- Pitchfork gave Elysia Crampton Presents: Demon City an 8.2, stating that the new album “is a wonder of concision and represents another massive leap forward in her growth.” Spin also declared it “Album of the Week” and NPR said “This is the stereophonic sound of artists who shape and reckon with their realities simultaneously. They are the ones staging the apocalypse, and they will inherit the earth.” Demon City is out today on Break World Records.
– Wired called Hari Kondabolu “the best political comedian you don’t know yet.” Mainstream American Comic is out today on Kill Rock Stars.
– Pitchfork says that ““the California duo Wreck and Reference strip away the basics of metal, redefining the genre even as they sit outside it.” Indifferent Rivers Romance End is out today on The Flenser.
– Watch the new video for “Mystery Trip” from The Pretty Wrongs (Jody Stephens / Luther Russell) on Brooklyn Vegan.
– Delroy Edwards gets back to basics with the premiere of “Horsing Around” at The Fader. Hangin’ At The Beach is out August 5th on L.A. Club Resource.
– NPR included Roosevelt’s “Fever” as one of this week’s ‘Songs We Love.’ His S/T debut is out on August 19th via City Slang.
– Listen to “Park Bench” from Chris Staples’ upcoming Golden Age at Brooklyn Vegan.
– Dance the day away with Avers’ video for “Vampire” on Noisey. Omega/Whatever is out August 5th on Egghunt.
– Tune into NPR this Sunday for a Weekend Edition piece with Chris Collingwood, discussing his new project, Look Park. The self-titled release is out today on Yep Roc Records.
– Watch Health&Beauty pull together their scatterbrain in the video for “Wartime” on DIY Mag. No Scare is out August 5th on Wichita Recordings.
– Pitchfork calls the two extended tracks on Floating Points’ Kuiper “Neu! with steroids and 40 years of additional recording technology on their side.”