On the band’s sophomore LP, Japandroids do a great job of eliciting very righteous, life-defining emotions, but don’t really surround them with anything that’s terribly engaging, musically. WATCH THE REVIEW
New york punk trio Poor Lily has a new EP out titled Three Songs, and, yeah, it’s three songs long. There was a short run of physical copies, but the tracks are now available digitally through the band’s site. Currently, Lily is aiming for a summer release for
Split EP by Full Of Hell / Code Orange Kids An ear-splitting, uh, split EP from Full of Hell and Code Orange kids via Topshelf Records. Considering Full of Hell’s Roots Of Earth Are Consuming My Home was one of the most abrasive things to drop last year, their side
Another stellar track from Fiona Apple’s forthcoming album, the Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do. It’s officially dropping in about two weeks, and I’m psyched. Especially if I can expect dark
Some dark, grimy, heavy bass music coming from Balam Acab on this short, but colorful instrumental. Of course, the track quite a bit away from trap music through its rhythms, but the barking dog samples and laser-style synth melodies take things into much weirder territory. Digging this much more than
Some hilarious visuals coming from El-P on this new music video for “the Full Retard,” which is a track from the New York rapper’s latest album, Cancer For Cure. It’s like a weird, coked-out scene from Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas, except the Dr. Gonzo to El-P’
On the band’s sophomore album, Black Breath combines various strains of punk and metal for one of the most abrasive headbanging experiences of 2012. WATCH THE REVIEW
Some new visuals from Rejjie Snow (a.k.a. Lecs Luther), Crave, and Jesse James on the track “Meddling Loops.”
Brooklyn rapper and producer Joey BADA$$ and his Pro Era cohorts are on the cusp of blowing up, and it’s bound to happen if they keep pumping out tracks like “Survival Tactics.” It’s a rugged ‘n’ raw piece of boom bap with trigger-pulling bars coming from both Joey
Paradise of Blood by IDYLLS Brisbane band IDYLLS reaches the threshold of grindcore-inspired extremity without beating an eye on “Paradise of Blood,” and the band manages to litter the short and to-the-point sonic assault with some of the most colorful and frenetic guitar phrases I’ve heard in a while.
