lo-fi

  • art

    With the same colorful, schizophrenic personality that powered the last track I blogged about from Foxygen, “Waitin’ 4 U” evokes too many sounds to name. The funny part is they’re all revisited with this joyously sloppy performance that’s lovingly complimented with meticulously crafted pianos, synths, background vocals, and

  • 2012

    Gretle. by Coin locker kid Wasn’t I just talking about dark, experimental, weird hip hop? Yeah, I was. Let’s continue the conversation: The track streaming above is from a fellow by the name of Coin Locker Kid. The Ghost Sonata is the name of his new, free album/

  • hardcore

    There’s nothing up there but heavy clouds by Host Some rough, face-smashing metallic hardcore coming straight out of New Hampshire on this new collection of tracks from the band Host. Loving the dirty guitar sounds on this thing. Really heavy, but sour and dissonant where it counts.

  • 2012

    mickey’s dead by elvis depressedly South Carolinian Matt Cothran, a.k.a. Coma Cinema, a.k.a. Elvis Depressedly, has a new set of tracks out proving his worth as a sad, sad songsmith. He’s diversifying the sounds he works with as well, making use of more synths,

  • 2012

    Featuring synth funk powerhouse Dâm-Funk, self-recording eccentric Ariel Pink has dropped a new song with his band, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. The track comes from the band’s next album, which will be titled Mature Themes. It’s slated for an August 21st release, and I’m liking what

  • 2012

    Stream / Download: The Intelligence- “Techno Tuesday” San Franciscan group the Intelligence play garage rock, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t know how to tone things down. With its first half driven largely by a lightly strummed acoustic guitar, “Techno Tuesday,” the second track to drop from the

  • 60s

    On this track from the forthcoming Foxygen EP, the bi-costal singer-songwriter duo evokes numerous sounds from rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest icons, but still manages to lay a fun, eccentric spin on it all. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 60s

    Take The Kids Off Broadway (Jagjaguwar) by Foxygen If you’ve been keeping up with my videos, then you know how much I’ve fallen for this new, up-and-coming singer-songwriter duo known as Foxygen. They’ve got a new EP titled Take the Kids Off Broadway coming this July on

  • 2012

    On Mount Eerie’s latest effort, Phil Elverum managest to transform is usual sounds and emotions into a repetitive, drone-y, and sometimes ambient musical experience. Mostly, it’s beautiful, but a few moments felt a bit overlong to me. Plus, despite being well over 40 minutes, I didn’t come

  • album

    DOOM and Oh No working together on this new collaborative, 5-inch single from Oh No’s forthcoming Ohnomite album. /via/