tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62321388015186839172012-01-28T11:23:13.305-05:00hype machine/forced opinionBlogginsandMessinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01117353655951411206noreply@blogger.comBlogger1901100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232138801518683917.post-4940261269586545162011-12-22T14:05:00.000-05:002011-12-22T14:05:13.667-05:00

  GANG GANG DANCE - "EYE CONTACT" LP  (4AD)  Nothing is perfect in this world, but Gang Gang Dance's "Eye Contact" came pretty damn close to it.A highly addictive, and strangely accessible album, brimming with good vibes and plenty of weird jaunts.We can't put it down, and we don't really want to either.Art damage made for strange nightclubs.Dazzling.                                    

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  Sun Araw's Cameron Stallones joins psych juggernauts Eternal Tapestry, for the rawest collaborations we've seen in some time.This is not a split record, nor is it two bands playing one another's music.This is the result of two very like minded, vastly different musical entities, sharing their own personal ideas to create something completely free of boundaries.Six well seasoned musicians holed

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    WOW.Just...wow.Markus Popp, aka: Oval, has been dubbed the pioneer of  the "glitch" movement, that swept the electronic music genre in the early 90's.He's very well respected, and a staple among various music publications, and fellow electronic musicians alike.These four new tracks are the first we've herd from him in almost ten years, and despite the long hiatus, it's obvious that Popp has

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  A few days ago, I listened to this from front to back...three times in a row.I was painting the doors in my house, and now all I wanna do is paint and listen to Ponytail all day long.Do What You Want All The Time, is the name of this thrilling new full length, and the title couldn't be more appropriate.Their message is painfully clear from the very first note to the very last.If you are

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  Taiwanese born Alex Zhang Hungtai, aka: Dirty Beaches, delivers his first proper full length, a wildly addictive concoction of influences, entitled Badlands.Forget all that you know of Dirty Beaches' previous work.Gone are the days of subtle drones, minimal synths and whispered vocals of his past releases.Hungtai has cleverly taken a few tabs of Elvis Presley's stylish swagger and broken

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  CT native Mike Hyde has been making solo music under the Medication moniker for over four years now, and he's recently released his second collection of tunes, this time for the cult-ish Sacred Bones label.What started out as just a few songs he'd lent to a friend's film score, followed by a few songs on Myspace, has since blossomed into a fully functional band touring act.In 2009, he released

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  Many writers will say it is both unintelligent and juvenile to use profanity in any public forum, but FUCK, THIS IS A COOL RECORD.The term "laced" couldn't describe this Psychedelic Horseshit's new LP  any better.It's sound is indeed comparable to a loosely rolled ounce of homegrown good vibrations, sprinkled heavily with a neon powdery substance you might call "whatever, man".It's all here,

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  Wet Hair have crafted for us their most playful and colorful record to date.This time for the ultra-busy De Stijl label.Shawn Reed and Ryan Garbes have been playing together for quite a while now, both being ex-Raccoo-oo-oons, they display an effortless and natural syncopation, and their musical chemistry is in full bloom on In Vogue Spirit.They seem to find their way back to one another at

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  It seems that just when I begin to wonder what's become of this band, they drop a brick-ton of new weirdness onto my head, and I spend the next few weeks trying to dissect it.Wedged somewhere between February's stunning "It Still Rankles" LP on Convulsive, and another up and comer LP on Red Lounge, "My Mind Is On the Anti-Climb Paint" is Pheromoans' most recent carnival ride put to tape.If you

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    Part-time Expo 70 contributor, Matt Hill, returns to his beloved Italo-horror alter-ego, to give us a new seven inch that's heavily laced with nostalgia.Freeze! offers up four new moonlight romps, hot off the crime ridden streets of 1980's Los Angeles.This time around, he's got us dancing to a different genre of film score, as told through the visions of a twenty something beat cop.A wild

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  Another notch in NNF's bed post, and one of our favorites for 2011, thus far.Xander Harris aka: Justin Sweatt, conjures up thirteen unlucky tracks of nightmarish industrial doom and gloom, with his debut full length, Urban Gothic.Not unlike label mate Umberto's Italo-horror club scores, Urban Gothic further explores the dark corners of goth and industrial music.Plenty of nods to John

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     William Bevan has always steered clear of shameless self promotion, avoiding the world of advertising and hype almost completely, but for the few tasteful adverts his long time Hyperdub label puts out there for him.Which is probably why we had no idea this was coming out, until it was already released.His work under the Burial moniker continues to remain shrouded in mystery, and constantly

