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Do You Still Remember My Voice?A melancholic narrative is made poignant by an utterly destructive slow-burn beat and progression.James Blake and SZA h...

Oh Terrible Hindsight and Hopeful FuturesThinking about someone always leads to an overflow of emotions, especially when that person was a romantic in...

So Short/So SweetIt's not every day something so concentrated and pure, in its attempt to just be, falls in your lap."You Have To Call" is possibly my...

A dark and bumpy cover of Colourbox's "The Moon is Blue" takes a soulful R&B track and throws it into a pool of Victorian noises, eclectic electri...

Although she's been busy with Metric and Broken Social Scene, it's been over ten years since Emily Haines has released an album with The Soft Skeleton...

OMG OMG OMG THEY'RE BACK! GORILLAZ ARE BACK! I mean, we knew this was coming, but it's finally here, and I'm still trying to let it settle in. Do I l...

I'm not overly familiar with L.A. auteur Lawrence Rothman, but when I read about the people involved with his latest single, "Designer Babies," I just...

Benjamin Verdoes is an artist I have written about a number of times now, and for good reason. A wonderfully authentic musician, Verdoes is one who k...

Thank goodness for music that doesn't try too hard to take over your weekend. This song, while appropriately titled after one of the more rambunctiou...

There's no mistaking a remix from My Body. This time around, this duo has worked their magic on Lia Ices' "Higher." This atmospheric, spacial renditi...

London-based Semi Precious, the solo project of a guy named Guy, combines a soothing vocal fragility with "shifted-wrapped-chopped samples" to create ...

There are few artists as invigorating and generally exciting as Tom Krell. Under the alias, How To Dress Well, Krell's quickly become the face of the ...

Here's your heads-up of the month: Douglas Dare's debut album Whelm from Erased Tapes is dropping later this spring. Drowned in Sound called him a "br...

Oh my, have you heard Benjamin Clementine's new single, "I Won't Complain?" If not, you've come to the right post.Benjamin Clementine wastes no time b...

Part Conor Oberst part Zachary Francis Condon, Jared Bartman is a new American indie folk artist from Princeton, IL whose music weaves lush orchestral...

Let me just say this: it hurts to listen to Benjamin Clementine. His voice is powerful, his lyrics are raw, and his delivery is downright unique. Pair...

With a previous penchant for directing eccentric videos for the likes of David Bowie and Marilyn Manson, L.A resident Lawrence Rothman has emerged fro...

New material from one of our favorite record labels out there, Erased Tapes. They're introducing us to a young London-based artist named Douglas Dare,...