We're almost (almost!) done reflecting on the year that was, so it's time to start taking a closer look at the year that will be. For the past several years, we've ranked our most anticipated albums.…   Read Story »

Shaking Through is a documentary series that challenges a band (or bands, in this case) to write a song, record it, and get it down to its final mix all in two days. The most recent ones to take on…   Read Story »

Empress Of cracked our list of 2013's 40 best new bands, so listen up, y'all. Lorely Rodriguez has a nervy new electro-pop jam for us. It's called "Realize You," and it's a pretty intense document of…   Read Story »

It's that time of year again: Time to take stock of the vast armies of new musicians making music in the past year, and to pick out a few dozen of the best and brightest. In the three previous annual…   Read Story »

Celestial Shore's debut full-length 10x is finally out in a few weeks, on September 3rd via Hometapes/Local Singles. Over the past few months, we've heard a couple of tracks from the record:…   Read Story »

Last month, we posted "Tristeza," a hay and perfectly lovely song from the Brooklyn singer and producer Lorely Rodriguez, who records as Empress Of. The song worked, more or less, as the centerpiece…   Read Story »

After experimenting with three formats for the Monthly Mix -- MP3 zip, Spotify playlist, Soundcloud set, etc. -- in March we finally came upon a solution that pleased everyone: all of them. And so,…   Read Story »

Empress Of is Lorely Rodriguez, the Brooklyn-based singer and producer whose songs make you feel like you're being smothered by silk pillows and whose debut EP Systems drops today. We've already…   Read Story »

Remember last month when we made a hand-wringing post about the death of the MP3 and thereby the end of the downloadable Monthly Mix? Well, fuck it -- ZIP FILE BACK. Thank you for your comments and…   Read Story »

With her diffuse and sophisticated haze-pop project Empress Of, the Brooklyn singer and producer Lorely Rodriguez has had the internet going nuts, in a low-key way, for months. Last year, we posted…   Read Story »