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    Not Not Fun's stylish new sister label, %100 Silk, drops yet another outsider disco gem into our laps, with a stunning new 12" from Estonian songstress- Maria Minerva.Released around the same time as her equally impressive Tallinn at Dawn cassette on NNF, Noble Savage takes Tallinn's cloudy ghost-ballads, and gently nudges them into a more beat-driven direction.Minerva's angelic voice is more

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  Australian duo Naked On The Vague pair off with Iowa City duo Wet Hair, for a dazzling new split LP.Both of these acts have been gaining quite a bit of recognition over the last two years, with extensive touring in both AU and the US, as well as a string of solid releases from both bands.NOTV's side, shows the duo toying around with a more sprawling, shoegazey approach to the blasts of harsh

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  Brooklyn's Silk Flowers return in full bloom, with their second full length, Ltd. Form.Straying away from the ominous, cold-wave blankness of their previous work, Silk Flowers deliver an album's worth of full-bodied synth-pop jams, and pastoral whatever-wave bliss.The album opens with three beat-driven instrumentals, prominently displaying their ability to create rich textures, deep chord

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   Cult of Youth return with a fantastic new full length, complete with a new lineup and a new home at Sacred Bones Records.Originally a solo project of the talented Sean Ragon, a New Yorker with a big heart for early industrial and folk pioneers.Functioning as a one man band, he released a sturdy seven inch, followed by a painfully overlooked full length, as well as last year's awesome "Filthy

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  Pink Reason aka: Kevin Failure cranks things waaayyyy up on his new EP, Desperate Living.Armed to the teeth with an arsenal of blazing guitars and crushing drum battery, courtesy of a pummeling new backing band, they lash out two new tracks of scathing punk downers.This somewhat revisits the harsh, mid-EPfi sound of the "Borrowed Time" EP, culling from Husker Du's raw inventiveness, Dinosaur

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 Chicago's Thrill Jockey imprint has always been 10 steps ahead of themselves, with an ever growing roster of experimental pop and avant-garde's most prolific acts of today.In the last two decades they've given us The Sea and Cake, Tortoise, Pit Er Pat, Trans Am, and a slew of other household names, as well as blossoming young acts like Mi Ami, Arbouretum, Pontiak, and High Places.They've become

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  Sacred Bones' insanely consistent, and ever-growing twelve inch series continues, with a solid debut from Santiago's Follakzoid.The band formed in Chile in 2007, after pulling their eclectic musical tastes together under one roof, and jamming for hours on end.The SB site says this: "The first time they jammed together they played non- stop without speaking for two hours and were seemingly

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  Indra Dunis and Aaron Coyes are Peaking Lights.The husband and wife duo have been feeding our eyes and ears with their ever-evolving concoction of minimal psych and dub, for quite a while now.With more than a few handfuls of releases on various US labels in the past few years, they return with a stunning new full length, and have found a new home in L.A. based label -Not Not Fun.An all too

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     Andrew Caddick, aka: Jeans Wilder returns from the land of cassettes and 45's, this time with a dazzling new long player entitled Nice Trash.This man is no stranger to breezy melodies, having spent time in the breezy folk-pop outfit Fantastic Majick (with Nathan Williams of WAVVES fame), he's since released a ton of tapes and vinyl on various labels like

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  For the last 10 years or so, Bunker Wolf and his Teenage Panzerkorps, otherwise known as DER TPK, have been churning out their own brand of demanding kraut-punk, and they have recently unleashed their latest opus, German Reggae.With two lp's, and a handful of ep's and singles under their belt, the boys have given us a fantastic new long player, and it's by far their best yet, in our

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    The Italo-horror genre is really starting to rise up from it's long time grave, and Gatekeeper is definitely leading the pack, in our opinion.The Chicago act's newest slab of 80's electro-nostalgia is called Giza, and it's quite dazzling.From it's Zombi throwback cover art to it's deep-rooted Detroit Techno nods, everything about this fantastic EP screams early 80's horror flick.Layers of

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Brisbane's outlaw post-punk act SLUG GUTS have recorded a fantastic new LP for NY label Sacred Bones..it's due this Spring, and it looks to be something special indeed.If you are as hopelessly obsessed with their debut "Down On The Meat" LP(Stained Circles) as we are, you will notice a few new wild turns with this new material.The vocals have turned to more somber, almost goth sounding lullabies,

