A collection of rough and lo-fi beats that push the ambient envelope. It's something I'm sure fans of that new Shlohmo album would be able to appreciate.
The title of this album is Spirrows, and its comes from New York beat producer Tortilla Pass. This isn't the dude's only project, but this is the one that's catching my ear--especially the otherworldly female vocal sample on the track "Thursday."
A new collaborative album from West Coast MC Blu and producer Exile. It's not mixed or mastered, but there are some interesting samples and verses pulled together by these two. Blu's verses about the world at large on "more out of life." are pretty thought-provoking, and the Tom Waits sample on "seasons." seems like it shouldn't work, but it does. Enjoy, and grab a digital copy on Bandcamp.
Some twisted and eerie visuals coming through on this new music video for Colin Stetson's "Those Who Didn't Run," which is a track from an EP that definitely would have made it into my top-15 EPs of 2011 if I had decided to extend the list out a bit. Still, the album this dude released before that is absolutely killer. Grab Stetson's music on Constellation Records.
It's a hip hop Christmas thanks to this new track from Connecticut rapper Apathy. The dude samples my least favorite Christmas song ever, but it's pretty hard to deny this track. It's loaded with so many relatable lyrics. I mean, who doesn't want Wu-Tang to release a track as classic as C.R.E.A.M.?
1. Nicolas Jaar- Don't Break My Love2. Clams Casino- Rainforest 3. Valentin Stip- Anytime Will Do 4. Theophilus London- Lover’s Holiday 5. Oblivionized- Abhorrent Evolution 6. Hudson Mohawke- Satin Panthers 7. Cynic- Carbon-Based Anatomy 8. BADBADNOTGOOD- EP 9. Robin Pecknold- Three Songs 10. King Krule- King Krule
1. Macklemore x Ryan Lewis- Wings2. St. Vincent- Cruel 3. Is Tropical- The Greeks 4. Battles- My Machines 5. Coma Cinema- Blue Suicide 6. James Blake- The Wilhelm Scream 7. Mastodon- Deathbound 8. Tyler, The Creator- Yonkers 9. M83- Midnight City 10. tUnE-yArDs- Bizness 11. Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire- The Last Huzzah! (feat. Despot, Das Racist, Danny Brown & El-P) 12. Times New Viking- No Room To Live 13. Radiohead- Lotus Flower 14. Maps & Atlases- Israeli Caves 15. Holy Ghost!- Wait and See 16. The Rural Alberta Advantage- Stamp 17. SBTRKT- Wildfire 18. Craft Spells- Your Tomb 19. Foo Fighters- White Limo 20. Liturgy- Returner
This week on Y U NO REVIEW, Anthony talks about releases that passed him by from Trash Talk, Mr. Oizo, Lupe Fiasco, Sepalcure, and Blut Aus Nord. Here's some more he failed at life with:
I wasn't into Teebs' previous release, Ardour, and I was sad to find I wasn't feeling this new collection of instrumental beats from the California producer, too. I will give him props on consistency and pulling together some more interesting and experimental sounds on this new collection, though. However, my issue with his music just not leaving that large of an impression on me still looms large. Still, if you're a beatmusic addict, it's worth trying.
This album caught my by surprise toward the end of this year through the music video for the track 252. It's a hauntingly beautiful song, which features some really delicate vocals and an ambitiously large hook. However, I found a lot of the other tracks to be a little underwhelming, I guess.
There's actually no excuse whatsoever for me not reviewing this EP. It's a little short of break, but loaded with creative ideas and sounds. This is the second EP to drop from this project, and I can only hope 2012 is going to bring a full-length Loops Haunt album. The opening track on this EP is layered with laser-powered synths, a myriad of effects, and some glitchy beats, too. It's like listening to a spaceship in the year 35xx short circuit--except it's, like, musical and stuff. There's some deep bass rumbles toward the end of the track, too. It's almost like an experimental dubstep tune, but doesn't resemble the genre in any obvious way. The following two tracks make more use of drones and soundscapes, but they still come off as interesting as the first track. It's a nice, little EP.
On this LP, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats create a really old school combination of doom metal and psych rock. These guys definitely relive the era, but they don't exactly reinvent the style in a really exciting way for me. This album is gonna do best with doom junkies, for sure. I guess that I'm personally looking for something a bit fresher. If heavy riffs and vintage aesthetics are your thing, give it a listen.
Nothing wrong with a straight up synth pop album, that's for sure. I think the single from the album, "Don't Fuck With My Money," outperforms many of the tracks on here, but pop fans should be aware of this album. There are some nice underground gems on here to be heard.
Flourishing's The Sum of All Fossils was an album that intrigued me at first, but then sort of lost me in its haze of atmosphere and technical ability. Maybe it's something that'll grow on me with a few revisits. To put it simply, if you're a death metal fan who loves the psyche-challenging songwriting of bands like Ulcerate, this should do nicely. The vocals vary pretty nicely, too.
Stream: The National- "Rylan" and "I Need My Girl" The National premiered two brand new tracks live on the CBC radio show Q in Toronto. These guys have always been a band that lyrical has been pretty powerful and relatable to all kinds of people. The tracks here as expected lyrically are top notch.
Musically they seem to have put more focus on guitar and keys this time around rather than the constant repetitive percussion on High Violet. Though, neither song really breaks new ground for the band, “I Need My Girl” still feels particularly impactful.
They are about as consistent as a band can get and if these songs speak for the rest of their new material then we are likely in store for another solid release from them.