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GOAT – ” Headsoup “

Posted: August 27, 2021 in MUSIC
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Today sees the release of “Headsoup”, the new album by Goat that collects together rare and non album tracks, plus two incredible new songs written especially for this release. The album is available on 6 x different vinyl versions and CD – all versions are ltd and all are apparently in very short supply! We have completely sold out of our copies at source, so what is in the shops is all there is, and with the current vinyl manufacturing issues we are all facing, there won’t be any more available for a long time!.

Having cracked our skulls open and rustled up a hearty broth, Goat then plopped croutons of their musical rarities into our stewing brain and we just couldn’t stop ourselves from slurping it down in one greedy gulp.

‘Headsoup’ is a new compilation that deepens the legend of mysterious Swedish psych collective Goat even further. collecting rarities from across band’s celebrated career, including standalone singles, B-sides, digital edits and two enormous brand new tracks, it’s a globetrotting acid trip of a record that’s even bigger in its scope than their acclaimed studio lps. From the incendiary heavy psych of their earliest work, like debut B-side ‘The Sun and Moon’, to the serene ‘Requiem’-era alternate take ‘Union of Mind and Soul’, to the simmering menace of their latest material, it’s a record as multifaceted as goat themselves, packed with detours in every conceivable direction.

Taking in jazz-flute solos, pounding afrobeat rhythms, ferocious desert blues, drifting ethio-jazz, this is, as the name of Goat’s first album made clear, ‘World Music’ in its most complete form, a sound unrestrained by genre boundaries. Yet the band are anything but lazy appropriators. they approach their forebears with upmost reverence, articulating a celebratory cultural cross-pollination. and what about these two new tracks? ‘Fill My Mouth’ is a scuzzy psychedelic funk knockout, the sleaziest thing the band have ever recorded. ‘Queen Of The Underground’, meanwhile, is truly herculean, a swaggering psychedelic powerhouse of the very highest order.

sometimes dark and heavy, at others joyous and beautiful, like Goat themselves ‘Headsoup’ is mysterious, and constantly shapeshifting, difficult to properly pin down but constantly enthralling. almost a decade since they first emerged from the depths of Scandinavia, there is still no other band on earth that sounds quite like them.

The album ‘Headsoup’ (Launch234) on Rocket Recordings

WARREN ZEVON – ” The Wind ” Released on August 26th 2003

Posted: August 27, 2021 in MUSIC
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Warren Zevon knew he was dying when he began recording his final album in the fall of 2002. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma just a few weeks before the recording sessions started for “The Wind“, and he had a set of new mournful songs about mortality plus the usual assortment of familiar themes ready to go.

“The Wind” is the twelfth and final studio album by American singer-songwriter Warren Zevon. The album was released on August 26th, 2003, by Artemis Records. Zevon began recording the album shortly after he was diagnosed with inoperable pleural mesothelioma (a cancer of the lining of the lung).

He also had a bunch of famous friends willing to help him out one last time. The Friends who had admired his songs Jackson Browne, Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen all joined Zevon in the studio, giving poignant resonance to the new batch of songs, which turned out to be some of the strongest of his career.

Zevon’s illness certainly fuelled the urgency of these final recordings, which betray a frailness in his voice – and even in his spirit, at times. But the defiant tone captured in early songs like “Frank and Jesse James” can be heard once more on tracks like “Dirty Life and Times,” and his eternal romance-on-the-rocks fatalism breaks through on “She’s Too Good for Me.”

But the album is mostly about end days. It can’t be escaped. He knows it, and so do his collaborators and backing musicians. Death runs through most of the songs – from “Please Stay,” disguised as a lover’s plea, to the cover of Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.”

It hits hardest on the album’s last track, “Keep Me in Your Heart,” a teary farewell to family, friends and fans. From the song’s opening line (“Shadows are falling, and I’m running out of breath”) to its last (“These wheels keep turning, but they’re running out of steam / Keep me in your heart for a while”), it’s nearly impossible to make it through the song without getting choked up.

Zevon played this as his epitaph and, in a way, it’s his last devilish trick on his audience. Not that anyone was given any hope: Zevon went on the David Letterman program after his diagnosis and chatted with the host in one of the most heartening, and heart-breaking, moments to ever grace late-night TV. “Keep Me in Your Heart” is a carefully played goodbye coming at the end of one of Zevon’s best albums.

“The Wind” was released on August. 26th, 2003, and became Zevon’s highest-charting album since Excitable Boy reached No. 8 in 1978, peaking at No. 12. The album and several songs were nominated for Grammys; it won for Best Contemporary Folk Album, and “Disorder in the House,” the Springsteen duet, won for Best Rock Vocal Performance. Two weeks after the album’s release, on September 7th, Warren Zevon passed away.

