• ep

    In lieu of her upcoming string of live shows, Icelandic folk songstress Ólöf Arnalds (formerly of múm) has dropped a free four-track-long EP of previously unreleased material. Above, give a listen to “Af stað,” originally written by Arnalds for Björk and Sigur Rós’ 2008 Náttúra concert in Reykjavík. You can

  • Janelle Monáe’s new music video for The Electric Lady cut “PrimeTime” is unabashedly mushy, and it’s all the better for it. The story follows android nightclub worker Cindi Mayweather (Monáe) as she falls for punky, but charming patron Joey Vice (Miguel). Monáe’s vision of the future is,

  • darkside

    Yesterday, Nicolas Jaar and David Harrington–a.k.a. Darkside–kicked off Resident Advisor‘s new “RA Sessions” series with a bang via a glorious performance of Psychic centerpiece “Paper Trails.” Watch as the duo stretches the piece to over twice its original length; it’s psychedelic microhouse magic! Psychic

  • 2013

    Art-popper Julia Holter stopped by the KEXP studio recently and did an interview and a lovely performance of “In the Green Wild,” “This is a True Heart,” and “City Appearing” from her latest album Loud City Song, which is, in case you didn’t know already, one of 2013’s

  • 2013

    New York’s Flatbush Zombies have a new video out for the track “Death,” which is one of the many grimy, eerie cuts from the trio’s new mixtape, BetterOffDEAD. The visuals here depict the Zombies roaming through some kind of farm area. The ending hints toward some kind of

  • 2013

    Super-versatile production dynamo Lee Bannon has just been signed to Ninja Tune‘s ranks, and he’s celebrating the release of a forthcoming album with the label by putting out a new, one-track EP that’s streamable via widget above. Enjoy!

  • “At Night,” the latest track from electronic musician Bonglestar Galactabong, is high in the running for most tranquil piece of music of the year. A lush, watery synth soundscape backdrops Bonglestar’s blissful, vocodered refrain of the title lyric; amounting to a song that’s absolutely delightful, regardless of whether

  • “At Night,” the latest track from electronic musician Bonglestar Galactabong, is high in the running for most tranquil piece of music of the year. A lush, watery synth soundscape backdrops Bonglestar’s blissful, vocodered refrain of the title lyric; amounting to a song that’s absolutely delightful, regardless of whether

  • Iceage delivers two bleak covers on a new 7″ they’ve got coming out on Matador. Stream, enjoy, and check a review for the Danish post-punk band’s latest record here.

  • album

    Armand Hammer is the collaborative project of NYC-based MCs Elucid and Billy Woods. Above, check out the hard-hitting “Shark Fin Soup,” a Messiah Musik-produced boom-bap cut from the duo’s new mixtape Half Measures, which can be streamed in full here. But Elucid and Billy Woods weren’t about ready