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  Another total scorcher from the ultra-prolific NNF's secret weapon, Robedoor.These three dark horses have been pumping out slow-roasted, black drones for quite a while now, and they don't seem to be showing signs of stopping any time soon.Fingers crossed.This band is painfully overlooked and underestimated, and I think that Burners is the perfect place to pick up on what this brilliant group

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Music Video for the first track off his new LP "Waving Goodbye" out on Not Not Fun, now. Features some rather exotic dancing, and 80's lingerie modeling ala- Robert Palmer/Vixen, set to Daniel Martin-McCormick's neon gutter-wave howl.Good stuff.Enjoy? Sex Worker - Tough Love from Not Not Fun on Vimeo.

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    The rather young, UK based Hungry For Power label has been releasing some pretty great sounds as of late, and quickly becoming our newest obsession.With a few excellent ep's from outsider acts like Peepholes and Cold Pumas under their belt, they now give us a giant monster of a 12" from San Fransisco duo Water Borders.I've been reading a bit of hype around their video for a remix of the track

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    Witch Haus...yup.You've heard of it.I'm sure your weirdo friends who pretend to be neo-goth introverts, but are really cool as a fucking cucumber, spit this term out at random.It makes me giggle. White Ring is a talented young gal from NYC, who is sometimes joined by friends in a live setting.On "Roses", she conjures up some fairly dense, ultra thick synth blasts, and throws them up against

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Well, you knew it was coming..so here they are, in no particular order: 1.SLUG GUTS "Down On The Meat" LP/CD ( LORD HAVE MERCY..this thing has not left my player since I first heard it a few months back.It's just too good!Some heavy Birthday Party worship is going on here indeed, but those low, gruff, slurred vocals put this in it's own dark corner.Heavy, downer outlaw-rock/

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  Step out of that light for a bit, and into the shadowy creep-fest that is Robedoor's latest burnt offering."Pacific Drift" is the name of their most recent sacrificial lamb, and it's a total scorcher from front to back.If their amazing "Burners" LP totally skinned your ears alive, as it did mine, then you will absolutely melt your face over this one.Three new jams of slow, sprawling cave-psych

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  Mi Ami‘s deliriously lo-fi mix for us got lost briefly in the flooded series of tubes that connect 20JFG to the outside world. Thankfully its battered form has been secured from the depths of Sendspace. This is like being stuck in the middle of sensory deprivation bubble in the throbbing heart of Detroit Techno circa ’89. As you near the sides the waves of distorted bass overwhelm you.

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  I will just say this ahead of time.I've been a big fan of both of these acts nearly since their inception, around the mid 00's, and this release is by far their best to date.In my opinion.It was part of Not Not Fun's amazing Bored Fortress split 7" club, and has recently been released on it's own, along with the rest of the series.I will get around to reviewing them as they come to me.Be

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  Those of you who actually read this shifty blog, might remember our write up on Sex Worker's pulsating wash out of a debut full length, called "Labor of Love", a few months back.A record that totally blew us, and many others away time and time again.Daniel Martin-McCormick is Sex Worker.He was a core member of the painfully overlooked and oddly, mega-influential D.C. band - Black Eyes.If you

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The Not Not Fun label, based in L.A., is comprised of the nicest, inventive, and hard working people I have had the pleasure of communicating with.Each of their releases is a strange and colorful journey into the bubbling tar pits of your subconsciousness, and all the hype that surrounds them is more than well-deserved.They just released a grip of new records to marvel over/sink into.Try

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The Aural Pleasures Label has two fantastic new cassettes out tomorrow! APR-05 is a new full length cs from Oakland's TURRKS.With a handful of ep's, lp's and splits under their belts under the Bipolar Bear moniker, the boys return with another fine batch of songs, a new name, and some unexpected surprises along the way."Bisbee" is the name of the new album, releases on the Deleted Art label as a

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  The recently birthed Tri Angle label, evil twin sister to the prolific Kompakt label based out of Brooklyn is pretty much pioneering the dark and ghostly dance craze known as the "witch house" movement.  You may also known it as "drag" or "haunted haus", or the more commonly used, and personal favorite the -"ghost bump" tag.Whatever you are calling this outsider genre, it's fucking massive,