DONOVAN – ” Sunshine Superman ” (1966)

Posted: August 27, 2021 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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“Sunshine Superman”, by Donovan The first single and title track from the album “Sunshine Superman“, released on this day in 1966. This was the first song that saw Donovan combine efforts with producer Mickie Most and arranger John Cameron. The trio kept working together through Donovan’s streak of hit albums in the late 1960s. Cameron plays the harpsichord on this track, and he came up with the idea of using both acoustic and electric bass, enlisting jazz bass player Spike Heatley and John Paul Jones.

Cameron: “The combination of double bass and bass guitar gave us, pre-synthesizers, a lot of depth and different textures at the bottom end.” John Paul Jones was at the time an in-demand musician and arranger, working with Most on recordings by Herman’s Hermits. The session also included one guitar player named Jimmy Page. A few years later Page and Paul Jones would form a band called Led Zeppelin.

Donovan wrote the song about his relationship with Linda Lawrence: “My tempestuous affair had started in the spring, had gone all the way through the summer, with me falling deeper and deeper in love with this girl who I realized – slowly – had a child and who had been with Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones for two years and no marriage.

Lawrence left England for the sunny southern California, but the two reunited in 1970.

Donovan is multi-talented. This song is about how he was tripping while hanging out w/Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. The guitar player here is Jimmy Page. The bass player is John Paul Jones. Donovan also played w/The Jeff Beck Group. He is the other voice on Alice Cooper’s “Million Dollar Babies.” He did great folk, folk-rock, rock, blues, jazz, and even classical. He also had a great literature background, and his lyrics were very poetic.

DUCKS Ltd – ” How Lonely Are You? ” Feat. The Beths

Posted: August 26, 2021 in MUSIC
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Toronto-based duo Ducks Ltd. are releasing their debut full-length album, “Modern Fiction”, on October 1st via Carpark Records. On Tuesday they shared its second single, “How Lonely Are You?,” which features labelmates The Beths. It was shared via a John Smith-directed video.

The band features Evan Lewis on lead guitar and Tom McGreevy on vocals and rhythm guitar.

“This song is about personal connection in an environment that is hostile to it, and about friendships with people who are physically distant,” McGreevy says in a press release. “Me and Evan have both moved around a lot, and have friends in far off places we don’t see as often as we’d like. In fact, we partly made this record while Evan was living in Australia and I was in Toronto. Some of those friendships are extremely important to me, and the song is kind of about grasping for those lifelines when it’s particularly difficult to believe that things are going to work out, or if there’s even any point in trying.”

The video features shots of McGreevy on the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls border, with Lewis on the American side. “Me and Evan had not been in the same country for about five months when this video was shot,” explains McGreevy. “He’d been in Australia and I was stuck in Canada owing to the COVID border rules. Those rules made it complicated for him to return to Canada for a minute so he was in the U.S. and Niagara Falls was the closest we could get to each other. Making something that involved us being separated by a border (and a million billion gallons of water), and experiencing two parallel weird tourist towns felt like a good fit with what the song is about. It didn’t make the final cut, but we waved to each other over the falls through binoculars at one point. First time we’d seen each other since February!”

Previously the band shared its first single, “18 Cigarettes,” via a video for it.

“Modern Fiction” follows their “Get Bleak” EP, which was originally put out in 2019 and given an expanded reissue by Carpark this past May. It included the new song, “As Big As All Outside.”

Producer James Cecil (The Goon Sax, Architecture in Helsinki) put finishing touches on the album and Carpark labelmates The Beths did backing harmonies on three of the album’s songs. “18 Cigarettes” features Eliza Neimi on cello.

“How Lonely Are You?” is taken from Ducks Ltd.’s forthcoming album, “Modern Fiction”, out on Carpark Records / Royal Mountain Records on October 1st, 2021.

JULIEN BAKER – ” Favor ” Remix

Posted: August 26, 2021 in MUSIC
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Singer Songwriter Julien Baker has shared a remix by Jesu (British musician Justin Broadrick) of the song “Favor,” which was originally featured on her most recent album “Little Oblivions”. The new remix is the latest release from Baker’s upcoming EP, “Little Oblivions Remixes”, which will be out on September 1st via Matador Records. Listen to the Jesu remix of “Favor” below.

Broadrick had this to say in a press release: “Having already been a fan of Julien since her first album, it was wonderful to hear that Julien was in turn a fan of Jesu, so the request for the remix, and being able to work Julien’s voice and music in the context of Jesu, was something both daunting and very exciting. I reimagined Julien’s song to accommodate Jesu’s heavy and melancholy guitars and much much more. After much self doubt I was heartened to hear that Julien and all concerned loved the remix. This one I am truly proud of….”

