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The strange, enigmatic, and ever-obscure rock outfit Usaisamonster now has a new b-side and rarities compilation droping via Northern Spy Records on October 9th. “Bulgarian” is one of the many tracks from it, and is actually modeled after a Bulgarian folk tune. More info here.
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Ormonde is the pairing of singer-songwriters Lotte Kestner and Robert Gomez. Both have their share of solo material, but I’ll admit this is the first time I’m hearing either of them–to my knowledge, anyway. The duo’s new album is titled Machine, which I’m a bit
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Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, The Fresh & Onlys. These names stand out as leaders of the garage rock resurgence of the past couple years and while garage rock certainly never died out, these acts are often cited for bringing the raucous and ferocious sounds of the garage back into
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On “California Boy,” Lil B, a.k.a. Brandon McCartney, exposes his true, really real, and raw self. He levels up like a Pokemon, gaining experience with each song he releases. Lil B is coming out with a rock album because he’s basically evolved into a rock artist. WATCH
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Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Twerps are a jangle pop band that can transform bummer songs into upbeat numbers to live by. “Work It Out,” the b-side to their forthcoming single, is far from your typical breakup song. Where as most breakup songs are one-sided, either expressing the sorrow of the
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In 1996, of Montreal released Cherry Peel, a delicate, sensitive, and heavily Beatles-indebted debut album that rivaled even the Fab Four in terms of simplistic pop songwriting. Ten albums later, Kevin Barnes and company have released a plenitude of fantastical concept albums, gotten married to glossy synths and dance beats,
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In a way, Death Grips’ earth-shattering the Money Store from earlier this year was most notably a representation of the contributions of Andy Morin, a.k.a. Flatlander, to the project. Of course, vocalist Stefan Burnett and percussionist Zach Hill were most certainly providing quite a bit of weight themselves,
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Detroit rapper Danny Brown scales back the raunch for this new single, which is teasing toward the dude’s next album, Danny Johnson. Apparently Blu and Mainframe are handling the production on the LP, and you’ll be able to find it eventually on New World Color. About the song:
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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke drops a new track from his Atoms For Peace project. Originally, it seemed to be an assembly of musicians used to play live renditions of material from 2009’s the Eraser. Now, with a full-length album on the way, Atoms For Peace is becoming so much
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Experimental hip hop outfit Death Grips closes out the 2012 edition of Adult Swims summer singles series with a track named after the trio’s Twitter handle. WATCH THE REVIEW