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LISTEN: Earth’s New Album, ‘Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II’
[Pitchfork] As promised in a self-titled interview with Pelican’s Trevor de Brauw, Earth venture further into their self-made forest than ever on Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II. No wonder why frontman Dylan Carlson was name-dropping artists like Sandy Denny and the Smoke Fairies in our year-end issue, which can be read below alongside […]
The Twilight Sad’s Favorite Films
Recording Under the Influence is a recurring self-titled feature where we ask artists to ignore their musical inspirations for a minute and share what really went into the making of a particular record. Since the Twilight Sad have been so forthcoming about the influences on their third album—a slight reinvention that dials their hail storm […]
LISTEN: Anika, “In the City” (Chromatics Cover)
[Photo by I Say Asa] As if he wasn’t busy enough with Beak>, a long-awaited hip-hop LP for Stones Throw (Quakers), and Portishead’s next album, Geoff Barrow also has a hefty release schedule ahead for his label Invada Records. Most of which pops up on a new Soundcloud sampler, including a surprisingly spry Chromatics cover […]
NEEDLE EXCHANGE 085: An Exclusive Mix By … Goth-Trad
By Mitch Strashnov The world of underground electronic music is nothing new to Goth-Trad, Deep Medi Musik‘s Tokyo-based purveyor of deep, definitive dubstep. While he’s recently gained a cult following for tracks that can be traced back to everyone from DJ Krush to the producer’s new label boss Mala, Goth-Trad’s musical career actually began in […]
VIDEO PREMIERE: Warm Ghost, “Myths On Rotting Ships” (NSFW)
Since we already shared a tightly wound mix—featuring David Bowie, Public Image Ltd., Swans and more—from Warm Ghost, self-titled thought we’d take a moment to remind you about the Brooklyn duo’s sorely overlooked 2011 record, Narrows. A minor-keyed marriage of battery-powered beats, Light-Brite-bathed synth lines and melancholic melodies, it hits a melodramatic peak with “Myths […]
THE SELF-TITLED INTERVIEW: Mark Lanegan
AN APPEARANCE IN THE PARK A halting conversation with Mark Lanegan By J. Bennett When we meet Mark Lanegan at a picnic table in a nearly-empty public park in Burbank, it feels like one of us should be carrying a briefcase full of money. Like there might be a sniper in the bushes, watching two […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Peaking Lights, ‘Weird Up 2012 Mix’
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 […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Bear In Heaven, “The Reflection of You (Lovelock Remix)”
Here’s the thing about Bear In Heaven‘s new album: unlike the pitched-down listening party that’s happening at their official site right now, I Love You, It’s Cool is a total head rush listen, flooding your senses with restless rhythms and gleaming, laser-like synth lines. Meanwhile, Steve Moore‘s Lovelock rendition of “The Reflection of You” is […]