• New music from Boston based alt-folk duo Fat History Month. These guys have earned a pretty dedicated group of followers after their first release and with good reason, they make deliciously tense and compelling music. It pines back to, on this track specifically, to old The Lonesome Crowded West-style Modest

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    Right here, you can find a pre-order page for the forthcoming Soap&Skin 7″, which looks like it’s going to feature three new tracks from the Austrian singer-songwriter. Though it was a short release, Soap&Skin’s Narrow still towers as one of my favorite albums of

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    Homosexual or not, New York MC Cakes Da Killa is one of the most raunchy, hilarious, and attention-demanding MCs you’ll hear this year. WATCH THE REVIEW

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    Detroit hip hop producer and J Dilla associate Karriem Riggins has a new track out that’s in tribute to the recently deceased Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner, who was once the frontman for the legendary Ohio Players. Not only is Riggins creating an incredibly funky sendoff for the band’s former

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    Canadian electronic music duo Zeds Dead have a new music video out with help from director and Black Swan Choreographer Benjamin Millepied. The hard-hitting beat and distorted basslines in this great are great as is, but the impressive dance moves coming from the visuals make ’em even better.

  • You Belong With Me EP by Adam Lempel and the Heartbeats Adam Lempel and the Heartbeats are one of the many bands that turn up in my inbox each week, but also one of the few that actually manages to stick out. Lempel and his Heartbeats are a modern pop

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    Up-and-coming hip hop producer Lee Bannon has a new full-length, solo project out titled Caligula Theme Music 2.7.5. It’s loaded with dark, gritty, and atmospheric hip hop instrumentals that occasionally feature a trap flavor to ’em. Not only is the percussion busy and sharp, but the samples

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    Psych rock and pop outfit Unknown Mortal Orchestra shows its soulful side on the track “So Good At Being In Trouble,” which has recently gotten some visuals via the music video above. The video is pretty hilarious to me, but I don’t feel like I should be laughing. In

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    Multi-instrumentalist, Ty Segall collaborator, and songwriter Mikal Cronin has a new album on the way via Merge Records in May, and “Shout It Out” is the first track to drop from it. It’s a sweet and slightly lo-fi piece of pop rock that feels simultaneously sentimental and thrilled. Enjoy!

  • On Tegan and Sara’s latest LP, the indie and acoustic rock duo makes a surprising move, diving head first into the world of electropop. WATCH THE REVIEW