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Altair Nouveau - New Signing to DFA Records

2009-07-15T00:17:00.000+01:00

Altair Nouveau - new signing to DFA Records: similar to Lindstrøm: Altair Nouveau on MySpace Music - futuristic cosmic space-disco

Press Release:

Altair Nouveau consists of one Brandon Mitchell, a young producer from the west coast currently residing in San Francisco. Altair Nouveau’s music, though designed with the dance floor in mind, still evokes a personal element. It is the combination of these elements that give Altair Nouveau his indistinguishable larger than life, spaced-out future disco sound sure to cause a dance floor frenzy.

Raised in the sprawling city of San Jose, California to musical parents. Mitchell grew up with the encouragement of his father, an electronic music teacher at the local community college. Brandon began educating himself by collecting albums from the likes of Giorgio Moroder, Vangelis, Ennio Morricone and John Carpenter. This gave way to newer acts such as In Flagranti, Prins Thomas, Lindstrom and several artists on DFA.

The title track ‘Space Fortress’ marks a bold and exciting introduction into the sonic landscape of Mr. Nouveau, combining G Funk, P Funk and a 4/4 disco foundation that adds up to something otherworldly altogether.

‘Showdown’ is a lush and melancholy electro track, with gentle chugging rhythms carrying you along and depositing the listener onto a bed of rich vocal harmonies.

The swirling jazz funk of ‘Sorcerer’ shines bright and shimmers with sharp and punchy synth melodies, sounding like Money Mark trying to teach Herbie Hancock to break dance. You know what I mean. This single is being co-released with the very talented Maelstrom (Eskimo, Mindless Boogie) via his own dance label called Solar Disco.

2009 Albums Tracking List and Expected List: Update 11

2009-07-15T00:11:00.001+01:00

Have a browse through...2009 Albums [1701 Albums] - 2009 A - Z Albums Tracking List - a starting guide to new & forthcoming album releases.

also: 2009 Expected [686 artists] - Artists that are expected to release new albums in 2009 - awaiting announcements of album titles and release dates.

BBC Radio 1 - Essential Mix - Dubstep mix by Caspa

2009-07-13T21:35:00.000+01:00

Now on listen again: Caspa with a Dubstep mix: BBC - Radio 1 - Essential Mix

Two hours of dubby dubstep this week from the man behind Dub Police and Sub Soldiers. He's the West Londoner who along with Rusko mixed one of the first commercially available dubstep compilation CDs for Fabric Live and he's recently sprinkled his magic on Deadmau5's 'I Remember'.

Terrorizer - New Issue #186 Aug 2009

2009-07-13T20:26:00.003+01:00

New issue of Terrorizer magazines features Municipal Waste on the front cover.

Looks a rather disappointing issue.

MUNICIPAL WASTE - JOB FOR A COWBOY - SUFFOCATION - VOIVOD - ASPHYX - ANAAL NATHRAKH - SHINING - ABGOTT - SCENE REPORT: Christian metal

Catch Up - Music Interviews

2009-07-13T00:22:00.001+01:00

Interviews:

some recent interview features:

Artery

The New Thing: Interview: ARTERY - reformed Sheffield post-punk band

Augury

Augury | Interview | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - Issue 94: July/August 2000

This month sees the mighty return of the French-Canadian progressive death metal band Augury. Their new opus for their new employer Nuclear Blast is titled ‘Fragmentary Evidence’ and is filled to the brim with a perfectly executed mix of technical death and symphonic black. LoM found guitar player Mathieu Marcotte willing to go into the long hiatus between the predecessor ‘Concealed’. Moreover Mathieu gives us all the info we could want on the concept as well as the conception of ‘Fragmentary Evidence’

William Basinski

Ambient legend: FACT magazine – Interview: William Basinski

Bibio

Warp recording artist: Interview With Bibio - Strangeglue - Music News, Views and Reviews

Emperor Machine

The Quietus | Features | Escape Velocity | Emperor Machine: Dark Room Dynasties And Roman Stoned

Fever Ray

Louis Pattison enters the freaky electro-pop world of Fever Ray | Music | The Guardian - Louis Pattison enters the freaky electro-pop world of Fever Ray

Lindstrom

Lindstrom: "Hey, wanna make some music today?" | Dummy - Features

Kevin Saunderson

Techno legend: FACT magazine: Interview: Kevin Saunderson

Prins Thomas

Q & A: Prins Thomas | XLR8R

Wolves In The Throne Room

US black metal band: Wolves In The Throne Room | Interview | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - Issue 94: July/August 2000

Catch Up - Music Links Roundup - Assorted Links

2009-07-12T23:57:00.002+01:00

Back Blogging after an extended break ! Over the next few days, I will be publishing a series of Catch Up blog posts.

First with this assorted links, then the following over the next few days: interviews, artist news, metal news, festivals update and 2009 Music lists. [the order may change]

music blogs to check:

ilictronix
this is myModern
Velvet Coalmine

also: BBC - BBC Music Blog

most recent blog posts on the MOG network: Most Recent Posts For The Last 24 Hours

Vice UK (viceuk) on Twitter - Vice UK
DPRP (dprpnet) on Twitter - progressive rock

and Musicians on Twitter: 100 Artists That Tweet

Hype Machine analyzes music on twitter: Machine Shop: The Hype Machine Blog about Hype Machine (and things we love) and Twitter Music Chart: Hot Songs Tracks MP3 on Twitter in 3 Days / The Hype Machine

UK Music portal: welcome to tourdates, where music is unleashed

I should have mentioned this much earlier Andy Hughes: Andy Hughes (The Orb), RIP - BrooklynVegan

Top 1000 Albums of 2009 @ rateyourmusic.com has been updated, Animal Collective still at Number 1.

Another boring issue of Uncut magazine.

check the Canada's Polaris Prize Gets Shortlist - Strangeglue - Music News, Views and Reviews

revamped: ROWLA.MUSIC DIRTYRADIO

new web tool: Charts.fm :: Mix your own charts

Cloudspeakers, a music aggregator of reviews, audios and videos

UK based music webzine: Music Mule - Stubbornly Supporting Live Music

Sonar 2009 reviews: Sonar 2009: The DiS review / In Depth // Drowned In Sound and RA: Sonar 2009 in review - Interview

Joel McIver: Joel McIver | Interview | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - Issue 94: July/August 2000

We usually publish interviews with bands and occasionally an interview with an organizer of a festival or something like that. It’s not that common to interview a writer. Since we review books that might be interesting for the readers of Lords of Metal on a monthly basis in the form of a special, we got the idea to conduct an interview with Joel McIver. We reviewed his book on Slayer this month and in the past we reviewed two other books by his hand. Since Joel is one of the more important writers of books on metal at this moment, we contacted him and it was no problem for him to tell a bit more about himself.

John Harris on music writing: John Harris asks whether the best writing about pop music hails from a different era | Music | The Guardian

As veteran musicians headline Glastonbury this weekend, does the best writing about rock music also hail from a different era? Is anybody today as good as Greil Marcus or Lester Bangs? Having spent 20 years as a pop journalist, John Harris asks whether music writing has lost its way

Following the announcement that Conor McNicholas is to step down as editor of the NME, questions will no doubt be asked about the future of the magazine.: Breaking More Waves: The Future Of The NME

More recent NME bashing: Sleeping with the NME: how the British music press picked up a dose of the crap - Velvet Coalmine

New book by Phil Freeman [from The Wire magazine]: Sound Levels: Profiles in American Music, 2002-2009 by Philip Freeman (Book) in Arts & Photography

New book: Equinox - Books - Book Details: The End All Around Us

The End All Around Us
The Apocalypse and Popular Culture
Edited by: John Walliss, Kenneth G.C. Newport

2 books from Mick Mercer: mickmercer: THE BATCAVE – two exclusive booksTHE BAT

THE BATCAVE remains the best known Goth club in the history of the genre, and here we have two huge photo books of classic images, of exciting bands, covering its original existence.

take a trip back to the UK Charts 27th June 1981, at the time I was just finishing Primary School aged 11: :Sweeping The Nation: One day in his life

Woebot mix: FACT magazine: FACT mix 61: Woebot - FACT mix 61 comes from Matt Ingram, a seminal music writer and unique recording artist who mainly works under the moniker of Woebot.