Upon the announcement of Little Oblivions Remixes, Baker also shared a rework of  the track “Bloodshot” from electronic artist Helios. The EP will also feature remixes from Half Waif, Gordi and Thao.

“Little Oblivions Remixes” Tracklist:

1.Faith Healer (Half Waif Remix)
2. Bloodshot (Helios Remix)
3. Ringside (Gordi Remix)
4. Favor (Jesu Remix)
5. Ziptie (Thao Remix)

Baker’s tour in support of the new album will kick off next month. although no British dates so far.

Little Oblivions Remixes Due Out September 1st on Matador Records

LA LUZ – ” The Pines “

Posted: August 26, 2021 in MUSIC
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Los Angeles trio La Luz are releasing a new self titled album on October 22nd via Hardly Art Records. Now they have shared a new song from it, “The Pines,” via a green screen-aided video. Hamilton Boyce directed the karaoke-inspired video.

La Luz is guitarist and songwriter Shana Cleveland, bassist Lena Simon, and keyboardist Alice Sandahl. The band’s last album was 2018’s Floating Features. La Luz includes the band’s single, “In the Country.” When the album was announced they shared another new song from it, “Watching Cartoons”.

Listen to “The Pines” everywhere songs are streamin’ and check out the music video directed by our friend Hamilton Boyce. Set in a mysterious karaoke bar and featuring Shana as a Rodeo Clown, Lena as Emo, and Alice as…. Alice from a couple years ago, “The Pines” is a social distancing fever dream that includes unbelievable choreographed dancing, jaw-dropping copyright-free backdrops, and the world’s first Giant Sip.

Adrian Younge known for his work with hip-hop, soul, and jazz acts—produced La Luz. He had this to say in a previous press release: “We both create music with the same attitude, and that’s what I love about them. They are never afraid to be risky and their style is captivating. I don’t work with many bands, but I love taking chances on people that share the same vision. We both love to be ourselves, and it was an honour to work with the band.”

The band also announced some UK dates:

Apr. 22 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Apr. 23 – Dublin, IE – The Grand Social
Apr. 25 – Glasgow, UK – Stereo
Apr. 26 – Manchester, UK – Band On The Wall
Apr. 27 – Nottingham, UK – The Bodega
Apr. 28 – London, UK – Scala
Apr. 29 – Bristol, UK – Thekla
Apr. 30 – Brighton, UK – CHALK

“The Pines” from the album La Luz (Out October 22nd, 2021)

The FIERY FURNACES – ” Down At the So and So on Somewhere “

Posted: August 26, 2021 in MUSIC
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Prior to last year, the last we heard from the brother/sister duo of Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger’s band Fiery Furnaces was 2009’s “I’m Going Away”. After a long 11-year long hiatus, The Fiery Furnaces have returned last year with a new single “Down At the So and So on Somewhere” now they have announced some new live dates and digitally shared the song “The Fortune Teller’s Revenge,” which was originally the B-side of “Down at the So and So on Somewhere” when it was released on a 7-inch last year by Third Man Records.

Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger formed The Fiery Furnaces in New York City in 2000. Their debut album “Gallowsbird’s Bark” (Rough Trade Records) was released to critical acclaim in 2003. In the following seven years, they released eight more albums and toured extensively throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. The band’s last performance was nearly a decade ago at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona. In the meantime Eleanor and Matthew have released eight solo albums, collectively.

The live dates happen this November and will be supported by comedian/musician Fred Armison.

“We’re very excited to be playing again, to get a chance to do new things with old stuff, or old things with new people,” the band collectively say in a press release. “And we’re very happy to have Fred opening the shows. We’ll be six on stage, joined by: Brian Betancourt, Noah Hecht, Emily Lee and Cameron Wisch.”

“The Fortune Teller’s Revenge” ·by The Fiery Furnaces ·Third Man Records Released on: 2021-08-25

SLEIGH BELLS – ” Justine Go Genesis “

Posted: August 26, 2021 in MUSIC
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Alexis Krauss and Derek E. Miller known as Sleigh Bells are releasing a new album, “Texis“, on September 10th via Mom + Pop Music. Now they have shared another new song from it, “Justine Go Genesis,” via a video for it. A press release says the song sounds like “the unexpected intersection of Metallica, Spice Girls, and ‘90s drum and bass.” Miller co-directed the video with Alex Ross Perry.

Previously Sleigh Bells shared the album’s first single, “Locust Laced”. “Texis” is the follow-up to 2016’s full-length album “Jessica Rabbit” and 2017’s mini-album/EP “Kid Kruschev”.

“We stopped worrying about whether or not we’re in or out of our comfort zone, or if we were being repetitive or formulaic,” said Miller in a previous press release.

