Get It El-P and Killer Mike have teamed up to bring us more eccentric rap. The first single from the duo’s album is a furious beat-driven collaboration between two emcees with stylistically different flows that jive cohesively, unlike other team-ups that seem forced. This track will “beat you like Mo’Nique did Precious.” But in a […]
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It’s a Diamond Life Girls Against Boys has been rocking out for 25 loud years now. The post-hardcore quartet has finally returned to the scene after a ten year hiatus with a new tour and forthcoming material. The newest single is packed with as many “woo hoos” and angered guitars necessary to solidify a proper […]
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Trains You know you’re in good company when your record label boasts artists like Xiu Xiu and CocoRosie on the roster. Indie band Wampire chills out on an easygoing track with a simple bassline and a super epic slowdown. Looks like this train has come to an abrupt halt. That’s public transportation for you.
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Oh, you have a spoken word introduction too? What are the odds?
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Still Corners is following what seems to work for a number of other successful indie bands: female lead singers with tissue thin voices singing romantic ballads that are labeled by others as “dream pop.” The dream pop label has proven to be quite popular in bands such as Beach House, Bat for Lashes, Air and School of Seven Bells. It is one of the many sub-genres of music where the music generally sounds the same, but differs depending on what artist is mentioned. For Still Corners, it is essentially dream pop, but with a romantic eighties vibe.
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It’s the holiest of unions …
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In this generation, everyone is seemingly anxious to slap a made-up label on something.
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2013 will quite possibly be the year for the non-sophomore slump with Local Natives as the example. Well played, boys.
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Rising from the ashes of the Mike Middleton Band, Madison Street Station calls the new formation a better version of the previous band.
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In honor of Black History Month here are eight stereotype demolishing artists …
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There’s always a soundtrack to romance, but now the lonely audiophile has one too.
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