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twenty eighteen

August 2018

PLAYLIST AUGUST 2018

Nac Tracks August 2018

Weekend Showcase 4.32 features 45 songs from artists and bands representing 11 countries. Take a listen and discover indie music's hidden gems. Learn more here:
https://therevue.ca/2018/08/18/weekend-showcase-4-32/

Weekend Showcase 4.32

EPR Weekly Roundup 2018 #32 W/C 13th August 2018

AUGUST PICKS

WAND - Reaper Invert

Rat Race from Fuzz's upcoming album "II". Available October 2015 on In The Red.

Pre-order Fuzz's II - http://apple.co/1GCNzf1

Fuzz - Rat Race

Pollinate from Fuzz's upcoming album "II". Available October 23, 2015 at www.intheredrecords.com.

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Fuzz - Pollinate

GØGGS - Needle Trade Off

Ex-Cult - Attention Ritual

Smut - Video Cell

Preoccupations - "Espionage" taken from 'New Material,' out March 23, 2018 on Jagjaguwar

Stream "Espionage" / Pre-order New Material: https://preoccupations.lnk.to/newmaterial

Preoccupations - Espionage

‘The Ballad Of Shirley Collins’ Original Soundtrack
Out 23rd March 2018
Limited edition pink vinyl &
Deluxe ‘bookback’ inc DVD & CD (UK only) 
Pre-order: https://earthrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-ballad-of-shirley-collins

Widely regarded as the 20th century’s most important singer of English traditional song, Shirley Collins is someone who was born to invoke the old songs. Alongside her sister Dolly, she stood at the epicentre of the folkmusic revival during the 1960s and ‘70s. But in 1980 she developed a disorder of the vocal chords known as dysphonia, which robbed her of her unique singing voice and forced her into early retirement. 

The Ballad Of Shirley Collins - which premiered at this year’s London Film Festival - tells this story, though to reduce it to that single aspect does everyone (not least of all Shirley!) something of a disservice. The film proves itself to be a time-travelling Transatlantic road-movie of sorts, utilising an incredibly rich audio archive to recount the tale of her seminal 1959 song-collecting trip around America’s Deep South alongside her then-lover (and legendary ethnomusicologist) Alan Lomax. The soundtrack album reflects this, combining never-before-released recordings from that trip (notably Alabama Sacred Harp Convention, Texas Gladden and Sidney Hemphill-Carter) with more recent offerings, a home recording of Shirley's sister Dolly Collins, excerpts from the original soundtrack music and two BBC session tracks from 1958, which get their first release, some 60 years after they were recorded.

Shirley Collins spent her life in song. Even during her time without her performing voice she was telling the stories of others’ music. Not once has she dropped the baton in keeping these songs, these stories, these people alive. The soundtrack to ‘The Ballad Of Shirley Collins’ - through its diversity - showcases a cross section of the facets that make up an extraordinary career by anyone’s standards.

Released for the first time on limited edition pink vinyl (worldwide) and deluxe DVD bookback (UK only) that will feature a range of extras including deleted scenes, audio commentary, behind the scenes footage and an unreleased short film by the filmmakers along with CD of the soundtrack. 

“Brilliant story of lost folk singer” Guardian

“Something to be cherished” Little White Lies

★★★★ Mojo

Alongside the release, there will be a Shirley Collins book preview event featuring a live performance and first readings from her new autobiography ‘All in the Downs: Reflections on Life, Landscape and Song’ (out March 2018) at the British Library on 20th January 2018.

‘The Ballad Of Shirley Collins’ film continues to screen across cinemas in the UK and will be free-to stream on the Lush Player in the UK for 20 days only from January 20th 2018. 

For full film screening schedule and tickets please visit: http://www.shirleycollinsmovie.com/

To view on the Lush Player please visit: http://player.lush.com/

LP Track list 
Side A
1.	“All I Ever Wanted”
2.	Shirley Collins – Calvary Hill
3.	Ishman Williams & The Williams Singers – Got On My Travelling Shoes
4.	“Do You Want Me To Start Again, Alan”
5.	Texas Gladden – I Never Will Marry
6.	Sid Hemphill and Lucius Smith – Come On Boys, Let’s Go To The Ball
7.	Horton Barker – A Rich Irish Lady
8.	Ian Kearey – The Poor Drowned Sailor
9.	Sidney Hemphill Carter – Pharaoh
10.	“I Used To Could Sing”
11.	 Outtake (London, 1959)