Miller added: “The thing I’m most attracted to is the juxtaposition of happy and sad, melancholy and hope. A lot of this is about trying to hold on to a shred of optimism through sheer force of will, and I hope this music can give people some joyful energy and confidence.”

Most of all thank you to Alexis for an amazing performance, for believing in the treatment and running into a brick wall repeatedly. Our dancers Jasmine Sugar, Nadine Olmo, and Camila Arana smashed it, too We are both beyond ecstatic to kick everything off today. Thanks for listening and watching.

SHANNON LAY – ” A Thread to Find “

Posted: August 25, 2021 in MUSIC
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Shannon Lay has a new album, “Geist”, on October 8th via Sub Pop Records. Now she has shared its fourth single, “A Thread to Find,” via a video for it. Kai Macknight directed the video, which features in-the-studio footage.

Lay had this to say about the new song in a press release: “‘A Thread to Find’ is about finding pieces of yourself in unfamiliar places. It is about watching the people around you grow and evolve and admiring the chaos and the beauty of discovering new worlds within ourselves. It is recognizing the courage and strength in each other even in the face of great challenge. And it is a reminder for when you get lonely on your journey that we are in this together. You’re on your own but not alone.”

When Geist was announced Lay shared two songs from it, “Awaken and Allow” and the title track “Geist” via a joint video.

The initial vocals and guitar for the album were recorded by Lay at Jarvis Tavinere of Woods’s studio. Then various others worked on the songs from there: multi-instrumentalists Ben Boye (Bonnie Prince Billy, Ty Segall) in Los Angeles and Devin Hoff (Sharon Van Etten, Cibo Matto) in New York, Sofia Arreguin (Wand) and Aaron Otheim (Heatwarmer, Mega Bog) added additional keys, and then Ty Segall did a guitar solo on “Shores.”

“A Thread to Find” from the album “Geist” (Release Date: October 8th, 2021)

W.H. LUNG – ” Gd Tym “

Posted: August 25, 2021 in MUSIC
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Manchester, England-based dance-rock band W.H Lung were releasing a new album, “Vanities”, on September 3rd via Melodic, but they have pushed it back to October 8th due to COVID-19 and pressing plant issues. To tide fans over, they have shared the album’s third single, “Gd Tym,” which was shared via a video starring a drag queen named Dylan as she wanders a small town in Northern England. The band’s Joe Evans co-directed the video with Craig McLaughlin.

Evans had this to say about the video in a press release: “The ‘Gd Tym’ video sees a drag queen sweep like a flame through a town in need of a party. She moves through the scenes bringing fierceness and love, fulfilling her divine task, before disappearing back into the land.

“I wanted the video to celebrate the central message of the song which rejoices in dancing and freedom and expression. I knew it had to be drag. We were so blessed to work with the amazing Dylan who brought such an elegance, glamour and vitality to their performance.

“I was inspired to create moving photographs, equally by the music videos of Solange and the vibrant slice-of-life photography of Martin Parr. The beautiful work of Craig McLaughlin who co-directed and edited this video and Jamie Haigherty, our DP, was essential in bringing these worlds together.

“The video was shot in the Calder Valley, around Heptonstall and our previous home of Todmorden. These are the real-life people and places from the period of our lives that informed the writing of this album. It’s a real joy to be able to pay homage to this these people and this scenery and here too.”

Previously W.H. Lung shared Vanities’ first single, “Pearl In The Palm”. Then came the album’s second single, “Showstopper”

Vanities is the band’s sophomore album, the follow-up to 2019’s Incidental Music. W.H. Lung’s main songwriters are Tom Sharkett and Joe Evans.

In a previous press release, Sharkett said that their hometown is integral to their sound. “Manchester is a very important part of this record,” he says. “The White Hotel, nights like Wet Play, seeing Gerd Janson DJ at the End of Year Riot (Electric Chair) and then discovering all the amazing stuff on his label Running Back. Then when we moved to Todmorden it was the same. Seeing Andrew Weatherall down the road from our flat at The Golden Lion—it just felt like an exciting time for us and I wanted to consume as much new music as possible.”

Evans said that the dancefloor is also an important component of the new album. “Vanities is a musical representation of what Tom and I crave the most now that it’s been taken away from us,” he said. “In simple terms, we love to dance and have both fallen deeper in love with the music that facilitates that. Because of this voracious appetite for new music and the experiences that come with that hunger, influences on the album are vast: the aforementioned Weatherall, Robyn, Todd Terje, Grauzone, Kelly Lee Owens, Helena Hauff and countless others.”

“Gd Tym”, from upcoming album “Vanities”, out October 8th on Melodic Records.

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