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MP3s: “Crash Tactics” and “PX3″ by 65Daysofstatic

August 16, 2011 By Mark Leave a Comment

British electronic outfit 65Daysofstatic announce the North American release of their latest album We Were Exploding Anyway in a special deluxe edition that also features the recent Heavy Sky EP. The album will be released via Monotreme Records on October 25 and features guest vocals by The Cure frontman Robert Smith (you’ll have to buy the album here to get your hands on that track). However, you can check out MP3s for the pair of lead tracks from the deluxe edition. Stream and download “Crash Tactics” and “PX3″ by 65Daysofstatic below (click down arrow for download):

65daysofstatic ‘Crash Tactics’ by Monotreme Records

65daysofstatic ‘PX3′ by Monotreme Records

Filed Under: MP3s, Upcoming Releases Tagged With: 65Daysofstatic, robert smith, the cure

Fantomas Readies Live DVD/Album For September

August 11, 2011 By Mark Leave a Comment

Mike Patton’s polarizing supergroup outfit, Fantomas, is set to release a live DVD and album from their New Year’s Eve show in San Francisco two years ago. This live incarnation of Fantomas features Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, etc.), Buzz Osborne (Melvins), Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle), and Dale Crover (Melvins). While the DVD/album was announced last month, Patton has shared trailers with fans today on Facebook. The Director’s Cut Live: A New Year’s Revolution will be released September 6 via Ipecac. See the track listing and trailer below:

01. The Godfather
02. Night of the Hunter
03. Cape Fear
04. Experiment in Terror
05. One Step Beyond
06. Rosemary’s Baby
07. The Devil Rides Out
08. Spider Baby
09. The Omen (Ave Satani)
10. Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
11. Vendetta
12. Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion
13. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
14. Der Golem
15. Charade
16. Intermission
17. Simply Beautiful
18. Chariot Choogle

Filed Under: Experimental, Featured, News, Upcoming Releases Tagged With: faith no more, fantomas, melvins, mike patton, mr. bungle, trevor dunn

MP3: “Everlasting Beacon of Light” by Zechs Marquise

August 11, 2011 By Mark Leave a Comment

Here is the first track from The Mars Volta sibling band Zechs Marquise and their forthcoming new album, Getting Paid. The song, “Everlasting Beacon of Light” features guest vocals by Matthew Embree and is available for download here or streaming below [via Consequence of Sound]:

Filed Under: MP3s, News, Rock, Upcoming Releases Tagged With: the mars volta, zechs marquise

DragonTatoo.com Features Track From New Trent/Atticus Score Collab

August 10, 2011 By Mark Leave a Comment

Trent Reznor took to Twitter today to inform fans on the update to David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo website, which most likely features a track from Trent’s new collaborative score with Atticus Ross. As with last year’s Academy Award-winning soundtrack for The Social Network, the experience of listening to the tracks will work best in the context of watching the film. In the meantime, you can check out the droning composition at www.dragontattoo.com.

Filed Under: Experimental, News, Upcoming Releases Tagged With: atticus ross, trent reznor

Listen to 45 Seconds of Each Track From Modeselektor’s Monkeytown

August 6, 2011 By Mark Leave a Comment

Berlin techno duo Modeselektor have decided to share with the world 45 second snippets of all of the tracks off their forthcoming album, Monkeytown. This new album, out September 27 on Monkeytown Records, is their third album and was produced in one session over the course of ten weeks. Flowing freely between styles and tempos, Monkeytown experiments with the edges and extremes, exploring fresh sonic territory from a solid base of beats located deep within the groove. With massive drums, minced vocals and a mastery of mounting tension, Modeselektor creates a new animal out of dance music, a mutating chimera with body parts of left-field hip hop, soulful R&B, punk rap and playful surprises. Contributing to the album is an exciting palette of guest vocalists and musicians, including Thom Yorke, Busdriver, PVT, Anti Pop Consortium, Miss Platnum, Sascha Ring (aka Apparat), Pillow Talk, Gordon Boerger, Siriusmo and Otto von Schirach [via Pitch Perfect PR].

Monkeytown track listing:
01. Blue Clouds – Modeselektor
02. Pretentious Friends – Modeselektor feat. Busdriver (emergency call by Pillow Talk)
03. Shipwreck – Modeselektor & Thom Yorke
04. Evil Twin – Modeselektor (vocals by Otto von Schirach)
05. German Clap – Modeselektor
06. Berlin – Modeselektor feat. Miss Platnum
07. Grillwalker – Modeselektor
08. Green Light Go – Modeselektor & PVT (drums by Gordon Boerger, additional synth by Siriusmo)
09. Humanized – Modeselektor feat. Anti Pop Consortium
10. This – Modeselektor & Thom Yorke
11. War Cry – Modeselektor (guitar by Sascha Ring)

