Danny Brown – Dope Song

October 09

Title: Dope Song Artist: Danny Brown Album: Old Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Progressive Hip Hop, Rap Brilliant track. Brilliant production by none other than Russell Whyte aka Rustie. For two and a half minutes Danny Brown, impersonates dumb people and teaches them the difference between dope as a noun and dope as an adjective, and to stop […]

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U – Let The Sunshine In

October 09

Title: Le The Sunshine In Artist: U Album: I EP Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Experimental, IDM, Drone Enigmatic producer U is back with a cut from his realease I EP on Man Make Music, the label run by George Fitzgerald. “Let the Sunshine In” is the B-side to that release; the tumbling, atmospherically creepy tune is recommended for anyone who […]

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CHVRCHES – The Bones of What You Believe

October 09

Released: September 20, 2013 Label: Virgin, Goodbye Producer:   Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, Martin Doherty Genre: Electronic, Pop, Synthpop Tracklist: 01 The Mother We Share 02 We Sink 03 Gun 04 Tether 05 Lies 06 Under The Tide 07 Recover 08 Night Sky 09 Science/Visions 10 Lungs 11 By the Throat 12 You Caught the Light Glasgow has a short history of […]

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Darkside – Psychic

October 08

Released: October 7, 2013 Label: Matador, Other People Producer:  Nicolas Jaar, Dave Harrington Genre: Electronic, Experimental, Microhouse Tracklist: 01 Golden Arrow 02 Sitra 03 Heart 04 Paper Trails 05 The Only Shrine I’ve Seen 06 Freak, Go Home 07 Greek Light 08 Metatron I don’t want to sound like a cliche because Nicolas Jaar himself said that he wanted to shed his reputation. […]

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The Range – Metal Swing

October 07

Title: Metal Swing Artist: The Range Album: Nonfiction Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Experimental, IDM “Metal Swing” is a curious track. Built around a simple rhythmic template and some looping piano chords, it kind of reminds me of some hidden dimension between an amateur British rapper and an early ear collaboration between Four Tet and Caribou. The whole track just […]

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The Knife – Shaking the Habitual

October 06

Released: April 5, 2013 Label: Rabid Producer:  Karin Dreijer Andersson, Olof Dreijer Genre: Electronic, Techno, Experimental, IDM, Drone, Ambient Tracklist: 01 A Tooth for an Eye 02 Full of Fire 03 A Cherry on Top 04 Without You My Life Would Be Boring 05 Wrap Your Arms Around Me 06 Crake 07 Old Dreams Waiting to Be Realized 08 Raging Lung 09 Networking 10 Oryx […]

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Drake – Nothing Was The Same

October 03

Released: September 20, 2013 Label: OVO Sound, Young Money, Cash Money, Republic Producer:  Aubrey “Drake” Graham, Brian “Baby Birdman” Williams(exec.), Noah “40” Shebib (also exec.), Ronald “Slim” Williams, Allen Ritter, Boi-1da, Chilly Gonzales, Detail, DJ Dahi, Hudson Mohawke, Jake One, Jordan Evans, Key Wane, Majid Jordan, Mike Zombie, Nineteen85, Sampha, Vinylz Genre: Hip Hop, Rap Tracklist: 01 Tuscan Leather 02 Furthest Thing 03 Started from the Bottom 04 Wu-Tang Forever 05 Own It […]

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FKA Twigs Interviewed by RMBA Radio Berlin

September 20

Listen to Tahliah Barnett’s, aka FKA Twigs, interview on RBMA Radio Berlin. She talks about the time she grew up in rural Gloucestershire, and took part in a dance contest when she was eleven or twelve years old, doing and interpretive dance dressed as a slave to Marvin Gaye‘s “Calypso Blues”, and her first exploration of the subject […]

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Sky Ferreira Shares Trailer for “You’re Not The One”

September 20

Sky Ferreira shared her trailer for “You’re Not The One” cut from her upcoming album  My Night, My Time.

