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  • Nov 19 Album Reviews

    Daniel Avery - Drone Logic

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    Daniel Avery assembles a diverse album of well-crafted tech house tracks that’s solid from start to finish.

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  • Nov 19 hip hop

    Ratking - "100"

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    NYC rap group Ratking has dropped a dazzling new video and single, “100.” It looks as though since the release of last year’s Wiki93 EP,  the outfit has matured and refined its glitchy modern take on old-school New York hip hop to the point that “100” is not only

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  • Nov 19 album

    The Frights - Self-Titled

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    The Frights by The Frights San Diego surf-punk trio The Frights put out their self-titled debut LP this past Halloween, a fitting release date given that the band describes itself as the “house band for a 1950’s underwater Halloween party.” With its delightfully messy, reverb-drenched recording and “dirty” take

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  • Nov 19 2013

    Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - "Austerity Blues" (excerpt)

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    While they have a name that has gone through multiple iterations before arriving at this current one, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra have been fairly consistent. Grand, orchestral (sorry!) songs with elements of folk and post-rock thrown into the pot, Silver Mt. Zion make big songs, and this new

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  • Nov 19 2013

    Ryshon Jones - "Current"

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    Sounds like up-and-coming rapper Ryshon Jones isn’t happy about the current de-emphasis on lyrics in hip hop. Even though he hops on a banging, futuristic trap beat for this new single of his, the social critique he dishes out is pretty sharp, hilarious, and undeniable to an extent. Enjoy!

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  • Nov 19 album

    scallops hotel - poplar grove (or how to rap with a hammer)

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    poplar grove (or how to rap with a hammer) by scallops hotel You know that Milo-affiliated hip hop project I eluded to last week? Well, it’s out, and streaming on Bandcamp right now for your listening pleasure. Milo, Busdriver, Iglooghost, ELOS, Jincallo and Lee Bannon all handled production, and

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  • Nov 18 ---like clockwork

    Queens of the Stone Age - "The Vampyre of Time and Memory"

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    Queens of the Stone Age drop one of the more unsettling music videos of this year, featuring loads of stuffed animals, a toothed piano, and a vampire woman that’s gonna be haunting your nightmares for the next several weeks. Props to directors Kii Arens and Jason Trucco. Catch a

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  • Nov 18 crust

    Soupcans - Parasite Brain EP

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    Scuzzy garage punkers Soupcans have a new EP out that you can stream via the embed above, and it’s gotta be one of the most manic, filthy, and wild collections of songs I’ve heard in this style in a while. The band holds nothing back with brittle guitars,

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  • Nov 18 chet faker

    Flume & Chet Faker - "Drop The Game"

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    Australian producer Flume just released a commercial mixtape where he featured a slew of different singers and rappers, so he’s obviously works well with others. His next project consists of several tracks hammered out with a collaborator from his recent past, Chet Faker. The title: Lockjaw EP. It’s

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  • Nov 18 Album Reviews

    Death Grips - Government Plates

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    While Death Grips’ Government Plates might be one of the most aggressive releases to come from the experimental hip hop trio, it’s also one of their most forgettable, repetitious, short-winded, and half-baked.

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