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  • 2012

    A short-energetic banger produced by none other than DZA, a SoundCloud producer I’ve been following for a few months now whose always drawing up some pretty interesting stuff. That’s done especially on this track, “Arabian Night,” which is loaded with too many sonic video game references to count.

  • 60s

    Here is a track from Jagjaguwar’s latest signing, Foxygen. They’re a songwriting duo consisting of Sam France and Jonathan Rado. First track, first listen, it was love. It was love, guys! But I have to admit I’m sure that has a bit to do with how familiar

  • 2012

    Stream: Savage- “Husbands” As anybody will tell you, there’s nothing I love more than the strange, moody, and dark female-fronted post-punk, and the band Savages definitely delivers that. They’ve got a new record on the way via Pop Noire Records, and this is the first track I’m

  • 2012

    Super Vague by Roomrunner Following the recent breakup of his noise rock band Double Dagger, Baltimore drummer Denny Bowen has launched a new project, which goes by the name Roomrunner. The band recently released an EP, Super Vague, via Fan Death Records. Like many of the finest acts that touch

  • 2012

    all we got it each other by ghost mice Indiana duo Ghost Mice recently dropped a nine-track release titled All We Got Is Each Other via member Chris Clavin’s Plan-It-X Records. It is available for purchase as either a vinyl LP or a cassette by way of the label’

  • 2012

    No Joy is an alternative rock and shoegaze outfit hailing from Montreal. “Junior” has a steady groove that continuously builds in intensity throughout without losing any momentum. The song is sung very softly and is very dreamlike in nature, this in combination with the rock styled jam the two play

  • 12"

    “Space Race” is the b-side to a new 12″ single written by Irish music producer Marcus Lambkin, a.k.a. Shit Robot. It’s being released through DFA records, and follows Robot’s 2010 album, From the Cradle To the Rave. While “Space Race” features a sharp, crisp, and punchy

  • afro pop

    A track from the forthcoming Luaka Bop release from Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang. The album’s title: En Yay Sah. The rfelease date: August 7th. On this new track, “Feba,” the Sierra Leone native and Bubu music figure leads his band with loads of charisma as a foundation

  • 2012

    [audio:http://www.matadorrecords.com/mpeg/perfume_genius/perfume_genius_rusty_chains.mp3] MP3 Hot on the heels of its second album, the loved Put Your Back N 2 It, Mike Hadreas’s Perfume Genius project has released another song. The track, which is titled “Rusty Chains,” was previously made

  • 2012

    Walk On Heads EP by Lower While music’s tendency to reuse and recontextualize elements from the past prevents any genre from truly dying, the post-punk revivalism coming out of Scandinavia in the last few years could impress even the most cynical post-punk fan. Alongside compatriots like Iceage and War,