Quicksilver Daydream : "Ferryman" (via Tell All Your Friends PR/ The 405 /Soundcloud) "Ferryman" will be featured in an upcoming 5-song EP from Quicksilver Daydream titled, A Thousand Shadows, A Single Flame , which will release February 9th, 2018.    The EP is up for pre-order from Quicksilver Daydream's Bandcamp . __________________________________________________________ Anenon : "Verso" (via  Friends of Friends /Terrorbird Media/Soundcloud) "Verso" is the first single from Anenon's new album, Tongue , which will be releasing on Feburary 5th.  The album can be pre-ordered at Anenon's Bandcamp . A review of Anenon's 2016 release, Petrol , can be found here . __________________________________________________________ Rosehardt : "Bad Song" (via Styles Upon Styles /Julian T. Schoen/ High Snobiety /Soundcloud) "Bad Song" is currently available digitally from Rosehardt 's Bandcamp .  ...

BARDSPEC : "Bone" (via Earsplit PR/ By Norse /Soundcloud) Satanarchist : "Fire Against the Wall" (via Earsplit PR/Bandcamp) First Against The Wall by Satanarchist Kacey Johansing: "Bow and Arrow" (via Force Field PR/ Brooklyn Vegan /Soundcloud) Hermitess : "Blood Moon" (via Atwood Magazine /YouTube) Full Of Hell : "Trumpeting Ecstasy" (via Rarely Unable PR/ theQuietus /YouTube) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Chelsea Wolfe : "Iron Moon" (via Rarely Unable PR/Sargent House/ Rolling Stone /Soundcloud) OVER : "Gone Are The Days" (via OVER/Soundcloud) Amber Edgar : "Good Will Rise" (via Amber Edgar /Soundcloud) Sons of Huns : "An Evil Unseen (w/ Scott "Wino" Weinrich )" (via Us-Them Group/ RidingEasy Records /Soundcloud) Grounders : "No Ringer" (via Force Field PR/ Stereogum /Soundcloud) Lonnie in the Garden : "Song 3" (via Lonnie in the Garden /YouTube) Cavalry : "An Understanding" (via Ask Me PR/Soundcloud) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Wilsen : "Garden" (via Force Field PR/Soundcloud) Lakker : "Pylon" (via Force Field PR/Soundcloud) OOFJ : "I Forgive You" ( Dean Blunt SOUR ™ mix)" (via Force Field PR/ Stereogum /Soundcloud) Daniel Lanois : "Burning Spear" (via Big Mouth Publicity/YouTube) Oddisee : "Counter-Clockwise" (via Friend of Friends/ Billboard /YouTube) High Wolf : "Wild At Heart" (via Julian T. Schoen - Artist, Event & Project Management/ Leaving Records /YouTube) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Noah Wall : "Closed Source" & "Hot Glue" (via Force Field PR/ Stadiums & Shrines /YouTube) Evans the Death : "Enabler" (via Force Field PR/Under the Radar/Soundcloud) Ariel Pink : "Dayzed Inn Daydreams" (via Force Field PR/ Rolling Stone /YouTube) Viet Cong : "Silhouettes" (via Jagjaguwar/ T Magazine /YouTube) Run The Jewels : "Lie, Cheat, Steal" (via Noisey /YouTube) Holy Sons : "Long Days" (via Thrill Jockey Records/YouTube) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

I know what to expect when it comes to Phil Elverum .  I knew for example that, once I found out Elverum, (or as he's professionally known, Mount Eerie ), had released a new single, that I was probably going to need to listen to it five or six times before I'd have ANY idea of how to describe it.  Elverum is blessed with a distinct and sensitive hand when composing melodies, his harmonized quests dominated by subtlety, warmth and a light dose of unease.  Elverum's new single, "THIS," is the first from the upcoming new Mount Eerie release, Sauna , which will be out in early February through his P.W. Elverum and Sun label.  The song begins with an aftershock, the type that would normally follow an unspeakably horrible or dramatic event, and then transitions into a graceful organ melody that's eventually built upon by the voices of Allyson Foster ( Hungry Cloud Darkening ) and Ashley Eriksson ( Lake ), a beautifully sung first verse is accompanied by light...

About a month ago, I started receiving PR about Holy Sons , which is a solo project from the multi-instrumental talent Emil Amos of Grails and Om .  Amos will be releasing The Fact Facer in late September via Thrill Jockey Records and, while I haven't heard actual tracks from the album just yet, interesting pseudo-covers of punk tracks emerged that I thought were worth checking out.  Also included is "More Therapy," which is a Holy Sons original.  All info, links and sounds come courtesy of Thrill Jockey Records. Hear Holy Sons bonus tracks featuring covers of hardcore legends Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Slapshot Brand new Holy Sons album 'The Fact Facer' on 22nd September Holy Sons is Emil Amos, a musician whose chameleonic tendencies and technical versatility has lead to him becoming an in demand multi-instrumentalist as a founding member of Grails and Lilacs & Champagne , as well as a member of Om . The Fact Facer , his Thrill Joc...

