With chunky, distorted guitar and a stadium-ready drum beat, Dean Blunt enters 2018 with a scrappy, three-track release titled BOOKEY. Its rollout, of course, was curious: the instrumental first track, “BOOKEY 1,” was uploaded yesterday under a different title (“STUNNERS”), but in typical Bluntian fashion, it was just as swiftly taken down. And, since we’re all clamoring for any Blunt-related scraps thrown our way, it’s also worth noting that yesterday’s upload included the following rare, limited-edition text, which is not included in the BOOKEY version:
More about: Dean Blunt, Lasse, Nina
Throwing Snow The London-based producer discusses endorphins, crafting arpeggios, and his latest releases on Houndstooth
The London-based producer discusses endorphins, crafting arpeggios, and his latest releases on Houndstooth
For over a decade, London-based producer Ross Tones (under his prolific Throwing Snow moniker) has been plotting his musical development in the form of nostalgic house vignettes (Shadower / Sanctum), cinematic dancefloor workouts (Clamour), colorful bass experiments (Mosaic), arpeggiated techno epics (Axioms), and an extensive back catalogue of singles.
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Aylu Walden
Styles: juke, campfire songs, concrète
Others: 食品まつり a.k.a foodman, AGF
“If someone does not keep pace with their companions, perhaps it is because they hear a different drummer. Let them step to the music which they hear, however measured or far away.”
– Henry David Thoreau
1. Economy
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2018: First Quarter Favorites From sheaves of harsh noise & asphalt batida to trap-rap hybridity & obscure Japanese video game music
For each year's first three quarters, we celebrate by sharing a list of our favorite music releases. Unlike our year-end lists, these quarter features are casually compiled, with an aim to spotlight the underdogs and the lesser-heard among the more popular picks. More from this series
From sheaves of harsh noise & asphalt batida to trap-rap hybridity & obscure Japanese video game music
The first three months of 2018 are over with, and we’re here to inform you that life is meaningless celebrate with our favorite releases! This quarter’s highlights include everything from sheaves of harsh noise (Prurient) and asphalt batida (P. Adrix) to trap-rap hybridity (cupcakKe) and obscure Japanese video game music (Diggin’ in the Carts). With teen-crush glances (Hannah Diamond) and broken hearts (Barrio Sur), our favorites had us stumbling into otherworldly glitch wonderlands (C.
More about: 03 Greedo, Barrio Sur, Big Ded, C Spencer Yeh, Charli XCX, Cities Aviv, Cucina Povera, CupcakKe, Daichi Yoshikawa, Debit, Dedekind Cut, Hannah Diamond, Inga Copeland, Jam City, Jean-Luc Guionnet, JPEGMAFIA, Lolina, Lost Girls, Mount Eerie, Organ Tapes, P. Adrix, Pendant, Profligate, Prurient, U.S. Girls, yma
For each year's first three quarters, we celebrate by sharing a list of our favorite music releases. Unlike our year-end lists, these quarter features are casually compiled, with an aim to spotlight the underdogs and the lesser-heard among the more popular picks. More from this series
Somebody from Tiny Mix Tapes wants me to post about how Playboi Carti’s debut album has been completed
Hey everyone. Somebody from Tiny Mix Tapes wants me to post about the fact that Pi’erre Bourne tweeted that somebody from the label told him to tweet that Playboi Carti’s debut album is done.
Somebody from the label wants me to tweet Carti’s albums done
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Favorite Rap Mixtapes of March 2018 From Valee & 03 Greedo to GRIMM DOZA & Elucid
From Valee & 03 Greedo to GRIMM DOZA & Elucid
With a cascade of releases spewing from the likes of DatPiff, LiveMixtapes, Bandcamp, and SoundCloud, it can be difficult to keep up with the overbearing yet increasingly vital mixtape game. In this column, we aim to immerse ourselves in this hyper-prolific world and share our favorite releases each month. The focus will primarily be on rap mixtapes — loosely defined here as free (or sometimes free-to-stream) digital releases — but we’ll keep things loose enough to branch out if/when we feel it necessary.
More about: 03 Greedo, DWN2EARTH, Elucid, Fiend, Fre$h, Grimm Doza, Mozzy, Trick Papi, Uncle John, Valee
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RIP: Caleb Scofield of Cave In, Old Man Gloom
From Profound Lore founder Chris Bruni (via Pitchfork):
We are saddened and shocked to hear about the sudden passing of Caleb. A really great and genuine person, and it was awesome working with him on those last two Old Man Gloom albums we released. But undoubtedly Cave In were one of the most groundbreaking and moving bands in all of heavy music of the late ’90s. True artistry and unbridled heavy emotion. Damn did those albums hit me hard.
More about: Cave In, Old Man Gloom
Lucy Railton Paradise 94
Styles: modern/classical
Others: Beatrice Dillon, Valerio Tricoli
Toward a description of the ambience that emerges in the shatter of industrial panic, of its shimmering, and of its mist-wreathed stridence (in “Pinnivek)…
Toward a description of the musique concrète out of whose vivisection arises Bach’s resurrection1 (in “For JR”)…
Toward a description of the motion of the progressing of the sound without sound without progressing without motion (in “Fortified Up”)…
after Quignard.
More about: Lucy Railton
Diamanda Galás The Singing Serpent talks experimental film collaboration Schrei 27, feminism, Yoko Ono, and some bad-ass “drag queens”
The Singing Serpent talks experimental film collaboration Schrei 27, feminism, Yoko Ono, and some bad-ass “drag queens”
Diamanda Galás is a dark angel — “the singing serpent,” the saint of the pit. Her most notorious performance, Plague Mass, saw her ululating in a church, half-naked and covered in blood. She’s worked with luminaries from Iannis Xenakis and John Zorn through to Derek Jarman and John Paul Jones, but she describes herself as a loner who doesn’t like to collaborate.
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Félicia Atkinson playing US live shows starting THIS WEEK, not giving anyone enough time to do the required reading
Aww, what the hell!? I just tried to use my college account to log in to JSTOR and was told I’ve been graduated too long to use their databases. Come on guys, it’s only been like two years!!
That’s a real bummer, because there’s no way I’ll be able to do all the reading for Félicia Atkinson’s brief upcoming US tour…you know: given that it starts THIS FRIDAY (March 30) and includes a stop at at NYC’s Issue Project Room THIS SATURDAY (March 31) — where she’s to perform a “brand new work” (!!!) — and all…
More about: Félicia Atkinson
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