With lines unseen

Taken from Rips' forthcoming self-titled debut LP. Released by Faux Discx on June 16. Pre-order here: www.fauxdiscx.com/shop/rips
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Brooklyn based Rips have quickly built a reputation amongst NYC showgoers, winning them over with their virtuous melodies and sheer ferocity amidst an endless flurry of shows. Their songs may channel late '70s New York City bands like Television and The Feelies, but Rips propels these references into something new. Their self-titled debut, produced by Austin Brown of Parquet Courts, is eleven tracks of buzzing guitar riffs driven by a charged rhythm section, all set under lyrics that are actually worth a damn.

Rips (the record) takes cues from the moonlighting era of rock, while delivering a set of songs distinctly fit for the modern age. Once described as a “hyperreal rock n’ roll group”, the phrase “borne forward ceaselessly into the future" is more what they’re going for here.

So break an old habit. Let your hair down (or up). Rips will take you there.

Rips

Rips – Delay

Taken from The Sticks' forthcoming tape 'Why Bother' out 02/06/17 via Faux Discx. ORDER HERE >>> http://www.fauxdiscx.com/shop/the-sticks-why-bother

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Why Bother is an unearthed, long-forgotten, and previously unreleased album that was due to see the light-of-day some years ago, by The Sticks; a Brighton institution.

A rarely spotted, but much-loved group which shares members with The Pheromoans and King Alfred Man of Leisure. They are a stripped-down garage party band, they bash drums, sway on the bass and claw at guitar - often swapping over instruments between songs live - and yelp with melodic abandon and delight. The Sticks were once dubbed as 'semi-amateur', this may be true. With cheap, unreliable equipment they manage to tease out a cacophony of crashing drums and raucous guitar melodies.

The key elements of the trio's sound are undoubtedly drawn from the rudimentary ideas found in the more inept efforts of mid-sixties teen bands such as The Chimney Sweeps and The Keggs. They then take a touch of The Raincoats, and finally dribble some comparisons with modern (ish) day equivalents The Black Lips, The Coachwhips or The Hospitals.

THE STICKS – Come Back

Title track from Joseph Shabason's debut Aytche available August 25th from Western Vinyl

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Joseph Shabason
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Saxophonist and composer Joseph Shabason’s debut Aytche builds a bridge off of the precipice his forbears established, skirting jazz, ambient, and even new age with the same deliberate genre-ambiguity that made their work so interesting.

Aytche is a document of exploration both inward and outward. Every step taken in sound-design mirrors a stride in emotionality, as Shabason employs a variety of effect pedals to coax rich moody textures from his instrument.  He explains, "I feel like robbing the sax of the ability to shred by effecting it and turning it into a dense chordal instrument really helps the instrument become something that it's not usually known for."  Aytche deals with themes of degenerative illness and assisted suicide with eloquence that instrumental music rarely achieves regarding any subject, much less such difficult ones.

Album highlight “Westmeath” approaches Aytche’s subject of inspiration head-on. Here, the album’s only verbalization appears in the form of an interview with a man discussing his father’s trauma and eventual suicide after surviving the holocaust.  Though we only hear a few obscured words and phrases from the interview, the impact is powerful.  For Shabason, whose grandparents survived the holocaust, this selection is anything but frivolous.

Aytche

Joseph Shabason - "Aytche"

“Its sureness and subtlety say more than a few gauche early pullquotes” | PITCHFORK
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17355-persistent-malaise/

“The songs do this wonderful thing, where they just gnaw on you” | DAYTROTTER
http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/cold-pumas/20056359-37383554

“The methodically planned looseness of ‘Persistent Malaise’s constant groove is thoroughly captivating” | LOUD AND QUIET
http://www.loudandquiet.com/2012/11/cold-pumas-persistent-malaise/

“I can’t think of a better album from a British band all year” | NORMAN RECORDS
http://www.normanrecords.com/records/136796-cold-pumas-persistent-malaise