Side B
1.	“There’s Never Been A Merry England”
2.	Andy Hemsley and Hastings Jack In The Green – Seeds Of Love
3.	N.J Brothers & The United Sacred Harp Musical Association – Calvary
4.	Lucius Smith – Make Lulu Behave Herself
5.	Ruby Vass – Single Girl, Married Girl
6.	“I Can’t Really Forget Them”
7.	George Stoneman – Sally Anne
8.	Michael J York & Ossian Brown – The Cloud House / Cyclobe – Sons Of Sons Of Light / George Collins - Dolly
9.	Dolly Collins – Missa Humana (excerpt)
10.	Shirley Collins – Wondrous Love

Shirley Collins - Wondrous Love

By the time Tal National reached international acclaim with 2013's 'Kaani', the band's first release outside of Niger, they had spent more than a decade crisscrossing their native country, usually on dirt pathways through the Sahara, playing epic five-hour sets, seven days a week, selling their CDs on street corners and roundabouts. In the process, they became Niger's most popular band, with songs constantly blasted on national TV and cell phones everywhere. Following FatCat's release of 'Kaani', Western audiences and critics quickly embraced the band's singular and finely-honed sound. NPR were hit by "the band's tightness and fiery energy"; The Guardian praised "their full-tilt approach, and hypnotic intensity"; whilst Songlines wrote of "a rich, hybrid sound that draws on familiar West African elements to create something rewardingly fresh and different". FatCat released the dazzling follow-up, 'Zoy Zoy', on April 13th 2015, once again to great critical acclaim, with shouts from Pitchfork, Uncut, Afropop Worldwide, FADER, The Quietus and a cover feature on fRoots. With each heaping of praise, they all seemed to echo NPR’s assessment that “There’s no way you won’t dance to this one!”.

Gearing up for their third album for FatCat, Tal National look back on a fertile period spent honing their sound and touring the US several times – leaving audiences sweaty and stunned time after time. They’ve laid down incredible sets at WOMAD and Roskilde, bringing the same intensity and jubilance to the festival set as they would a crammed club, converting the staunchest wallflower into a dancer for the night. At their core, that’s Tal National's intent, to make the people dance. With new album 'Tantabara' (due Feb 2018) the band continues their ongoing quest to translate that energy to tape, bottling the party for personal use.

Niger borders Nigeria, Mali and Ghana. Collected within this former French colony can be found Songhai, Fulani, Hausa, and Tuareg populations, all of whom are represented in the membership of Tal National. As such, the nation enjoys a greatly varied mix of cultures and ethnicities, all richly steeped in music. It is no stranger to highlife, kora and afrobeat musics, while giving the world Tuareg Blues and a unique brand of hip-hop. In Tal National's music can be heard the rolling 12/8 rhythms in the Hausa's fuji percussion, the pensive aridity of the Tuareg's assouf and the exquisite griot guitar of Mali's Songhai, all delivered with virtuoso precision and unrelenting energy. After listing 'Kaani' in its top 10 albums of 2013, The New York Times wrote that "the music keeps leaping ahead with one surprise after another: guitar parts that align and diverge and reconfigure, drumming that pounces on offbeats. The patterns are crisp, complex and tireless".

Tantabara

Tal National - Akokas

From their eponymous debut album, out Feb 23rd, 2018 via Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

from the band:
“Vital Sign” represents two sides of a coin. It references feelings of isolation and paranoia felt during periods of illness and confinement, as well as the emergence from such an experience, in recognition of the trials that bind us (“it could have been you too”). The song begins with a reflective moment which quickly reaches a breaking point, accentuated by screeching strings and bellowing background vocals."

Olden Yolk "Vital Sign" (Trouble In Mind Records)

Advance Base - Dolores & Kimberly

"The Echo of the World" is taken from Cloud Nothings' forthcoming album, "Last Building Burning," out October 19th on Carpark Records.

PRE-ORDER
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TOUR DATES
October 22nd – Lexington, KY – The Burl
October 23rd – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
October 24th – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
October 25th – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa
October 26th – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
October 27th – Austin, TX – Barracuda
October 28th  Dallas, TX – Club Dada
October 30th – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
November 1st – San Diego, CA – Casbah
November 2nd – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
November 3rd – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
November 5th – Seattle, WA – Neumos
November 6th – Vancouver, BC – Imperial
November 7th – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
November 9th – Boise, ID – Neurolux
November 10th – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
November 11th – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
November 13th – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
November 14th – St. Louis, MO – Old Rock House
November 15th – Indianapolis, IN – The Hi-Fi
November 16th – Columbus, OH – The A&R Music Bar
November 17th – Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop
November 26th – Detroit, MI – El Club
November 27th – Toronto, ON – Opera House
December 1st – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
December 4th – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
December 5th – Pittsburgh, PA – The Club at Stage AE
December 6th – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
December 9th – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
December 11th – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall
December 14th – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall

Cloud Nothings - The Echo of the World

"Birthday" is the first single from Gia Margaret's debut album, THERE'S ALWAYS GLIMMER, out 7/27/18 on Orindal Records.