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  Another killer single from the Sacred Bones label.Mac Blackout is a core member of ultra-dark punk band (and label mates) The Daily Void, as well as an ex-member of the similarly death'd out - Functional Blackouts.Two acts that have, and/or will easily earn the tag "seminal" for sure.Go back and read our piece on Daily Void's recent "Eclipse of 1453".It's pretty solid.  The work this maniacal

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  I got this from John at Caesar Cuts, with a note saying "There's dudes from Fresh Meat/Black Tar in this band"..so naturally I was severely stoked to get this on the turntable and get rolling.Hot damn!The first 30 seconds of Inanna Altar, displayed the type of awesome, post-hardcore-but-not tactics that will keep acts like Ink & Dagger, Drive Like Jehu, and the more recent Pissed Jeans, in

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  The amazing Not Not Fun label has been producing some of the most unique and inventive underground psychedelic gems for just shy of ten years now.Each of their intensely unique releases holds a certain free-thinking charm, free of guidelines, both aesthetically and musically.Personally, I get just as much satisfaction out of glaring at their carefully constructed packaging and elaborate

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  Every so often, I hear something so viciously compelling, that I can't help but shove it into the throats and ears of my pals, and their pals, and their pals' moms and dads pals,etc.So I would like to apologize ahead of time, for the seemingly endless, nonsensical ocean of hype I am about to poor into your sleepy eyes.Feel free to quit while you're ahead.Or not.   A friend of mine,who's

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  Brooklyn's Pop.1280 have continued to dazzle weirdos (and me) with each awesome release this year.Their debut 7", which was self-released earlier this year, has been flipping sides on my turntable since it came in the mail.A radical mix of dark and ugly post-punk, kinda goth, sleazy rock, and AmRep style heaviness slithers throughout their music, with murky song themes and heaps of witty

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  In early 2009, I stumbled upon Cult of Youth's previous full-length, "A Stick To Bind,A Seed To Grow", and I have been keeping a close eye on them ever since.It's a dark and deeply personal album by one Mr. Sean Ragon, a long time Brooklyn native.This record has so many different elements from various periods in heathen-folk, early goth, and weighs pretty heavy on the pagan chant tip.The

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  The folks over at Not Not Fun never cease to amaze me.Every month or so, a fresh batch of mind-altering sounds mysteriously shows up from this long running L.A. label, and this one caught me off guard indeed.Wow.After what seems like at least a million spins of last year's "From the Grave.." full length, I wasn't too sure if this was just a one-time thing or what, but I am happy to announce his

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  I will have to admit, when I was given this record I looked it over inside and out, I kind of gathered that I'd be bopping along to some mediocre, modern pop-punk record soon enough, and I was exhausted at just the thought of that.Little did I know what kind of awesomeness lie in wait.   But by the time the first track had ended,I felt like a total asshole.These New Yorkers are a really

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    The NNF label is by far one my favorites out there, as they continue to belt out a seemingly endless supply of brain melting psych and drone acts, by the truckload.In 2009, they released High Wolf's Animal Totum cassette, a thirty minute plus mystery ride, deep into rich,warm electronics and red clouds of acoustic/analog swells.It was rather well received by weirdo noise blogs,and drone fans

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    The amazing Bathetic Tape Label takes their first plunge into the world of vinyl,with a super solid two song 7" by Cloudland Canyon.It's the first single off their upcoming "Fin Eaves" full length LP due this fall on Holy Mountain.Those of you who are familiar with this incredible two piece,will know that their last two recordings were long,drawn out washes of kraut repetition,deep drones,

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    After what seems like two years of straight touring in support of their "Microcastle" album, and the "Rainwater Cassette Exchange" ep,(which both owned my player for months) Atlanta's most celebrated dream-pop act found time to write and record another fantastic studio full length, entitled Halcyon Digest.Back when I was really digging on 2008's Microcastle LP, I considered it to be one of

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    Florida's Virgins, or VRGNS  hail from more than one small town,sharing ex and current members of New Mexican Disaster Squad, No Friends, Gatorface and I'm sure a slew of more recent things I am leaving out.If you are familiar with their previous lp "Miscarriages" you have a some insight as to what one might expect from a Virgins long player.Lucky for us,these boys have given us an lp's worth

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  If you are familiar with either of these two insanely talented ladies, or any of their other projects, then you will know that you are in for quite an amazing treat with this collaboration LP.Long time L.A. psych-chant-charmers Pocahaunted front-woman -Amanda Brown, provides the better portion of the music on this record, conjuring up her somewhat patent dub-soaked-psych washes, and more than

