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CHLOE BERRY – ” Bitter Melon “

Posted: May 30, 2020 in MUSIC
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I promise that somehow things will be okay” Chloe Berry offers, cutting through calamity with her new single “Bitter Melon.” This Brooklyn-based artist is stepping onto the music scene with a vengeance, especially with her background in writing music since the age of seven. When asked about the intentionality of the track, Chloe expressed that it was written with the sentiment in mind that “everything passes eventually.” This high energy assemblage of sound is filled with the whimsical nostalgia of a coming-of-age film end-credit montage. Easing into the track, Chloe sings softly over a zig-zag of electric guitar until the percussion comes in and the track erupts into a vibrant invitation into her own escape from hopelessness. “Bitter Melon” is a precursor to promising future work to come from Chloe Berry, so get comfy and stick around.

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Released May 15th, 2020

Written and Performed by Chloe Berry, Drums by Anthony Genovesi

PAINTED ZERO’S – ” When You Found Forever “

Posted: May 28, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Brooklyn songwriter Katie Lau has used the time to add the finishing touches to her new album “When You Found Forever”, her first project to be released in five years under the Painted Zeros name. It’s an uncompromising journey into a person stricken with a battle of the psyche, overcoming a tumultuous relationship with alcohol and breaking free from the clutches of an old love (see “”). Lau is fearless in showing the pains of addiction mixed with the beautiful colour palette that returns once its been abandoned. On her latest single that we’re thrilled to premiere, “I Will Try” Lau takes the various shades that make up ourselves to create an anthem endowed with a restored affirmation in her identity and making the best of the future.

A beacon of hope soars high as Lau’s ever so graceful guitar tugs at your heart strings, championed by an endearing drum pattern guiding her along the path. Swells of emotion pour out as the track weaves its way across glistening lyrics emboldened by Lau’s honesty, “When it comes, I’m still here / The dark dissolves, to stay another year”. As Lau details, “I wrote this song channeling the feeling of gratitude I have for what really feels like getting a second chance at life thanks to getting sober, and getting on the other side of a difficult time onto a path of emotional/mental health in general. Now, every day I wake, I’m just trying to do the right thing/live an honest, useful life, and trying to help others however I can. When I was still drinking and using, life had become so dark and miserable, and now, being in recovery for three years, my life has changed beyond recognition; it’s better than I ever could have imagined it could be.”

Classic-sounding post-rock energy fuses with gently-communicated truths then blazes on “I Will Try” the powerful, pristine new single from Katie Lau’s Painted Zeros The track is taken from the “When You Found Forever” LP that she releases this Friday, May 29th. You can order digital and vinyl versions of it from and it’s available from her Bandcamp page as well.

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Releases May 29th, 2020
Written, performed, engineered, and mixed by Katie Lau
Drums played by Jared Kaner on tracks 3 & 8
Bass played by Jim Hill on tracks 3 & 8

SONIC YOUTH – ” Hold That Tiger (Live At Cabaret Metro 1987) “

Posted: May 26, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Sonic Youth are continuing to upload items to their Bandcamp archive and today it’s the live record “Hold That Tiger” which was recorded in 1987 and released in 1991. Here’s the backstory from drummer Steve Shelley:

Originally released as a semi-official bootleg LP in 1991 by friend and music writer, Byron Coley, on his Goofin’ imprint (we would eventually hijack the Goofin’ moniker for our own band-run label a few years later). The recording was nearly 60-minutes in length, so to prevent manufacturing a cost-prohibitive double lp, the master was slightly sped-up to fit the entire concert (us blasting through a finely-tuned set of songs from Sister, EVOL and a nightly encore tribute to the Ramones), on one single lp. Cramming the grooves of the vinyl in such a way resulted in “Hold That Tiger” playing at a lower volume on the stereo, thus the “one hour long – don’t have a cow! – crank it up’ sticker affixed to the front of the original lp cover. A few years later in 1998, “Hold That Tiger” was remastered for CD re-issue. The audio quality was improved from the lower fidelity lp but unfortunately the slightly sped-up performance was not corrected – until today. We are pleased to make available the best-sounding version of Hold That Tiger – SY performing full-on in 1987 – via Sonic Youth Archive on bandcamp.

“Hold That Tiger” — now at its proper speed and volume — below.

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Sonic Youth Archive is a home to live SY recordings and unreleased, self-released or stray SY recordings.

In other news: Kim Gordon is appearing on the debut album by LXB (the duo of The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst and Siouxsie/Creatures drummer Budgie); Thurston Moore has been expanding his Bandcamp archives, too, as has Lee Ranaldo.

