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Black Mountain Ready ‘Wilderness Heart’ LP, Share a New Single
Finally. As much as we love Black Mountain‘s myriad side projects–especially Pink Mountaintops‘ last LP–self-titled‘s thrilled to hear that the band’s finally ready to release their third full-length record. Due out September 14 through Jagjaguwar, Wilderness Heart features some serious co-producers (Dave Sardy and Randall Dunn, who’ve worked with everyone from Sunn O))) to LCD […]
THE SELF-TITLED INTERVIEW: Solvent
Like his hero Aphex Twin, Solvent squeezes an incredible amount of emotion out of nothing but synths and samplers. At least that was the case on his two-disc Demonstration Tape collection, a decade-spanning retrospective that could have been called Soul of a New Machine…if Fear Factory hadn’t taken the title way back in 1992. The […]
NEEDLE EXCHANGE 024: An Exclusive Mix By … Matmos
Not to kiss Matmos‘ collective ass or anything, but we’re beyond honored to present the following collection of pause-button edits. (Yep, a mix of cassettes entitled “Rewind the Crystal Shells.”) We’d be surprised by the duo’s unconventional approach if they hadn’t spent the last 15 years stitching together samples of surgeries (A Chance To Cut […]
Best Coast Reveal Bodacious Cover, Song Titles of ‘Crazy For You’
Well it looks like Best Coast beat their buddy Wavves in the race for summer’s gnarliest record cover. The sleeve in question is over there on the left, channeling long-forgotten road trips alongside Snacks, the blog-list celebrity/little putty cat of Best Coast captain Bethany Cosentino. Due out on July 27 through Mexican Summer, Crazy For […]
FROM THE STACKS: CHIEF
We get a lot of crap CDs at the self-titled offices. But once in a while, a pleasant surprise slips into our promo stack. Here’s a recent delivery that knocked the s/t staff on its collective ass.