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6/11/2013
Washed Out Shares Lyric Video For “It All Feels Right”
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6/10/2013
HANNI EL KHATIB SHARES "PENNY" VIDEO
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THUNDERCAT Stream New Track “Lotus & The Jondy”
THUNDERCAT
Stream New Track “Lotus & The Jondy”
Featured In Trailer for New Web Series “Off Main St”
New Album Apocalypse Out Now On Brainfeeder Records
The analogue explorations of “Lotus & The Jondy,” the latest track from Thundercat’s new album Apocalypse, can be streamed now via Brainfeeder’s Soundcloud page. Thundercat is also featured in the trailer for the debut episode of the new music show “Off Main St.” The groundbreaking long-format show, produced by Dilly Gent (Nigel Godrich’s “From The Basement”), sees Thundercat taking the stage at an epic live show at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, and visiting some of his favorite hometown spots including Amoeba Records, Meltdown Comics and hatmaker Gunnar Fox. Look for the full episode to premiere later this month.
Forever a wildcat and wild card, Los Angeles’ Thundercat is impossible to tame artistically. His 2011 solo debut The Golden Age of Apocalypse, co-produced by Flying Lotus, created a genre-blurring enigma of indie rock and jazz, with a touch of electronica. OnApocalypse—out now digitally on Brainfeeder Records and via CD/LP on July 9—Thundercat brings a fusion of pop, soul, electronica, prog rock and funk into an unexplored dimension. He again pairs up with executive producer Flying Lotus to pull the veil back and reveal the simple truths of the cycle of life, for all its beauty and destruction. It’s an album about loss and rebuilding, trying to gain something back, and capturing that moment of clarity where one finally finds feet back on the ground again.
Apocalypse Press Quotes
“with Apocalypse, Thundercat has made an emotionally complex record, while still finding time to party.” – NPR Music, First Listen
“’Oh Sheit It’s X’... is an early candidate for 2013’s greatest summer jam.” – Rolling Stone
“Los Angeles ‘Bass god’ Thundercat just dropped the best album of the year. A shimmering collection of celestial funk, Apocalypse features production from beat savant Flying Lotus and oscillates between good-natured jazz-pop and plaintive soul.” – Complex
“a groundbreaking solo artist... who weaves soulful melodies and funky beats around his virtuosic bass playing.” Interview Magazine
“Thundercat's Apocalypse... takes its name from the end of days but sounds more like a new start. Miles Davis might have put it more simply: That motherf*cker can play.” – LA Weekly
“everything on Apocalypse is about taking stock, figuring yourself out, and making sure that the people that mean something to you know that they do. That it arrives through the conduit of somebody who has an elaborate means to express this, but knows when and how to keep things simple? That's how you translate virtuosity into something that hits you right in the heart.” – Pitchfork, 8.2 review
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The insinuating coo of Alessis Ark at SPACE in Evanston
The insinuating coo of Alessis Ark at SPACE in Evanston
Posted by Peter Margasak today at 04.30 PM
- REBECCA MILLER
- Alessi's Ark
Her melodies are sweetly insinuating and while it would be nice if she added some uptempo rhythms into the ballads and mid-tempo nuggets, I can't say that I mind too much. The pretty tracks that percolate behind her singing are mostly acoustic, with guitar arpeggios complemented by fleeting washes of kalimba, strings, organ, and more generous heapings of harmony vocals. I haven't listened to The Still Lifeenough to say if it has staying power, but I'm expecting to find out soon. Below you can check out "The Rain."
Today's playlist:
Tim Maia, Tim Maia (1977) (Som Livre)
Splashgirl, Pressure (Hubro)
Pekos/Yoro Diallo, Pekos/Yoro Diallo (Yaala Yaala)
Cakewalk, Wired (Hubro)
Ingar Zach & Andreas Meland, Music for Tinguely (Prisma)
Splashgirl, Pressure (Hubro)
Pekos/Yoro Diallo, Pekos/Yoro Diallo (Yaala Yaala)
Cakewalk, Wired (Hubro)
Ingar Zach & Andreas Meland, Music for Tinguely (Prisma)
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6/08/2013
6/06/2013
HUGH CORNWELL NEW STUDIO ALBUM 'TOTEM AND TABOO'
HUGH CORNWELL NEW STUDIO ALBUM 'TOTEM AND TABOO'
OUT JUNE 25TH VIA RED RIVER ENTERTAINMENT AND THROUGH RED/SONY DISTRIBUTION
ENGINEERED AND MIXED BY STEVE ALBINI
LISTEN TO THE ALBUM HERE
WATCH THE 'TOTEM AND TABOO' VIDEO HERE
INITIAL NORTH AMERICAN DATES ANNOUNCED
Photo: Kevin Nixon
Followng rave reviews in the UK, Hugh Cornwell’s new studio album TOTEM AND TABOO is set to be released in the US on June 25th, via Red River Entertainment and through Red/SONY Distribution. Recorded at Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago, the album was engineered and mixed by the legendary Steve Albini.