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    Hot damn! CT's newest genre-benders -Brave Spectre, hit us with this mysterious little invention, in the form of a 7" single and they call it "Cuss Tongue".These two songs are some of the most inventive, smart,and driving tunes I've heard in some time.In a loose description, I'd feel pretty good about naming acts like Party of Helicopters, Volume Eleven, Raccoo-oo-oon, and other

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Yup, we will be posting semi-relevant information again very very soon.All cassette reviews will be directed to Cassette Gods from now on, but we will continue to review new vinyl,cd,cd-r,and other random formats..As well as news,tour dates, and interviews.Check back soon for more info!Send your demos,etc. to:11311 Altoona Ave.New Port Richey,Fl34654xo,MJO

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 Ornery Cirtter's early vote for split record of 2010, hands down.If you are already in tune with these seminal acts, then you know what kind of badass-ery to expect here.Hot Guts, who share members with FNU/Chickens, run their half into the ground with two very heavy and very awesome tracks.Both songs seem to come from two completely different worlds, as most of their work seems to do.Heavy on

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     WOODEN SHJIPS 'VOL.2'..Is this review even necessary?This San Fransisco group's output has been so incredibly vast and mandatory, I feel like this information should be available on at least a hundred sites by now.But for those who are new to their magjic, I will continue to rant..   A few years back, Wooden Shjips: Vol.1 was given to us.It covered the band's handful of 45's and singles,etc.

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    The always mysterious Topaz Rags bless us again.This time with eight lush, lucid, and full bodied lullabies in the form of a full length LP.Those who were lucky enough to grab their California Ash cassette a short while back, know how good this group is in a long-form medium.On Capricorn Born Again, their heavily jazzed-out psychedelia is murkier than ever, but we also the band with their

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  This Tasmanian two piece start things off with a really dense, straight forward electro sounding electro beat, (not unlike those first shitty beats you made on the Fruityloops demo in '99,and then bragged to your friends about..) A simple and catchy enough bass line rides over top of it.Now It's starting to resemble something out of the early K catalog.It's kind of dark and cutesy, with just a

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    This is Fresh Meat's second release, following their debut single on the Breathing Problems label.And so here they are, another bad ass band from Allentown,PA oozing it's ugly, venomous, post-hardcore rock and roll spouting from your speakers..at full volume of course.These 3 songs are pretty awesome to say the least.The total re-verb overload they've got going makes this sound like an early

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  Brooklyn's Drunkdriver play harsh and noisy hardcore the way this stuff is supposed to be played.Totally punishing and unforgiving songs of hate and death.FUCK YEAH.I haven't even come close to getting into this sort of affair in quite some time, but I was won over by the first two minutes of this record.The recording is surprisingly lo-fi and amazingly shitty sounding, an uncommon trait

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   Allow us a moment to tell you about one of our very favorite labels going right now,BEKO. They are a digital only online singles label from France, and they are just wonderful.They add a new single every Monday,and they are totally free to download!There is quite an eclectic range of awesome sounds buried within their vast catalog,and their minimal,cohesive cover art is fantastic as

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                              Hot Guts are a dark,heavy as bricks band from Philly.Apparently they've got kind of a bad rep. there,but who gives a shit anyway?These 3 songs are some of the more refreshing and inventive I've heard in a while.Each track is pretty much a completely different landscape,and the styles here are a bit varied,but in a really cohesive way that lets you know they are

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      New York's POP.1280 (named after the Jim Thompson novel, haha..) graciously give us two very uneasy,pulverizing downer rock jams, and boy are they good.These guys are going to be making some waves in the recent post-goth/punk/whatever underground soon,for sure.And rightly so.  This band gave me a heavy and sleazy Pissed Jeans kind of vibe right away,which made my ears perk up big time.A

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   I picked this up on a whim, which as we all know can be a quite dreadful experience.More often that not, it's straight to the dollar bin.But alas, L.A.'s Lasters come through and rule the pool.I can't seem to put this down.Nostalgia?Straight-forward, intensely vicious punk rock and roll done right, with some cool timings and layers of noisy feedback.It's pretty simple music, really.And with

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  Hot damn!Definitely one of the better Sacred Bones releases I've heard this year.This thing rips and shreds at from front to back.The Eclipse of 1453 is a bit more polished and put together than their previous output on labels like Hozac and Florida's Dying,but not enough to tarnish their awesomely grainy,noisy charm.These songs much more eerie and unsettling on this record.A definite plus,in