Woebot interviewed: FACT magazine - Interview: Woebot

This Monday’s FACT podcast was the work of Matt Ingram, one of the last decade’s seminal music writers, blogging and contributing to FACT, Stylus, The Wire and more under the name WOEBOT.

Dubstep artists links: Bluntforce's DubstepArtists Bookmarks on Delicious

Compilation from Mary Anne Hobbs: FACT magazine: - Mary Anne Hobbs releases new compilation with silly name - Radio 1 Experimental Show host Mary Anne Hobbs will release her third compilation for Planet Mu, Wild Angels, on September 7.

Eskimo label compilation RA News: Eskimo get cosmic - Eskimo will release Cosmic Balearic Beats Vol. 2 on 7th September 2009.

feature on UK 90s techno: FACT magazine - 20 best: UK techno and download: FACT magazine: 20 best UK techno

Dance/Electronic Singles roundup – July 2009 - State Magazine | Music | News | Reviews | Live

latest column: Pitchfork: Grime / Dubstep: Grime / Dubstep - by Martin Clark

Brazilian music: FACT magazine: 20 best: Brazilian records ever made

Canterbury Rock music: BBC - Kent - Entertainment - Canterbury Rock

Forthcoming release info:

* Top Ten - Forthcoming 2009 Albums | Clash Music Exclusive Best of Clash

* July Release Dates | DOA

* A Few Forthcoming Releases (July 2009) - Music Musings and Miscellany

Collection of 2009 Music Lists

2009-07-02T00:16:00.000+01:00

Chilling out at the mo, due to the intense Heatwave, so in the meantime check this collection of 2009 music lists: 2009 Music Lists

MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2009 So Far: Updated June 30th

2009-06-30T23:55:00.001+01:00

Stefan has updated his 2009 collated album stats: Acclaimed Music Forum: UPDATE 30/06/2009 : MEGA-CRITIC : Best Reviewed Albums Of 2009 So Far (With Competition) half way through the year Animal Collective is at Number 1

The current position is followed by last month´s position in brackets, then the adjusted score, followed by the average rating and the number of reviews in brackets.

The scores after the title are the individual Top 50 positions / adjusted scores for Europe, the UK and the US, followed by the current Metacritic score.

001. (001 ) 74,642857 – 84,50 (26 ) Animal Collective ´Merriweather Post Pavillion´
EU : 02. 72,14 - UK : 01. 75,51 - US : 01. 77,32 - MC : 89

002. (002 ) 71,468926 – 80,40 (25 ) Grizzly Bear ´Veckatimest´
EU : 07. 69,72 - UK : 04. 73,47 - US : 03. 71,96 - MC : 86

003. (003 ) 71,414473 – 82,55 (20 ) Mastodon ´Crack The Skye´
EU : 01. 73,87 - UK : 28. 67,95 - US : 04. 71,08 - MC : 82

004. (004 ) 69,283439 – 78,83 (21 ) Bill Callahan ´Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle´
EU : 03. 71,49 - UK : 00000000 - US : 05. 70,49 - MC : 82

004. (000 ) 69,283439 – 78,83 (21 ) Dirty Projectors ´Bitte Orca´
EU : 26. 64,47 - UK : 13. 69,39 - US : 02. 73,66 - MC : 85

006. (005 ) 68,750000 – 77,61 (22 ) Fever Ray ´Fever Ray´
EU : 13. 66,90 - UK : 08. 71,43 - US : 12. 68,43 - MC : 81

007. (007 ) 68,093220 – 75,62 (25 ) Antony & The Johnsons ´The Crying Light´
EU : 09. 68,58 - UK : 13. 69,39 - US : 24. 66,34 - MC : 80

008. (006 ) 67,867231 – 75,30 (25 ) Yeah Yeah Yeahs ´It´s Blitz !´
EU : 41. 63,08 - UK : 02. 74,49 - US : 09. 68,73 - MC : 81

009. (013 ) 67,669491 – 75,02 (25 ) Phoenix ´Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix´
EU : 15. 66,66 - UK : 21. 68,37 - US : 10. 68,53 - MC : 82

010. (009 ) 67,664670 – 75,65 (23 ) M. Ward ´Hold Time´
EU : 05. 70,15 - UK : 25. 68,18 - US : 00000000 - MC : 79

011. (008 ) 67,193877 – 76,61 (19 ) The Horrors ´Primary Colours´
EU : 14. 66,82 - UK : 03. 73,86 - US : 00000000 - MC : 82

012. (035 ) 67,058823 – 84,80 (10 ) Sunn O))) ´Monoliths & Dimensions´
EU : 29. 63,92 - UK : 11. 70,69 - US : 18. 67,36 - MC : 87

013. (010 ) 66,843065 – 77,15 (17 ) DM Stith ´Heavy Ghost´
EU : 19. 65,82 - UK : 13. 69,39 - US : 38. 64,86 - MC : 84

014. (014 ) 66,842105 – 75,60 (20 ) Camera Obscura ´My Maudlin Career´
EU : 22. 64,74 - UK : 17. 69,32 - US : 20. 67,06 - MC : 80

015. (000 ) 66,380813 – 73,48 (24 ) Sonic Youth ´The Eternal´
EU : 08. 68,99 - UK : 21. 68,37 - US : 00000000 - MC : 78

016. (028 ) 66,257961 – 74,31 (21 ) Passion Pit ´Manners´
EU : 10. 67,64 - UK : 00000000 - US : 29. 65,80 - MC : 76

017. (011 ) 66,250000 – 74,70 (20 ) Neko Case ´Middle Cyclone´
EU : 21. 65,26 - UK : 45. 65,91 - US : 16. 67,65 - MC : 79

018. (012 ) 66,174242 – 76,69 (16 ) Dan Deacon ´Bromst´
EU : 18. 65,83 - UK : 45. 65,91 - US : 21. 66,74 - MC : 77

019. (015 ) 65,729927 – 75,35 (17 ) Micachu ´Jewellery´#
EU : 00000000 - UK : 25. 68,18 - US : 15. 67,94 - MC : 75

020. (000 ) 65,636942 – 73,38 (21 ) Dinosaur Jr. ´Farm´
EU : 06. 69,85 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 77

021. (017 ) 65,348837 – 72,00 (24 ) Andrew Bird ´Noble Beast´
EU : 37. 63,19 - UK : 08. 71,43 - US : 00000000 - MC : 79

022. (018 ) 65,334302 – 71,98 (24 ) Morrissey ´Years Of Refusal´
EU : 34. 63,44 - UK : 00000000 - US : 14. 68,04 - MC : 79

023. (016 ) 65,299401 – 72,22 (23 ) PJ Harvey & John Parish ´A Woman A Man Walked By´
EU : 38. 63,36 - UK : 06. 72,45 - US : 00000000 - MC : 75

024. (019 ) 65,224550 – 72,11 (23 ) Bonnie ´Prince´ Billy ´Beware´
EU : 04. 71,38 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 74

025. (023 ) 64,971751 – 71,20 (25 ) Bob Dylan ´Together Through Life´
EU : 11. 67,27 - UK : 00000000 - US : 37. 65,10 - MC : 76

026. (020 ) 64,911971 – 73,53 (18 ) Dan Auerbach ´Keep It Hid´
EU : 20. 65,44 - UK : 42. 66,18 - US : 00000000 - MC : 80

027. (021 ) 64,854014 – 73,94 (17 ) St. Vincent ´Actor´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 06. 70,29 - MC : 81

028. (022 ) 64,848484 – 74,50 (16 ) Titus Andronicus ´The Airing Of Grievances´(2008 )
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : ...2008... - MC : 84

029. (024 ) 64,431818 – 73,81 (16 ) Super Furry Animals ´Dark Days / Light Years´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 08. 71,43 - US : 00000000 - MC : 84