Hugh
Cornwell is one of the UK's finest songwriting talents and accomplished
live performers. The original guitarist, singer and main songwriter in
the British rock band The Stranglers, he’s enjoyed massive UK
and European success with 10 hit albums and 21 Top Forty singles,
etching himself into the UK and Europe's musical psyche with classic
songs, including Peaches, No More Heroes, Golden Brown, Always the Sun, Grip, Nice N Sleazy, Duchess and Skin Deep. Cornwell’s last studio album, the critically acclaimed Hooverdam, produced and mixed by Grammy award winner Liam Watson, is available as a free download from his official website - www.hughcornwell.com.
Hugh
will embark on a full North American tour later this year and will
feature the new songs, as well as classic Stranglers material.
Initial dates are below.
NORTH AMERICAN DATES (MORE FORTHCOMING):
Dec 3rd - Smiths Olde Bar - Atlanta, GA
Dec 4th - Casbah at Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC
Dec 5th - Black Cat - Washington, DC
Dec 8th- Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
Dec 10th - Sellersville Theatre - Philadelphia, PA
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GG Allin "My Prison Walls" Hardcover Collector's Book
GG Allin "My Prison Walls" Hardcover Collector's Book
Limited to 2500 Numbered Copies
Pre-order HERE - Ships early August 2013
Check out the VICE Magazine story with exclusive images HERE (NSFW)
FREE SHIPPING ON PRE-ORDERS (DOMESTIC US ONLY)
2013 marks the 20th anniversary of the death of GG Allin,
the most notorious Rock N Roll artist of all time. For the first time
ever, Allin's prison-era memoirs have been compiled in "My Prison
Walls", a 208 page hardcover numbered limited edition collector's book
that contains letters, illustrations, prose, and Allin's own personal
accounts of his time spent in prison. It is limited to 2500 numbered
copies.
The
book begins with Allin's "30 Days In The Hole" his journal, in his own
handwriting, detailing his first days in lock up. This comprises the
first 50 pages of the book and gives the reader a first-hand account of
Allin's mindset at the time. In addition, there are over 40 pieces of
art and prose by Allin, plus correspondence with his family members,
convicted serial killer John Wayne Gacy, Jeff Clayton of ANTiSEEN, and
many others.
This
book cover is wrapped in black saifu cloth and decorated / titled in
red foil blood stamping. Each book is individually numbered and
shrink-wrapped for protection and preservation. After the 2500 copies
have been sold, the book will not be re-printed. In this sense, it is a
true collector's item for any fan of GG Allin or the history of Rock N
Roll music.
Pre-order here:
http://aggronautix.com/products.cfm?productid=82
http://aggronautix.com/products.cfm?productid=82
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6/04/2013
WIRE on tour this summer
WIRE HIT THE ROAD
Alongside previously announced dates in North America, Wire are now announcing a series of shows in the UK and continental Europe. These include a few festivals and special events such as The MIV Festival in Pordenone, Italy (free entry), Open East Festival in London (the official re-opening of the Olympic Park), boutique festivals Beacons in Skipton, and No.6 in Portmerion (where the iconic ’60s TV series "The Prisoner" was filmed) as well as a very special show in the Amerikaans Theatre in Brussels. Here is the list of everything that is announced at this point.
JUNE
JULY
9th - USA - Detroit, Mi - Museum of Contemporary Art
10th - CANADA - Toronto - Lee's Palace
12th - USA - Cambridge, Mass - The Sinclair
13th - USA - Phiadephia, PA - Union Transfer
14th - USA - Washington, DC - Black Cat
16th - USA - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
17th - USA - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
19th - USA - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Festival
28th - UK - London - Open East Festival
AUGUST
17th - UK - Skipton - Beacons Festival
23rd - Switzerland - Lausanne - For Noise Festival
SEPTEMBER
14th - UK - Leicester - Musician
15th - UK - Portmerion - Festival No. 6
17th - UK - Glasgow - King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
18th - UK - Newcastle - Cluny
19th - UK - Leeds - Brudenell Social Club
20th - UK - Norwich - Arts Centre
21st - Belgium - Brussels - Amerikaans Theatre
23rd - UK - Brighton - Komedia
24th - UK - Wolverhampton - Civic Hall
25th - UK - Bristol - Fleece
26th - UK - Manchester - Gorilla
27th - Eire - Dublin - Workingman's Club
OCTOBER
05th - France - Paris - Trabendo
06th - Germany - Koln - Luxor
07th - Germany - Hamburg - Knust
08th - Germany - Berlin - Postbahnhof
09th - Germany - Dresden - Beatpol
10th - Austria - Vienna - WuK
12th - Switzerland - St Gallen - Palace
14th - Germany - Stuttgart - Universum
15th - Germany - Osnabruck - Kleine Freiheit
16th - Netherlands - Utrecht - Tivoli
NOVEMBER
07th - Finland - Helsinki - Tavastia09th - Poland - Wroclaw - Wroclaw Industrial Festival
There are additional dates both within this period and outside it which we cannot announce yet. Please keep an eye on the front page of pinkflag.com for further announcements.