Filed Under: Electronic, News Tagged With: modeselektor, thom yorke

Elf Power/Gerbils Trio Set to Open for Jeff Mangum

July 21, 2011 By Mark Leave a Comment

Elephant 6 senior alums Andrew Rieger and Scott Spillane will open for Neutral Milk Hotel mastermind Jeff Mangum on his upcoming US and Canadian tour. Rieger and Spillane will be joined by Laura Carter (Elf Power) and will perform as an acoustic trio, playing both songs from the Elf Power and Gerbils catalog. Most of Mangum’s tour is already sold out. See the complete listing below:

Aug 8 Burlington, VT First Unitarian Church SOLD OUT
Aug 10 Montreal, QC Cabaret du Mile-End SOLD OUT
Aug 12 Toronto, ON Trinity St. Paul’s United Church SOLD OUT
Aug 13 Toronto, ON Trinity St. Paul’s United Church SOLD OUT
Sept 07 Northampton, MA Academy of Music Theatre
Sept 09 Cambridge, MA Sanders Theatre at Harvard University SOLD OUT
Sept 10 Boston, MA Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory SOLD OUT
Sept 26 Baltimore, MD 2640 Space at St. John’s Church SOLD OUT
Sept 27 Baltimore, MD 2640 Space at St. John’s Church w/ A Hawk and A Hacksaw SOLD OUT
Sept 30 Asbury Park, NJ ATP America – Paramount Theatre
Oct 2 Asbury Park, NJ ATP America – Paramount Theatre
Oct 3 Asbury Park, NJ Paramount Theatre SOLD OUT
Oct 29 New York, NY Town Hall SOLD OUT
Nov 6 Jersey City, NJ Loew’s Jersey Theatre SOLD OUT
Nov 30 Dublin, IRE Whelan’s SOLD OUT
Dec 2 – Dec 4 Minehead, UK
Dec 8 London, UK Union Chapel SOLD OUT
Dec 9 London, UK Union Chapel SOLD OUT

Filed Under: Indie, News Tagged With: Jeff Mangum, neutral milk hotel

Watch Fincher’s TGWTDT Trailer Featuring Trent Reznor and Karen O’s Led Zeppelin Cover

May 28, 2011 By Mark Leave a Comment

Fresh off his Academy Award win for Fincher’s The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross score the director’s next project, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, due in theaters on Christmas 2011. I’m not sure any collaboration is more anticipated this year, especially after the results of their last project. Exhibit A is the new red band trailer released in Europe this week. It features a cover song of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” by Trent Reznor with Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) on vocals. Watch a bootleg version below:

UPDATED: the high quality green band trailer was finally released this week:

Filed Under: News, Upcoming Releases Tagged With: david fincher, karen O, trent reznor

Saul Williams Releases Dance Record

May 4, 2011 By Mark Leave a Comment

Without much press here in the US, Saul Williams released Volcanic Sunlight yesterday via Sony France. The album is his fourth and first since 2007′s Trent Reznor-produced The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust. Williams moved to Paris last year to record the demos for the record and says this is the first album he’s released where the music, not the words is the centerpiece (via www.saulwilliams.com). On first listen, the album is an absolute revelation. Today, the new video for album standout “Dance” was shared via William’s Twitter account (sorry, no embed option). The previously released video for “Explain My Heart” is embedded below:

Filed Under: Hip Hop, News Tagged With: saul williams, trent reznor

Update: The Antlers Play Burst Apart In Its Entirety @ SXSW (update)

March 21, 2011 By Mark Leave a Comment

The Brooklyn-based trio have been announced as headliners at an NPR showcase at The Parish in Austin on March 17. The SXSW event will also be streamed live by NPR and will feature The Antlers playing their untitled and unreleased new album in its entirety. If this doesn’t sound like the potential highlight of this year’s SXSW Festival, I don’t know what does. You can read more about NPR’s coverage of the festival here.

UPDATE: You can listen to The Antler’s live performance of Burst Apart (with trumpet) from earlier today here.

UPDATE #2: NPR has a full video of the performance up at their site. Watch is here.

Filed Under: Indie, News Tagged With: Austin, NPR, SXSW, The Antlers, The Parish

New Dredg Album Due May 3rd, Dan The Automator Produces

February 22, 2011 By Mark Leave a Comment

Radiohead surprises with a new record, and now Dredg says they’ve already finished a Dan The Automator-produced album? I’m not sure if the music gods have smiled harder within one week! Dredg made the announcement on their website and Facebook page today. You can read all the details here. The album drops on May 3 and will be followed by a world tour.

Dan The Automator – Sex (I’m A) by Ulrich_

Dredg – Brushstroke An Elephant In The Delta Waves – 13 by @fish_mx

Filed Under: Experimental, News, Rock Tagged With: dan the automator, dredg