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Stream: Stay Positive f. Cooly G, “You Hate Me”
Every time Stay Positive release a new song, it’s an exciting moment for those of us who are comfortable with the kind of transcendent, late night moments that might also feature heavy introspection. If there’s … read more »
Stream: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, “Rà-àkõ-st” (Lindstrom Cover)
One of my favorite things about Unknown Mortal Orchestra is how their music exists in this weird place between stoned funk, pastoral folk and off-the-wall psych. It finds its way into everything they do—which is … read more »
Video: Wild Nothing, “A Dancing Shell”
Jack Tatum, bka Wild Nothing’s upcoming EP Empty Estate (May 14th, Captured Tracks) feels like an arrival of sorts. A move from the quieter hum of his earlier work into full-blown pop territory, without losing … read more »
Download Grouper’s FACT Mix
Like the rest of the music internet, we regularly look for FACT’s mixes to check up on what’s going on across the pond (and further, also sometimes closer). It’s all generally good stuff, depending on … read more »
Live: Phosphorescent at Bowery Ballroom
Matthew Houck’s career could have gone a couple ways. As Phosphorescent, he initially occupied the burned-out freak folk landscape of New York, coming in on the tail end of a post-Devendra Banhart, post-utopian California folk … read more »
Video: The Babies, “Mess Me Around”
The Babies‘ sophomore album Our House on the Hill is full of nonstop gems. Each song feels designed to be worn out by our collective record players. Apparently, the record caught the attention of Scott … read more »
Stream: Blue Daisy & Unknown Shapes, “5′s Up”
Blue Daisy—who made 2011′s The Sunday Gift, an overlooked, hazily blunted album that brought to mind lo-fi Massive Attack—and Unknown Shapes made a tense track that alternately sounds like a bunch of robotic stomping elephants … read more »
Rodion G.A., “Cantec Fulger” MP3
Listening to Romanian artist Rodion Ladislau Roșca, bka Rodion G.A., is like hearing music beamed from the future. Though most of this music was recorded in the mid-to-late ’70s, it sounds like it could exist … read more »
Stream: Mayerling, “La Mort N’en Saura Rien”
Mayerling’s “La Morn N’en Saura Rien” is inscrutable. It’s a plodding track led by organs that crawl and leave behind an ambient trail of warm noise before vocals that sound like they just don’t quite … read more »
Kirin J Callinan, “Embracism” MP3
Kirin J Callinan is an Australian dude who somehow manages to create these hyper-detailed dissonant songs that sit somewhere between boozy folklore and catchy noise. “Embracism” is exactly that—his voice rough and completely torn up, … read more »
