Watch: Wye Oak – “Running Up That Hill” Baltimore duo Wye Oak just released their fourth album, the subdued Shriek, which dropped all the guitar and swapped it for bass, accompanied by the usual (but toned down) drums and keys. Now, the duo have done a live cover for The AV
Shara Worden is one of my favorite voices in contemporary music, and I mean that both literally and figuratively. The latter because of her unique songwriting abilities and her way with creating slippery, pretty melodie sand make them sound so easy. The former because, well, that voice! Worden’s chops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6zU87xJoBk Back in April, Anthony talked some about “High Road,” the lead single of seminal sludge and prog-metal outfit Mastodon’s forthcoming record Once More ‘Round the Sun. The song had a sweet soaring chorus, managing to maintain the likable catchy quality of the
Denzel Curry enjoys the simpler–and nastier–pleasures in life, it seems. That’s what this new track of his seems to be about, anyway. Give this smooth, moody song a stream via the widget above, and check out a review of Curry’s latest project right here.
Up-and-coming lo-fi rock outfit Dub Thompson drops yet another song from their forthcoming album on Dead Oceans, 9 Songs. Truth be told, “No Time” has been floating around for a little while, I believe, but I’ve been warming up to the song a bit. The damaged aesthetic of the
Sub Pop’s Avi Buffalo is back with a new track and a forthcoming album titled, At Best Cuckold, which is dropping in September. Not sure if I could ask for a more off-putting, adulterous title, but the music itself is the opposite in that it’s absolutely pleasant. I’
If the first single from Sia’s forthcoming record, “Chandelier”, was a pretty perfect example of a bombastic pop banger a la Rihanna (go figure), then her second new single “Eye of the Needle” is a good example of a pop ballad. An understated drum beat (which sounds like it
Xenia Rubinos’ sleeper/stunner debut album, Magic Trix, came out last year, but she’s still churning out videos for it, including this new (and supposedly final) one for “Let’s Go Out.” On the album, the track works as a sort of deflated reprise of the great single “Hair
Experimental beatmusic producer HANZ just dropped a wicked, twisted, and grimy full-length by the name of Reducer. It can be streamed in full via the widget above, or you can download it here and here.
Coldplay’s Ghost Stories is their dreamiest, most serene effort thus far.
