The Soft Moon: "Die Life"

Apocalyptic to a fault, with a sound like a noise rock variant of Joy Division what else are you going to sing about but death, death, death? The Soft Moon have gotten a little more polished since last we visited them, but that extra production gloss has done little to temper their industrial doom aesthetic... Ra Ra Riot this ain't.

Zeroes was released late last year on Captured Tracks.

Parquet Courts: "Stoned and Starving"

"Stoned and Starving" is some ragged ass shit. The lead singer and the backups don't sound like they're even in the same time signature, but somehow it works. But goddammit, this is the last Texans-move-to-Brooklyn guitar act I'm posting on WKMR. Shit must cease.

Hiawatha: "Dogs of War"

If chillwave is on its way let "Dogs of War" be one of its last great anthems. Hiawatha is the side project of Night Slugs producer Egyptrixx, though he does a damn fine job covering up that fact on his data-deprived Soundcloud profile.