With its debut full-length about a year in the past, California’s Weekend is gearing up to release a sophomore album this September via Slumberland records. If you can recall my review of Weekend’s debut, Sports, the production was pretty hazy and the guitars were really aggressive. The album
Featuring eight new tracks, Humor Risk is gonna be singer-songwiter Cass McCombs’ second album this year. It’ll be released via Domino Recs this November, and the first track to drop from it, “the Same Thing,” features a much more driving, straightforward execution than much of the material on April’
Last year, just like many on the blogosphere, I was pretty impressed with the tracks Twin Sister was putting out on the net via the EP Color Your Life. When the band’s buzz became too big to ignore, Domino Recs signed ’em, and now we’ve got a full-length
New from Fool’s Gold Recs, this is Danny Brown’s XXX. Brown is one of the strangest rappers you’re gonna stumble across right now. After a cursory listen to this album, I’m ready to put him up there with Shabazz Palaces and Death Grips. I mean, the
A new video for “Slime,” which comes off of Sleeping Bag’s new debut album via Joyful Noise. I wasn’t down with the entire LP, but I’m very in love with this song–not to mention the video that’s now been attached to it. In this music
On her sophomore album, Chelsea Wolfe brings together ten pieces of straight up darkness. But what makes the dreary, depressing feelings on this album so palatable is that Wolfe attacks this darkness from multiple angles with noise rock guitars, doom metal riffs, ambient soundscapes, smooth beats, and blood-curdling snarls. While
Since he dropped that music video for “Wings,” I’ve been dying to hear some new stuff from Macklemore. Finally, we’ve got another song. What’s even better is producer Ryan Lewis has teamed up with this Seattle MC again to produce a huge, anthemic beat. What I love
A full stream of the album provided on YouTube via Sub Pop Recs. Mister Heavenly is somewhat of an indie rock supergroup, and I don’t care how many times that word has been used thus far to describe this project. Mr. Heavenly features Nick Diamonds of Islands and the
A new track from CFCF, which comes off a new 12” via the New York label UNO. It’s surprisng how much this Montreal producer has tailored his style since the release of his full-length debut, which I proudly own a copy of. Though it’s hard for me to
Komposure.EP by Knxwledge Chill, abstract hip hop instrumentals from Knxwledge’s new EP, Komposure. There’s a strong feeling of sedation throughout this release. And while there’s not a lotta change on these tracks, they don’t stick around long enough to warrant a lotta progression. Komposure is
