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Nicolas Jaar Launches Mysterious Online Radio Network… (Listen Up)

8/30/16

Nicolas Jaar posts systerious “Sirens” artwork teasing new music along with a newly relaunched Other People website with a radio network!

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Sam Roberts Band announces new album TerraForm (Listen Up)

8/30/16

Sam Roberts Band announces their 6th studio album, TerraForm! Listen to the single ‘You Want It’ now…

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Local Natives Drop a New Track Titled ‘Coins’ (Listen Up)

8/26/16

Local Natives have shared a forth track from their upcoming album, S”unlit Youth.”

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zone out to ‘Wardenclyffe’ by SURVIVE (Listen Up)

8/25/16

S U R V I V E drops the new single “Wardenclyffe“ off the new album RR7349.

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Angel Olsen Releases Video For New Single, “Sister” (Listen Up)

8/25/16

Angel Olsen releases MY WOMAN on September 2nd via Jagjaguwar. Watch the video for the new single ‘Sister’ now!

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LUH SHARE NEW LIVE VIDEO FOR EPONYMOUS TRACK ‘LOST UNDER HEAVEN’ (Video)

8/25/16

Lost Under Heaven (LUH) release a new live video to accompany the track “Lost Under Heaven”.

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CHROMATICS ‘Dear Tommy’ Video + Tracklist (Video)

8/25/16

Johnny Jewel of the Italians Do It Better label just released the video for the title song Dear Tommy + the tracklist.

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Check Out Thundercat’s new track ‘Bus In These Streets’ (Listen UP)

8/23/16

Singer, producer and bass-player Thundercat is back with a new track titled “Bus in These Streets.”

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The Day Has Finally Arrived, Listen to Blonde by Frank Ocean (Listen Up)

8/22/16

Frank Ocean’s Blonde album. Previously known as Boys Don’t Cry is first album in four years. Blonde is made up of 17 songs including “Nikes,” with a video treatment.

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WATCH NEON INDIAN’S MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE TRACK ANNIE (Video)

8/22/16

Directed by Alan Palomo cinematography by Dustin Reid starring Leanne Macomber as “Annie”.

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Frank Ocean Releases Visual Album ‘Endless’ (Video)

8/21/16

Frank Ocean has unveiled his ‘Endless’ visual album via his website and Apple Music a precursor to his proper follow-up to 2012’s Channel Orange. …

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Watch ‘How the Other Half Live’ by The Fox & The Hounds (Video Premier)

8/20/16

Video Premier of ‘How The Other Half Live’ by The Fox and the Hounds out of Chicago!

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Car Seat Headrest Contributes New Song in Short Film (Video)

8/20/16

Indie band, Car Seat Headrest has just shared a new song “Does it Feel Good (To Say Goodbye).”

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Listen to Earl Sweatshirt’s New Track: ‘Balance’ (Listen Up)

8/17/16

Earl Sweatshirt comes to us with a new single via Adult Swim Singles 2016.

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Watch Sharks’ Teeth New Video ‘It’s Bad For You’ (Video)

8/14/16

Shark’s Teeth has just dropped a new video for their track “It’s Bad For You.”

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The Gaslamp Killer Announces New Album

8/11/16

Experimental hip hop artist The Gaslamp Killer has just announced his first new album in four years

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Uni Ika Ai Releases Single and Video (Listen Up)

8/9/16

Uni Ika Ai has just released a new song and video titled “Soft In Ice” along with tour dates.

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PITCHFORK FESTIVAL 2016

8/7/16
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Hazel English Shares New Video: ‘Never Going Home’

8/6/16

Hazel English has just shared her new video for song “Never Going Home.”

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#tbt The Breeders / Last Splash (1993)

8/4/16

Their sophomore effort was highly anticipated, as the Pixies popularity peaked and Alternative music became much more widely accepted throughout the listening public.

Flood, Producer
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Mark Ellis aka Flood, is a alternative rock record producer and audio engineer.

8/3/16

You can’t think of post-punk or alternative rock without thinking of Flood. He’s worked with and engineered for many popular bands in those genres for almost three decades, it would almost be considered a crime to forget about what Flood has done for the music industry.

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Stream Noname’s Debut Mixtape (Listen Up)

8/2/16

Chicago lyricist, Noname has just released her debut mixtape Telefone.

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Doing that Dark Dance: A Conversation With Little Scream

8/2/16

While driving up the west coast on her latest tour, Little Scream’s Laurel Sprengelmeyer took some time to talk to the Minimal Beat.

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