Out this month is Flume‘s self-titled Flume, the Sydney, Australia artist’s first album. And while it is his first full-length release, the artist displays a considerable amount of genius and know-how on the album, with each track fading seamlessly into the next while carrying a very real weight of its own. In spite of an [...]

As the gap closes between us and the release of Big Boi‘s upcoming album Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, the masses have grown increasingly anxious and Big Boi has become ever more charismatic. In preparation of next month’s release, the artist has dropped “Lines,” a genre-blending piece of work that showcases a forever sharp and [...]

Abel Tesfaye: the apparition; the gloomy and macabre coming of age story that began to unfold across the blogosphere on March 21st, 2011; the 22-year-old godless spirit that hails from the north (that’s Canada for our overseas readers); but, most importantly, The Weeknd, a game-changing, candid R&B singer with a personality and aesthetic that could [...]

Hurricane Sandy may have ruined your Halloween plans, but there’s no reason (unless you’re one of the millions still without power) you can’t sit at home and get in the spirit (pun intended). We’re proud to present you with a few spooky songs chosen by our staff. Be careful though, some are  definitely NSFW (I’m [...]

  The following is a transcript of our interview with Joey Enste, bassist for Maryland-based Clear For Takeoff. 1.  So tell us about your name. Any special significance? Since we’ve all been playing in bands for the past decade so, we’ve come to think of “Clear For Takeoff” as sort of our motto. The name [...]

The Rebel Light is an indie group based in LA. And when I refer to them as indie, I don’t mean the generic description that term has taken on. I mean a real, honest-to-God independent group. I had the pleasure of speaking with vocalist Alan Steil, who reached out to me to share the band’s [...]

After dropping one of the coldest self-titled mixtapes back in 2011, King Krule nearly brought the music community’s heartbeat to a stop. How could this young singer-songwriter from London, known to his family and friends as Archy Marshall, sing with a pitch so dead yet so incredibly alive? Needless to say, the young talent impressed [...]