Click this to read about Peaking Lights’ new Lucifer record and the mixtape series they’re releasing in the months leading up to it.
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Remember Kemado Records? Yep, us neither. That’s because Mexican Summer—and to a lesser extent, the Ford & Lopatin-curated Software Label—has gradually eclipsed its sister label in its sheer volume of releases, records that celebrate artists outside of the psych-rock/’hipster-metal’ corner Kemado painted itself into. (Why, just this week Kemado put out a Pink Floyd-y LP called Center of the Sun.)
This change couldn’t be more apparent in Mexican Summer’s spring release schedule, a progression of eagerly anticipated LPs from the likes of Light Asylum, Peaking Lights and Best Coast. Have a listen to new and old tracks from the Brooklyn imprint in the hefty 15-track sampler below…
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In what’s quickly becoming a crowded spring release schedule for Mexican Summer, Peaking Lights have lined up their latest LP for a June 19th release. Inspired in part by their recent move to L.A. and the birth of the married couple’s son Mikko, Lucifer was self-produced during a month-long Brooklyn session with engineer Al Carlson (Oneohtrix Point Never, Yeasayer, Ford & Lopatin).
“To us this record is about play and playfulness, unconditional love, rhythms and pulses, creation and vibration,” Aaron Coyes—who’s rounded out by Indra Dunis in the groove-locked duo—said in a press statement.
As for how that evil title of theirs may fit into the album’s sound, Coyes added, “All of our record titles have come to us in dreams, daydreams and epiphanies. Lucifer sat so strong with us. It means ‘Venus, bearer of light’ and is the first sign of the sunrise. There are some major astrological and astronomical events involving Venus in this year of 2012.”
Have an early listen below by sampling the first installment in a planned series of mixtapes that sneak new songs in with some of Peaking Lights’ favorite influences. Kind of like the exclusive s/t tape they shared last year…
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Photo by Caroline Mort
If there’s one thing we learned from compiling the artist curated lists in our year-end issue, it’s what a serious crate digger Aaron Coyes is. As on-point as everyone else’s suggestions were, the Peaking Lights multi-instrumentalist went so obscure we spent several hours finding samples of all his picks for our enhanced iPad edition.
Have a listen and a look at what we’re talking about below, right alongside a mix Coyes just posted today…
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Photo by Andrew Parks
If you’re sick of year-end lists and simply want to hear some decent music, we’ve got a simple solution: start flipping through 12 months of exclusive Needle Exchange mixes, including popular entries from Demdike Stare, Peaking Lights, Anika and Sepalcure. And if you need tracklistings or some words from our artists, just click the “Read More” button underneath each streaming/downloadable player…
By Andrew Parks
If you’re wondering why I’m filing my list so late this year, it’s simply because I can’t make up my damn mind. Depending on the day and my general mood, I’ve bumped and boosted at least 20 albums in and out of my Top 10. But that’s how we consume music now, isn’t it? By satisfying our immediate urges with streaming services and expandable hard drives, as well as the tactile pleasure of dropping a 180-gram slab of vinyl on a direct drive turntable.
Here are 10 records that survived a year of immediate discovery and indecision…
The Men, shot at their rehearsal space
Photo by Jimmy Fontaine
As promised late last week, we’ve uploaded the Web version of our latest issue for mass consumption a few days earlier than our enhanced iPad edition. Check it out below—featuring cover stories on Azealia Banks, The Men and Factory Floor, and exclusive features with Nicolas Jaar, Charlotte Gainsbourg and many, many more—or on a dedicated widescreen page here…
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[East Village Radio] For more Peaking Lights material, including an exclusive self-titled mixtape, click this.
Words and Mix by Peaking Lights
Hello occupants of planet Earth. We’ve brought you an all vinyl, get ready for the party, groove monster of a mix from thee deep depths of outer space. As we pack our intergalactic cruiser and make plans to travel across the seas of time we look forward to making a stop at a party near you!
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We get a lot of crap CDs at the self-titled offices. But once in a while, a pleasant surprise slips into our promo stack. Here’s a recent delivery that knocked the s/t staff on its collective ass…
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