New Jersey indie rockers Screaming Females are gearing up to release their new album, Ugly, on April 3rd, and they just dropped a new track from it. “Expire” is a gritty garage stomper with a classic 70s post-punk bite, replete with jittery lead guitar in the verses and basement-filling drums.
With an emphasis on synths, edits, and effects, the Mars Volta makes the more accessible direction its been going in a lot more interesting, making this new record a colorful approach to progressive rock songwriting. WATCH THE REVIEW
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs will be dropping a new single through Polydor on April 2nd titled “Tapes & Money.” The release will feature several remixes, and John Talabot was brought into contribute one of them. Stream it above, and check a review for John’s fantastic new album here.
On the fourth track Death Grips has released from its forthcoming album, the Money Store, MC Ride and company continue to build a musical empire on the morbid and abrasive noise hop foundation laid out on last year’s Exmilitary. Drummer Zach Hill’s beats hit hard, featuring some subtle
Ice Level by Ava Luna Brooklyn’s Ava Luna has been releasing material, as far as I can tell, since about 2009. However, this Ice Level album is the first time I’m hearing of them. I couldn’t ask for a better introduction, too. There are points where the
DIYDUI by FIDLAR Coming out in April on White Iris, here’s the new Fidlar 7″, DIYDUI. These guys are a LA band looking for some bottles to break and weed to smoke. Maybe a couch to lay on for a while, too. Definitely something to help Black Lips or
Julia Holter has released a video for one of the dreamiest tracks on her new album, “Moni Mon Amie”. It has some nice light synthesizers laced throughout as well as some ambient effects. Lyrically, the song touches down on envy and jealousy, which have a direct impact on the visuals
[audio:http://www.dragcity.com/system/tracks/downloads/5336/original/1-02_I_Am_Not_A_Game.mp3] A fun, old school-sounding track from Ty Segall & White Fence. Since building buzz for himself in the mist of 2009’s lo-fi craze, Ty Segall has become a major player in the
On the Shins’ fourth album, the band bring some newer, bigger production to the table. However, the band doesn’t exactly present the energy or personality to make these ambitious sounds exciting.
Album Reviews
Daniel Rossen- Silent Hour / Golden Mile
I wish Silent Hour / Golden Mile was longer, but I still have to admit singer-songwriter Daniel Rossen has pulled together a solid collection of solo material on this 5-track EP. The man’s tunes are some of the most masterful in independent music right now. WATCH THE REVIEW