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  • Feb 5 adam lempel

    Adam Lempel and the Heartbeats - You Belong With Me EP

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    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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  • Feb 4 2013

    Lee Bannon - Caligula Theme Music 2.7.5

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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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  • Feb 4 ii

    Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "So Good At Being In Trouble"

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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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  • Feb 4 2013

    Mikal Cronin - "Shout It Out"

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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!

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  • Feb 4 Album Reviews

    Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob

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    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

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  • Feb 4 Album Reviews

    Flaming Lips, Voivod, Nails, The Knife, Bleeding Rainbow, and more w/the Quickness

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    Yet again, a group of mentions and cursory reviews of things I didn’t get a chance to talk about this past week! WATCH THE REVIEWS

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  • Feb 4 2013

    The Underachievers - Indigoism

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    The up-and-coming new york hip hop Underachievers have dropped their first tape after a few hyped singles such as “Gold Soul Theory,” which is a track that was so impressive it caused Brainfeeder’s Flying Lotus to sign these guys right away. Look for a lot of East Coast hip

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  • Feb 4 2013

    Lil B - Pink Flame

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    Now that the drama from the Lil B and Joey Bada$$ has settled, let’s take a look at the Lil B mixtape that the “I’m The Bada$$” track came from, Pink Flame. It’s the Based God’s first mixtape of the year, and features a cover that

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  • Feb 4 2013

    Simon Bird - Sport

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    Sport by Simon Bird Beatmaker, music experimentalist, and Swans cover artist Simon Bird has a new album he dropped back in December titled Sport. The dude’s tracks are incredibly long for what basically feels like oddball beats and instrumentals; however, he justifies the 10-minute lengths with plenty of progression,

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  • Feb 4 black metal

    Fen - "Walking The Crowpath"

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    While combining the hatred of black metal with the atmosphere of post-rock is certainly not new territory for a band to tread, England’s Fen have definitely been offering some of the most interesting takes on this genre mish-mash for the past several years. Their new and third full-length album,

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