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EDITOR’S PICK: Factory Floor, “Fall Back”
“It’s like pushing an iron elephant up a hill,” Dominic Butler said in a self-titled cover story at the tail end of 2011, referring to the painstaking recording process of Factory Floor. “You have to freeze this oil on water and make it static…We’re not writing the music and then all playing it; we’re molding it as […]
Angel Haze Disses Azealia Banks Over a Rough Diplo Beat
By now, you’ve probably heard about how Angel Haze and Azealia Banks got into a little ‘misunderstanding’ over Twitter this afternoon–one that involved nasty exchanges about native New Yorkers, ill-fated sexual advances and thinly veiled threats. Most of their back-and-forth barbs have been deleted in the interim, but not before Haze delivered a diss track over […]
Bad Brains, Shepard Fairey Collaborate on ‘Hardcore Hot Sauce’
Bad Brains have brought new meaning to the phrase “this is hardcore” by introducing their very own hot sauce. The small-batch concoction–a Scotch Bonnett blend by guitarist Dr. Know and bassist Daryl Jennifer–is available exclusively through the band’s Web store and described (rather humorously) as follows…
Stream the Debut 7” Single of Ty Segall’s New Band, FUZZ
As pointed out on Pitchfork, Ty Segall has added yet another line to his ever-expanding resume: FUZZ, a pedal-pounding, drum-trashing duo that’s rounded out by guitarist Charlie Moothart. Here’s how Trouble in Mind describes their debut 7”: Since it’s first issue in 1966, the ‘Fuzz Face’ pedal has sung it’s distorted siren song & lured many […]
Aidan Baker, Svarte Greiner and Andrea Belfi Form B/B/S Project
Now here’s a ‘supergroup’ we can get behind: B/B/S/, the new Berlin-based side project of Aidan Baker (Nadja), Andrea Belfi and Erik Skodvin (Svarte Greiner, Deaf Center). As heard on the track below, the trio doesn’t just delve into familiar dark ambient territory on their debut album. Due out February 22nd through Skodvin’s Miasmah imprint, […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Vessel, “Raven Banner”
Vessel–the Tri Angle producer who recently landed on our final Top 75 of 2012 list–just shared a previously unreleased track from his Order of Noise sessions on Pitchfork. Slip into the shadows of “Raven Banner” below…
Planet Mu’s Mike Paradinas Shares Song Sketches From 2011-2012
Anyone who misses Mike Paradinas’ old μ-Ziq alias–the producer hasn’t released a record under that name since 2007’s Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Technique LP–needs to check out the Soundcloud set below. While Paradinas claims he “wouldn’t have done anything else” with the 10-track collection of rejected 2011-2012 cuts, it reminds us of IDM’s glory days […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Dublab’s Top Tape Release Party For ‘Dual Form’, Featuring Matthewdavid, Peanut Butter Wolf & More
Via Dublab: Top Tape is co-presented by our brethren in sound, Leaving Records. For this recurrent happening the dublab tape team dig up their favorite cassingles, mixtapes, and cassette spooled albums for a night of magnetic music. This evening of super saturation is hosted by Frosty + Matthewdavid and features an all-tape tag-team rotation of amazing djs. VHS visions are […]