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90s Shoegaze Vanguards Majesty Crush Reissue 'Fan' EP
by Michael Major - February 20, 2024 Majesty Crush release a new accompanying visual for “Horse” from Fan, along with fresh intel on the single – bassist Hobey Echlin tells, “‘Horse' was written about a friend who was going through addiction in a way that was sympathetic and even empathetic. The music itself was pretty dark for us, bas...
POND Release New Single 'Neon River' & Announce Major Tour Including Rescheduled North American Dates
by Michael Major - January 31, 2024 The single is a delightful seesaw, shifting between gossamer spans of acoustic beauty and slicing, shout-out-loud paroxysms that suggest Led Zeppelin in trim fighting form. It's a new era of Pond, one that sees the band at their peak - matching the unbridled energy of their live show with unbridled ...
Shoegaze Vanguards Majesty Crush Announce Career-Spanning Double LP
by Michael Major - January 29, 2024 The band's frontman/vocalist David Stroughter, guitarist Mike Segal, bassist Hobey Echlin and drummer Odell Nails created a form of dream pop that was charged and uncompromising at a time when many were succeeding on an international level for merely recycling sounds originated by bigger bands....
Collapsing Scenery Announce New Album 'A Desert Called Peace'
by Michael Major - January 17, 2023 Recent collaborations include Jamaican dancehall legend Ninjaman, Beastie Boys producer/collaborator Money Mark, and no-wave pioneer James Chance. The band also has remixes out or on the way from Genesis P-Orridge (Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle), Jennifer Herrema (Royal Trux), Uniform, Youth Code, B...
Meditations on Crime Unveils 'Death' Single by Royal Trux' Jennifer Herrema
by Michael Major - November 07, 2022 The album includes a sweeping range of contributors including Julia Holter alongside members of Pixies, indefinable 4AD sound manipulators Gang Gang Dance, fabled, afrofuturist ensemble Sun Ra Arkestra with King Khan, Geneva Jacuzzi and more. New single “Death” by Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux has ...
Collapsing Scenery Release New Singles 'Prussian Blue' & 'Every Grain Of Sand'
by Michael Major - October 26, 2022 Collapsing Scenery return with two new singles, 'Prussian Blue' and “Every Grain of Sand” which are available now on all streaming platforms. 'Prussian Blue' was inspired by the brilliant 'When We Cease to Understand the World' by Benjamin Labatut....
Meditations on Crime Share 'Nagual' Single by Mexican Summer's Geneva Jacuzzi
by Michael Major - August 24, 2022 Los Angeles cult icon known for pulsing synth-pop and elaborate live performance art visuals, Mexican Summer artist Geneva Jacuzzi’s colorful planet is pulled momentarily to earth with the electrifying new single “Nagual,” arriving alongside a video directed by and starring actress Paz de la Huerta....
POND Reveals New Single 'Hang A Cross On Me'
by Michael Major - May 04, 2022 The new single will appear alongside three new tracks on the deluxe edition of their album 9. After the release, the Fremantle five-piece will embark on a UK and European tour and two performances at Primavera Sound. Watch the video for “Hang A Cross On Me” Here. The clip was directed by Alex Haygar...
MEATBODIES Release New Single 'Reach For The Sunn'
by TV News Desk - June 29, 2021 Because the downside to maintaining such a prolific work rate is that the threat of burnout becomes a looming occupational hazard, and after touring behind Meatbodies’ second album, 2017’s Alice, Ubovich finally hit his breaking point. ...
POND Return With New Track 'Pink Lunettes'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 31, 2021 'Pink Lunettes’ is a five minute, high energy speed mantra, a lock-jawed no-wave groove that shudders between analogue synths, drums, drum machines and yelped lyrics that read like a duct taped mosaic of an art school dropouts’ shredded textbook....
Collapsing Scenery Share New Remixes by Money Mark & Alex Greenwald
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 22, 2021 Brooklyn/LA synthwave duo Collasping Scenery have revealed remixes of 'Bush Mama Blues' and 'Forbidding Forbidding' from their acclaimed album Stress Positions out now...
Dirtnap Records Announces New LP from the Hussy
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 18, 2019 Dirtnap Records is proud to announce the release of Looming, the new full-length LP from the Hussy....
