Transmissions from Echo Beach with Derek Westerholm and DJ Babs:
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Description: Exuberance/Ebullience, banter, possibly an interview, context and connection, the familiar, the strange.
Find: Symphonies of Treble, Words Of Expectation, stab, skronk, shimmer, sheen, The New Sound of Now, Ideas for Walls, pleasure, pith, Flutter and Wow, Motorik, cowbells, disco akimbo, at least one Cantankerous Singer, The German Language, shards of glass, Ethiopian Punk, organic, synthetic, sawtooths & squarewaves, Library Riffage, yesterday's recipes, the wrong speed, intentional static, floating, ethereal, time and timelessness.
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Music behind DJ: Lime |
Guilty
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Lime 3 |
Unidisc Music |
1983 |
Today Donald J Trump was found guilty of ALL 34 charges in the Stormy Daniels hush money case. JUSTICE SYSTEM AT WORK!!!! |
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| Ryland Bouchard |
I Need Sleep
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Better This Than Nothing | Swim Slowly | 2010 | Ryland Bouchard hails from Ashfield, Massachusetts. "One of the most creative and potentially scary minds of our generation." -Daytrotter "Calm and vaporous. Timid and ethereal." -Blogotheque Swim Slowly releases mostly handmade and limited edition releases using sustainable and organically produced materials. | 0:02:12 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Lonewolves In Paradise |
Omega Water
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Omega Water | Wooolf Sounds | 2021 | Lonewolves in Paradise are from Antwerp, Belgium. They are inspired by bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Ramones, Joy Division. They have been releasing singles steadily for the last 3 years and are currently gigging in the Europan territory.... | 0:05:16 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Das Gud |
With Milk
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With Milk Single | Das Gud | 2023 | Introducing With Milk by Das Gud, the remarkably talented and uproariously 10-year-old musician. With an innate wit beyond his years, Das Gud brings a fresh and clever perspective to the punk genre. His debut single With Milk is a testament to his sharp sense of humour and knack for crafting catchy melodies. Despite his tender age, Das Gud possesses a vocal attitude that defies expectations. With a raw and unapologetic delivery, his voice brims with a fiery passion that resonates powerfully. Das Gud fearlessly channels his youthful energy into his punk music, infusing it with an intensity and conviction that demands attention. His vocal presence, marked by a combination of grit and determination, adds an extra layer of authenticity to his already impressive talent. In an impressive display of musical talent and determination, Das Gud independently recorded each instrument separately for his latest masterpiece. At the age of just 10, he embraced the challenge of meticulously crafting every element of the track. This meticulous approach allowed him to shape every aspect of the music with precision and creativity, resulting in a truly remarkable and unique sound. Prepare to be amazed by the prodigious talent and infectious charm of Das Gud, the rising star of music's next generation. And if you like, me...are reading and hearing this and thinking FUCK THAT KID IS TEN YEARS OLD AND JUST ROCKED MY ASS OFF...yeah. The kids are alright. | 0:07:47 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Irked |
Backstreets
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Backstreets Single | Scene Report | 2023 | We women have lots of shit we'd like to sing about but as long as we need these songs we're going to keep writing them. There will be obvious comparisons to Amyl and the Sniffers and Sleaford Mods, but Irked have more to offer. They have that wonderful, jangly guitar that set the Dead Kennedys apart combined with rapid-fire, incredibly thoughtful lyrics and it makes for a thoroughly enjoyable and very intense listen. It takes the snarky, snotty quality of the Sex Pistols and leaves the bad musicianship on the curb. If you’re looking for something new, urgent and very relevant, Irked is a band worth tracking down. | 0:09:50 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| French Cowboy & The One |
Giving Up
