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Unknow Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love

Ruban Nielson’s psych-soul project Unknown Mortal Orchestra never stood out as anything near of pioneering, but in-terms of putting catchy lo-fi tunes with dense and gripping lyrical topics on the table, both previous albums are strong arguments for why Nielson and co are one of the true masters of contemporary lo-fi music.

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Review: Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper

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Viet Cong – Silhouettes A few days ago, Calgary band Viet Cong shared the second single off their highly anticipated upcoming self-titled LP.

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Of Montreal - Empyrean Abattoir

Of Montreal – Empyrean Abattoir

In retrospect, Of Montreal ‘s 12th and previous album, 2012’s lousy with sylvianbriar, is my favorite album in recent years from Kevin Barnes prolific and capricious band, and the two tracks so far premiered of their upcoming album Aureate Gloomdoesn’t make me doubt that Barnes and his quartet are on a psychedelic hot-streak at…

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Best Tracks Of 2014

Our Favorite Tracks Of 2014

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Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – Pale Flower

If chillwave sounded like warped copies of old soft-rock and synth-pop tapes, then Jefre Cantu-Ledesma’s “Pale Flower” is the sound of a warped, nearly wrecked, copy of a chillwave tape. Or in the words of its creator; the music explores ways of “conveying memory in music without being sentimental”. Sentimental or not, “Pale Flower” is like trying to adjust the knobs on an old transistor radio broadcasting a memory of a memory of a memory of a song that probably never existed in the first place.

Mexican Summer, no strangers to forward-thinking nostalgia-obsessive music, is wisely releasing A Year With 13 Moons, the follow-up to 2010’s Love Is A Stream. Cantu-Ledesma has been releasing a steady stream of music since 1996, collaborating with Grouper’s Liz Harris, and also the founder of Root Strata, a record label that released music from Oneothrix Point Never amongst others. While I haven’t heard his previous work, “Pale Flower” is an invite to explore more from one of ambient music’s best kept secrets

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Modest Mouse - Lampshades On Fire

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Best Albums Of 2014

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Death Grips - Inanimate Sensation

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Shad & DJ T.Lo - Fire

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The Cabana Kids - Sortida

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Conveyor - Wry Thing

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Father John Misty - Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Tw0 Virgins)

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of Montreal - Bassem Sabry

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Born Gold - The Song Condemns Itself

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Milwaukee Banks x Rat & Co - Monitor

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Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Sunday Candy

If you recognize the vocals on the first verse of ”Sunday Candy” it's Chicago rapper Chance The Rapper, who together with a whole crew lead by Nico Segal aka Donnie Trumpet takes us on a joyous ride into soulful pop with traces of gospel and funk under The Social Experiment moniker. There is an echo of 90’s Prince buried deep in tingly piano chords, lovely horns and spirited vocal harmonies in this charming “world fusion” track that pulls Segal, Chance The Rapper and other members Peter Cottontale and Nate Fox towards the same blissful mode. If you like what you hear, check out more from the project here.