Much as we love all things angular and abrasive, noisy and nasty here at Aural Aggravation, we equally have a vast apprecition of lightness and melody. And so, we’re elated to bring you a video exclusive in the form of the debut single from Amber Warren.
‘Cobwebs’ is a charming, reflective, delicate and and truly lovely song, brimming with wistful melancholy. It’s accompanied by a beautifully-shot video directed by Patrick Mateer.
You can watch it here:
Thor & Friends’ eponymous debut recently received the Aural Aggravation seal of approval, and now the mighty percusionist Thor Harris and his cohorts have unveiled their first video. You can watch it here:
The Pop Group have collaborated with one of Bristol’s most forward thinking and distinctive visual artists, Max Kelan Pearce, for the video of their first single Zipperface, taken from their forthcoming new album Honeymoon On Mars. You can watch it below… and yes, we very strongly recommend it.
Monument Builders is the new album from loscil, the ambient/electronic project of prolific composer Scott Morgan. It was primarily created on sample-based instruments in Morgan’s century- old Vancouver home. Like that aged space, this music is also rough-hewn, with rickety samples of boiling kettles and resonant moving air. Recordings from a vintage micro-cassette recorder contribute distortion, rattles and textures that serve as both percussion and abstract aural colour.
Ahead of the album’s release on 11th November via Kranky, you can hear the title track here:
The Hum is the first ever solo album by Marc Heal and his first full-length release since the year 2000. He has been a presence in electronic music since the late 1980s when his band Westwon toured with Gary Numan and recorded with Colin Thurston.
His next band, Cubanate, then achieved success in the industrial scene in the 1990s with four acclaimed albums. Hits such as ‘Oxyacetylene’ and ‘Bodyburn’ crossed over to metal and mainstream audiences, with the former achieving Single of the Week in both Kerrang! and Melody Maker. The band later signed to the Chicago based label Wax Trax!
in its final years, while also gaining worldwide exposure when Sony used four of their songs as the lead tracks on the best-selling Gran Turismo console game. ‘Body Burn’ was also featured in The Sopranos and the Mortal Kombat movie. They toured with The Sisters of Mercy, Gary Numan, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Fear Factory, Sheep On Drugs, PIG and more. Marc also worked with Jean-Luc Demeyer of Front 242, the duo making two albums as C-TEC.
Marc appeared to remain creatively silent for many years after the demise of Cubanate, but was in fact running Fortress Studios in London and working in television and advertising, writing documentaries for the BBC and Sky.
Pefacing the release of The Hum on 11 November 2016 through Armalyte Industries, Marc presents ‘Adult Fiction’. Watch the video here:
Le Butcherettes, who are in the midst of a European tour, have unveiled the Omar Rodriguez-Lopez directed video for “My Mallely”, which appeared on their 2015 album, A Raw Youth (Ipecac Recordings).
The video was filmed in the contrasting locations of New York City and the ruins of Juárez Mexico, in a neighbourhood and cinema that was a casualty of the 2008-2013 war. Teri Gender Bender offers context to the video: "The juxtaposition of the video’s setting, place and time is a roller coaster of emotional history. Juárez. A lost city re-emerging. New York City. Feeling lost in a city that has been emerging. The duality is a constant in every feeling and way. No matter where you are, one absorbs their surroundings and grows within the chaotic element. That to me is the beauty of survivalism."
Watch the video here. Full list of tour dates below.
LE BUTCHERETTES TOUR DATES:
October 7 Zurich, Switzerland Dynamo
October 8 Milan, Italy Tunnel
October 10 Valencia, Spain Loco Club
October 11 Madrid, Spain El Sol
October 12 Barcelona, Spain Sidecare
October 14 London, UK The Black Heart (appearance at Rough Trade East @ 1pm)
October 15 Coventry, UK Kasbah
October 16 Birmingham, UK Hare & Hounds
October 17 Cardiff, UK CLWB ifor Bach
October 19 Dublin, Ireland The Workman’s Club
October 20 Belfast, UK Black Box
October 21 Glasgow, UK King Tut’s
October 22 Manchester, UK Night & Day
Swans have shared an edit of the closing track on their latest album, The Glowing Man – out now on Mute / Young God (N America) – ahead of the start of their European tour in October 2016.
