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  • Jun 3 1000 forms of fear

    Sia - "Eye of the Needle"

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    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

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  • Jun 3 2013

    Xenia Rubinos - "Let's Go Out" (video)

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    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

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  • Jun 3 beat

    HANZ - Reducer

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    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.

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  • Jun 3 Album Reviews

    Coldplay - Ghost Stories

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    Coldplay’s Ghost Stories is their dreamiest, most serene effort thus far.

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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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