California’s Former Selves (aka Paul Skomsvold) has really come into his own over the past few months musically, transforming a simplistic guitar/synth setup into a veritable pastel painting generator. Somehow, he’s able to translate the gorgeous drones of his many recorded works (on labels like Constellation Tatsu, Hooker Vision, Bridgetown Records and more) into...
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Shanghai punk duo Pairs have released Grandparent, an eight track EP available as a name your price download via their Bandcamp. The band, who Foxy D. interviewed earlier this year, are notoriously self-deprecating and announced the EP by saying they hoped it would ‘nudge out a lump of coal as shittest gift’ this Christmas. A double...
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The fifth release in the excellent series of curated guitar performances will be issued November 13th, organized by musician Sam Moss. Track-listing: 1. Temple Walk – Steve Gunn 2. I Think We’ll Be Happy Here- Jordan Fuller 3. Lookout Point- Danny Paul Grody 4. There Is A Place In This Old Town- Nick Schillace...
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Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley unveiled a new project today in the UK newspaper The Guardian. The musician revealed his love of walking – a pastime he says he finds to be ‘an extremely necessary antidote to my otherwise hectic life’ – and the fact that, although nowadays he prefers not to listen to music...
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Patient Sounds is a cassette label and book press run by Matthew Sage and Tiffanie Collins, based in Colorado. Since 2009, they have released more than 25 tapes, artbooks and digital albums, including their own work as well. Matthew has been incessantly writing and recording music under various monikers while Tiffanie has been curating...
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Foogmess has grown a wee bit bigger with each passing year, and 2012 proves no exception. In fact, the latest installment represents an ambitious leap in curation for the annual festival based in Asheville, North Carolina. Spread-out over three days (Friday, October 19 through Sunday the 21st), the expanded roster contains an impressive breadth...
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Denver psych-rock staples Tjutjuna are heading out for some shows in the East this month. Catch them at CMJ or further down South if that be yer neck of the woods. 10/13 Kansas City, MO – KAW Collective 10/14 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle 10/16 New York, NY – Pianos (Portals CMJ Showcase) 10/17...
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UK homeless charity Shelter have teamed up with Audioscope to deliver a fundraiser compilation featuring some real UK heavies including Mugstar, Beak, The Telescopes, Spectrum and Kogumaza to name a few. London’s Dethscalator also feature & Dethscalator’s Kevin Morpurgo also became a daddy just recently so congratulations to you my friend…. All 40 tracks...
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Death Grips, the frankly terrifying rap/total fucking madness combo, has leaked their own new album due to Epic allegedly refusing to confirm a release date. Originally scheduled for an official Fall 2012 release, No Love Deep Web was posted on Twitter and the band’s Facebook page as a free download on October 1st with the...
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Really excited about this new label just launched by Tidal/Venn Rain/etc main man, Jimmy Billingham, along with his partner/artist-in-crime, Jennifer Couch called Sunk Series. Crouch does all the design work, which gives the label an instantly cohesive and unique identity, with Billingham launching all sorts of sonic missiles from his cache of various projects....
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No Monster Club, “a one-man symphony of tropical beats, surf-rock guitars and bubblegum pop melodies” was created by the young Irish songwriter Bobby Aherne. Having tragically passed away earlier this year at age 24, Already Dead is about to release a cassette dedicated to him, consisting of 46 tracks recorded between 2009 and 2012. Unearthed...
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The Tapeworm, the Touch-affiliated cassette label whose past releases have included stellar work by Fennesz, Daniel Menche, Pita and Old Apparatus have announced a brand new ‘by-product’ they’ve called The Wormhole. Joining The Bookworm in the label’s array of non-arthropod invertebrate animal (thanks Wikipedia) loving branches, The Wormhole’s first release will be a double...
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It’s been a heartwarming experience watching you, this wonderful community of musicians, label owners and writers all rallying to aid our striken friend Tom Carter. For several months now, Uli Rois of Bird People / Feathered Coyote Records has been working tirelessly to curate enough sounds for a beautiful 2 cassette benefit compilation called...
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