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Totally (EP) by The Bats Pajamas From Toronto hails The Bats Pajamas, a punk-indebted garage rock band that recently dropped an EP titled Totally. The EP follows the group’s full-length debut that was released in 2010, which, according to their Bandcamp, was recorded by Steve Albini. Throughout the release’
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A track has been released from the upcoming Record Store Day release of John Cale remixes from his Extra Playful EP. This Tim Hecker track is an ambient song filled with layers of humming synthesizers at multiple tones, hitting some really dark frequencies in order to create a heavy atmosphere.
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Above is a new track from Virginia Band’s latest cassette single, “Divination.” The band features ex-members of Lets Wrestle, The Proper Ornaments and La La Vasquez, and has a moody atmosphere that has chilled me to the bone. Though the band is not the first to revive this type
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Gremlins by Gremlins An odd collaboration between Mat Cothran (Coma Cinema), Patrick Jeffords (Toro Y Moi), Katie Lee (Braids), and Sam Ray (Ricky Eat Acid) has released a five-track EP. It’s backed by a lot of dark, sleazy synthesizers that produce some really appealing jams. Vocals are primarily performed
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Welsh producer Ifan Dafydd has released a video to accompany his first official release on Push & Run. This song should sound pretty familiar to fans of James Blake as he has a very similar producing style. The track features a lot of rain drop-esque synthesizers accompanied by heavy vocal
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Algiers is an experimental music trio combining elements of gospel, spirituals, noise, soul, rock, and more. This project is about to make its Double Phantom Records debut tomorrow with a new single for the track featured in the video above, “Blood.” Between the low-end bass hits and rattling tambourines, this
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A new track from a recent Tri Angle Records signee, Vessel. The dude is a 22-year-old producer from the UK, and he’s set to release material on the label later this year. The sound of this track isn’t too far off what I’d usually expect from Tri
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A new video from the band Nerves Junior, which was directed by my buddy Zach at We Listen For You. I’ve always known Zach to do good work, but he’s really surprised me this time around with a pretty odd and unnerving set of circumstances involving a light
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A new song and video from singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe. She dropped a fantastic album earlier this year, and this new Terroreyes-directed video for “Sunstorm” is a nice and minimal followup. Watch and enjoy above.
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Above is a track from the new Vallenfyre album, a Fragile King. These guys are a UK death metal band with some serious doom metal tendencies. Their music is slow and lurching, but stays engaging and active with lots of vocals, changes, and solos. Not only that, but the vocals–