030. (030 ) 64,344262 – 75,00 (14 ) Marissa Nadler ´Little Hells´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 19. 69,23 - US : 00000000 - MC : 00

031. (025 ) 64,237288 – 70,16 (25 ) U2 ´No Line On The Horizon´
EU : 33. 63,44 - UK : 31. 67,35 - US : 00000000 - MC : 72

032. (034 ) 64,173228 – 74,00 (15 ) Buraka Som Sistema ´Black Diamond´ (2008 )
EU : 00000000 - UK : ...2008... - US : 36. 65,14 - MC : 00

033. (026 ) 64,102564 – 75,39 (13 ) The Phantom Band ´Checkmate Savage´
EU : 25. 64,68 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 00

034. (027 ) 63,939393 – 73,00 (16 ) The Thermals ´Now We Can See´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 08. 68,80 - MC : 79

035. (029 ) 63,846153 – 74,92 (13 ) Harmonic 313 ´When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence´
EU : 39. 63,11 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 75

036. (041 ) 63,832116 – 72,29 (17 ) Manic Street Preachers ´Journal For Plague Lovers´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 06. 72,45 - US : 48. 64,36 - MC : 86

037. (049 ) 63,823529 – 78,20 (10 ) The Field ´Yesterday And Today´
EU : 39. 63,11 - UK : 00000000 - US : 35. 65,24 - MC : 79

038. (000 ) 63,770491 – 74,00 (14 ) Wilco ´Wilco (The Album)´
EU : 12. 66,63 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 00

039. (000 ) 63,738317 – 76,73 (11 ) The Low Anthem ´Oh My God Charlie Darwin´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 17. 69,32 - US : 00000000 - MC : 80

040. (031 ) 63.602362 – 73,03 (15 ) Alela Diane ´To Be Still´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 75

041. (000 ) 63,586956 – 61,25 (08 ) Future Of The Left ´Travels With Myself And Another´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 35. 67,24 - US : 13. 68,29 - MC : 00

042. (.RE.) 63,428030 – 72,16 (16 ) The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart ´The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart´
EU : 16. 66,20 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 75

043. (033 ) 63,314393 – 71,97 (16 ) Elvis Perkins ´Elvis Perkins In Dearland´
EU : 45. 62,80 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 74

044. (000 ) 63,265306 – 70,53 (19 ) Patrick Wolf ´The Bachelor´
EU : 22. 64,74 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 00

045. (032 ) 63,148148 – 69,36 (22 ) Bat For Lashes ´Two Suns´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 13. 69,39 - US : 27. 66,08 - MC : 77

046. (000 ) 62,853107 – 68,20 (25 ) Jarvis Cocker ´Further Complications´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 31. 67,35 - US : 17. 67,45 - MC : 74

047. (037 ) 62,826086 – 79,50 (08 ) The-Dream ´Love Vs. Money´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 11. 68,48 - MC : 83

048. (038 ) 62,777777 – 73,00 (13 ) Doom ´Born Like This´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 76

049. (039 ) 62,687074 – 69,63 (19 ) The Juan Maclean ´The Future Will Come´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 71

050. (036 ) 62,678571 – 73,67 (12 ) Alasdair Roberts ´Spoils´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 19. 69,23 - US : 00000000 - MC : 77

THE BUBBLERS :

052. (054 ) 62,591240 – 70,29 (17 ) Isis ´Wavering Radiant´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 07. 69,02 - MC : 79

062. (089 ) 62,049180 – 71,00 (14 ) Wavves ´Wavvves´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 71

067. (071 ) 61,764705 – 74,00 (10 ) Hell ´Teufelswerk´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 00

069. (000 ) 61,581196 – 70,85 (13 ) Tortoise ´Beacons Of Ancestorship´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 75

071. (122 ) 61,521739 – 76,50 (08 ) Mulatu Astatke & Heliocentrics ´Inspiration Information´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 22. 66,53 - MC : 00

075. (084 ) 61,261682 – 71,91 (11 ) The Maccabees ´Wall Of Arms´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 40. 66,33 - US : 00000000 - MC : 75

086. (086 ) 60,804597 – 76,86 (07 ) A Hawk And A Hacksaw ´Delivrance´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 29. 67,65 - US : 00000000 - MC : 00

090. (000 ) 60,706521 – 74,63 (08 ) White Denim ´Fits´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 21. 68,37 - US : 00000000 - MC : 81

093. (000 ) 60,618556 – 72,89 (09 ) Sunset Rubdown ´Dragonslayer´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 25. 66,22 - MC : 85

095. (000 ) 60,559210 – 66,05 (20 ) The Gossip ´Music For Men´
EU : 00000000 - UK : 00000000 - US : 00000000 - MC : 63

FURTHER EU-POSITIONS :

017. (000 ) 65,95 Bugge Wesseltoft ´Playing´
024. (015 ) 64,71 Kreator ´Hordes Of Chaos´
027. (019 ) 64,10 The Veils ´Sun Gangs´
028. (020 ) 63,96 Pet Shop Boys ´Yes´
030. (026 ) 63,72 Scott Matthew ´There´s An Ocean That Devides´
031. (043 ) 63,68 Junior Boys ´Begone Dull Care´
032. (022 ) 63,58 Empire Of The Sun ´Walking On A Dream´
035. (017 ) 64,37 Bruce Springsteen ´Working On A Dream´
036. (026 ) 63,33 The Felice Brothers´Yonder Is The Clock´
042. (037 ) 62,98 Gallows ´Grey Britain´
043. (033 ) 62,93 Loney Dear ´Dear John´
044. (000 ) 62,81 Graham Coxon ´The Spinning Top´
046. (029 ) 63,20 Eminem ´Relapse´
047. (035 ) 62,64 Buddy & Julie Miller ´Written In Chalk´
048. (036 ) 62,55 Jason Lytle ´Yours Truly, The Commuter´
049. (000 ) 62,50 God Help The Girl ´God Help The Girl´
050. (000 ) 62,41 Eels ´Hombre Lobo´

FURTHER UK-POSITIONS :

004. (004 ) 73,47 Doves ´Kingdom Of Rust´
012. (012 ) 70,59 Oumou Sangare ´Seya´
021. (017 ) 68,37 Wildbirds & Peacedrums ´The Snake´
025. (000 ) 68,18 Jack Penate ´Everything Is New´
029. (019 ) 67,65 Ramblin´Jack Elliott ´A Stranger Here´
031. (022 ) 67,35 Peter Doherty ´Grace / Wastelands´
031. (022 ) 67,35 The Decemberists ´The Hazards Of Love´
035. (000 ) 67,24 Tinariwen ´Imidiwan´
037. (000 ) 67,05 La Roux ´La Roux´
038. (025 ) 66,67 Teitur ´The Singer´ (2008 )
038. (025 ) 66,67 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robertson ´Miles Benjamin Anthony Robertson´
040. (000 ) 66,33 Kasabian ´The West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum´
042. (030 ) 66,18 Phosphorescent ´To Willie´
042. (072 ) 66,18 King Creosote ´Flick The Vs´
045. (032 ) 65,91 Malakai ´Ugly Side Of Love´
045. (032 ) 65,91 The Gallows ´Grey Britain´
045. (000 ) 65,91 Speech Debelle ´Speech Therapy´
050. (038 ) 65,52 The Shaky Hands ´Lunglight´ (2008 )

FURTHER US-POSITIONS :

019. (016 ) 67,08 Emeralds ´What Happened´
022. (019 ) 66,53 Mountains ´Choral´
026. (023 ) 66,10 Japandroids ´Post-Nothing´
028. (000 ) 65,83 Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse ´Dark Night Of The Soul´
030. (022 ) 65,76 Ida Maria ´Fortress Round My Heart´ (2008 )
031. (000 ) 65,65 Mos Def ´The Ecstatic´
032. (058 ) 65,56 Kid 606 ´Shout At The Döner´
033. (024 ) 65,49 Tim Hecker ´An Imaginary Country´
034. (025 ) 65,42 The Vaselines ´Enter The Vaselines´
038. (029 ) 64,86 Brakes(brakesbrakes) ´Touchdown´
040. (031 ) 64,67 Glasvegas ´Glasvegas´ (2008 )
041. (032 ) 64,58 Bell Orchestre ´As Seen Through Windows´
042. (033 ) 64,57 Akron/Family ´Set ´Em Wild, Set ´Em Free´
043. (000 ) 64,52 Todd Snider ´The Excitement Plan´
044. (034 ) 64,51 Extra Golden ´Thank You Very Quickly´
045. (035 ) 64,46 A.C. Newman ´Get Guilty´
046. (036 ) 64,46 Black Lips ´200 Million Thousand´
046. (036 ) 64,46 Swan Lake ´Enemy Mine´
048. (000 ) 65,36 Elegi ´Varde´
050. (038 ) 64,31 Mirah ´(A)Spera´

Mojo Magazine - New Issue

2009-06-29T10:57:00.000+01:00

New issue of Mojo magazine unfortunately features Fleet Foxes on the front cover.

textura - July 2009 Issue

2009-06-29T10:53:00.000+01:00

New issue of textura now online.

