the needle drop
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On My Brightest Diamond’s newest album, singer-songwriter Shara Worden releases another set of heavily orchestrated art pop tunes. This time, many of the lyrical themes revolve heavily around relationships. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On their latest album, the Strange Boys leave most of their garage rock elements behind in favor of a style that’s got more in common with blues rock and alternative country. Surprisingly, it’s a smooth transition. WATCH THE REVIEW
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From front to back, stream the new Oneohtrix Point Never album, Replica, before it’s physical release on Mexican Summer on November 8th.
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On its debut EP, this UK outfit finds a way to translate flashy musicianship into a filthy, disturbing reinterpretation of technical death metal. Oh, there’s a bit of grindcore in here, too. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On a new, collaborative EP, Detroit hip hop artists Black Milk and Danny Brown team up and prove their city isn’t the only thing they have in common. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Dreamin by Twerps Twerps are a 4-piece garage pop outfit from Melbourne Australia, and “Dreamin” is the first track to drop from the group’s self-titled debut. It’s out via Chapter Music in Australia and Underwater Peoples in the United States. With the strum of an acoustic guitar, strong
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MP3 Electronic music producer Teebs will be dropping a new release on November 8th via Brainfeeder. Though I wasn’t in love with this last album, Ardour, there were still some tracks that drew up some pretty interesting sounds. I’m feeling that way about the first track to drop
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On the sophomore Justice album, this French house duo starts emulating its influences–70s rock, pop, disco–with a mix of different results. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Classic rock revivalists Rival Sons have dropped a new video for the track “All Over the Road.” I reviewed the album this song comes from, Pressure & Time, a while back. Check it out here. If this track hooks you, check out the rest of the album. Believe me when
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Tom Waits’ latest album, rather than showing a new side to the eccentric singer-songwriter, it somewhat of a retrospective, revisiting the numerous sounds that have made this guy so “bad” for all these years. WATCH THE REVIEW