Maneka's (Devin McKnight)debut album "Is You Is" is out September 1st, 2017 on Exploding In Sound Records, the third installment of the "EIS Tape Club".

Maneka - "Is You Is"

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Strange Ranger 'Daymoon' out 10/6/17 on Tiny Engines

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"I Will Spite Survive (ft. Jenn Wasner)" off the new album 'Mountain Moves'. Out September 8, 2017 on Joyful Noise Recordings.

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Maneka's (Devin McKnight)debut album "Is You Is" is out September 1st, 2017 on Exploding In Sound Records, the third installment of the "EIS Tape Club".

pre-order: http://www.explodinginsoundrecords.com/products/597796-maneka-is-you-is

Maneka - Dracula (feat. Katie Capri)

Maneka - Tiger Baby (feat. Jordyn Blakely)

Maneka - Soft Serve (feat. Katie Capri)

Daybreak tends to creep up on you. Emerging from starry darkness, the sun wobbles at first but proceeds on its scheduled arc. You can’t help but wonder if it ever looks back in disbelief, or regret.  This feeling of self-reflection—of looking back to see how far you’ve come—is precisely the sentiment of Thawing Dawn, the first solo record from A. Savage, released on Dull Tools.

The songs on Thawing Dawn form a guided tour through the romantic environs of A. Savage’s mirrored mind. While some were written recently, other tunes were penned over the past decade. For one reason or another, these compositions didn’t land with any of Savage’s other groups, and instead are presented now as a distinct collection. Reflecting back, Savage says, “Once I realized I had a small body of work that didn’t fit anywhere else, I started to examine the commonalities: What’s the common denominator of all this and how I can expand on it?”

Savage is best known as the frontman for Parquet Court, a duty split with fellow Texan Austin Brown. Their last record, Human Performance, delved into the emotional wreckage of a broken heart, to critical acclaim.  But with Thawing Dawn, it’s clear that Savage has matured. While assembling the record, he fell in love. Now, for the first time, we hear songs about being on the inside of love. Rather than lamenting the end of a relationship, we hear a voice trying, in the moment, to make sense of love’s mysteries. “Part of this maturity,” he says, “is reflecting on something when it’s happening, not just when it’s gone.” 

Thawing Dawn gives us honesty: We see the artist at home in bed, more singer-songwriter portrait than esoteric statement. Throughout his discography Savage has long abbreviated his first name as a kind of writerly gesture. He says, of the move, “I am an uncivilized member of modern civilization--I’m just a savage.” Like Duchamp’s R. Mutt signature on a urinal, the shortening embodies a mischievous directness, enabling this savage to introduce his slanted honesty into the universe.

“I always like it when records are good representations of communities,” Savage says, and this one succeeds in this regard. These ten songs were recorded between December 2016 and June 2017 by a cast of friends in Jarvis Taveniere’s Thump Studios in Brooklyn. Members of Woods, Ultimate Painting, PC Worship, EZTV, and Psychic TV all lend their talents.  Savage’s voice, once shouted into mosh pits, now glides confidently above its backing band. Thawing Dawn marks the arrival point for Savage as a sensitive and skilled vocalist.  A strain of rural inquiry tinges the soundscape, an ongoing trope in Savage’s writing most powerfully felt on Parkay Quart’s ballad “Uncast Shadow of a Southern Myth.” On this record it is stronger, with a healthy helping of pedal steel guitar, a chorus of female back-up vocals, four familiar chords, and maybe the truth, all layered throughout these songs. Their titles also steer us this way, but don’t fully convey the hidden intricacies. “Buffalo Calf Road Woman” opens the record in a burst of C&W energy.  The staccato pop piano of “Eyeballs” lays crisply beneath a refrain of heartbreak. “Wild Wild Horses” finds him confessing inside a Talk Talk bubble of guitar static and organ. The build-up of “What Do I Do” yields a guitar freak out that Parquet Courts fans will recognize. You could two-step to the swing of “Phantom Limbo.” “Ladies from Houston” is a Leonard Cohen-like ramble through a party scene. Finally, the title track is a suite of three interwoven songs that closes the record in a beautifully cinematic style. 

