Australian producer Flume has a new mixtape dropping tomorrow that features nine new tracks with some pretty huge features. Ghostface Killah, How To Dress Well, Freddie Gibbs, and Killer Mike are a few among the many MCs featured on this thing, and Ohio rapper Stalley actually drops a pretty impassioned
With its recent output, Saint Pepsi has proven itself to be one of the most versatile acts associated with the infamous vaporwave subgenre that exploded last year. Above, check out the American football-sampling “Unhappy,” which contrary to its title, is incredibly sprightly and uplifting. Also, give a listen below to
Pasadena-based electropop musician Patrick Grossi, a.k.a. Active Child, has made his latest project, the Rapor EP, available to stream a week early via his Soundcloud page. The EP features vibrant arpeggiated synth phrases that range from chill to bubbly, and Grossi’s voice is thoroughly captivating in its
With “Take Me,” Sufjan Stevens intimates that even his unused demos are wholly worthwhile. Stevens shared the “repetitive lo-fi pop” song to his Tumblr Ghetto Soundcloud page upon happening across it on a hard drive under his desk. He went on to describe it with a couple of sly quadruple
In lieu of her upcoming string of live shows, Icelandic folk songstress Ólöf Arnalds (formerly of múm) has dropped a free four-track-long EP of previously unreleased material. Above, give a listen to “Af stað,” originally written by Arnalds for Björk and Sigur Rós’ 2008 Náttúra concert in Reykjavík. You can
Janelle Monáe’s new music video for The Electric Lady cut “PrimeTime” is unabashedly mushy, and it’s all the better for it. The story follows android nightclub worker Cindi Mayweather (Monáe) as she falls for punky, but charming patron Joey Vice (Miguel). Monáe’s vision of the future is,
Yesterday, Nicolas Jaar and David Harrington–a.k.a. Darkside–kicked off Resident Advisor‘s new “RA Sessions” series with a bang via a glorious performance of Psychic centerpiece “Paper Trails.” Watch as the duo stretches the piece to over twice its original length; it’s psychedelic microhouse magic! Psychic
Art-popper Julia Holter stopped by the KEXP studio recently and did an interview and a lovely performance of “In the Green Wild,” “This is a True Heart,” and “City Appearing” from her latest album Loud City Song, which is, in case you didn’t know already, one of 2013’s
New York’s Flatbush Zombies have a new video out for the track “Death,” which is one of the many grimy, eerie cuts from the trio’s new mixtape, BetterOffDEAD. The visuals here depict the Zombies roaming through some kind of farm area. The ending hints toward some kind of
Super-versatile production dynamo Lee Bannon has just been signed to Ninja Tune‘s ranks, and he’s celebrating the release of a forthcoming album with the label by putting out a new, one-track EP that’s streamable via widget above. Enjoy!
