On the Future Islands’ new album, they continue breeding the simple, bare, and dramatic style of synth pop that caught ears in 2010 on the group’s last album, In Evening Air. WATCH THE REVIEW
On his latest solo effort, legendary producer 9th Wonder invites some of his favorite MCs to spit over his beats and celebrate his relevancy as a fixture in hip hop. WATCH THE REVIEW
On his first official full-length album on Roc Nation, rapper and producer J. Cole takes the talents he’s been perfecting on past mixtapes and goes big time with them. WATCH THE REVIEW
BADBADNOTGOOD is a Canadian jazz trio, and the outfit’s latest self-release is a series of instrumental reinventions of classic hip hop beats. WATCH THE REVIEW
On the Hunter, Mastodon’s sludgy take on progressive metal is sounding more accessible than ever. WATCH THE REVIEW
A new video for “Let You Have It,” which comes off Balkans’ latest album. It’s self-titled and out now on Double Phantom. It’s pretty good, too. Reviewed it! The only thing I have to say about this video is EVERYBODY IS KILLING EVERBYDOY! LULZ!
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve gotten some really passionate, enthusiastic requests to review this new album from the Boston, Massachusetts outfit That Handsome Devil. I’ve been sampling the band’s latest album, The Heart Goes to Heaven, The Head Goes to Hell, but I’m still not
A hard-as-nails combination of black metal and thrash on Absu’s latest album, Abzu. It’s coming out this week via Candlelight. Enjoy!
MP3 A new track from Danny Brown, which if off a forthcoming EP of collaborations between him and producer Black Milk. Detroit forever! The EP’s title is Black and Brown, of course, and it’s gonna see a release on Fat Beats on November 1st. Here’s the track
Fela Soul by Amerigo Gazaway of Gummy Soul Yep, this exists. It’s a Fela Kuti / De La Soul mashup mixtape. I like that the sampled Kuti tracks actually compliment De La Soul’s rhymes, too. Feels authentic. Feels like something I’d actually return to instead of gawk at
