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Alex Feder used to play in Brooklyn’s the XYZ Affair before he moved to LA in 2010 to start a solo project and decided to reinvent himself as an R&B…

The mysterious Swedish electronic artiste iamamiwhoami has contributed to Moby’s new remix EP for Destroyed third single, “After”. iamamiwhoami’s reimagining maintains the original’s dark, lonely melancholy, but makes things far…

Beatsmith Xaphoon Jones, one half of Chiddy Bang, just sent us this remix he did of “Break It Down”, the latest jam from college rappers Kidz In The Hall. Xaphoon’s…

Under-appreciated psych-rockers Pepper Rabbit have a new album coming out on August 9 called Red Velvet Snow Ball. To promote the album’s release, Pepper Rabbit, with help from yours truly…

Last summer, My Old Kentucky Blog‘s new label Roaring Colonel Records signed their first band, the Burnt Ones and released their debut Black Teeth & Golden Tongues. The record is…

Remix artist and producer Andre Allen Anjos aka RAC has been under our radar for quite some time now, since he revamped Radiohead’s “Nude” from In Rainbows. If you check…
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13164956[/vimeo] Almost six months ago we introduced you to Louisville, KY’s the Pass and their brand of indie pop hat marries Manner‘s synthesized fervor and Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix‘s endearing warmth.…

R.E.M.’s classic 1985 album Fables of the Reconstruction will be remastered and reissued on July 13th via Capitol/I.R.S. The 25th Anniversary edition of Fables of the Reconstruction will include remastered…

Here is the latest music video from PMA favorites Chiddy Bang. You may remember “Sooner Or Later” as one of the first Chiddy Bang songs we ever posted back in…

Andre Allen Anjos, better known as RAC, had some big news to share with us recently — he had signed on to score the upcoming Jesse Eisenberg (Adventureland and Zombieland)…

Suckers’ long waited debut album, Wild Smile is out June 8 on Frenchkiss. To promote their upcoming LP, the band has embarked on a month-long tour with labelmates Local Natives.…

Hailing from North Wales, the Joy Formidable are a seething art-rock trio with a killer live act. The band’s EP, A Balloon Called Moaning was released stateside, today on Black…
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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)
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