ok by Blue Smiley Digging the output of this little PA label Third Floor Tapes. Intriguing and punchy lo-fi jams all over this Blue Smiley release.
Baltimore rapper King Los drops his first commercial full-length.
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
