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#nowplaying: January 2015

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1.19.2015

Garbage On Glue

FUZZ - Whats In My Head

"Dust in the Gold Sack" is taken from the band's second album, Surfing Strange.

Surfing Strange will be released on 4th November on CD, LP and digital download.

Pre-order LP, CD or digital via Wichita here: http://bit.ly/1gb2Kjl 

iTunes pre-order: http://smarturl.it/7vy6k4 

Surfing Strange

Swearin' - Dust In The Gold Sack

Blank Realm are back in 2014 with a new album 'Grassed Inn'.

iTunes

Blank Realm - Falling Down The Stairs

Alvvays

Adult Diversion

Taken from the single "Sugarcrush."
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/jogru-sugar-itunes

The debut album "Weird Sister" is out now on Slumberland Records (US) & Fortuna Pop! (UK)

LP/CD: smarturl.it/jgws-album
iTunes: smarturl.it/jgws-itunes

Thrilling Cardiff-based noisepop five-piece Joanna Gruesome will be releasing their terrific debut album via Fortuna POP! (Europe) and Slumberland (USA) in September. Brimming with irresistible pop melodies and spiked with dissonant fuzzy jangle, their songs are shot through with loud discordant feedback and super-fast, hardcore punk drumbeats. This album sees their first foray away from recording in a living room to a proper studio under the guidance of producer MJ of the much lauded Hookworms.

Kicking it against sexism and homophobia, nothing is off-limits, drawing inspiration from DIY scenes such as Riot Grrrl/noisepop/C86 /K Records as well as post hardcore like Drive Like Jehu/Converge and the art rock of The Velvet Underground and My Bloody Valentine, Joanna Gruesome offer a staggeringly diverse album, unexpectedly quiet and surprisingly loud.

Joanna Gruesome comprise Alanna on vocals, Owen on guitar, Max on bass, George on guitar and Dave on drums. They all met in an anger management counseling group. During the course they were told that writing, making music, dancing or painting could relieve tension and help reduce feelings of anger. One initiative involved a project where they were assigned a group to compose and perform a song in front of other members. Initially they found each other infuriating but gradually acknowledged their musical chemistry and decided to continue with the band outside the therapy group.

Most of the album was written during a month long stay in a seedy west Brighton hotel (now closed down) called The Hell House. The residents were pretty strange, kept attempting occult rituals/using Ouija boards etc and many of the songs were written to distract from the weirdness. Heart-wrenching and exhilarating in equal measure, these are not cheerful songs.

Awash with nods to mental illness and the dark recesses of the mind, the record is littered with references to the devil or zombies and allusions to comic books. “Secret Surprise”, in which mental illness takes a physical form and is fought using razor blades. Or "Anti-Parent Cowboy Killers," which is about stealing a scooter and driving it into the ocean when you should be in school LEARNING. Or "Sugarcrush," about spending a summer burning knitwear.

They have built-up a phenomenal live reputation, blending obnoxiously loud guitars and the occasional band uniform, with a high energy performance dispersed with quieter reflection, boy/girl vocals and teenage angst.

“Abrasion, anger, attitude. One guitarist is in the audience, but this isn’t too much of a stretch. There are slower parts where the musicians take a second to breath. There are noisier bits where the musicians take a second to reflect. There are thumpy bits where the musicians take a second to dance and enjoy themselves. Everyone’s smiling. Everyone’s hugging themselves. What a glorious mess of a noise to be a part of. What a glorious sense of community.” Everett True, Collapse Board

"A brilliant band from Cardiff who love their fuzzy melodies and songs dripped in scuzzy reverb." Huw Stephens, Radio One.

Joanna Gruesome - Tugboat (Galaxie 500 cover)

First mp3 single from Under Color of Official Right, the new album from Protomartyr, out now on Hardly Art records.

