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If Lord Mantis’ Pervertor doesn’t have the most vile album cover you’ve seen this year, it should definitely make it into your top-10 come December. The Chicago band’s talents go far beyond picking gruesome cover art, though–which was created by Justin Bartlett, I should add. Lord
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As the act of sampling music becomes more widely accepted, the artform is doing bigger and better things. From the straightforward and visceral mashups of Girl Talk to the mind-bending sound collages Oneohtrix Point Never laced into his latest album Replica. However, this new Airhead track shoots straight for the
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Stream: Strand- “Strandalicious” A track from Belgian producer Strand’s new album, Slam Funk!. You can stream the whole thing on SoundCloud now right here, but the track linked above, “Strandalicious” is a good start if you’re unfamiliar with this guy. As the title suggests, it’s a bit
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[audio:http://assets3.subpop.com/assets/audio/11402.mp3]MP3 Among Sub Pop Records’ most recent signees is Poor Moon, a project consisting of Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott of Fleet Foxes and Crystal Skulls, as well as Ian and Peter Murray of the Christmas Cards. “People In Her Mind”
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Stream: Spiritualized- Sweet Heart Sweet Light After the exciting and gargantuan “Hey Jane,” it’s hard to say “no” to a full stream of the new Spiritualized album, Sweet Heart Sweet Light. It’s playing right now via the link above at NPR Music. Look for the album’s official
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California MC and Black Hippie affiliate Ab-Soul drops a new track featuring Jhene Aiko and Detroit madman Danny Brown. Though I’ve loved hearing Ab on the material of other MCs, including Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock, his debut album, Longterm Mentality, just didn’t come off that exciting to
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Produced by Just Blaze, Jay Electronica drops a new track titled “Dear Molskine.” Whether or not it’s a taste of a full-length album to come, I’m not sure. Though I’m sort of confused why the beat fades out suddenly, starts, and then repeats itself over again, I
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Pedro the Lion’s David Bazan is invited to sing over the instrumental for the Deerhoof track “No One Asked to Dance,” reworking it into a slightly different version. The original track comes from Deerhoof vs. Evil.
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[audio:http://www.southernlord.com/mp3/6.%20Mother%20Abyss.mp3]MP3 Black Breath is a Seattle band I fell quickly in and out of love with in ’09 and ’10. The adrenaline-pumping riffs on the band’s debut EP on Southern Lord were satisfying, but the band didn’t bring
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Fisting – unmastered by Bongripper Chicago metal outfit Bongripper deals in all things heavy. If it’s a style of rock that features heavy riffs, and tons of bass, the band has probably indulged in it at some point across the five albums its released since ’06. The group has just
