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COMING SOON: Maria Minerva, ‘Sacred & Profane Love’

The Artist/Album: Maria Minerva, Sacred & Profane Love (100% Silk, November 15th) What To Expect: While her choruses are still partly cloudy, Maria Minerva’s fourth release of the year–arriving after an ether-clearing EP, limited cassette, and buzz-stirring album–is also her finest hour. Featuring six bass-heavy stabs at a dance floor that exists solely in Minerva’s […]

NOW PLAYING: Maria Minerva, ‘Noble Savage’ 12”

The Artist/Album: Maria Minerva, Noble Savage 12” (100% Silk, 2011) A Short Review: Not Not Fun’s dance imprint gets its very own Donna Summer, an Estonian enigma with the beats to bust her out of the glo-fi ghetto. As muffled as Studio 54 missives get without losing sight of the hooks at hand, and a […]

STREAM: David Lynch’s Mixtape, From This Mortal Coil To The Kills

Via The Stool Pigeon’s Mixcloud account: Not so much a collection of songs that influenced the album they made together, more a mix of tracks, exclusive to The Stool Pigeon music newspaper, that David Lynch and his musical collaborator/engineer ‘Big’ Dean Hurley have been enjoying recently. Blues, garage rock, rock’n’roll, classic rock, a theme tune, […]

PREMIERE: Chris Connelly, “Compatibility”

With a resume that’s dominated by such iconic industrial acts as Ministry, KMFDM and the Revolting Cocks, Chris Connelly seems like a perfect fit for the metal-centric roster of Relapse Records. His solo material doesn’t involve power electronics or spastic samples, though; it actually errs more on the side of David Bowie, driven by melodic […]

FROM THE STACKS: Thread Pulls

While it’s nearly impossible to make sense of all the music that floods our mailbox, inbox, and various Web browsers every day–not to mention the shelves at self-titled‘s favorite record stores–we’re constantly looking for artists who make us stop what we’re doing and actually listen. Here’s one of them…