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Radio remix for Friendly Potential:
Recorded at live by Jeff Henderson at the Audio Foundation "Nowhere Festival". Available on limited edition cassette through from Dubbed Tapes. This radio remix includes field recordings made over Auckland Anniversary weekend 2018 on the side of Mangawhau and out the window on Karangahape Road

Radio remix: LiveBeehive

The new single from our new album 'closure' - out soon via Breakfast Records

"Set around a chunky, instantly catchy guitar riff, the track talks of inner struggles but projects them via brilliantly sunny instrumentation, contrasting light and dark perfectly." - DIY MAG

Patience

Housweives - Sublimate pt.II 7" / DL
Shipping over the next few weeks and out digitally across all platforms from today is the new, 3rd and final single from the new Housewives album.

Buy through Bandcamp: https://blankeditions.bandcamp.com/album/sublimate-pt-ii-radio-edit

Buy through Big Cartel: 
https://blankeditions.bigcartel.com/product/housewives-sublimate-pt-ii

As well as being available digitally, Sublimate pt.II is also available as a highly limited one sided transparent lathe cut 7" in an edition of 50 copies with a 250gsm illustrated card back with hand assembled labels housed in a thick PVC outer sleeve.

Lathes cut by our friend, Adam Humphrey at Loose Hair Lathe Cuts.

Housewives - Sublimate pt. II

THE UV RACE - Made in China LP
AARGHT048, due Friday 12 April 2019

1. Tread on Me
2. True Blue
3. Act Like Them
4. Inane Brain
5. Riding Country
6. Irish Girl
7. Murder
8. Mr Blame
9. Why Die
10. Fairly Free

THE UV RACE - Mr Blame

Out 8th March on limited 7" (250 copies) + digital.
Pre-order vinyl here - http://speedywunderground.com/shop/

SW026 - Black Country, New Road - Athen's, France

Stef Chura - Method Man
from the album Midnight out June 7th!
Order here:  StefChura.lnk.to/Midnight

Midnight

Stef Chura - Method Man

Kick off 2019 with In The Dark Again 11! This latest installment brings together 5 great tracks. The Bleak Engineers from St. Petersburg (Svetlana Zombierella and Alexander Moralez), lead the way with their irresistible groove and melancholic synth melodies on „Scientific Science“. Next up with a heavy hitter called „PTP“ is Synkronized, the specialist in dark electronic sounds out of Russia. Coming in third on the A Side is a fascinating sinister baseline with a hypnotic build-up titled „Electronic Humming“, produced by Pablo Dissko (born in Greece, living in Amsterdam).
 
The B-side keeps it rolling with Greek artist KSTS’ wicked Electro on his vocoder-driven tune: „Three Hundred Dark Times“. Closing out the collection is Alavux (born in Serbia, living in Macedonia), another true Electro master delivering a banger called „Bender“, that leaves absolutely no questions. 

Out in late January / early February 2019. 
Vinyl only. 
Distribution: Metabanana Airforce
Artwork: Laura Herz
Mastering: Emanuel Geller

A1: The Bleak Engineers - Scientific Silence (In The Dark Again 11)

OUT 3/15 - pre-order here:
https://lowlife.bandcamp.com/album/downer-edn

Downer Edn

Low Life - Lust Forevermore

Shadows & Light feat. Chelsea Wolfe and Chino Moreno

'Break A' is taken from Vital Idles' brand new 4-track EP, out March 8th on Upset The Rhythm.

http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/

If there isn't yet a tradition of following a magnificent debut album with a, shoelaces-tightened, excellent mission statement of an EP (one would be forgiven to think that the debut long player was the mission statement already, breaking in on the scene/ry with such unmissable and rarely seen sensory delight, but then upon hearing the subsequently released EP one is tempted to think: "Wow! That debut was truly astonishing but now they are REALLY on a mission!"), well, if this tradition doesn't already exist - and thinking about Young Marble Giants' scene-defining "Final Day" 7", Pylon's absolutely essential "!!" 10" and Carla Dal Forno's recent-yet-already-classic "The Garden" 12" one might argue that this tradition is undoubtedly fully existent (more so: alive and well) — then this self-titled extended play from much beloved Glasgow quartet Vital Idles would surely be a striking argument for the genesis of such a tradition.

On the other hand, when taking sides with the many seasoned critics arguing that this tradition has indeed long been established, one might confidently list this effort as a bona fide example of such practice, sharing with the aforementioned not only an astute and accomplished artistic ability but also a sense of minimalist psychedelia that transcends restrictions set by redundant referencialism and grateless genre parameters such as "Post Punk" or "Minimal Pop" (on which the same critics, of course, often disagree).

That being said, ping-ponging from gritty post punk smashes to minimal pop moments and vice versa, Vital Idles' sphere of stripped-down efficiency and sharp personal observation also brings to mind crucially overseen half-chord-wonders Glorious Din as well as antipodean contemporaries like Constant Mongrel (who also had their latest release mastered by the fantastic M. Young), Primo! (who also had their latest release mastered by the fantastic M. Young) and Terry (who also had their latest release mastered by the fantastic M. Young).

