experimental
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People come up to me all the time, I mean, literally every day, and they ask me if I know of an album out there that gratuitously mashes a myriad of different pop tunes together in a violent, overwhelming display of digital editing. Now, I can finally say “yes” to
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Are you one of the admirable few who’s managed to abstain from listening to Swans‘ massive new album To Be Kind? Hang in there – there’s only a handful of days left to go! But maybe you’ve already worn out their other 12 records waiting and need a
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https://soundcloud.com/immune-recordings/sets/cleared-drown/s-xINig In 2009 Steven Hess and Michael Vallera, two of the figureheads of Chicago’s experimental music underground, formed the duo Cleared. They conceived of a sort of trilogy, starting with their 2011 self-titled debut, continuing with 2012’s Breaking Day, and now finishing
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This Sleaford Mods record is pretty one-dimensional with its endless rants and repetitive beats, but I have to admit that this Nottingham duo’s style is awesome.
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tUnE-yArDs’ latest record is just the fun, eccentric, and wild shot pop music needed in 2014.
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The previously mentioned Kid Smpl drops another track from his forthcoming Silo Tear EP. The song “Ja” is far noisier than I would have expected given the last track I heard from this Seattle-based producer. “Ja” is just bursting at the seams with distorted, abrasive sounds, yes, still maintains a
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tUnE-yArDs drop an incredibly fun, creative, and colorful video for the track “Water Fountain,” which is one of many cuts that’ll be featured on the band’s next full-length, Nikki Nack. The album is dropping the first week of May via 4AD.
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WATCH: Tobacco – “Streaker” Thanks to Eric Wareheim of “Tim and Eric” fame, the new Tobacco music video is one of the most twisted things I’ve seen in a long time. Disturbing masks, nudity, overwhelming edits, and freakish effects are among the many things that make this video a weird
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Never heard of the Darcys before, but they definitely know how to pull together an epic, 21-minute instrumental! Hymn For A Missing Girl is the Halifax band’s latest offering right here, and it was a 500 LP offering this past Record Store Day. There might still be some copies
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jSdTBGhDSg “Oxygen” is the second single to drop from Swan’s latest epic To Be Kind (after last month’s stellar, staggeringly funky “A Little God in My Hands”), and it is among the fiercest and most thrilling moments of its two-hour-plus runtime. It
