Do What You Were Born To Do

Matador 21st Anniversary Party - Guided By Voices / Sonic Youth / Cold Cave / More

Streaming Now: Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot The Son of Chico Dusty

The shit is hotter than fish grease and you can stream it all and check out some new videos today at the Big Boi myspace page.

Danger Mouse / Sparklehorse / David Lynch Present - Dark Night Of The Soul

After a year of squabbling between EMI and Danger Mouse, this album will see the light of day on July 13th.


The album is a collaboration between Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, with several guest vocalists including
David Lynch, Frank Black, Scott Spillane, Iggy Pop, and more.

David Lynch also played a heavy hand in helping build the deluxe version of the release by creating photograph documents that are said to represent visually the dark themes of the record that presented themselves during production.


The deluxe edition of the release will feature a 48 page booklet of photography by David Lynch, poster, post card, two LPs, cd, and a bonus instrumental cd.

Luckily for you, NPR is providing a first listen of the record.

You can also buy your own Deluxe edition, or maybe just the standard edition of this release by visiting the Dark Night Of The Soul site here. 

Big News from HELMET

Sept 7th 2010 will bring with it a new album from Helmet entitled "Seeing Eye Dog"
This will be their first album since the 2006 release "Monochrome".
After it's release Helmet will embark on a US and European tour to support the record.
(Check back here for dates as they come available)

Page Hamilton is producing the record with additional production assistance from Toshi Kasai, you may know Toshi from his guitar work with Big Business.


"Seeing Eye Dog" will be released in 5 Different formats that will include a bonus live recording from a show in San Francisco in 2006.


 - Digital Only (new album plus 1 live album)


- Two-disc CD (new album plus 1 live album) + digital


- Limited Edition Double 180g Vinyl (New album plus 1 live album) + digital


- Limited Edition Deluxe: New album and 1 live album on two-disc CD, new album and 1 live album on double 180g Vinyl, custom HELMET USB key with four more live albums, signed package + digital of new album + 1 live album


- Super Deluxe: Same as Deluxe but includes gold laminate/tour access component

And if a new album plus an upcoming tour is not enough.
Helmet have just re-released their third album "Betty".
This is a digital format only re-release that includes 5 bonus tracks that were previously only available on the 10" double gate fold release and the 12" single for "Biscuits for Smut"
You can get your own "Betty" re-release by visiting the Helmet website.

Moogfest 2010

In 1964, Bob Moog introduced the first Moog synthesizer, launching a revolution that would change music and the world forever. The revolution continues...3 extraordinary days of music... plus exhibitions, installations, films, workshops, and discussions... celebrating the spirit and expansive vision of Bob Moog.

ASHEVILLE, NC // OCTOBER 29, 30, 31, 2010

You can follow on facebook for more info, or visit the Moogfest website.  

REVIEW: Gene Priest And The Cardinal Sin - Living To Die

When I moved back to TN a year ago, one of my biggest motivators for that move was all of the excellent music that comes out of this region and how I wanted to make the next chapter of my life becoming part of the awesome scene here.

Today out of the clear blue sky (or facebook) I got hit in the earhole with total reinforcement of my ideals in the form of a band calld Gene Priest And The Cardinal Sin.

The band's debut release entitled "Living To Die" was mixed by the late Scott Minor of the band Sparklehorse, and offers up 4 very brutally honest yet somewhat soft spoken well  produced (and well mixed I might add) tracks.

On the surface, all these tracks present themselves as desolate and dreary, but just like a lot of the nautical themes that are brought up in the songs, just like the life in the sea itself, as you break the surface and examine more closely (especially lyrically) you find something else entirely.

Musically, the whole vibe of the record has blends and pieces of bands like Wooden Wand, Murder By Death, or maybe even times Angels of Light, in fact I could see this record easily fitting on the Young God Records roster of releases. All of that said, Gene Priest and company are not a photo copy of any of these acts by any means, you can feel every ounce of honesty and integrity belted out in every single note.


I'm really excited to see and hear more from this project.
Now, here's the final nail in the coffin, you can take your lazy ass on over to LapDance Academy and download the whole damn record for free, and I highly suggest you do.

But, if you need that final push here's a video for the title track "Living To Die"





*edited*

I made an error in my Sparklehorse research, Scott Minor is alive and it was his partner Mark Linkous who passed. 
I apologize to Scott if he's reading. 

The free music keeps on coming - Free Fuck The Facts EP

album name

St. Jean Baptist
by Fuck The Facts
Download it here.