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  After what seems like an eternity,Eric Copeland is back with another sample-fest of twisted psychedelia.It seems that with every release,he strays from the experimental sound collage of his main vehicle, -Black Dice, and pushes for a more accessible, song based approach.Such is the case with his newest single - Doo Doo Run.Two new songs,and some amazing cover art by Eric, as usual.The title

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  Austin's Woven Bones have had more than a handful of singles in the earl 10's,on various labels.They are indeed some busy dudes,and the thought of them ever releasing something of this magnitude never really crossed my mind.But alas,they have broken out of the "singles band" territory and into the realm of the full length.Leave it to Hozac to make this happen.In and Out and Back Again is 9

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    In the last 2 years,Wavves has become a household name.A staple in the lo-fi pop movement.Nathan Williams has toured excessively in support of just a single record.Last year's Wavvves LP was a big deal,a very big deal.The kid has done pretty well for himself.On his most recent keg party,King of the Beach,he continues his youthful celebration of skateboards,surfing,booze,pizza,baseball cards

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  Yet another awesome cassette tape from Iowa's NIGHT PEOPLE label.This is a good one,folks.The U.K.'s PHEROMOANS are making quite a glorious racket this year.They've had a handful of releases on various labels like Sweet Rot,Hozac,Night People,Convulsive,and even our own Aural Pleasures imprint.Their sound is a primitive clatter.Rules and regulations don't apply to this.Nor does the word "

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    Olympia's Broken Water consists of former members of the short-lived Sisters and also Congradulations.Their newest album,Whet is a deep and affectionate batch of songs,that seem to be influenced as much by Seattle's musical history as they are it's damp,mountain air charm.Fuzzy guitars swirl around like a dense wind,washing away into thick distorted riffs.There's some nice boy/girl vocal

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    Baronic Wall aka: Jack Gilbert,is my newest obsession.This tape is so fresh and inventive,I can hardly stand it.I really can't get enough of this.An overly-affected mix of sci-fi synth-punk and unhinged art fuckery.This shit is beyond damaged art,and this kind of musical mental abuse couldn't work any better for Gilbert.Minimalist-weirdo anthems that never let up.Golden Sword..kicks off with

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      Graveyards is the horrific free-jazz/noise project of Wolf Eyes/Dead Machines/American Tapes main man - John Olson. Ben Hall(Traum)and Hans Buetow run the awesome Editions Brokenresearch label,and also makeup this genre bending act.In the last decade they have released a literal slew of lp's,cassettes,seven inches,splits,and tour cd-r's on various labels,including their own American Tapes

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        It seems that far too many bands these days are so far removed and/or obsessed with their wacky neon colored cover art,and overly contrived stage antics to even remember that they're playing music anymore.Thus pushing any relevance into the background.There is a thin line between music and performance art that can easily get blurred into one giant circus sideshow.But,sometimes a

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   As a part of the Ornery Critter extended family,the Aural Pleasures Kassette Klub label will launch this summer.We've got a few nice releases in the works,more info on those soon.We are now accepting demos in all forms.Send them to 11311 Altoona Ave. New Port Richey,FL 34654 USandA,or you can send them via email/aim.Get in touch.xo MJO/OC/APKK

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    New York by way of Australia act Coconuts are making quite a name for themselves since their arrival.Their live shows are said to be too loud,too long,and drenched in so many effects,they are barely coherent.Sound fucking awesome to you too?Thought so.Their new long player for No Quarter proudly glorifies these allegations,just as a more portable medium.Their sound is brave and inventive,as

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WIZZARD SLEEVE on tour! Go see them! Mar 13 New Orleans, Louisiana:  Saturn Bar w/ Girls At Dawn, Predator, and Flight    Mar 14 Houston, TX: Super Happy Fun Land with Girls At Dawn, Predator, and more   Mar 15 Denton, TX: Mable Peabody's with Girls At Dawn, Predator, and mo mo    Mar 16 Austin, TX: some toilet.....sxsw    Mar 17 Austin, TX: Trailer Space

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      OK,besides some seriously awesome/distracting/fitting cover art,and a name referencing possibly one of the worst movies of our time(or best?),this was actually a VERY fun listen.Babes Forever gets things moving right off the bat with ''San Dimas Oasis'',a playful and energetic beat-driven number,bubbling with surf-y riffs and 808 calypso beats.Their shout-along-with-me vocals pair up really

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      Alex Zhang Hungtai is the man behind Dirty Beaches.He lists things like breakfast,Alan Vega,Martin Rev,and Willem Dafoe as his influences.After hearing this a few times,I'd say that they are all pretty obvious indeed.Although I didn't really hear much breakfast or Willem Dafoe off the bat,I did however hear a ton of Rev and Vega nods.He's got that minimal percussive-looping down nicely,

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Baltimore's sweetest band has some lovely new t-shirt designs for you.Click the header above to get to their site,and pick one up.

