Willis Earl Beal has shared another cut from his upcoming sophomore album Nobody knows. “Coming Through” is a passionate, relatively ebullient blues tune featuring an understated vocal contribution from Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power. Nobody knows. is scheduled for release on September 10 on HXC Recordings.
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A lovely little track from the forthcoming Lake album, The World Is real. The album is looking at a September release on K, and “Dog In the Desert” is one the cuts from it. With some folky instrumentation, a simple groove, and some gentle vocals, Lake lays out a soundscape
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Considering how much I loved Crystal Stilts’ last album, of course I’m looking forward to their next LP, Nature Noir. The album is looking at a release on Sacred Bones records on September 17th, and this newly released cut titled “Future Folklore” comes off a lot clearer than most
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Candy Claws bring their fuzzy, lo-fi sound together with some creatively arranged psych pop instrumentation for a dream pop album that’s musically and sonically dense. It’s like biting into a juicy piece of pineapple the size of a tractor-trailer. WATCH THE REVIEW
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With “Young Blood,” Canadian indie rocker Mac DeMarco adds his name to the impressive list of fine musicians who’ve contributed to the ongoing Adult Swim Singles Program. The song features a simple, surfy lo-fi groove and Mac’s garbled vocals tell a weirdo narrative about hockey. The single will
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Chicago-based experimental lo-fi folk artist Willis Earl Beal has shared a new song taken from his forthcoming sophomore LP Nobody knows. Thanks to Beal’s powerful inflection, “Too Dry to Cry” deviously comes across as incredibly profound and soulful on the surface, but its lyrical content is just as raw
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California lo-fi and noise rock duo No Age have a new album on the way via Sub Pop Records that’s due in August. The title is An Object, and the tracks to drop thus far from the album–including the one embedded above–haven’t really gotten me very
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Tanner Olin Smith (4 song tape) by T.O.S. Tanner Olin Smith is delivering some lo-fi goodness with some groovy and strung-out guitar riffs. Embracing a low-quality style of recording, Tanner has a discernible mood that goes along with the wall of hums and guitar hard strums that fill
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Anther by frustrator Hit up the widget above to stream the full-length debut of Frustrator, which is a musical pseudonym used by multi-instrumentalist Tei Blow. The guy combines wandering singer-songwriter tunes with vast, ambient soundscapes to create something both rootsy and wide in scope. There’s an eerie depth to
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Red Wine by Tonetta The Internet’s most NSFW outsider musician has a new album release out with the good people at Woozy Tribe. The title: Red Wine, which is aptly covered in a somewhat disturbing image of Tonetta himself adorn in a strangely fitting red dress. Like his past
