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New music from Warpaint and Ben Ross, plus a handful of stunning animated music videos this week

Warpaint: New Song When Jenny Lee Lindberg made her solo debut last year as jennylee, and with Theresa Wayman in a side project called BOSS, we thought it was silently signaling an end to Warpaint. That said, the LA-based rock band has finally announced a follow-up to their second LP from two years ago. Heads Up releases 23 September 2016 off of Rough Trade—the band …

Motion Graphics: Anyware

With a lush electronic landscape and an appropriately matched digitally-animated video, “Anyware” by Motion Graphics rides upon electro-pop elements with jazz-like tendencies. The debut solo project of Joe Williams, Motion Graphics’ tracks were all made with custom randomized software instruments. The album was produced between NY, LA, and Baltimore over the course of two years, and Williams attention to detail at every juncture is ever-present. …

Premiere: “Open Space” by Wilderman

An eerie, atmospheric and moderately NSFW alternate universe video

Rob Gungor—who doubles as the owner (along with partner Simone Rubi) of the Do Your Thing cafe in the art haven that is Marfa, Texas—releases music once again under the moniker Wilderman. “Open Space,” the debut track off of his forthcoming album Artifice comes complete with an atmospheric new music video, premiering here today. The song itself, a departure from Gungor’s more analog stylings on …