Like your experimental noise / black metal to be ulra-dark and heavy with sinister occultism and mystical imagery? The new video from T.O.M.B. (Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy) for the track ‘Awake…Darkness’ from Fury Nocturnus should be right up your darkened, blood-slicked alley…
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Watch: ‘Awake…Darkness’ by T.O.M.B.
Posted: 11 February 2017 in Recommended Streams and VideosTags: Awake... Darkness, Black, Occult, Peaceville, Stream, T.O.M.B., Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy, Video
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Listen: ‘Nightmare Logic’ by Power Trip
Posted: 11 February 2017 in Recommended Streams and VideosTags: Audio, Brujeria, Napalm Death, Nightmare Logic, Power Trip, Southern Lord, Stream, Tour Dates
Ahead of the release of their new album, Nightmare Logic through Southern Lord on 24th February, Power Trip have unleashed the title track by way of a taster. You can hear it here, with tour dates alongside Napalm Death and Brujeria listed in full below.
POWER TRIP JOIN ‘CAMPAIGN FOR MUSICAL DESTRUCTION TOUR’ WITH NAPALM DEATH & BRUJERIA
Tuesday, 25 April 2017 Copenhagen – Amager Bio, DK
Wednesday, 26 April 2017 Gothenburg – Pustervik, SWE
Thursday, 27 April 2017 Stockholm – Kraken STHLM, SWE
Friday, 28 April 2017 Flensburg – Roxy, DE
Saturday, 29 April 2017 Magdeburg – Factory, DE
Sunday, 30 April 2017 Haarlem – Patronaat, NL
Monday 1 May 2017 Koln – Underground, DE
Tuesday, 2 May 2017 Berlin – SO36, DE
Wednesday, 3 May 2017 DAY OFF
Thursday, 4 May 2017 Krakow – Kwadrat Club, PL
Friday, 5 May 2017 Brno – Klub Fléda, CZ
Sunday, 7 May 2017 Saarbrücken – Garage, DE
Monday, 8 May 2017 DAY OFF
Tuesday, 9 May 2017 Birmingham – O2 Institute, UK
Wednesday, 10 May 2017 Glasgow – Classic Grand, UK
Thursday, 11 May 2017 Manchester – Rebellion, UK
Friday, 12 May 2017 London – The Electric Ballroom, UK
Saturday, 13 May 2017 Paris – Le Glazart, FR
Sunday, 14 May 2017 Antwerpen – Zappa, BE
Monday, 15 May 2017 DAY OFF
Tuesday, 16 May 2017 Six Fours Les Plages – Espace André Malraux, FR
Wednesday, 17 May 2017 Geneva – L’Usine, CH
Thursday, 18 May 2017 Bologna – Zona Roveri, IT
Friday, 19 May 2017 Karlsruhe – NCO Club, DE
Saturday, 20 May 2017 München – Backstage, DE
Sunday, 21 May 2017 Eindhoven – Effenaar, NL
…with more dates to be announced
Album Art: Paolo Girardi
Listen: ‘Threshold Of Light’ by Six Organs Of Admittance
Posted: 7 February 2017 in Recommended Streams and VideosTags: Burning the Threshold, single stream, Six Organs Of Admittance, Threshold Of Light
Ahead of the release of the album Burning the Threshold, Six Organs of Admittance offer up second single release ‘Threshold Of Light’.
Burning the Threshold brings a wealth of Six Organs-styled lightness into one of his sweetest musical meditations yet. A head-full of ideas were driving Ben Chasny to think and speak music as a spirituality superimposed onto a reality, with the ghosts of both whispering at each other. In the end, what sits in our listening ears is the sound of communion. And with a brain that at times seems to throb with such intensity as to possibly burst the seems of his skull, Chasny’s perpetual thirst for knowledge and inspiration often comes from unlikely places. Unlikely for many, at least – but most songs on Burning The Threshold are coloured by a historically Chasny-an commonality.