A new Chelsea Wolfe album, Pain Is Beauty , will be out in early September.  No singles yet, but a trailer for the album has surfaced that you can view below.  Cover art, links, tour dates and track list lovingly supplied by Us/Them Group. CHELSEA WOLFE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM PAIN IS BEAUTY RELEASE DATE SEPTEMBER 3RD ON SARGENT HOUSE + HEADLINE US/CANADIAN TOUR DATES How often nowadays do we read of an artist's "intensity", or their rhetorical, one-of-a-kind individuality? Journalistic hyperbole routinely contorts the mundane into the "epic", the tired into the inspired, all the while heaping praise on performers as seemingly vacuous and generic as possible. Navigating the landscape of contemporary alternative music can be an exercise in redundancy; true visionaries and boundary-pushers are few and far between. Enter Chelsea Wolfe. To simply call Wolfe unique would be an understatement. Even among her peers in the so-called "drone-metal-art-folk...

Colin Stetson : "In Mirrors" & "And In Truth" Akron/Family : "Until the Morning" (via Dangerous Minds ) Sofy Major: "Comment" (via American Aftermath ) "Comment" Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Ignore the video.  Just listen to the song.  All info comes courtesy of Enabler PR.   CHELSEA WOLFE SHARES NEW VIDEO, REMIXED BY LUST FOR YOUTH & TOURING   WATCH "FLATLANDS" NOW   Chelsea Wolfe has been making her way across the country on a mostly sold out tour, that features Andrea Calderon on violin & Ben Chisholm on synths. Today, Wolfe has teamed up Converse to share her haunting video for "Flatlands". Watch it here and go behind the scenes with Bullett here . Swedish act, Lust For Youth took Wolfe's harmonies and reinvented "Flatlands" into a dark cold dance jam, stream that here . Her tour continues for another two weeks, remaining dates below. TOUR 1/29 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 1/30 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl 1/31 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon 2/1- Houston, TX- Fitzgerald's 2/2 - Austin, TX - Central Presbytarian Church 2/3 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues 2/5 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom 2/6 - San ...

Sigur Rós meets Sunn O))) ?  Ambient noise and ethereal folk music. Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and artist Jozef Van Wissem are releasing an album called The Mystery Of Heaven via Sacred Bones.  "Ths Sun of the Natural World is Pure Fire" is its first single.  All info comes courtesy of Life or Death PR & Management. JOZEF VAN WISSEM & JIM JARMUSCH ANNOUNCE THE MYSTERY OF HEAVEN DUE NOVEMBER 13TH ON SACRED BONES WATCH THE EPIC MUSIC VIDEO FOR "THE SUN OF THE NATURAL WORLD IS PURE FIRE" AT PITCHFORK SELECT TOUR DATES TBA Acclaimed avant-garde artist, Jozef Van Wissem and American auteur Jim Jarmusch are pleased to announce their 2nd LP, The Mystery Of Heaven , due November 13th on Sacred Bones. The album will feature a special guest and will build off their previous work, continuing to explore life after death. A couple select tour dates are in the works and will be announced later. Today, Pitchfork premiered a long-form music video for "Th...

Mount Eerie (a.k.a. Phil Elverum ) shot his own video for the single, "The Place Lives," which is featured in his recently released, Clear Moon .  The follow-up, Ocean Roar , will be released September 4th via his own record label, P.W. Elverum and Sun. All info, tour dates and links are courtesy of Force Field PR. Clear Moon was reviewed at No Ripcord . Mount Eerie shares first ever music video for "The Place Lives" from Clear Moon , announces Fall tour dates VIDEO: "The Place Lives" (dir. by Phil Elverum) - http://youtu.be/khrAhOrSZQc STREAM: "Pale Lights" (excerpt) - http://soundcloud.com/forcefieldpr/mount-eerie-pale-lights/ Under the Mount Eerie moniker, Phil Elverum has released a ton of music but has never produced an official music video, until today -- he shares the self-made, self-produced video via Pitchfork TV for "The Place Lives," from the May 2012 album Clear Moon . Mount Eerie is preparing to re...

A new single from Mount Eerie' s second release for 2012, Ocean Roar , is circulating online.  "Pale Lights" seems consistent with much of what made the recently released Clear Moon stand out, Mr. Mount Eerie himself, Phil Elverum , reveling in light dissonance and folk bred psychedelia.  Release is set for September 4th.  The song, links and all info are provided by Force Field PR. Mount Eerie's Clear Moon was recently reviewed at No Ripcord . Mount Eerie announces second album of 2012, Ocean Roar out this Sept. Companion album to Clear Moon STREAM: "Pale Lights" (excerpt) - http://soundcloud.com/forcefieldpr/mount-eerie-pale-lights/ Mount Eerie is having a big 2012. The month of May saw the release of the critically celebrated Clear Moon which sold out the first pressing almost immediately. June through October are full of shows all over the North American continent (more details on that soon). Constant new singles and reissues fill the ...

