A$AP Ferg - "Reynolds" (fet. Danny Brown): Hailing from the A$AP Mob (known for kick starting the career of the more prolific A$AP Rocky) , Ferg proves he's no slouch when it comes to serving up his own dope lines. The lackadaisical delivery paired up with the lazy summery beat and guest verses by Danny Brown (who effects a dead ringer Cypress Hill impression), all just come together to make this feel like a perfect slice of forgotten 90's. (Hip Hop)
Body/Head - "Actress": Former Pixies bassists has returned with a brand new band a a popping new track for their upcoming debut, Coming Apart (due out September 13 on Matador). KG's voice and bass take the forefront on this minimalist experiment, sounding decidedly more avante garde then anything she's done before. Her bass plods along beneath an eerie guitar whine, with chanting and pipped in sonic dissonance. (No Wave/Nosie Rock)
Cage The Elephant - "Come A Little Closer": New track from the boys from Bowling Green from their upcoming album, Melophobia due out 10/8 through RCA. While their early album had them ridding to the top of the charts with a decidedly more "southern rock meets garage revile" sound, this song is no "Ain't No rest For The Wicked". "Come A Little Closer" is less on the heavy and more on the angst, and sounds more like a continuation of that post-punk sound they were chasing on Thank You, Happy Birthday. It's a depressing, haunting melody held down by tight drumming under a more chaotic style of guitar. (Post Punk Revival)
Crystal Stilts - "Future Folklore": New cut from Crystal Stilts third upcoming album, Nature Noir, due out September 17th through Scared Bones. "Future Folklore" is probably the best way to describe the song, which pays equal homage to early American psychedelic folk and the Crystal Stilts minimalist approach to garage rock revival. . (Garage Rock Revival/Folk)
Drumgasam - Drumgasam: What do you get when you place Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron, Wild Flag drummer Janet Weiss, and Death Grips drummer Zach Hill on the same album? A better question would be, what would you get if you had an album that was simply NOTHING BUT those three drummers drumming. You'd get what could be described as nothing else but a Drumgasam, thus making the band name and the name of their first album, perfectly sensible. The entire albums is available for streaming on Spin.com, and suffice to say it sounds like nothing else you can imagine. Unless you're good at imaging what 3 proficient drummers would sound like if they were invited to the world's most awesome drum circle. . (Experiemntnal)
Forest Swords - Engravings: Forest Swords is the stage name of Liverpool native Matthew Barnes, who set the blogosphere alight with his relatively quite release, Dagger Paths, back in 2010. On his first full length, available for streaming through Pitchfork and due out August 26 through Tri Angle Records, he hones in those same composer skills that made his EP such a underground treasure. It's difficult to lump him in with other EDM musicians because he blends in a number of influences ranging, from post rock to film scores, complete with creative sampling, to create a very different sounding album. (Experimental/R&B/Post Rock)
Of Montreal - "She Ain't Speaking Now": New Of Montreal, sounds like the Athens outfit simply chasing their Flaming Lips influences at first. It starts off as a light psychedelic pop tune, before catching the listener by surprise with the crunch of bluesy guitar riffs. Of Montreal switch back and forth between playful psch pop and foot stampin swamp rock and somehow make it work. "Speaking Now" is off Lousy With Sylvianbrair due out 10/8 through Polyvinal. (Pyshdeilc Pop/Garage Rock)
Parquet Courts - "You Got Me Wondering Now": After being the DIY heroes of the 2012 with the surprise success of their debut album Light Up Gold, it's great to here Parquet Courts weren't merely one hit wonders. Beneath the lackadaisical chaos that is their beer soaked, fuzz drenched, lo-fi garage rampaging, lie some pretty damn crafty musicians. "You Got Me Wondering Now" is the teaser from their upcoming EP Tally All The Things That You Broke, due out 10/8 through What's Your Rapture. The song itself sounds like what would have happened if Stephen Malkmus from Pavement took over the vocal duties for The Stooges. (Gargare Punk)
Phoneix - "Trying To Be Cool" (fet. R. Kelly): "Trying To Be Cool" is the track from Phoenix's Bankrupt! album from earlier this year. And by all accounts it was just perfect the way it was; a seriously cool bit of modern disco with a tight-club ready swing in the choruses. So, how to make it better? Why not add R. Kelly to contribute some of his own guest verses? Say what you will about R. Kelly, the man has cool to spare when he sings and he brings "Cool" to a whole new level of it. (Nu-Disco/R&B)
YACTH - "Party At The NSA": This new YATCH song sounds like an old forgotten relic of 80's synthrock. The choruse is practically begging to have a post-ironc music video featuring the band dancing in a wasteland from Mad Max before bumping into those other guys who had to put on shades. All the bells and whistles, synths and computer modulators, are out on full force daring you to not dance. But its fun filled melody and retro goodness hides a pretty dark message if the song title didn't give it away, and it's one that the normally fun loving YATCH are serious about. The song was not released as a teaser for an upcoming album but as a download for sale in which all proceeds will go to "to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who will defend us all from living in a total surveillance state". (Synthpop/Synthrock)
Yuck - "Middle Sea": After having such a warmly received debut back in 2011 and a successful bit of touring, fans were dealt a sudden rough blow with the leaving of band founder and front man Daniel Bloomberg back in April of this year. It seemed to be the kind of move that would kill a band dead just as it was starting to gain momentum, but Yuck still pushed forward, announcing a new album, Glow & Behold, due out September 30th. New singer "Max Bloom" doesn't quite have Bloomberg's youthful sounding wail, but manages to bring something new with his own daydream, dead-pan delivery. And those same sun soaked, Dinosaur Jr. riffs that made their debut so nostalgic show no signs of going anywhere anytime soon. (Noise Rock/Power Pop)
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