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      Jerusalem Mall is sort of a follow up to last year's Sick To Death full length on Siltbreeze.Their first release for New York's Woodsist label.It's short,loose and RAW as ever.I'm pretty sure they may have taken that JAMC-style production route,which is recording completely separate tracks for feedback.If that's the case, it seems to work wonders for Eat Skull,and they know it.Buried

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       Sex Worker is Daniel Martin-McCormick.He is also the current front man,guitarist and main visionary behind San Fransisco's dub/percussion attack- Mi Ami,and ex-guitar treatment/vocalist for seminal D.C. band Black Eyes.With his first full-length for this vehicle,McCormick strays from his conventional guitar scratch and rhythmic howls of his other projects,for a more ambient,drone-based

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  Another fantastic release from the Editions Mego label.They are proving to be unstoppable in 2010,and this record is a HUGE addition to their catalog,like most of Emeralds' works.Not unlike their contemporaries OPN,they show a deep love for avant-krautronics of yesteryear - Tangerine Dream,Cluster,Harmonia,Popol Vuh,and some of Brian Eno's ambient works.This Cleveland,OH guitar/synth

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Oneohtrix Point Never,otherwise known as producer Daniel Lopatin, has been filling our heads with sparse and dreamy electronic music for quite some time now.And his latest venture Returning takes us further into the depths of his analog bliss.This record is almost like a never ending color palette,floating mostly in the brighter yellows and oranges,it will sometimes delves into the black,never

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Chicago synth dudes Mahjongg are back with a KILLER motorik-machine race they call Wardance,the first single off their upcomingg LP on K Records.They have always been known for mixing it up,tearing it up,and pasting it back together however the fuck they please.Churning out every style in the book,from neo-funk,lo-fi soul,to straight up cold wave and electro bangers.They have absolutely

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Another little gem from Brooklyn's Sacred Bones.Originally started as a reissue label,they are now releasing some of the more uniquely relevant records coming out these days.Nerve City's "Sleepwalker" is a very nice addition to their diversely awesome catalog.Not unlike label-mates Fresh and Onlys, The Pink Noise, Nice Face,and Vermillion Sands - Nerve City has got this lo-fi pop-over- an-AM

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Watch the always evolving L.A. by-way-of-Berlin-by-way-of-New York band,as they lash out a few songs from their latest genre bender-Sisterworld,straight from a Philadelphia penitentiary.Killer production all the way.Part of P-fork's Surveillance series.Watch them all.Enjoy. *Sisterworld LP/CD is out now via- Mute Records.The deluxe version has a remix disc that is way awesome.On tour forever.Go

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Matt Mondanile is a guy in his late 20's who lives in New Jersey.He enjoys the more simple things in life,like constantly touring as lead axe-man for easy-breezy-pop bros Real Estate,and shredding in the psyched-out Predator Vision (you know,that awesome heat sensor mask..).Between the two bands,he is a relatively busy guy,but when he's not in the studio or in the van,he lays low and kicks his

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Nat Baldwin is a talented young songwriter/composer from New York.He plays the Double-Bass(the "stand-up bass" to most..) quite well.Incredible,even.His music is powerful.His voice floats and flutters around the gentle strides of the bow,as his band calmly strums and hums around him.The brass section puffs along to his every move,and gentle,tattering drums accompany him on stage often.This is a

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I have to admit,this review may be a bit biased,seeing as Kayo Dot have been an big obsession of mine since their birth as a band.I really love them to death,and this record is totally mind blowing and all,but instead of the rant/rave torture...I will just give you the facts.DEAL? Coyote is the fourth looong player from songwriter/composer/overflow of talent - Toby Driver and his main

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Ok,I just read a review of this by some numbskull comparing them to Slayer!?!Actually the quote was something like "Not quite the Slayer of their sound"..WHAT does that even mean?First,Slayer IS the Slayer of their "sound"..Did you listen to more than 2 minutes of this?It's only 29 fucking minutes,dude!Ugh.Stop writing reviews,and stick to bad weed and shredding air guitar to Slayer jams in the

