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Mr. Oizo’s Homicidal Tire Film Gets A Proper Trailer, Release Date
Remember when we first told you about Mr. Oizo‘s creature feature about a crazy tire? Well, Rubber is finally getting a proper release in the next couple months, both through on-demand outlets (February 25) and the big screen (April 1). If you’re still unclear as to what the hell the thing’s about–what’s not to love […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Cooly G’s Boiler Room Mix
In the spirit of last week’s Boiler Room sets from James Blake and Pariah comes one from Cooly G, the queen of the UK Funky scene. Not quite sure what that scene actually sounds like? This 45-minute mix–taken from Read Platform–is a perfect starting point…
NOW PLAYING: Scott Tuma, ‘Dandelion’
The Artist/Album: Scott Tuma, Dandelion (Digitalis, 2010) A Short Review: A wind tunnel of woozy guitar leads, foamy field recordings and buried banjos that make us want to spontaneously weep. Incredible stuff.
TEST PRESSING: Stream the Best Coast Side of a New Volcom 7”
Photo by Aaron Richter Hey, it’s another Best Coast song about the sun and summer breezes! Via Gorilla Vs. Bear, of course.
Boris Announce Three New LPs, Including ‘Heavy Rocks’ Reissue
After a relatively quiet release schedule last year, Boris appear to be gearing up for a busy 2011 run. According to the trio’s official site, we can expect the following this spring: a new album on Avex/Tearbridge, a Southern Lord reissue of 2002’s Heavy Rocks CD, and a Sargent House LP called Attention Please. More […]
RVNG Recruit Blondes, JD Twitch, Oneohtrix Point Never and More For 30th Anniversary Harald Grosskopf Reissue
RVNG has announced its first full-on reissue: a 30th anniversary look at the MiniMoog-driven solo debut of Harald Grosskopf. Best known as the beat-dropping backbone of Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze and Cosmic Jokers, Grosskopf delved into the deep end of the analog spectrum on Synthesist–a realm that’ll sound familiar to fans of such new-school […]
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Blondes’ KUNSTHAUS EU Tour Mixtape
Not to make today RVNG Day or anything, but we couldn’t help but notice one other new release on the label’s site this morning: Lover/Hater, the first in a series of limited Blondes 12-inches “that will deal in duality themes.” You can check out the sleeve of that March 15 single after the jump, along […]
Grouper Readies Two New Records For April Release
Pitchfork has managed to pry some exciting news from the ever-elusive Grouper. According to an E-mail exchange between the two, Liz Harris has completed two LPs for an April release: Dream Loss and Alien Observer. Collectively known as A I A, the self-released efforts will be available in digital and vinyl formats, “meant to stand […]
VIDEO: MATT AND KIM GO FIGHT CLUB ON EACH OTHER IN “CAMERAS”
We’re not sure what’s more entertaining: watching this hyper-violent video for Matt & Kim’s “Cameras,” or thinking about how watching the duo beat the living shit out of one another pleases two-thirds of our staff. Incidentally, we’ve met Kim before and her uppercut is really that nasty.