Kanye West - Donda 2

Thoughts on the 2.22.22 Miami version of Ye’s latest album.

Haleek Maul - "Elation" (Demo) / "Feuer" ft. Kill J

Yesterday, Barbados-based rapper/producer Haleek Maul continued teasing his upcoming mixtape King Midas with the above demo "Elation," which has a cool trap-flavored atmosphere and makes good us of autotune, and the below track "Feuer," featuring Danish singer Kill J. Looking forward to the tape!

Guttersnipe - Demo

Noise rock from Leeds.

ikea-graveyard - stray

Alofa Gould is a 19-year-old Vista, CA-based singer-songwriter who has recorded under the moniker Your Bruise, and now under ikea-graveyard. This month, she put out a split EP with touringmates Bulldog Eyes and Yukon, as well as this collection of demos she recorded on her porch, called stray. The tracks are breezy and feature only Gould's lovely voice and acoustic guitar, but while simple, they manage to be quite evocative. She caps off the tape with a nice Joyce Manor cover, too. Happy listening!

Flying Lotus - Ideas+drafts+loops

Download: Flying Lotus - Ideas+drafts+loops Flying Lotus has announced that he's entering the mixing stage of his fifth studio album, likely due out early next year. To tide his fans over, he's shared a free compilation of unreleased material, and because this is FlyLo; the production on these tracks are just as stellar as that of some of the best electronica you've heard this year. The tape also has myriad guest artists - among them are Shabazz Palaces, The Underachievers, Until the Quiet Comes collaborator Niki Randa, alter ego Captain Murphy, and Thundercat even turns up on a remix of Kanye's "Black Skinhead." Grab it above and enjoy!

Hopefully we'll be getting another project from Captain Murphy soon, as well. A reminder that his mixtape Duality was one of the most sensational trips of 2012:

Sufjan Stevens - "Take Me"

With "Take Me," Sufjan Stevens intimates that even his unused demos are wholly worthwhile. Stevens shared the "repetitive lo-fi pop" song to his Tumblr Ghetto Soundcloud page upon happening across it on a hard drive under his desk. He went on to describe it with a  couple of sly quadruple negatives: "It don’t go nowhere so don’t expect nothing. Love don’t go nowhere so don’t expect nothing. Quadruple negative, yo. Stay Positive." Give it a listen above; the "stay positive" part should come naturally!

Stream New Stone Titan Demos

Only a few weeks after the digital release of their new full-length album, Scratch N' Sniff, Connecticut sludge outfit Stone Titan has dropped a few new demos that might sound interesting if given the full studio treatment.

Stream the tracks above, and enjoy! Also, listen to Stone Titan's new full-length here.

Stream Exhaustion's Demo

Exhaustion is causing me to make a total mess of my living room, they have found just the right dirty, power fused, and grinding sound that can awaken that sort of energy.

There was a reason that when these ex-members of UK metal band Throats came together they called themselves Exhaustion, and trust me when you are done listening to this EP you will fully understand why. The guitars are noisy and constantly thrashing along into swirling messes that can only bring images of the most violent circle pits to mind. The decidedly distorted howls of the lead singer blending into all of the wild instrumentation just makes it all the more satisfying. When it comes to making relentless metal, Exhaustion seems to have it figured out, and they bring it fast and hard without relent.