• Ave by Absolutist Absolutist is an Irish band with some extreme, uncompromising musical tendencies. Their latest release, Ave, hardcore punk tempos, crusty production, and some sludgy bass, too. The vocals have some character to them, and there’s usually a nice element of harmony thrown into each track by the

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    Here’s a track from the Lemâitre EP that’s set to come out tomorrow, Relativity I. These guys are are Norwegian electronic pop duo that satisfied both sides of my brain with this tune, “The End.” One side of my brain is like this right now: “Oh, the piano

  • Here’s a track from the forthcoming Lapalux EP, When You’re Gone. It’s an electronic music project spearheaded by producer Stuart Howard. It’ll be out via Brainfeeder records on Feb. 7th. At first, this track really kinda hit me like a James Blake tune with its subtle

  • Coming out March 6th on Constellation, here is a track from the forthcoming Elfin Saddle record, Devastates. It’s an edit of the track “the Changing Wind,” which I wouldn’t have guessed since the music flows so well here. The song opens up with some nice acoustic arpeggios and

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    Stream an iTunes bonus track from the new First Aid Kit album, the Lion’s Roar. It’ll be out officially next week on Wichita. Check our review of the album right here.

  • With some strong vocals and memorable songs, Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit retruns with it’s second album. It’s a helluva listen–even if the arranged instrumentation doesn’t have that much character to it. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • Young Fathers’ debut tape, Tape One, is as pretty fun, freaky, and lo-fi mix of hip hop, African music, and reggae. Though the release is only 20 minutes long, these tracks make up for it with lots of personality and catchy hooks.

  • One of the gloomiest singer-songwrters to drop an album last year, Chelsea Wolfe, is the focus of this new Room 205 session performance. Wolfe and her band pull off a tense and dark performance of the track “Movie Screen.” I love that these guys sound as haunting in person as

  • Of Montreal drops another track from its forthcoming album, Paralytic Stalks. You can hear the first track dropped from the album, “Wintered Debts,” here. Like “Wintered Debuts,” “Dour Percentage” moves further away from the overbearing electronics that have been making Of Montreal’s latest records feel a little crowded. Here,

  • Download: Himanshu- Nehru Jackets Featuring the likes of Danny Brown, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Action Bronson, and Kool A.D., here’s the debut mixtape of Das Racist member Himanshu. It comes shortly after the mixtape released by Das Racist cohort Kool A.D., which I wasn’t huge on, but