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FKA Twigs – EP 2

September 20

Released: September 17, 2013 Label: Young Turks Producer:  FKA Twigs Genre: Electronic, Trip Hop, Avante-Garde, Experimental Tracklist: 01 How’s That 02 Papi Pacify 03 Water Me 04 Ultraviolet London-based musician FKA Twigs is one of the most intriguing personalities I’ve ever discovered in music. I’ve seen her in interviews. She’s ambitious, calm, outgoing and let’s say all-in-all a bubbly […]

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Movement – Us

September 20

Title: Us Artist: Movement Album: Us – Single Year: 2013 Genre: Contemporary R&B, Electronic, Post-Dubstep, Microhouse, Italo-Disco Sydney trio Movement inhabit a shadowy subspace where R&B and dance music begin to blur together and blend. Their new single on Modular, “Us”, transcends standard lyrical structures, advancing onto more troubling terrain. The vocal take is light and controlled, but it […]

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James Blake and Chance the Rapper Team Up for “Life Round Here” Remix and More

September 20

James Blake is revisiting this spring’s album Overgrown in an unexpected way. He’s recruited Chicago upstart Chance The Rapper for a remix of the album cut “Life Round Here”. It premiered on Zane Lowe’s show on BBC Radio 1; stream it above, via 1-800- Dinosaur. Chance tells XXL that the two met at SXSW this year and “kept in touch and started working together […]

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Laura Mvula – She (Shlohmo Remix)

September 20

Title: She (Shlohmo Remix) Artist: Laura Mvula Album: She (Shlohmo Remix) Year: 2013 Genre: Progressive Hip Hop, Electronic, Post-Dubstep What continually sets Shlohmo aparts from similar producers is his willingness to transform songs entirely, the most recent example being his remix of Laura Mvula’s “She”. Mvula’s breathtaking voice only comes through in the song’s second half, so it’s a complete shift in tone […]

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Stream Mazzy Star’s New Album Seasons of Your Day

September 20

Next week, 1990s dream pop greats Mazzy Star will return with their first album in 17 years, Seasons of Your Day. The much anticipated record is available to stream now, below, in its entirety, via The Guardian. Despite the lapse in time from 1996’s Among My Swan, guitarist David Roback told The Guardian that the band’s workflow has been continuous. “We were always recording and writing,” […]

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Danny Brown – Dip

September 20

Title: Dip Artist: Danny Brown Album: OLD Year: 2013 Genre: Hip Hop, Rap. Progressive Hip Hop High-energy Danny Brown is back on “Dip”, an adrenaline-pumped party cut from his imminent new album OLD (out September 30 on Fool’s Gold). Directed by Rollo Jackson, it’s a live performance-heavy clip shot in Paris and London during Danny’s recent headlining European tour. Have a […]

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Darkside – Paper Trails

September 20

Title: Paper Trails Artist: Darkside Album: Psychic Year: 2013 Genre: Microhouse, Experimental “Paper Trails”, the latest single, right after “Golden Arrow”, from Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington‘s forthcoming LP as Darkside, Psychic (out October 8 through Jaar’s Other People label in partnership with Matador), kicks off with a slow-stepping beat and a touch of sinister sexual energy. Then, in its own dark way, the […]

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M.I.A. Fights Back Against NFL’s $1.5 Million Fine for Super Bowl Middle Finger

September 20

On February 5, 2012, M.I.A. performed as a guest of Madonna during her Super Bowl halftime performance. During her brief time on stage, M.I.A. flipped off the camera for a split second. At the time, it was unclear whether or not she would be forced to pay a fine, but neither NBC (the network that aired the […]

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Luke Temple – Florida

September 20

Title: Florida Artist: Luke Temple Album: Good Mood Fool Year: 2013 Genre: Funk, Folktronica “Florida” takes on a warm, soulful guise, sounding like something that would come from (coincidentally) Floridian homebrew-soul musician Levek. The song’s lyrics are a personal matter for Temple; they draw from a true story of a friend of Luke’s who developed a cocaine addiction after […]

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Four Tet Gives Away the Late Night Tales Mix Reissue for Free!

September 20

In 2004, the Late Night Tales artist-curated mix series released a mix by Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet–– a collection of 60s psych, experimental loops, electro-jazz, outsider folk, post-rock and more. Late Night Tales has now reissued the mix, a “Collectors Edition” on CD and 180 gram vinyl. However, it seems that Hebden did not authorize the reissue. He wrote on Twitter, […]

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Bodhi – Imperfection

September 20

Title: Imperfection Artist: Bodhi Album: Single Year: 2013 Genre: Dance, House Cardiff-based dance duo Bodhi have managed to pack quite a bit of tricks into their surely most assured release till now. Ranging from the fractional pauses that pockmark the rhythm, the soft synth tones, and the (purposely imperfect) titular refrain. They keep that clicking percussion on […]

