Porches pull together some decent synth-led pop instrumentals here, but they’re topped with some of the most off-key and uninspired vocals I’ve heard this year.
A highlight from Animal Collective’s new album Painting With, out Friday via Domino.
Kanye West attempts to sell disjointed and incomplete as a concept on his latest album.
A glimpse of Blue-Lit Half Breath, an upcoming LP for Penultimate Press by Melbourne sound poet Matthew P. Hopkins.
Lucinda wears her experience and age on her sleeve with this latest record.
Making a Valentine’s Day playlist is a regular thing here at The Needle Drop. Last year’s featured just about everything from Run the Jewels to Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, but this year Anthony pretty much had his heart stuck on one genre — soul. So what you’
A really cool animated video for “Mr Mistake,” off the self-titled album by Nevermen (a collaboration between vocalist extraordinaire Mike Patton, TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, and abstract rapper Doseone). Out now via Ipecac/Lex.
Digging on this new single by shoegazey duo Dirty Dishes.
A cut from Bland in D.C., the wittily-titled debut LP by post-punk trio Puff Pieces, out March 25 via Lovitt Records.
The lead single and opener of lo-fi rock group Attic Abasement‘s upcoming record Dream News, out May 27 via Father/Daughter Records.
