Obscure Sound kicks off the top 20 from a wonderfully diverse year in music. Check back for the remaining ten albums tomorrow.
New Tracks
Dubstep, electro-pop, punk, and stylistically ambiguous releases continue our favorite albums of 2012, as we pass the list's mid-way point.
Our 'Best Albums' feature continues with ten more excellent releases, ranging from intricate post-rock to sensual R&B.
Obscure Sound kicks off its annual 'Best Albums' feature... ten every day.
Before kicking off our Best Albums of 2012 feature, here’s a compilation of artists that made November one to remember. Since this will be the last of these compilations published in 2012,
Bell Gardens is led by songwriters Kenneth James Gibson and Brian McBride, who is half of ambient-classical duo Stars of the Lid. Their knack for beautifully organic songwriting carries into this project,
New Albums
Mumbai-based artist Saachi consumes across her debut album Wishbone, a soulful, funk-tinged exploration of resilience, vulnerability, and hope. Having honed her craft
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South Walian four-piece The Family Battenberg make a striking debut with Spider Rock Forever, an EP that excels in spanning from psychedelic
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Hailing from Boston, JAKEWITHSPACES! pushes experimental hip-hop into memorable territory with new album DOPEFUMEMIDI, presenting a bold fusion of eerie synths, twisted
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Latvian-born vocalist, composer, and arranger Arta Jēkabsone channels her Baltic roots through a modern jazz and pop synergy on Dziesmu Kamoliņš, a
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