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Gretle. by Coin locker kid Wasn’t I just talking about dark, experimental, weird hip hop? Yeah, I was. Let’s continue the conversation: The track streaming above is from a fellow by the name of Coin Locker Kid. The Ghost Sonata is the name of his new, free album/
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Meet underground rapper Haleek Maul. He’s got a new mixtape titled Oxyconteen. It’s available for a free download from Merok Records. A lot of experimental hip hop has come out in the past few years. It’s funny to think of how different the underground rap scene in
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Little Dragon drops a stream of a new single, which seems to have been created with some commercial backing from Absolut. Nevertheless, the band’s usual combo of subtle dance beats, sensual vocals, and sweet synths are here. Check out our review of the album they dropped last year if
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A strong, passionate track from the new Defense Family 7″, which was recorded in Iceland at a studio owned by Sigur Ros, and the session was even engineered by the band’s frontman, Jón Þór Birgisson. Now the song itself delivers SDF’s usual combo of loud guitars with a
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Freddie Gibbs and Madlib have released a collaboration EP titled Shame, this is the title track off the collection. Everything about this recording makes it sound like the two were having a good time. Over a soul-sampling beat, Gibbs tells a story of infidelity and sleepin’ around.
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Teengirl Fantasy has put out new track “Motif”, while still sounding like themselves, they’ve also gone a bit more shoegazey on this track. Initially it sounds very non-beat driven, but a steady dance rhythm comes in at around the one minute mark and gives the song some direction. Its
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NO by Old Man Gloom If you’ve been following the posts on this blog closely, you already know Old Man Gloom has a new album coming out this week. Via the widget above, you can stream the whole album in full. Take in the bone-crushing riffs and Kurt Ballou-produced
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From Argentinian dance producer Mati Zundel‘s recently released LP Amazonico Gravitante comes “El Alto de la Paz,” a track that features the vocal talents of Canadian resident Boogat. The album hit the shelves on March 20 via ZZK Records, and can be snatched over at the label’s website.
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Dirty Projectors drop another track from their forthcoming LP, Swing Lo Magellan. This track, and the previous one to be released, are taking the Projectors’ sound in a noticeably sweeter, poppier direction. While it’s nowhere near as hard-hitting as their earlier material, there’s something sneaky about how these
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To Carry the Flame by Old Man Gloom Boston’s Old Man Gloom is dropping their new album, titled NO, next week via Hydra Head records. A group like this has a considerable hurdle to jump over with this new record. Not only is NO the first Old Man Gloom