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French Cowboy & The One | Havalina Records | 2013 | Crampsy Swampsy Goodness? A bit of Hivesy Franz Ferdinand? Yep. "At first, I thought about changing jobs, or rather, finally finding one. One that was worthwhile. Palpable. Pandemics give you time to think. Something where you make things, chairs, tables, sit on what you've made, eat on it. I used to listen to the radio, which was all about that, the essential, the superfluous. Sometimes a song. Clara, Juliette, Stromae, Dominique, Philippe, always the same ones. Feu Chatterton. The Brel and Aznavour fires reconvened. Barbara. I thought my parents would take this music with them when they left. But no, it's back, like elephant's feet, recycled, greenwashed as we'd say today. What's the point of making something new, when you can restore the old? Ad vitam. The mind is used to it, it's reassuring, the news is bad enough, but if you make entertainment worse, it becomes torture" | 0:12:43 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Plexi Stad |
Your Parade
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Siren Dance | MANGEL | 2024 | The Fire and Funk in Joe Strummer's Belly lives on in this track from Plexi Stad. Plexi Stad is a new 4-piece punk outfit from Antwerp city. They take you back to the early days of punk with their dry 70's sound. Ranging from classic punk to funk (even some Zamrock?) and beyond..... The band's music effortlessly navigates between unbridled energy and angular extravagance, featuring swarming hooks, tightly wound rhythms, and the poetic punk prowess of singer Peleman. | * | 0:14:55 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Ibibio Sound Machine |
Pull The Rope
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Pull The Rope | Merge | 2024 | A brand new release from UK's Ibibio Sound Machine! Pull the Rope, the new record by Ibibio Sound Machine, casts the Eno Williams and Max Grunhard–led outfit in a new light. The hope, joy, and sexiness of their music remain, but, further honing the edge of their acclaimed 2022 album Electricity, the connection they aim to foster has shifted venues from the sunny buoyancy of a sunlit festival to a sweat-soaked, all-night dance club. The atmosphere has changed, but you’re still having the time of your life. | 0:17:34 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| 69 |
No More Musix
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Novo Rock | Idwet/69 | 2009 | I love this sideways little ditty. A group bringing together Armand Gonzales and Virginie Peitavi, 69's mission is to create a new musical genre - as if it were an endangered species. No more alternative rock mixed with punk, the Gonzales / Peitavi duo is now fully committed to the cause of novo-rock, a music which, as they explain, "draws on synthetic and analog sounds to reinvent itself" . But beyond the creation of the genre which, you will quickly understand, has nothing very new about it, it is above all the pleasure of rediscovering the passion and energy of yesteryear which gives this record its so enjoyable character. . Indeed, with Sloy, Gonzales and Peitavi contributed to giving the French rock scene a good kick in the ass, demonstrating that a frontal collision between Shellac and the Talking Heads could work wonderfully. Fiercely minimalist and relying largely on the eccentricities of all kinds of an ever-so-debonair Armand Gonzales, the group's music exudes immediacy and urgency with its dry riffs, its monolithic bass and its outrageous keyboards. vintage. In a nutshell: beneficial. | 0:21:04 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Bill Le Sage |
Vibes In Walz Time
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KPM 1000 Series: Vibraphone Jazz Quartet |
KPM |
1971 |
Le Sage's career began in 1945, after he had returned to London after being an evacuee in Sussex, when he led a sextet. He was then a member of army bands while serving with the Royal Signals. During the 1960s, Le Sage was with Jack Parnell's ATV orchestra, the Chris Barber Band, led his group, Directions in Jazz and began writing music for numerous films and television. |
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Music behind DJ: Tony Kinsey |
Light Manufacturing
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KPM 1000 Series: Vibraphone Jazz Quartet |
KPM |
1071 |
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| Angelique Kidjo |
Born Under Punches
