Hi. From a very recent Spotify update comes the new album by Swedish band Magnus Ekelund & Stålet. Genre: pop. Enjoy! Magnus Ekelund & Stålet – Det definitiva drevet Filed under...
The Tallest Man On Earth frontman Kristian Matsson does a damn good Dylan impression for a Swede. His latest track, “1904? waxes existential and recalls the Magnetic Fields in...
If the houses Amirali designs are as solid as the house music he produces, he should have no trouble passing the architecture degree he's currently undertaking. Given that he's...
Howdy. The fine new album by Swedish post-rock band pg.lost was just added to Spotify. Enjoy! pg.lost – Key Filed under: 2012, Rock
If you haven’t been living in a bunker for the past month or two, you’ve inevitably heard of that song by that weird guy who paints himself into walls that everybody loves...
Hey there. The latest album by Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs was added to Spotify many weeks ago. Genre: alt-country rock. Enjoy! (Thanks to a reader for the reminder!) (Not...
Cold Specks’ debut oozes dark atmosphere and pleasing musical moments, but it plays its cards so close to its chest that it struggles to connect on a deeper level.
In the 20 or so years that Oxia, AKA Olivier Raymond, has been making electronic music, he's dipped his fingers into a few different pies. Strangely, though, he only has one album...
Shut your eyes and let this electronic ambient album transport you to a neon lit dystopian future.
This debut might lack a definite individuality, but it’s promising stuff nonetheless.
Hi again. The new EP by Craft Spells was added to Spotify earlier this week. Genre: dream pop. Enjoy! Craft Spells – Gallery Filed under: 2012, Pop
Hey. This intense new album by Norwegian band The Sweetest Thrill was added to Spotify not that long ago. Genre: kraut/noise rock. Enjoy! The Sweetest Thrill – Jewellery Filed...
Glaswegian Gregory D'Souza's Auntie Flo project always seemed like a potentially problematic one to me, taking afrohouse and tribal tropes to a place of pseudo-ethnographic...
A brief yet blistering record from Baltimore's Dead Mellotron that combines MBV-style sonic attack with straight-ahead jangle to great effect.
There's a 1982 episode of the Erik Estrada cop show "CHiPs" where a punk group called Pain raises hell for the local cops-on-bikes. Central to the plot of the episode is a battle...
Creepoid’s hook, much like that of all “slowcore,” is that there are no hooks. The music plods along, doesn't necessarily sound great through computer speakers, and it’s easy to...
Aussie Mr. Bill’s latest album “Focus” pretty much knocks my socks off. It is so masterfully thought out and crafted. This album embraces a variety of deep yet glitchy, swaggy yet...
Evening. From a very recent Spotify update comes the slick new album by James & Evander. Genre: electronic/pop. Enjoy! James & Evander – Bummer Pop Filed under: 2012, Electronic...
Beat Mark is the indie project of a kind of who's who of the french pop scene, it includes people from Adam Kesher (the core members Julien -singer- and Gaëtan -guitarist), Yussuf...
Although Kidd occasionally draws from the layered and looped textures she uses live, the composition and tempestuous nature of Little Battles are what make this release...
Philm excel when they step outside of the claustrophobic, Helmet-worshiping box and just dick around with a skeletal structure, but the album suffers from its schizophrenic...
A brilliant hazy lo-fi electronic album. Originally released on cassette in 2008 and now available digitally.
Evening. The new album by Ikons is another very recent addition to Spotify. Genre: pop/rock. Enjoy! Ikons – Life Rhythm Filed under: 2012, Pop, Rock
A slow-burning, and downright freaky, retro-house debut from this Boston DJ duo.
This freshly unearthed live recording proves that you can have too much of a good thing as the Afrobeat legend and his Egypt 80 ensemble stretch their grooves to truly heroic - or...
The School have studied hard, taking their lessons from '60s pop and soul (and a spot of contemporary twee), but will they miss out on the top grades?