new music
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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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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.
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Another track drops from the new Goatwhore album, which came out this week on Metal Blade Records. “When Steel and Bone Meet” has some strong thrash riffage, and vocals that cut like the steel mentioned in the song’s title. While it doesn’t contain a whole lot of detail
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Last year, my favorite metal-faced MC, DOOM, was set to release a collaborative album with the one and only Ghostface Killah. Sadly, it didn’t pan out. Now, DOOM is teasing us with a new track from a different project. It’s being titled JJ DOOM, which is due to
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Coming out March 26h on Nuclear Blast, here is a track from the forthcoming Meshuggah album, Koloss. Like usual, the band’s riffs hit a strong, oddly timed groove. Stylistically, it’s nothing incredibly new for the band, but I think it still manages to reach a darker shade of
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Blending elements of black metal, death metal, and straight up rock ‘n’ roll, here’s a track from the new Goatwhore album, Blood For the Master. The album drops today on Metal Blade.
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Download: Brother Ali- The Bite Marked Heart In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s a new collection of tracks–DAMN! IT’S COMING UP!–here’s a new, free EP of tracks from Brother Ali. As usual, the Minneapolis-based rapper is sounding soulful and smooth.
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Shlohmo remixes the Weeknd in this reinvention of the song “Crew Love.” Two of my current favorites coming together for something awesome! Watch a review of Shlohmo’s latest EP here, and check a review of the Weeknd’s latest mixtape here.
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A new track from Here We Go Magic’s forthcoming LP, A Different Ship. It’s set to drop via Secretly Canadian on May 8th. “Make Up Your Mind” shoots for roughly the same quirky, Feelies-inspired rock sound that material off of Pigeons and January did. I will say this
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STALLONE by Stallone When guitarist Juan Montoya left the stoner metal group Torche, my heart sank a bit. His playing is part of what attracted me to the group, and I’ve been wondering if I’d ever come across it again. Well, I can now praise the stoner/sludge/