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Remain In Light | Kravenworks | 2018 | Unlikely that there will be another tribute album to Talking Heads as compelling as this one from front-to-back. Dare to say that it is as strong as the original? I might so even dare!... [in 1980] "the Talking Heads released Remain in Light, an album marked by experimentation with polyrhythms and funk; the band explicitly credited Fela Kuti’s music as a strong influence on its general sound. On her new cover of the album, Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo pays tribute to both the album itself and these Nigerian influences, even featuring Afrobeat co-founder and master drummer Tony Allen on “Houses in Motion” and “Crosseyed and Painless”. More than rehashing the styles of other legends, though, Kidjo makes Remain in Light her own, constructing a version of the record that is entirely her own, a vivacious take on a group often known for their ability to sound detached from humanity. //// Opening track “Born Under Punches” lets Kidjo’s voice burst forth in an a cappella introduction that leads to a cover whose riffs remain largely unchanged from the original song. Kidjo’s powerful voice both takes center stage and makes up layers of background sound, and the song makes for a perfect introduction to the diva herself, though it only scratches the surface of what she can do with the Heads’ work." | 0:32:57 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Chicano Batman |
Crosseyed and Painless
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Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense | A24 Music | 2024 | "Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense is a tribute album to Talking Heads, their 1984 Jonathan Demme-directed concert film Stop Making Sense, and the live album of the same name. The tribute album, made in celebration of the film and album's 40th anniversary, features covers of the sixteen tracks of Stop Making Sense performed by musicians including Miley Cyrus, Lorde, and Paramore. The album was released by A24 Music on May 17, 2024." //// "Chicano Batman is an American band based in Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2008, the band is composed of Eduardo Arenas (bass, guitar, vocals), Carlos Arévalo (guitars, keyboards), and Bardo Martinez (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar). Currently, the band's drummer, Gabriel Villa, has not been active in the group since their last studio album, Invisible People. The group's sound draws from a mix of genres ranging from psychedelic soul, funk, indie, prog, and rock." | * | 0:36:43 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Electro Bamako |
The Great Curve
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Electro Bamako | Celluloid | 2013 | Yes, it does seem that we're rebuilding Talking Heads' "Remain In Light" track-by-track in this set, but that can't be an entirely bad thing, can it? --- Translated from French, from RFI: "Born from the collaboration between a musicologist purist, a local singer and a border-breaking French director, the new Electro Bamako celebrates Malian music at its most powerful, a kind of Psychedelic Trance on computer-assisted rock mixed with traditional instruments. / Paul Sidibé, a musician renowned for being a virtuoso of the Kaméle n'goni (he accompanied Nawa Doumbia...), a sort of Malian Marvin Gaye. A "Lover" singer, as they say in Jamaica, this native of Kita handles his instruments with the dexterity of a Fulani master while telling the stories of a poet, with humor and appropriate smiles... He sings in Bambara, his native language. //// Damien Traini, a student of the Djembefolas masters (Karim Coulibaly or Ibrahima Sarr...) knows the story by heart, having "spent time" there, at the Kamélé n'goni or the Djembé, a sound trafficker, he is also someone who excels in a Logic Audio environment, the Brian Eno of the story... //// Marc Minelli, arranger and producer, fine guitarist, grew up to the sound of Talking Heads and sophisticated rock in general. His "global sound system" approach was forged on encounters (Mamani Keïta, Ernest Ranglin, Amadou and Mariam....) and on a late but passionate discovery of Jazz mixed with an in-depth knowledge of machines. He has spent most of his time in recent years in studios or on stage in a register close to performance, building each project as a futuristic architect." | 0:42:09 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Talking Heads |
Once In A Lifetime (Live)
