Australian artist Kirin J Callinan delivers the creepiest, weirdest, best video of 2012.
Genevieve Oliver

Iron & Wine are really fond of George Michael’s “One More Try,” for some reason. First they covered it for the AV Club, now they’re releasing it as a single…

We’ve got mixed feelings about remixes that enlist every single rapper who had the time to record a verse – often, they end up sounding weird and crowded and uncomfortably…

We haven’t heard from Mad Decent’s finest pottymouthed Brazilian baile funk crew Bonde Do Role since 2007’s still-awesome With Lasers, but they’re back with a new song, the supremely catchy…

Here is the second part of our Spring Music Preview (part one is here). These are the albums we’re most looking forward to through June 21.

If you’ve seen Grimes live recently, you know about the Canadian sci-fi pop star’s tendency to reinvent her songs in a live setting. When we’ve caught Claire Boucher live, we’ve…

You know RAC for their remixes – in fact, smart, catchy re-imaginations of other people’s songs are all we’ve heard from them to date. But now, Green Label Sound is…

The first single from 2 Chainz’ Def Jam debut Based on a T.R.U. Story is the Drake-featuring “No Lie.” For a track that’s 2 Chainz’ on the package, there’s a…

We’re still in love with ScHoolboy Q’s Habits & Contradictions, so we’re psyched to hear that his star is (rightfully) on the rise – next up for Q is a…

It’s been a while since we heard anything from the UK’s New Young Pony Club, but they’re back with a new single, “You Used To Be A Man,” and attendant…

We’re okay with the fact that the Beach Fossils offshoot formerly known as Dive are going by DIIV now – it’s pronounced the same, it’s way easier to Google, and…

Shabazz Palaces remixing Lushlife’s Plateau Vision highlight “Hale-Bopp was the Bedouins” pretty much means that everyone doing cool shit in indie rap (for lack of a better phrase) is on this…

Seminal shoegazers My Bloody Valentine (or at least the band’s frontman Kevin Shields) have been dropping hints of new music this year, but this previously unheard MBV track isn’t brand…
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New Yeasayer: "Henrietta"
New Childish Gambino: "Unnecessary" f/ ScHoolboy Q
New Azealia Banks: "JUMANJI" MP3
Wild Pitch: disco naïveté
Rec'd MP3: Purity Ring - "Obedear"
MP3: Major Lazer & Amber of Dirty Projectors - "Get Free"
MP3: Theophilus London & A$AP Rocky - "Big Spender"
Amazing: Florence + The Machine & Dev Hynes - "Never Let Me Go"
Check Out: Kirin J Callinan: "WIIW (Way to War)"
Check Out: MS MR - "Hurricane"
Sleep Over - "Romantic Streams" (CFCF Remix)
Download: Meek Mill - Dreamchasers 2 Mixtape
Review: El-P - Cancer For Cure
Download: Nicolas Jaar's Essential Mix
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