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Up-and-coming pop trio Haim has turned just about every head you’d want to in the blog-o-sphere with their hooky, layered, well-written pop songs that subtly reference everything from new wave to Michael Jackson. The band just dropped a new single with “The Wire,” and it’s got to be
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British dance duo Basement Jaxx is back with its second single since 2009’s Zephyr, titled “What a Difference Your Love Makes.” The song features some fittingly kitschy 90’s house vocals from guest singer Sam Brookes, as well as the kind of bouncy and progressive electronics one is to
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Chicago-based experimental lo-fi folk artist Willis Earl Beal has shared a new song taken from his forthcoming sophomore LP Nobody knows. Thanks to Beal’s powerful inflection, “Too Dry to Cry” deviously comes across as incredibly profound and soulful on the surface, but its lyrical content is just as raw
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The second single from Chelsea Wolfe’s new LP, Pain Is Beauty, certainly lives up to its album’s troubling and direct title. “We Hit a Wall” is a doom-folk trudge whose arrangements gradually grow more intense along with Wolfe’s anguished, yet powerful vocals. The whole piece is exquisitely
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The lead single from NYC-based electronic music outfit, Infinity Shred, is now available to stream on Soundcloud. “Void Ripper” is taken from the act’s upcoming full-length, Sanctuary, and is propelled by a spacey stream of futuristic, arpeggiated electronics that have a bit of a chiptune zest to them. Sanctuary
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When it comes to hip hop, Pusha T’s “Numbers On The Boards” might be one of the biggest growers for me this year. The song is not only loaded with some of my favorite wordplay of 2013, but the beat is the epitome of forward-thinking creativity. The track has
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Some classy, nocturnal, and introspective techno and deep house coming through on the track “Gotham” from the new Ten Walls EP, of the same title. Enjoy, and grab a copy here.
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Elusive Liverpool-based experimental artist Matthew Barnes–a.k.a. Forest Swords–is set to release his debut full-length, Engravings, on August 26th via Tri Angle Records. Barnes has shared the track, “The Weight of Gold,” in which he offers a slightly more refined blend of the soothing lo-fi dub electronics
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Experimental music veteran, Eric Copeland–of Black Dice and Terrestrial Tones fame–has a new album on the way titled Joke in the Hole. It is scheduled for release this week, and is the artist’s first full-length on DFA Records. Recently, Copeland shared the track, “Cheap Treat;” a catchy
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Recently, Icelandic folktronica outfit, múm, debuted a new 7″ single, “Toothwheels,” taken from its forthcoming album, Smilewound, out wordwide September 6th on Morr Music. The song is accompanied by a skittering, dimly lit music video that perfectly complements the song’s cold, glitchy beat. In a press release, múm stated
