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SEE: Black Marble’s take on Wire’s ‘In Manchester’; covers EP to follow
BLACK MARBLE, the recording alias of American east-coast Anglophile Chris Stewart, has released a video for his take on Wire’s “In Manchester”, ahead of a covers EP next month. The EP, entitled I Must Be Living Twice, will be released on August 14th by Sacred Bones Records; it’s also available for pre-order via Bandcamp. I …
Track: Caleb Landry Jones – I dig your dog
‘I dig your dog’ is the third track to be taken from actor and musician Caleb Landry Jones’ debut album ‘The Mother Stone’ out on May 1st via Sacred Bones. the track is this misty, psychedelic pop track, Jones taking something from Sgt. Pepper and making it his own. He’s dressed it with this almost …
Track: Jenny Hval – Bonus Material
Photo credit: Jenny Berger Myhre Jenny Hval, the enchanting Norwegian multidisciplinary artist has released a strand alone single – Bonus Material, following on from last years acclaimed ‘The Practise of Love’ album, which came out on Sacred Bones. “It is an unfinished track about unfinished substances leaking into one another,” says Hval. “Trash practicing love.” It’s beautiful and …
Track: Blanck Mass – House vs House, plus new album news
Blanck Mass – the solo electronic project of Scotland-based musician Benjamin John Power – has announced his new album, ‘Animated Violence Mild’, out August 16th on Sacred Bones. The first glimpse of the new record comes with a track that accompanies the news, House vs House. It’s a constantly evolving slab of crystalline chords and …
News: Exploded View announce new album and share track ‘Raven Raven’
Exploded View, the international project of Welsh-bred, Berlin-based Annika Henderson, and Mexico City-based Hugo Quezada (Robota) and Martin Thulin (Crocodiles), return with their second album Obey, which is set for release 28th September through Sacred Bones. Commenting on the hypotonic, spooky new single Exploded View said, “Ever felt like someone is watching your every move? Your every twitch, your every sneeze? Stare back into the face …
EP Review: Jenny Hval – The Long Sleep
Popular music’s relationship to Art is complicated, at least as far as the term applies to music which people actually want to listen to. Numerous genres, from Punk to Pop to Thrash, have viewed the term with, at best, suspicion, probably because the categorisation of certain music as ‘art’ is as likely to signify pretention …
Say Psych: Video: The Soft Moon – Like A Father
Following the release of his latest album Criminal earlier this year via Sacred Bones, The Soft Moon, aka Luis Vasquez, has shared a haunting new music video for ‘Like A Father’ as as well as confirming an extensive touring schedule. Speaking about the track, Vasquez explains “’Like a Father’ is the result of a life long internalization …
Track: The Men – Maybe I’m Crazy
As they enter their tenth year, Brooklyn four-piece The Men have announced their new, seventh album Drift is due out on March 2nd via long time label Sacred Bones. The first track to be taken from the record, Maybe I’m Crazy, is available right now. Maybe I’m Crazy mixes up the psych and experimentalism with …
Album Review : John Carpenter’s ‘Anthology: Movie Themes 1974-1998’
I believe we’ve entered the John Carpenter renaissance. Five years ago the man was on the bitter end of a film career that had seen better days. To those in the know the man was and is a filmmaking icon. His subtle nuances, patient tension building, exquisite camera work, and of course his film scoring …
Album Review : John Carpenter’s ‘Anthology : 1974 -1998
I believe we’ve entered the John Carpenter renaissance. Five years ago the man was on the bitter end of a film career that had seen better days. To those in the know the man was and is a filmmaking icon. His subtle nuances, patient tension building, exquisite camera work, and of course his film scoring …