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While Crystal Castles continues writing some decent electropop tunes, on III the Toronto duo sees fit to decorate all of them with generic drum timbres and an overabundance of reverb. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Gorgeous Children by Gorgeous Children Some ethereal and dark hip hop on this self-titled Gorgeous Children project, which features some pretty heavy trap-style instrumentals. The lyrics and flows are as swag’d as they are strange. While I don’t assume they’ve got a lotta depth to them, there’
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Sealings S/T EP by Sealings London lo-fi garage rockers Sealings have a new self-titled EP out that’s got as much fuzz as it has lethargy. The vocals are absolutely deadpan and disconnected, but meet face-to-face with some pretty energetic guitar and drums. The solos blaze, too. Look for
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Portico Quartet drops a video for the Cornelia-featured track, “Steepless.” It comes from the band’s new, self-titled album. Watch a review for that LP here.
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Canadian rock upstarts METZ are gearing up to release their self-titled full-length debut via none other than the long-standing Sub Pop Records in October. Following “Headache,” “Wet Blanket” is the second track to drop from the album, and is available to stream above. With plenty of emotion, dissonance, and distortion
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MiSTOA pOLTSA by MiSTOA pOLTSA MiSTOA pOLTSA is a noise and garage rock project, and above, you can stream its seven-track eponymous album. I suppose the music of MiSTOA pOLTSA could be succinctly described as “unrestrained.” “Noisy” doesn’t quite cut it when describing the thick yet grimy wall of
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Holograms drops a colorful, eye-blasting new video collage for one of the more upbeat tracks from their new, self-titled album. Check out a review of the LP here.
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TNGHT drops a new video for the track “Bugg’n,” which features a myriad of visuals. There’s nightmarish depictions of a child’s room and toys; loads of live footage of the duo performing; there are some dark city streets as well. Heck, you can even see a dude
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BALCONY by Balcony Check out this self-titled album from Montreal’s Balcony. It’s some wonderfully strange and creative acoustic music. While vocals and guitar take the lead, strange grooves, sequenced beats, and weird background vocals makes these tracks much more than your average “confessional” songwriter strumming away into oblivion.
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Sweden’s Holograms aren’t the most original band on the block, but their take on post-punk is enjoyably passionate, catchy, and dark. WATCH THE REVIEW
