experimental
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Following the release of last year’s the Way Out, which was one of my favorite 2010 albums, the Books spent a day last week recording a session with the good people at Daytrotter. Follow the link below and hear four tracks, which include “Tokyo” and “Free Translator”: The Books
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On his latest release, John Maus has brought a little more atmosphere into the fold when crafting the odd, bite-sized synth pop nuggets that fill his full-lengths. While tracks like “Believer” feel like grand bedroom rock opuses, other tracks fall by the wayside because of a lack of structure, memorability,
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WU LYF’s debut album rides in on a tidal wave of reverb and eccentric yelps from the band’s lead singer. While it does have a uniform sound and a style, I feel like the style drowns out what this band has to offer in this songs most of
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I know I joke around in some of these blog posts about “witch house,” and the legitimacy of such labels, but let’s get serious and talk about something that I don’t post a lot of on this blog: R&B. Of course, R&B is short
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The first music video to come from one of the newest rock outfits to come out of England, FLATS. “Never Again” is the band’s debut single, and the intensity of this has me hoping for a new album later this year.
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Out on Miasmah now, it’s the sophomore LP from Belgium’s Kreng: Grimoire. If a monthly shot of dissonant strings, ambient soundscapes, and noise keep your brain in functioning order, consider spending a few hours this June with this LP. It’s basically the feel-scared hit of the summer.
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Tommy Four Seven is a German electronica producer hailing from Berlin, and the dude knows a dark sound when he hears one. The tracks on his debut full-length, Primate, are backed with repetitive dance beats, but what’s happening over the beats is an entirely different story. On both “G”
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OK, so I found out about this EP on the Wedidit Collective site while I was on there looking up some stuff about Zeroh. Of course, every time I go on there, I find something nice to munch on. So, for your musical pleasure, I submit Squeaky Lobster. From hip
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Back in April, I got turned on to one of the oddest MCs I’m sure I’ll hear this year: Zeroh. The Wedidit Collective member has a new mixtape out, consisting of beats lifted from Flying Lotus, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Flako, Mndsgn, Devonwho and more. Of course, the surreal
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On its latest release, Woods make their sound a little sunnier with brighter guitar leads and attitudes. But some of the songs here just feel too unfinished to really feel memorable or exciting for me. I dig this band a lot, but I almost feel like I’ve fallen off
