Avey Tare - Down There

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Despite being a year without a new Animal Collective album, we've had our fair share of Animal Collective releases. From the trippy, visual eye-fuck of ODDSAC to the largely anticipated LPs from Panda Bear and Avey Tare, Animal Collective fans are surely being treated in 2010.

For an Animal Collective related record, however, Down There is surprisingly empty. The structure is laid back, nothing more than a man and is sampler.There's something oddly hypnotic about Avey Tare's voice and the drug laced samples that subtly contribute to it; and while it may directly contrast the Animal Collective most fans are certainly used to, I can't help but love the atmosphere it creates.

Yes, this album definitely swims; not in a lush, blue ocean though, but in a dark, murky swamp. The bass drum sustains and the background crawls with watery effects. The album's cover art of the crocodile is entirely appropriate here; Down There is truly an ode to the crocodile and the gloomy, indistinct life it lives.

White Denim - Last Day of Summer

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The only thing better than free music is free music that's actually really good. White Denim's Last Day of Summer is an appropriately named collection of self released songs. It's a great variety of music,; filled with abrupt changes and the loose structure that White Denim is known all too well for. There's never really a moment of clarity, which makes this record largely aggressive; but between the mishmash of jazz, math rock, and blues riffs lies a uniquely commendable record, one that will surely hold us over for their soon to be completed third studio LP.

Eddie K & Minus ft. Beezy - Serial Killa

You gotta love that feeling when you stumble on a dubstep song that's just truly massive. "Serial Killa" wobbles, and it wobbles hard. It features an ascending bassline that borders on insanity, but I guess that's perfectly alright in the dubstep world. I'm not really sure how I feel about the voice sample in the intro/outro, but the drop in this track totally makes up for it.


By the way, I just found out that this was dropped by Rusko live (you can watch here). Looks like a pretty bangin' crowd.