Minimal wave trio Led Er Est have some exciting stuff going on. Their new album The Diver is coming out early May on Sacred Bones, you can download the excellent first single ‘Kaiyo Maru’ below. They are also releasing a three-track EP called Turritopsis Blues as a part of Monofonus Press’ 10” one sider series. It’s limited edition so better go get it. Oh and House Plants made an awesome video for the title track:
MP3: Kaiyo Maru
Led FB Est.
My first encounter with CROSSOVER was through the cheesy but incredibly catchy song ‘Black Mess‘. They have a new album Gloom coming out in May via Desire, and they have been putting some pretty good remixes up on their Soundcloud lately. My favorite is the remix of ‘How Covld I’ by Mellow Grave (who also did a great job with Deathday’s ‘Blood on a Summer’), but ∆AIMON and VALIS remixes are well worth checking out too. As for some original new tracks, you can watch the video for ‘Wraith in the Woodz’ here.
CROSSOVER FB.
Sweating Tapes have been on the go lately, positioning themselves as the dark synth label of the moment. One of their latest signees are Nightmare Fortress, a “grave rave” four-piece from Seattle. Their debut Until The Air Runs Out EP comes out next month, you can stream it here. We give you this sick Bruxa remix of ‘Killing Time’, premiered by Gucci Goth the other day.
Nightmare Fortress – Killing Time (Bruxa remix)
I was just discussing some fine recent French movies with John from Solar Bears yesterday when they suddenly dropped their new song ‘Cosmic Runner’. The krauty synth piece (accompanied by an appropriately cosmic picture) will be on their forthcoming album Supermigration, which is going to be awesome if ‘Cosmic Runner’ and ‘Alpha People‘ are anything to go by. Stream it below. And make sure to follow Solar Bears on Twitter for some good music and movie recommendations.
Sacred Bones Records recently announced a reissue of U.V. PØP‘s No Songs Tomorrow, a record they describe as an early eighties post-punk classic. U.V. PØP stands for “Ultra Violent PØP”, which certainly sounds better than, say, “ultra bleak post-punk”. British band from Sheffield centered around John White has recently gathered to play some shows in the US and UK. The album is out tomorrow and you can pre-order it here. So yeah, no songs… Until tomorrow!
Our pals Prince Innocence, the Montreal via Toronto duo of Talvi Faustmann and Josh McIntyre, are sure keeping themselves busy these days. Today they dropped a new single ‘Girls’, which you can stream below. Faustmann’s smooth vocals add a dreamy feel to their minimal synth pop. Their debut EP is available from Bandcamp, and as for a full-length album – they’re working on it. At least that’s what they told us when they made that sweet mix a few weeks ago.
Alert! New(ish?) John Maus song! ‘No Title (Molly)’ is a track from an upcoming Domino/Ribbon Record Store Day special called “Smugglers Way”. It’s a zine that comes with five flexi discs of unreleased songs by John Maus, Dirty Projectors, Real Estate, Cass McCombs and Villagers. Since Maus’ We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves was our second favorite album of 2011, we’re happy that his contribution is the one they decided to give away.
John Maus official site.
We never got over Silk Flowers, but hey, at least their members are active in other projects, the latest one being Test House. Along with Silk Flowers’ Peter Schuette, who also used to be in Psychobuildings and make music as Peter’s House Music, the New York based duo features James Elliott, an ex Bear in Heaven and School of Seven Bells member. So yeah, these guys did time in some really cool bands. Bitemarks is their first EP, coming out April 24th on All Hands Electric, here’s one of the cuts:
Test House on Soundcloud.
Welcome to your monthly Light Asylum update! Is it May yet? Is it May Yet? No, not yet. But we do have some good news for you – you can hear another cut from their highly anticipated debut full-length Light Asylum! ‘IPC’ is more uptempo than ‘Shallow Tears’ and ‘Genesis’, I can’t wait to drop it the next time I dj. I also can’t wait for this goddamn album to drop. (It’s out May 1st via Mexican Summer, duh.) Oh and sorry, Mexican Summer, but that widget is ugly so ima put it like this. Download here.
Light Asylum – IPC
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Facebook Asylum.
Watch the crazy new video for Mi Ami‘s latest single ‘Time of Love’, taken from their forthcoming 100% Silk album Decade. Video mulch by Luke Wyatt.
MP3: Time of Love
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Hint: If you click on that Mi Ami tag, you’ll find loads of interesting stuff.
We last heard from Denver’s Brittany Gould, who goes by the stage name of Married in Berdichev, back in 2010. In the meantime, her amazing Readying EP has been made available for free download, so in case you’re not familiar with the release I strongly recommend you immediately go and grab it from her Bandcamp. No word on an upcoming release yet, but yesterday Gould uploaded a new song called ‘Light Comes’ to her Soundcloud. Five minutes of drone pop bliss, take a listen:
Married on Facebook.
Alright, let’s make this an experimental/ psychedelic music Monday! Last week the Oakland-based trio Clipd Beaks released a new album called Wake, which you can download right now from their Bandcamp – only five dollars “for a trip to outer space”. That would be a pretty accurate description, Clipd Beaks go all the way evil on this one. Download one of tracks:
Clipd Soundcloud.
Unrelated – Clip Beaks made a mix for us two (!) years ago. And I’ve recently re-upped it so I thought I’d give it a mention. Ha!