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“I don’t recognize you anymore,” Sarah Barthel sings at the very end of Phantogram’s new single, “Black Out Days,” atop a surprisingly soft piano. I say “surprisingly” because the 3 and a half minutes that precedes it is a booming, electronic rock song with a hell of a
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As we’ve already mentioned, electronic music producer Four Tet has a new album coming out titled Beautiful Rewind, and there’s a new track from it streaming above. While it maintains the particularly rigid assembly of electronic sequences that have been prevalent in Tet’s recent works, it does
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Have you been looking for a track that’s moody, sexually starved, bitter, and intensely passionate all at once? Of course you have! Stream the new Meg Myers single above for just that. With lyrics this bold, this West Coast singer-songwriter can’t stay obscure for long, can she? Enjoy!
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STAND AND STARE / GIVE IT ALL TO ME by Royal Headache Australian garage punk outfit Royal Headache has a new single out for the track “Stand and Stare” b/w “Give It All To Me.” The band still brings their speed, energy, and soulful vocals to the table; however, the
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The previously mentioned Chicago wordsmith Mick Jenkins has a new track out featuring production from High Klassified. The dude is definitely coming into his own. He’s got a voice, lyrics, depth. He knows how to pick a decent instrumental as well. Watch! via/
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R&B and art pop princess Janelle Monáe drops a new single featuring Miguel singing wonderfully on the second verse here. It’s a sensual, pretty, and melodic slowjam whose only sin is being so short! Look for this track and others on the new Janelle Monáe album dropping
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Minimalist music, jazz, and electronics come together on this new Dawn of Midi album, Dynomia. Stream it, enjoy!
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Death metal heavyweights Carcass have a new album dropping on September 13th titled Surgical Steel, and it will be the group’s first full-length in over 15 years! Though the band’s harsh vocals and intense drumming play right into the death metal tradition, they bring a ton of melody
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Canadian experimental rock outfit Yamantaka // Sonic Titan has dropped a new psychedelic, hard-rocking single with “One,” which features heavy guitars set against some dreamy lead vocals and foreign-flavored chants. While the cavernous reverb does take a bit of the “beef” out of Yamantaka’s instrumentation, the band still comes through
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Up-and-coming pop trio Haim has turned just about every head you’d want to in the blog-o-sphere with their hooky, layered, well-written pop songs that subtly reference everything from new wave to Michael Jackson. The band just dropped a new single with “The Wire,” and it’s got to be
