As first reported on Ad Hoc earlier today, Mike Sniper’s Zodiacs project has returned with a new single called “Stranger.” Rounded out by fellow front people Patricia Hall (Soft Metals) and Andy Grier (Thieves Like Us), is a delicate but dark synth-pop number that sounds like a natural progression from Sniper’s Blank Dogs work. Expect an actual album from the loose collective later this year.
Tag: Soft Metals
The above track is a new Soft Metals selection, taken from a free compilation that’s inspired by Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Grab the rest of it on Bandcamp here.
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Have a look at the first list of SXSW 2012 acts below. Anyone got a lead on a venue and want to throw an unofficial party with us?
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We’ve already told you why Soft Metals was one of our favorite From the Stacks discoveries of 2010. Now you can enjoy a free download of “The Cold World Melts,” as remixed by Chicago’s own VALIS. Check it out after the jump, along with Soft Metal’s year-end picks from our current issue…
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A few weeks ago, we told you about Soft Metals’ debut EP (The Cold World Melts), “a perfectly mastered slab of white vinyl that sounds like Glass Candy…if they shed their slo-mo disco skin and decided to go for our collective jugular on the dancefloor.”
Said record has quickly become one of our favorite extended players of the year—five tracks that could have easily crept into Mute’s early catalog. Since the Portland-based duo is about to invade New York for a series of live/DJ appearances—including Wierd‘s weekly party at Home Sweet Home tonight and Bruar Falls on Friday—we asked singer/multi-instrumentalist Patricia Hall to pass a Needle Exchange mix this way.
In a rare move, she actually tracked her hour-long mix live, reminding us of what it means to actually blend records properly. Beyond that, Hall also was nice enough to share a soon-to-be-released Chromatics cut and a recent HEALTH remix that didn’t quite make it onto the band’s recent Disco2 compilation. See you near the smoke machine tonight…
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Frontwoman Patricia Hall with a friend at L.A.'s Part Time Punks party
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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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