Review: Vilipend - Plague Bearer

Vilipend are a four piece project from Toronto, Canada that have been busy since 2007 recording and sharing the stage with acts like Today Is The Day, Converge, High On Fire, and more.

On their newest 7" "Plague Bearer", Vilipend serve up three heavy cocktails of 90s style post hardcore / noise rock mixed with a little slow grinding metal for good measure, imagine The Jesus Lizard VS Botch in a three round fight to the death.

From the heavy ass detuned crushing steam roller riffs to out of control spastic breaks all held together with haunted distorted melodies, "Plague Bearer" is a non stop aural assault.

The 7" itself looks really nice, pressed on red vinyl,
and if you're too hip to listen to records you can also get an ipod compatible 1's and 0's version of the record. Go on over to the No List Records site now to pick up your copy.
Peep the end of the post to see a live video of Vilipend performing the title track "Plague Bearer"

Track List:
Plague Bearer
Magnificent Desolation
Dulling Silver

Video: Black Mountain - Old Fangs

Free music from Hydra Head Recordings

For the mere price of providing them with your email address to sign up for the mailing list, Hydra Head Records will in turn give you a free digital download compilation called "Phoning It In" 

You can get your own copy here.
Put it in your cart, check out, and type in your email address.

Track List

Oxbow + Philippe Thiphaine - "Coalking" From Songs for the French (5:46)
Daughters - "The First Supper" From "s/t" (3:18)
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - "Unkerich" From Dolores (5:31)
Knut - "Calamity" From Wonder (1:43)
The Austerity Program - "Song 27" From Backsliders and Apostates Will Burn (4:04)
Pyramids With Nadja - "Another War" From Pyramids With Nadja (15:27)
Helms Alee - "Lionize" From Lionize/Truly 7" (2:45)
Hayaino Daisuki - "Ghosts of Purgatory" From The Invincible Gate Mind of the Infernal Fire Hell, or Did You Mean Hawaii Daisuki? (2:43)
Harvey Milk - "I Know This Is No Place For You" From A Small Turn of Human Kindness (5:07)
La Gritona - "Tony Alamo" From Demasiado Tonto Para Los Ninos Listos. Demasiado Listo Para Los Ninos Tontos (4:38)
Stephen Brodsky - "Here In Spirit" From Here's to the future (5:54)
Jodis - "Continents" From Secret House (7:27)
Nihill - "Mundus Subterreanus" From Krach (5:16)
Cave In - "Retina Sees Rewind" From Planets of Old (2:30)
Kayo Dot - "II. Whisper Ineffable" From Coyote (11:13)
Keelhaul - "THC for One" From Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity (3:34)
Clouds - "New Bombs" From B Chuggas May Be Logging (2:08)
Xasthur - "UNTITLED 4/05" From 2005 Demo (7:02)
GridLink - "Amber Gray" From Amber Gray (1:06)
Greymachine - "Wasted" From Disconnected (8:43)
Bergraven - "Hunger" From Till Makabert Vasen (7:08)
Torche - "UFO" From Songs For Singles (2:01)

Review: Mares Of Thrace - The Moulting

Mares of Thrace are a female duo from Canada that are bringing to the table a furious blend of sludge / doom metal with dashes of post hardcore and noise rock.

The pair have sort of been under the radar here in the states but they have been more than busy, sharing the stage with bands like Novembers Doom, Cynic, Destroyer 666, and most recently Ken Mode. Mares of Thrace have certainly paid dues and it shows on their new CD "The Moulting".

Don't let the idea of Mares of Thrace being a dual female unit fool you into thinking it's some sort of novelty, they come at you full force right from track one blending dirty noise loops and samples that cave in and give way to HUGE baritone gutar riffs and skull crushing percussion. The guitar tone on a lot of this is very heavy, very inspiring and the drums are driving  and not always in the pocket - perfect.

But it's not all easy stoner riffs either, while there is a fair share of head nodding to be had on some of the tracks that all gets pulled out from under you more often than not with well planned and perfectly executed syncopated parts.

If you like bands like Kylesa, Torche, Isis, Neurosis, Thumbnail, Jesus Lizard, These Arms Are Snakes, and the like you're going to eat this shit up and beg them for more.
I'm actually really shocked they haven't been picked up yet.
In short I just can't say enough good things about this band or this release and I demand that you all purchase this cd from them now. 

