Good evening, The three-day weekend has ended, promises of a four-day stretch of hellscape await. But, not yet. I've compiled some singles and videos to check out, so give a look, hit up some links, and maybe buy some records. Enjoy your week and thanks for reading.  ______________________________________________________________________ Chelsea Wolfe & Emma Ruth Rundle:  "Anhedonia" (via Rarely Unable / Sargent House) Bandcamp —  https://chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com/track/anhedonia-feat-emma-ruth-rundle Website —  https://chelseawolfe.net Via Rarely Unable: Chelsea Wolfe has shared new video for her latest single, “ Anhedonia ” which features vocals and guitar by labelmate Emma Ruth Rundle. Wolfe joined efforts with stop motion editor and video producer Cressa Beer for a moving creation that reflects grief and loneliness, yet brings hope that with time and support, healing is possible. Cressa explains, “The core idea of the video came from an artist and mutu...

Band Aparte : "Cherry Chapstick" (via Force Field PR/ Noisey /Manifesto Records/Soundcloud) Girl Tears : "Sedated" (via Omnian Music Group / Sinderlyn /Soundcloud) Kishi Bashi : "Say Yeah" (via Joyful Noise Recordings /Soundcloud) Douglas Dare : "Doublethink" (via Erased Tapes / Stereogum /Soundcloud) Fire to the Stars : "Wholesale Slaughter" (via Fire to the Stars/Soundcloud) Miss Lava : "Another Beast is Born" (via Earsplit PR/YouTube) Purling Hiss : "Fever" (via mutante-inc./ Drag City /Soundcloud) Perpacity : "9725" (via Shameless Promotion/Bandcamp) Arise by Perpacity The Well : "Black Eyed Gods" (via Us-Them Group/ RidingEasy Records /Soundcloud) The Julie Ruin : "Mr. So and So" (via Hardly Art/ Paper Magazine /YouTube)   Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Helen Money : "Become Zero" (via Thrill Jockey Records /Spotify) Saafron : "Mtulazaji - Spirit Bomb" (via Julian T. Schoen/ Stones Throw /Soundcloud) Stann Smith : "Gone" (via Obscure PR/Soundcloud) NAG : "Ancient Wisdom" (via Viral Propaganda/YouTube) Magic Trick : "More" (via Force Field PR/Soundcloud) Sincerely Letters From A Tapehead

Mayflower Madame : "Weightless" (via Big Mouth Publicity/YouTube) Tacocat : "I Hate the Weekend" (via Hardly Art/YouTube) Lake Ruth : "The Inconsolable Jean-Claude" (via Lake Ruth/ The Great Pop Supplement /Soundcloud) Yardsss : " Granfalloons II" (via Us-Them Group/ SELF Group /Soundcloud) Jerkagram : "Cloud Builder" (via Us-Them Group/ Noisey /YouTube) TOMBS : "V" (via Relapse Records/YouTube) Rangda : "The Sin Eaters" (via Rarely Unable PR/ Drag City /YouTube) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Taking a cue from Bauhaus ' "Dark Entries," the psych-fuzz duo White Hills has released a new single called "No Will."  This post-punk/gothic nod was pulled from the band's upcoming new release, Walks For Motorists , which will be out on April 6th via Thrill Jockey Records. Check out the track: After that, read up on the release.  All info, links and sounds were supplied by Thrill Jockey Records. Psych rockers White Hills share new track 'No Will' Taken from forthcoming new album Walks For Motorists out 6th April White Hills on tour throughout this April & May, including dates with Mudhoney "Demented, wigged out and stupendously mind-blowing" - Classic Rock "Crunchy psychedelia-imbued creep-rock featuring some growling heavily reverbed vocals and drums" - The 405 "Successfully melded disparate in uences and genres to bring to life their chilling and dystopian world view" - Shindig White H...

