The third track off Devendra Banhart’s new album, Mala, “Cristobal Risquez,” is another combination of acoustic guitar with warm, fuzzy electronics. The track premiered on French radio show Label Pop — check it out here. Banhart’s song begins at 6:04; it’s a little tricky to skip throug...

Every live-in-studio Dirty Projectors video is worth watching, simply because it’s pretty amazing to watch human beings recreate all those tricky arrangements with their actual hands and mouths. The bad recently recorded a session for WNYC’s Soundcheck, and it’s even more absorbing than most, since the acoustic setu...

Last night, Dirty Projectors brought their endlessly tricky chamber-pop to the stage at the Late Show With David Letterman, playing the Swing Lo Magellan single “About To Die” while the classical combo yMusic backed them up. Their intricate, virtuosic live show is, as always, deeply impressive, and I’m pretty sure L...

After a five-year absence, Pinback are about to return with the new album Information Retrieved. We’ve already posted their songs “True North” and “Proceed To Memory,” and now here’s another one: A low-key but rhythmically tricky brooder called “His Phase.” Hear it a...

Here’s a huge, thundering remix of rapper Zebra Katz’s “Ima Read” featuring guest spots from Memphis icon Gangsta Boo and electronic music experimenter Tricky. It’s from a forthcoming EP of Zebra Katz remixes. Download it below. Zebra Katz – “Ima Read (Remix) (Feat Njena Reddd...