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Ekat Cordes + Naadyn’s experimental electronic take on Rihanna’s “Umbrella”

Ekat Cordes + Naadyn’s experimental electronic take on Rihanna’s “Umbrella”

Jordy Kasko October 10, 2012 0

Ever wanted to hear an experimental electronica cover of Rihanna‘s megahit “Umbrella“?  Well, now you can, thanks to electro artists Ekat Cordes and Naadyn, the latter of whom we’ve posted about before.  If your music

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Mean Lady’s electro-organic lo-fi indie pop, the warm “Bop Bop” <small>[MP3]</small>

Mean Lady’s electro-organic lo-fi indie pop, the warm “Bop Bop” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 9, 2012 0

“And now I’m starting to realize I’m on my own/ And now I’m trying to forget how I felt at home/ In your arms,” Delaware indie pop outfit Mean Lady croon on this electro-organic

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Britishness: Fryars’ elegant bedroom electropop – “Love So Cold” <small>[MP3]</small>

Britishness: Fryars’ elegant bedroom electropop – “Love So Cold” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 4, 2012 0

Imagine Justin Vernon from Bon Iver singing for The xx, and you might come close to this elegant, understated track from 22-year-old London musician Benjamin Garrett, a.k.a Fryars.  It’s bedroom electropop over the highest

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Like Animal Collective? Try Sures’ worship song to Ra, “The Sun” <small>[MP3]</small>

Like Animal Collective? Try Sures’ worship song to Ra, “The Sun” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 3, 2012 0

Guitarist Jonas Nicholls calls Sydney indie pop group Sures‘ “The Sun” ”One of the first songs we ever actually completed, and [it] is a worship song to the ancient Egyptian god, Ra.”  The tune doesn’t even

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Experimental folk-rock from Other Lives, the string-laced “Take Us Alive” <small>[MP3]</small>

Experimental folk-rock from Other Lives, the string-laced “Take Us Alive” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 3, 2012 0

Oklahoma experimental folk-rockers Other Lives will release a new EP, Mind the Gap, on October 23.  This string-laced drifter will appear on that EP.  Stream and download for free below! -Jordy Kasko Other Lives –

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Prince Rama declare “Those Who Live for Love Will Live Forever” <small>[MP3]</small>

Prince Rama declare “Those Who Live for Love Will Live Forever” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko October 3, 2012 0

On their new album Top 10 Hits of the End of the World, Brooklyn experimental outfit Prince Rama ”perform” as 10 fictional bands that have the Top 10 hits on the day of the apocalypse.  Out November

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Crystal Castles get Biblical on carnal, creepy “Wrath of God” <small>[MP3]</small>

Crystal Castles get Biblical on carnal, creepy “Wrath of God” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko September 27, 2012 0

Back in July, I posted the viscerally unnerving lead single from Toronto-based electronic/experimental duo Crystal Castles‘ third album, (III), due out November 6.  ”Plague” was amazing — and if you missed it, you can still stream

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Talk Show Tunes: Animal Collective, The Killers, and Muse rock out

Talk Show Tunes: Animal Collective, The Killers, and Muse rock out

Jordy Kasko September 26, 2012 0

Here are three of my favorite performances on talk shows from the last week — enjoy! -Jordy Kasko Video: Animal Collective – “Today’s Supernatural (Live on Conan)” Video: The Killers – “Miss Atomic Bomb

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Dead Can Dance’s achingly gorgeous world-fusion, the druggy “Opium” <small>[MP3]</small>

Dead Can Dance’s achingly gorgeous world-fusion, the druggy “Opium” [MP3]

Jordy Kasko September 20, 2012 0

A month ago, I highlighted world-fusion group Dead Can Dance‘s single “Amnesia” off of Anastasis, the duo’s first album in 16 years.  As it turns out, I love the entire album, and Dead Can

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Electric Eels: 2 fresh dubsteppy tracks, “Skeleton Key” and “Waiting for Godot”

Electric Eels: 2 fresh dubsteppy tracks, “Skeleton Key” and “Waiting for Godot”

Jordy Kasko September 20, 2012 0

When dubstep first emerged from the depths of London a few years ago, I was unimpressed.  But since then, the wub-wub-wubby subgenre of electronic music has penetrated nearly all other genres, from pop (Skrillex,

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Song of the Day: Animal Collective’s wonderful psych-pop jam “Applesauce”

Song of the Day: Animal Collective’s wonderful psych-pop jam “Applesauce”

Jordy Kasko September 5, 2012 0

Critically-renowned experimental/psychedelic pop band Animal Collective just released their ninth studio album, Centipede Hz, yesterday.  While it’s no Merriweather Post Pavilion, their 2009 release that I would cite as the best album of the last

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Of Montreal announce rarities collection, drop boisterous “Sails, Hermaphroditic”

Of Montreal announce rarities collection, drop boisterous “Sails, Hermaphroditic”

Jordy Kasko September 5, 2012 0

So indie psych-pop veterans of Montreal just announced a rarities collection entitled Daughter of Cloud, set for digital release on October 23.  Accompanying the announcement is a Soundcloud stream of a new song (though

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