No Spill Blood : "El Duurto" (via Us-Them Group/ Noisey /Soundcloud) Sam Prekop : "Weather Vane" (via Thrill Jockey Records/Soundcloud) The Soft Moon : "Black (Trentemøller Remix)" (via Captured Tracks/ FADER /Soundcloud) Disgrace : (via Earsplit PR/ Decibel Magazine /Soundcloud) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

2015 is weeks away and with that obviously come January releases.  First point of interest so far is this track from Disappears called "Halcyon Days," a minimalist, repetitious and spacy mutation.  In the simplest of comparisons, one could consider it a Bauhaus 'ian attempt at something Neu! might've composed, a very cyclical, cold and immersive derivation.  Kranky will release Disappears' new album, Irreal , on January 19th.  The album was produced by John Congleton at Steve Albini 's Electrical Audio in Chicago.    You can hear the track here: All info was brought to you courtesy of Rarely Unable.  "Halcyon Days" had premiered at The Quietus on December 5th and their assessment of the track is a much more eloquent interpretation than mine.  You can also sample "Another Thought," which is another single from Irreal that surfaced a few weeks ago.   LISTEN TO DISAPPEARS' NEW TRACK 'HALCYON DAYS', TAKEN FROM THEIR ...

Blood Bright Star The Silver Head King of the Monsters Records Released: 7.14 Blood Bright Star is the work of Reuben Sawyer , a visual artist who apparently has a thing for darkly shaped hypnotic motion.  Sawyer's newest LP, The Silver Head , is rich with bass-driven loops and floating guitar textures, sort of a Bauhaus/Joy Division bleakness met with the propulsive and lengthily composed nature of Neu! .  He refers to this as "Death Motorik," and this categorization makes perfect sense. Comprised of four tracks, The Silver Head is a solid and isolated metronome enveloped by fuzzy guitar sounds and low end.  While Sawyer's vocal is shrouded by effects, it fits naturally within the framework he's constructed, his words obscured declarations that seem more poetic than musical.  "I am the body/shrouded in stone..." he says in the album's opening track, "Ash Through the Aethyr," his musings somewhat existential, theologically subj...

I posted the first single, " Elevator ," from TV Ghost a couple weeks ago.  A new video and single has surfaced and it's worth checking out. The band will be releasing a new album, Disconnect , in early September via In The Red.  All info comes courtesy of Enabler PR. TV GHOST PREMIERE “FIVE COLORS BLIND” VIDEO NEW ALBUM DISCONNECT OUT SEPTEMBER 3 ON IN THE RED RECORDS LISTEN TO FIRST SINGLE “ELEVATOR” FROM DISCONNECT Today, psychedelic post-punks, TV Ghost, premiered their new video “Five Colors Blind” with Vice’s Noisey HERE . On September 3, TV Ghost release their third full-length LP, Disconnect , on In The Red Records. Disconnect pushes the Indiana born band even further down their unparalleled tunnel of multidimensional broadcast interceptions. They have incorporated churning rhythms and psychedelic drone into a lush torrent of gaseous keys, sprawling guitars and eerie melody – echoing some Can kraut and Bad Seeds swagger, while infectiously ...

Merchandise: "Who Are You" (via The Fader ) Ten Kens: "When A Door Opens" (via Consequence of Sound ) Howl: "Attrition" (via Earsplit PR) Beach House: "Wishes" (via Sub Pop) It's actually worth clicking on the link to view the video in full. http://www.beachhousebaltimore.com/ Brandt Brauer Frick feat. Om'mas Keith : "Plastic Like Your Mother" (via The Guardian ) Bodus Songs : "A Brilliant Shaft Of Light From Out Of The Night Sky" (via Rarely Unable) The Soft Moon: "Insides" (via Stereogum ) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Wax Idols: "When It Happens" (via The Fader ) Wampire: "Spirit Forest" (via The Fader ) Odonis Odonis: "Better" (via The Fader ) Just a note: Odonis Odonis will be touring in support of METZ , who are also contributing to today's "Singles" roundup with a new video for the single, "Wasted." METZ: "Wasted" (via Stereogum ) METZ tour dates were provided by Sub Pop: March 5 - Gothenburg, SWE - Pustervik March 6 - Oslo, NOR - Blaa March 8 - Stockholm, SWE - Debaser March 8 - Malmo, SWE - Debaser March 9 - Stockholm, SWE - Svenaska Musikklubben March 10 - Zeewolde, HOL - Where the Wild Things Are Festival March 11 - Brussels, BEL - AB Club March 12 - Hasselt, BEL - Muziekodroom March 14 - Austin, TX - Brooklyn Vegan Party @ Stage on Sixth March 15 - Austin, TX - Stereogum/Hype Machine @ Hype Hotel (3:00 pm) March 15 - Austin, TX - Another Planet Entertainment Party @ Red Eyed Fly (5:00 pm) M...