And if you're still not convinced here's three videos of them playing live that will seal the deal.

Review: Clipd Beaks - A World Without End - C60

For those of you who haven't got turned on to this band yet, Clipd Beaks are a three piece unit from California who provide their own flavor of (for a lack of a better term) noise rock.

Their newest release "A World Without End" offers up 60 minutes of B sides, demos, and jam sessions from their previous CD / 2LP release "To Realize"

The cassette starts off with muffled loops and really up front and present vocals, this was not what I was expecting, my initial reaction was it was a poor dub or just poor overall production so I start turning the dial on the cassette deck, total fake out... track one starts to explode with martial drum patterns, drones, heavy bass, and the vocals start to fit into the mix perfectly and this sets the tone for the whole album.

A World Without End is a 60 minute non-stop assault on your ears and your brain, eerie drones and reverb drowned vocals pairing up with washes of scratchy noise washes all held together with pounding, constant, entrancing drums. The whole thing sounds very inspired by bands like Grotus or maybe even some Helios Creed so needless to say if you're a fan of those bands or you just like original, noisy, creep out sounds this is a tape you should pick up.

The cassette was limited to 100 copies - hand made - hand numbered - glow in the dark
What weirdo music / noise lover can pass that up??

They have 21 of these slabs of magnetic tape left, and you can pick your copy of it up here.

SWANS - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky

After more than a decade the SWANS are back with a new release coming out this fall (perfect time of year for this come around in my honest opinion). 


The name of the new record has just been announced as "My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky".
This record is supposed to pick up musically where "Soundtracks for the blind" left off  as well as some Angels of Light influence mixed in for good measure. 




My Father will feature guest artists Devandra Banhart, Bill Rieflin, and Grasshopper of Mercury Rev. 




The album is currently being mixed by Micheal Gira and Bryce Goggin at trout recordings and will be out this fall on Young God Records.


You can hear a demo version of one of the new tracks entitled "No Words / No Thoughts" by visiting the SWANS myspace page. 


SWANS will also do a short tour below are the scheduled dates. 


09/28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Trocodero Theater
09/29 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
09/30 – Boston, MA @ Middle East downstairs
10/01 – Montreal, QC @ Le National – Pop Montreal fest
10/02 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
10/04 – Detroit, MI @ Crofoot Ballroom
10/05 – Chicago, IL at Bottom Lounge
10/06 – Columbus OH Outland Live
10/08 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Masonic Temple.
10/09 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

Black Angels - "Bad Vibrations" - Exclusive New Track

The Austin TX based dark psychedelic rock troupe The Black Angels are back with their third album entitled "Phosphene Dream". The band have made a few changes in their recording process since the last record, instead of recording in their home of Austin, the newest album was recorded in the LA studio of Dave Sardy, who just recorded the new Black Mountain release as well.

The band also just moved to a newly revived record label Blue Horizon, who were responsible for releasing Fleetwood Mac's first record.

So the Mojo is all there, but how does it sound?
Check it out for yourself.
Here is an exclusive track from Posphene Dream - Bad Vibrations



The Record will be out 9/14 on Blue Horizon.

Premature Ejaculation - Body Of A Crow re-release

Recorded in 1986 and never ever released commercially  , Premature Ejaculations long lost cassette "Body of a Crow" will see a new CD Re-Release on Malaise Music.

You can find out more about the release as well as hear some of the remastered tracks and then purchase the cd by visiting Malaise Music here.

Young Widows & Helms Alee - Tour Dates

HELMS ALEE - 2010 TOUR DATES
Jun 25 2010 The Comet Tavern Seattle, Washington, US
Aug 23 2010 Neumo's Seattle, WA
Aug 24 2010 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
Aug 25 2010 TBA Arcata, CA
Aug 26 2010 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
Aug 27 2010 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Aug 31 2010 Burt's Tiki Lounge - Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sep 3 2010 Louisville, KY - Z bar*
Sep 4 2010 Pittsburgh, PA - 31st Pub*
Sep 5 2010 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie*
Sep 6 2010 Brooklyn, NY - Cake Shop*
Sep 7 2010 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop*
Sep 8 2010 Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen*
Sep 9 2010 The Borg Ward - Miluwaukee, WI Miluwaukee, WI
Sep 10 2010 TBD - St. Paul, MN St. Paul, MN
Sep 11 2010 Project Noise - Bismarck, ND Bismarck, North Dako, US
Sep 13 2010 TBD - Missoula, MT Missoula, MT
* w/Young Widows

SWANS / GODFLESH Co-headlining Supersonic Fest 2010

This just keeps getting better and better.
You can purchase tickets here.