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Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition) | Sire / Rhino Records | 1984 / 2023 | A fantastic rendition of this song which, of course, has resided on every issue, reissue & version of Jonathan Demme's seminal "Stop Making Sense" concert film & soundtrack. Speaking of... various things about this latest issue... "2023 re-release... As part of the deal with the film's original distributor, Cinecom, the ownership of the rights to Stop Making Sense reverted to Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz, and Harrison shortly before the 40th anniversary of its original release. Hoping to commemorate the occasion, the group sought out potential companies to partner with on a re-release, eventually settling on A24. A24 announced they had obtained the distribution rights in March 2023, making Stop Making Sense their second acquisition for re-release following Pi (1998), and revealed plans to release a 4K restoration in theaters the following September. //// The studio sought out as much of the original materials as possible for the restoration, but quickly learned after already announcing the release that the original negative for the film was missing: prior distributors simply scanned preexisting screening prints of the film, including for the previous 1999 re-release. After an extensive search, the original negative for the film was found in an MGM film vault, despite MGM not having been involved in the making of the film. Similarly, Eric Thorgren and Talking Heads member Jerry Harrison planned to create new Dolby Atmos sound mixes, initially using materials from the previous distributor and Rhino Records. However, they ran into difficulty when they discovered they did not have the original audience tracks: the original audio was stored in the library of Todd-AO, which had since gone out of business and its building demolished. Eventually, it was discovered that Todd-AO's collection was claimed by Sony, who transported it to a warehouse in Kansas, where the original audio tracks were found in time to be included in the restoration. Using these original tracks, as well as the post-production overdubs originally overseen by Demme to fix mistakes in the film's recording, Thorgren and Harrison painstakingly remastered the film's sound. //// The studio premiered the new restoration on September 11, 2023, in 4K on IMAX at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, followed by a Q&A hosted by Spike Lee with Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz and Harrison in attendance, reuniting the group for the first time since their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. A24 also released a 4K Collector's Edition in May 2024. The home video release includes an extended cut overseen by the members of Talking Heads themselves that includes the performances of the "Cities" and "Big Business / I Zimbra" performances: the original negatives had been lost, but new edits were compiled using the restored footage from the cameras, including unseen footage. Jonathan Demme's own extended cut featuring the missing songs, originally released on VHS and LaserDisc, is also included. //// The film entered first as an exclusive IMAX exhibition on September 22, 2023, before heading to conventional theaters on September 29, 2023, globally. Rhino Entertainment also released a new remaster of the film's soundtrack, which includes the complete concert for the first time, on vinyl and digitally on August 18, 2023" | 0:47:48 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Burundi Steïphenson Black |
Burundi Black (1re Partie)
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Burundi Black | Barclay | 1971 | "Original sound & drums & percussion taken from Musique Du Burundi, Ocora, OCR 40, track B5, Ensemble de Tambours - Ingoma." / "The original root recording of this remix would become the rhythmic basis for the #2 UK hit song "Ant Music" by Adam & The Ants in 1981. That version also sampled the original field recording cited above." //// ++++ "Burundi Black" is a 1971 recording credited to Burundi Steiphenson Black. Released as a single, it made #31 on the UK Singles Chart and #74 in Australia. //// The single was arranged and produced by French pianist, arranger and record producer Michel Bernholc (1941 – June 5, 2002). He was a classically trained pianist who had previously worked with pop musicians such as Michel Berger, France Gall, Françoise Hardy and Claude François. For the "Burundi Black" single, he used the pseudonym Mike Steïphenson. //// The record sampled a recording of drumming by 25 