Detroit rapper Danny Brown’s latest album functions in extremes. They’re not really the angry, voluminous extremes the latest Death Grips album functions on. They’re more like extremes of excess. Of course, what Danny is being excessive with is drugs, sex, misogyny, and basically anything else that one
Well, I just got finished with my first couple listens through this new collaborative track from James Blake and Bon Iver, “Fall Creek Boys Choir.” The YouTube channel it’s uploaded to even implies there’s a release–an album or EP, I don’t know–coming this October. Enough
A surprisingly dynamic Canadian technical death metal outfit right here: Beyond Creation. The band recently dropped its debut LP on PRC Music, and it’s been getting some pretty positive reviews, and it’s not hard to figure out why. For one, it’s nice to hear stuff like this
I’ve been living in Connecticut all my life, and I’ve always wondered about this state’s lack of pride–especially among people my age. I’ll admit that I’m not always in love with where I’m living. It would be nice to be somewhere less expensive,
With some clear influences coming from guys like Flying Lotus and Amon Tobin, KUDO’s new EP is a twelve-minute series of icy, ambient beatscapes. I like that he’s always looking for a different way to morph the sound of the beat, too. He really keeps these tracks from
Active Child’s sophomore release has some pretty haunting and beautiful sounds. Lone member Pat Grossi’s choir boy falsetto is undeniably good. Plus, all the effects he laces into these tracks makes this LP an interesting listen. While I’m not in love with every song on this LP,
Purge The Weevil From Yer Midst by Hum of Gnats Four perplexing tracks of Italian avant-garde rock, electronics, and noise from the new Hum of Gnats LP. Get your weird on.
It took a while for Africa Hitech’s debut LP to grow on me. When the album originally came out in May, I took some favorites from it, but dismissed the rest as being too hectic to be really enjoyable. However, I found myself just itching to listen to this
MP3 Baltimore-based Wham City! affiliates Future Islands can be a kind of polarizing band. When I saw them live opening for Titus Andronicus and Okkervil River back in June, I was expecting something very much unlike what I heard. Listening to them in that setting, I was simultaneously put off
Now here is some revivalism that I can get behind. Nick Waterhouse is a San Francisco-based singer and electric guitar player with an obvious affinity for classic 1950s R&B and rock ‘n’ roll. His ability to recreate this kind of music in the 21st century musical climate comes
