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MP3 Pallbearer is one of doom metal’s newest faces, and was recently turned onto them by NPR Music. You can actually stream the band’s debut studio album, Sorrow and Extinction, right here. Though I continually catch flak for enjoying metal–from both fans and haters of the genre–
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Last year, New York’s the Men dropped an album of some pretty solid rock songs. I didn’t love it, though, and I suppose it all boiled down to have disjointed the album felt. While I appreciated the styles of underground rock that were being shown off on the
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A stream of the third Scuba album, Personality. The album is dropping this week via Hotflush, and strikes me as being much less ambient and spacious than the project’s last album, Triangulation. And that’s fine with me, because the rhythms on this album are pretty driving and engaging.
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Here’s electronic music producer Nicolas Jaar‘s take on the Shlohmo track “Rained the Whole Time,” which comes off the Vacation EP I reviewed recently. Grab the EP now on Friends of Friends.
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Milo takes Baths by Milo I warned you about the forthcoming Milo mixtape, and now it’s here. Milo Takes Baths is one track after another of witty rhymes, obscure references, and instrumentals produced by beatmusic artist Baths. Download or stream the release above, and check a video for the
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Fine Before You Came is in Italian rock outfit, taking influences from the worlds of emo and post-hardcore to create its energetic and passionate songs. The group’s latest LP, Ormai, is out now via La Tempesta. Stream one of its tracks, “Dublino” above.
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On the new Goatwhore album–it’s the fifth in the band’s discography–the New Orleans outfit delivers a tighter, catchier style of its usual blend of thrash, black metal, and death metal. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Extra Patience (After Sebald) by The Caretaker A new, free mini-album from one of ambient music’s most interesting producers right now, the Caretaker. It seems to be a collection of odds and ends from the project’s latest collection of songs, Patience (After Sebald), but still makes for an
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I’m not single. I actually haven’t been single for around three years now. Still, this new beat from xxyyxx still brings out those “forever alone” feelings everybody’s had at one point or another. A beautiful and pitch-shifted vocal sample loops against a beat that’s interesting for
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Nearly everything about this Bishop Morocco track, “Old Boys,” feels familiar and done before. However, there’s just a certain charm to it that keeps it playing softly in the back of my head, making me excited for the band’s forthcoming EP on Arts & Crafts. Title: Old Boys.
