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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...

Stars Surprise Release “The Bedroom Demos”

Stars surprised everyone today by announcing that they have released a demo session from when they were getting ready to record their 2007 album In Our Bedroom After The War. The Bedroom Demos were recorded at The Besnard Lakes frontman, Jace Lasek’s studio in Montreal and promptly forgotten about. Eventually Jace found the tapes again and they are now seeing the light of day.

It’s always interesting to listen to these early demo sessions and see how they compare to the final product, how much influence a producer had in the studio during the official recording session and how a band has steered away from their original intend.

Stars — “The Worst Thing” (Whitey Jam)

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