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Ethiopian-born Finnish singer-songwriter Mirel Wagner very quietly released her debut of creaky, stark folk music with a self-titled record in 2012. The whole thing was very minimal and dark and somber, so it isn’t too much of a surprise that it didn’t catch too much buzz (which is
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Jenny Hval and Susanna are both well-respected Norwegian singer-songwriters with striking voices who favor unique, complex, and often quite minimal compositions. Last year, Hval released a pretty good experimental pop LP called Innocence is Kinky, and Susanna released her fourth solo full length (she has an additional three under the
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw_7UrqzNUg From reformed vaporwave artist Saint Pepsi comes the touching story of a hopeless romantic and his pet disco ball. Adorable! “Fiona Coyne/Fall Harder” 7″ drops August 12 via Carpark Records.
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http://youtu.be/z6PIL0mTNug Mass Appeal signee Bishop Nehru might be a fresh face in hip hop right now, but the ambitious 17-year-old MC has already been working on a full-length collaboration with MF DOOM, slated for release later this year. Above you can check out the project’s first
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfJ9HX13Z8U “Queen,” the lead single off Perfume Genius‘ forthcoming third LP Too Bright, is without a doubt singer-songwriter Mike Hadreas’ most extravagant song to date. This time around, he is forgoing the spartan piano arrangements we’ve found powerful in his prior releases in
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https://soundcloud.com/joyful-noise-recordings/half-japanese-in-its-pull So much hype surrounding Half Japanese’s upcoming record Overjoyed – it’s their first full-length thing in 13 freaking years! It’s not so hard to see why all the excitement: the band’s DIY sound was groundbreaking throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s and
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https://soundcloud.com/massappeal/young-thug-freddie-gibbs-asap-ferg-old-english Magazine/label Mass Appeal recently announced a compilation album with the goal of highlighting a number of the hottest MCs at the moment, including Pusha T, YG, and Mac Miller; as well as showcasing the talents of some of the imprint’s up-and-comers. “Old English”
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Stream: Orenda Fink – “You Can Be Loved” Omaha-based songwriter Orenda Fink, one half of Azure Ray, is getting ready to release her third full-length solo album. She already showed us first single “Ace of Cups”, and now a new one has arrived: “You Can Be Loved,” a dreamy, soft piece
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London-based singer-songwriter/producer FKA twigs came out with a short, but pretty awesome, EP last year entitled EP 2, the follow up to her debut EP (whose name you can probably guess). And now she is finally gearing up to release her highly anticipated debut full-length, fittingly titled LP 1.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6wYuhLxXm8 After changing its name earlier this month, Code Orange (formerly Code Orange Kids) announced it will be releasing its sophomore album in a couple of months. It’s called I Am King, and above you can watch the video of its savage title
