MP3s & Streams
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Joey Bada$$ has definitely cemented a place in the underground hip-hop scene with his 1991 mixtape and Pro Era group mixtape PEEP: the aPROcalypse characterized for his long wordplay filled bars and boom bap styled production. “World Is Bond” is set to be on his upcoming album Summer Knights the
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UK experimental music duo Fuck Buttons have finally dropped some music from their forthcoming LP, Soft Will. Even though the track is merely an edit of what is to come, the music displayed still inspires with it’s rough distortion, high-pitched synths, and bumpy groove. Enjoy, and look out for
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Stream: Mikal Cronin – MCII Mikal Cronin is bringing out the first truly summer ready album of the year. All of the songs embrace a brand of pop rock that will get your body moving and ready for the sun. Cronin clearly knows what he is doing with these songs as
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Underground MC Illogic has united with producer Blockhead to make some old school hip-hop with a clear voice to it. The tracks on this album give me vibes from older Atmosphere albums, including the lyrical content and flow of Illogic is even close to Slug in some ways. Each song
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R&B enigma Janelle Monáe drops a new single, which features Erykah Badu on vocals throughout much of the track. It’s an incredibly funky number with a huge emphasis on synth chords that remind me of some of Prince’s best tracks to come out in the early
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Some really fascinating production coming out from Whistle Peak. They create some truly eerie sounds with the drip-drop synthesizers and layers of keys humming throughout. I really adore this sound it feels special too, something that only a certain artist cam create. The vocals add to this effect with the
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Stream: Kylesa – “Quicksand” The buzz around this new track is the it is very reminiscent of some old Smashing Pumpkins songs, this is true to the point that I could easily confuse it for one. The most notable feature of this is the guitar groove which lives and breathes Pumpkins,
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Stream: Elvis Depressedly – “Pepsi/Coke Suicide” Elvis Depressedly has dropped a new track from the upcoming release, Holo Pleasures and it really feels like steady improvement. Mat Cothran has been recording this album with his full band and it really shows with the fullness of the sound. In many ways
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Marion by Lone Doe The new release from Lone Doe is just as enchanting as their name implies. Vocals harmonies, beautifully strummed guitars and an understanding of song diversity all make this new project from Lone Doe worth a listen. Each of three tracks offered here feels so completely different
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A new plodding , twisting song from the Brooklyn-based band, TEEN. This track has a certain earworm quality to it that I would not expect with the more offbeat progression of the music, but it definitely works. That’s the true appeal of TEEN: Their strange musical energy is surprisingly infectious.
