By David D. Robbins Jr. | Their Bated Breath Le Days “Dead People On Tape” (2011) Cacospysy Records Le Days’ newest 16-track record (written in three parts), “Dead People On Tape”, makes Morrissey seem chipper. It may be time to crown Swedish singer-songwriter Daniel Hedin as the new minstrel of mope. This record is about…
I’ve been listening to Spastic Joy for a little while now, but I still don’t know much about them. They list themselves as the duo of Menes and Rubin Vitriol at their facebook page. They’re part of the endlessly creative flow of music coming out of Clan Destine Records, which includes artists like The KVB,…
Hello Electric’s prowling, near-mythic album opener, “Hook”, begins with the darkly-whispered phrase, “Tonight’s the night.” And from there, the four track “Dead Champion EP”, moves in and out of styles akin to Henry Rollins and Cymbals Eats Guitars, with doomed flare-ups like the now-defunct Double Daggers. The band will release their EP on October 25th…
It’s been almost a year since I last wrote about San Francisco’s Dominant Legs, which has since turned from the duo Hannah Hunt and Ryan Lynch into a full quintet. There newest record, “Invitation”, out now via Lefse Records, is a tantalizingly melodic and upbeat piece of honest pop. One of the songs, “Where We…
Guilty Ghosts (aka Tristan O’Donnell) posted a track up on soundcloud called, “Everlasting Evening”, featuring Sea Oleena. It’s a single off his upcoming October release, “Veils”. Until then, you can listen to more Guilty Ghosts’ music at bandcamp. “Everlasting Evening” is a dark, atmospheric track, with steady percussion and reverb guitar. About halfway into this…
Our friends at Daytrotter have posted another sweet session today, featuring Chicago veterans The Sea And Cake. The band are coming off their 2011 six-track mini-album, “The Moonlight Butterfly”, released via Thrill Jockey. Sam Prekop and the boys are back to breaking-down song structures, and inventing their own creative mix of soft electronic forms on…
Feist’s new album “Metals” is out October 3rd in the UK/Europe and on Oct. 4th in the U.S., via Cherrytree/Interscope. Enter your e-mail address to receive a link to a site where you can stream the record in full. — David D. Robbins Jr.
Adult Swim network released “[unclassified]”, an album featuring 18 tracks from a range of electronic artists, including Dauwd, Pinch, Actress, Babe Rainbow, SBTRKT, Burial and many more. You can visit the Adult Swim/[unclassified] site here and download the entire album for free. The TV network said in a release that, “Promotions like [unclassified] provide us…
Radiohead ripped it up on The Colbert Report on Monday night, and despite the band’s aversion to sit-down interviews there were a number of highlights beyond the music. Colbert suggested the night would be a “mind-blowing evening for music nerds”. He joked that “in the event any Radiohead-heads totally lose their shit” he’d have a…
Jeane’s “Hidden House” EP is the latest record from a New York band started by Vacation’s Paul Dally, featuring drummer Kyle Jacques, bassist Quinn Lewington, with help from Oberhof keyboardist Dylan Treleven. If you’ve been missing Echo & the Bunnymen, or enjoy Bauhaus, then this might just be the band for you. The four songs…
London’s David’s Lyre posted a free track called “Hidden Ground” up at soundcloud. It’s a pretty piano-based, uptempo piece of pop-rock that may reveal more about the artist than the clever, biblical nom-de-plume or the mask he wears in photos and at live shows. The band’s singer is Paul Dixon, and his music has shades…
Music lovers owe it to themselves to visit the digital label BEKO as much as possible. There’s free music galore and it’s nearly always good, or at least interesting. The latest post is No. 95, featuring two tracks from the Cherepovets, Russia band with the Spanish name, 2Muchachos or To Muchachos. Whatever you call them,…
Moon Bounce is Philadelphia’s warped electronic maestro Corey Regensburg, and the cleverly-titled “Darn Your Best Frock” is his foray into a world of sonics, dub, and twisted experimentation. What’s nice about this record is it isn’t the kind of synthetic electronic album that tries to be chilled out and overly smooth. Yeah, a song like…
Albatross posted a dark glitch-filled track, “Murder”, up on their soundcloud page. It’s a mid-tempo, chilled-out, sensual adventure into the night. You can hear the faint phrase, “They’ll call it murder”, sung Albatross consists of Sydney’s Thomas McAlister and Sam Weston. You can follow them at facebook and on tumblr. — David D. Robbins Jr.
Listen to Peaking Lights’ spaced-out, dream-dub remix of Smith Westerns’ single “End of the Night”, off the latter’s latest release “Dye It Blonde”. Follow Peaking Lights at their facebook page. You can also follow Smith Westerns. — David D. Robbins Jr. Smith Westerns “End of the Night” (Peaking Lights)
Wild Beasts are giving away a new track, “Thankless Thing”, the b-side to their “Smother” single, “Reach a Bit Further”. The full single will be available on November 14th via digital download and on limited edition colored 12-inch vinyl. It collects the b-sides from the “Smother” album. The tracklisting is as follows: A1. Reach A…
Canada’s Cold Specks posted the b-side, “Old Stepstone”, from her debut single, “Holland”, at her soundcloud page. The single is limited to 250 copies, so you’ll need to grab yours quickly when it’s released on October 17th via ParadYse Records. You can pre-order here or buy it at I-Tunes. Cold Specks, even in her previous…
St. Vincent just released her newest album, “Strange Mercy”, which means newer videos are being posted as Annie Clark plays more live shows featuring the new material. There was the Metropolitan Museum of Art show in New York, the Spin Magazine solo set, the show at Space 15 Twenty, and now KCRW put up a…
California’s Tashaki Miyaki are nearly ready to release their debut 4-song self-titled EP at bandcamp, beginning with “Somethin’ Is Better Than Nothin’” — which also has a video to go with it. The EP will be available October 31st, and will include four bonus tracks, featuring a cover of Buddy Holly’s “Heartbreak”. You might hear…
Sean Moeller and our friends at Daytrotter posted an EMA session today, with tracks from her release, “Past Life Martyred Saints”, including the song “California”. Yeah, her noise rock is for the young and the bruised. The girl who slashed her wrists in high school. The one who wasn’t afraid to be labeled un-girly because…
Seductive electronic experimenters, Spirit Sisters, have added another one-word track, “Up”, to a trio of pretty posts that include the songs, “He” and “She”. “Up” is warped, glitched-out and glistening. It’s the third song in a musical journey of sorts. Each song is obviously synthetic, but they also feel organic, like moody improvisations. They’re wandering,…
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