West Coast boundary-pushers Def Sound and Nikko Gray make an impressive, and altogether complementary, duo. Case in point: “Birds I View”. The track drones and glides with layers of psych...
Theophilus London has kept things moving since dropping Timez Are Weird These Days, the warmly accepted debut full-length that gave way to some mainstream exposure for the Brooklyn artist. This time ...
UK beat beast Vanilla released Soft Focus this May, and aspiring producers would be wise to study it. While creating silky-smooth, soul-inflected beatscapes is hardly breaking new ground, there’s ver...
After rocking a ton of collaborations over the past year or so, Oh No is back on his solo grind with Ohnomite. We already heard his DOOM-assisted single “3 Dollars“, and now we get some v...
Large Professor returns on June 26 with a new full-length album, Professor at Large. Like his preceding solo efforts, he’s flexing his skills as a producer and an MC. And that combination is pu...
Just about everyone fell in love with The xx‘s debut album back in 2009, and since then we have been waiting for some follow up material. Today, the band announce that they have a release date ...
The Flaming Lips are fucking crazy, but you knew that already, right? Well, if you didn’t, here’s the latest example to prove my point: their EXTREMELY NSFW video for “The First Tim...
This dude Tree sure is keeping busy. After dropping a new track the other day, the Chicago rapper-producer delivered some visuals for “Chuch”. The song appears on his fantastic Sunday Sch...
When he’s not weaving narratives with K-Murdock in Panacea, Raw Poetic is showcasing both his rapping and singing skills as part of Restoring Poetry in Music. The band just dropped their first ...
The Roots‘ bandleader, Questlove, called up Power 99 in Philadelphia yesterday to, at the start, give some promo for the upcoming Roots Picnic, which goes down this weekend. But as the discussi...
This is the first time I am hearing of Sunless ’97, a three-piece outfit that has me all sorts of exciting about their latest single, “Azul”. The beat creeps in slowly, like a timid...
Today I decided to make a post ranting about cover songs and how fucking terrible they (generally) are when, after a little research, I happened upon a like-minded post at Pigeons & Planes. Our b...
In case you didn’t already know, Krispy Kreme is the baddest. Excuse me: THE BADDEST. And that doesn’t only mean that he’s looking out for himself. The twang-tinged “rapper...
Despite having several interactions with him over the years, Choongum remains an enigma. His sound never seems to fully form, always expanding and morphing into something new. For one of his newer tr...
Keeping the Fela Kuti legacy alive, tUnE-yArDs and Questlove join forces to cover an afro-beat standout, “Lady”. This track will be featured on an upcoming charity tribute compilation, Re...
Oddisee – People Hear What They See Mello Music Group: 2012 Oddisee churned out a number of quality releases in 2011, his Odd Seasons and Rock Creek Park projects showcased the DC rapper/produc...
Everyone’s favorite stoner, Curren$y, is back at it with his latest full-length, The Stoned Immaculate. With a release date set for next week, Spitta unveils the entire album in all its weed sm...
Los Angeles producer Jimmy Tamborello aka Dntel is prepping for his fifth album release next week called Aimlessness. One of his singles has a slick feature from fellow avant garde explore Baths, whi...
The Black Keys team up with Harmony Korine to put a wacky visual spin on their El Camino single, “Gold On The Ceiling”. If you are familiar with Korine’s work, then you know to expe...
Back in March at SXSW in Austin, TX, Action Bronson, Heems, Meyhem Lauren, Tommy Mas, and Harry Fraud recorded a bunch of tracks together. The project is called Respect the Fly Shit, and it gets it f...
Balam Acab has gone ahead and made one of the trillest songs of 2012. It’s called “Ass Pop” — yeah – and it features tags like “forfun” and “noblogs.&#...
We’ve loved the Roots for a long time, and thanks to network television, their presence has grown exponentially over recent years. When I first heard the news they’d be signing up with Fa...
The folks at Very Small Array put together this pretty comprehensive and totally slick infographic that showcases the various boroughs and what-have-you of some of New York City’s best hip-hop ...
Outside The Box is a weekly roundup of electronic gems from the ever-growing SoundCloud & Bandcamp community, brought to you by the Chicago-based music blog, Flashlight Tag. Charles Murdoch ̵...
Beat experimentalist Amon Tobin has kept relatively quiet since last year’s release of ISAM, which is currently being included as part of an extravagant limited edition boxset. Since then he ha...
Bicontinental production duo Herma Puma had a slew of producers remix tracks from Synchromystic, their criminally underrated 2010 release, and the result- Syncho Remixed EP One, out this week on Firs...
Daedelus has a lot to say about Open Mike Eagle‘s “Nightmares” and the ensuing remix. So I am going to let him fill you in on his “Pacifically” rendition. Whatever that ...
Yeah, mash-ups are kind of lame. Except when someone like Psycosis comes around and destroys all prior misconceptions. Taking to Neutral Milk Hotel’s 1998 indie cult classic In the Aeroplane Ov...
The jazz infused hip-hop trio BADBADNOTGOOD has experienced a steady increase in recognition over the past year or so, and it’s much deserved. If their early content was enough to capture a few...
Typically, we hear Durkin‘s production talents beneath the fiery raps of Black EL. But he recently took a break to bang out something a lil’ different in the studio. Durkin put together h...
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