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In 1996, of Montreal released Cherry Peel, a delicate, sensitive, and heavily Beatles-indebted debut album that rivaled even the Fab Four in terms of simplistic pop songwriting. Ten albums later, Kevin Barnes and company have released a plenitude of fantastical concept albums, gotten married to glossy synths and dance beats,
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Canadian rock upstarts METZ are gearing up to release their self-titled full-length debut via none other than the long-standing Sub Pop Records in October. Following “Headache,” “Wet Blanket” is the second track to drop from the album, and is available to stream above. With plenty of emotion, dissonance, and distortion
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Majeure, a.k.a. Pittsburgh artist and one half of synthesizer-worshiping rock band Zombi, has a new album on the way. Going by the name Solar Maximum, the record is looking at an October 16 release date via Temporary Residence. Check out the sprawling, eleven-and-a-half minute long title cut above.
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Adventures 7" by Adventures Pittsburgh’s Adventures dropped a new 7″ this month, which features some pretty impassioned vocals and dramatic chord progressions.
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Detroit rapper Danny Brown scales back the raunch for this new single, which is teasing toward the dude’s next album, Danny Johnson. Apparently Blu and Mainframe are handling the production on the LP, and you’ll be able to find it eventually on New World Color. About the song:
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Experimental hip hop outfit Death Grips closes out the 2012 edition of Adult Swims summer singles series with a track named after the trio’s Twitter handle. WATCH THE REVIEW
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MiSTOA pOLTSA by MiSTOA pOLTSA MiSTOA pOLTSA is a noise and garage rock project, and above, you can stream its seven-track eponymous album. I suppose the music of MiSTOA pOLTSA could be succinctly described as “unrestrained.” “Noisy” doesn’t quite cut it when describing the thick yet grimy wall of
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12 Bar Bruise by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is a garage rock group with both noisy elements and pop sensibilities. The band just released 12 Bar Blues, a twelve-track release which you can stream above via their Bandcamp.
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Stream: Grizzly Bear – Shields Thanks to the good folks over at NPR Music, you can now stream Grizzly Bear’s latest studio effort, Shields. The album is the highly acclaimed indie rock band’s fourth full-length album and their debut release on Warp Records. As one might expect from Grizzly
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Still I Hear the Word Progress (ft. Styles P) by Lushlife Admittedly, I’m late on posting about this Lushlife album, Plateau Vision; however, I’m not late on hearing it. I’ve had a promo copy of the album for a while now. I was underwhelmed at first, but
