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    A track from Little Dragon’s forthcoming album, Ritual Union, which will be dropping on July 12th via Peacefrog. On “Nightlight,” the band string together a fuzzy groove with some vocals that are too sexy to handle. Can’t wait for this thing to drop! /via/ Here’s a little

  • havok

    Denver’s Havok isn’t the only band reliving the salad days of thrash metal, and let’s be honest: For me, the genre’s revival hasn’t been that glorious outside of a few releases. Havok’s Time Is Up might be worth adding to that last, though. Considering

  • New video for “Kidz,” which is off Baby Baby’s new album, Money. The LP is out now via the Gospel of Rhythm.

  • 60s

    Florian Droids by Florian Droids Uno, Dos, Tres, Quatro! Florian Droids’ self-titled debut LP goes from 60s psych to 70s prog through their bubbling Latin musical stew. These accomplished musicians have created a mashup of subconsciously familiar riffs and sounds from the days of album rock. These guys are bursting

  • My Morning Jacket’s latest album was a two-part surprise for me. First, I was happy to hear how alive and ambitious the first half of this album was. Not only are the hooks and instrumentation strong, but the band seems equally comfortable saying something beautiful or funny with their

  • When it comes to choosing a direction, Seattle’s Master Musicians of Bukkake have a little bit of musical ADD. That’s fine, though. Most of the time–no matter what style these seven guys happen to be embracing–they always put a ton of heart and creativity into what

  • OK, so I’m officially late to the Theophilus London party–or maybe I’m just really early, because I don’t really see a lotta people here. The Brooklyn rapper’s new EP, Lover’s Holiday, wasn’t exactly greeted with the warmest of welcomes when it dropped back

  • On Coma Cinema’s third album lo-fi production backs up some real-life sadness on about 15 songs. It’s a little spotty, but nothing really sticks around long enough to disappoint. Some songs here really did hit me as memorable on my first listen, though. If you’re down with

  • MP3 It’s another track from the new Shivers album, More. Frontman Keith Zariello is sounding particularly sexy on this one, seriously. But there are a lot of layers to this track if we scratch below the shoulder-swaying grooves and corny lyrics. My first reaction to this song was a

  • Arcade Fire – Culture War by MergeRecords Arcade Fire – Speaking in Tongues (feat. David Byrne) by MergeRecords Shortly after the release of the Suburbs, which was LOVED, Merge is gearing up to put out a deluxe version of the album. I know this practice isn’t unorthodox, but I still belong