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  • 2012

    Stream: Jens Lekman- I Know What Love Isn’t On September 3, Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman will be releasing his third LP, titled I Know What Love Isn’t, via Secretly Canadian. The folks over at The Quietus have made it available to stream now; just follow the link above

  • 2012

    Attached to the grainy, 29-minute video embedded above, you’ll find an audio track that features the new Deerhoof album in its entirety. The title, Breakup Song, which, when I first heard of the title, I thought it was the band’s swan song or something. Thankfully, it’s not.

  • On Matthew Dear’s fifth full-length album, the singer-producer improves his grooves and lyrics while making his definitive, dark-as-hell sound a bit more colorful than usual. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2012

    Columbia’s Ondatrópica is nothing short of a musical supergroup, featuring both seasoned vets and young up-and-comers in Columbian music. The whole project has been spearheaded by musician Mario Galeano and producer Will ‘Quantic’ Holland, and the group’s self-titled LP is out now viar Soundway Records. Anyway, how to

  • 2012

    The Kaleidoscope by Lemolo Some chilly, emotive, soft piano tunes from Lemolo on this new album, the Kaleidoscope. There are some pretty moving points on this LP–especially the patient opener, “Knives.” Things do pick up with tracks like “Move Me,” which features a pretty tight rhythm, but there’s

  • 2012

    Straight out of Dublin, Ireland, KaraKara is a producer specializing in instrumental hip hop beats with a prominent old school video game aesthetic. The artist took to his Bandcamp last weekend to release Bully, a collection of sixteen old and new tracks recorded in one sitting on his 22nd birthday,

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    It’s no secret that Los Angeles is home to some of the most interesting names in beat music (*cough* Brainfeeder *cough*), but the talent doesn’t stop with Flying Lotus’s wonderful label. Among other worthy mentions in the scene is the Wedidit collective, home to producers such as

  • 2012

    Thanks for the clarification, Mr. Burns. The most intense duo in noise rock comes out of nowhere and announces a new album–no, really a compilation of sorts–release just around the corner. Lightning Bolt’s sixth album, Oblivion Hunter, is gonna come out on September 25th via Load Records.

  • God

    "God, Forgive These Bastards" Songs From The Forgotten Life Of Henry Turner by The Taxpayers The Taxpayers create music that’s a raw combination of punk and horns that isn’t 3rd wave ska. I’m interested already! I’m kidding, don’t get your jimmies rustled. This

  • 2012

    Border Community’s Nathan Fake drops a new track from his next album, Steam Days. “Neketona” has a pretty heavy and choppy 4/4 rhythm, and I’m loving the groove this very resonant synth is broadcasting on this one as well. A tight production here.