Videos
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Janelle Monáe’s new music video for The Electric Lady cut “PrimeTime” is unabashedly mushy, and it’s all the better for it. The story follows android nightclub worker Cindi Mayweather (Monáe) as she falls for punky, but charming patron Joey Vice (Miguel). Monáe’s vision of the future is,
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Yesterday, Nicolas Jaar and David Harrington–a.k.a. Darkside–kicked off Resident Advisor‘s new “RA Sessions” series with a bang via a glorious performance of Psychic centerpiece “Paper Trails.” Watch as the duo stretches the piece to over twice its original length; it’s psychedelic microhouse magic! Psychic
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New York’s Flatbush Zombies have a new video out for the track “Death,” which is one of the many grimy, eerie cuts from the trio’s new mixtape, BetterOffDEAD. The visuals here depict the Zombies roaming through some kind of farm area. The ending hints toward some kind of
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Check out the new (and possibly seizure-inducing) music video from German electronic musician Frank Bretschneider for the track “Black.Out.” The video simply consists of a series of black and white squares and circles programmed to flash in sync with the track’s incredibly punchy IDM beat. Watch it above!
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With hip hop’s often me-centric standpoint, SOL brings something you don’t catch on a lotta tracks these days: Sympathy for your fellow man. SOL doesn’t get too wrapped up in his own problems on this track. Actually, some of the bars here elude to him doing well
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New York rapper Ka has a new video out for the song “Jungle,” which comes off the guy’s latest full-length, The Knight’s Gambit. If you like your rap beats subtle and your MCs loaded with wordplay, this might be up your alley. Enjoy!
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West Coast MC LMNO laid some visuals to the track “Dyslexic” early last month, and it’s one of the many cuts from his new, Evidence-produced album, After The Fact. It’s an interesting little concept track with interesting lyrical reversals, switching letters and entire halves of words within bars
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October 8th is the release date for Pusha T’s forthcoming album, My Name Is My Name, and I’m pretty psyched given all of the solid tracks that have dropped thus far. “King Push” just adds to that winning streak with a wild beat that’s both zany and
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Tim Hecker has offered another teaser for his forthcoming album Virgins via a Sabrina Ratté-directed video for new single “Black Refraction.” The majestic piano piece is fittingly accompanied by a stream of grainy, kaleidoscopic visuals shot in an around a cathedral. Check it out above! Virgins will be released October
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British rapper ThisisDA is slated to release his full-length debut, Super Arkane, later this year. Above, check out the project’s lead single, “Lifers,” a simultaneously hard-hitting and colorful piece of boom-bap produced by Mancunian beatsmith Mankub, who lends instrumentals to the entire album. Enjoy!