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6/03/2013
Miranda Lee Richards @ Bootleg Bar
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Alessi's Ark tour starts in Seattle tonight
Alessi’s Ark
Alessi's Ark US Tour 2013
June 3rd: Alessi’s Ark @ Sunset Tavern Seattle w/ Sam Amidon
June 4th: Alessi’s Ark @ Holocene Portland w/ sam amidon
June 6th: Alessi’s Ark @ The Chapel San Francisco w/ sam amidon
June 7th: Alessi’s Ark @ Bootleg Theater LA w/ sam amidon + Miranda Lee Richards
June 11th: Alessi's Ark @ SPACE Evanston IL w/ Patterson Hood
June 14th: Alessi’s Ark @ Mercury Lounge
June 15th: Alessi’s Ark @ Rockwood Music Hall
June 16th: Alessi’s Ark @ Johnny Brendas w/ sam amidon
June 18th: Alessi’s Ark @ Next Stage Putney VT w/ sam amidon
June 19th: Alessi’s Ark @ TT and the Bears Cambridge w/ sam amidon
June 20th: Alessi’s Ark @ One Longfellow Square ME w/ sam amidon
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CHELSEA WOLFE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM PAIN IS BEAUTY
CHELSEA WOLFE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM PAIN IS BEAUTY
RELEASE DATE SEPTEMBER 3RD ON SARGENT HOUSE
+ HEADLINE US/CANADIAN TOUR DATES
+ HEADLINE US/CANADIAN TOUR DATES
Photo by Anna Dobos
How often nowadays do we read of an artist's "intensity", or their rhetorical, one-of-a-kind individuality? Journalistic hyperbole routinely contorts the mundane into the "epic", the tired into the inspired, all the while heaping praise on performers as seemingly vacuous and generic as possible. Navigating the landscape of contemporary alternative music can be an exercise in redundancy; true visionaries and boundary-pushers are few and far between. Enter Chelsea Wolfe. To simply call Wolfe unique would be an understatement. Even among her peers in the so-called "drone-metal-art-folk" scene she's an icon, a stand-alone singer/songwriter whose fully-formed aesthetic and haunting timelessness appear almost without effort.
Originally hailing from Northern California, Wolfe's formative years were spent tinkering in her country musician father's home studio, crafting "Casio-based gothy R&B" songs. For years, however, she lacked the confidence to share her creations. Then, in 2009, an overseas excursion as part of a nomadic performance troupe ignited her passion for performing and initiated a renewed interest in writing and recording. A year later she emerged with a breathtaking debut album, 2010's The Grime & The Glow, immediately establishing herself as the focal point in a wave of new artists intent on blurring the lines between established alt-rock memes. Marrying the gentle intimacy of folk, the atmospheric voodoo of death rock, and the bleak, sullen nihilism of black metal, Wolfe's sound effectively cast a genre all her own: a cavernous rumble, marked by stuttering drums, ethereal synths, and a wash of guitar, all very much in the service of one of the most hypnotic, celestial voices in modern music.
In 2011, Wolfe relocated to Los Angeles and recorded her second album, Apokalypsis, which was subsequently met with critical adoration. In 2012, she signed with L.A.-based Sargent House and released Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs, less an "unplugged" digression than an exploration of the sonic possibilities afforded by peeling-back some of what makes her characteristic sound so lush. The results, as NPR's All Songs Considered noted, are "every bit as ethereal and haunting as past work that mines the darkness of artists like Burzum and Leonard Cohen in one breath". On the heels of the acoustic album, Wolfe released an EP of covers by the enigmatic anarcho-punk band, Rudimentary Peni, entitled Prayer for the Unborn. This out-of-left-field development served not only to illustrate Wolfe's artistic solidarity with some of underground music's most fringe elements, but also to underscore her single-minded commitment to her vision, and nobody else's.
