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Scottish experimental hip hop outfit Young Fathers drop some visuals for the TAPE TWO track “Queen Is Dead,” and the gritty, black and white closeups that comprise this vid match the sounds presented perfectly. The urgent lyrics, blaring synths, and exited shouts of “WOO” all have an in-your-face attitude to
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GDP & The Wrong Address w/Jimmy Frankenstein - "The Art Of Blowing Glass vs. The Act Of Breaking It"
Previously mentioned rapper GDP is usually an odd and hilariously foul-mouthed dude, but this new track of his, which is featured on his new 12″ via Run For Cover Records, is one of the darkest, moodiest songs I’ve ever heard him drop. The lyrics depict an incredibly damaged relationship
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Experimental music veteran, Eric Copeland–of Black Dice and Terrestrial Tones fame–has a new album on the way titled Joke in the Hole. It is scheduled for release this week, and is the artist’s first full-length on DFA Records. Recently, Copeland shared the track, “Cheap Treat;” a catchy
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Julia Holter has a dropped a new song and video for her upcoming album Loud City Song, which is due out on August 20th via Domino. “In the Green Wild” is the second glimpse Julia has given us of the LP–the first was the somber and spacious “World” back
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When it comes to the more creative side of hip hop beats, Ras G is one of the oldest sonic alchemists on the West Coast today. He’s got a new album on the way via Brainfeeder Records this year, and from the sound of this first track from it,
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UK-based rapper Blue Daisy has a few notable tracks out that have pretty creative videos attached to them. While he hasn’t exactly been establishing himself as a proponent of highbrow lyricism, for me, his songs do have a certain aggression and darkness to them that I find somewhat attractive.
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And He Built Him A Boat by Kayo Dot Between the slightly lo-fi Gamma Knife and the incredibly out-there Coyote, I haven’t been too crazy about the more recent material from Toby Driver’s Kayo Dot. However, this new track the New York experimental rock band has presented has
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Cień chmury nad ukrytym polem (CD, Instant Classic) by Stara Rzeka OK, listen, if you press the play button there on the widget above, you’ll be subjecting yourself to the new full-length album of Polish experimental rock band Stara Rzeka. This album is intense, repetitive, drone-y, noisy, and riddled
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Cavalcade by milo Abstract and ultra-personal rapsmith Milo has dropped a new, free collection of tracks that he’s dubbed Cavalcade. The production is handled entirely by Riley Lake, which is a name you might recognize from Milo’s recent Things That Happen At Day EP, which was dropped at
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On this new track, teenage wunderkid producer XXYYXX shows great growth and potential as an ambient artist. The song title references an airplane ride from Portland (PDX) to Seattle (SEA); within the constant change of the bells’ melody there are little engine-like noises and airy strings. The track sounds like
