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As we approach the midway point of 2019, here's our constantly evolving recap of our favorite albums, songs, and videos from the first half of an already insane year. In an era when truly special new records seem to evade or evaporate from the internet's collective consciousness at an unsettling rate -- in many cases before they're even officially released -- it's not easy to keep up, but I've don

CHROMATICS announce the DOUBLE EXPOSURE 2019 North American tour — their first in over 5 years — and share the video for glimmering new Dear Tommy track "Time Rider"...

Presenting our favorite songs of 2018*...

Presenting the list of our favorite releases from an overwhelming year, posted up way too soon like we always do:

Directed by Grimes + Mac Boucher. According to the press release, "simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you’ve supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring":

Panda Bear shares the opening track + lead single from his Rusty Santos-produced new album BUOYS, coming in February 2019 on Domino. We ♥ crooner Panda Bear. Listen/watch via the vapor-wavy "Dolphin" video below, and pre-order the album on red and white marbled vinyl here...

Presenting our annual super scary and haunted Gorilla vs. Bear Halloween Mix. Listen alone and in the dark for maximum spookiness:

Montreal's Helena Deland stopped by CBC Music's First Play Live recently to play some selections from her series of songs "Altogether Unaccompanied" Vol. I-IV, as well as a goosebump-inducing performance of her 2016 masterpiece "Baby". I'd recommend my favorite but honestly each song is exquisite and you should watch the whole thing as soon as you can...

Fall In Love, the vibrantly shimmering and emotional debut EP from Grand Rapids' dream-pop producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Marley Ferguson aka FADE, is officially out this Friday on Luminelle, but you can hear the whole thing now thanks to our friends at Hype Machine, who premiered the EP stream this morning...

At the risk of sounding extremely biased, which, as a blog, I definitely am: if we're being honest, the 9 songs that make up the four collective volumes of Helena Deland's From The Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied”, while not technically intended to exist as a cohesive full-length album, is easily one of the best records of the year...