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BREAKING: Bear Hands

Interview by Arye Dworken Since Bear Hands are about to spark a lengthy fall tour–including nearly three weeks alongside We Were Promised Jetpacks–we thought this week’s Breaking profile could double as a reminder of how sorely overlooked the Brooklyn band’s debut album (Burning Bush Supper Club) is. That’s our take, at least. If you ask […]

PRIMER: Ulrich Troyer On … 10 Essential Dub Records, Featuring a Digi-Dub Mix With Rhythm & Sound, Gregory Isaacs and More

To help celebrate the release of Ulrich Troyer‘s Songs For William LP–the first installment in an experimental dub trilogy for Mala’s Deep Medi Musik imprint–we asked the producer/comic book illustrator/Vegetable Orchestra alum about 10 of his favorite pressure-cooked LPs. He gladly shared the following guide, as backed by an exclusive “DigiDub” mixtape…

NE069: An Exclusive HTRK Mix

When self-titled first asked HTRK to lend one of their carefully curated mixes to our Needle Exchange series, we expected shades of the black-lit sound that the Australian duo first sculpted with bassist Sean Stewart in 2003. Guitarist/programmer Nigel Yang and frontwoman Jonnine Standish went several steps further, however, splicing bits of James Brown, Chris […]