Piety means different things to different people. It can be reverence or righteousness or pejorative self-righteousness. It really depends on both the context and beholder. Whatever your personal feelings on religion/spirituality/God, you can appreciate the intention of an artist invoking his or her own beliefs in pursuit of more meaningful, celebratory or even intensely-dark expression.
Yet again, the rapture never happened, but it's still wise to enjoy some of 2012’s most pious tracks from those most zealous of zealots – rappers (and Frank Ocean).
Gunplay - Bible On The Dash
Frank Ocean - Bad Religion
Tree ft. Rogizz - Chuch
Domo Genesis - Till The Angels Come ft. Freddie Gibbs & Prodigy
Future - Deeper Than The Ocean
Main Attrakionz - Love Is Life
Meek Mill - Amen ft. Drake & Jeremih
Schoolboy Q - Blessed ft. Kendrick Lamar
In a week that saw new albums from The Babies, Clinic, Crystal Castles, How To Destroy Angels, Brian Eno, The Weeknd and Guided By Voices, the singles of tomorrow just kept rolling in. To recap, our top posts this week included:
In a week that saw new albums from Andy Stott, Emeralds, Teen Daze, and Prince Rama, the singles of tomorrow just kept rolling in. To recap, our top posts this week included:
In a week that saw new albums from Kendrick Lamar, Bat For Lashes, U.S. Girls, Sinkane, Titus Andronicus, Paul Banks, Main Attrakionz, Diamond Rings, Swedish House Mafia, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Talk Normal, of Montreal and Michael Mayer, the singles of tomorrow just kept rolling in. To recap, our top posts this week included:
In a week that saw new albums from Mac DeMarco, Tamaryn and Daphni (Caribou), the singles of tomorrow just kept rolling in. To recap, our top posts this week included:
Uh, newsflash! We at RCRD LBL love ourselves some playlists. That's why we formed a partnership with fantastic playlist/Internet radio site 8tracks. Here's our new one. It's called "Fall Favorites" and features (we're about to blow your mind) some of our favorite new songs going into a new season. Now go enjoy some jams from Nicolas Jaar, Kanye West and the G.O.O.D. Music crew, Four Tet remixing Ultraísta, Disclosure, How To Dress Well, MellowHype and more.
Newsflash! We at RCRD LBL love ourselves some playlists. That's why we formed a partnership with fantastic playlist/Internet radio site 8tracks. Here's our new one. It's the final entry in our "Halftime 2012" recap series and features some of our favorite songs of the year in handy streaming form.
Uh, newsflash! We at RCRD LBL love ourselves some playlists. That's why we formed a partnership with fantastic playlist/Internet radio site 8tracks. Here's our new one. It's called "Independent Spring" and features some of our favorite recent indie rock tunes as chosen by editor-in-chief Carter Maness. Now go get jangly and enjoy the weather.
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