Fog Cutter

Sherry Island

Rayon Gris

i shake my head just to get you out of it
it's not free real estate so get out of my head
one second you're dying to be next to me
and then the next you're leaving me lonely on read

i used to think that i would always like you
but feelings are fleeting and i wanna be alone
i'm tired of everything you're doing to me
im done with everything you said
i'm not your friend
i'm not your friend

i built myself up to the point i can't risk 
someone like you to make it all fall down again
i'm laughing cause i let you put me through this
not even worth it what's the point of playing pretend

i used to think that i would always like you
but feelings are fleeting and i wanna be alone
i'm tired of everything you're doing to me
im done with everything you said
i'm not your friend
i'm not your friend

no we're not friends
it's a dead end
i'm not your friend

easy ep

not your friend

Portals Mix: Towards The Sun

http://anaroxanne.bandcamp.com
recorded live at Union Station May 19 2019 as a part of Leaving Records' ongoing outdoor public concert series in Los Angeles, photo Jenn Kang

VINYL

Ana Roxanne - Ooh Baby Baby (live at Union Station)

wrote this today, voice memo. dont be mad if i suddenly delete :p

eat ur heart out

If these bones won't leave me standing tall
Show me what you'll do to get me off the wall
Mostly people break you, make you strong
Show me what you'll do to get me wrong

Stood into some friends the other day
Talked about how things don't stay the same
Tears had started running down our face
Held them tight before they walked away

Oh, how my faces were changing
Couldn't keep you satisfied
Even though I know I try
Oh, how I really try

But somewhere we got the wrong idea
Started operating on our fears
Saw the seasons changing from my room
Wish that I could leave and talk to you

Even if I hit you, don't know where you are
Might've moved, you might've changed your car
But if I ever leave you, know it's strange
Some days I feel like I could walk the way

If these bones won't leave me standing tall
Show me what you'll do to get me off the wall
Mostly people break you, make you strong
Show me what you'll do to get me wrong

Boy, you know you're only crying 'cause you know she's groundbreaking
She's got your whole world shaking
Boy, you just imagine
'Cause you can't seem to get it together
Got the whole world staring at you
And still don't know what to do

Boy you just a treasure, just a treasure, just a treasure
And you still can't get it together
While you're walking on the line like you've run out of time
The world still keeps it together

The world still keeps it together
The world still keeps it together
The world still keeps it together
The world still keeps it together

off the wall

march 31, 2020

blue gates, twilight
you hide between my thighs tonight
backseat, i feel your heat
with me, you're not so shy

i run from intimacy
your love terrifies me
commitment made me weak

but when we fight it feels romantic
i'm addicted to your pain
and despite all of the panic
i miss playing your game

how much time do we waste on being polite
take the news without a fight
you can't look me in the eye
i can't see beyond tonight
does she breathe soft and light
in your ear, a lullaby
does it feel just right
is it what you like

little spoon, what are you drinking
overwhelmed and overthinking
lighting up before i see you
blowing smoke until you're subdued
you don't want to talk tonight
dull yourself and close your eyes
drag me into bed but i
know this is the last time


photo taken by kerrington cai
skeleton drawn by katie wang
mastered by hugo

little spoon, what are you drinking

Snowgarden EP (Aug 7, 2020)
✫ watch, listen, buy ✫
secretsongs.ffm.to/snowgarden
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@rhoda & @dillanwitherow
Snowgarden EP
August 7
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artwork by Shee P. Liu

Snowgarden

listen + download

Rhoda & Dillan Witherow - Flashflood

https://dogbiterecords.bandcamp.com/album/pandemic-relief-benefit-compilation

april 1, 2020

when they found him, he was sitting in a mango tree
wasn't looking for company
and he never came down from that mango tree
he was just happy to be

we'll walk from 2nd street
even if your soles are bleeding
even if you start pleading
with me
we'll catch the opening
even if they catch us speeding
even if you end up leaving
me


we saw the sea was blue
and the city too
when we hiked for three
hours in norway
and the sky was bright
at ten o'clock at night
when we saw the view
from norway

we stopped for sorbet
in bergen, norway


Artwork by Jack Diller

mango tree

Slumber Mag Vol 1 is a collection of emerging and prominent non-binary and female-identifying musicians. It was compiled in support of Slumber Mag's Kickstarter which raised over $4.5k for the publication's development and launch. We think of it as the soundtrack to our website, the artists & sounds that made everything possible. Take a listen or two.

Sidney Gish - It's Code

Denise T. - Sorry I Just Woke Up

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