Grails - Black Tar Prophecies IV

Grails have a new vinyl only release out now on important records. 

Here's what the label has to say about the release. 

First 200 copies on "coke bottle" 
Picture discs are limited to 500
T shirts available here

With Black Tar Prophecies IV, Grails re-awaken the series that initially began the run of records that mapped their rise to the forefront of modern instrumental music. While recording their full-length records with an eye towards cohesion and epic production, the Black Tar series affords Grails a backdoor to a black lodge where they can explore total head music. With a more lawless atmosphere and an overtly dark aesthetic, Black Tar's relentless re-mixing and sonic juxtapositions return the listening experience to a more innocent position, where expectations can be exploded and insidious sentiments come dressed in gently poisonous forms. In this volume Grailscombine backmasked Satanic tape collage with old Emmanuelle soundtracks, pushing them further in the direction of a classical Italian melodrama soundtracked by Nurse with Wound.
The Black Tar material is conceived slowly, in between tours and full-length albums, giving Black Tar its own experimental space and keeping its final sum unknown even to its practitioners. As before, the series' format will consist of 2 vinyl EPs and an eventual CD version featuring both EPs and any extra tracks completed in the meantime.
Like the slab of black slate in the opening of Kubrick's 2001, Black Tar is an attempt to bring the ritual act of music back to it's original mysterious genesis, where the listener and artist both stare into a nebula's electric cloud before it takes it's inevitable shape as a planet. 

You can pick up the standard LP or the even more limited picture disc version of this release by visiting important records here.

GRAILS- BLACK TAR IV COMMERCIAL from The Fact Facer on Vimeo.

CAN - Deluxe Vinyl Re-releases

Starting in the fall of 2010 Mute records / Spoon Records will unleash on the world of audiophiles and weirdos a series of deluxe vinyl re-releases of some of the  early releases from Krautrock icons CAN, fans can also expect the same treatment for some of the bands unreleased studio recordings, live shows, and soundtracks. The releases are slated to come out steadily on through to 2011.

Enthroned / Destroyer 666 - Tour Dates

8/4 -- Europa -- Brooklyn, NY

8/5 -- Jaxx -- Springfield, VA 

8/6 -- Volume 11 -- Raleigh, NC

8/7 -- The Dunken Unicorn -- Atlanta, GA

8/8 -- The Brass Mug -- Tampa, FL

8/10 -- Walter's On Washington -- Houston, TX

8/11 -- Emo's -- Austin, TX

8/12 -- Club 101 -- El Paso, TX

8/13 -- Club Red -- Tempe, AZ

8/14 -- Ultra Violet -- Los Angeles, CA

8/15 -- Ramona Mainstage -- Ramona, CA

8/17 -- DNA Lounge -- San Francisco, CA

8/18 -- Satyricon -- Portland, OR

8/19 -- Studio Seven -- Seattle, WA

8/20 -- Rickshaw Theater -- Vancouver, BC

8/21 -- Red Room -- Boise, ID

8/22 -- TBA -- Salt Lake City, UT

8/23 -- Marquis Theatre -- Denver, CO

8/24 -- Riot Room -- Kansas City, MO

8/25 -- Reggie's Rock Club -- Chicago, IL

8/26 -- Blondie's -- Detroit, MI

8/27 -- The Opera House -- Toronto, ON

8/28 -- Katacombes -- Montreal, QC

8/29 -- Club Polaris /Hostile City Deathfest -- Philadelphia, PA

Unsane - 2010 US Tour Dates

UNSANE - 2010 TOUR DATES

August 5 New York, NY Santos Party House (Keelhaul and Pigs support)
August 7 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar (Keelhaul supports)
August 22 Toronto, ON Sneaky Dee's (Today is the Day and Keelhaul support)
August 23 Akron, OH Backstage Concert Club (Today is the Day and Keelhaul support)
August 24 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (Today is the Day and Keelhaul support)
August 26 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon (Today is the Day and Keelhaul support)
August 27 Minneapolis, MN Grumpy's Bar (* As part of Amphetamine Reptile Records' 25th Anniversary Art Show)

The Vaselines - I hate the 80s

  

