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still warm: Future Nostalgia for sale, by Hiva Oa

The first half-minute, indeed the first ten seconds set the terms. This whitewashed chorus is the sound of inner dissonance, nothing really to do with the external world of instruments or processing. This...

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Stream: The Neighborhood – “I’m Sorry”

I stumbled across the band The Neighborhood this morning to great pleasure. The band is a Los Angeles based quintet that mixes together a perfect blend of soul, indie rock and hip-hop. Their debut EP,...

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name your price: The Rigged Orchestra, by Temi I Idei

One of our most frequently-revisited songs from 2009 is "02," track #6 from the fydhws release Impresii. The artist behind fydhws identifies himself only as "R" and the song truly is a six-minute continent,...

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free download: Symptomatic EP, by La Machine

In March we met La Machine, concluding, "Sung through a pulse jet and stripped down to the sub-bass." Their dark-as-a-cave, quick-as-a-Zoloft releases continue with the Symptomatic EP. The title track sets paint-can percussion...

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The Only Way To Kill You by Greylag

Just making sure everyone is on the same page today: Greylag’s debut EP The Only Way To Kill You has officially dropped. And as promised last March, I’ve put together some thoughts to...

Arcade Fire – "The Month of May" & "The Suburbs" Leak

Arcade Fire have been playing things pretty close to the chest concerning their next release. They first sent out a teaser post card addressed to the internet, then some snippets of the tracks below were posted to their website and now today Sub City Radio contacted Pitchfork to let them know that they had found a record (pictured above) of what appeared to be the first two singles off the upcoming album in a unassuming record store in Scotland. Yeesh!

The tracks started getting played on BBC Radio 1 and now Seattle’s 107.7 The End has the mp3′s posted on their blog.

Now it’s your turn. Listening to these new tracks are you still excited about the upcoming release?

Arcade Fire – Month of May”
Arcade Fire -”The Suburbs”

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