JEFF ROSENSTOCK – ” No Freakin’ Dream Baby “

Posted: May 20, 2020 in MUSIC
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I’ve been working on this record a while and super excited that it’s finally coming out. We recorded it in Oakland in February with our bud Jack Shirley who has done all the Death Rosenstock records. We got in a big room at his new studio and bashed it out, had some laughs, I got a root canal, we brought back a lot of the friends who sang and played on Post– to sing and play on this one too.

We had big fun plans of releasing this record this summer, touring the world and seeing everyone again after taking a year or so off the road to get our bearings. Frustratingly, like everyone in a band right now (except for that one weird jerk hahaha) we have no idea when we’re going to be able to play shows for you again. Once we accepted that reality, we wanted to get this record to you as soon as we possibly could! I’m super sad we can’t see everyone right away and play these songs for ya, but shit at least we got to record it!! We finished it like a week before freakin’ lockdown started happening. NO DREAM is the 4th studio record from the Death Rosenstock band full of chords, words, beats and more! Tracked live in a big room for that classic “is that a mistake?” sound by Grammy-nominated recorded “Grammy Jack” Shirley,

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Oh yeah, if you like No Dream and feel like sharing this cover art on your social media stuff to let people know about the record that would be super cool and helpful to us since we haven’t told anyone else about this record until now! Ha!!! Alright!!!!

Released May 20th, 2020
The Band
JOHN DEDOMENICI – BASS
KEVIN HIGUCHI – DRUMS
MIKE HUGUENOR – GUITAR, VOCALS
DAN POTTHAST – ACOUSTIC GUITAR, KEYS, VOCALS
JEFF ROSENSTOCK – VOCALS, GUITAR, KEYS N MORE

DIG NITTY – Lomita “

Posted: May 18, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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So so excited and mushy to announce that our debut record “Reverse of Mastery” will be coming on July 24th on Exploding In Sound Records. First single premieres today on Flood Magazine! This record has been a loooong time in the making and was such a group ass effort of aaaall the buds and truly so excited to share!!! Lomita featuring Nick Llobet on the vocal cordios:)) The beautiful painting on the cover is by GLA4.

The concept of “summer music” is a little weird to think about right now, but as the world outside begins to warm up, In addition to the many May releases rescheduled to drop mid-summer, Brooklyn’s Dig Nitty is adding to the pile of highly anticipated summer jams, announcing their debut Reverse of Mastery today with the quick-burning surfy “Lomita.”

Blending West Coast garage-rock guitars with the sounds of their native DIY scene, the two-minute introduction to Mastery manages to pack in catchy hooks, a ripping guitar solo, and some pretty relatable lyrics about returning to the outside world. “It’s a song about visiting a hospital—Lomita is the name of the street I would go on to get there,” vocalist Erin McGrath shares of her time spent in California. “It’s a song about wishing you could bring the outside world to someone inside, and how weird it is to be able to just leave a hospital room and go back to the outside world. The second verse compares death to take-off in an airplane or spaceship.”

Contributions from:
Nick Llobet (guitar/vocals)
Sabrina Rush (violin
Davis Boardman (violin)
Adam Brisbin (guitar)
Chappy Hull (guitar)

“Lomita” by Dig Nitty from the upcoming LP, “Reverse of Mastery” out July 24th 2020 on Exploding in Sound Records.

BIG THIEF – ” Demos Vol. 1 – Topanga Canyon, CA – Feb 2018 “

Posted: May 16, 2020 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Last week the band released Demos Vol. 1 – Topanga Canyon, CA – Feb 2018, a collection of unreleased songs from the sessions that spurred “U.F.O.F.” and “Two Hands” Albums. The demos are available to purchase with all proceeds benefiting Big Thief’s touring crew. Available to stream now, ‘Live Young Demo’ offers a taste of the collection. It opens with hypnotically repeating percussion and guitar, quietly blooming with Adrianne Lenker’s magnetic voice. Towards the track’s close, an interplay begins between the song and ambient drones and noises of unplaceable origin.

“We spent the month of February 2018 in a cabin in Topanga Canyon, California, recording 34 demos that were boiled down to become UFOF and Two Hands, and we’re bringing a handful into light now to share with everyone. We chose 5 of our favourites – none of which appear on any Big Thief records and a couple of which appear in different forms on Adrianne’s “abysskiss”. 100% of the funds we make from this release will go to our faithful road crew, whose income has been impacted by the disruption in our touring schedule. They are the lifeblood of the Big Thief shows and we care so deeply for each and every one of them.”

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Own the Demos Vol. 1 – Topanga Canyon, CA – Feb 2018 via Bandcamp here. 