Purchase the album
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/under-color-of-official-right/id826845501
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00IIH71UY
Hardly Art: http://www.hardlyart.com/shop/protomartyr.html
Sub Pop: https://megamart.subpop.com/releases/protomartyr/under_color_of_official_right

Like Protomartyr on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/protomartyr
Protomartyr on tour: http://www.hardlyart.com/tour.html


Under Color of Official Right

Scum, Rise!

Protomartyr - "Scum, Rise!"

Whites Not My Color This Evening

To be released February 18th, 2014 on black + white split 10" vinyl by Exploding In Sound Records.

Steve Hears Pile In Malden and Bursts Into Tears is a failed concept album about two kids living on the outskirts of Boston who realize they are characters in a Pile song. Steve wants to form a band and play with Pile but can't quite manage it because Mouth wants to give up on everything, leave, die, unexist. It's also about F.M. Dostoevsky and, as always, maybe above all, Krill. As Sir DFW put it, 'the horrific struggle to establish a human band results in a band whose humanity is inseparable from that horrific struggle.' Catch you later.

written and performed by Krill
recorded on August 3rd, 2013 by Julian Fader and Carlos Hernandez at The Silent Barn in Brooklyn, NY
mastered by Richard Marr at Galaxy Park Studios in Watertown, MA

facebook.com/krillforever
twitter.com/krilliamhmacy
wheretheresakrilltheresaway.bandcamp.com
krillfan247@gmail.com

Krill - Turd

Written & produced by Shoemansky
Saxophon by Dave McKeown (https://soundcloud.com/dave-mckeown)
So I enjoyed another wonderful collab with Dave McKeown! Thank you Dave for this opportunity, i just love your sound and your way of collaborating - much respect!

Night & Day

Shoemansky - Night & Day (feat. Dave McKeown)

Artist: Young Widows
Title: King Sol
Album: Easy Pain
Release Date: May 13, 2014

Buy CD/LP Here: http://shop.temporaryresidence.com/trr221
Buy on iTunes Here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/easy-pain/id847475914

©2014 Temporary Residence Ltd.

Buy CD/LP Here

Young Widows - King Sol

Pile - "Track 1" 5.25.14

From the forthcoming Purling Hiss album, Weirdon, out September 23rd on Drag City.

Purling Hiss "Forcefield of Solitude"

Menace Beach's Tastes Like Medicine from debut album 'Ratworld'.  

www.menacebeach.co.uk
www.memphis=industries.com

Menace Beach - Tastes Like Medicine

03 Sanza Tristesse

01 Sanza Nocturne

Mesdames et Messieurs,

Ramona is proud to welcome back one of the most delicate flowers in the business to her flock of loved ones. Alan Abrahams, also better known under the monikers of Bodycode and Portable, returns with his new Single 'Surrender' under the Portable alias into Ramonas bosom.
'Surrender' takes their listeners on a five-minute-trip to a very emotional place right on the dance-floor. Soft synths, a cosy drum-rhythm and cheerful melodies build the perfect bed for Abrahams' longing voice and its deeply sensitive vocals. Moments of pure felicitousness will fill the air once this track slowly floats the room. Included on the single are the dub version of 'Surrender' and an acapella-piece. Ramona already gave herself up to the soft and warm sounds of mister Portable - why wouldn’t you?

Bon voyage,
Ramona

Surrender feat. Lcio (Snippet)

From the new album The Scene Between out 23 March (UK), 24 March (US).

www.thegoteam.co.uk


The Go! Team - The Scene Between

A track off of KW-037, the Cairo Pythian - Touched LP

Cairo Pythian - Touched

Pre Order:

Different Circles Big Cartel: http://differentcirclesmusic.bigcartel.com
Boomkat: http://boomkat.com/vinyl/1120465-mumdance-logos-rabit-various-weightless-volume-one
Bleep: https://bleep.com/release/54905-various-artists-weightless-volume-one

V/A 'Weightless Volume One'
Release Date: 17th November 2014
Label: Different Circles 
Format: Limited edition 12” (300 copies)
Cat No: DIFF001

After a banner 2014, Mumdance and Logos are proud to announce their new vinyl only label 'Different Circles'. Their inaugural release, 'Weightless Volume One', is a collection of tracks from 6 producers who are pushing the envelopes of genre and resetting the boundaries of what can be considered “club music”.

