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  • Jan 16 affectionate

    Venetian Snares- Affectionate

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    Affectionate by Venetian Snares Believe it or not, last week was Aaron Funk’s birthday! Happy belated, Aaron. If you didn’t know, Mr. Funk has spent years as the creative mind behind one of electronic music’s most challenging projects, Venetian Snares. To celebrate coming into the world, Venetian

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  • Jan 16 austria

    Soap&Skin- "Boat Turns Toward the Port"

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    Soap&Skin is the musical project of Austria singer-songwriter Anja Franziska Plaschg. She’s got a new EP on the way titled Narrow. The track above, “Board Turns Toward The Port,” is the first one to drop from the EP, and it’s absolutely chilling. The combination of Anja’

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  • Jan 12 Album Reviews

    The Act of Estimating as Worthless- Amongst These Splintered Minds//Leaden Thoughts Sing Softly

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    The Act of Estimating as Worthless drops a pretty worthwhile debut, comprised of sounds pioneered by some of indie folk’s favorites: The Moldy Peaches, Neutral Milk Hotel, Smog, and the Microphones. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Jan 12 album

    The Thndrcrk Beat Tape

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    Download: FreshNerd of 100 Akres- Thndrcrk Sampling one track after another from Thundercat‘s futuristic jazz debut, the Golden Age of Apocalypse, here is a new beat take from the good people at 100 Akres. It was produced by FreshNerd and features a few MCs as well. Like I said,

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  • Jan 12 active child

    Active Child- "High Priestess" (CFCF Remix)

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    CFCF reinvents one of my favorite tracks from the last Active Child album, You Are All I See.

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  • Jan 12 asap rocky

    BADBADNOTGOOD- "Peso"

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    BADBADNOTGOOD covers the instrumental from A$AP Rocky‘s “Peso” in this live performance at the Drake. Enjoy!

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  • Jan 12 album

    The Act of Estimating as Worthless- Amongst These Splintered Minds​/​/​Leaden Thoughts Sing Softly

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    Amongst These Splintered Minds//Leaden Thoughts Sing Softly by The Act of Estimating as Worthless Combining sounds from indie folk projects like the Microphones, the Moldy Peaches, Smog, and Neutral Milk Hotel, the Act of Estimating as worthless is a pretty interesting blend of familiar flavors.

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  • Jan 11 69 love songs

    The Magnetic Fields- "Andrew In Drag"

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    Here’s a track from the forthcoming Magnetic Fields album, “Andrew In Drag.” It’s set to release via Merge Records on March 6th, and will be the followup to 2010’s Realism. The title: Love at the Bottom of the Sea. In true Magnetic Fields fashion, this track features

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  • Jan 11 experimental

    Gonjasufi- "Feedin' Birds"

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    A track from the forthcoming Gonjasufi “mini-album,” MU.ZZ.LE. right here. The track is “Feedin’ Birds,” and the music on this one repeats as lost vocals wander aimlessly through a psychedelic lo-fi recording. I feel like this song has a style similar to Sufi’s previous LP, A Sufi

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  • Jan 11 ambient

    Vessel- "Scarletta"

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    A new track from a recent Tri Angle Records signee, Vessel. The dude is a 22-year-old producer from the UK, and he’s set to release material on the label later this year. The sound of this track isn’t too far off what I’d usually expect from Tri

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