• Huzzah! M83 has seen fit to drop a track from its forthcoming double album, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. The track is titled “Midnight City,” and it’s streaming right now via SoundCloud. It’s also downloadable on M83’s website. If “Midnight City” is any indicator, this album is

  • On the video for “Unbroken, Unshaven,” the Budos Band sets its music to visuals I could only dream of ’til today. As soon as two bandito-looking dudes get into a dueling stance, the video is nothing but bullets, cards, facial hair, and pretty ladies. And I’ve seen enough James

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    A new video from the new collaborative album between electronica producer Jon Hopkins and one of the UK’s more prolific singer-songwriters, King Creosote. I wouldn’t call myself an expert on either of these musicians, but I knew enough to be kind of surprised by the pairing. Hopkins’ and

  • Gearing up for its new, self-titled album via Williams Street, Brooklyn’s Cerebral Ballzy has dropped more track from the LP on SoundCloud. Look out for high volumes, grimy guitars, and blistering speeds. You might also want to ready yourself for puking, skating, and drinking. Enjoy: Anthem by cerebralballzy Sk8

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    Flamingoh (Pink Bird Dawn) by Debo Band The Debo Band is Boston collective with an undying love for the vintage sounds of Ethiopian funk. The group’s latest EP is a series of live cuts recording during a tour through East Africa with another band. The four recordings on this

  • On the Cool Kids’ full-length debut, When Fish Ride Bicycles, the Chicago duo pulls together some impressive beats and features. The great beats are to be expected, but things really deteriorate in the rapping and lyricism departments. I know it’s band to simply get hung up over the lyricism

  • On the band’s sophomore album, Touche Amore generates some of the most empowering emotional hardcore I’ve heard in years. Yeah, the lyrics do make mountains out of emotional molehills, but the punk spirit powering the music is the same that made classics in this genre so, well, enjoyable.

  • Goodbye Brooklyn EP by Nemo Achida Hip Hop music’s tendency to be very personal has always been one of my major attractions to it. If you feel the same way, then Nemo Achida’s new EP is a short and sweet Tumblr post about a Southern boy’s newly

  • The good people at NPR Music have seen fit to put the new Little Dragon album up on their website. It’s streaming in full until what I imagine will be its release date on July 26th via Peacefrog Records. Ritual Union is the Swedish band’s third album. Click

  • MP3 It’s difficult for me to get into a lot of modern death metal albums, and it’s mostly because of the plastic and ultra-clean sounds that comes out of modern metal production. As much as people may beg me to review the new Black Dahlia Murder LP, I