As we head into the weekend, we thought we’d get things started early—who wants to work at 5 on a Friday anyway?—with Girl Unit‘s entry in Night Slugs’ mad-for-it mix series. Aside from having key cuts from label mates like Kingdom, Jam City and L-Vis 1990, it tosses some left field selections in there like a stuttering Ozzy sample. Get into it…
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Former self-titled cover star/current film columnist Zola Jesus has remained relatively quiet in the past year outside of the occasional live appearance, but the following “live band version” of the Stridulum standout “Trust Me” shows that her next move may be mildly jazzy without losing the melancholic edge we all dug back when she was singing oh-so-operatically from behind a wall of noise. Here’s what Nika had to say about it:
my live band got together and recorded a version of “trust me” that we’ve been playing on tour together for the past year. it ended up being a favorite in the set, and i find it to be a great representation of the amazing musicians i’ve been touring with. thank you three for sharing your incredible gifts on stage every night. thank you especially to alex degroot for spearheading the immortalization of this version by mixing and engineering this track.
credits:
kim free — violin
nick turco — rhodes, organ
alex degroot — percussion, programming, mixing, engineering
Enjoy…
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In case you’ve already worn their new record out, Solar Bears have shared a track from the very same sessions that goes from a zero gravity intro to a swoon-worthy segue that’s a lot like Air’s old albums. Which kinda makes sense given John Kowalski told us “Moon Safari is a landmark album for both of us” not too long ago.
Stream/snag the song in WAV form down below…
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Mikal Cronin has shared a couple totally ’90s tracks with Aquarium Drunkard, taken from a collection of ukulele covers he recorded for a long-distance girlfriend.
“I recorded these songs a little while ago to send to my girlfriend when we were living in different states,” he explained. “We share an affinity for cheesy ’80s and ’90s pop songs, and since she can play ukelele well we could trade cover songs back and forth. On my computer I titled the album these songs belong to as (F)ukin’ around with Mikal Cronin, which I stand behind as a mildly funny name for a dumb uke cover album.”
Check out his spare, lo-fi takes on the Proclaimers and Sixpence None the Richer below, alongside the singer’s commentary…
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Photo: Steve Gullick
Just in time for his latest run of solo shows, Jon Hopkins has shared a Nosaj Thing remix of his new “Open Eye Signal” single. Available digitally today and as part of a white label 12” on May 21st (alongside Happa, Lord of the Isles and Luke Abbott), it’s a moonlit take on a record that’s been described as the “most aggressively dancefloor-focused music Hopkins has ever made.”
Grab it below, alongside tour dates and the “Open Eye Signal” video…
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After letting one track out at a time for the past couple weeks—gotta get them page views, people!—Adult Swim have finally unleashed their entire Garage Swim compilation online. The perfect start to anyone’s manic Monday, it features exclusives from Thee Oh Sees, The Black Lips, Mikal Cronin and 12 other acts our art director’s most likely seen live before (while drinking very cheap beer). Have a listen down below, and nab every last track here…
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We’ve all been there before: staring down a mounting pile of bills with the only solution—selling the only records in your collection actually worth something—becoming less of a conscious decision than a matter of survival. That’s where our head was at back when self-titled was based in Philly and chasing far too many delinquent accounts down, leading us to unleash prized possessions like the translucent red 12” to your left. A Slayer edit covertly cut by Amon Tobin at a time where shows like this weren’t even in their planning stages, “Angel of Theft” is exactly what the title suggests.
Meaning: Slayer’s “Angel of Death,” spliced with sputtering breakcore beats. Pretty numbskull-y really, and yet oh so satisfying, right down to the etched pentagram on the B-side. Since this single is long out-of-print, we thought we’d share its lunkheaded loops in tribute to the group’s fallen guitarist, Jeff Hanneman…
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As Angel Haze continues to work on her debut album and avoid Azealia Banks, the rising New York rapper has shared what appears to be a demo of her spitting over the Purity Ring single “Lofticries.” Grab “Art Gallery” below, and Haze’s Classick mixtape here…
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As the world continues to wait for the next Arcade Fire record, violinist/composer Sarah Neufeld is taking the band’s current break as an opportunity to release her first solo record. Due out August 20th through Constellation Records, Hero Brother was recorded throughout Berlin by Nils Frahm, with Neufeld’s wild brush strokes bouncing around an abandoned geodesic dome, an underground parking garage and the infamous former site of Berlin’s Broadcasting Center. Adding to the controlled chaos were lyrical vocal lines, harmonium parts and piano progressions, as well as the spirit of Neufeld’s main influences, Steve Reich, Bela Bartok, Iva Bittova and Arthur Russell.
Try to keep up with the album’s title track below; Neufeld will also be balancing a number of solo tour dates with Arcade Fire work over the next year.
One of these days we’re gonna convince Trent Reznor to let us look at his record collection. Because judging by the rather consistent remixes around his How to Destroy Angels project—The Soft Moon, Factory Floor and now, a creepy commission from Nosaj Thing—the guy’s actually got great taste. (Come to think of it, he always has; Nine Inch Nails recruited Aphex Twin, Coil and Photek for remixes during various phases of that project as well.)
At any rate, here’s another free one that breathes new life into the HTDA’s atmospheric debut album, Welcome Oblivion.
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