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At the Wörthersee Hotel by The Uptights There’s nothing that kills an idea faster than a mindlessly copied trend. I think the idea of “lo-fi bands” qualify. Still, despite the grimy, rough recordings being spoiled for me a bit, I find this latest album from the Uptights kind of
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Stylistically, I think Tripper is an exciting return to Hella’s old, stripped down form. Some fans may see it as a bit of a regression, but that’s only half of the truth. The duo throws in some overdubbed guitars and bass, and manages to utilize some of the
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New video from Danish post-punkers Iceage for the track “You’re Blessed,” which comes off the album New Brigade. It features loads of live footage from the band’s recent tour of the states. Check our review of New Brigade here.
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Dolls Spinning Wide (Demo) by phoriamusic Recommended to me by the, uh, Recommender, is one of the many promising acts rising out of Brighton these days. The Recommender has a better working knowledge of them than I do, but this group in particular is standing out to me. On the
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MP3 Teasing toward their full-length debut, Civil Civic has dropped another track from it. If you’ve been into all of the fuzzy drum machine rock the duo has put out thus far, this new track, “Street Trap,” should hit the spot. With a driving bassline and shimmering guitars, the
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With some clear influences coming from guys like Flying Lotus and Amon Tobin, KUDO’s new EP is a twelve-minute series of icy, ambient beatscapes. I like that he’s always looking for a different way to morph the sound of the beat, too. He really keeps these tracks from
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Purge The Weevil From Yer Midst by Hum of Gnats Four perplexing tracks of Italian avant-garde rock, electronics, and noise from the new Hum of Gnats LP. Get your weird on.
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Featuring members of xbxrx, SWAPS, Hawnay Troof, and the Raincoats–it’s the dude currently drumming for them–Kit is a Los Angeles outfit that keeps a torch lit for the sunny, abrasive post-punk that dominated the blogosphere a few years ago when bands like No Age and Abe Vigoda
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New from Fool’s Gold Recs, this is Danny Brown’s XXX. Brown is one of the strangest rappers you’re gonna stumble across right now. After a cursory listen to this album, I’m ready to put him up there with Shabazz Palaces and Death Grips. I mean, the
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On her sophomore album, Chelsea Wolfe brings together ten pieces of straight up darkness. But what makes the dreary, depressing feelings on this album so palatable is that Wolfe attacks this darkness from multiple angles with noise rock guitars, doom metal riffs, ambient soundscapes, smooth beats, and blood-curdling snarls. While