members of the Ingoma people in Burundi. The recording was made in 1967 by anthropologists Michel Vuylsteke and Charles Duvelle, and was released on the album Musique du Burundi on the French Ocora label in 1968, which was re-published as Burundi. Musiques traditionnelles in 2015, including additional recordings. Steiphenson overdubbed his own piano and guitar rock arrangement onto the recording. //// In 1981, a new arrangement of "Burundi Black" was recorded by drummer Rusty Egan and French record producer Jean-Philippe Iliesco, and released in the UK and US where it became a dancefloor hit, described by music critic Robert Palmer as "glitzy pop-schlock, a throwaway with a beat". Palmer noted that, although Steiphenson had retained copyright over "Burundi Black", the Burundian musicians made no money from any of the recordings. //// The recording of Burundi drummers was also sampled by Joni Mitchell on her song "The Jungle Line" (1975), and the Beastie Boys' "59 Chrystie Street" (1989), and inspired the Def Leppard single "Rocket" (1987)." | 0:53:15 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Tambourinaires de Bukirasazi |
Tambours Royaux "Ingoma"
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Burundi: Musiques Traditionnelles |
Ocora Radio France |
2015 |
The original source material from the prior track in this set... Tambours Royaux "Ingoma" = Drum Ensemble //// Ensemble, Drum [Ingoma] – Unknown Artist |
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| Edie Sedgwick |
Sigourney Weaver
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Her Love Is Real...But She Is Not | DeSoto Records | 2005 | I remember the first time Derek played me this record. An album of songs about celebrities and the roles they've played in 80's and 90's cinema set to breakbeats and screaming synths? YES THANK YOU. Washington DC's Edie Sedgewick named for the Andy Warhol Superstar, formed in 1999 when Justin Moyer and Ryan Hicks wrote some songs about celebrities. After releasing a record, Edie stopped playing in 2001 when Justin was diagnosed with epilepsy and could no longer drive on tour. In 2004, Justin began performing in drag solo. After five years, he ditched the dress for the release of "We Wear White." Sadly, since 2012 there have been no releases.... | 1:03:30 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Entracte Twist |
Hors Service
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Entracte Twist | Requiem Pour Un Twister | 2019 | Entract Twist is a fierce french punk-rock band with some sharp and well written songs under their belts. The band manage to enclose the deviance of the Velvet Underground, the driving angular guitars of The Modern Lovers. For fans of : Marie & Les Garçons, Suicide, Subway Sect, Edith Nylon...Post-punk in the 70s style which means: jangly guitars, driving drums and a tasteful amount of synthesiser. This is the sort of music that is described as being effortlessly cool, which certainly isn't helped by the band singing in the language of effortlessly cool, French. | 1:07:19 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Siviyex |
Venziah
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The Mirrax Sequence | Siviyex | 2024 | Toronto's Siviyex offer the dreamiest of plushy synthetic pillows and invite you to fall into a dreamworld of synthgaze, modern post punk and minimal synth. Similar to bands such as Seefeel and Bowery Electric before them, Siviyex meld electronic passages with gorgeous dream pop textures, uniquely adding elements of Italo disco and hard electro across the board. Each track on the LP is equally dreamy as it is danceable, with Castelvi’s ethereal vocals sitting on top of perfectly programmed percussion, textured guitars, and engaging synth passages. As such, The Mirrax Sequence is a truly enjoyable and eclectic collection of tracks that goes deeper into the psyche with every listen. If you love Drexciya and MBV, this is the band for you! | * | 1:11:30 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Analytica |
Playmobils
