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Video: horrifying. Song: captivating. They were made for each other. Of course, this isn’t the “official’ video,” but it still works. This track comes from Dirty Beaches’ latest album, Badlands, which is his fourth. Look for it on Zoo. Dirty Beaches is Alex Zhang Hungtai. He’s a Taiwan-born
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New video from Liturgy‘s new album Aesthethica, which drops tomorrow on Thrill Jockey Recs. I caught these guys in person at SXSW this year, and they were interesting to say the least. This interview they did last year stirred up a lot of negativity toward the band, and I
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MP3 Out now via Chinquapin / Community Records, it’s the latest release from the New Orleans noise rock duo Caddywhompus. The Weight features four new tracks, and the title track is my favorite. The upbeat drums and guitars read to me like something to come out of the sweetest of
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New video from the Death Grips album Exmilitary. Some sweet kickflips goin’ on here, bros. Watch a video review of Exmilitary here, and download the album for free here.
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Download a track from the forthcoming Amon Tobin album, ISAM. It’ll be out physically May 23rd via Ninja Tune.
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Death Grips’ first mixtape is a grim look at mankind’s worst personality traits:: greed, addiction, anger. And the beats are just as offensive as the screamed rap vocals–which only helps get the point across. It’s an energetic record. It’s an intense record. Sometimes it’s over
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Hercules by Kin As Kin, electronic artist Yung Hui explores sound’s dark side through drones and bleak synths. What backing up these sounds much of the time are hip hop beats, believe it or not–but a verse over his tunes just doesn’t seem appropriate. His latest album,
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In a short series of instant messages via Gmail, I learned a lot about Connecticut music producer Derek Piotr. Every now and again, he loves to partake in some Dolly Parton. Oh, yeah, and he also despises synthesized tones–or maybe he’s got a love-hate relationship with tone in
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I’ve blogged about this project again and again. And honestly, I’m still not 100% sure how I feel about it. The aggression of Death Grips is attempted by many, but only achieved by a few. Clearly, the primary influence in this project is hip hop music, but it’
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My _____ is pink. by colourmusic Colourmusic‘s sophomore LP, My __ Is Pink, is set for a May 17th release via Memphis Industries. The single off this vibrant and sexy concept album is “Tog,” which is very reminiscent of Flaming Lips. Here, Colourmusic successfully creates layers of sounds, like Pollock’s
