Wednesday, January 30, 2013
!!! - THR!!!ER
Talk about things to look forward to! 2013 is really shaping up to be a great year for music, already in the first quarter even. Besnard Lakes, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Tomahawk, The Knife... and now !!! is releasing their first album since 2010's Strange Weather, Isn't it?.
Thr!!!er comes out April 29th in the US (4/30 in the UK). Nice Nice Nice
Luscious Jackson - Under Your Skin
So not a fan of these type of videos that show the band playing, but I LOVE this song and the album it is on.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
New Besnard Lakes Album out April 2nd, 2013
In spring of 2010 Mr. Brown sent me The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night and I immediately feel head-over-heels in love with the band. I listened to the album non-stop and made it to LA's historic Troubador to see them live (it was an amazing show and I talk about it here). Now word has come down that the band has a new record slated for release on jagjaguwar. The new album is titled "Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO" and above is the first official audio the band has released from it.
SoundGarden - By Crooked Steps Video
Directed by Dave Grohl. I wanted sooo much to dislike King Animal based on two facts: the ticket prices when they first reunited and the song they had in The Avengers, which basically sounded like audio slave. However, King Animal pretty much sounds to me like the next logical step after Down on the Upside, which I always thought was quite the high note for the band to go out on.
Monday, January 28, 2013
How to Destroy Angels - The Loop Closes
Although I did enjoy the eponymous EP that came out two years or so ago, this song - found on last years An Omen E.P. - is probably my favorite thing Reznor has done in a 'band' setting since... I don't know when. With An Omen having been released so close (relatively) to their upcoming debut album Welcome Oblivion I'm hoping this is a harbinger of what is to come. By no means do I mean to suggest I don't like the last few NIN records because I do, but this has a certain throw-back feeling to the simpler digital feel of some of the tracks on Pretty Hate Machine, which in sheer terms of song-craft I don't think he ever topped (certainly each NIN album got better in terms of production and imagination, but the song cycle on PHM is, in my opinion, really just perfect.
HTDA's debut album, Welcome Oblivion, is out March 5th on Columbia Records. I for one have found it fascinating to watch Reznor's career take the twists and turns it has. He's almost more fascinating as a businessman than a musician.
New Song from The Knife - Full Of Fire
New music from The Knife!!! This makes me VERY happy (in a dark and creepy kind of way). The song is the soundtrack to a short film by Marit Östberg*.Their upcoming new record (their first since 2006's masterpiece Silent Shout) is reportedly a double album that comes out April 8th. It is available for pre-order in a variety of formats from their website here.
Here's the trailer for the album:
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