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]Seductive Sprigs formed in early 1996,while both playing guitar in the avant-noise-jazz troupe known as Zs.Their love for harmonizing both vocally and guitar based,as well as their years of musical training under their belt seemed to make it almost TOO easy for their own creative outlet to transpire.The Sprigs only played a small handful of shows in their time,and recorded a short cd-r on the

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Matt Mehlan has been making such a beautiful racket under the SKELETONS (& the "whatever he see's fitting at the time",depending on lineup and form") moniker for quite some time.I have always been a huge fan of his art,and the Skeletons stuff just keeps getting better all the time.Originally a huge cast of musicians in the "Git" era,the band has solidified their lineup to just 4 full-timers

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Every family has a freak (or two). Every deck's got a wild card.Some have them all..but,we've got VIBES . Ante up. NNF's loosest cannons return to the recording format with, "Psychic," a blown-out briar patch of basement garage fantasy masquerading as obscurist protest Nu-funk--and the band's first vinyl statement. Recorded in Eagle Rock on a 'last legs'-style four track, the EP's four

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This Texas act just continues to reinvent themselves with every release in the last few years.Personally, Free Gold! was a bit of a drag,or maybe a little stale for me,and I love this band to death..however,even that album was totally different than it's predecessor -Fake and Cheap.They both seemed to have been released at the same exact time,so maybe they were a bit rushed?Who knows,maybe I

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Listen to Battles' Tyondai Braxton churn up Extra Life's epic chamber-ballad into a scratchy,bleeping micro-house banger.All familiar sounds have been stripped down and manipulated to-the-max.This remix comes equipped with a distorted minimal-techno thump, and robotic vocoder loops have replaced Looker's dramatic croon.Even his rich acoustic guitar strides have been given a serious chopping,then

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Finally.The always shape shifting Brooklyn jazz-attack known as Zs has finally released their 3rd proper full-length.It's called New Slaves,and it's a KILLER record on all fronts.If you've been following their work as closely as I have for the last 6-7 years,you will know that they are notorious for their random lineup changes,genre bending skill,and ability to do just about anything they want

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When I first heard this dude a few years back,i was pretty skeptical of what i might find in this stuff,considering his semi-clever/goofy moniker and album titles.But alas,you cannot judge a book...yea.After a handful of releases on various indie tape labels etc,Sun Araw(Cameron Stallones)has totally perfected his craft.The songs on "On Patrol" are solid as ever,and more cohesive and dare i

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MAY:,Holy Fuck "latin" (XL),* Indian Jewelry "totaled" (We Are Free),Japandroids "no singles" (Polyvinyl),The Dead Weather "sea of cowards" (Third Man),* The National "high violet" (4AD),Thee Oh Sees "warm slime" (In The Red),Woods "at echo lake" (Woodsist),* Zs "new slaves" (The Social Registry),Daniel Higgs "say god" (Thrill Jockey),Harvey Milk "a small turn of human kindness" (Hydra

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Broolyn's Little Women are back with a KILLER new LP entitled "Throat".This group just keeps getting better and better.Not too far off from the "Teeth" album,this one also delivers in a BIG way.There is rarely a second of silence in the world of Little Women.They are constantly taking their precision jazz/no wave/rock whatever to new territories at every turn.An equal blend of controlled chaos

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This duo consisting of Kelly-Jane (treated flute,other experiences..) and Peter Pascal (drums,percussion and further experiences...)are quickly becoming the U.K.'s most popular free-jazz act.They've released a handful of EP's and LP's in the last 2 years,and their live appearances are beginning to fill venues all over Europe.Although most of their arrangements usually fill up an entire side of an

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Amanda Brown and Bethany Cosentino are back with one BAD ASS MOTHERFUCKER of an album.This thing seriously slays.If you are somewhat familiar with any of their past releases,forget what you know about these ladies and enter this under the assumption that it's a different band.They have given us something rich and stunning here.Songwriting.I think their time spent with their other song-based

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Sam Meringue is Matrix Metals.You might know him from other projects like Explorers,Wingdings,or 90210(with James Ferraro).With MM's he makes some nice hazy,laid back electronic pop/dance jams.Remember that game Out Run?You cruised the PCH in a 1991 red Porsche convertible with the top down,and your arm around your lady.Genius.This is quite comparable to that soundtrack,but a bit more tasteful,

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