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  • 2013

    Italy’s Blue Willa has an eerie style that I’m digging a lot on this self-titled record of theirs. The folk-inspired simplicity, dissonant guitars, and sharp howls of the project’s frontwoman are all too potent to deny. Enjoy!

  • 2013

    Stream: Kvelertak – Meir Norway’s Kvelertak are dropping their highly anticipated sophomore LP this month via Roadrunner records, but you can stream the whole thin now via the link above. Enjoy! Check a review of the band’s previous album here:

  • The Sure Shot [parts 1 and 2] by Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge A new track from the forthcoming Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge album: Twelve Reasons To Die, and it’s actually a bit more epic than the previous song to drop from this new LP, and features a

  • 2013

    Drake’s next full-length has got to be one of the most hotly anticipated hip hop releases of 2013, and I have to admit that applies to me as well. While I wasn’t in love with Drake’s last album, Take Care, I did think it was an overall

  • 2013

    Sonospheres II by Dereck Higgins The latest installment of ambient works from multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and video blogger Dereck Higgins. The dude is a music obsessive, and it shows in his jack-of-all-trades approach to creation. He’s been in numerous projects over the years, but Sonospheres II finds him in a

  • On his latest EP, Shlohmo takes his versatility to a new level with sounds from the recent rise in alternative R&B and trap. WATCH THE REVIEW

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    Smith Westerns groom their sound a bit on this clean, sweet, and ethereal pop track titled “Varsity.” The cut it destined for release on the band’s next album, Soft Will, which is gonna get a June release on Mom+Pop. Check a review of the band’s last album

  • 2013

    Electropop outfit CHVRCHES drops a video for the fantastically catchy “Recover.” The band’s forthcoming Recover EP is dropping later this month. Oh, yeah, and FUTURE CUBES!

  • 2013

    One of the best up-and-coming producers in the UK right now drops a new track titled “Slasherr,” and believe me when I say it lives up to the title. The track’s a real banger, featuring some sharp bass kicks and snares. On top of that, Rustie lays his typical

  • 2013

    Eiskalt by VUYVR Swiss black metal outfit VUYVR accomplishes the impossible task of creating a black metal album that simultaneously references the genre’s heyday in the 90s, but feels refreshing as well. While the recording of these songs feels a little claustrophobic–and intentionally so–there’s a strong