This couldn’t be more true of the album’s second single: ‘Threshold of Light’ is in fact completely congruent with the Six Organs school of (flowering) thought. Inspired by the works of Algis Uzdavinys and Aaron Cheak, ‘Threshold of Light’ is a spectral mediation on ancient myths and alchemy; a sly nod back to ‘S/Word and Leviathan’ found on Asleep on the Floodplain. ‘Threshold of Light’ is draped in shadowy illusions and ethereal sounds, as weeping harmonies stretch and transport Ben’s words from this astral plane to another. Listen and find details of the record release show in London, and other dates below…
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE – RECORD RELEASE SHOW
Wednesday February 22nd at St. Pancras Old Church in London
(with support from Alex Neilson + Amy Cutler)
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE – US TOUR
02/03/17 – Vancouver, BC at The Cobalt
03/03/17 – Seattle, WA at Fremont Abbey Arts Center
04/03/17 – Portland, OR at Bunk Bar
06/03/17 – San Francisco, CA at The Chapel
07/03/17 – Los Angeles, CA at Bootleg Bar
08/03/17 – San Diego, CA at Soda Bar
23-26/03/17 – Knoxville, TN Big Ears Festival
28/03/17 – Atlanta, GA at The Earl
29/03/17 – Asheville, NC at Mothlight
30/03/17 – Raleigh, NC at Kings
31/03/17 – Washington, DC at DC9
01/04/17 – Brooklyn, NY at Union Pool
02/04/17 – Boston, MA at Great Scott
03/04/17 – Portland, ME at Space Gallery
05/04/17 – Philadelphia, PA at Johnny Brenda’s
06/04/17 – Pittsburgh, PA at Club Cafe
07/04/17 – Cleveland, OH at Beachland Tavern
08/04/17 – Detroit, MI at Third Man Records
09/04/17 – Chicago, IL at Empty Bottle
10/04/17 – Minneapolis, MN at 7th St. Entry
12/04/17 – Milwaukee, WI at Collectivo Coffee
14/04/17 – St. Louis, MO at Duck Room at Blueberry Hill
15/04/17 – Louisville, KY at Zanzabar
Watch: Preview of Pure Phase Ensemble feat. Anton Newcombe Documentary
Posted: 2 February 2017 in Recommended Streams and VideosTags: Anton Newcombe, Brian JOnestown Masscre, Documentary, emerging Polish bands, Marion, PLacebo, Preview, Pure Phase Ensemble, Ride, Shoegaze, Six By Seven, Stereolab, Stream
SpaceFest presents a brief documentary about the latest experience with Pure Phase Ensemble. In its current incarnation, the collective is led by a true legend: Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, along with with Emil Nikolaisen of Scandinavian rock band Serena Maneesh.
Filmed by RSU / Agencja Vizualna, this film presents a sneak preview of what is to come on the ‘Live at SpaceFest!’ album and the story behind Pure Phase Ensemble 6. Every December during Gdansk’s illustrious SpaceFest!, an eclectic group of musicians from across Poland are joined by a guest curator from abroad to form Pure Phase Ensemble. The group’s makeup constantly changes, guided by the artistic vision of a new curator every year and directed by Karol Schwarz of Nasiono Records who has been responsible for its musical cohesion from the very outset.
Through improvisation at a workshop organized by Nasiono Records and SpaceFest!, the musicians produce a set of unique songs during a week-long workshop ahead of the festival at the Laznia 2 Centre for Contemporary Art in the city’s Nowy Port district, seeking inspiration amidst its post-industrial atmosphere. The festival then culminates in this music being performed and recorded in real time for the inevitable album release.
Anton Newcombe espoused one rule for this experiment – that there are no rules when making music… and one standard… “get weirder… be heavy. and dreamy. but not pointless”.
Pure Phase Ensemble 6 is comprised of 8 musicians, including six from emerging Polish alternative bands:
Karol Schwarz (7faz, KSAS) – guitar, vocals
Olga Myslowska (Polpo Motel) – vocals, keyboard
Maciej Karminski (Jesien) – drums
Marcin Lewandowski (Judy’s Funeral, Castlings, Soon) – bass guitar
Jakub Zwirello (Oslo Kill City, Szezlong) – guitar
Kacper Graczyk (Aiodine, coding) – electronic beats, synths, backing vocals
“I prefer to hear the sound bouncing off the walls and most festivals are outside and have time limits and various handicaps…I am more or less a jazz folk guy, I’m not an entertainer there to jump up and down and get you pumped…I just do as I feel…,”says Anton Newcombe. “I see myself as an idea person. I play like 80 instruments in as many ways as I can reinvent them because I am not a virtuoso… I want to contribute to Polish culture by writing at least one song that is worth listening to.”
In past incarnations of Pure Phase Ensemble, the group was curated by Mark Gardener (Ride), Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab), Ray Dickaty (Spiritualized), Steve Hewitt (Placebo), Jaime Harding (Marion), Chris Olley (Six By Seven), and Hugo Race (The Bad Seeds, The True Spirit). Nasiono Records’ very own Karol Schwarz (7faz, KSAS) has been responsible for the Ensemble’s musical cohesion from the very outset.