Established in August 2004, textura is a monthly publication of experimental and electronic music-related reviews, interviews, and articles

JULY 2009, NO. 58

Article
Backtracking with Bodycode's Immune

Albums
3 Seconds of Air: The Flight of Song (Tonefloat)
All Apologies: Nine Stories (Symbolic Interaction)
Gilles Aubry: Berlin Backyards (Crónica)
Jimmy Behan: The Echo Garden (Audiobulb)
Molly Berg + Stephen Vitiello: The Gorilla Variations (12k)
Bloody Mary: Black Pearl (Contexterrior)
Bodycode: Immune (Spectral Sound)
Peter Broderick: Music for Falling From Trees (Western Vinyl)
Harold Budd & Clive Wright: Candylion (Darla)
City Center: City Center (Type)
darwinsbitch: Ore (Digitalis)
Greg Davis: Mutually Arising (kranky)
Dextro: Winded (16k Records)
d_rradio: Leaves (Symbolic Interaction)
Nils Frahm: Wintermusik (Sonic Pieces)
Chihei Hatakeyama: Saunter (ROOM40)
Icarus: Sylt Remixes (Rump)
Jacaszek: Pentral (Gusstaff)
Jumpel: Deuxième Bureau (Hidden Shoal)
Kreng: L'Autopsie Phénoménale De Dieu (Miasmah)
Loess: Burrows (Nonreponse)
Lusine: A Certain Distance (Ghostly)
Craig McElhinney: You and Me Are Young and Brutal (Meupe)
Mirko Loko: Seventynine (Cadenza)
NQ: Inscription (Audiobulb)
Phasen: Listening to Old West Coast Rap (I, Absentee)
Pillowdiver: Sleeping Pills (12k)
Planetary Assault Systems: Temporary Suspension (Ostgut Ton)
Plastik Joy: 3:03 (n5MD)
Proem: Till There's No Breath (Nonreponse)
Pure: Ification (Crónica)
Me Raabenstein: Raabenstein_esk (Nonine)
Rocketnumbernine: You Reflect Me (Champion Version)
Nadia Sirota: First Things First (New Amsterdam)
Sunn O))): Monoliths & Dimensions (Southern Lord)
Tapage: Fallen Clouds (Tympanik Audio)
Tarwater: Donne-Moi La Main (Gusstaff)
Robert Scott Thompson: Motets for Michelangelo (Au Courant)
Tiny Magnetic Pets: Return of the Tiny Magnetic Pets (Psychonavigation)
Tortoise: Beacons of Ancestorship (Thrill Jockey)
The Units: History of the Units: The Early Years: 1977-1983 (Community Library)
Voodeux: The Paranormal (Mothership)
Yvat: Kunzite (Boltfish)

Compilations / Mixes
Konrad Black: Watergate 03 (Watergate)
VA: All Night Long (Aus Music)
VA: Before We Melt (IVDT)
VA: Boy Got Bass 3 – Mixed by DJ Emerson (Kiddaz.FM)
VA: Err on the Good Side (Three:Four Records)
VA: hub Opus Tokyo (Op.disc)
VA: Marine Mammals and Fish of Lofoten and Vesterålen (Gruenrekorder)
VA: Musique pour Statues Menhirs (Arbouse)
VA: Recast (New Speak)

EPs
Peter Broderick: Five Film Score Outtakes (Secret Fury Hole)
The Caribbean: Scott Solter Re-Populates The Caribbean (Hidden Shoal)
Centre: Another Year (Square Root)
Centre: L'Enfant Coma (Square Root)
cirqular / emdy: Prague / Catshag (Gracetone)
Gillicuddy: The Repeating Thoughts of Old Zinng-Zanng (Resting Bell)
Jacksonville: Trix EP (Doppler)
King Midas Sound: Dub Heavy – Hearts and Ghosts (Hyperdub)
Manoo and Francois A: Today Is Tomorrow EP (Buzzin' Fly)
Spencer Parker: The Beginning (Buzzin' Fly)
Dirk Serries: Microphonics VI (Tonefloat)

FACT magazine - 2nd Quarter Report: 20 best albums Apr - Jun

2009-06-26T13:44:00.000+01:00

London's FACT magazine present their favourite 20 albums of the last 3 months: FACT magazine exhibitions - 2nd Quarter Report: 20 best albums Apr - Jun in some sort of alpha order:

Summary:

01: ARNE WEINBERG - ALPHA & OMEGA
(AW-RECORDINGS)

02: BIBIO - AMBIVALENCE AVENUE
(WARP)

03: BLANK DOGS - UNDER AND UNDER
(IN THE RED)

04: CITY CENTER - CITY CENTER
(TYPE)

05: DIRTY PROJECTORS - BITTE ORCA
(DOMINO)

06: EL-B - THE ROOTS OF EL-B
(TEMPA)

07: GRIZZLY BEAR - VECKATIMEST
(WARP)

08: HORRORS - PRIMARY COLOURS
(XL)

09: JOHN DALY - SEA & SKY
(WAVE MUSIC)

10: MARTYN - GREAT LENGTHS
(3024)

11: MORITZ VON OSWALD TRIO - VERTICAL ASCENT
(HONEST JON'S)

12: MULATU ASTATKE & THE HELIOCENTRICS - INSPIRATION INFORMATION
(STRUT)

13: NEWHAM GENERALS - GENERALLY SPEAKING
(DIRTEE STANK)

14: PAUL WHITE - THE STRANGE DREAMS OF PAUL WHITE
(ONE HANDED MUSIC)

15: RICK WADE - HARMONIE PARK REVISITED
(RUSH HOUR)

16: SHACKLETON / MORDANT MUSIC - PICKING O'ER THE BONES
(MORDANT MUSIC)

17: SND - ATAVISM
(RASTER-NOTON)

18: SUBWAY - SUBWAY II
(SOUL JAZZ)

19: WILLIAM BASINSKI - 92982
(2062)

20: WILLIAM FOWLER COLLINS - PERDITION HILL RADIO
(TYPE)

Radio 1 - Mary Anne Hobbs Show - Sonar 2009

2009-06-25T13:57:00.000+01:00

Now on Listen Again: Sonar 2009 Special BBC - Radio 1 - Mary Anne Hobbs

Sonar 2009 proved to be another monumental year for the electronic music festival. Mary Anne curated the Sonar Lab stage and invited Joker, The Gaslamp Killer and Martyn to take over the sound system. We playback these sets alongside music from Mike Slott, Dorian Concept,Jamie Woon and Hank Shocklee from the Bomb Squad.

Music Links Roundup - Update - June 23rd

2009-06-23T14:03:00.001+01:00

Some links of interest:

ex John Peel session artist, Ian Loveday AKA Eon has died, Louise Gray writes a tribute: When that Helicopter Comes: Remembering Ian Loveday, 22 September 1954 – 17 June 2009

As a DJ/musician and producer, Ian went under a host of aliases – Ian B, Ian Beta, Eon, Minimal Man, Rio Rhythm Band and most recently, 1integral amongst them ..

BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - Eon

Rush and Philosophy book planned: Bravewords.com > News > RUSH And Philosophy Book In The Works

We are looking for short articles (of around twenty pages) to add to this proposed anthology. Writers in philosophy, musicology, economics, and psychology have already committed to Rush And Philosophy, and they are exploring the following areas from across Rush's career (1974 - ):

-personal tragedies, self-determination, and Sartre
-the anthropic cosmological principle and atheism
-Canadianness in Anglo-American genres and in lyrics and images
-tribute projects of the band's music in death metal, trip-hop, and classical strings
-the band's combination of secular humanism and mysticism
-libertarianism and left-libertarianism, rather than "right-wing"
-the cognitive function of riffs and other music in expressing difficult ideas
-a roundtable on political economy, Ayn Rand, and Rush's "2112"

Deadline for one-page abstracts: July 19, 2009 Deadline for completed first-drafts: August 31, 2009

20 years ago: Where were you in 1989? - Raving '89: the crowds, the lasers, the crimes against fashion - FACT Magazine

10 years ago: The Edge of Change: The Most Memorable Albums of 1999 | PopMatters

Topp 50 » Tónlist.is - Best Icelandic albums of all time according to Icelandic Radio Community

Artists

A Sunny Day in Glasgow

2009 album: Pitchfork: A Sunny Day in Glasgow Announce Second Album - On September 15, the band will return with a new album called Ashes Grammar, due via Mis Ojos Discos.

Kode 9

new video: Cargo Records Distribution UK: Kode9 & The Spaceape: Time Patrol Video up!

Marsheaux

2009 album: Gothtronic | News: New MARSHEAUX Album Lumineux Noir Out Soon

The Psyke Project

2009 album: The Psyke Project confirm new album | NEWS | ITSATRAP2009 - The dead storm on August 24th.

The Rogue Element

2009 album: exceptional Records: The Rogue Element, Lumina

Award-winning producer and DJ Ben Medcalf aka The Rogue Element is back with his highly anticipated follow up to 2005's debut Rogue Rock, an album packed full of surprises and top drawer dance floor stompers.

Luke Slater

interview: RA: Luke Slater: Back from the brink - Interview

RA's Lee Smith meets Planetary Assault Systems' Luke Slater to talk about the dangers of flirting with the mainstream, his lack of nostalgia for the '90s and the real reason it took him so long to return to techno's main stage...

Radio 1 - Dubstep Special: The 40 Best Dubstep Tunes - with Rusko and Robby

2009-06-23T13:45:00.000+01:00

Now on Listen Again a Dubstep 2 Hour Special: BBC - Radio 1 - Rob da Bank

40 Best Dubstep Tunes

Rob joins forces with dubstep king Rusko for a two hour dubstep special including tunes from Benga, Burial, Skream and Plastician in a 40 track extravaganza . . . can they really do 40 tracks in two hours?

Monday 22nd June 2009

The 40 Best Dubstep Tunes - with Rusko and Robby

02:00
Horsepower Productions – ‘Classic Deluxe’ (Tempa)
Oris Jay/Darqwan – ‘Said The Spider’ (Texture)
El-B –‘Amazon’ (Tempa)
Search And Destroy – ‘Candyfloss’ (Hotflush)
Scuba – ‘Braille Diving’ (Hotflush)
Toasty – ‘The Knowledge (Vexd Remix)’ (Hotflush)
Kode 9 – ‘9 Samurai’ (Hyperdub)
Burial – ‘Archangel’ (Hyperdub) (Guardian And Smoking)
Rusko –‘Woo Boost’ (Mad Decent)
Lwiz – ‘Girl From Codiene City’ (Dub Police)

02:30
Skream – ‘Midnight Request Line’ (Tempa)
Digital Mystikz – ‘Anti War Dub’ (Dmz)
Pinch – ‘Qwaali’ (Planet Mu)
Trg – ‘Broken Heart (Martyn Mix)’ (Hessle Audio)
Martyn – ‘Vancouver’ (3024)
The Bug And Warrior Queen – ‘Poison Dart’ (Ninja Tune)
Tc – ‘Wheres My Money (Caspa Remix)’ (Dstyle)
D1 – ‘Im Lovin’ (Ammunition)
Tes La Rock Ft Uncle Sam – ‘Round The World Girls’ (Argon)

03:00
Ramadanman – ‘Every Next Day’ (Box Of Dub)
Plastician – ‘Japan’ (Terrorhythm)
Shackleton – ‘The Rope Tightners’ (Skull Disco)
Cotti And Cluekid- ‘Under Mi Sensi Dub’ (Drugs Ref)
Benga And Coki – ‘Night’ (Tempa)
Loefah – ‘Mud’ (Dmz)
The Others – ‘Africa’ (Dub Police
Joker – ‘Hollybrook Park’ (Kapsise)
Vex'd – ‘Pop Pop’ (Planet Mu)

03:30
Headhunter – ‘Sushi Brain’ (Tempa)
Zomby – ‘One Spliff A Day’ (Hyperdub)
2562 – ‘Kameleon’ (Hyperdub)
Jakes – ‘3kout’ (Hench)
Matty G – ‘50, 000 Watts’ (Argon)
Reso – ‘Metal Slug’
Distance – ‘Fallen’ (Boka)
Boxcutter – ‘Brood’ (Planet Mu)
Dz – ‘Down’ (True Tiger)
24 – ‘Kromestar’ (Kalawanji)
Movado – ‘Gangsta 4 Life (Coki Remix)’ (White Label)
25 - Quest - Forever (Dub Police)

2009 Albums Tracking List and Expected List: Update 10

2009-06-22T00:15:00.003+01:00

Have a browse through...2009 Albums [1600 Albums] - 2009 A - Z Albums Tracking List - a starting guide to new & forthcoming album releases.

also: 2009 Expected [720 artists] - Artists that are expected to release new albums in 2009 - awaiting announcements of album titles and release dates.

Music Links Roundup - Update - June 21st

2009-06-21T23:38:00.002+01:00

Some links of interest:

Ali Akbar Khan: RIP Ali Akbar Khan (1922 – 2009) - Jahsonic

New issue of Dazed & Confused: Dazed Digital | Issue 175 and Dazed Digital | Dazed & Confused July Issue

now steaming: Dazed Digital | Dazed Playlist: June 2009

New issue of Mixmag: New Mixmag out today with free Cocoon CD | Mixmag

To celebrate the tenth tear of Cocoon Ibiza we've got a triple sized cover and a free Cocoon CD mixed by Sven Vath with every new issue of Mixmag.

2 mid year lists: Best Records of '09 - Top Alternative Music Albums of 2009 and New Statesman - The best albums of 2009 . . . so far

Best Irish albums of the past 10 years: CLUAS | Top 50 Irish Albums, 1999 to 2009 | Albums 50 to 41

new website for the Finnish Music Information Centre: Fimic - Suomalaisen musiikin tiedotuskeskus

another wacky guide to emerging female artists: How to tell La Roux from Little Boots - Features, Music - The Independent

new book: Galactic Ramble - This is the largest-ever critical overview of the thousands of rock, pop, folk and jazz albums released in the UK between 1963 and 1973.

latest column: Pitchfork: Techno by Philip Sherburne

Festivals update:

Grünanlage Festival electronic music festival in Northern Germany: RA News: Grünanlage reveal line-up

website: Grünanlage Festival 2009

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival - new website for Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival : //

HCMF is an annual, international festival of contemporary and new music, over 10 days consisting of approximately 50 events, including concerts, music-theatre, dance, multi-media, talks and film, with a related Education and Outreach programme devised and implemented to reflect the programme and respond to regional need

Norbergfestival in Sweden: Norbergfestival - electronic music festival in Norberg Sweden 2009 - Norbergfestival - This year's Norbergfestival will take place on July 30, 31 and August 1.

artists: 2009 | Artists - Norbergfestival

Strøm Electronic music festival in Copenhagen, Denmark: RA News: Strøm announce initial line-up - August 11-16

Axel Willner and his new live band will lead the charge with a performance showcasing the new The Field album, whilst dub-hopper Flying Lotus will be joined be fellow countrymen Matthew Dear and Troy Pierce. Radio 1's Mary Anne Hobbs and half of London's Anti Social Entertainment crew (Quest, Silkie, Jay 5, Razor, Harry Craze) will provide some heavy dubstepping action, whilst elsewhere there'll be experimental electronica (Gudrun Gut & AGF), cosmic electro-house (Moon Unit), electro-disco (Aeroplane and tropical minimal house (Wareika) on offer.

website: Strøm | August 11-16th 2009

Artists

Tyondai Braxton

2009 album: Warp / Records / Tyondai Braxton / New Album - Central Market

Central Market, the forthcoming solo album from Tyondai Braxton (Battles) will see it's release on Monday, Sept. 14 (Sept. 15 in the US) via Warp.

