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The xx – “Sunset (Jamie xx Edit)”
For the next 72 hours, you can download Jamie xx‘s reworking of his band’s “Sunset” for free. In a lot of ways he’s the most interesting part of The xx, fulfilling the role of executive producer... Read more »
Download A New Mixtape From Dizzee Rascal
Apart from a performance at this years Olympics Opening Ceremony and a few other high profile live performances, Dizzee Rascal has been fairly quiet for the past few years. The London rapper hasn’t officially released any... Read more »
Colour The Atlas – “Snow”
With bands like The xx proving that the gap between indie and electronic music is bridgeable in extremely interesting ways, it’s always exciting to find bands mining that very combination in new ways. Colour The Atlas,... Read more »
Listen To Frank Ocean’s Song For “Django Unchained”
Frank Ocean has had one hell of a year, but he’s not finished just yet. He penned a brand new song for Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming runaway slave Blaxploitation/Western hybrid Django Unchained, that was ultimately cut from the... Read more »
Chlöe Howl – “No Strings”
Chlöe Howl is a name you’re going to be hearing a lot of next year. The 17-year old singer appeared out of nowhere last week with “No Strings” and, if this debut is any indication, she’s... Read more »
Sambassadeur – “Memories”
It’s hard to describe this track as anything other than pop. Orchestral, retro-tinged, and very weird pop. All of which are great things when taken in the overblown 4-minute dose Sambassadeur have concocted here. The Swedish... Read more »
Zola Jesus – “Diamonds” (Rihanna Cover)
This was unexpected. With the hype for Rihanna‘s new album on its steady, inevitable rise, Zola Jesus decided to step in with her own version of Unapologetic‘s lead single “Diamonds.” It’s true to form for her, a... Read more »
Blasé – “Mouths”
A self-described “super secret super new band,” Blasé is a group/person making—from the single song catalog we can judge from—well-pieced together, emotive indie pop with the warm, blurred edges of chillwave evening out their sound. It’s... Read more »
Music That Requires Repeat Listening
This is going to sound pretentious as hell, so just to get it out of the way: there is some music that you don’t like because you just haven’t listened to it enough. Don’t worry, we... Read more »
Premiere: Ghost Beach – “Tear Us Apart”
Photo: Danny Krug Ghost Beach, our favorite retro-tinged, tropical synth-pop outfit in the world is back again with a new track. Since their last single, “Been There Before,” it’s become clear that they are a band... Read more »
The 10 Best Murder Ballads
If you’ve never been into country, folk, or any other kind of American roots music before, consider this a good (and slightly odd) place to start. Non-country fans might associate words like “corny” and “hokey” with... Read more »
New God Complex: The Reinvention of Kanye West
If you told me about 2012 Kanye West back in 2004, I wouldn’t have liked him very much. I was obsessed with his debut album, The College Dropout, for reasons that do not exist in the... Read more »
Video: LOL Boys – “Changes (Shlohmo Remix)”
LOL Boys have been great for while, but they really switched things up on Changes, their latest EP. Going from hip-hop inflected dance music to jazz-influenced, genuinely affecting and restrained songs was an interesting move. It... Read more »
Four Tet – “Lion” & “Peace On Earth”
Four Tet‘s new album, Pink, is more of a compilation than an album. For anyone who’s been following the electronic veteran closely, it’s more of an odds and ends collection of everything he’s released for vinyl... Read more »
Album Stream: Dan Deacon – “America”
Dan Deacon is one of those artists who doesn’t really fit into any scenes, genres, ideas – anything. You can try, but there’s really no boxes to put him in that will stick, because he’s just... Read more »