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Strategy of Tension | Ice Machine Records | 2024 | Analytica is comprised of David Lush, who’s released several killer solo tapes under the name Memorex, and Gabe Knox, who made a big splash last year with his awesome instrumental synth/kraut solo LP “ABC” on acclaimed UK label Polytechnic Youth. Analytica make synth-pop the old-fashioned way: driving, verse/chorus pop songs utilizing hardware synthesizers and drum machines, vocals and bass guitar, and recorded to tape. The comparisons to early-Depeche Mode (there’s even a cover of “Reason Man” — an unreleased, Vince Clarke-penned, Depeche song that was part of their earliest live sets), and prime-era New Order (right down to the Oberheim DMX percussion and Peter Hook-style bass guitar) are inevitable, but rarely are these sounds executed with such style and conviction. According to the band, lyrically Analytica “explore the facets of the dark age ahead — the propaganda, the nationalism, the environmental disaster in front of our faces - while attempting to offer something of a defence against a nihilistic response to these fears. It's at once a call to arms and a recognition that we're entirely fucked.” | * | 1:15:18 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Techniques Berlin |
Love Declaration
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The Language Of Machines 1985-1991 | Mecanica | 2024 | Techniques Berlin is a new wave / synthpop / minimal synth band formed in 1985 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada by Andreas Gregor and Dave Rout. The band celebrated their 35th anniversary in 2020. Post-;pandemic break, they have returned with a vengeance with this compilation out on Mecanica records, and a recent appearances in Germany and the annual Gothic Pogo festival. Dave Rout who is 1/2 of TB also releases tracks as Datafreq and will be celebrating his new release "The Circuit Garden" on Bosconi records on June 15th at Houndstooth. You can get that at bandcamp via download or on vinyl! | * | 1:19:34 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| WOLF MANHATTAN |
Life On My Own
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Real Life Is Overrated | Altafonte Portugal | 2024 | Wolf Manhattan is a bedroom producer that, in a non-specific time, lived above a local shop in central New York. Surrounded by his uncle's record collection, a 4 track and a guitar from the 50s, he spent his days listening to records, recording and writing songs about heartbreaks, self-doubt, bad decisions, lost dreams, and minimum wage jobs. | * | 1:23:08 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Dynasty |
Lonliness
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Dynasty | Tigerbeat 6 | 2005 | mmaculately attired, sporting hooks, looks, chops, and undeniable rockstar power, Dynasty are the complete package royale. This is their seven-song, multiple re-entry vehicular salvo from the heart and loin of the San Francisco dancewavepartypunk culture war. Fronted by the mercurial Jibz Cameron (roofies) on vox and keyboards, hips set rocking by the bomb-ass bass of Diana Hayes (mono pause), and jet-propelled by the undeniable beatz of Indra Dunis (Numbers), Dynasty is the soundtrack to your fever-dream night-on-the-town with Alexis carrington, Dorothy Parker, and Terri Nunn. In other words - thoroughly wrong party music, awash in sex, deadpan humor, and all-consuming uniform lust. One for fans of Chicks on Speed and Peaches. | 1:25:27 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
Music behind DJ: Heiki |
Andermatt
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Valley Beyond |
Suction Records |
2024 |
“Valley Beyond” is the Suction Records label debut by Heiki, aka Toronto-based, Canadian electronic music veteran, Heiki Sillaste. Heiki first made his mark with Digital Poodle, a cult EBM project that he began in 1988, going on to release several albums, along with a string of addictive, industrial dancefloor anthems, including “Work Terminal” and “Soul Crush,” which each received the reissue/remix treatment via a pair of 12”s on Suction in 2015, and 2017, respectively. The full length is out June 14th...get your preorder in now at the Suction Records bandcamp! |
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| Beth Gibbons |
Rewind