The LEMON TWIGS – ” Live “

Posted: May 15, 2020 in MUSIC
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The Lemon Twigs “LIVE”:
Compiled from recordings of The Lemon Twigs’ live performances in late 2018, early 2019 on the “Go To School” tour, here is The Lemon Twigs LIVE. If you close your eyes while you listen, you’ll experience EXACTLY what it would be like to go to a Lemon Twigs show wearing a blindfold. This live record is so good. The brothers are a whole different beast live.
The album is available exclusively on bandcamp. All of the proceeds will go to Coalition for the Homeless, who are helping NYC’s most vulnerable during this trying time and have been since 1981. For more information on them go to their website: www.coalitionforthehomeless.org 

Recorded live to tape during shows in Pawtucket RI, Northampton MA, and Los Angeles CA.

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Brian: I really wanted to release it when we first got off the road, but I don’t know if our label was that interested. But yeah, I’m happy with it. It was such a weird time after we released Go to School. I felt we should come off of an album like that by getting some string players together and trying to do this orchestral/theatrical thing. And Michael’s headspace was really not there; he wanted to do the opposite of that album, practically. And we had these musicians with us that were so great, who came from the jazz world. It ended up being a lot of jamming, which I never expected to do in my life—a lot more soloing than I ever thought I would want to do. [Laughs.] It’s cool to look back on, even though it was relatively recently. I don’t think we’ll ever be able to get that side of us across on a studio record; and when we do tour for this record, I think it will be a lot different than how we sounded on that tour.

Michael: We recorded it on a little cassette machine; we didn’t know if we were going to put it out with our label or if we’d slip it out like a bootleg, but we wanted to make it something interesting, not just put out a live album that’s really boring. The live albums that are cool are the ones where they completely transform the songs, or the ones where they just talk—or maybe they do the songs really intimately. And this gave us the opportunity to document that period. It was very intense to do that kind of stuff every night; it was hard work, and I really wanted a snapshot of it. Because I don’t know if I always want to be that intense, you know what I mean?

The Group:
Brian D’Addario – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Michael D’Addario -guitar, vocals
Tommaso Taddonio – keyboards
Daryl Johns – bass, vocals
Andres Valbuena – drums, vocals

Released April 29th, 2020

CUT WORMS – ” Alien Sunset (Hollow Ground version) b​/​w Conspiracy Theorist Blues (Alien Sunset EP outtake) “

Posted: May 14, 2020 in MUSIC
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A couple old unreleased tracks are out now: A version of “Alien Sunset” that was Cut from “Hollow Ground” for reasons I don’t recall. features @jonathanrado (who also produced it) on Drums, percussion, and I think some keyboards? and a demo called “Conspiracy Theorist Blues”

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released May 1st, 2020

Alien Sunset recorded July 2016 Los Angeles, CA at Dream Star Studios
outtake from JAG310 LP Hollow Ground

Produced by Jonathan Rado
All instruments and voices, Max Clarke
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DIRTY PROJECTORS – ” Lose Your Love “

Posted: May 14, 2020 in MUSIC
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This summer, Dirty Projectors will release “Flight Tower”, the next in a sequence of five EPs to come ou in 2020. Each EP will feature a different band member on lead vocals — Maia, Felicia, Kristin & Dave — with everyone trading verses on the fifth and final installment. ‘Lose Your Love’ has plenty of the sonic trademarks that have made Dirty Projectors such a wild project. Heavily experimental pop that is both immediately alluring and completely disorientating.

On Flight Tower, Felicia is in the captain’s chair. Each track is built around her mellifluous alto and empathetic eye, and Felicia and Dave wrote the lyrics together. Longstreth tills the other side of the screen, letting the sonic seeds planted on 2017’s Dirty Projectors and 2018’s Lamp Lit Prose blossom into something weird and new.

Dirty Projectors are releasing five EPs this year. Five. Why? Who knows. “Lose Your Love” we’re putting out five EPs this year, and the boxset of all five EPs

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Felicia Douglass lead vocals and completely shines out the front. She sings all the songs on the Flight Tower EP from which this comes. It’s out next month.

releases June 26th, 2020, Domino Recording Co Ltd

HAND HABITS – ” Yr Heart “

Posted: May 12, 2020 in MUSIC
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Welcome to our new series, Document, where we aim to highlight artists and music scenes from around the world that we’ve fallen in love with, but aren’t necessarily already part of the Saddle Creek family. Our third release in the series is the “yr heart” 7-inch from Los Angeles’ Hand Habits.

Meg Duffy, aka Hand Habits, is a singer, songwriter and guitarist from Upstate New York. She has been putting her time in on the road and in the studio over the past two years with pacific northwest band Mega Bog, and the Kevin Morby Band, making an impression on everyone she comes across with her natural charisma and uncharted talent as a multi-instrumentalist.

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Release Date: August 25th, 2017

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