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Lower Dens' great debut, Twin Hand Movement, worked well at creating a specific and evocative mood and sustaining it across all of its tracks. That same hazed, late-night feel still permeates Nootropics, but the palette the band uses to achieve this has been expanded significantly; the songs here are supplemented with motorik rhythms and a generous dose of electronics, giving Jana Hunter's beautiful voice an intricate backdrop against which to work.
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Actress' third full-length follows various remixes and his journey to Africa as part of DRC Music, his new album being a subtle and delicate departure from his previous work and an exercise in 'less is more.' Here he takes his dizzying, soulful urban fusion of Theo Parrish and Basic Channel into a more organic, emotive direction, feeling at times closer to Aphex Twin, Flying Lotus, or even Caretaker to great surprise. Welcome to the next phase in Afro-futurism!
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The debut single from Ex Cops on Other Music's new imprint! This Brooklyn group’s hazy mix of influences draws on vintage British and New Zealand indie, Factory Records and a Velvets/Feelies jangle that is distinctly New York, all with their own sunbaked pop vision. Ex Cops are currently putting the finishing touches on their debut album in the studio with producer John Siket, due out on Other in August.
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What distinguishes this Sydney band from both the unending crop of garage rock, and the burgeoning activity of Australian bands on the world horizon? There's real passion in these songs, scrappy and scrawny passion infused with soul, busting through the tough lo-fi production. The group plays tight and fast, knowing when to let go while frontman Shogun pushes it well over the top, coming off as one part Robert Pollard and one part Rod Stewart.
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For their second album, NYC synth/darkwave trio Led Er Est pulls together the distant elements from previous releases into a tight core of dramatic, beyond-Gothic expression. The expanse of their native Texan landscape, which came through on their debut Dust on Common is here replaced by icy, claustrophobic synth programming that reaches towards both classic club industrial and something far more isolated.
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Recorded with Marcus Schmickler, this German avant songstress' new album is arguably her most direct album to date. These songs are instilled with a sense of everyday horror that pays tribute to Lynch and Hitchcock, Niobe's densely layered vocals backed by arrangements that fuse stark, mimimalist funk with the dark bluesy sludge of early PJ Harvey. Listeners looking for some pop/soul with a bit of art-damaged terror under the surface should check this out.
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This young Brooklyn group features ex-members of Wild Yaks and Harlem, but their sound aims for an airier, shimmering quality that sets Hunter Simpson's delay-heavy guitar melodies and weary vocals against a clattering bed of percussion and pulsing bass. You could compare them to Vampire Weekend but Daytona is much looser and more languid, or they might remind you of what MGMT's early records would've sounded like with more organic production.
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The Men are a punk band, but of the open-minded variety. There are elements of punk (obviously), the Stooges, Sonic Youth, country, Spacemen 3, Husker Du, psych, and bombastic radio rock, but it's distilled into something quite original as opposed to aping their heroes. Most importantly though, lend Open Your Heart to your little brother or sister because it's the kind of inspirational rock n roll record that will make kids want to start bands for years to come.
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The latest from the super-duo of Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley and Peter Rehberg of Pita takes their dark, harsh electro-drone sound and injects quite a bit of avant-electronic composition. Recorded at both INA-GRM in Paris and EMS in Stockholm, with a few guest appearances by the likes of the City of Prague Philharmonic, the influence of the forefathers of modern experimental composition hangs over this production, in a totally energizing and inspired way.
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