experimental

  • Zammuto drops a new video in support of its (uh, his?) latest album on Temporary Residence Limited. Check our review for the album here.

  • 2012

    It was just over a week ago that former Microphones frontman Phil Elverum announced the release of two new albums this year under his Mount Eerie project, but the prolific singer-songwriter hasn’t stopped there. Elverum has also revealed a new single entitled “To the Ground” that will precede the

  • 2012

    A new video from up-and-coming hip hop outfit Smoke Screen. To me, just about everything with this track seems to be on fire. The drum beat on this beat, the dense flows, and the hook. Actually, I can’t say my fire analogy really makes sense considering the title of

  • 2012

    Projection by biblo Combining ambient textures and mind-numbing drones with dub rhythms, the new Biblo album, Falls Silent, creates a pretty vast soundscape. If it weren’t for the percussion, it might even sound like standing in the middle of the desert at night with no signs of civilization for

  • On his new self-titled album, ex-Books member Nick Zammuto takes his penchant for playful experimentation to a full band setting. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 60s

    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

  • album

    Ku Klux Glam ~ Ariel Pink R. Stevie Moore by R. STEVIE MOORE I just got turned onto this through our Facebook page, and I can’t believe I missed this. So, basically, this is a collaboration between two generations of self-recording enthusiasts. R. Stevie Moore has been releasing eccentric, homemade

  • 2012

    On the fourth track Death Grips has released from its forthcoming album, the Money Store, MC Ride and company continue to build a musical empire on the morbid and abrasive noise hop foundation laid out on last year’s Exmilitary. Drummer Zach Hill’s beats hit hard, featuring some subtle

  • art pop

    Ice Level by Ava Luna Brooklyn’s Ava Luna has been releasing material, as far as I can tell, since about 2009. However, this Ice Level album is the first time I’m hearing of them. I couldn’t ask for a better introduction, too. There are points where the

  • album

    To everyone’s excitement yesterday, including mine, Sigur Ros dropped a release date for a new album along with a track from said album. The LP’s title is Valtari, and it’s looking at a May release. The teaser track, “Ekki Múkk,” is contained in the video above, and