PIANOS BECOME THE TEETH – ” Charisma “

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On new single “Charisma,” Pianos Become the Teeth move even further from their screamo roots than they did on 2014’s great “Keep You”, and the cleaner approach continues to work wonders for them. Keep You was a devastating album that revolved around the death of singer Kyle Durfey’s father, but “Charisma” sounds just a bit happier. It’s brighter and a bit more tender sounding, but not at the expense of how powerful Pianos Become the Teeth have always been. Kyle’s voice still soars, drummer David Haik is still out of this world, and the guitars still shine with the beauty of a post-rock band and the ferocity of a hardcore band. If the rest of the album is on this level,

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Kyle Durfey, Chad McDonald, Michael York, David Haik, Zac Sewell

MGMT – ” Little Dark Age “

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After MGMT’s hits-filled breakthrough Oracular Spectacular, they turned their sights away from mainstream success and towards psychedelic weirdness. Its followup, 2010’s Congratulations, may have been divisive amongst fans, but it’s arguably an even greater artistic achievement than Oracular Spectacular.

MGMT went even further down the rabbit hole with their self-titled 2013 album, but it looks like they’re bringing the best of both worlds to Little Dark Age. Both singles, the title track and “When You Die,” have one foot firmly planted in genuinely trippy psychedelia, but MGMT are writing danceable pop songs again. They’re still nothing like “Kids” or “Electric Feel,” but MGMT aren’t the type to ever fully repeat themselves anyway. This middle ground suits them perfectly well.

LUCY DACUS – ” Historian “

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“Night Shift,” the first single off Lucy Dacus’s sophomore album and first for Matador Records, “Historian”, opens with the lyrics, “the first time I tasted somebody else’s spit, I had a coughing fit.” With this very quotable line she embarks upon her first breakup song, and it bodes very well for the album to come.

After making a big impression with her 2016 indie folk debut, No Burden, Lucy worked again with producer Collin Pastore for her new album. Noted producer and engineer John Congleton did the mixing. Lucy also impressed us live with her stage presence and tight band, and we named her one of the best new(ish) rock bands of 2016. I know it seems absurd and headline-grabbing, but honestly this song is going to be the high bar to hit for guitar-driven, brokenhearted love songs in the coming year. We’ve been looking forward to the new album, and with what we’ve heard so far, it promises to be a worthy one.

This stunning song will be the opening track to Lucy Dacus‘ second album, Historian. The track runs the span of musical emotion from frail to fierce, clocking in at almost 6:32. “Night Shift” is filled with a helpful heaping of resentment: “You don’t deserve what you don’t respect/Don’t deserve what you say you love and then neglect.”

KISSISSIPPI – ” Cut Yr Teeth “

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After a promising 2015 EP, Philly’s Kississippi (the project of Zoe Reynolds) signed to SideOneDummy and released the single “Cut Yr Teeth,” which is easily the best thing they’ve done yet. It’s cut from a similar indie/punk cloth as stuff like Waxahatchee, Hop Along, and Modern Baseball, and it proves that Zoe is increasingly gripping as both a singer and songwriter. (It also benefits from the drumming talents of Michael Tashjian of Thin Lips and The Superweaks.) Album info is still TBA, but if the rest of it is like “Cut Yr Teeth,” it’s gonna be a good one.

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HOOKWORMS – ” Microshift “

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We weren’t sure we’d get another Hookworms record. The Leeds, England band wowed with their first two albums of roaring motorik drone rock, not to mention a transcendent, ferociously loud live show, but the band suffered some major setbacks in 2015. Their North American tour was cancelled due to visa issues at the 11th hour (a tough blow even for bands whose members don’t all have serious day jobs), and bandleader MJ’s riverside Suburban Home studio was destroyed in a flood. Following a crowdfunded rebuild of the studio, Hookworms set to work on their new album. Despite the title, it’s more than a microshift, sonically, from what came before.

If first single “Negative Space” is any indication, the new album is more than a Microshift, sporting a decidedly more pop direction, embracing dance music and MJ taking the occasional break from wailing to reveal an appealing singing voice. The record reflects the tough three years that preceded and the light at the other end. “All of our records are to an extent about mental health,” says MJ, “Largely this is an album about loss but also about maturing, accepting your flaws and the transience of intimacy.”

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FIELD MUSIC – ” Live At Rough Trade Performing Open Here “

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Field Music will be live in-store at Rough Trade Nottingham, performing tracks from their new album ‘Open Here’, released 2nd February on Memphis Industries.

7.00pm Doors // 7.30pm On-stage // 8.15pm Signing // 10.00pm close.

Field Music, Peter and David Brewis, have announced their sixth album “Open Here”. The brothers are just putting the finishing touches to the record and plan on releasing via Memphis Industries on 2nd February 2018.

The two years since Commontime have been strange and turbulent. If you thought the world made some kind of sense, you may have questioned yourself a few times in the past two years. And that questioning, that erosion of faith – in people, in institutions, in shared experience – runs through every song on the new Field Music album.

The brother’s studio, on the banks of the river Wear, became a sanctuary away from everything political and personal, a cocoon of creativity. And conversely, making the album became an alternative way to connect to people, with a wide array of musicians invited to leave their mark, notably Sarah Hayes on flute and piccolo, Liz Corney on vocals, Pete Fraser on saxophone, Simon Dennis on trumpet and flugelhorn, a Cornshed Sisters choir and the regular string quartet of Ed Cross, Jo Montgomery, Chrissie Slater and Ele Leckie. The result is a record that is bigger in scale, grander than anything they’ve done before.

