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After announcing its existence and playing SXSW, Wild Flag is finally gearing up to release a debut full-length. The band is kind of like a fem-rock Voltron, built of members from various indie rock bands of note: Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weis of Sleater-Kinney, Mary Timony of Helium, and Rebecca
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MP3 On August 23rd, Connecticut MC Apathy will be dropping his latest album, Honkey Kong. “Check to Check,” which gets some production credits from Evidence–yeah, from Dilated Peoples–is all about being broke as a joke. Seems Apathy is pretty open about his money problems whether they’re because
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MP3 To celebrate hitting 500K Twitter followers, Mac Miller released this new track featuring Talib Kweli. I’m not in love with everything the dude does, but I really like this track. It’s got a chill beat produced by Like, and tells a story of the awkward growing phase
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MP3 Nick Zammuto, member of the The Books, has a personal project. Fans of arty, glitchy cut-up music could be pleased by this first track, “Yay.” Others might be bemused, or irritated, by the by-the-numbers digital splicing offered here. Either way, if your appetite is whetted, Zammuto says his new
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MP3 New song from the California drone outfit Barn Owl. They’ve got a new EP, Shadowland, dropping via Thrill Jockey on June 21st. On the EP’s title track, which the band says was created without looping, layers upon layers of guitar phrases patiently build to a light and
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Download a track from the forthcoming Amon Tobin album, ISAM. It’ll be out physically May 23rd via Ninja Tune.
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MP3 Since their debut full-length dropped, I’ve considered Ganglians to be one of the most interesting groups to take pop to a psychedelic, messy, and lo-fi level. There’s an atmosphere around their music similar to that of Woods, but I find their songs to be what really keeps
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MP3 An energetic track from Eternal Summers’ 12” Prisoner EP via Forest Family Records. On “Prisoner,” Eternal Summers displays a universal desire: Freedom. People protest, fight, and die for the freedom to seek out their own happiness; but after the dust has settled, our personal prisons have still got us
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MP3 A 7-minute introduction to the forthcoming My Morning Jacket LP, Circuital. The introduction is a little slow, but when the instrumentation jumps in after 1/3 of the track, it’s pretty heavenly. I can smell the pollen and feel the sun on my face with this one. Circuital
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MP3 A remix of Grouper’s “Alien Oberver” by Teen Daze. Enjoy! And look for Grouper’s latest set of albums, A I A, this month. Hear the original version of this track at P4K.