Collapsing Scenery Share ST SERAPHIM REDUX Video With Brooklyn Vegan
by Tori Hartshorn - July 11, 2019 Today Collapsing Scenery have shared the official video for “St Seraphim Redux” with Brooklyn Vegan. The video was directed by Fiona Godivier (Fat White Family's “When I Leave”) and stars dancer Astra Marie. Fiona Godivier told Brooklyn Vegan, “The idea behind Collapsing Scenery's video clip was to ...
Collapsing Scenery Shares New Video, Debut Album Out This Friday
by Tori Hartshorn - June 26, 2019 LA NYC electro duo Collapsing Scenery (Don De Vore and Reggie Debris) have shared the video for their latest single 'All The Way Alive' from their anticipated debut album Stress Positions (out thisFriday, June 28 via Metropolitan Indian). The video, which was directed by the band's own Don De Vore,...
Collapsing Scenery Shares Heartbreaking Video For SISYPHUS OF THE NEGEV
by Tori Hartshorn - May 09, 2019 LA / NYC electro duo Collapsing Scenery (Don De Vore and Reggie Debris) have shared new single 'Sisyphus Of The Negev' and its accompanying video from their anticipated debut album Stress Positions (out June 28, 2019 via Metropolitan Indian). Hear the track HERE, and watch the videoHERE. The video, ...
Collapsing Scenery Announce Debut Album, Share Video
by Tori Hartshorn - April 15, 2019 LA / NYC electro duo Collapsing Scenery (Don De Vore and Reggie Debris) are excited to announce their hotly-anticipated debut album Stress Positions (out June 28, 2019 via Metropolitan Indian). To ring in the announcement, the duo has shared the video for the album's first single 'Bush Mama Blues' -...
Fox Millions Duo Announce New Album BITING THROUGH
by Tori Hartshorn - March 20, 2019 Fox Millions Duo is the convergence of two of New York's most sought after percussionists, Greg Fox and John Colpitts aka Kid Millions. On Record Store Day 2019 (April 13th) the pair will release their new collaborative recording, Biting Through as a limited-run LP. Employing modular synthesis to li...
Royal Trux Announces Rescheduled North American Tour
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 21, 2019 The first new Royal Trux record (since they took their extended break to write and perform as NMH, RTX, Howling Hex, and Black Bananas) White Stuff drops March 1st on Fat Possum Records, featuring 'Year Of The Dog,' 'White Stuff,' 'Every Day Swan' and 'Get Used To This' (featuring Kool Keith)....
Royal Trux Share 'Year Of The Dog'
by Kaitlin Milligan - February 04, 2019 2019. Tomorrow, the Chinese New Year is being celebrated around the world. We find ourselves on the very last day of the Year of the Dog, and with it comes a 4th track of the same name by Royal Trux. 'Year Of The Dog' is another highlight from their long awaited album, White Stuff, out March 1st on ...
Royal Trux Postpones North American Tour
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 15, 2019 Due to some unresolved issues arising from a past arrest, Royal Trux will be rescheduling their North American Tour. Jennifer is incredibly grateful that she will not be spending any time in jail, and in her own words, states: 'Shit could definitely be worse.' ...
Royal Trux Announce New LP White Stuff
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 07, 2019 Today, Royal Trux are announcing their first album of new songs since 2000's Pound for Pound slated for release on March 1st via Fat Possum. The new album White Stuff not only maintains the magic chemistry between Jennifer Herrema (vocal, moog, guitar, melodica) and Neil Hagerty (vocal, guitar) but...
Royal Trux Release First New Music Since 2000, Announce North American Tour
by Tori Hartshorn - October 24, 2018 Royal Trux have done as much to define the look, attitude and sound of rock & roll as any other group in the rock & roll era. In the 90s they were the male/female rock duo that defined the decade. Everything that followed in their wake was affected. Armed with albums of extrasensory scope, and accep...
Oneida Announces First New Studio Album In 6 Years & Shares New Song
by Caryn Robbins - January 23, 2018 New York psychedelic legends Oneida will return with Romance, their first non-collaborative studio full-length since 2012, on March 9th....
Erika Wennerstrom (of Heartless Bastards) Announces Debut Solo LP
by Caryn Robbins - January 10, 2018 There's something somewhat frightening, yet utterly liberating when leaving the confines of a successful band to venture solo - especially a band whose latest record was called 'effortlessly brilliant' by critics.... |