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The new Flaming Lips collaborative album is surprisingly cohesive and coherent despite it’s insane gauntlet of guests both big and small. WATCH THE REVIEW
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I first heard “Missing” by Maker a couple of months ago. I liked what the band was doing, but found this specific track to be a little underwhelming. The disco beat and female vocals felt a little played out to me. However, this remix done by Cave Painting is exquisite.
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Producers Tom Trago and Awanto 3 create a hypnotic assembly of rhythms and polyrhythms on “Hell Of Samba.” Yes, there is a samba beat on the song, but I wouldn’t say the track is hell. It’s close, though. Considering the tense stagnation of these sounds, I’d say
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With a bed of stellar production and several releases under his belt as one half of the Super Chron Flight Brothers, elusive D.C. MC Billy Woods returns to making solo material with History Will Absolve Me. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Björk’s “Sacrifice,” a track from the Icelandic singer-songwriter’s latest album, crossed with sounds from the new Death Grips album, the Money Store. A combination I didn’t see coming, but am casually enjoying.
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[audio:http://media.audibletreats.com/billy_woods-Blue_Dream_Ft_LWren.mp3] MP3 A new single from D.C. rapper Billy Woods. It comes from his latest album, History Will Absolve Me, which is out now on Backwoodz Studioz. History Will Absolve me is Woods’ first solo release in eight years.
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Squarepusher drops another track from his forthcoming album on Warp Records, Ufabulum. It’s set to drop next week. You can catch Tom Jenkinson going into detail about this new album, his art, and music in general in this new mini-documentary produced by the Creator’s Project.
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Download: Open Mike Eagle- Rent Party Extension Los Angeles-based rapper Open Mike Eagle recently dropped a five-track EP that, like many of the best things in life, is free. Titled Rent Party Extension, the EP brings in a handful of features, including Milo, who put out the Loved Listed I
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AETERNA (2012) by Black Swan To those of you who prefer their ambient music as dark and eerie as possible, allow me to direct your attention to the experimental drone project Black Swan. I’ve heard plenty of artists toy with “dark ambient” music with underwhelming results, mostly at the
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While UK-based producer Actress creates some really beautiful sounds on this new album, very few of them last long enough to leave a real impression on me–much less progress very far. WATCH THE REVIEW
