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Legendary proto-punk, art rocker, and musical eccentric Patti Smith has a new album out this week titled Banga, which is actually somewhat of a nonsensical tribute to a fictional dog who waited 2000 years on the edge of Heaven for his master who had ventured in to speak with Jesus
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A stellar music video for the single Detroit beast Danny Brown dropped back in March. The song itself comes off a bit serious, chronicling Brown’s younger days, but the video has fun with it by featuring this firecracker of a kid. He’s going crazy. He’s bringing the
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I was hoping for a Grizzly Bear album this year, and it seems like I’m gonna get it. After a handful of solo projects since the release of the band’s 2009 album, Veckatimest, the band is back with a new single titled “Sleeping Ute.” I’m actually very
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New york punk trio Poor Lily has a new EP out titled Three Songs, and, yeah, it’s three songs long. There was a short run of physical copies, but the tracks are now available digitally through the band’s site. Currently, Lily is aiming for a summer release for
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Another stellar track from Fiona Apple’s forthcoming album, the Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do. It’s officially dropping in about two weeks, and I’m psyched. Especially if I can expect dark
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Some hilarious visuals coming from El-P on this new music video for “the Full Retard,” which is a track from the New York rapper’s latest album, Cancer For Cure. It’s like a weird, coked-out scene from Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, except the Dr. Gonzo to El-P’
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Brooklyn rapper and producer Joey BADA$$ and his Pro Era cohorts are on the cusp of blowing up, and it’s bound to happen if they keep pumping out tracks like “Survival Tactics.” It’s a rugged ‘n’ raw piece of boom bap with trigger-pulling bars coming from both Joey
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Paradise of Blood by IDYLLS Brisbane band IDYLLS reaches the threshold of grindcore-inspired extremity without beating an eye on “Paradise of Blood,” and the band manages to litter the short and to-the-point sonic assault with some of the most colorful and frenetic guitar phrases I’ve heard in a while.
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On his first major label effort, Big K.R.I.T. tricks out his trademark Southern hip hop sound with an abundance of horns, strings, piano, and guest singers. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Micachu & The Shapes drop a new track from the experimental music outfit’s forthcoming album, Never. The song “OK” features vocals and a weird, winding synth melody that feel like they could have come from the heyday of psychedelic pop in the 60s; however, there’s a modern noisiness
