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  • 2012

    With a new album from Dirty Projectors out now and records from Animal Collective and Grizzly Bear on the way, the upper-tier indie scene this year is looking a lot like it did in 2009. Grizzly Bear’s new single “Yet Again” is the second track to drop from their

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    EGYPTR by Egyptr How I found out about Egyptr was my good buddy Zach from We Listen For You Tweeted me a minute ago telling me this album was “pure Fantano,” or something like that. I dunno about that. Maybe this is, like, in the 70-80 percentile. I’m just

  • 2012

    Massachusetts MC Reks drops a new music video from the second album he’s released this year, REBELutionary, which you can grab a copy of here or here. If the intro to this video didn’t make the subject matter of this song obvious enough, Reks and NiCS trade one

  • 2012

    Dirty Projectors drop another track from their forthcoming LP, Swing Lo Magellan. This track, and the previous one to be released, are taking the Projectors’ sound in a noticeably sweeter, poppier direction. While it’s nowhere near as hard-hitting as their earlier material, there’s something sneaky about how these

  • 2012

    A new track from the forthcoming Holograms album, which is self-titled and dropping via Captured tracks on July 10th. The band hails from Sweden and showcases a noisy, chaotic post-punk vibe. After a handful of listens to this album, I have to admit it is a bit similar to the

  • 2012

    Danny Brown seems to be popping up everywhere lately. His output has been consistently strong, this song included. Backed by a beat that would sound right at home on Heems’ Nehru Jackets, Brown and Schoolboy Q lay verses about their favourite pastimes. It’s a fun song, and will fill

  • 2012

    As part of a run of tracks titled “Soulstice,” East Coast rapper Soul Khan has been pairing his own verses with unconventional beat choices, which have ranged from a fusion of the first two tracks from downtempo artist Bonobo’s 2010 LP Black Sands to a piece from pianist Rachel

  • 2012

    New york punk trio Poor Lily has a new EP out titled Three Songs, and, yeah, it’s three songs long. There was a short run of physical copies, but the tracks are now available digitally through the band’s site. Currently, Lily is aiming for a summer release for

  • 2012

    Two of the most active producers in the current electronic music scene, Machinedrum and FaltyDL, have teamed up for a new track. Titled “Give In 2,” the song was supposedly recorded in 2011, but it hadn’t been made available to the public until now. Despite both originating from the

  • 2012

    The neo-psych pop project Black Moth Super Rainbow is back with a new tune and an album announcement via SoundCloud. Stream the track “Spraypaint” above, which is, to me, one of the prettiest songs I’ve heard come out of the project. It features the usual set of punchy beats