A split 12″ with Roy Montgomery should be released some time later this year. It will feature a live recording from their show in Christchurch on Montgomery’s side and 4 new songs on Grouper’s side. Could Vessel and Hold the Way be some of those new songs to be on that release? Dunno. Anyway, go check ‘em out on her myspace.
Terror Bird put up a couple of new tracks on her Myspace page so we asked Nikki Never about them: “I am about to record an album, so those songs may or may not be on it (probably will!) but perhaps re-recorded.”NN: This song is called New Hero and I’m not sure if it will make it on the Night People release or not. You’re the first besides my band to hear it. It is about a woman who is infatuated with a nun.
New Hero
NN: This might be on the release. It’s about a bunch of different things…observing the oddness of modern medicine/plastic surgery by talking about making silicone equilibrium for those who have mental troubles, feeling alien, finding entertainment in social drama, flying in dreams. It was a weird poem that turned into a song.
She’s a Revolutionary
Well, judging by these snippets, we have a lot of dark pop goodness to look forward to. We absolutely love Shadows in the Halls. Check out more hits to be like Thrill Killer, another gem, on her Myspace.
Sociopaths Are Glam is still available. Get it.
Watch it on the Guardian’s webpage.
The tracks Buenos Aires and Bombay are taken from Turzi’s forthcoming sophomore album, B. The album features Bobby Gillespie and Brigitte Fontaine on guest vocals. (I wonder if they would be on the record if their names didn’t start with a ‘B’.) Turzi deliver some more of their blend of electronic, krautrock and world music – the names of the songs suggest which parts of the world that ‘world music’ part comes from. I guess. Here’s the A side.
Buenos Aires
New Beat in Buenos Aires, a Sebastien Tellier & Romain Turzi remix
Excepter’s new album Black Beach is coming out on October 19 on Paw Tracks (vinyl + DVD). It’s actually a soundtrack to the film that features some Excepter’s open-air performances as well as one full show and more. [via]
They also have one more video from that Frkwys: Excepter 12″ we mentioned a while ago. It’s for the song Streched, reworked by JG Thirlwell and the video is by Frank Macias.
Excepter Myspace / official site.
>> Zola Jesus on her new record, opera, post-grave etc. – check out the interview over at Too Cool To Die.
Don’t download this:
When You Sleep (My Bloody Valentine cover)
Apple Orchard (Beach House cover)
+ I sure hope you have these:
My Bloody Valentine – When You Sleep
Beach House – Apple Orchard
2009, Self-ReleasedFrom calming psychedelic folk to tribal tropical drones to catchy melodies, sometimes all in the same song. Another fine release from Wrugs!
Brighton Passout
Our Golden Bones
Download the whole EP (as well as the first one) at their Myspace page. They should be releasing a full-length soon.
2009, Mexican SummerJohn Carpenter’s new 7″ is out now on Mexican Summer. Dude “writes and sings the songs. He plays guitar, bass, piano and viola. J.Explosive is the drummer. ” What does it sound like? As his Myspace page says, “Gothic-American-Blue-Eyed Soul…Raucous, Romantic, Psychedelic Chamber-Pop… A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE…..” Here’s the A-side:
Get Seasons 7″. You can also listen to/buy the recent Possibilities EP here, and get some other releases here.
John Carpenter @ Myspace.
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