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  • Feb 14 gdp

    GDP- "Old El Paso"

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    A new track from New Jersey’s most vile, perverse, and unsettling rapper, GDP. The dude’s lyrics, like usual, are dark, and make me wonder if he kisses his mother with that mouth. The beat here really makes the track. The refined string sections wrap around the rhythm like

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  • Feb 14 abstract

    Moonface- "Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips"

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    Singer-songwriter Spencer Krug, a man known for his eccentric and drawn-out tunes in bands like Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown, has released a new track with his more experimental side project, Moonface. A new album has been announced. The title: Heartbreaking Bravery. It’s a collaboration with the band Siinai,

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  • Feb 14 avant-pop

    Stream Islands- A Sleep & A Forgetting

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    Islands is the pet project of Nick Thorburn–formerly of the Unicorns–and Anti- has seen fit to put up a stream of the band’s new album, which is set to berelease today! If you have listened to the songs they have released thus far from the album “This

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  • Feb 14 big beast

    Killer Mike- "Big Beast" ft. Bun B., T.I., Trouble (Prod. EL-P) (Loved)

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    MP3 A track from the forthcoming Killer Mike, EL-P collaboration, R.A.P. Music, which will be out via Williams Street Records May 15th. Though rapping about drugs, violence, and strippers has become an undeniable rap cliche, Mike’s lyrics and veteran status serve as a reminder of how gritty

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  • Feb 13 experimental

    St. Vincent- "Cheerleader"

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    A track for the song “Cheerleader,” which comes off the latest St. Vincent album, Strange Mercy. The album made it onto my list of favorite albums from 2011, and you can check our review of it here. Look for this album now on 4AD. A lot like the video for

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  • Feb 13 album

    Portico Quartet- Portico Quartet

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    On Portico Quartet’s third album, the London-based band creates an impressive mixture of sounds from jazz and electronica. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Feb 13 Album Reviews

    Lapalux- When You're Gone

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    On the new Lapalux EP, there’s a lot of creativity to go around. Despite a lack of focus, the beats here are loaded with a bounty of different sounds and textures. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Feb 13 4trk mind

    Exile- "Klepto"

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    A hilarious music video from one of the better hip hop producers out there right now. I’ll admit I slept on his last album a bit, 4TRK MIND. Not gonna lie about that, but Exile’s mic skills just don’t hit me with the same power his production

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  • Feb 13 brother ali

    Brother Ali- The Bite Marked Heart

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    Download: Brother Ali- The Bite Marked Heart In  honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s a new collection of tracks–DAMN! IT’S COMING UP!–here’s a new, free EP of tracks from Brother Ali. As usual, the Minneapolis-based rapper is sounding soulful and smooth.

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  • Feb 13 burial

    Stream the New Burial EP

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    Stream: Burial- Kindred EP London-based future garage and dubstep producer Burial has a new EP out via Hyperdub. It features three new tracks, and two of ’em are eleven-minute doozies. Listen to the whole thing via the link above.

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