You can watch a preview of the forthcoming documentry here:
Watch: ‘Where Wild Flowers Grow Fondly’ by Andy Oliveri & the Mountaineers
Posted: 31 January 2017 in Recommended Streams and VideosTags: Andy Oliveri & the Mountaineers, Psychedelic, Shoegaze, video stream, Where Wild Flowers Grow Fondly
You want slow-buiding, psych-tinged shoegaze with a magnificent motorik groove? We’ve got it right here. Lifted from their upcoming debut album Call Them Brothers, it’s seven and three-quarter minutes of blissed-out, FX-laden alternative rock steeped in the haze of 90s greats like Ride and Chapterhouse. But enough preamble. Watch and listen. And enjoy.
PIG: New Video, Remix EP and UK Tour with Mortiis
Posted: 23 January 2017 in Recommended Streams and VideosTags: Foetus, KMFDM, Mortiss, PIG, Raymond Watts, Remix, The Gospel, UK Tour, video stream
PIG mark the release of new album ‘The Gospel’ with a UK tour, for which the Lord of Lard Raymond Watts has enlisted former KMFDM colleagues En Esch and Günter Schulz, Greg Steward aka Z.Marr (formerly of Combichrist) and Galen Waling (Left Spine Down/16 Volt).
The ‘Swine & Punishment’ tour is jointly headlined with Mortiis. Dates are as follows :
10.03.17 NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
11.03.17 GLASGOW Ivory Blacks
12.03.17 NEWCASTLE Think Tank
13.03.17 YORK Fibbers
14.03.17 SHEFFIELD Plug
15.03.17 MANCHESTER Ruby Lounge
16.03.17 BRISTOL The Fleece
17.03.17 NORWICH Epic Studios
18.03.17 LONDON The Garage
Tickets can be purchased here.
PIG and Mortiis have recently reworked one of each other’s songs for new remix records. PIG’s is entitled Swine & Punishment and will be released in May. It also features remixes by the likes of Chris Vrenna (as Tweaker), Kanga, Skold and Marc Heal of Cubanate (as MC Lord Of The Flies).
Meanwhile, you can watch the video for ‘The Diamond Sinners’ here:
Watch: ‘World Against She’ by Hands Off Gretel
Posted: 22 January 2017 in Recommended Streams and VideosTags: Grunge, Hands off Gretel, video stream, World Against She
Grunge is not dead. What’s more, with Hands Off Gretel, it’s kicking, scratching an hollering loud and angry. Having grabbed our attention last year, they’re starting 2017 in suitably fiery fashion, with a new self-released video. ‘World Against She’ is an angst-spitting belter. You can watch it here, and we srongly recommend that you do:
Listen: ‘Transmission’ by Pharmakon from forthcoming album ‘Contact’
Posted: 14 January 2017 in Recommended Streams and VideosTags: Album taster, Contact, Margaret Chardiet, Pharmakon, Sacred Bones, single stream, Transmission
Contact is the forthcoming album by Pharmakon, scheduled for release by Sacred Bones on 31st March. The release date marks the ten-year anniversary of Margaret Chardiet’s project, Pharmakon. While working on her newest release, she began to evaluate the project as a whole. Though the content of each record has been very different and specific, the pervading question, which has underlined them all, is what is means to be human.
Ahead of the release, you can listen to ‘Transmission’ – a shuddering howl which claws, screaming, from the deepest parts of the soul – here:
Listen: ‘Glue’ by Luxury Death
Posted: 13 January 2017 in Recommended Streams and VideosTags: alternative pop, EP release PNKSLM Recordings, Glue, Luxury Death, Punk Slime, single stream
You don’t need an Aural Aggro fanfare. If it’s here, it’s because we think it’s cool.
From the press release: ‘Manchester girlfriend/boyfriend duo Luxury Death are back with their new single ‘Glue’, alongside the announcement of their debut EP of the same name. The Glue EP is due on February 24 via PNKSLM Recordings on limited edition vinyl and digital, and includes the band’s debut single ‘Radiator Face’ and brand new single ‘Glue’, as well as another two new tracks, with the duo describing ‘Glue’ as “a conversation between two lovers at different stages in their lives. They are chained together; simultaneously holding each other close & pulling each other apart. Glue is an expression of that tight, unbalanced unity”.’
Get stuck into ‘Glue’ here:
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