Sleigh Bells - US Tour

07-01 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
07-02 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
07-03 Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox
07-04 Philadelphia, PA - Bamboo Bar (Making Time)
07-06 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
07-08 West Palm Beach, FL - Respectables
07-09 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits
07-10 Atlanta, GA - Vinyl
07-11 Nashville, TN - The End
07-12 Indianapolis, IN - Radio Radio
07-13 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
07-14 Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
07-15 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
07-17 Los Angeles, CA - LA State Historic Park
07-18 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
07-20 Toronto, Onatario - Mod Club
07-21 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore
07-22 Allston, MA - Great Scott
07-24 New York, NY - Governors Island

THE PIXIES ANNOUNCE U.S. DOOLITTLE TOUR

The Pixies have announced that they will continue their 20th anniversary celebration of their 1989 album, Doolittle, with an 11-city tour kicking off Sept. 7 in Philadelphia. The band will perform all of the songs from the album along with each of its related B-sides.


All of the shows will be recorded and CDs of the performances will be available immediately following each show or through DooLittleLive.com. 


Support will be provided by Fuck Buttons.

Pre-sales begin at 9 a.m. EST on June 7 along with the soft-launch of the band's first official website. General on-sales will follow beginning June 14. 







Dates are as follows:
9/7 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
9/10 Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
9/13 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
9/17 Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, MO
9/18 Brady Theatre, Tulsa, OK
9/19 Verizon Theatre, Dallas, TX
9/20 Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX
9/22 Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX
9/24 Mesa Amphitheatre, Mesa, AZ 
9/25 The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
9/26 RIMAC Arena, San Diego, CA

The Bride Screamed Murder or Hope I'm old before I start to suck?

Have you ever had a good time on bad drugs? It's like having a scab that's so painful when you pick it, you can't stop making yourself bleed because it feels too damn good. (the) Melvin’s have made the audio equivalent of bashing your toe with a ball peen hammer and loving every second of it. The last two Melvins records have seen cohesiveness in songwriting, not as apparent since Stoner Witch and Houdini. This, dare I say, near radio friendliness that has possessed (the) Melvins is due in no small part to Jared and Cody of Big Business, who joined the fold for 2006's (a) Senile Animal; arguably, one of the best Melvins records. (a) senile animal was home to A History of Badmen, an amazing magnum opus that found its way into a horrible Lindsay Lohan movie. (all Lindsay Lohan movies?) This record is not that record...at all. It's still got cohesiveness, but not the way Nude in Boots, and animal were. No, I would say this record is a total amalgamation of Big Buisness/Melvins aesthetic. It's raw, heavy and at times hard to listen to, but what the F$#@ did you buy a Melvins record for if not to blow out your speakers with heavy static and jazz interludes? The cover of My Generation, is almost mocking in it’s over expression "Hope I die before I get old." It seems that The Bride Screamed Murder is the melding point of new Melvins and old. It's more experimental than the last two records but, even in the dissonance the rhythms do enough to differentiate it from previous outings into noise. Speaking of rhythms, the wall of sound that is the Crover/Cody drum attack is so prevalent and awesome on this record, it starts out with a whole song written around the drum cadence. It's a mean record and stripped, but beefy at the same time. It's a big block engine purring with menace and screaming into the night with fury, insanity and a cock sure swagger that would scare the bejesus out of the average weekend warrior out for a drive. This is the new Melvins, staking their claim to a music scene that they very obviously helped to create. Much like the Who, the Melvins are legends in their own time, and thank god it took forever for them to get there. They didn't burn out, they didn't fade away, they just got stranger and better as they watched many of their contemporaries do the opposite.

Amphetamine Reptile 25th Anniversary Bash

AMPHETAMINE REPTILE RECORDS 25TH ANNV. BASH!!
Outdoor & Indoor MUSIC/ART Festival. This is a 21+ only event
Master Of Ceremonies • Dr. Sphincter












MUSIC:::::


MELVINS
BOSS HOG
HAMMERHEAD
THE THROWN UPS
TODAY IS THE DAY
GOD BULLIES
GAY WITCH ABORTION
VAZ
WHITE DRUGS
...more to come??? Likely.
Band performance order may change, but these are the bands performing.


ART::::::::


AmRep Retrospective - Danial Corrigan photo exhibit.
GUIT-ART Show - curated by Kii Arens - 35 Artists
Several event only RECORD releases to announced.
ALOFT is a GREAT Hotel 1 block from the club, 
and they're giving amazing rate for AmRep BASH attendees! 
http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/amphetaminereptilerecordsbash




Tickets are for sale here.