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With a past that includes being the lead guitarist of UK indie rock band The Coral and later a film score composer, Bill Ryder-Jones isn’t exactly new to the music scene. His next album, however, feels like a debut in some senses, for although it is technically his second
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Truth be told, I wasn’t really a huge fan of the last Kurt Vile record; however, I think the few tracks he’s dropped thus far from his forthcoming LP, Walkin On A Pretty Daze, have been pretty sweet on the ears. Less meandering, more substance, but still maintaining
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420 love songs (second 40) by obama You may remember that about a month ago we posted the first 40 in what a collective of underground musicians are hoping will be 420 love songs. This time, the project has expanded to make room for a lot of new faces; bringing
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Austrian singer-songwriter Soap&Skin drops a new video in promotion for her latest single, which comes on the tail of an intense and forlorn sophomore album that I loved last year. “Sugarbread” features the same vocal stylings, but it’s incredibly heavy with organ and orchestral hits of brass
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I won’t say Push The Sky Away is Nick Cave’s darkest album yet, but it’s easily one of his most depressing–so much so that Cave himself seems too shaken to engage his listeners with the same emotional potency he usually does. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Hinterkaifeck by Giles Corey Giles Corey is a the mysterious and atmospheric singer-songwriter project of Connecticut multi-instrumentalist and Enemies List owner Dan Barrett. Y’all may remember me loving his debut outing under this particular pseudonym, but I’ve been a fan of Dan’s unpredictable work flow for a
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On her latest installment of tracks–which were formulated at the time of 2008’s Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill–multi-instrumentalist Liz Harris brings another collection of ambient-style folk tracks that are opaque, shadowy, and extremely emotive. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Lo-fi rock project Dirty Beaches, a.k.a. the solo endeavor of Taiwanese musician Alex Zhang Hungtai, had its breakthrough in 2011 with Badlands, a brief exercise in dirtily recorded indie rock that filters influences from old styles through an odd, hazy lens. Many modern rock acts adopt the “lo-fi”
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Right here, you can find a pre-order page for the forthcoming Soap&Skin 7″, which looks like it’s going to feature three new tracks from the Austrian singer-songwriter. Though it was a short release, Soap&Skin’s Narrow still towers as one of my favorite albums of
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On their sophomore full-length, New York’s Buke and Gase continue fine-tuning their unique combination of noise pop, folk, and indie rock with loads of strangely idiosyncratic melodies and textures. WATCH THE REVIEW