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Bill Callahan – Dream River

September 19

Released: September 17, 2013 Label: Drag City Producer:  Bill Callahan Genre: Lo-Fi, Alternative Country, Folk, Indie Tracklist: 01 The Sing 02 Javelin Unlanding 03 Small Plane 04 Spring 05 Ride My Arrow 06 Summer Painter 07 Seagull 08 Winter Road Usually, I’m not a fan of country music. But when it comes to Bill Callahan, not only me, but everyone should make an exception. […]

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Le1f Shares Tree House Mixtape

September 19

After putting out Fly Zone earlier this year, New York rapper Le1f has returned with another mixtape. It’s called Tree House, and it features production from The-Drum, FaltyDL, Boody, Eyedress, and more. Listen to it below.  

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The Knife’s “Full of Fire” Reworked by Planningtorock

September 19

The Knife have shared a reinterpretation of their Shaking the Habitual track “Full of Fire”, by fellow radical feminist artist Janine Rostron aka Planningtorock. The new track, “Let’s Talk About Gender Baby, Let’s Talk About You and Me”, will be released October 14/15 through Rabid/Brille/Mute, backed by DJ Hannah Holland‘s remix of “Raging Lung”. Planningtorock offered a statement: Going through the tracks […]

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Mas Ysa – Why

September 19

Title: Why Artist: Mas Ysa Album: Single Year: 2013 Genre: Indie, Noise Pop, Techno, Electronic, Avante-Garde “Why”, the debut single from journeyman polymath Thomas Arsenault’s Mas Ysa project, leaps from section to section and sound to sound with abandon, and in doing so bears the influence of its well-traveled composer. A Montreal native with formative stretches […]

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Burial – Truant / Rough Sleeper

September 17

Released: December 17, 2012 Label: Hyperdub Producer:  William Bevan Genre: 2-Step, UK Garage, Dubstep, Electronic Tracklist: 01 Truant 02 Rough Sleeper From his first single in 2005, throughout 2007 and the release of his crittically aclaimed release Untrue, till the revelation of his identity in August 2008, William Bevan, aka Burial, maintained a mystic kind anonymity, and going on to […]

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Sleigh Bells – You Don’t Get Me Twice

September 17

Title: You Don’t Get Me Twice Artist: Sleigh Bells Album: Bitter Rivals Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock, Noise Pop, Psychedelic Sleigh Bells‘ third album, Bitter Rivals, is out October 8 via Mom + Pop. They’ve already shared the album’s title track, and now they’ve shared “You Don’t Get Me Twice”.

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Video: Daft Punk – Lose Yourself To Dance

September 17

Daft Punk‘s second Random Access Memories single is, yes, the other one with Pharrell and Nile Rodgers on it. “Lose Yourself to Dance” follows “Get Lucky”, and today, the band has shared the track’s video– an expanded version of the clip that aired during the VMAs on August 25. It features the robots and their collaborators performing on a platform above a pack of […]

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Four Tet – Parallel Jalebi

September 17

Title: Parallel Jalebi Artist: Four Tet Album: Beautiful Rewind Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Experimental, IDM Last we heard from samplephiliac Four Tet he was reminiscing some of jungle’s glory days on “Kool FM”, a worthy continuation of the club ambitious Pink. By comparison, the second track from the forthcoming Beautiful Rewind, “Parallel Jalebi”, which takes its title from a fried […]

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SBTRKT Production Didn’t Make Drake’s Album

September 17

SBTRKT‘s Aaron Jerome submitted production for Drake‘s Nothing Was The Same (out next week), but as he wrote on Twitter, none of it will appear on the album. Jerome notes that while his frequent collaborator Sampha is featured on “Too Much”, his production was not used. But don’t worry. He mentions that he “might do a mixtape.” Check out his new […]

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FKA Twigs – Papi Pacify

September 17

Title: Papi Pacify Artist: FKA Twigs Album: EP2 Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Experimental, Trip Hop Here, FKA Twigs longs for clarification from a lover whose commitment may not be built on a foundation as solid as hers, unafraid of the fallout because she just can’t go on any longer without knowing. With producer Arca helping her, the […]

