Keeping with their tradition of bringing listeners the finest in underground metal, Abyss Records is pleased to announce the recent signing of Latvian old-school, sludge-laden death metal act DISEIM. With a five-song demo entitled Sinner already making its way through the metal community, DISEIM are currently hard at work on their full-length debut scheduled for a summer 2011 release on Abyss Records. The band is currently available for interviews so…
The style of music that The Pale Pacific play is a very dreamy sort of emo-influenced rock that allows for a greater explication of their tracks, manifest in the sense that the first track “Sucker Punch” breaks the five-minute mark. The band is not content in maintaining their slower tempo, as “Sucker Punch” has eddies and crests, moving towards and away from a brilliant sort of high-octane sound, all while…
Kathryn Calder has had a tremendous year so far with glowing critical acclaim for her debut album Are You My Mother? throughout the world. She and director Jon Busby have collaborated on her newest offering, the video for “Arrow.” The video touches upon many of the dynamics of struggle and perseverence that Calder has seamlessly woven in her album. A young girl and her stuffed animal companion (a famous character…
Röyksopp’s “Senior” (MB3) is the chill follow up to 2009’s dance album, “Junior” The Norwegian electronic duo recorded the albums at the same time, with “Senior” as the mellow instrumental counterpart. IFC says “the ambient music playing in the freak out room when your legs give out from the space invader dance stomping across the floor”. The short film you are about to watch was premiered exclusively on IFC in…
Venezuelan blackened death metal act NOCTIS IMPERIUM have recently released a video for the song “Unus In Nihil” from their Abyss Records debut Nihil. Nihil was released in August of 2010 and is currently available through Abyss Records and features Nick Barker (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH, et al.) on drums. For more information, please visit: www.myspace.com/noctisimperium or www.officialabyssrecords.com “Unus In Nihil” video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvJAp1PaqE
Legendary NOLA gods of sludge, excess and mayhem, EYEHATEGOD, will kick off their 2011 tour escapades with a special one-off show in Seattle, Washington at El Corazon this February. The performance will coincide with the club’s six-year anniversary. Special guests to be announced soon. Who: EYEHATEGOD + special guests When: Saturday February 5th (All Ages/Bar wID) Where: El Corazon 109 Eastlake Ave. East Seattle, WA 98109 $18 ADV/$20 DOS Doors:…
The sound is “Grapes of Wrath”-America at its best , and to elicit “Missouri” in the album title and to live in Iowa really cinches it. The light strumming of the guitar that presents itself through the vast majority of the track, coupled with Dave’ distorted (almost as if they were coming from an old album) vocals on tracks like “Ophelia” really brings listens back to an earlier time. The…
Featuring BANN: Seamus Blake, Jay Anderson, Oz Noy, and Adam Nussbaum, this studio debut recording showcases the attractive and inventive sound of this groundbreaking fusion-acoustic band. On the road since 2007, BANN has performed its original blend of music at Festivals and jazz clubs in France, Sweden, Finland and Germany.
The angular opening to “Enemies” is reminiscent of At The Drive-In, while the emotive vocals of Justin really recall something like Third Eye Blind. “We Come Down” is an example of a nice use of nuance and negative space to really create a dynamic tension that will titillate listeners and subjugate them all the more to the music on “Plastic”. The slightly electronic-tinged sound of “Decorate Your Pavement” brings the…
On Roach Gigz’ first and well received mixtape Roachy Balboa released earlier this year, Roach told the world that he was “The Dopest.” Having successfully proved this to be true, he’s decided to leak “The Dopest 2” from his upcoming mixtape Roachy Balboa 2 to remind us of this feat. While “The Dopest” is a direct and straightforward manifesto of Roach’s place in the Bay Area (and world) rap scene,…
The dreamy style of Page France is something that has not been heard in popular alternative music for years. This really hearkens back to the days of 4 Non Blondes, Lollipop, and Blind Melon. There is a heavy amount of the current time present in Page France as well, which allows “Hello, Dear Wind” to be such a considerable album when compared to the other albums out contemporaneously. During a…
Sun Araw’s 2008 LP Beach Head has been remastered and reissued on Sun Araw’s own label Sun Ark Records. The new version of Beach Head is available on vinyl now. For the uninitiated, Sun Araw is Los Angeles-based guitarist Cameron Stallones. Sun Araw originally issued a limited pressing of Beach Head in 2008 — a release of sunburnt affection for a place that has since submerged: a coastal constellation of…
Atomic Clock, Zion I’s seventh album, sees the group exploring more cosmic and introspective territory than it’s predecessor The TakeOver. The Oakland duo’s message of self-actualization, focus, and spirituality however has remained a constant throughout the group’s carreer. On “Always,” Atomic Clock’s first song, the refrain of “Love conquers always, gotta keep your head up” sums up Zion I’s aesthetic nicely. Paul Bradley and Robyn Twomey’s video, below, projects Amp…
Experimentalist music producer and remix mastermind Diplo teams up with Greensleeves Records to reload and re-release some of Reggae’s greatest classics on Riddimentary – Diplo Selects Greensleeves. Known for his electronic dub musical styling and as one-half of world renowned production team Major Lazer, Thomas Wesley Pentz aka Diplo lends his eclectic ear and considerable talents as a Reggae selector to Riddimentary. The continuous blended mix covers over 20 years…
Tempe, AZ band, Gospel Claws have recorded a cover of one of their favorite tunes from Pulp’s This Is Hardcore. The buzz around their new record C-L-A-W-S has yet to stop building. In a recent interview with Paste Magazine, frontman Joel Marquard says of them being featured on NPR’s All Songs Considered… “I was pretty freaked out. That was insane because I listen to that podcast—I download it to my…
Blair Packham really starts off this album with a vocal style that is not unlike Elvis Costello; the vocals during this opening track recollects “Veronica”-era Costello, while the backing instrumentation gives the track an innovative flair. The only thing that can be said as a negative about this opening salvo has to be the extended ending of the track; the momentum that Packham was building up is dissipated. The second…
Dead Snares front man and creator Jeffrey Cain has teamed up with video director and stop-motion animator Tobias Stretch to create a mini-film for “The Language,” the first track from the Dead Snares debut CD Speak The Language. An epic work of puppetry and stop motion, the video can be viewed at http://popantipop.com/deadsnares/the_language.php or http://vimeo.com/17600764. Jeffrey Cain came across a Tobias Stretch film on the web last year and immediately…
“Wall St.” shows individuals immediately that Pablo is trying to shoehorn eirself into the space between Americana singers like Devendra Banhart and new-folkies like Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes). The vocal harmonies of Pablo during the opening track is almost enough to keep individuals interested, but it seems like “Wall St.” suffers a little bit during the Spartan musical arrangements present. If there were just a little more in the way…
Brooklyn-based, genre-bending musician Ariel Aparicio has signed to Rock Ridge Music with plans to release his next album, “Aerials,” via digital distribution in March 2011. Says Aparicio of the forthcoming album and his label partnership: “Aerials is my most complete work to date. Every song is there for a reason, every word and every sound. It manages to bring together all my musical influences – dance, alternative, punk, new wave,…
The bombastic opening to this LP, the break-neck speeds achieved by “Progress” shows a band that is not afraid to hit the ground running. The mastering on this disc may not be up to Sonic Iguana quality, but the general sound that emanates from this disc both sounds appealing to many a listener’s ears and bolsters the slightly rough and raw sound that Overated live will bring to the tone…