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Fresh from its recent tour with METZ, Toronto punk trio Odonis Odonis have a new single out titled “Are We Friends.” The track’s thudding industrial beat, piercing guitar tones, sonorous vocals and powerful hook add up to an exceptionally anthemic piece of post-punk. Check it out above!
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Stream: Oranssi Pazuzu – “Vino Verso” Finnish black metal outfit Oranssi Pazuzu is known for incorporating elements of psychedelic and space rock into its music, resulting in a listening experience that is as colorful and vibrant as it is bonecrushing. This bold esthetic is in full-force on the opening track to
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Sure, it’s one of my least favorite tracks from one of my favorite albums of 2013, but Daft Punk managed to put some smooth, sparkly, enticing visuals into this video for the Pharrell-fronted track “Lose Yourself To Dance.” Check the video via the embed above, and watch a review
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of Montreal has just shared the third single from its upcoming album lousy with sylvianbriar. With its crisp guitar tones, galloping pace, and another hard-hitting vocal performance from frontman Kevin Barnes, “belle glade missionaries” doesn’t at all pull back from the badass 60’s rebel rock esthetic of previous
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Glasser, the project of experimental singer-songwriter Cameron Mesirow, has a new song and video out in anticipation of her upcoming sophomore album Interiors. “Design” is an artsy electro-pop ditty accompanied by a decidedly minimalist video, shot in a lightly-furnished room inhabited only by a squirmy Mesirow and a space-bending metallic
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Deerhunter has made a music video for the breezy Monomania cut “Back to the Middle.” The grainy, mostly black and white video features a drag-clad Durassie Kiangangu lip-syncing the song and dancing, only cutting briefly to color as we see Kiangangu getting ready in his dressing room. Monomania is out
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Last month, ambient musician Julianna Barwick dropped her sophomore LP Nepenthe, among the most delicate and ethereal releases of the year. Be sure to check out this breathtaking rendition of album highlight “‘The Harbinger,” which she performed live on a lakeshore in Iceland for La Blogothèque’s Take Away Shows.
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Brooklyn rapper YC the Cynic has dropped a music video for GNK cut “The Heaviest Cross.” The video features YC cavorting through a dank studio, with imagery including him offhandedly pushing over a teddy bear, traipsing about on the couch, and briefly playing dress-up. Check it out above! Also be
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Rhode Island sludge metal duo The Body have a new LP on the way in October via Thrill Jockey Records titled Christs, Redeemers, and the first track to drop from it is streaming above. Though The Body’s music still hangs within the realms of metal music, their sound feels
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Canadian indie rock heavyweights Arcade Fire return with a new, disco-infused single from their forthcoming LP, Reflektor.