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Glasser – Design

September 16

Title: Design Artist: Glasser Album: Interiors Year: 2013 Genre: Indie, Experimental, Avante-Garde, Dream Pop Following the recent “Shape”, Cameron Mesirow aka Glasser has shared another new track, “Design” from her upcoming Interiors album, out October 8 through True Panther. The video was directed by Jonathan Turner. The abstract clip finds a boldly dressed Mesirow exploring a minimally decorated room, “left […]

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Sky Ferreira and DIIV’s Zachary Cole Smith Arrested

September 16

Sky Ferreira and Zachary Cole Smith of DIIV were arrested in Saugerties, New York Friday night, as the Daily Freeman reports. Ferreira was arrested “on misdemeanor charges of criminal possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest,” while Smith was “charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, one count of possession of stolen property and one […]

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Blood Orange – Chamakay

September 16

Title: Chamakay Artist: Blood Orange Album: Chamakay – Single Year: 2013 Genre: Soul, Contemporary R&B, Psychedelic Pop If you look closely you can spot a lot of visual similarities between Blood Orange‘s “Chamakay”, the lead single on his upcoming Cupid Deluxe,  and Solange‘s “Losing You”, one of the songs that shot Dev Hynes to a new level of prominence as a […]

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Drake Debuts “Too Much” on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

September 16

Drake appeared last night on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” to promote his upcoming album, Nothing Was The Same. He premiered his song “Too Much” with Sampha. “Before I do this song, I just wanna say to my friends and family, I want the best for everybody and I love you all,” he said before performing the song. He also sat […]

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SBTRKT – IMO

September 16

Title: IMO Artist: SBTRKT Album: None Year: 2013 Genre: Post-Dubstep, Electronic, Experimental, IDM Yesterday morning, SBTRKT surprised his Twitter followers with a new song. It’s called “IMO”, and it’s accompanied by visuals from Lorenzo Durantini and A Hidden Place (the anonymous designer behind SBTRKT’s masks and artwork). “p.s its not a ‘single’/ planned campaign/ album promo hype thing,” he wrote. “just music […]

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Kevin Shields Says My Bloody Valentine “Banned” From Mercury Prize, Speaks Out Against Award

September 16

This week, the shortlist was announced for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, which honors the best British album of the past year. Savages, David Bowie, Disclosure, Arctic Monkeys, James Blake, and many more were among the nominees. But noticeably missing was My Bloody Valentine‘s mbv, the band’s first album in 22 years. In an interview with The Guardian, Kevin Shields spoke out […]

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Tiga Vs Audion – Let’s Go Dancing

September 16

Title: Let’s Go Dancing Artist: Tiga Vs Audion Album: Single Year: 2013 Genre: House, Techno, Dance, Electronic “Let’s go dancing/ I wanna go dancing with you/ All night dancing.” That’s the command dance veterans Tiga and Matthew Dear, under his seldom used alias Audion. After listening to this trippu 9-minute blowout, the thought of going dancing won’t be able to […]

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How to Dress Well Sings Drake, Kanye West, Miley Cyrus on New Mix

September 16

“ok i woke up super hungover today and made this mix of songs,” wrote How to Dress Well‘s Tom Krell. His new 45-minute mix begins with a vocal from Krell, hungover in bed, singing Drake‘s “Hold On, We’re Going Home”. He also adds vocals to Kanye West‘s “Hold My Liquor”, Miley Cyrus‘ “Wrecking Ball”, and […]

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Swearin’ – Watered Down

September 14

Title: Watered Down Artist: Swearin’ Album: Surfing Strange Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock, Garage Rock The band comprises of Allison Crutchfield, Kyle Gilbride and Keith Spencer (who also plays with Allison’s twin sister Katie in Waxahatchee). Swearin’ are masters in DIY. Their first single from their upcoming release Surfing Strange, featuring Gilbride on lead vocals, “Watered Down” is a characteristically simple […]

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Young Galaxy – Pretty Boy (Peaking Lights Remix)

September 14

Title: Pretty Boy (Peaking Lights Remix) Artist: Young Galaxy Album: Pretty Boy Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic Indie, Dream Pop, New Wave, Psychedelic Pop “Pretty Boy” by Young Galaxy is an us-against-the-world sing with lines such as “When we were lost we found each other” and “We were each other’s only family.” It’s romantic, nostalgic and has a British new wave […]