Mount Eerie Clear Moon P.W. Elverum and Sun Released: 5.22.12 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Simone White 's "In the Water Where the City Ends:"  Could just be that it was one of those days.  Could just be that I needed to hear something soft and sweet.  Maybe you do, too. Simone White's new album, Silver Silver , released today.  All info comes courtesy of Terrorbird Media. Simone White's hypnotic new LP Silver Silver out on Honest Jon's this week; listen to a new track up at CMJ   new Fol Chen -produced album Silver Silver features a more expansive, textured direction with guest spots from Andrew Bird , Thao , and Victoria WIlliams . Simone White performs in NYC and Europe this month. LISTEN: Big Dreams and the Headlines (via CMJ) LISTEN: What The Devil Brings (via SPIN) WATCH: In The Water Where The City Ends "The Los Angeles-based singer Simone White has a voice like ether. It's sweetly airy and hypnotic. Hearing it can pull you under to a strangely beautiful, glittering world where nothing seems real." - Robin Hilton...

Shortsighted on my part, but the presence of Earth and Ô Paon as touring mates drew enough interest from me to check out Mount Eerie , who has a new album coming out this May called Clear Moon .  Another album, Ocean Roar , will follow later this year. Searching through Mount Eerie's website , (real name Phil Elverum ), I found this video of a live performance for the song, "Between Two Mysteries," which I really enjoyed.  The synthesizer tones are reminiscent of Angelo Badalamenti 's Twin Peaks score , that haunting sheet of muted hum underlying the instrumentation.  All below info is courtesy of Force Field PR. Mount Eerie - Between Two Mysteries from Elijah Alvarado on Vimeo . Mount Eerie announces new LP, Clear Moon, due this May, first of two new albums to be released this year In this first of two new albums planned for release in 2012, Mount Eerie presents a monumental work of depth and maturity. These are songs about a quiet life in and aroun...

Some dark folk music for your Thursday morning? Daytrotter recently recorded DM Stith and Wooden Wand ( James Toth ) and the performances are top notch. Both Stith's Heavy Ghost and Wooden Wand's Death Seat have received kudos and I couldn't recommend either album more.  Their respective performances for Daytrotter only confirm that both have something to offer, neither artist catering to devolving or monotonous tastes or dumbing themselves down to gain an ear or two.  I believe the folk genre to be over-saturated with mediocrity, its true potential for poetry sadly wasted thanks to the ease of cliché.  But, if the genre should continue to falter, then artists like Stith and Toth can only continue to standout, the FM shit running the indistinguishably banal while discernible talent hopefully finds footing in the alternative media. 9.30.11: DM Stith's Daytrotter set   10.1.11: Wooden Wand's Daytrotter set Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

“Doom folk:” This is how Chelsea Wolfe is categorized, her morbidity cautiously accessible but beautiful nonetheless. It’s difficult at times to endorse death-tinged performers like Wolfe, the whole theatricality associated with devils and darkness a rather easy racket to break into when your audience hasn’t been initiated to others of the same ilk. Diamanda Galás fans, for instance, would probably take Wolfe with a grain of granulated salt. You may as well try selling Twilight to Nosferatu fans. However, Wolfe has an angelic voice, a haunting presense and the music bears enough esoteric and outlandish thought to warrant attention. Plus, she’s touring with Liturgy , whose new album earned my praise recently , (for whatever that’s worth). Tracks from Wolfe’s upcoming release, Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokalypsis) , are via Stereogum and from the links below which were provided by Force Field PR. “Mer” is especially awesome.  Go here for that track. Chelsea Wolfe premieres new...

Yesterday, I saw the video for the Six Organs of Admittance single, "Light of the Light," which was one of the highlights on Ben Chasny 's (Mr. Six Organs, himself) last album, Asleep on the Floodplain .  A lot of musicians/bands seem to be really into this whole videocassette textured anti-fidelity music video lately.  In Chasny's case, I think it works, though.  The video looks as sentimental as his music might sound, and the washes of reverb floating off Chasny's guitar seem complimented by the visual's lack of clarity. The album was reviewed for No Ripcord .   I found the video via Drag City . Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

A couple oddities for today. Matt Valentine' s "PK Dick" plays like some Doors meets OCS dedication to sci-fi author Philip K. Dick ; part hippie sitar-carved psych head, part lo-fi excess reverb wanderer.  Valentine doesn't stray too far from the sort of retro-revivalism that Brian Jonestown Massacre entertains, but his is a looser and more layered variety. Matt "MV" Valentine: "PK Dick" by alteredzones All info, links and pictures are courtesy of Force Field PR. Matt "MV" Valentine preps new LP for Woodsist STREAM: "PK Dick" - http://soundcloud.com/alteredzones/matt-mv-valentine-pk-dick/s-VEtm9 If string theory is correct, this is approximately the thirteenth album Matt Valentine has released that definitely shouldn't be filed under a group name ( Tower Recordings, Bummer Road, Golden Road, etc.). On the other hand, if string theory is correct, this might also be his 11,000th album. The truth, on...