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16 New Songs Out Today

Listen to new songs by SBTRKT/Toro y Moi, Teezo Touchdown, Cheekface, Clairo, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Pynch, Slimeroni, Mura Masa, Holy Wave, and more…

Pitchfork list their 200 best songs of the 1970s

Back in 2004, Pitchfork published their Top 100 Albums of the 1970s list, and today they’ve returned with the 200 Best Songs of the 1970s. Some of the artists who didn’t make the cut on the albums list are now here, like Black Sabbath, Grateful Dead, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith…

Woods share songs that inspired their new LP (listen)

Woods‘ very good new album, City Sun Eater in the River of Light is out today and, as Andrew noted, the band bring in some new sounds and influences into their mossy folk-rock world this time. The band made a playlist for Flood Magazine featuring some of the artists and songs that influenced the new record, […]

'NYC in Dub' w/ Lee "Scratch" Perry, The Congos, Sun Araw, Adrian Sherwood & more in pics

words and Once again, the Red Bull Music Academy put on an amazing one-of-a-kind presentation in New York, this time to a sold out Le Poisson Rouge crowd last Thursday (5/30)…

Red Bull Music Academy reveals full NYC lineup (Oneohtrix, Lee Perry, Andy Stott, Laurel Halo, Skream, Le1f, Young Chop, Big Freedia, Pantha Du Prince, Congos/Sun Araw, more)

As mentioned, tickets went on sale today for the previously announced Red Bull Music Academy events, which take over NYC from April 28 to May 31…

Sun Araw appearing on Stones Throw/Leaving comp, playing NYC w/ Ital, released live EP w/ The Congos (dates, streams)

Sun Araw at BV-SXSW 2012 (more by Nate “Igor” Smith) Sun Araw and M. Geddes Gengras took part in one of 2012’s most interesting (relatively) obscure releases with Icon Give Thank, a collaborative album with reggae legends/Lee “Scratch” Perry associates The Congos…

A Few Albums That Definitely Didn't Make Pitchfork's Top 50 of 2012

Pitchfork just posted their Honorable Mention Albums of 2012, which they consider “20 records didn’t make Top 50 but they’re not necessarily just Nos…

Uncut's Top 75 Albums of 2012

UK music magazine Uncut put out their list of the top 75 albums of 2012. The top ten leans pretty heavy on long-running ’60s/’70s survivors who put out new albums this year, but plenty of the list-topping regulars from newer acts are on there too, along with a few interesting surprises (Sun Araw, M Geddes Gengras & the Congos…

Sun Araw collaborated w/ The Congos, appearing at 3 events this weekend (including a film screening)

Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras, and The Congos – Speaking of Sun Araw (aka Cameron Stallone), he’s part of the recently released ninth installment of Brooklyn label RVNG Intl‘s FRKWYS series, which brings together modern experimental artists and their influential forerunners to collaborate on an album…