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Hackman – No More

September 14

Title: No More Artist: Hackman Album: Fre XLR8R Download Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, UK Garage, House, Dance Hackman comes from a line of young British producers that create and build upon dance structures. Combining oldschool Chicago house mixed together with gospel-derived vocal samples that kick it up a notch. It keeps bouncing back-and-forth from church lecture to house anthem. […]

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Rhye – Open (Jeff Samuel Faded Remix)

September 13

Title: Open (Jeff Samuel Faded Remix) Artist: Rhye Album: Open (Remixes) Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, House, Dance, Nu Disco, Funk Quiet storm duo Rhye‘s music has proven to be very good material. There are remixes by SOHN, Ryan Hemsworth, MK and of course (as you may have already seen above) Jeff Samuel. Maybe it’s the fact that their music is clearly and softly […]

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A$AP Rocky – LONG.LIVE.A$AP

September 13

Released: January 11, 2013 Label: RCA/ASAP Worldwide/Polo Grounds Producer:  40, Amanda Ghost, ASAP Rocky, ASAP Ty Beats, Steven “ASAP Yams” Rodriguez (exec.), Birdy Nam Nam, Bryan Leach (co-exec.), C. Papi, Chace Johnson, Clams Casino, Danger Mouse, Emile Haynie, Finatik & Zac, Frank Romano, Friendzone, Geno Sims, Hector Delgado, Hit-Boy, Jim Jonsin, Joey Fatts, Jonathan “MP” Williams, LORD FLACKO, Nikhil Seetharam, […]

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Watch: Fiona Apple Sings for Chipotle Ad on Factory Farming

September 13

Fiona Apple, friend of animals and committed vegan, has partnered with Chipotle on a campaign about factory farming. For the animated clip, Apple covered “Pure Imagination” from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, a rendition that is especially haunted and emotional given the grim context. The video was first available via Crumbler. The video features an adorable scarecrow […]

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CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share (Blood Diamonds Remix)

September 13

Title: The Mother We Share (Blood Diamonds Remix) Artist: CHVRCHES Album: SIngle Year: 2013 Genre: Electronic, Drum ‘n’ Bass, Aquacrunk, Synthpop If you haven’t heard the excellent original check it out here. Now here comes Canadian producer Blood Diamonds and puts in a little twist. A little tropical thunder there with a dash of drum ‘n’ bass. CHVRCHES have never sounded […]

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Autre Ne Veut – Play by Play (Jacques Greene Remix)

September 13

Title: Play by Play (Jacques Greene Remix) Artist: Autre Ne Veut Album: Single Year: 2013 Genre: House, UK Garage, Progressive Hip Hop Jacques Greene has always had an affinity for the R&B-ish. Between this years tantalizing “Quicksand”, and a couple of Ciara remixes he pulled off, where does he get time for all this? He turned Autre Ne […]

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Arctic Monkeys – AM

September 13

Released: September 9, 2013 Label: Domino Producer:  James Ford, Ross Orton Genre: Indie Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock Tracklist: 01 Do I Wanna Know? 02 R U Mine? 03 One for the Road 04 Arabella 05 I Want It All 06 No.1 Party Anthem 07 Mad Sounds 08 Fireside 09 Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High? 10 Snap Out of It 11 Knee Socks 12 I […]

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Sky Ferreira Announces Debut Album Night Time, My Time

September 12

The long awaited, and frankly, overdue debut album by pop sensation Sky Ferreira, Night Time, My Time is out October 29 through Capitol. This follows last year’s great Ghost EP, but doesn’t feature any of the same tracks. The cover for Night Time, My Time was shot by filmmaker Gaspar Noé (Irreversible, Enter the Void) Tracklist: 01 Boys 02 Ain’t Your Right 03 24 Hours 04 […]

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Station to Station: New York

September 12

Multimedia artist Doug Aitken‘s nomadic Station to Station Happening kicked off on Friday at Riverfront Studios in Brooklyn. The event featured a variety of artists working in a diverse set of media including performances by Suicide, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, No Age, and many more. Photos: Erez Avissar. Other artists slated to perform include Cat Power, Beck, Cold Cave, Giorgio […]

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Cass McCombs – There Can Be Only One

September 12

Title: There Can Be Only One Artist: Cass McCombs Album: Big Wheel And Others Year: 2013 Genre: Indie Rock I’ve never understood a Cass McCombs song, even the ones I’ve listened to hundreds of hundreds of times. They always seem to take the simplest matter and turn them into philosophical queries. “Who owns my heart? There can be […]

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