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  • May 21 funk

    Usher - "Good Kisser"

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lQtoRFaLsA Well, here’s an unforeseen development: Usher just earlier this month dropped one of the hottest songs of his career. Immediately distinguishing “Good Kisser” as such a killer track is its beat – underlying the verses is a simple yet funky bass and drum

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  • May 21 acoustic

    ikea-graveyard - stray

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    stray by ikea-graveyard Alofa Gould is a 19-year-old Vista, CA-based singer-songwriter who has recorded under the moniker Your Bruise, and now under ikea-graveyard. This month, she put out a split EP with touringmates Bulldog Eyes and Yukon, as well as this collection of demos she recorded on her porch, called

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  • May 21 athens

    Lazer/Wulf - "Beast Reality (Center Piece)"

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    Stream here via Noisey Georgia experimental metal trio Lazer/Wulf is gearing up to release its debut album The Beast of Left and Right through Kylesa’s Retro Futurist Records. The group has offered us this glimpse of project, “Beast Reality,” which exemplifies the group’s self-professedly hard-to-define nature. Although,

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  • May 20 album

    Swans - To Be Kind

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    Swans’ latest album takes a hypnotic, meditative approach to churning out some of the most grand and visceral rock instrumentation in the band’s 13-album discography.

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  • May 20 Album Reviews

    Ibibio Sound Machine - Self-Titled

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    Ibibio Sound Machine’s debut is the beginning of a journey that fuses the sounds of afrobeat and highlife with electronics.

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  • May 20 Album Reviews

    Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband

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    With Nabuma Rubberband, Sweden’ Little Dragon come through with their shyest album yet.

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  • May 20 2014

    Cold Specks - "Absisto"

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    Cold Specks, the musical project of Canadian singer-songwriter Al Spx, has been slowly increasing visibility lately, most notably by contributing vocals to the new Swans album To Be Kind. Now, she is about to release her sophomore record, Neuroplasticity, and has dropped the first single in the form of “Absisto,

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  • May 19 bongripper

    Bongripper - "Endless"

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    Chicago doom metal outfit Bongripper has a new album on the way titled–wait for it–Miserable. Yes, Miserable. I don’t think I’ve ever been excited for misery, but there’s a first for everything. You can pre-order the album here. On this track from the new album,

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  • May 19 80s

    Coucheron - "Deep End" ft. Eastside and Mayer Hawthorne

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    A sweet, sensual, and rhythmically punchy piece of pop from Coucheron, which features some contributions from Eastside and Mayer Hawthorne. Enjoy!

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  • May 19 2014

    Open Mike Eagle - "A History of Modern Dance"

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    Hellfyre‘s Open Mike Eagle drops some visuals on a brand new single titled “A History of Modern Dance.” The track features an eerie-ass beat from Jeremiah Jae, and some understated bars from Mike himself. This track is off Mike’s upcoming MMG album Dark Comedy. Keep an ear out

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