• 2013

    Some noisy, off-kilter, and fem-fronted post-punk from a rock trio known as the Debauchees. They’ve got a new record coming in November, Big Machines and Peculiar Beings, and “I’ve Got Energy” gives a lot of reason to be excited: Quirky guitar phrasing, tight vocal harmonies, and a pretty

  • 2013

    A piece of oddball indie rock from the boys in Disco Doom that mixes elements of 60s psych pop and dirty ol’ indie rock. These guys have a new record on the way via Exploding In Sound Records in December. Stay tuned!

  • Check out a reworked version of “Lone Bell” by experimental folk musician Phil Elverum, a.k.a Mount Eerie. This copiously auto-tuned redux will be featured on Elverum’s upcoming project, Pre-Human Ideas, a collection of 12 songs taken from his two 2012 efforts, Clear Moon and Ocean Roar; all

  • 2013

    The previously mentioned Chicago wordsmith Mick Jenkins has a new track out featuring production from High Klassified. The dude is definitely coming into his own. He’s got a voice, lyrics, depth. He knows how to pick a decent instrumental as well. Watch! via/

  • London electronic music producer Jon Hopkins has been hard at work on the score for the upcoming film How I Live Now. At one point, he decided to team up with Natasha Khan, a.k.a. Bats for Lashes, for a one-off single to be featured in the movie’s

  • 2013

    New Jersey rapper GDP has been getting more and more emotional and dreary with his rhymes on newer tracks like “Placeholder.” GDP’s got a new project out on Run For Cover Records titled Holla. If you’re looking for a reason to be upset, you’ve found it!

  • 2013

    Singer-songwriter Jonathan Rado releases a solo debut quickly after his main musical project, Foxygen, takes off with a successful album release earlier this year.

  • Brooklyn rapper YC The Cynic delivers a pretty potent statement on the topics of god, race, and power with GNK.

  • 2013

    The one-man Finnish metal project known as Dødkvlt has dropped a surprising new track, and I say “surprising,” because Dødkvlt’s music typically gives off a pretty strong black metal vibe. However, he seems to be embracing some of the tenants of death metal on “Of Dust and Bones.” It’

  • Stream: Anna Calvi – “Sing To Me” “Sing to Me” is the second single from English singer-songwriter Anna Calvi’s upcoming sophomore LP One Breath. Unlike the electric lead single “Eliza,” “Sing to Me” begins as a haunting art-rock dirge that takes a triumphant turn – complete with orchestral strings – at about