On Watch the Throne, Kanye and Jay-Z team up for a celebration I’m sure their fans are going to love. The heavyweight MCs celebrate their relevancy, fame, and popularity with one track after another–occasionally stopping to make an introspective or societal observation. While the idea of the album
Forest Fire is one of the latest bands to be signed to Fat Cat Records, a label know for releasing albums by such indie rock luminaries as Animal Collective and Sigur Ros. The Brooklyn band’s sound is more traditional than some of their labelmates, however, and comes closer to
Here’s a new video from VITAMINS for “VIMANAS.” Watch out for trippy visuals complementing the manipulated vocals and dream pop soundscapes, along with plenty of beach footage taken in Hawaii. Because everyone likes the beach, I guess. This track is going to appear on a forthcoming LP on Debacle
Featuring Yelawolf, this Big K.R.I.T. track is from the Mississippi rapper’s forthcoming mixtape, the Last King 2. Obviously, I’m looking forward to this tape. Many of y’all already know how much I loved this guy’s last release. As usual, K.R.I.T.
The California-based music blog Yours Truly has a video series where they capture bands performing in an intimate live setting. In a recent installment, the Swedish electro-pop act Little Dragon stopped by to perform “Little Man,” one of the standout tracks on their great new album Ritual Union. The beautifully
Via a new split with Mammoth Grinder, here’s Hatred surge with a 1-minute sonic assault titled “Invega.” In the short time this track lasts, it morphs from one idea to the next. A fast-paced intro quickly breaks into some heavy riffs and some wretched death metal growls that make
MP3 Princeton is a band that is fronted by two identical twins Jesse and Matt Kivel. How neat is that? It’s not particularly relevant to their music, but it sure makes for a great press release statement. Anyway, the band is set to release a digital single on August
You were a Dick by idaho The Los Angeles-based band Idaho started out as part of the early 90s slowcore scene in California, with their 1993 debut and subsequent early LPs drawing comparisons to bands like Red House Painters, and American Music Club. While those bands either fell by the
I know a good chunk of us are watching the throne right now; but if I could get you to watch this bearded Brit for a moment, that’d be awesome. Scroobius Pip doesn’t come off with the most intricate of flows in this video for “Introdiction,” but he’
A recently dropped set of demos and early work from 1 Minute Miracles, which can only make the trajectory of this Canadian beatmeister more interesting. It’s titled Wild Stepss, and stream its eight tracks above. Find more recent work from this guy on his SoundCloud. Hopefully, that album he
