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    Spritualized drops a new track from its forthcoming album, Sweet Heart Sweet Light. Currently, the album is looking at an April 16th release date on Double Six Records. As it’s to be expected, this English band has pulled together another mint piece of psych rock opus. The track starts

  • Indie pop outfit Craft Spells writes another tune with its usual array of dreamy, lucid effects, and announces the release of a new EP, Gallery. The EP will be out via Captured Tracks on May 15th. Check a review of the band’s debut album, Idle Labor, here.

  • art rock

    Sophist by Birth of Flower Featuring the raucous punk rock energy of the Minutemen, and the eccentric psychosis of Can, here’s one of the newest tracks from Connecticut band Birth of Flower. It comes from the trio’s latest album, Diety.

  • 2012

    BBNGLIVE 2 by BADBADNOTGOOD BADBADNOTGOOD drops its second live album, and as the band progresses, they’re getting more adventurous in the artists whose music they improv on. This time, we’re getting some reinventions of material from electronic music producer James Blake. Stream the live album above, or download

  • 2012

    As a part of the collaborative music series Converse throws together each year, we’ve got a new track featuring the minds of Andre 3000, James Murphy, and Gorillaz. Not every spot in this series has been a bright one, but the usual blend of genres these 3 artist, 1

  • bbu

    The Hood (Feat. GLC) [Prod. by Classick] by BBU BBU is an up-and-coming Chicago rap clique, and they’ve got a new mixtape out via the Mishka Bandcamp, which is building its cred as a hot spot for genre-defying hip hop tapes. When it comes to breaking barriers, BBU is

  • catchy

    Summery, fun, catchy, and lo-fi is a sound a lot of new acts shoot for, but few of them actually achieve it on the level of Vermont singer-songwriter Kyle Thomas. Whether you’re listening to some of his solo stuff under the name “King Tuff,” or some tracks from his

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    M-Phases creates a fantastic remix of “I Never Learnt To Share,” which is one of my favorite tracks from the debut full-length of singer-producer James Blake. Rather than embracing the track’s original ambient atmosphere, Phazes samples numerous chunks of the song and turns it into a hard-hitting hip hop

  • Sleigh Bells’ latest album features a high-fidelity recording quality that makes its sound much more palatable than the music on the duo’s debut album, Treats. But beyond that, the band hasn’t changed its tune all that much. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • bass

    “Mercy” is a collaborative track from two of contemporary underground electronic music’s most creative producers, Joy Orbison and Boddika. It’s not the first time they’ve put a track together, and I’m hoping it won’t be the last after getting exposed to the mutated bass and