The EP reveals itself as a steady, hypotenusal rise of intensity and momentum, starting with the hallucinogenic restrain of opener "Break A", building tension throughout the gothic-noise flourishes of "Seconds" and "Rustle Rustle" and culminating in "Careful Extracts", a 2 minute burst of carefree introspection that might as well be the unintentional answer to early career highlight "My Sentiments": "just me and my/ tired ire/ a a a a a a a a a a"

In conclusion: Vital Idles' debut was truly astonishing but - wow! - now they are truly on a mission.



Written by David Roeder, January 2019

EP  

Vital Idles - 'Break A'

“Headboggle splinters his typically all-encompassing style of synth composition into tiny one minute morsels & the results play out like fellow Bay Area legends The Residents on their Commercial Album: short and sweet, presenting each idea as a discrete miniature world and moving on. Derek presents a comprehensive taxonomy of the tones and strategies within his arsenal of synths and electronics, finding room for everything from glistening classical-informed harmonies to the bludgeoning rhythmic squelches that have become his signature. Across 44 tracks, Derek dilates time and sketches out some oblique narrative known only to him that seems to contain infinite details”.                      
- Max  Allison, Hausu Mountain 

“ HOLY SHIT Headboggle has gone “commercial” with (44) one-minute jingles of brain-damaged intent. I can’t get over this joker’s Modern Ballroom Dancing © sound - puts me super smiley in the headspace of Mort Garson or The Residents. My favorite release of his so far.”     
                                                                                               - Bran (...) Pos 




Derek Gedalecia, a.k.a. Headboggle, has been performing electronic keyboard-based soundscapes for several years in the Bay Area in over a hundred local performances at venues ranging from GTK to YBCA. Incorporating lowbrow with highbrow art, music, and comedy, Headoggle’s intent is to fuse together a new ecstatic improvisational performance style with a carefully crafted musical underbed. In his formative years, Gedalecia studied classical and ragtime piano from noted ragtime composer/revivalist Dr. Brian Dykstra.

For Fans Of: The Residents, Emeralds, Suzanne Ciani, Wendy Carlos.

“Blue Guitar” video: https://youtu.be/QZriE5kTsDY


More info about this release : http://www.ratskin.org/releases/rsr078.html

More about Headboggle: 
http://headboggle.tumblr.com/
http://www.ratskin.org/artists/headboggle.html

polyphonic demo

Headboggle "Country Club Road" (2019)

You Maintain The Stain

'Good Sense' is taken from Hash Redactor's debut album entitled 'Drecksound', out April 26th through Upset The Rhythm and Goner Records.

A quick glance at the résumés of Hash Redactor’s members might seed certain expectations.  The band is fronted by guitarist Alec McIntyre of Ex-Cult, with NOTS rhythm warriors Meredith Lones on bass and Charlotte Watson on drums, and rounded off by George Williford on second guitar.  But their debut full-length dives into territory that feels distinctly untethered from their lineage and era.  Drecksound is a clattering, shambolic oasis in the sleek digital desert of the late twenty-teens.  
 
Perhaps both because and in spite of the alienation that typifies the glut of rock music at the end of this god-damned decade, these twelve songs deliver a pointed social criticism, more cathartic than suffocating, while championing a nihilism that greets the abyss by laughing mockingly in its face. The chorus to the incendiary Step 2: Success is sneered, not sung, “It’s a long con job and you just got it wrong / banned from the world.” Or take Open Invite’s opening missive, “I won’t settle for anything less than a four-star refugee camp.” McIntyre’s lyrics present a puckish fascination with humankind’s rake-stepping self destruction.  He’s a merry prankster, but more in the mold of a jackbooted Monty Python character than a Ken Kesey acid casualty. Case in point: A-side epic In The Tank, where a vindictive custodian boils alive the wealthy patrons at the sensory-deprivation tank facility where he works.
 
McIntyre and Williford’s guitar interplay on Drecksound draws from some weird rundown of usual and unusual suspects in the tight corner of avant-punk guitar work, recalling some free-association that includes: Marquee Moon, John Fahey gone electric, the playing on Ornette Coleman’s mid-70s Body Meta and Dancing In Your Head, prime-era Flesheaters, and (why not) the first two Meat Puppets albums. Without anything resembling traditional leads, guitars snake in, out and around Lones’s bass lines, which alternate between slinky earworm hooks and steel cable raw power.  All of this is locked in by Watson’s characteristically visceral swing.  It doesn’t feel controversial to claim that the duo of Watson and Lones constitutes one of the best rhythm sections to be heard anywhere in contemporary punk music.
 
Having played out heavy in 2018 with a refined live show, a four-song demo, and several Gonerfest appearances under their belt, HR cut the record at home on a borrowed 8-track cassette machine. The deranged raw tracks were mixed into final form by Matt Qualls at Young Avenue Sound, and mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering. Hash Redactor will be touring the States in summer and with plans for Europe later in 2019. Drecksound is out April 26 on Upset the Rhythm in UK/EU and the rest of the world on Goner.

