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How could we properly follow-up on our feature of Ryan Hemsworth , the could-have-been-journalist? By sharing his latest EP, Still Awake , that's how. We actually didn't do anything except trip over the update on his website and figuring it'd be good karma to share instead of hoarding it. So, stream it below then download it by clicking here . Previously - How Ryan Hemsworth Almost Became A Music Journalist

• Ryan Hemsworth - Still Awake

Bay Area black metal outfit  Deafheaven are streaming their sophomore album, Sunbather , a full three weeks ahead of its release date (June 11th via Deathwish Inc.) Take a listen now at Pitchfork . The follow-up to 20112s excellent  Road To Judas , the seven-track effort was recorded and engineered by Jack Shirley (Funeral Diner, Comadre). According to a press release, the band use the album to explore "the profound sadness found in the quest for one's personal perfection, serving as an artistic lucid dream of warmth despite the stinging pain of life's cruel idealism." It also marks the [...]

On their staggering new album Sunbather , the San Fransisco metal explorers Deafheaven fuse black metal to shoegaze, creating mind-warping 10-minute odysseys of sound that are vast enough to get lost in. It's a hell of an album, and I don't think Michael will mind if I tell you that it's his favorite LP of the year thus far. (Michael's off today because he's on his way to the Maryland Death Fest, so his opinion on a metal album should carry some weight.) We've already posted the opener " Dream House " and the title track , and [...]

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Loving this new trend where The Hype Machine offers up exclusive album streams of a project well in advance. Crystal Fighters' sophomore effort isn't due out until 5/27, but Hypem is offering up an exclusive stream over at their website, and it's worth jumping on. It's been exciting to watch ... Read More

The day is here fans, the day when the promising young band you have been keeping your eye on has moved from a few track EP to grace the world with a full-length album, titled Zoo. WALDO AND MARSHA is an eight-member dreampop-with-elements-of-shoe gaze band from Denmark.  Distinguished by a large line-up that includes four guitarists, The post Waldo and Marsha - Zoo appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .

BTW alumni TEEN's Kickstarter -funded EP Carolina is out next week, but you can stream it with us first. The sisters have crafted five tracks of complex psych-influenced but wholly unique indie pop that was produced by Daniel Schlett, who was also responsible for DIIV's Oshin . I would tell you "Circus" is a stand-out, but I'd also tell you "Cannibal" is a stand-out and so on. Each track has exists in its own hyper-detailed, hypnotic space. Check it out below. Read More...

• TEEN - Carolina EP

We've been waiting a while to hear a new album from the sex-obsessed, hitmaking R&B weirdo The-Dream, and that album, IV Play , is finally here. We've already heard the early singles " Slow It Down " and " IV Play ," as well as the Jay-Z collab " High Art ," and the album also has appearances from Beyoncé, 2 Chainz, Kelly Rowland, Pusha T, and others. But the real reason to dive into this one is that it promises to once again return us to Terius Nash's sticky inner universe. Stream the whole album with the YouTube [...]

Super crooner Terius Nash, AKA The-Dream is streaming his fifth album, IV Play , a full week ahead of its release date (May 28th via Def Jam Records). Take a listen via the YouTube playlist posted below. In the works since 2010, the 14-track effort features a who's who of R&B and Top 40 hip-hop, including Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Pusha T, Kelly Rowland, and even guitar hero Gary Clark Jr.. In an interview with VEVO , Dream said, " IV Play is me jumping into the future and trying to leave the past behind. [...]

The former Double Dagger drummer Denny Bowen now leads Roomrunner, a Baltimore band whose fuzz-drenched attack brings back the moment before Gap commercial directors figured out what grunge was. Ideal Cities , their debut album, is a big, messy, joyous guitar-assault. If your faith in effects pedals needs reaffirming, this should do the trick. We posted the anthemic opener " Bait Car " already, but now the whole album is streaming at Spin . Ideal Cities is out 5/28 on Fan Death .

