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Some Brazilian baroque pop from Baleia on the song “Breu,” which features some pretty beautiful melodies, rushes of strings, and piano segues. I like how lavish the instrumentation is, and how the really distorted, lo-fi guitar contrasts that with some overt roughness. It’s a nice touch. The instrumentation always
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Bristol rapper ThisisDA packs a lot in a short amount of time with new single “Unstoppable.” The track last only a minute and a half, but features a sweet, jazzy instrumental from Ecstra Kool and a compelling set a bars from ThisisDA (a teetotal himself), detailing a man in a
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Last month, Swedish metal outfit In Solitude put out its third studio album Sister, its most adventurous effort thus far. Case in point: The LP’s third track, “A Buried Sun;” a seven-minute-long piece of that exhibits band’s classic metal throwback sound, but with a welcome infusion of goth
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Next year, Seattle rock trio Helms Alee will put out their third studio album Sleepwalking Sailors. Above, check out the LP’s simultaneously sludgy and sticky lead single “Tumescence.” Seriously, the band’s balance of trudging, Verellen-yelled verses and James and Margullis’ lovely choruses is staggering, but also catchy-as-hell. Happy
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With an elegant piano intro, and adorned with bells and chimes, “With Me,” the new cut from Cashmere Cat’s forthcoming EP Wedding Bells, is the producer’s most gorgeous offering yet. But Cashmere Cat also comes forward with some sparkling electro textures and a few deft drops that make
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On first listen, Jess Williamson’s new song “Blood Song” is nothing overly special. Adequately plucked, gritty electric guitars; a pretty, worn husk of a voice; and a slightly muddy recording. But listening deeper reveals a pretty great little song: Williamson sings with a certain assuredness, in a voice that
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“The Story of Lot,” the last single from Norwegian noise rock collective Årabrot, is a left-field turn from an already left-field band. The 15-minute piece is comprised of Kjetil Nernes recounting the Bible’s tale of the drunken, incestuous title character over a propulsive, lurching bassline that amasses harsh electronic
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Top Dawg MC Isaiah Rashad takes us to his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee in this new black and white music video for latest single “Ronnie Drake.” In case you missed the song when it dropped a few weeks back, it showcases a smoother, more nuanced flow from Rashad, who’s
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Some of you might have heard that the California synth pop, art rock, post-punk, experimental everything outfit Xiu Xiu has a Nina Simone covers album coming out on December 3rd. Well, that’s true, but this isn’t the only thing the band has had up their sleeve! In February
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On this new track, “Half-Hearted Love,” Clare Maguire sounds wise beyond her 26 years. She sings in a fairly low, commanding register, and her voice has a quivery vibrato akin to a less unhinged Beth Gibbons or Fiona Apple. It is her best tool, and it’s the biggest reason
