We couldn’t possibly be any more excited for a new album from Sweden’s Dungen. These guys have staked out a unique claim in the modern rock landscape by raining acid-sunshine guitar licks upon all the hip young men in tight jeans and busting out smooth jazz melodies for the ladies. The sensual sounds of the [...]

You can count me among the last people to have gotten excited about a new album from The Roots. It pretty much fell apart for me after Things Fall Apart (see what I did there?). But goddamn if How I Got Over isn’t one of the best hip-hop albums I have heard for a few [...]

The seventh entry in Madlib’s monthly Medicine Show series may just be the best looking one yet.  “High Jazz” collects three records full of brand-new, original Madlib jazz productions, including 30 minutes of music exclusive to the vinyl release.  It’s amazing how far he has come with his jazz tunes, the new ones sound superb.  [...]

We don’t give Denovali Records the coverage they deserve in these pages, they have an amazing roster of releases that we have barely touched upon. Hopefully some of you guys have checked out this great label before. If not, its a great time to start since they just released a very conspicuously missing vinyl edition [...]

The Bastard Noise follows up their split with The Endless Blockade with a brand new album of mutant metal progressions. Not entirely certain how to go about explaining this, so I won’t try too hard. I think the video below spells it all out quite nicely. These guys have a rabid fan following, and it’s [...]

Does what it says on the tin. Insound has tons of records, you have lots of empty shelf space. If you don’t, then you need to buy some new shelves and place an order at Insound where the entire store is 15% off for an entire week using coupon code “swjune15″ – insound.com.

Well it’s been awhile since we had a chance to write up some new vinyl from Zs. Not a lot has changed since then, except they have a new double LP out. Still don’t know how to explain this… jazz… experimental… noise… something about hand-clap future fusion music. Nothing I can say will make you [...]

Behemoth rock tunes from the heart of Italy, complete with pulverizing riffs and dinosaur sax skronk. Zu really must be heard to be believed, and it is entirely possible that Carboniferous represents their finest hour to date. The stamp of approval comes in the form of guest spots from both Mike Patton and King Buzzo. [...]

This could possibly be one of the most anticipated albums of the year for OMGV: a new piping hot double slab of beats from Flying Lotus, arguably one of the best producers operating in the current scene. All early indicators point towards this being an absolute mindfuck of an album in which Flying Lotus masters [...]

Looks like Stones Throw has even more tasty vinyl up for grabs.  The first is a new record on Now-Again.  Dimlite’s newest album “Prismic Tops” is a progression of the Swiss producer’s avant-garde, left of center beats and vocals.  Consider this a less psychedelic, more straightforward Gonjasufi or Gaslamp Killer.  The LP is $17.98 at [...]

Seriously, try to keep up with these international funk and soul reissues, I dare you.  They will drain your bank account and your social life.  That being said, these two new compilations are a pretty stellar deal.  The “Si, Para Usted: The Funky Beats of Revolutionary Cuba” series covers Cuban funk, soul, psych, and jazz.  [...]

The folks at Minneapolis’ TAIGA Records are known for releasing some of today’s most interesting experimental music.  Their new release is the second volume in Rafael Toral’s “Space Elements” series.  Joined by a metric shitload of genius musicians, Toral’s new record is a wild exercise in jazz and electronics.  You can check out some samples [...]

Holy shit, Madlib just may be the most prolific musician on earth.  The third installment in his MONTHLY series of Medicine Show albums is “Beat Konducta in Africa”.  This one was inspired and fueled by the afro-beat, funk, psych-rock, garage-rock & soul records of Africa.  In addition to the two songs posted below, you can [...]

The amount of must-buy records coming out lately is killing me (but c’mon, I love it).  Unlike Madlib’s usual forays into jazz fusion (think Yesterday’s New Quintet), his Young Jazz Rebels moniker is responsible for some absolutely batshit avant-garde free jazz.  The record has intentional static and an intentionally worn cover, giving it a decidedly [...]

Man, I loved this band’s last album – Carboniferous. But I can’t front and pretend like I had heard about Zu before that. Too bad, because these guys have apparently been splitting skulls with buzz-sawed sax skronks and richter scale riffs for several years now. Public Guilt is giving 2005′s The Way of the Animal [...]