Available to pre-order here: upsettherhythm.bigcartel.com/

Drecksound

Hash Redactor - 'Good Sense'

Stockholm's machine-maniac Celldöd (real name Anders Karlsson) has been active in various punk and electronic outfits since the late 90's and now lands on DKA for his second full-length album (and first for the label), Fragmenterade Minnen. Karlsson's prolific solo project has released numerous cassettes and 12"s in addition to his debut LP on Suction Records in 2015, as well as the Brutal Disciplin of his Vargdöd (Varg + Celldöd) collaboration. 

Fans of Karlssons previous efforts will find lots to enjoy here, as he explores the ideas, textures, and ryhthms of the Celldöd sound over 10 tracks of Liasons Dangerous-esque industrial funk with flares of body music and techno. Karlsson's ability to make such a heavy sound bounce and swing is what gives these tracks the ability to light up even the coldest dance floors. The performances captured are raw and inspired and the feeling transfers directly to the listener as your body slowly starts to move in unison with the beat.

Fragmenterade Minnen

Celldöd "Dansar (Inte För Dig)"

Live at WHAMMY 09.01.2019 supporting Koizilla

I Don't Wanna (Live at WHAMMY)

Bonus track from the extended reissue of the Headless Chickens - 'Body Blow'

HEADLESS CHICKENS - Bestiary

Carla dal Forno's "So Much Better" taken from a forthcoming 7" release out April 16th on Kallista Records.
Written and produced by Carla dal Forno

Direct pre-order: https://carladalforno.bandcamp.com/
Retail pre-order: http://smarturl.it/CarlaSoMuchBetter

So Much Better

"A few years have passed and we are still in love with Vox Low's original track.

Figuring out who'd do the remixes wasn't an easy task. After a long wait we can now announce that a new 12 inch will be out on Rotten City Records with a newer version of the original (previously released in Born bad Records), plus 2 brand new remixes from the infamous Marvin & Guy and the Franco-Spanish duo Holographic Planes, formed by no others than Damon Jee and label owner Alvaro Cabana.

We are adding to this release a remix of Vox Low of "Black Lake" from My broken frame, track that came out only on digital on Gimme Shelter. This is a unique chance to get your copy of this amazing 12" limited release. 200 x 12" in solid white (numbered), and 100 x 12" in black, so you better be quick!"

https://soundcloud.com/rotten-city-records
https://soundcloud.com/voxlow
https://soundcloud.com/marvin-and-guy

PRÈMIÉRE: Vox Low - "Now, We're Ready To Spend" (Marvin & Guy Version)[Rotten City]

It’s been quite some time since the world last heard from Ausmuteants, they’ve been busy with more important things in life but the band is back with their silliest output yet. Ausmuteants are proud to present The World In Handcuffs, out April 26th this year on Anti Fade Records.
 
Differing to previous Ausmuteants records, The World In Handcuffs was written (and narrated) entirely by guitarist Shaun Connor, as a concept album that explores a piss-take look on life from the perspective of a police officer.
 
“Shaun joined this band cause he's into punk for some dumb reason that I don't understand. They've gone on all sorts of time-consuming tours, and Shaun just comes back broke and useless. They're always playing these loud shows that make sure Shaun is taken away from me for the night. We were walking around in Berlin once on holiday after tour, when Shaun and I were meant to enjoy some quality vacation time together. Some dude hit him up like "Hey man, do you play in Ausmuteants?" which was so embarassing. Ugh. Shaun looked pleased with himself, the worm. I'm pretty sure their most popular song is about jacking off, which probably tells you all you need to know about these idiots.”
 
–      Dom, the love of Shaun’s life.
 
 
The record is split up into two sides that both include the exact same ten songs in different running orders – however, the A side features skits by Shaun in between songs and the B side doesn’t. So there’s a side for all occasions.
 
“Ausmuteants … Present The World In Handcuffs” is out worldwide on Anti Fade Records from April 26th 2019.

AUSMUTEANTS - Forever Cops

Paris-based band Vox Low drops a new remixes EP on Alvaro Cabana’s Rotten City Records that features this superb hazy version from ‘My Broken Frame’ aka solo project of Guillaume Leglise, also guitarist of the band. They turned this originally sensible cinematic pop song into an extended cold-blooded kraut cover, mostly built around hallucinogenic synth layers, whipping binary drums, kinky grunge guitars and that haunting sonar bleep that will never leave your mind in peace, for our very pleasure. The track was previously released digitally in 2016 , but its so good that finally he got a deserved vinyl release.  
EP also includes remixes of ‘Ready To Spend’ - killer tune from their last album - from Marvin & Guy, Holographic Planes and themselves. Out on april 5th just to remind you that winter is still not far away.

https://soundcloud.com/mybrokenframe
https://soundcloud.com/voxlow
https://soundcloud.com/rotten-city-records

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