Coining the term “Weightless” to describe the sound, the movement traces the liquid space between spectral grime, sound design & electronic experimentation.

Tracklisting:
A1 Mumdance, Logos & Rabit - Inside the Catacomb
A2 Inkke - Love Song
A3 Strict Face - Python Crossing
B1 Dark0 - Sweet Boy Tears
B2 Rabit - More Memories
B3 Murlo - Geist

soundcloud.com/differentcircles | twitter.com/diffcircles

Mumdance, Logos & Rabit - Inside the Catacomb

music by A-symmetry: a collaboration between Antye Greie aka AGF & Natalie Beridze aka TBA

https://vimeo.com/108202323
http://asymmetry.agfproducktion.com/

contact: asymmetry@agfproduction.com

album: I Am Life
CD Release: 21.11.2014
twitter.com/asymmetry2014
label: AGF Producktion WITH CK
agfproducktion.com


A-Symmetry: Life 5 from 'I AM LIFE' AGF & TBA

from their "s/t" debut album - out NOW on Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

"Ultimate Painting" by Ultimate Painting

Ryley Walker - "Primrose Green" from Primrose Green out March 31, 2015 on Dead Oceans: http://smarturl.it/ryleywalker

Pre-order the record:
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/ryleywalker_amazon
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ryleywalker_itunes
Indies: http://smarturl.it/ryleywalker_indies

Pre-order the album

Ryley Walker - "Primrose Green"

"#2 Hit Single" is the first single from PILE's upcoming album "You're Better Than This" due out March 3rd, 2015.

pre-order at: https://www.pile.bandcamp.com

Pile - #2 Hit Single

"Mr. Fish" is the second single from Pile's upcoming album "You're Better Than This," released on March 3rd via Exploding In Sound Records.

Pile - Mr. Fish

Taken from "Individ" the new album from The Dodos.
Coming January 30th 2015

Follow The Dodos for updates:
dodosmusic.com
facebook.com/dodosmusic
twitter.com/thedodos
instagram.com/dodosmusic

Morr Music
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Website: morrmusic.com



Buy the vinyl

The Dodos: Retriever

"Empyrean Abattoir" appears on of Montreal's album, Aureate Gloom, released 3/3/2015.

Order Aureate Gloom:
http://polyvinylrecords.com/aureategloom

of Montreal - Empyrean Abattoir

From the album Range Anxiety, out January 27, 2015 on Merge Records.
http://www.mergerecords.com/range-anxiety

Range Anxiety

Buy from Merge

Twerps "I Don't Mind"

From the album Ivy Tripp, out April 7, 2015 on Merge Records.
http://www.mergerecords.com/ivy-tripp

Ivy Tripp

Waxahatchee "Air"

"DRAGON" by Mount Eerie
promotional track from the album "Sauna"
featuring Ashley Eriksson and Allyson Foster (singers)
2xLP + download
release date, Feb. 3rd, 2015
from:
P.W. Elverum & Sun
box 1561
Anacortes, WA
U.S.A. 98221
www.pwelverumandsun.com

DRAGON by Mount Eerie

new single from new Dick Diver album Melbourne Florida. Album will be released on vinyl, CD and digital by Chapter Music on March 6, 2015 for Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

Pre-order Melbourne, Florida and get Waste The Alphabet via

itunes.apple.com/au/album/melbour…rida/id947586646
http://chaptermusic.com/store/dick-diver/melbourne-florida/
chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/melbourne-florida

Listeners outside Aus, NZ & Japan head to troubleinmindrecs.com/ for your copy.

www.facebook.com/dickdiverband
www.twitter.com/dick_diver

Pile - #2 Hit Single

explodinginsoundrecords