So you’re the keyboard player for Emmy the Great. Of course, this isn’t your full-time occupation, so how do you spend your time away from knocking out sweet folk-pop melodies? How about creating spiky instrumental math rock which pitches your band as the British Battles?
So, we had songs for lovvers lovers recently and now we have a taster of the real thing.
AXTXTXIXUXDE is a sneak preview mp3 from the new Lovvers album and it’s very tasty indeed.
Here’s a summer mix, inspired mainly by this oppressive heat haze we’ve been experiencing in TX over the last week or so. Seriously, kids can’t even go to a baseball game here these days without almost dying. Featuring a bunch of stuff I’ve been listening to a lot lately…
Back in May, Chicago post-rock trio The Poison Arrows put out their debut LP, First Class, and Forever, through File-13 (buy it here), where you can find the original of "An Unexploded Dream". We think this remix from New Crystal Aquarium (ex-Film School guitarist Nyles Lannon and Tim Hingston) exemplifies the song title a bit more accurately, swelling like a water balloon filled with worms that never break the membrane. In other words, it goes pretty deep. Look for more PA remixes on File-13 this summer.
Ahmed Gallab (Sinkane) is not just a drummer for the indie elite (Caribou, of Montreal, Born Ruffians) but he’s also a mastermind behind the psychedelic music of his solo project.
His third, self-titled release is part one of a two album series starting where last year’s ‘Color Voice’ left off. A stream-of-consciousness, purposefully rough around the edges record. More cohesive and structured than ‘Color Voice’, filled with African blues guitar, kraut rock rhythms, free jazz horns, and a Spacemen 3-esque ambience. Sinkane is a swami, psychedelic journey full of drones, repetition, and bombastic percussion.
By my count, San Francisco slow-punk titans Flipper have reformed twice, once in 1993 at the behest of uber-fan Rick Rubin and again in 2005 to support the dying CBGB. Unlike CBs, the new Flipper flourished, and the quartet–joined in 2006 by Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic–just released a new studio album, Love, along with an accompanying live disc, Fight.
We’ve been hearing the rumors for a minute, and it’s now official: GvsB faves Harlem have signed with Matador to a "worldwide, multi-record deal." Congrats, dudes.
As you may have noticed, along with the lack of posts going on around here, the Graboid has seemingly disappeared as well the past couple of weeks. To catch everyone back up to speed, I’ve decided to post the album releases from the past few weeks that we’ve missed along with everything from this week. I’m sure I may have missed some releases, but I think I’ve covered most of the important stuff for the most part. As usual, let us know what album(s) you’ve been excited about and if we managed to forget anything!
Completely missed out on the opportunity to be on the early giveaway of “Footsteps” the new single from London’s Pocketbooks earlier in the month. The single has now been released as of yesterday via iTunes, but I can still give it a mention here at least. It’s a lovely toe-tapping indiepop song from the band’s debut Flight Paths which will be released on the London label How Does It Feel To Be Loved? which, by the way, is the best label name I’ve ever heard. Exaggerating of course, but it’s still wonderful!
The mysterious forces behind Weird Tapes + Memory Cassette — which may or may not have been the same person all along — have "merged" to form Memory Tapes, and will be releasing a new full-length this fall (limited vinyl run on Acephale and Something In Construction in September, with a wider release to follow). "Bicycle" is the dreamy lead single from the new album, and will be released on 12" in August in the UK on Loog Records:
Loved the photos-- the conversions came out real nice, and the one w/ the bloke in the jean jacket staring...
Great article on Hatcham Social, interesting hearing it from the photographer's side.
And loving the backstage pictures particularly.
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I have never heard of these guys before today. There are always problem children at concerts trying to pick...
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Some recent shots of Hatcham Social by Charlie Ingham. Here also a piece about the band written by the photographer....
The Thermals photos from Glasgow Stereo, 17/06/2009, Stephen McLeod....
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Artrocker: It’s been a while…are you worried people have forgotten you?
Luke Ford: We haven’t really got any fear about anything like that – we’re kind of confident. There’s always going to be a passing buzz with bands. It’s...
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