Listen to ‘Finally, Peace’ (edit) here:
‘Finally, Peace’, described by Michael Gira as a "farewell", sees Jennifer Gira join him on a double vocal track, an uplifting finale for the last album in Swans’ current incarnation. The song was described by The Arts Desk as "…redemptive and uplifting" and by The Quietus as "…optimistic" while The Line of Best Fit said, "…on closer "Finally, Peace", Swans bow out with a knowing nod to the innate vanity of the physical and fleeting."
Swans embark on the European leg of their mammoth world tour next month and return to the UK for a series of shows including two SOLD OUT performances at the Islington Assembly Hall on October 13 and 14. Anna von Hausswolf is Swans’ very special guest on the European dates, full details below:
SWANS EUROPEAN TOUR
6 Oct – Brussels BE, Orangerie Botanique
7 Oct – Eindhoven NL, De Effenaar
8 Oct – Brighton UK, Concorde 2 – SOLD OUT
9 Oct – Manchester UK, 02 Ritz
11 Oct – Glasgow UK, Oran Mor
12 Oct – Newcastle Upon Tyne UK, Northumbria University
13 Oct – London UK, Islington Assembly Hall – SOLD OUT
14 Oct – London UK, Islington Assembly Hall – SOLD OUT
15 Oct – Reims FR, La Cartonnerie
17 Oct – Hamburg DE, Kampnagel
18 Oct – Berlin DE, Huxleys Neue Welt
19 Oct – Prague CZ, Divaldo ARCHA Theatre
21 Oct – Budapest HU, A38 Ship
22 Oct – Vienna AT, Arena Big Hall
23 Oct – Graz AT, Orpheum Extra
25 Oct – Ljubljana SL, Kino Kiska Centre for Urban Culture
26 Oct – Zagreb HR, Lauba
28 Oct – Basel CH, Kaserne
29 Oct – Vevey CH, Rocking Chair
30 Oct – Bern CH, Reitschule Dachstock
1 Nov – Nantes FR, Stereolux
2 Nov – Nimes FR, La Paloma
5 Nov – Bologna IT, Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
6 Nov – Rome IT, Orion Live Club
8 Nov – Tourcoin FR, Le Grand Mix
9 Nov – Paris FR, Le Trabendo
10 Nov – Cologne DE, Gebäude 9
11 Nov – Munich DE, Feierwerk
12 Nov – Wiesbaden DE, Kulturezentrum Schlachthof
13 Nov – Utrecht, NL, Le Guess Who? festival
* with Anna von Hausswolf
Crippled Black Phoenix have revealed the second track from their forthcoming album Bronze. The UK dark progressive rockers will release their stunning new full-length on November 4th.
New track ‘Winning A Losing Battle’ can be streamed here:
Justin Greaves comments: “Some songs depart from my mind into reality without consent. ‘Winning A Losing Battle’ is one of those. The track just barged itself into the world. It is also one of the musically unconventional Crippled Black Phoenix style of songs that keep appearing on our albums. The title says it all. We have been through a lot of adversity as a band in these past two years and even though it seemed that all is doomed at times – I/we never gave up or gave in. We just say ‘screw you’ to the people and forces that tried to bring us down. Crippled Black Phoenix win, and always will.”
With their Eat, Hate, Regurgitate EP schedules for release on October 21st, and a UK tour commencing on Mondaym 12th September, Australian sczz/grunge duo fillow up the beltting ‘Sick’ wth a video release fr ‘KYMS’. Watch the video here.
Tour dates are as follows:
Monday 12th September – London, Old Blue Last
Tuesday 13th September – Brighton, Hope & Ruin
Thursday 15th September – Hull, The Adelphi
Saturday 17th September – Scunthorpe, Café Indiependent
Tuesday 20th September – Leeds, Santiago’s
Thursday 22nd September – Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete’s
Norwegian prog outfit Seven Impale have announced that they will release their new album ‘Contrapasso’ on 16th September via Karisma Records.
The band have also shared a brand new track, ‘Languor’. It’s epic and bombastic, and you can listen to it here:
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