The Emperor Machine

download this mix: FACT magazine – FACT mix 57: The Emperor Machine

Kraftwerk

interview: John Harris interviews Kraftwerk's Ralf Hütter | Music | The Guardian

The bikes ... the robots ... the dream of man and machine in perfect harmony. How is the Kraftwerk vision of the future shaping up? Ralf Hütter gives a rare interview to John Harris

Living Colour

2009 album: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - LIVING COLOUR: New Album Details Revealed

LIVING COLOUR will release its first new studio album in five years, entitled "The Chair In The Doorway", on September 15 via Megaforce Records.

Paradise Lost

2009 album: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - PARADISE LOST: New Album Title Announced

PARADISE LOST have set "Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us" as the title of their new album, due in September via Century Media Records.

Squarepusher

new: RA News: Squarepusher gets Electric - Warp Records will release Solo Electric Bass 1 on August 17th, 2009.

Susanna and the Magical Orchestra

reminder of this upcoming album: FACT magazine – - Susanna and the Magical Orchestra turn '3'

That Petrol Emotion

British / Irish tour dates: ireallylovemusic › that petrol emotion : 2009 tour

01/07/2009 birmingham - academy 2

02/07/2009 portsmouth - wedgewood rooms

03/07/2009 london - bloomsbury ballroom

05/07/2009 kent - hop farm festival

06/07/2009 nottingham - rescue rooms

07/07/2009 manchester - academy 3

09/07/2009 leeds - cockpit

10/07/2009 newcastle - academy 2

11/07/2009 kinross, scotland - t in the park

12/07/2009 dublin - oxegen festival

more info: That Petrol Emotion's Official Website

Music Links Roundup - Update - June 18th

2009-06-18T23:58:00.001+01:00

Some links of interest:

Artists

Air

2009 album: Air's Love 2 Revealed - Stereogum

Bvdub

2009 album: RA News: Echospace sign Brock Van Wey

Brock Van Wey (AKA Bvdub) will release his latest album on the Echospace imprint later this month. Echospace will release White Clouds Drift On And On on June 23rd, 2009.

Fever Ray

new video: New Fever Ray Video - "Triangle Walks" (Stereogum Premiere) - Video - Stereogum

The Flaming Lips

2009 album: The Flaming Lips Name New Album: Embryonic

Flunk

interview: Inbox: Flunk | XLR8R

Katatonia

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - KATATONIA Completes Tracking Drums For New Album

Sweden's KATATONIA has entered the studio to begin recording its eighth album for a late October release via Peaceville Records.

Kings of Convenience

a new album is on way: Nö Music » Kings of Convenience announce album, tour details - . It will be released in the very end of September

Manuel Tur

This album is highly praised in the new issue of DJ magazine: RA News: Manuel Tur preps 0201 - Freerange Records will release 0201 on June 22nd, 2009.

Luke Vibert

2009 album: RA News: Luke Vibert hears you

Planet Mu will release Luke Vibert's We Hear You on August 10, 2009.

Wild Beasts

new video: The Quietus | News | Wild Beasts Post New Video Online

Music Links Roundup - Update - June 16th

2009-06-16T23:56:00.003+01:00

Some links of interest:

Joy Division are featured on the front cover of the NME this week - 30 years on from Unknown Pleasures

In the new NME, which hits shops on Wednesday 17 June, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Joy Division's epochal debut 'Unknown Pleasures'.

the Bristol Sound of 2009: Dan Hancox on Guido, Gemmy, Joker and Bristol's new dance sound | Music | The Guardian

Next year's Meltdown: Who should curate next year's Meltdown? | Music | guardian.co.uk

Forthcoming July festivals: RA: Top 10 July 2009 Festivals - Interview

RA picks the July festival highlights from across the globe.

July: The apex of the festival season. From Serbian forts, to German parks; Spanish deserts to the English country side, there could not be a more opportune moment to dive headlong into the action. Come aboard the good ship RA then, as we guide you through the sea that is the month's festivals.

European Summer festivals: Five Euro Music Festivals That Make Us Want to Cross the Pond :: List of the Day :: Paste

This month's update: Music Alliance Pact (MAP) – June edition 2009 – 24 blogs, 24 countries, 24 songs | Eardrums Music

Canada's Polaris Music Prize: Exclaim News: Polaris Music Prize Reveals Top 40 Long List

Arkells - Jackson Square
Jill Barber - Chances
Beast - Beast
Bell Orchestre - As Seen Through Windows
Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth
Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain Is A Mouth
Coeur De Pirate - Coeur De Pirate
Leonard Cohen - Live In London
D-Sisive - Let The Children Die
Elephant Stone - The Seven Seas
Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows
Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life
Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
Handsome Furs - Face Control
Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country
Hey Rosetta! - Into Your Lungs (And Around In Your Heart And On Through Your Blood)
Japandroids - Post Nothing
Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
K-OS - Yes!
K'Naan - Troubadour
La Patere Rose - La Patere Rose
Land Of Talk - Some Are Lakes
Lhasa - Lhasa
Malajube - Labyrinthes
Metric - Fantasies
One Hundred Dollars - Forest Of Tears
Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Joel Plaskett - Three
Snailhouse - Lies On The Prize
Charles Spearin - The Happiness Project
Rae Spoon - Superioryouareinferior
The Stills - Oceans Will Rise
Think About Life - Family
Timber Timbre - Timber Timbre
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
Wolf Parade - At Mount Zoomer
Women - Women
Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada C/W Houndstooth Europa

official website: Polaris Music Prize

2009 so far: Art Nouveau Magazine - The Best Albums of 2009–So Far

Artists

Borknager

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - BORKNAGAR Completes Work On New Album

Clark

more info on upcoming album: RA News: Clark preps Totem Flares - Warp will release Clark's Totems Flare on July 13, 2009.

Carl Craig

interview: FACT magazine – Interview: Carl Craig

Dextro

interview: themilkfactory - INTERVIEW: DEXTRO The Wind Of Change

Peter Gabriel

Uncut.co.uk - News: PETER GABRIEL TO PERFORM AT WOMAD

In Vain

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - IN VAIN's New Album Pushed Back To 2010

Maps

news update: Maps announces Death In Vegas-produced new album - Latitude Festival News - Festivals Guide 2009 - NME.COM

The Radio Dept

track: The Yellow Stereo > The Radio Dept. :: “David”

Sally Shapiro

2009 album: RA News: Sally Shapiro and her guilty pleasure

Paper Bag and Permanent Vacation will release Sally Shapiro's My Guilty Pleasure on August 25, 2009.

David Sylvian

update via email: re David Sylvian | Manafon - Small Metal Gods | davidsylvian.net :: Expect Everything and Nothing less!

via email: [more uptodate than the website] news update The new album from David Sylvian, which is scheduled to be released in September 2009, is called Manafon. A lot of artists involved with the Manafon sessions are from Jon Abbey's Erstwhile label. Known participating musicians are Werner Dafeldecker, Martin Brandlmayr, Christian Fennesz, Keith Rowe, Burkhard Stangl, guitarist/violinist Tetuzi Akiyama, cellist Taku Sugimoto, Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko Matsubara, John Tilbury, Keith Rowe and Evan Parker.

