vocals
Ah, the new Opeth record. Was I expecting to like this? No. Was I hoping I’d like this? Yes! A big, fat “yes,” actually. I’ve never been an Opeth fan. Their melodic and almost overproduced take on death metal–and progressive metal, generally–just doesn’t have anything
Brainfeeder artist Lapalux remixes fellow Brainfeeder artist Thundercat on the track “For Love I Come,” which was originally written by George Duke. Yeah, a lotta conversions going on here. The ‘Cat version was already pretty spacey and open, but this remix brings it to an extreme that’s pretty refreshing.
From the forthcoming album Dropped Pianos, which will be dropped via Kranky on October 10th, here’s a new track from Tim Hecker: “Sketch 5.” The Canadian ambient and experimental music producer released a new album earlier this year. I loved and reviewed it.
MP3 A new track from Big K.R.I.T., featuring 2Chainz, 8Ball, and MJG. It’s titled “Money On the Floor,” and has a fat, Southern beat. The pitch-shifted vocals over the hook are another nice tough as well. Basically, this track has everything I dug so much about
