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  • Aug 13 2017

    Higher Brothers - "Wudidong"

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    BANGER ALERT! “Wudidong,” the hottest single so far from Chinese trap rap quartet Higher Brothers, has received an official music video via 88rising. Their debut album Black Cab is out now; give it a try if you’re looking to adventure outside the Western hip hop bubble.

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  • Aug 12 2017

    VINYL UPDATE: 08-12-17 (Gorillaz, Dangerdoom, Father John Misty, Bob's Burgers)

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    Anthony shows off some recent additions to his record collection, giving his thoughts on their packaging and sound along the way. He hasn’t done one of these in quite a while, so some aren’t quite so recent…

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  • Aug 11 Album Reviews

    Dead Cross - Self-Titled

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    For the most part, this self-titled debut from hardcore supergroup Dead Cross offers a good balance between the genre’s original blueprint and some experimentation of their own.

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  • Aug 10 Album Reviews

    Ski Mask the Slump God - YouWillRegret

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    Ski Mask the Slump God’s outlandish and sometimes gross lyricism is sure to put off some listeners, but his animated performances left quite an impression on me over the short runtime of this latest mixtape.

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  • Aug 9 Album Reviews

    Black Lips - Satan's Graffiti or God's Art?

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    Despite its overture, interludes, and finale, the new(ish) Black Lips album doesn’t quite succeed at being some sort of grand statement. However, the band still has a killer sound and delivers a plethora of great tracks here.

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  • Aug 8 Album Reviews

    Ugly God - The Booty Tape

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    Ugly God’s debut mixtape is loaded with filler and bookended by two good tracks we’ve already heard.

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  • Aug 7 Album Reviews

    Oxbow - Thin Black Duke

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    Thanks to Thin Black Duke‘s lavish orchestration and tour-de-force vocal performances from frontman Eugene Robinson, eminent underground rock outfit Oxbow has delivered a comeback album that leaves me lost for words for all the right reasons.

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  • Aug 6 2017

    Best & Worst Tracks: 8/6 (Brockhampton, Jake Paul, Juicy J, TWIABP, Zomby, Kesha, Liars)

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    The weekly segment in which Anthony touches down on some of the best and worst tracks he has heard in the past week.

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  • Aug 6 2017

    Benjamin Clementine - "God Save the Jungle"

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    I missed Benjamin Clementine’s latest single while on vacation, but good thing I went back for it because this is some of the London singer-songwriter’s most potent, visceral work yet. “God Save the Jungle” isn’t at all la-di-da like some of the stuff on Benjamin’s (still

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  • Aug 6 brockhampton

    Brockhampton - "Gummy"

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    With its stellar flows from Kevin Abstract and a G-funk vibe coming through in its instrumental, “Gummy” has my mouth watering even more for Saturation II, which is thankfully slated to drop later this month!

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