Craig Taborn

interview with talented US jazz artist: Craig Taborn: Rooted

Terrorizer Magazine: New Issue #185 July 2009

2009-06-16T12:05:00.003+01:00

New issue of Terrorizer magazine features 1349 on the front cover: Terrorizer #185 July 2009 | Terrorizer.com

Feature Highlights:
1349 - ALESTORM - COALESCE - SAINT VITUS - OBITUARY - IMPIETY - XERATH - HATESPHERE - CODE - CLUTCH - NECROPHOBIC - SCENE REPORT: Australian grindcore

Top 1000 Albums of 2009 - rateyourmusic.com - updated: Animal Collective at Number 1

2009-06-15T13:14:00.003+01:00

Top 1000 Albums of 2009 @ rateyourmusic.com has been updated. Worth a browse through to see which albums are being rated highly.

Animal Collective are back at Number 1, having regained the top position from maudlin of the Well [last update] and Mastodon [2 updates ago]

Music Links Roundup - Update - June 14th

2009-06-14T23:55:00.002+01:00

Some links of interest:

John Mulvey @ Uncut Magazine on 2009 music so far: Uncut.co.uk | Wild Mercury Sound - Post details: My Favourite Albums Of 2009: Halftime Report

1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)
2. Arbouretum - Song Of The Pearl (Thrill Jockey)
3. Sir Richard Bishop - The Freak Of Araby (Drag City)
4. James Blackshaw - The Glass Bead Game (Young God)
5. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Beware (Domino)
6. Boredoms - Super Roots 10 (Avex Trax)
7. Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City)
8. Death - ...For The Whole World To See (Drag City)
9. Alela Diane - To Be Still (Names)
10. Dinosaur Jr - Farm (PIAS)
11. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca (Domino)
12. Ducktails - Ducktails (Not Not Fun)
13. Fever Ray - Fever Ray (Rabid)
14. The Field - Yesterday And Today (Kompakt)
15. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Warp)
16. Lemonheads - Varshons (Cooking Vinyl)
17. Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - II (Eskimo)
18. Magik Markers - Balf Quarry (Drag City)
19. Mountains - Choral (Thrill Jockey)
20. Obits - I Blame You (Sub Pop)
21. Pocahaunted - Passage (Troubleman Unlimited)
22. Alasdair Roberts - Spoils (Drag City)
23. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (Sony)
24. Sleepy Sun - Embrace (ATP Recordings)
25. Sonic Youth - The Eternal (Matador)
26. Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years (Rough Trade)
27. Richard Swift - The Atlantic Ocean (Secretly Canadian)
28. Trembling Bells - Carbeth (Honest Jon's)
29. White Denim - Fits (Full Time Hobby)
30. Wooden Shjips - Dos (Holy Mountain)

Mojo Magazine awards are rather pointless: The Daily Swarm - The Sad State of the Mojo Magazine Awards: White Lies, Elbow, and Fleet Foxes Live Take Top Honors...

Best Irish albums ever: Swear I'm not Paul: Top 100 Best Irish Albums of All Time

website: Progboys.Com | Progressive Rock News

Mutek reviewed: RA: Mutek 2009 in review - Interview - RA looks back at the tenth edition of the Mutek Festival.

Warp box set RA News: Warp announces Warp20 - Warp Records will continue its 20th anniversary celebrations with the release in September of Warp20 (Box Set).

more details: Warp / Records / Warp20 / Warp20 (Box Set) - Details and Preorder

Belgium based online jazz music retailer: Instantjazz | Online Music Store | Jazz music - Our prime interests include free jazz, improvisation and avant-garde.

from late May: k-punk: Energy flashbacks (and flashforwards)

mainstream popular culture this decade = mostly rubbish

But I say with total confidence that the decade we've just lived through will be recognised - and not in the far distant future, but very soon - as the worst period for (popular) culture since the 1950s: a decadent, despondent dead zone in which conformity was rebranded - in the media's lickspittle jester prattle - as 'light, upbeat, irreverent'.

latest metal column: Pitchfork: Show No Mercy

Artists

Bad Lieutenant

more on Bad Lieutenant BBC - Newsbeat - Music - Joy Division stars form new band

Ex-members of Joy Division and New Order have formed a new band.

Lead singer Bernard Sumner, drummer Stephen Morris and New Order guitarist Phil Cunningham have joined forces with Blur's Alex James for a new project called Bad Lieutenant.

Depeche Mode

new video: New Depeche Mode Video - "Peace" - Video - Stereogum

Felix Da Housecat

2009 album: RA News: Felix Da Housecat preps He Was King - Nettwerk will release Felix Da Housecat's He Was King on August 25, 2009.

Joakim

2009 album: RA News: Joakim journeys to Milky Ways - K7 will release Joakim's Milky Ways on September 15, 2009.

Lusine

2009 album: RA News: Lusine needs a certain distance - Ghostly International will release Lusine's A Certain Distance in September.

Nisennenmondai

2009 album: Darla Records / Nisennenmondai - Destination Tokyo (Smalltown Supersound (Norway))

Release Date: Aug 11, 2009

A mix of the groovy krautrock of Neu! and New York 1980’s no wave/disco created by bands such as Sonic Youth, DNA, and ESG, infused with elements of the instrumental Black Flag of The Process Of Weeding Out & the avant/post-punk of This Heat.

Porcupine Tree

2009 album announced The Incident: Porcupine Tree - News

NEW PORCUPINE TREE ALBUM "THE INCIDENT" RELEASED SEPTEMBER 21st. 55 minuite track first cd, and 4 others on disc 2

Red Harvest

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - RED HARVEST Hard At Work On New Material

Subway

2009 album: Soul Jazz Records — Subway — Subway II

PRE-ORDER NOW FOR RELEASE 15 June 09 - Amazing new album of krautrock-inspired beauty! - Subway II, the debut album by Subway on Soul Jazz Records, is a startling cosmic marriage of influences – German electronic rock music from the 1970s (Cluster, Kraftwerk, Neu, Harmonia, Ash Ra Tempel), 80s Detroit science fiction techno (Carl Craig, Juan Atkins, Jeff Mills) and a hint of Italian and European disco (Danielle Baldelli meets Cerrone, Space, Moroder and Jean Michel Jarre). --- Subway are Michael Kirkman and Alan James and have been releasing music since 2000. Subway II was recorded at home in East London using a plethora of analog equipment and techniques that enabled them to create sound reflecting cityscapes such as Berlin, Dussseldorf, Detroit and Paris whilst at the same time creating a contemporary musical commentary of London in 2009.

listen: Subway on MySpace Music - Electro / Electronica / Other - London

Swallow the Sun

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SWALLOW THE SUN: New Album Details Revealed

We are entering Fascination Street studios in Örebro, Sweden on June 15 to record our fifth album, which will be called 'New Moon'. The album will be produced and mixed by Jens Bogren, who has worked with such names as KATATONIA, OPETH, PARADISE LOST and AMON AMARTH, just to name a few. And as we announced earlier, Kai Hahto (WINTERSUN, ex-ROTTEN SOUND) will be playing drums on the album.

Music Links Roundup - Update - June 11th

2009-06-11T13:52:00.002+01:00

Some links of interest:

latest column: Pitchfork: Grime / Dubstep - by Martin Clark

metal webzine: Hellbound

Greatest Black Metal Albums - Rate Your Music - A list by maidenone

Movement 2009 reviewed: RA: Movement 2009 in review - Interview - RA looks back at the weekend that was in Detroit

Mutek reviewed FACT magazine - Mutek 2009

MIC Norway: Norwegian focus at EuroSonic 2010

EuroSonic Noorderslag, the major European showcase festival held annually in Groningen, Holland has chosen Norway as the event’s focus country for its 2010 edition.

