music
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Out now on Brainfeeder Records, stream the new Thundercat album, the Golden Age of Apocalypse, in full via the player above. If you’re a fan of the sounds jazz fusion grew into during the late 70s and early 80s, this is an absolute must. The energy of Jaco Pastorious,
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Skipping Rocks by Oddisee DC hip hop producer Oddisee has a new album of instrumentals out that tributes his favorite spot in the capital city: Rock Creek Park. With both samples and live instrumentation, Oddisee tries–and succeeds, really–at recreating what the place means to him through song. Stream
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The War On Drugs’ Slave Ambient is a glistening set of folk rock tunes and kinda ambient instrumentals. The production, for me, is a real blessing on this LP. The sounds are so pretty, which actually makes me wanna revisit a great deal of these tracks. But as far as
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On Watch the Throne, Kanye and Jay-Z team up for a celebration I’m sure their fans are going to love. The heavyweight MCs celebrate their relevancy, fame, and popularity with one track after another–occasionally stopping to make an introspective or societal observation. While the idea of the album
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Alaska’s Portugal. The Man made its Atlantic Records debut with this new album, In the Mountain In the Cloud. And because I didn’t really like the band’s past two albums, I’m surprised to see the music moving in a direction I like a lot more this
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The Vaccines don’t have the most original of styles or tunes, but they know a catchy hook when they hear one. What Did You Expect From the Vaccines? is a record that functions on those basic principles of a catchy rock album: energy, straightforwardness, volume. With influences ranging from
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Craft Spells’ debut LP is a mutated mixtape of the best sounds new wave had to offer. It’s a kind of shy LP, but the tunes will definitely stick with anyone willing to lean in and give a close listen. Though it doesn’t reinvent the wheel, this thing
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New video for the Siriusmo track “Signal.” I gave the electronic solo project’s debut album, Mosaik, a pretty positive review. Lotta great tracks on there, and more variety than your average album. Look for the LP on Monkeytown Recs. –
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Colin Stetson’s latest album redefines the saxophone in an avant-garde context. His drones, motifs, and highly technical sax runs are undeniably gripping and beautiful. Not every piece here may sound completely fleshed out, but the technical ability shown throughout the album is more than enough to distract from that
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