The Abominable Iron Sloth

Everything about The Abominable Iron Sloth is heavy; even the name provokes dirty, heavy, sludgy mental imagery. This band doesn't fuck around; they immediately throws you in a groove filled, bottom-heavy sludgefest with the vocalist bringing it over the top with his relentlessly aggressive vocals sounding like his throat is about to rip open.

 

Artist: The Abominable Iron Sloth

Album: The Abominable Iron Sloth

Song: Hats Made of Veal and That New Car Scent

Genre: Sludge/hardcore/doom

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JJ DOOM

Fucking MF DOOM.  A genius hidden behind the ominous metal mask, i.e. Metal Face DOOM, King Geedorah, Viktor Vaughn, Metal Fingers, etc... now has a new moniker being JJ DOOM, a collaboration between producer Jneiro Jarel (JJ) and MF DOOM.    DOOM's unmistakable flow is just as bad-ass as ever if not at its peak and the instrumentals are perfectly fitting for his style.  His 2009 album, Born Like This turned out to be one of, if not my favorite album of his career, but now with Key to the Kuffs released I might have to name a new favorite.

Artist: JJ DOOM
Album: Key to the Kuffs
Song: Bite the Thong
Genre: rap/hip-hop

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Illogic & Blockhead

Illogic is one of the most talented and intelligent rappers out there in the scene today, which is seemingly over run by dip shits.  Blockhead is an extremely inventive instrumental hip-hop artist who has been featured on Adult Swim's late night psychedelic fest,  Off the Air.  The two collaborated to release a cd of enriching instrumentals with polyrhythmic/intellectual raps layed over them to create a thoroughly entertaining and exciting experience. 

 

Artist: Illogic & Blockhead

Album: Capture the Sun

Song: Atlantis Depth

Genre: rap/hip-hop 

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Shabazz Palaces

Truely a unique and mindbending rap experience.  They have more of a modern sound, but the lyricist/vocalist Ishmael Butler is actually from an early 90's rap group, Digable Planets, and the percussionist uses instrumentation from Zimbabwe.  The outcome is an intelligent, trippy album that you can't help but get lost in.

Artist:   Shabazz Palaces

Album: Black Up

Song:   An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum 

Genre: Rap; Hip-Hop; Psychedelic

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TOKiMONSTA

Like this new IDM infused instrumental Hip-Hop scene (often showcased in Adult Swim's bumps) thats been popularized by the likes of Flying Lotus and Daedelus?  We'll TOKiMONSTA is a unique and a great player in this movement.  Her psychedelic drenched, experimental hip-hop is packed full of booming bass, light textures and grooves to get you hooked.

Artist: TOKiMONSTA

Album: Half Shadows

Song: Soul to Seoul

Genre: experimental hip-hop/electronic

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Monster Rally

Monster Rally sounds nothing like you would think a band named Monster Rally would sound.  Its a strange and beautiful concoction of lo-fi instrumental ambient/hip-hop and tropical pop sure to please as you're hazily roaming  the shore environment being kissed by the ocean air in search for some ice cream.

Artist: Monster Rally
Album: Beyond the Sea
Song: Lava Flows
Genre: chillwave/hip-hop/tropical

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Hayworth

These Rhode Island gentlemen spit fucking venom. The vocalist must've blown out his vocals after this album, they're at such a beautiful/discordant high pitch it sends shivers down ones spine.  The instrumentals are equally impressive using extremely complex time signatures, sporadic changes in tempo leading from blast beat grinding to beatdown slamming.  There is absolutely beauty in chaos.

Artist: Hayworth

Album: I Now Pronounce You Fucked and Depressed

Song: Fuck Church

Genre: mathcore/grindcore

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ENJOY   License to Bill

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Kiss Kiss Fantastic

Really catchy, hazed dream pop that just makes your mind wonder elsewhere in a state of bliss and nostalgia.  Fun fact:  the band members have never met in person before; they just send each other ideas back and forth via internet.

Artist: Kiss Kiss Fantastic

Album: The Red/Blue Shift

Song: Oh Carolina!

Genre: dream pop/shoegaze

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Holiday Shores

One of those bands that has a name totally appropriate for their delivered sound.  Holiday Shores is a hazy walk on the beach with nostalgia in mind teetering on dream territories.

Artist: Holiday Shores
Song: Airglow
Album: New Masses for Squaw Peak
Genre: dream pop/psychedelic/indie

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Body Cheetah

Hip-hop, indie, r&b, and psychedelia you say?  Body Cheetah is far to unique and badass to ignore; this guy is going places.

Artist: Body Cheetah
Song: Psychoswagger
Album: Blonde Bitches Ain't Free
Genre: experimental/hip-hop/indie

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ENJOY   Blonde Bitches Ain't Free
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