French post-punk Coldwave music: A Future in Noise: Starter Guide: Coldwave

Hymen records compilation: Gothtronic | News: Massive HYMEN RECORDS 12th Anniversary Compilation

Hymen records celebrates its 12th year of existence with this fine double cd set which includes 33 tracks by 33 projects. Artists who (both well known and new to our followers) spotlight Hymen records as things are now. a blend of electronica, breakbeats, dubstep, electro, ambient and much more

The Aloof - Sinking from 1996 The Aloof - Disc of the day - Mojo

best of 2009 Scandinavian Music Top 10@10: Best Albums of 2009… So far! | allscandinavian.com | All Scandinavian Music

wacky article on La Roux, Little Boots, and Florence & the Machine: BBC NEWS | Entertainment | New pop divas unleash debut albums

La Roux at Reading / Leeds: La Roux And More For Reading And Leeds - La Roux news on Clickmusic

label spotlight: mnml ssgs: italians do it better?

Artists

Agua De Annique

news update: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - AGUA DE ANNIQUE Preparing To Enter Studio

Anaal Nathrakh

track: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - ANAAL NATHRAKH: Another New Song Posted Online

Steve Bug

interview: RA: Steve Bug is Collaboratory - Interview - Go in-depth with the Poker Flat label head as he walks you through his newest album.

Clan of Xymox

2009 album: Gothtronic | News: CLAN OF XYMOX Put Their Trust in Love - Released on Metropolis and Trisol and available August 18th, 2009.

Dordeduh

new band formed: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - Former NEGURA BUNGET Members Launch DORDEDUH

Former NEGURA BUNGET members Hupogrammos (guitars, vocals, bass, keyboards, archaic instruments) and Sol Faur (guitar) have launched a brand new project called DORDEDUH (rough translation: "yearning for the spirit"). The band's lineup also includes Arioch (former bassist for NEGURA BUNGET and ex-guitarist of ODEM ARCARUM and SECRETS OF THE MOON), Thelemnar (SECRETS OF THE MOON, THE VISION BLEAK, NEGURA BUNGET) and Sergio Ponti (EPHEL DUATH, ILLOGICIST).

Dredg

Album stream: DecoyMusic.com ::Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion

Indukti

Polish art-rock band indukti announce new album Idmen

date of release - 24-07-2009.
InsideOut Music GmbH

tracklist:
1. sansara 8:12
2. tusan homichi tuvota 9:03 (voc. N. Frykdahl)
3. sunken bell 2:29
4. and who's the God now?!... 10:25 (voc. M. Taff)
5. indukted 6:51
6. aemaet 8:25
7. nemesis voices 6:19 (voc. M.Luginbuehl)
8. ninth wave 11:32

Mastodon

new video: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - MASTODON: 'Oblivion' Video Released

Sight of Emptiness

2009 album: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SIGHT OF EMPTINESS: New Album Samples, Artwork Unveiled

Costa Rica-based melodic extreme metal band SIGHT OF EMPTINESS has posted two new songs — "Predictable Tragedy" and "Burning Silence" — on the group's web site. Both tracks comes off SIGHT OF EMPTINESS' second album, "Absolution of Humanity", which is expected to be released later in the year via an as-yet-undetermined record label. The CD was mastered by Jens Bogren (OPETH, AMON AMARTH, SOILWORK, BLOODBATH, KATATONIA, SYMPHONY X) at Örebro, Sweden's Fascination Street Studios.

Simple Minds

interview: The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | He Travels: Jim Kerr Of Simple Minds Interviewed

Mark Eglinton talks to the frontman about innovation, success, loss and reinvention

stellastarr*

new album discussed: Check out new music from stellastarr* - Sound Opinions Message Board

Cortney Tidwell

album stream of the superb new album: Cortney Tidwell - Boys

The Wire: #305 | Moritz von Oswald | July 2009

2009-06-11T10:49:00.001+01:00

New issue of The Wire features Moritz von Oswald on the front cover.

On The Cover: Moritz von Oswald - Basic Channel's reclusive co-founder breaks cover to tell Philip Sherburne about the dub-Techno interface and his trio with Vladislav Delay and Max Loderbauer. Plus Pierre Henry, Ramleh, Ran Blake, Ariel Pink's Invisible Jukebox, Lucas Abela, Giuseppe Ielasi, Cooly G, Jacob Kirkegaard and more

Music Links Roundup - Update - June 9th

2009-06-09T14:06:00.003+01:00

Some links of interest:

Hugh Hopper: RIP Hugh Hopper (1945 – 2009) - Jahsonic

Yesterday, Hugh Hopper, British progressive rock and jazz fusion bassist and composer (Soft Machine) died at age 64. He was a prominent member of the Canterbury scene, as a member of Soft Machine and various other related bands.

music blogs to check:

jazz music: Weblog | Pi Recordings

avant jazz / improv blog TEMPORARY FAULT:

Massimo Ricci - The less known, the better. Oh, well: taciturn (release-wise) multi-instrumentalist composer and improviser, music writer (Touching Extremes, Temporary Fault, Brain Dead Eternity, Paris Transatlantic, Bagatellen)

music festival in London: Equinox Festival - June 12, 13, 14 London featuring Comus and John Zorn

Mutek reviewed: Mutek 2009 - in pics & review (part 1) - BrooklynVegan

Ibiza 2009: RA: Ibiza 2009 preview - Interview

Not sure where to go now that DC-10 is officially closed for the summer? We've got you covered. RA's Grego O'Halloran provides your essential guide to the 2009 party calendar in Ibiza.

take a trip back to 2001: The Allmusic Blog - AllMusic Loves 2001

the return of The Face: Could cult style glossy the Face be revived? | Media | The Guardian

Rumours that the style glossy could be revived in a different format prompt questions about the survival of other magazines

Artists

Bat For Lashes

interview: Pitchfork: Bat For Lashes

Be’lakor

2 tracks: Teeth of the Divine › News › Be’lakor streaming two new songs

Black Anvil

new label deal: Relapse Records signs Black Anvil // News // Lambgoat

Black Anvil formed in 2007 and are currently writing for their second full-length album. Relapse will first issue the band's debut LP, Time Insults The Mind, this fall as they continue writing.

Cirrha Niva

2009 album: Bravewords.com > News > CIRRHA NIVA – New Album Due In September

On September 3rd Cirrha Niva will release their new album For Moments Never Done. The album will be released through the band’s own independent record label Parnassus Records.

Culted

2 tracks: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - CULTED: Two Preview Tracks Available

Two preview tracks, "Social Control" and "Gunburn", from the Canadian/Swedish project CULTED are available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. Both cuts come off CULTED's debut album, "Below The Thunders Of The Upper Deep", which is scheduled for release on July 21 via Relapse Records (July 27 internationally)

Little Boots

interview: The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Blackpool's Little Boots Interviewed By John Robb

Seeing as he grew up in the same town and went to the same college, we sent Brother John Robb to interview Little Boots for us

Peter Murphy

Ned Raggett interviews Peter Murphy: Orange County Music - With Bauhaus Once Again Buried, Peter Murphy's Solo Career Rises From the Dead - page 1

Reverence

2009 album: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - REVERENCE: New Album Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

French black metallers REVERENCE have completed work on their third album, "Inactive Theocracy", due in September/October on CD and vinyl via Osmose Productions. The effort was recorded and mixed at Drudenhaus Studios with Neb Xort (ANOREXIA NERVOSA) and was mastered at MasterLab studios in France.

To-Mera

news: BLABBERMOUTH.NET - TO-MERA Splits With CANDLELIGHT RECORDS

Thom Yorke

at Latitude: BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Radiohead singer plans solo show

Radiohead singer Thom Yorke is to play a rare solo concert, appearing at the Latitude Festival in July.

2009 Albums Tracking List and Expected List: Update 9

2009-06-06T13:42:00.000+01:00

Have a browse through...2009 Albums [1500 Albums] - 2009 A - Z Albums Tracking List - a starting guide to new & forthcoming album releases.

also: 2009 Expected [731 artists] - Artists that are expected to release new albums in 2009 - awaiting announcements of album titles and release dates.