Kentucky grunge-punk outfit Cage the Elephant is something of a family affair, with brothers Matt and Brad Shultz handling lead vocals and rhythm guitar, respectively. For his latest project, Brad Shultz continues to keep it right in the family, enlisting his cousin and budding vocalist Kane Stewart for a group called Plastic Visions . The story goes that Stewart had been reluctantly running his family business, the California surf megastore Stewart Surfboards. Looking to escape his tedious day job, Stewart abruptly moved to Nashville, where the duo recently spent a month in the studio combining [...]

Mount Kimbie's forthcoming album, Cold Spring FaultLess Youth , was a previous RECORD OF THE DAY around these parts. It's released next week via Warp - but you need wait no longer to hear it's infectious tones as NPR are streaming it right now purely for your listening pleasure.

The British singer-songwriter Laura Marling is 23, and she's already four albums deep into a surprisingly impactful career. (You can't exactly credit or blame Marling for Mumford & Sons, but Marcus Mumford did get his start as Marling's drummer.) Marling references Bill Callahan in the title to her new album Once I Was An Eagle , and we've already posted its songs " Where Can I Go? ," " Master Hunter ," and " Once ." Now, you can hear the entire hour-long album; it's streaming at NPR . Once I Was An Eagle [...]

UK singer-songwriter Laura Marling is streaming her new studio album,  Once I Was An Eagle , one week ahead of its official release date (May 28th via Ribbon Music). Take a listen at NPR.org . The 16-track effort was recorded at the UK’s Three Crows studio, produced by Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon, Ryan Adams), and features her lifelong pal Ruth de Turberville on cello. Marling recorded vocals and acoustic guitars live in one take (!) and the entire studio process lasted just 10 days. It’s her third album in four years, following 20102s Top [...]

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Savannah, Georgia sludge-metal warriors Kylesa started out as a slobbering two-drummer beast of a band, and they're still that. But on their last two albums, they've been injecting their ferocious roar with more and more gloriously anthemic '90s alt-rock melody. Ultraviolet , their latest, is a triumph in every way imaginable, and it's one of the year's best rock LPs thus far. We've posted the early songs " Unspoken ," " Quicksand ," " Vulture's Landing ," and " We're Taking This ," and now you can (and should) stream the entire monstrous thing at Pitchfork . [...]

Portland's, really hard to pigeon hole, Wampire, have now made their debut LP, Curiosity available for streaming. continue reading >>

The risque clip to IS TROPICAL 's recent single, 'Dancing Anymore', what we pre-emptively labelled "video of the year" , has racked up a whopping 800k views on Vimeo, having been banned from Youtube within a hour of its initial uploading. Compare this to the 74,359 listens on Soundcloud, under 10% of its Megaforce -directed treatment, and the London trio could be slated as shock over substance. But as ever with the French film team's work ( MIA , Yeah Yeah Yeahs et [...]

• ISTROPICAL - I'm Leaving

There's a lot that can be read into the title of R.E.M.' s 1988 major label debut. One can look at Green as a proud defense of the Athens band's growing left-wing ideology, or perhaps as a tongue-in-cheek reference to the lucrative contract it signed with Warner Bros. But looking back on the record 25 years later, the title might best be taken as an earnest acknowledgement of new beginnings, where a well-respected band turns a corner from its past and ventures eagerly into the musical unknown. Taken as such, R.E.M. couldn't have stumbled across [...]

If you've been paying attention , it should come as no surprise that New York's The Kickdrums is currently the one-man production project of Alex Fitts. With his partner Matt Penttila taking a leave of absence, Fitts focused on following up their 2011 debut,  Meet Your Ghost , which he'll do with Thinking Out Loud later this year. In anticipation of the album's release, Fitts put together the largely instrumental Inspiration for Conversation  EP, which is now available to stream in its entirety. The [...]

• The KickDrums - The KickDrums "Inspiration For Coversation" EP [FREE DL IN DESCRIPTION]