Now, in 2013, Chelsea Wolfe is set to unveil her third studio album, Pain is Beauty. A self-described love letter to nature, many of the album's 12 tracks veer in a decidedly more electronic direction than previous recordings, while at the same time capitalizing on Wolfe's trademark penchant for the morose and otherworldly. As she explains, the album "becomes an exploration of ancestry, how the mythology, landscapes and traditions of our ancestors affect our personalities today." She continues, "Honesty is what initially drew me to music, and I've been more honest and open with myself than ever through these songs. There is peace in truth. There is clarity in solitude. And there is power within simplicity and focus. Love is not always easy. Tormented love is something I understand more than society's skewed idea of what love should be. Love is indelible, severe, earnest, merciful. To push forward against the odds is to make history".
Fleshed-out by bandmates Ben Chisholm (Wolfe's co-producer), Kevin Dockter, and Dylan Fujioka, Pain is Beauty's dozen tracks form a coherent whole which never lingers too long in any one territory. Aptly-titled opening track "Feral Love" circles the listener, brooding with measured severity, its imminent threat instead surrendering to an encompassing swell which just as quickly retreats into silence. The plodding dirge of the brief "We Hit a Wall" soon gives way to the sinuous electronica of "House of Metal", whose fairytale keyboard and synthetic strings provide a purpose-driven sense of tranquility amongst the strangeness of nature. "The Warden" continues this theme, it's flittering shards of syncopated minimalist pop a crystalline canvas for Wolfe's mesmerizing croon. "Destruction Makes the World Burn Brighter" is a swinging, reverb-readied anthem, it's relentless "Who's that girl/use that gun" chorus over almost as soon as it begins. "Sick" feels heavy by comparison, despite the total absence of percussion, its breathy minimalism giving way to the uplifting refrain "we carry on." The album's most overtly political track, "Kings," is a buzzing examination of the status quo, bookended by "Reins", whose waxing forward-pull effectively channels an atmosphere reminiscent of the darkest of early eighties' post-punk all the while exploring the concept of closeness from times past to modern days: "These horses, they pull me…these wires, they pull me…to you." Next is "Ancestors, the Ancients", an impassioned plea to "holy ancestors" amid a swooning, heady mixture of thundering drums and understated guitar. The following track, "They'll Clap When You're Gone", finds Wolfe at her most vulnerable. "I carry a heaviness like a mountain", she confesses. Track eleven, "The Waves Have Come", unfurls itself methodically, pushing past the 8-minute mark (whereas the other tracks hover around 3-4 minutes). A heartbreaking story of love, loss and death in a natural disaster, Wolfe's lyrics provide a poignant summation of themes prevalent across the album: "We don't need physical things to make us feel and make us dream. When earth cracks open and swallows then we'll never be tired again, and we'll be given everything the moment we realize we're not in control". Album closer "Lone" provides a tentative parting of ways necessitated by the formalities of physical media. "When the sorrow is all gone", breathes Wolfe, "it is buried in the sun".
Chelsea Wolfe makes records that transcend time, avoid pigeonholing, and most importantly, allow a glimpse into the soul of a true visionary. Her work is free of the contrivances of lesser artists, the trivial "concepts" and pandering for attention at any cost. Hers is a dignified way of doing things, proven without any doubt by the sheer quality of her work. Pain is Beauty presents not so much an auditory experience as it does an encompassing atmosphere with which the listener can surround themselves, a soul-stirring link with infinity.
TOUR DATES
8/25 - Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest, LA Historic Park
9/01 - Tucson, AZ @ Hoco Festival
9/03 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
9/04 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
9/06 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
9/07 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's
9/08 - New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
9/09 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
9/10 - Chapel Hill @ Local 506
9/11 - Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
9/13 - NYC, New York @ Bowery Ballroom
9/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
9/15 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
9/17 - Toronto, ONT @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
9/19 - Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom
9/20 - Lexington, KY @ Boomslang Festival
9/21 - Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
9/22 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
9/24 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
9/25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
9/27 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
9/28 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
9/30 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
8/25 - Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest, LA Historic Park
9/01 - Tucson, AZ @ Hoco Festival
9/03 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
9/04 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
9/06 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
9/07 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's
9/08 - New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
9/09 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
9/10 - Chapel Hill @ Local 506
9/11 - Washington DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
9/13 - NYC, New York @ Bowery Ballroom
9/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
9/15 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
9/17 - Toronto, ONT @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
9/19 - Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room at Crofoot Ballroom
9/20 - Lexington, KY @ Boomslang Festival
9/21 - Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
9/22 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
9/24 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
9/25 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
9/27 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza
9/28 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
9/30 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Pain is Beauty
Sargent House
September 3, 2013
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