In describing his band’s forthcoming album Heaven, Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser has promised a record documenting the band’s maturation and a “bigger, more generous statement.” With “We Can’t Be Beat” the band seems to be delivering just that. The song begins with a mesmerizing and soothing fingerpicked
This is cool. “Calmer than You” is the first track that Trash Kids have released off of the forthcoming debut album “Get Lost.” Its an instrumental psychedelic song, but what it really gets correctly is the groove. This is an excellent example of how to do a bare song, no
On Bloom, Beach House does what they do best and continues to pen some of the best dream pop tunes out there today. WATCH THE REVIVEW
A series of short audio reviews touching down on new releases from Author & Punisher, Lord Mantis, Here We Go Magic, and Orbital.
With Ten Stories, mewithoutYou comes to a somewhat underwhelming middle-ground with the post-hardcore and folk influences that informed the band’s previous two records. WATCH THE REVIEW
On Animal Collective’s new single, the experimental music outfit continue’s to lead the pack with some of the most interesting sounds in modern psychedelic music. WATCH THE REVIEW
A stellar track from one of my favorite beat producers, Hudson Mohawke. Well, to be fair, it’s not just from him. Actually, this track comes from a new collaboration he’s a part of. A duo! If you guys watch my reviews regularly, you may remember Hudson Mohawke’s
Danny Brown layin’ it down over an instrumental from the late Detroit hip hop legend J Dilla. The cut is off a new CD celebrating Detroit at a longstanding hip hop mecca, and showcasing the new crop of MCs the city has to offer. The album’s release date is
keine klasse II by NO CLASS Some uncut, unadulterated Kansas City punk coming from No Class on the band’s latest LP for Deranged Records, keine klasse II. The band’s hardcore style, relentless drumming, and whirlwind riffs make this a pretty solid punk release. The recording is great, making
A video has been released to accompany the collaboration between producers Giraffage and XXYYXX. The visuals are inspired by the album artwork done for Tame Impala by Leif Podhajsky. They use ordinary footage of random scenery and combine it with a kaleidoscope effect that coincides with the pace of the