Pre-order vinyl + digital now at http://orindal.com

Chicago singer/songwriter/producer Gia Margaret describes her music as “sleep rock.” It’s a genre all her own, combining elements of folk, shoegaze, slowcore, ambient electronica and trip hop. For her self-produced debut album, There’s Always Glimmer (out July 27, 2018 on Orindal Records), Gia Margaret crafted twelve gorgeously melancholic lullabies to combat her own insomnia, and to salvage some beauty from the brighter and darker moments of her life.

There’s Always Glimmer explores relationships between friends, family members and significant others, often in past tense. Sparse verses isolate mundane moments of domestic and urban life, and choruses ache with earnest expressions of yearning and loss. The disarmingly simple language of Gia Margaret’s lyrics, when carried by the melodic sparkle of her singing voice, have the power to elevate an ordinary moment into something supremely nostalgic and sentimental. A ride on a train, a hand on a shoulder, a dog in a yard, the light of the moon through an apartment window are each made significant and sacred, worthy of examination and preservation.

As much as it addresses the unease in our lives, each song on There’s Always Glimmer is steeped in loving comfort, awash with gentle sounds to usher the still minutes before dreams come, when we’re left alone amidst the shadows and the echoes of our memory. There’s Always Glimmer exists to fill the darkness and the quiet.

There's Always Glimmer

Birthday by Gia Margaret

The Hush

"Can't Hide" by Dev Ray

Dangerbird Records

Available here - http://smarturl.it/DevRay-CantHide

Can't Hide - Single

Can't Hide

Dev Ray - Can't Hide

Sleepers

Blue Lampshade, the first single from NOVYI LEF's upcoming EP, Ethic Or Aesthetic, launches straight into their trademark synth-laden, political electroclash. With lyrics borrowed from Russian art manifestos – cut up and reassembled in random order – the feelings of optimism and utopianism of these documents, a century on from their conception, become a rallying cry for a new future. Backed by an array of synthesiser hardware, sounding somewhere between New Order and Le Tigre, Blue Lampshade offers a tantalising taste of what's in store.

Blue Lampshade (What We Call Progress remix)

Fall into the Sun

Grow into a Ghost

'Weed Garden' (Release date: August 31, 2018) 

Order Now - Sub Pop Mega Mart  https://megamart.subpop.com/releases/iron_and_wine/weed_garden

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All customers who pre-order the LP version of 'Weed Garden' from the Sub Pop Mega Mart will receive the album on Loser Edition colored vinyl, while supplies last.

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Iron & Wine - What Hurts Worse

Dose Your Dreams

Normal People

"Bright and propulsive and gorgeous." - Tom Breihan, STEREOGUM

"A deeply funky house track." - Sophie Kemp, PITCHFORK

"One of the 5 Best Songs of the Week." - STEREOGUM

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Touchscreen (feat. Meredith Graves)
A new single from House of Feelings off the record "New Lows"
Out 1 September 2018 on the Joyful Noise White Label Series

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Song by Meredith Graves, Joe Fassler, Matty Fasano, and Dale Eisinger
Produced by House of Feelings
Sax and guitar by Tim Angiolillo
Drums by Matty Fasano
Tambourine by Dale Eisinger
All sounds made at Faculty and Tower of Light, Brooklyn, New York, 2018

Cover photo by Dale Eisinger

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Touchscreen (feat. Meredith Graves)

Phantastic Ferniture

Dark Corner Dance Floor

Baked's new EP "II" is out August 24th via Exploding In Sound Records. It's the second installment of the EIS Tape Club: Year 2. http://www.explodinginsoundrecords.com/products/622968-baked-ii

Baked - A Hartlett Anthem

My Mind Makes Noises

Eighteen

Written by Caroline Smith and Nicky Davey
Produced by Tommy English and Nicky Davey
Mixed by Spike Stent
Mastered by Huntley Miller

Published by Big Baby Worldwide/These Are Pulse Songs  (BMI).  All rights administered by These Are Pulse Songs.

Bad Habit

Wakey

Featured on @electronicgems - 8/13/18 (https://youtu.be/LiBAJ9O9b9s)

https://hotelpoolsmusic.bandcamp.com/track/coast

https://open.spotify.com/track/7pzU6PJ6TMA7kPv1h2xXlo?si=Bp1BryWXT0WjzbuVIRngGw

Fall '18

Coast

Young Miami producer Marks is returning to Coyote Records on 31st August with 'Crush', his first full-length beat tape. Having debuted on the label last year with the well-received 'Drain' EP, the new release pushes his core sound forward while also showing off his versatility.

