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Download: Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap Chicago Chance The Rapper’s latest mixtape seems to be the emcee’s breakout moment, and it’s no surprise considering the tape’s impressive, detailed production and solid feature list. But what’s gonna keep people sticking through the thirteen tracks on this
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Blood Becomes Fire by BEASTWARS Hailing from New Zealand, Beastwars is a four-piece metal band specializing in the sludge variety and incorporating doom and stoner influences as well. Their sophomore LP is titled Blood Becomes Fire, and the first half of it is available to stream above via their Bandcamp,
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The self-titled debut album from English duo Letherette is a colorful trip through a dusty, sample-driven take on house music and instrumental hip hop. “D&T” is a prime representation of the album’s house roots, placing groove-laden drums under infectiously sliced vocal snippets and similarly chopped synthesizer bits.
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Cloud rap producer Clams Casino drops a new instrumental which features some verses from the metal-faced villain, DOOM. Give a listen via the widget above, and enjoy!
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Stream: Savages – Silence Yourself Raw, dark, and visceral, the new Savages record is up and streaming on the band’s website for all to hear. Away! Away with you! Click that sweet link! The UK post-punk outfit’s full-length debut will be dropping on Matador Records on the 7th of
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Sister Crayon – “Cynic” from stereogum on Vimeo. Sister Crayon delivers a heavy dose of Björk-inspired whimsy against some shadowy visuals in this new video for the song “Cynic,” which comes off the group’s latest EP of the same title. This new release of theirs is out now via the
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Setting Fire To The Western Hemisphere by Confine UK grindcore outfit Confine, which features Oblivionized member Zac Broughton, has a new EP out, and you can stream it via the widget above. It’s fast, brutal, grimy, hard-hitting, and doesn’t let up for a single moment. Enjoy!
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Embraced by Surachai Chicago metal outfit Surachai takes the tremolo picking and blast beats of black metal, and intensifies them with great interplay, an atomspheric recording, and anthemic melodies. The band is pretty ambitious when it comes to song lengths as well, breaching the 15-minute mark on the opening track
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R&B enigma Janelle Monáe drops a new single, which features Erykah Badu on vocals throughout much of the track. It’s an incredibly funky number with a huge emphasis on synth chords that remind me of some of Prince’s best tracks to come out in the early
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MGMT mysteriously drops a new single over the weekend titled “Alien Days,” which sees the band staying steadfast in their direction toward the more out-there sounds in psychedelic pop and rock music. After the release of Congratulations a few years ago, MGMT saw grimaces from fans of their previous pop
