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  • 2013

    Drake’s next full-length has got to be one of the most hotly anticipated hip hop releases of 2013, and I have to admit that applies to me as well. While I wasn’t in love with Drake’s last album, Take Care, I did think it was an overall

  • 2013

    Sonospheres II by Dereck Higgins The latest installment of ambient works from multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and video blogger Dereck Higgins. The dude is a music obsessive, and it shows in his jack-of-all-trades approach to creation. He’s been in numerous projects over the years, but Sonospheres II finds him in a

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    Singer-songwriter and electronic music producer Baths has a new single out titled “Miasma Sky,” which is teasing toward the release of his sophomore full-length, Obsidian. Though Baths’ eccentric, feathery vocals have maintained their place in his music, it would seem that a bit of the textured glitch hop sounds that

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    Smith Westerns groom their sound a bit on this clean, sweet, and ethereal pop track titled “Varsity.” The cut it destined for release on the band’s next album, Soft Will, which is gonna get a June release on Mom+Pop. Check a review of the band’s last album

  • 2013

    Electropop outfit CHVRCHES drops a video for the fantastically catchy “Recover.” The band’s forthcoming Recover EP is dropping later this month. Oh, yeah, and FUTURE CUBES!

  • 2013

    GRUPO LOS YOYI LP by Black Pearl Records A vintage piece of Afro-Cuban funk and jazz resurfaces thanks to the efforts of Black Pearl Records and their recent reissue. Stream the album in its entirety above, and dig on the grooves, atmospheric production, and somewhat zany background vocals and synths.

  • 2013

    One of the best up-and-coming producers in the UK right now drops a new track titled “Slasherr,” and believe me when I say it lives up to the title. The track’s a real banger, featuring some sharp bass kicks and snares. On top of that, Rustie lays his typical

  • 2013

    Eiskalt by VUYVR Swiss black metal outfit VUYVR accomplishes the impossible task of creating a black metal album that simultaneously references the genre’s heyday in the 90s, but feels refreshing as well. While the recording of these songs feels a little claustrophobic–and intentionally so–there’s a strong

  • 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

  • 2013

    Modern day psych and stoner rock heavyweights Kylesa have a new album on the way titled Ultraviolet coming in May, and the band saw fit to drop a track from it last week. “Unspoken” may not be the heaviest songs in this style, but the track’s burning guitar solos