new music
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Here’s a track from a new collaborative project featuring musicians from two of the best garage rock acts out there right now: Black Lips and Gentleman Jesse and His Men. The Gaye Blades’ first album is out now on Norton Records, and the track “Don’t Get Married” alone
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A funny little song from the forthcoming Neverever EP, Shake-A-Baby. The title: “Mexicoco.” It’s the kind of song that would have been a surf pop hit in the 60s if it had a better recording going for it. I can see leagues of teenage girls chewing gum and gossiping
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If you’re into highlife music and afrobeat, listen up. You might miss out on a copy of this forthcoming EP from Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang, An Letah. It’s coming out via True Panther Sounds on March 20th, and Janka Nabay should have a full-length album dropping
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7" by Teen Demon Sample some loud, blood-pumping punk rock from this new Teen Demon 7″. All the tracks are up for download on the band’s Bandcamp. I’m really friggin’ diggin’ the sound this band is pushing. It’s got a punk edge to it, but the
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A band from my neck of the woods, Cheerleader, puts together a clapping and whistling indie pop gem on the track “Do What You Want.” The recording is a little lo-fi, but it keeps the song’s already bouncy attitude from becoming too much to handle. Check out other tracks
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A track from the forthcoming BJ the Chicago Kid release, Pineapple Now-Laters, which is coming out on Valentine’s Day. Damn, all I gotta say is this track is gorgeous from every angle. Kendrick Lamar’s storytelling is vivid, dealing in one moral dilemma after another. His vocal delivery is
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the Narrow Musketeer by the narrow musketeer The Narrow Musketeer is a project that’s short on song lengths, but big on personality. It sounds like it was recorded in a bedroom, which is fine, but music of this style does tend to get a bad rap. The humble means
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Of Montreal drops another track from its forthcoming album, Paralytic Stalks. You can hear the first track dropped from the album, “Wintered Debts,” here. Like “Wintered Debuts,” “Dour Percentage” moves further away from the overbearing electronics that have been making Of Montreal’s latest records feel a little crowded. Here,
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Singer-songwriter Matt Oliver’s TV Torso drops a new track, and it’s a pretty enjoyable blend of pulsating synths and anthemic rock songwriting. Oliver’s vocals feel vibrant and almost folky despite some heavy tremolo effects. Screaming guitar leads harmonize into an almost drone-y effect, and the sequenced bass
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A new track from a recent Tri Angle Records signee, Vessel. The dude is a 22-year-old producer from the UK, and he’s set to release material on the label later this year. The sound of this track isn’t too far off what I’d usually expect from Tri
