Though Holly Herndon’s debut LP doesn’t have much in terms of consistency or length, this sonic experimentalist puts together some extremely interesting soundscapes, techno oddities, and vocal manipulations. WATCH THE REVIEW
“Your Cast Will Tire” is one of many shadowy and unsettling moments from the new Raime album, Quarter Turns Over a Living Line, which is out now via the fittingly titled Blackest Ever Black label. The seven tracks here toy with dark ambient soundscapes, pulsating beats, and some dub effects
Detroit drummer and producer Karriem Riggins releases a video for the Alone Together track “Summer Madness,” which actually features a few other instrumental moments from his latest album, too. Check a review of the LP right here. /via/
“Send Me Down” is the b-side to the latest single from California pop and contemporary R&B trio HAIM. It’s a polyrhythm-laden tune that carries a pretty heavy Michael Jackson influence. Actually, that’s the case with much of this outfit’s material, but they channel it into
A track from Half Way Home, which is the latest album from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Cairo Gang cohort Angel Olsen. It’s a pretty wonderful tune, too. It well-sung, emotive, and I love the desperate romance coming from the lyrics as well. The bass and drums are pretty modest,
Though Goat’s combination of African music and psychedelic rock is quite novel, the band doesn’t back it up with much in terms of songwriting or execution. WATCH THE REVIEW
Though Goat’s combination of African music and psychedelic rock is quite novel, the band doesn’t back it up with much in terms of songwriting or execution. WATCH THE REVIEW
With one stellar instrumental after another from the Alchemist, and a series of rhymes that perfectly fit this album’s outlandish exploitation film cover, Rare Chandeliers is easily Bronson’s most consistent and impressive project yet. WATCH THE REVIEW
While Vessel does create a pretty consistent and well-groomed style on this album, which fuses elements of IDM and techno with some of the most shadowy sounds on record, some tracks are clearly more well-developed than others. WATCH THE REVIEW
Though New York’s up and coming Ratking comes through with a lot of energy, and a pretty grimy sound, the hip hop quartet doesn’t show a lot of prowess when it comes to focus and songwriting. I’m not that disheartened, though. From what I can tell, it