Following lead track 'Cold Monday' which was released last week, we're very happy to be premiering the second track to be taken from the record. 'Strawberry Shortcake' opens with glossy chimes and a nursery rhyme melody straight out of the Aphex Twin playbook, patiently evolving this theme over the course of the track while being thwacked over the head by fidgety drums that feel beamed in from another record.

Crush

PREMIERE: Marks - Strawberry Shortcake [Coyote Records]

Serotonin Smiles

Ms. Henrik - "everybody's moving on"

Puce Mary — The Drought
Format: LP / CD / Digital
Cat.No. PAN 87
Release Date: 5 October 2018 
Pre-order album: bit.ly/2KGmn9f / bit.ly/2KGL7Ot

Building from a reputation of arresting live performances and critically acclaimed releases Puce Mary breaks new ground with The Drought, evolving from the tropes of industrial and power electronics to forge a complex story of adapting to new realities. Remnants of noise still exist, sustaining the penetrative viscerality offered on previous records, however The Drought demonstrates an intention to expand on the vocabulary of confrontational music and into a grander narrative defined by technical and emotional growth.
 
Bringing together introspective examination with literary frameworks by writers such as Charles Baudelaire and Jean Genet, Puce Mary’s compositions manifest an ongoing power struggle within the self towards preservation. The traumatised body serves as a dry landscape of which obscured memories and escape mechanisms fold reality into fiction, making sense of desire, loss and control. The Drought presents both danger and opportunity; through rebuilding a creative practice centred on first person narrative and a deliberate collage of field recordings and sound sources Puce Mary injects an acute urgency across the album seeking resilience.

“To Possess Is To Be In Control” makes use of lyrical repetition as an ambiguity of two selves, or a divided self, attempting to consume one another, while “Red Desert,” named after Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1964 film, portrays the individual subsumed by surrounding environmental forces. The seven-minute epic “The Size of Our Desires” acts as the emotional tipping point of the record; amongst the ominous drone and dense feedback flutters almost-beatific melodies, while the lyrics reveal a romantic call to be swept up in the midst of an increasingly uninhabitable world.

Rather than escape, The Drought dramatises a metamorphosis in which vulnerability is confronted through regeneration. Noise and aggression no longer act as an affront to react against but part of a ‘corporeal architecture’ where space, harmony and lyricism surface from the harsh tropes of industrial music. The Drought chronologises a transformation through a psychological famine, new ways of coping akin to plant survival in a desert – to live without drying out.

The release is mastered by Rashad Becker, featuring art by Torbjørn Rødland 

@pucemary
http://p-a-n.org

The Drought

Puce Mary - Red Desert (PAN 87)

Feel The Love Go

Feel The Love Go (Âme Remix)

Feel The Love Go (Whatever/Whatever Remix by Justin Strauss & Bryan Mette)

Tunnel Club - Time Dilation (Radio Edit)

Taken from the album ‘Cycles’, available now smarturl.it/pgxzf7

Limited edition cassette also available : duett.bandcamp.com/album/cycles

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Cover art by Forces Creative
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(c) Modal Recordings 2018

Cycles

So Material

Dont Cry (Guns n Roses cover) (Acoustic)

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2018 will see Rabbit Island release their newest album 'Deep in The Big'. A culmination of the music Amber Fresh is known and adored for in her hometown, the result is a pure experience that will take listeners somewhere beautiful and new.

“Rabbit Island has made me cry more times than funerals. That’s testament to how many shows I’ve seen and how affecting the performance is. I listened to ‘Deep in The Big’ while walking the Bibbulmun track. I cried. It moved with the birds and trees and little streams and made me think it was probably a good idea to jump in water naked. It flows with the curves of The Big into shapes and sounds that might be the Fibonacci sequence or the eternal flow of consciousness. It is very hard to give Rabbit Island’s music a genre. It feels an immoral slight of pen – so let’s go hyphen crazy and say ambient-psych-folk.” ~ Nicholas Allbrook

‘Deep in The Big’ comes out on the 11th of May via Bedroom Suck / Remote Control with help from Omnian Music Group (USA) and Cargo Records (UK/EU).

Deep In The Big

Rabbit Island - 11, 12, 13

Stay True to Your Rootz

Produced by PilgrimxYoung Taylor

Engineered By @ssrojam

Rootz

SISTERS - Queer Life

Established in 1999, Carpark Records is an independent record label based in Washington DC.  