We were big fans of the debut METZ album and from the sound of this first single ‘Acetate’ the new album (II) promises to be equally brutal and infectious. These guys play physical music that hits like a sledgehammer and hypnotises like a deviant snake charmer on speed. As their press release says: The guitars are titanic, the drums ill-tempered, the vocals chilling, and the volume … Continue reading NEW MUSIC: METZ – Acetate
Chad VanGaalen has a knack for writing skewed interstellar pop music that sounds both childlike and futuristic at the same time. His album Soft Airplane was a particular favourite of mine (among the four he’s released) so it’s exciting to read he has a new LP Shrink Dust coming out on April 19th via Sub Pop. PREORDER Continue reading NEW MUSIC: Chad VanGaalen | Where Are You?
Melbourne’s Total Control are releasing their first 7″ single on Sub Pop next week and both Scene From A Marriage and the b-side Contract are exclusive to the release. The release comes on the back of their Henge Beat LP from 2011 that garnered great reviews. After a deceptive acoustic guitar intro the song kicks into gear with the band’s choppy swagger making providing a … Continue reading LISTEN: New single from Total Control on Sub Pop
Daughn Gibson’s All Hell is one of our favourite albums of 2012. You can read our review HERE. The good news is he has just signed to Sub Pop and has also released a brand new song Reach Into The Fire which includes samples from An echo from the hosts that profess infinitum by Shabazz Palaces and Life on Earth and Slow Motion by Tiny Vipers, two … Continue reading NEWS: Daughn Gibson signs to Sub Pop, releases new song
Shearwater return on February 14th with their 8th LP Animal Joy and their first on the seminal Sub Pop label. From the sound of the track Breaking the Yearlings (below) this will be their rawest, most direct effort to date. Animal Joy was produced and recorded by Danny Reisch in Austin, Texas and mixed by Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, Jonsi, Frightened Rabbit) in Bridgeport, Connecticut. … Continue reading LISTEN: First track from the new Shearwater LP Animal Joy…
The gruff grungsters Pissed Jeans are following up last year’s magnificent with a Sub Pop 7″ on October 26th. Check out the a-side Sam Kinison Woman… Continue reading NEWS: Stream Pissed Jeans’ Sam Kinison Woman…
Those eccentric Cocorosie sisters Sierra and Bianca Cassidy have signed with Sub Pop to release their new album Grey Oceans on May 11th. Above is the artwork for the CD while below you can check out the kinda spooky cover art for the LP release. Tracklisting Trinity’s Crying Smokey Taboo Hopscotch Undertaker Grey Oceans R.I.P. Burn Face The Moon Asked the Crow Lemonade Gallows Fairy … Continue reading NEWS: COCOROSIE – Releasing new album on Sub Pop…
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