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Lives Outgrown | Domino Recording Co. Ltd. | 2024 | Excellently, Beth Gibbons refuses drop the weirdness/wildness of her parent group for her debut solo album, some 30 years on in her career. "Lives Outgrown is the debut solo studio album by English musician Beth Gibbons, released on 17 May 2024... The album was produced by Gibbons, James Ford and Lee Harris. It was preceded by the singles "Floating on a Moment", "Reaching Out" and "Lost Changes". //// Gibbons wrote the album over a decade, with topics including "motherhood, anxiety, menopause, and mortality". Gibbons said that the album was directly influenced by the deaths of family and friends over the preceding several years and she "realised what life was like with no hope" //// The Skinny's Patrick Gamble described the album as "a haunting collection of torch songs" as well as "a record about departures and the transition to a new equilibrium". Charles Lyons-Burt of Slant Magazine said that it "picks up where Portishead's 2008 album, Third, left off, with detail-rich orchestral chamber pop backing a stunning exploration of aging and grief" that is "as captivating as it is devastating". Record Collector's Johnnie Johnstone concluded that Lives Outgrown is "an album to fall deeply in love with. If you allow them to, these songs will envelop your soul."" | * | 1:36:00 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Beak> |
Windmill HIll
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>>>> | Invada Records | 2024 | Released two days ago, on May 28. "Geoff Barrow’s band returns after six years //// Beak>, the trio helmed by Geoff Barrow, have surprise released a new album, >>>>. It comes six years after the similarly titled >>>, preceded by no singles or promotion, as they’ve noted in a press release. “At its core we always wanted it to be head music (music for the ‘heads’, not headphone music)—listened to as an album, not as individual songs,” the group added. //// Barrow, Billy Fuller, and Will Young recorded >>>> between Wales and Bristol between tour dates. In the press release, they said, “After playing hundreds of gigs and festivals over the years we felt that touring had started to influence our writing to the point we weren’t sure who we were anymore. So we decided to go back to the origins of where we were at on our first album—with zero expectations and just playing together in a room.”" | * | 1:40:43 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Devo |
Ono
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Hardcore (Collector's Edition) | Superior Viaduct | 1974 / 2013 | Originally recorded in 1974 and released much later on Ryko's Hardcore Devo & resultant re-issues. Gerald V. Casale takes the vocal leads on this one, with Mark Mothersbaugh backing him up. | 1:43:09 (MP3 | Pop-up) | |
| Snooper |
I Think I’m Falling In Luv Again (DEVO)
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I Think I’m Falling In Luv Again (DEVO) [Digital single] | Self-Released (Bandcamp) | 2024 | A cover of a super-obscure Devo song, performed live around 1977 & released on the "Ultracore" bootleg. Snooper spiff it up for you, and somehow make it more Devo and more Snooper at exactly the same time... I'm not going to say Snooper are destined to be the one thing that Nashville is remembered for in terms of musical legacy in years ahead... But I'm not going to "not" say that, either. Released this Saturday May 25, 2024. Seemingly available on their Bandcamp page only Snooper Bandcamp ... In advance of their "Punk Rock Bowling 2024" tour that is now over. So sorry about that. But here are a whole bunch of other Snooper shows: 8-Jun Roodkapje Rotterdam, Netherlands //// 10-Jun Le Botanique Brussels, Belgium //// 13-Jun La Mécanique Ondulatoire Paris, France //// 14-Jun Les Trinitaires Metz, France //// 19-Jun Dabadaba San Sebastián, Spain //// 20-Jun Wurlitzer Ballroom Madrid, Spain //// 21-Jun 16 Toneladas Valencia, Spain //// 22-Jun La 2 de Apolo Barcelona, Spain //// 12-Jul Eulogy Asheville, NC //// 16-Jul The Rooftop, Elsewhere Brooklyn, NY //// 17-Jul Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia, PA //// 18-Jul Center for Arts at the Armory Somerville, MA //// 19-Jul Tubby's Kingston Kingston, NY //// 20-Jul L'Escogriffe Bar Spectacle (L'Esco) Montreal, QC //// 21-Jul The Garrison Toronto, ON //// 23-Jul Third Man Records - Cass Corridor Detroit, MI //// 30-Jul The Empty Bottle Chicago, IL //// 2-Aug Bad Bonn Dudingen, Switzerland //// 2-Aug Beseda u Bigbítu Tasov, Czech Republic //// 3-Aug Parish Austin, TX //// 4-Aug Paper Tiger San Antonio, TX //// 7-Aug Siberia New Orleans, LA //// 2-Sep Clwb Ifor Bach Cardiff, UK //// 3-Sep Exchange Bristol, UK //// 5-Sep Roisin Dubh Galway, Ireland //// 6-Sep Kasbah Social Club, Dolan's Limerick, Ireland //// 7-Sep The Workman's Cellar Dublin, Ireland //// 8-Sep Pink Room, YES Manchester, UK //// 10-Sep The Old Cold Store Nottingham, UK //// 11-Sep Moth Club London, UK //// 12-Sep Dust Brighton, UK //// 26-Sep 9:30 Club Washington, DC //// | * | 1:45:58 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| BANANANANANANA |
U.F.I.O.
