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Portico Quartet drops a video for the Cornelia-featured track, “Steepless.” It comes from the band’s new, self-titled album. Watch a review for that LP here.
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Oddball MC Open Mike Eagle drops some new visuals for the track “Self-Medication Chant,” which comes off the dude’s latest album, 4NML HSPTL. It’s out now on Fake Four, and you can check a review of it here.
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Sacramento’s experimental hip hop heroes Death Grips finally release the second album they promised this year, NO LOVE DEEP WEB; however, it doesn’t seem to be according to the original plan, which was to have their new record label, Epic, put out the album sometime in the fall
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Presented by the Creator’s Project, here’s a new video for the Grizzly bear track “Yet Again,” which comes off the band’s latest LP, Shields. Check a review of it here. Historically, Grizzly Bear videos haven’t exactly sat all to well withe me. The claymation on “Ready,
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With a dreamy, slow motion beat from XXYYXX, Milo brings a surprisingly calm demeanor to a new collection of lyrical abstractions and nerdy references. I’m loving the instrumental here. I’ve always thought XXYYXX’s stuff could use a bit more detail, but his usual simplicity seems to fit
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Crystal Castles drops a new jam, teasing toward what should be the band’s third full-length album–which may be titled III. Again, like the track “Plague” that was dropped earlier this year, vocalist Alice Glass’ vocals are obscured by a low mix and loads of effects. A driving house
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Brainfeeder’s Gaslamp Killer embarks on his most ambitious project yet, delivering an album worth of tracks that features an array of glitchy and textured hip hop instrumentals that feature an array of sounds, styles, and musical guests. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Dan Snaith, a.k.a. Caribou, a.k.a. Daphni has dropped a new track via video. The title: Pairs. It’s a trippy, strange, and somewhat awkward house tune that features synths of all shapes and sizes. The sounds feel about as multi-colored as the video fronting them. The
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The strange, enigmatic, and ever-obscure rock outfit Usaisamonster now has a new b-side and rarities compilation droping via Northern Spy Records on October 9th. “Bulgarian” is one of the many tracks from it, and is actually modeled after a Bulgarian folk tune. More info here.
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This new David Byrne & St. Vincent collaboration is quite horny. Get it? WATCH THE REVIEW
