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Everest – First Rate People

First Rate People aren't the first artists in their 20s to reflect on the alternating wasteland-like and manna-filled years of post-adolescence. This developmental epoch is

Chance of Rain – Laurel Halo

Steve Goodman’s Hyperdub label is something of a haven for darkly atmospheric correctives to the recent streak of lighthearted House revivalism—this past year has seen

Nonfiction – The Range

Hailing from Providence, Rhode Island, James Hinton has been turning heads with his original productions recorded as The Range. His Disk and Seneca EPs found

Reflektor – The Arcade Fire

According to Win Butler, being in a band is tough; being human is even tougher. On Arcade Fire's fourth LP, Reflektor, Butler and his band

Guilt Trips – Ryan Hemsworth

It’s the dream of the internet: start making beats on your laptop, release them through Bandcamp, and through persistence and agile promotion, find an audience

Wish Hotel EP – Ducktails

The Wish Hotel EP is the second Ducktails release this year, following The Flower Lane. Ducktails is known mainly as the solo project of Real

Sooner or Later – Neo Boys

The prevailing canon of early American punk is neatly categorized by geography and period, each with its flag-bearing groups, accompanying literature, codified aesthetic and a

Gravel EP – D33J

D33J’s Anticon debut, Tide Songs EP, was a cordial introduction to an electronic artist whose identity is largely attached to the WEDIDIT Collective. Released earlier