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PEEL Sessions | Bandcamp self-release | 2024 | Helpful pneumonic: "1xBA 6xNA" --- Released March 27, 2024. BANANANANANANA are a self-proclaimed "Legendary Slopcore Duo" from Hamilton, Ontario (--a stones throw from us here in Toronto--). They are comprised of: "Babette laFlail - Bass, Vox, guitar, etc //// Frankie leFuque - Sk1, Drum Machine, Vox, guitar, etc" ---- As you might imagine, these new recordings were never sessions broadcast by John Peel, though who knows... He might have done so, R.I.P. //// Lyrics (as provided) "[U.F.I.O.] unpopular fetish of interesting objects you and I already know //// [B-Nana:] Take a casket like a mediocre rocket and sound proof I don't trust that you want to take it in such a drag with old things, once I was with only it was a phase take it take it suffer alone token, I'm just a token of your own take it, and you take it, alone alone alone you failed to face me face me alone you shouldn't grovel" --- If you're looking for more, look here... BANANANANANANA | * | 1:46:44 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Psychic Graveyard |
Sword Through My Neck
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Wilting | Artoffact Records | 2024 | Released May 17, 2024. "Following the announcement of their upcoming LP Wilting, due to drop June 7th, 2024, Psychic Graveyard, comprised of the minds of groups like Arab On Radar, Chinese Stars, Doomsday Student, Some Girls and All Leather, share their next single, “Sword Through My Neck.”" The band issued the following statements: “So, grab a styrofoam cup of coffee, pull up a folding chair, and dive into “Sword Through My Neck.” "Speaking on the inspiration behind the track, “I have a son who is on the autism spectrum, so I’m part of a support group for parents like me. We support each other as we navigate the challenges of ASD.” ---- "The song’s lyrics draw inspiration from discussions within their group. The accompanying video for “Sword Through My Neck,” in true Psychic Graveyard fashion, is incredibly surreal, featuring a repeating set of jaws singing the tune." ---- You can find said excellent companion vid here: Psychic Graveyard: Sword Through My Neck | OFFICIAL VIDEO | * | 1:49:49 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
| Barry Adamson |
Cut To Black
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Cut To Black | Barry Adamson Inc. | 2024 | Album released May 16, 2024. Music by Barry Adamson / Lyrics by Siena Barnes ---- "Barry Adamson: 'I'm just trying to be the artist-in-residence in my own skull' ---- "Barry Adamson’s latest album Cut To Black might be his 10th outing as a solo artist, but the musician, composer, writer, photographer and filmmaker is not one to dwell too much on such an achievement." "Always looking dapper and always sounding cool, Barry Adamson is a man who nevertheless seems to be perpetually of another time. Giving off the vibes of a one-man Rat Pack with a dash of the legendary Lee Hazelwood, his music certainly doesn’t have much in common with mainstream tastes. //// The former Magazine bassist and Bad Seed’s new album is a stylish and charismatic collection that draws on gospel, classic soul, blues and jazz through a widescreen cinematic lens that may be mature, but certainly isn’t square. Louche but sharp, Cut to Black is by turns atmospheric and soulful but wholly witty and irreverent." https://barryadamson.com/ | * | 1:53:44 (MP3 | Pop-up) |
Music behind DJ: Stepfano Pilia, Aidan Utley, Alessandra Novaga |
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Spiralis Aurea Trio |
Maple Death Records |
2024 |
Released January 19, 2024 // Maple Death Records is an independent label that escaped Canadian soil and is now based in London, UK / Bologna, Italy. Living the unexplored noisier side of things. //// "Everything about Stefano Pilia’s spiritual journey always seemed to point directly towards ‘Spiralis Aurea’, his astounding 2022 release for Die Schachtel, a deeply resonating piece of art that intertwines traces of sacred geometry, collective experience and elusive connections between nature and human kind. //// ‘Spiralis Aurea Trio’ out in January on Maple Death Records, showcases the electric guitar ensemble formed by Stefano Pilia, Alessandra Novaga and Adrian Utley (Portishead) during three live performances in London (Cafe Oto), Lisbon (ZDB) and Rome (Teatro Basilica San Giovanni). An incredible document of sheer beauty and execution, will, force and composure. The original cycle of compositions live and breath, adapted and transformed, taking their initial meaning and depth to new heights, while maintaining the concepts of ‘divine geometry’ and their sacred mystique intact. //// Displaying a deep resonance with works by La Monte Young, Arvo Pärt, Pauline Oliveros, Eliane Radigue, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Terry Riley, that have witnessed trajectories of experimental music delving toward the spiritual, divine, and metaphysical, “Spiralis Aurea” culminates as a series of sonic meditations, leaving room within their spacious forms to encourage active listening. Calling up echoes of ancient music within their optimistic, forward thinking tones, Spiralis Aurea sculpts a striking intersection between acoustic and electroacoustic process, drone, and chamber music, harnessing the literal and abstract in search of order and higher meaning within a chaotic and uncertain world." |
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