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The title track from what I believe is Warm Soda’s debut album. They’re a band that was formed pretty recently by Matthew Melton after the demise of his previous band, Bare Wires. Like Bare Wires, Warm Soda has a somewhat vintage garage rock sound, but there’s a
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Stream: Prurient – Through The Window Prurient is the noisy, experimental, and mind-bending musical project of Dominick Fernow. The guy is as difficult as he is prolific, which adds another layer of difficulty when it comes to wrapping your head around exactly what makes his approach to discord so captivating. The
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Hit play on the widget above to stream the debut LP from Atoms For Peace, a.k.a. the band Thom Yorke is in right now that isn’t Radiohead. The album’s title is Amok, and should be getting an official release next week. Enjoy!
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Stream: Bilal – A Love Surreal Combining elements of soul, R&B, funk, and electronic music, the new Bilal album is a futuristic fusion of sounds that reminds me of Prince, Erykah Badu, and some of Bobby Womack’s recent work. Stream the LP in full via NPR Music link
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Some brutal, cutthroat, straightforward death metal from Terminate on this track from the band’s new album, Ascending to Red Heavens, which is out this week on Selfmadegod Records. Enjoy!
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With monstrous hits of bass, detailed trap-style hi-hats, and an infectiously unique synth riff, if Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” isn’t a perfect banger, it’s pretty damn close. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Download: Gobby – Lantern EP Electronic music producer Gobby has never been afraid to get indulgent, and his latest set of tracks on the Lantern EP show him going down the juke and footwork route with loads of sporadic samples and dense rhythms. He seems to embrace the most obnoxious qualities
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Video of producer / DJ Holly Herndon performing at the Boiler Room. It’s not the most accessible Boiler Room set you’ll see; it actually takes Holly about twelve minutes to present some semblance of a steady beat. However, it’s still pretty awesome to see her perform the mind-bending
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Stream the new Beach Fossils album in full via the Hype Machine widget above. Though I haven’t really been a huge fan of most groups shooting for this guitar-driven dream pop sound, I’m finding this new record to be way more detailed, approachable, and memorable. Of course, it
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Following 2011’s Smoke Ring for My Halo, Philadelphia singer-songwriter Kurt Vile will release Wakin on a Pretty Daze, his fifth full-length LP. Set to be put out via Matador Records, the record is looking at an April 9 release date. Above, stream the album’s opening track, “Wakin on
