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  • Jun 2 Album Reviews

    clipping. - CLPPNG

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    clipping. lives up to hip hop tradition and pushes “noise hop” unorthodoxy on their sophomore album.

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  • Jun 2 Album Reviews

    Eyehategod - Self-Titled

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    Famed sludge metal outfit Eyehategod is back with their first album in 14 years.

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  • May 30 la roux

    La Roux - "Uptight Downtown"

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    The latest La Roux singles have been the epitome of pop irresistibility. The UK singer’s latest record, Trouble In Paradise, is looking at a July 7th release date, and I couldn’t be more excited for it.

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  • May 30 2014

    Erik K. Skodvin - "Red Box Curves"

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    Erik K. Skodvin is the real name of Norweigian avant-garde, dark ambient producer Svarte Greiner. As Svarte Greiner, Skodvin has released a handful of well-crafted, lurching albums, such as his great debut Knive, and 2013’s Black Tie. He has also recorded music as half of Deaf Heaven. But it

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  • May 30 album

    Apollo Brown - Thirty Eight

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    Thirty Eight by Apollo Brown Mello Music Group‘s Apollo Brown has just dropped a hefty instrumental album that lifts a great deal of it’s samples from the sounds of the 70s. Funk, Blaxploitation film soundtracks, and obscure soul gems are littered throughout this thing. A great deal of

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  • May 29 Album Reviews

    Sharon Van Etten - Are We There

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    New York singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten tests patience with a slow burner of a new record.

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  • May 29 Album Reviews

    Owen Pallett - In Conflict

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    Composer and songwriter Owen Pallett takes a number of instrumental risks on this new album of his.

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  • May 28 BADBADNOTGOOD

    Ghostface Killah & BADBADNOTGOOD - "SIX DEGREES" ft. Danny Brown

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    Wu-Tang’s Ghostface Killah, Danny Brown, and the Toronto jazz fusion trio BADBADNOTGOOD all on the same track? Legendary. Just legendary! This track is basically a new 10″ single that’s being released by Lex Records. Also, make sure you’re caught up on the new BADBADNOTGOOD record.

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  • May 28 2014

    Róisín Murphy - "In Sintesi"

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    Irish-born electronic singer-songwriter Róisín Murphy has been taking a break from music since the (admittedly long) tour following her great 2007 LP Overpowered ended. It’s been a little sad for her fans (re: me) to go so many years without news of any real plans of her return. For

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  • May 28 2014

    tUnE-yArDs - KEXP Session

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    Merrill Garbus’ tUnE-yArDs project just released one of the best records of the year so far in Nikki Nack. And now, to our glorious benefit, she has done a KEXP session. The video includes four of the best songs on the record, including “Water Fountain” and “Real Thing”, and finds

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