David and Peter Brewis took a five year break after 2011’s Plumb to work on other projects (some of which involved them both). They returned in 2016 with their best record to date, Commontime. Now they’re back almost two years to the day with Open Here, which reflects both the state of the band and the state of the world. Brexit and the U.S. election inform the lyrics, while Madonna inspired the inventive first single “Count it Up.” “Where Commontime felt like a distillation of all of the elements that make up Field Music,” says David, “this feels like an expansion; as if we’re pushing in every direction at once to see how far we can go.”

TITUS ANDRONICUS – ” Number One (In New York) “

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The official video for the first single from Titus Andronicus‘ forthcoming studio album “A Productive Cough,” available March 2nd, 2018 from Merge Records.

The forthcoming record is the band’s first new music for almost three years, following their last studio album The Most Lamentable Tragedy which was released in 2015. To accompany the album news the band have also shared shared new video for the LP’s first single ‘Number One (In New York).

The new album also comes with a 7″ featuring a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone. Patrick recorded it with frequent Titus contributors Liam Betson, Ian Dykstra, RJ Gordon, Chris Wilson, Alex Molini, and Matt Miller, and a handful of other musicians including horn players, string players, backing vocalists, and and guest lead vocalist Megg Farrell (on “Crass Tattoo”).

Titus Andronicus records have always had their fair share of ballads,” Patrick Stickles said in a statement. Now, they are the cornerstones.”  the 10-minute lyrical ballad that sounds like it’s pretty indicative of this album’s direction. “[Titus Andonicus] records have always had their fair share of ballads, but they were always buried.

The BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE – ” My Bloody Underground “

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After spending time writing and recording in Liverpool, England and Reykjavik, Iceland; “My Bloody Underground” is the thirteenth full length album released by the band, and is released on Anton Newcombe’s own record label A Recordings. Fans and critics of Brian Jonestown Massacre who have eagerly awaited a new album for a little over four years now will not be disappointed with its musical content, quality and controversy to follow.

The opening track titled “Bring Me The Head Of Paul McCartney On Heather Mill’s Wooden Peg (Dropping Bombs On The White House)” begins and soars into an echoing wave of tambourines and trance like acoustics, that continues for 12 more tracks and 75.87 minutes, stirring visions of sunny Californian communes to New York City bars on the Lower East Side. From Rishikesh to Reykjavik, the entire album provides provocative glimpses into Anton Newcombe’s head, both the darkness and the light, so clearly and so beautifully self produced.

Perfect soundtrack for losing your mind. Released April 15th, 2008

Tracklist:

1. bring me the head of Paul McCartney on Heather Mill’s wooden peg (dropping bombs on the White House) 0:00 2. infinite wisdom tooth / my last night in bed with you 6:27 3. who fucking pissed in my well? 12:35 4. we are the niggers of the world 17:07 5. who cares why? 22:26 6. yeah-yeah 30:41 7. golden frost 35:07 8. just like kicking jesus 38:50 9. ljósmyndir 43:27 10. auto matic faggot for the people 47:34 11. dark wave driver/big drill car 53:17 12. monkey powder 1:00:40 13. black hole symphony 1:07:24 The Brian Jonestown Massacre – my bloody underground (Full Album )

HATCHIE – ” Sure “

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Brisbane’s Hatchie may have only released two singles this year, but when they’re your first two and they’re at the quality that Hatchie delivered with “Try” and “Sure”, you would be impressed too. The shoegaze-pop figurehead has sold out shows and graced festival stages across the country off the back of these two singles alone, with her indie-pop charm and spectacular, genre-merging songwriting proving unavoidable for much of the year. On “Sure”, the most recent of her two singles, this brilliant songwriting truly comes to light. The Brisbane name combines her inviting vocals with a stripped-back, acoustic instrumental that’s packed with this dreamy vibe that you could easily hear rolling behind the end credits of a big budget rom-com. It’s full of flavour and love, something we hope Hatchie continues to work with on her forthcoming releases in 2018.

GINGERLYS – ” Turtledoves “

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The amount of high-quality dream-pop emerging from Brooklyn, New York, shows no sign of abating. Next up  the quintet Gingerlys, which formed in 2013 and released their self-titled full-length debut last year via Babe City/Topshelf Records. Among the album’s standout tracks is the shimmering “Turtledoves,” a brisk song marked by compact guitar riffs, taut rhythms and Jackie Mendoza’s antique-sounding vocals and frosted keyboards. The latter pops to the forefront of the mix occasionally, an incisive arrangement choice that enhances the music’s innate longing.

Accordingly, the song’s lyrics are diaphanous but committed to a vision, like a watercolor sketch burned into a canvas. “Turtledoves” hints at personal discord, or a relationship sunk by asymmetrical expectations, but cloaks any discontent with empathy rather than anger. Lyrics scan like an elegy for someone whose curiosity got the best of them (“You were never meant to wander/Far away from cold air/Are you tempted by the colors far away?”), or remained happiest in a comfort zone (“You were never meant to wander/Far away from home/Watching the passing time, everything is frozen”). Fans of Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Veronica Falls, and the U.K.’s C86 compilation will find much to love on “Turtledoves.”

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