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Death Grips releases visuals for “I’ve Seen Footage,” which is one of the lead singles from the California-based experimental hip hop duo’s new album, the Money Store. The album is looking at an April 24th release date, but the album is currently streaming on SoundCloud and YouTube.
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UK trio Young Fathers drops a new track via its YouTube channel, heading further in the direction charted by Tape One, which I gave a glowing review to earlier this year. “Way Down In the Hole” features a shimmering, soulful into that quickly durns into something dark and dirty just
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Mean Screamin’ 7" by Teen Demon Clean Dreamin’ 7" by Teen Demon It’s only April and Brooklyn’s Teen Demon has had an extremely prolific 2012. Since January, the duo has already dropped four EPs, each of them tweaking the project’s sound just a bit. These
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Hailing out of Berlin, Kool Thing released their debut EP Light Games earlier this year. “We are Here” is a track off of that record. It’s dark rhythm and distant vocals are an excellent representation of what the EP sounds like. It’s a song that creeps along, perfect
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This new Humansuit track is very interesting. While being unmistakably produced by Flying Lotus, this short track doesn’t sound much like anything I’ve listened to lately. The drums sound intentionally synthetic, with Gonjasufi’s soulful and tattered vocal over the top. While perhaps sounding a little sparse, I
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Following “Myth,” Beach House has just released its second single from the forthcoming album Bloom. This is a strong single, and sounds like a bit of a progression for Beach House. It’s a sleepy track with delicate keyboards, distant drums, and an ethereal vibe. Victoria LeGrand sounds especially carefree
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THEESatisfaction releases a video for the track “QueenS,” which is the lead single from the experimental soul and hip hop duo’s latest album, awE naturalE. Catch a glowing review of the album right here.
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Totally (EP) by The Bats Pajamas From Toronto hails The Bats Pajamas, a punk-indebted garage rock band that recently dropped an EP titled Totally. The EP follows the group’s full-length debut that was released in 2010, which, according to their Bandcamp, was recorded by Steve Albini. Throughout the release’
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Del the Funky Homosapien & Parallel Thought are gearing up for a new collaborative release in June titled Attractive Sin. Like usual, Del drops some personality-driven verses that bring extra servings of lyrics and character. Parallel Thought’s production is solid, featuring a pretty airing organ that keeps the instrumental
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Swave indie rockers the Walkmen are gearing up to release a new album on June 5th via Fat Possum. The title: Heaven. The title track is streaming above. This will be the band’s 7th full-length album, and the Walkmen’s discography, for me, has been a journey of highs