Throughout, A. Savage delivers one-off lines of razor-sharp observation that will stick in your brain, only to surface when you’re least prepared to handle their insights. When you put your copy of Thawing Dawn on your turntable and drop the needle, you’ll learn what A. Savage has to say about romance in our modern world. Keep your ears open--it’s worth hearing.

- Jack Murphy

Wild, Wild, Wild Horses

Odonis Odonis continued to push their sound further into the depths of post-apocalyptic experimentation. Following 2016's foreboding Post Plague, No Pop is the band's starker, more dance-floor-friendly fourth LP.

No Pop is being released by Telephone Explosion in Canada on October 20th, 2017.

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"Palberta leap another level on the hyper-charged 'Roach Goin' Down'..." - Marc Masters on Pitchfork

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About "Roach Goin' Down"

In their formative years, Palberta’s live performances often involved moments of synchronized dancing and humorous performance art in between or during songs. Touring the states extensively, they developed a reputation as a “must-see” live band on the DIY circuit. Over the course of the last five years, they've honed in on a distinct and arresting sound, incorporating gorgeous three-part harmonies into their chaotic grooves and working with a slew of talented musicians from within their circle. Eventually the mercurial nature of their early performances began to manifest itself in their music, with each Palberta release proving to be more full of surprises than the last.
Roach Goin' Down is Palberta's most impressive album to date. Twenty-two tracks combine the band's signature frenetic instrumentation with a thoroughly developed pop sensibility that fans merely glimpsed on previous releases. The songs are lovingly crafted and shine with the confidence of a band discovering new musical possibilities and having a blast doing it. As usual, their excitement is sonically palpable, yet this time it's grounded by a lyrical nuance and newfound melancholy that gives the record an air of maturity compared to previous releases.

Recorded by frequent collaborator Paco Cathcart (The Cradle), Roach Goin' Down is a brilliantly constructed work of beauty and bile. Palberta continue to pave the way as innovators in the field of guitar-based music, delivering a barrage of twisted, catchy hymns that manage to be both challenging and feverishly compelling.

PAST PRESS
Bandcamp Daily Bye Bye Berta Album of the Day Feature At times, it's a challenging listen, but it's by forging new paths that cult heroes are made.
The Fader Bands to Watch in 2018 ...they are really fucking good...
Pitchfork Review of Bye Bye Berta The sound of trio Palberta evokes the post-punk era's great experimentalists, with overloaded glee and delirious energy.
Rollingstone 10 Artists You Need to Know ...from Yoko-centric skronk-funk into dreamy, harmony-soaked broken pop.

Noisey Feature on Palberta and Roach Goin' Down ...'Roach Goin' Down' is a special, experimental take on what it means to rock.
Pitchfork Review of Roach Goin' Down [7.8] Palberta leap another level on the hyper-charged 'Roach Goin' Down'...
Stereogum Premieres "Roach Goin' Down" and Announces LP ...A snotty rage against domesticity and stasis.
Allmusic Review of Roach Goin' Down  ...Palberta continue to hone their skills while losing none of the uniqueness of their earlier work.
The Fader Premieres "Big Time" ...showcasing the loose-screw energy that has made Palberta's live shows such a full-on fixture in some circles.
Paste Magazine 15 Bands You Need to Know ...The post-punk experimentalists are both haphazard and composed, making each of their releases a wild, unexpected ride.
The Fader Bands to Watch in 2018  ...they are really fucking good...
Rolling Stone 10 Artists You Need to Know  ...from Yoko-centric skronk-funk into dreamy, harmony-soaked broken pop.

Palberta - Sound Of The Beat

From the album Breakup Song. 
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