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  • 2012

    Courtesy of the good people at FACT, here’s an outtake from the forthcoming Starkey album, Orbits, which is dropping Dec. 3rd. It’s a jittery banger that features some pretty heavy bass hits. Look for this album on Civil Music. /via/

  • 2012

    Over a simple beat backed with loads of 808 sounds, Capital STEEZ delivers a 9-minute posse track featuring numerous members of the Pro Era hip hop collective. Grab the dude’s latest mixtape, AmeriKKKan Korruption: Reloaded, if you’re yet to.

  • 2012

    TIE DYE ( YOUR LIFE) by LITERATURE Jangly, lo-fi, and energetic indie pop purists Literature have a new single out for the song “Tie Dye (Your Life),” and it’s a worthy follow up to the very likable album the band dropped earlier this year. Even though the sound of this

  • Wilt by Wilt A set of atmospheric black metal tracks from this new, self-titled Wilt EP. Though the songs are very obscured, there are definitely some strange phantom noises floating throughout these tracks. Enjoy!

  • 2012

    “Your Cast Will Tire” is one of many shadowy and unsettling moments from the new Raime album, Quarter Turns Over a Living Line, which is out now via the fittingly titled Blackest Ever Black label. The seven tracks here toy with dark ambient soundscapes, pulsating beats, and some dub effects

  • 2012

    “Send Me Down” is the b-side to the latest single from California pop and contemporary R&B trio HAIM. It’s a polyrhythm-laden tune that carries a pretty heavy Michael Jackson influence. Actually, that’s the case with much of this outfit’s material, but they channel it into

  • 2012

    With one stellar instrumental after another from the Alchemist, and a series of rhymes that perfectly fit this album’s outlandish exploitation film cover, Rare Chandeliers is easily Bronson’s most consistent and impressive project yet. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012 Demo by Blessed State Some catchy, energetic, and melodic hardcore punk coming from this new demo from Western Massachusetts’ Blessed State. It’s rough around the edges, but surely worth a listen. Some great guitar leads manage to shine through the grit of this recording, and some spots like

  • 4ad

    inc. is the musical project of Andrew and Daniel Aged, and their debut full-length, No World is set for a Feb. 19th release on 4AD. This inaugural track is a subtly funk piece of smooth R&B with some great chord changes and sensual vocals.

  • 2012

    The Progressive Era and Black Hippy cohorts Joey Bad and Soulo coming together on this new titled “Enter the Void.” While Ab-Soul sounds as dope as ever, bringing socially aware rhymes together with weird and pompous abstractions, Joey sounds great on a track that sounds a bit less mired in