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DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: John Maus, “No Title (Molly)”
Now here’s an idea we wish we’d thought of for this year’s Record Store Day: pairing five, rainbow-colored Flexi discs with a limited zine like the one Domino’s produced with their side imprint Ribbon Music. Featuring cover art from Bjorn Copeland of Black Dice and the impeccable art direction of SEEN, it includes unreleased tracks […]
NEEDLE EXCHANGE 094: An Exclusive Mix By … Scratcha DVA
As impeccably produced as Scratcha DVA’s debut album (Pretty Ugly, available now on Hyperdub) is, it’s also a bit batshit, leaving you with the feeling that something’s slightly off from the very start (the flatlining fuzz and percussive pyrotechnics of “Reach the Sun”). The exclusive mix below is just as disjointed, right down to the […]
VIDEO: Watch the Trippy Mane Trailer For Lone’s ‘Galaxy Garden’ LP
Fresh off the looming release of his new R&S single “Crystal Caverns 1991,” Lone has unveiled a trailer for his Galaxy Garden LP that’s like the greatest screen saver this side of that Windows 95 one with all the lasers. You can check it out above, and stream “Crystal Caverns 1991” below alongside the cover […]
Kool Keith Announces ‘Love & Danger’ LP, Retires From Rap Game
In what may not come as a surprise to longtime fans, Kool Keith has bookended his latest album (Love & Danger, out June 5th through Junkadelic) with a song that’s simply called “Goodbye Rap.” In a press statement, the underground icon elaborated, saying, “This is probably my last project. You just got the last of […]
MP3/VIDEO: Death Grips, “The Fever (Aye Aye)”
The Death Grips video above–also available as an MP3 download below–sure reminds us of the following classic Beastie Boys clip…
VIDEO: Nardwuar Interviews Grimes
While we just posted Nardwuar’s Danny Brown interview from SXSW, self-titled couldn’t help but share his conversation with our current cover star Grimes. Discussed: guns, Vancouver, surrealist cults, and Skinny Puppy. Check it out above, and read our feature on the iPad or right below…
Peaking Lights Announce New ‘Lucifer’ Album, Spark Mixtape Series
In what’s quickly becoming a crowded spring release schedule for Mexican Summer, Peaking Lights have lined up their latest LP for a June 19th release. Inspired in part by their recent move to L.A. and the birth of the married couple’s son Mikko, Lucifer was self-produced during a month-long Brooklyn session with engineer Al Carlson […]
VIDEO: Julia Holter, “Moni Mon Amie”
According to its production notes, the video for Julia Holter’s “Moni Mon Amie” interprets the single “as a lyrical appeal to the unattainable other, and a conversation that’s being had with oneself. The longing transforms the perception of the everyday, turning each moment into a poetic landscape in which the miniature and the gigantic become […]