From Watershed between Earth and Firmament, the debut album from Italian black metal artist The Clearing Path (Gabriele Gramaglia), out July 11 via Avantgarde Music. I appreciate the soupçon of Converge-esque metalcore in the mix.
We’re thrilled to premiere this video from cumbia supergroup Ondatrópica performing “Descarga Trópica,” a choice cut from its fantastic first album. The band is currently trying to fund a second volume of music and we strongly encourage you to consider donating to its Indiegogo campaign – lots of money needed
Kendrick Lamar gives To Pimp a Butterfly‘s most sanguine spot a video. Here’s Anthony’s assessment of the album again:
Luonnon harmonia ja vihreä liekki by Abyssion On this new (mini-)album, Finnish duo Abyssion comes through with a somewhat psychedelic brand of post-metal. Out today on Svart Records.
M by Myrkur Danish atmospheric black metal artist Myrkur (Amalie Bruun) is releasing her full-length debut M August 21 via Relapse Records. We have pretty high hopes for it after being impressed last year by the demo track “Skaði” and finding out Ulver’s Garm was co-producing the album. Up
Conor Oberst’s Desaparecidos drop a politically charged comeback album.
Chicago producer RP Boo has a new album called Fingers, Bank Pads and Shoe Prints out today via Planet Mu. This is probably the most hyped footwork project we’ve encountered all year – does the above video for the funky cut “Your Choice” tickle your fancy?
Golden Rules is the team-up of Paul White, the UK’s premier leftfield hip hop producer, and Florida rapper/singer/producer Eric Biddines. The twosome has a full-length project called Golden Ticket out August 7 via Lex Records; until then, you can check out this super soulful single featuring Yasiin
San Diego darkwave duo Prayers has just advanced the cause of its “Cholo Goth” movement with a new EP produced by Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker on Barker’s LaSalle label. You can check out the video for the project’s title track above and watch the group talk with Noisey
As as part of my ongoing videos talking about streaming services and contemporary music consumption, I thought I’d talk about a platform that isn’t discussed alongside the Spotifys and Tidals of the world: Bandcamp. Bandcamp and democratized content platforms like it, I think, are an essential part of
