Converge is back with their first pieces of new music in five years! Admittedly, the lead single “I Can Tell You About Pain” kind of strikes me as the band by the numbers, but the B-side “Eve” is fucking epic and effectively expands upon some of the slow and sludgy
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The Killers have a new album on the way titled Wonderful Wonderful, and this latest single is a peppy piece of post-punk revivalism that I’m pleasantly surprised to say lives up to that title. The album drops September 22 via Island.
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Susanne Sundfør teams up with former Czars frontman John Grant on “Mountaineers,” probably her spaciest track to date – with an amazing ending to boot. It’s the second single from the Norwegian singer-songwriter’s upcoming album Music for People in Trouble, which will be released August 25 via Bella Union.
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This new Wolf Parade single brings back the visceral rock instrumentation and dramatic lead vocals that made the band exciting in the first place. Cry Cry Cry, their first album in seven years, drops October 6 via Sub Pop.
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Of all the singles to have come out in promotion of Grizzly Bear’s new album Painted Ruins, this latest one strikes me as being the most powerful in terms of composition and instrumentation. You can give it a listen above, along with its video, which offers quite a surreal
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Written at Night by Uncommon Nasa Staten Island MC Uncommon Nasa is dropping his first entirely self-produced album next month on Man Bites Dog Records. It’s called Written at Night, and the tracklist looks almost like a who’s who of current underground hip hop, featuring Open Mike Eagle,
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Deerhoof makes its mark on the Adult Swim Singles Program with “Your Dystopic Creation Doesn’t Fear You.” Probably one of the wordier titles in the series, and it features a gritty opening verse from “My Vag” rapper Awkwafina, who fits the band’s angular riffing remarkably well. The track
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For a track on his new EP The Mountain Has Fallen, DJ Shadow teamed up with Danny Brown and the results are fucking fireworks! The producer and rapper complement each other perfectly as they deliver a tour de force of grimy hip hop that’s well off the beaten path.
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Zombie Juice of Flatbush Zombies goes solo (sort of) here on this new single “Lava.” The instrumental isn’t the hardest banger Erick has ever produced, but Juice’s energetic flow and unique voice carries the track and keeps me on the edge of my seat. I don’t know
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who told you to think??!!?!?!?! by milo Everything that impressed me about milo‘s previous album, including Kenny Segal’s intricate production, is in full force on this latest single “magician (suture).” The stuttering vocal edits in particular might be the coolest production trick I’ve heard on one of
