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Death Waltz Recording Co. just uploaded its new mixtape for Fangoria magazine, a deftly mixed, carefully curated collection of synth-centric film scores and Technicolor orchestra pits. Stream/download it below, and check out the label’s latest vinyl reissues here, including House By the Cemetery and Twins of Evil…
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[FACT] Warp’s sneaky marketing campaign for the new Boards of Canada album took to the streets of Tokyo today, as the label beamed a lengthy Tomorrow’s Harvest teaser on a building in the neon-doused neighborhood of Shibuya. An HD-quality fan video of the welcome publicity stunt is available below; sounds like the Boards brothers are sticking to what they’re good at…
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Now that every Tuesday is a frantic scramble for the best streamable/downloadable/sharable new releases—in our office, at least—self-titled thought we’d save you some time and share five records we stand behind every week. Here’s what we’re digging at the moment…
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Cold Cave has revealed yet another DIY-or-die 7” through Wesley Eisold’s Heartworm imprint. Available now in a split black/clear pressing, “Black Boots” b/w “Meaningful Life” features a self-described slice of “cool nihilism” on its A-side and a “sombre ballad” on the flip.
Ride the wobbly sine waves of “Black Boots” down below and look out for just 100 limited copies of the single on clear vinyl at the band’s upcoming tour with Boyd Rice. We’ll also be unveiling Eisold’s new monthly book column on this very site soon…
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So Dazed Digital scored quite an exclusive this week: a previously unreleased version of “Psycho Killer” featuring the wild brush strokes of Arthur Russell. The Talking Heads track is part of a promotional rollout for Circoloco Celebrates Arthur Russell, a tribute to the avant-garde cellist/composer that happens to coincide with this weekend’s Movement Festival in Detroit. Among the confirmed acts for Saturday’s event are Carl Craig, Kim Ann Foxmann, Ryan Eliot and Lee Curtiss.
Check out Circoloco’s official trailer below, along with this “Psycho Killer” business…
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Considering the first single from Scout Niblett‘s new album is simply called “Gun” and features sucker-punch drum fills alongside lines like “But I think I’m gonna buy me a gun/ A nice little silver one/ In a crowd someday/ You won’t see me coming anyway,” you better believe that her version of the TLC standard “No Scrubs” isn’t some novelty spin. As spare as ever, it’s dead serious about not wanting to waste one’s time with a revolving door of willful losers.
Check it out below, and look out for the It’s Up to Emma LP on Drag City tomorrow…
Here’s a minor holdover until the next HTRK album: a vapor-trailed remix of the Standish/Carlyon single “Nono/Yoyo.” (Fun fact: Conrad Standish’s wife, HTRK singer Jonnine Standish, also contributed backing vocals to the Standish/Carlyon track “Feb Love.”) Stream the iced-over instrumental below, along with the original version and details about Standish/Carlyon’s first stateside shows…
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[FACT] Unsound’s organizers have revealed the theme, dates and initial round of artists for the 11th edition of their future-forward festival. Set to touch down in Krakow from October 13th through the 20th, Unsound: Interference is set to feature a “Sleep Concert” from Robert Rich, the rarified reunion of Porter Ricks, and a new A/V presentation from Robert Henke (Lumiére) that “promises to not only manifest itself as a radical sonic experience, but also provide a massive yet ephemeral visual counterpoint. Two powerful lasers will draw repeating shapes, symbols, incomprehensible signs and ultra short pulses of light whilst an autonomous audio engine creates rhythmical structures, intense grids of bass and spectral noises.”
Minds will also be blown by King Midas Sound, Fire! and the Blawan/Pariah side project Karenn. Check out a complete rundown of confirmed acts below…
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One of the most compelling acts at RBMA’s “Drone Activity in Progress” show, Margaret Chardiet’s Pharmakon project was actually one of the night’s only traditional noise acts—an uncompromising wave of wickedness, from her sawed-off synth lines to the kind of primal screams Kanye West ought to have studied before performing this song on Saturday Night Live. Which makes sense considering Chardiet says she’s driven by a “deep-seated need/drive/urge/possession to reach other people and make them FEEL something in uncomfortable/confrontational ways.”
Case in point: “Ache,” taken from Abandon, Pharmakon’s first Sacred Bones song cycle after a series of small releases and CD-Rs…
Dirty Beaches fans who are wondering how Alex Zhang Hungtai’s new album ended up split between two LPs—a road warrior record (Drifters) that recalls his last and a clammy collection of introspective instrumentals (Love is the Devil)—might want to check out his contribution to our Needle Exchange series. Here’s why, straight from the source:
Besides Mark Bardley, Bourbonese Qualk, Vincent Gallo, Yoran and Stelvio Cipriani, all the artists on this mixtape are friends of mine that have inspired me or homies who I have crossed paths with that have made a big impression on me. I’m very happy to be able to share their great music with y’all, and please do check them out individually and explore further into their catalog. It will be worth your time; I promise.
Best,
Alex
Stream/download it all below, alongside our look at Hungtai’s Life Story…
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