Southern California’s Xibalba drags listeners down to the “place of fear” the band’s name references, combining the heaviness of doom and sludge with the aggression of hardcore punk and even metalcore. Sunn O)))’s Greg Anderson shows up on a few tracks, too. WATCH THE REVIEW
CRAB CAKE by Atomic Farmhouse L.A. hip hop project Atomic Farmhouse is rough around the edges, but has a lotta personality to offer. Remember how I just said MF DOOM has a lotta influence on these up-and-comers? This is one of those cases, I’d say. However, that doesn’
Stream: http://radio.myanimalhome.net/ In case you missed all the hubbub last night when Animal Collective streamed their new album Centipede Hz in full on the latest installment of their internet radio program, the full album has been archived for streaming on the band’s website. You can either
Sonic adventurer Flying Lotus has dropped a new track from his forthcoming album, Until the Quiet Comes, and it features the terrific Erykah Badu on vocals. I also suspect Thundercat may have something to do with the bassline. This album will be the followup to 2010’s well-received Cosmogramma, and
[audio:http://www.southernlord.com/mp3/08%20Ignorant%20Bastards%20copy.mp3] OILTANKER is a Hartford d-beat punk band with a loud, aggressive, and crusty reputation. Their guitar tones are a bit thicker than one would expect from a band in this style, which made their latest album, the Shadow of
High On Fire drops from new visuals for their new track “Fertile Green,” which comes off the band’s latest LP, De Vermis Mysteriis. Check a review of it here.
On his full-length debut, 2 Chainz embraces a popular, trunk-knocking, and Southern sound, but doesn’t supply much in the way of lyrics, personality, or entertainment.
I know singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer John Frusciante’s last EP, Letur Lefr, was a bit strange, but I don’t think any track on that thing prepared me for this first track to drop from the guy’s forthcoming album, PBX Funicular Intaglio Zone. There’s acoustic drums here
PUS MORTEM by Black Pus If any of you follow the Loved List closely, then you’re probably already familiar with the noisy, abrasive, and overmodulated side-project of Lightning Bolt drummer Brian Chippendale, Black Pus. Pus Mortem is the project’s latest album, and it’s now available for streaming
Rocking the Night Away by WITCH CROSS Here’s a bit of heavy metal from a rock band time forgot: Witch Cross. The Danish group didn’t have a lot of releases in their heyday, but what they did put out was pretty tight, anthemic, and catchy. The label Hell’