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 ...

While I'll admit that there's probably an over saturation of post -post-punk or neo new wave bands at this point, I can't help but be engaged by the bands that do it well.  Girls Names , for instance, though the icy, gothic tinge of the vocals is probably a tad cliché at this point, create a nicely rhythmic and well-harmonized cross section of their influences with "Pittura Infamante," a single from their upcoming new album, The New Life . All info is courtesy of Force Field PR. Girls Names share new track from their upcoming album The New Life , out Feb 26 on Slumberland Records STREAM: "Pittura Infamante" http://soundcloud.com/tough-love/girls-names-pittura   Belfast-based post-punk group Girls Names announce details of their followup to their 2011 release Dead to Me . Their new album is called The New Life , and will be released February 26 on Slumberland Records.   Listen to the group's new single 'Pittura Infamante...

Pitchfork premiered a new video from the ghostly ERAAS for the latest single from their self-titled 2012 release, "Ghost."  (Only the best music critic would describe a song like "Ghost" as "ghostly," by the way, so... you're welcome.) News of the video's release was forwarded by Terrorbird Media. ERAAS was reviewed at No Ripcord in 2012. Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

The Soft Moon Zeros Captured Tracks Released: 10.30.12 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

ERAAS s/t Felte Released: 10.2.12 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

I do love it when word arrives that a new album from The Soft Moon (a.k.a., Luis Vasquez ) is slated to release.  The new album, Zeros , will be released October 30th, appropriately on the eve of Halloween.  A new song from the album is available to investigate, "Die Life."  Info, tour dates and links ourtesy of Life or Death PR & Management. THE SOFT MOON ANNOUNCE NEW LP ZEROS DUE OCT 30TH FROM CAPTURED TRACKS HEAR NEW TRACK "DIE LIFE" VIA PITCHFORK The Soft Moon photo by Julie Bonato The Soft Moon was never intended for the public's ears, but you found it, were drawn in by its danger, and insisted that others hear. Oakland's Luis Vasquez began the project in order to better know his own self. He'd holed up in his apartment and let the tape roll, allowing gut and memory guide him. Those twin sherpas, however, led him to a place of darkness, claustrophobia and dread: a musical wasteland moving to a Motorik tic, its edges made jagged in...

Something subtle and light, though quietly intense.  Mothlite , (a.k.a Daniel Sullivan ), will be releasing "Seeing in the Dark" as a single on August 13th.  His band's 2012 LP, Dark Ages , is available. All info comes courtesy of Sure Shot PR. MOTHLITE TO RELEASE ‘SEEING IN THE DARK’ ON AUGUST 13th VIA KSCOPE The second single to be taken from Dark Age , the new album from Daniel O'Sullivan   Seeing In The Dark , the new single from Mothlite, is released on Kscope on August 13th. Mothlite is the brainchild of Daniel O’Sullivan ( Ulver, Æthenor, Miracle, Grumbling Fur ) and the single is taken from Dark Age , the band's second album which was released earlier this year on Kscope. Dark Age , the follow-up to 2008’s The Flax Of Reverie , was recently rated as one of the top 50 albums of 2012 so far by The Quietus, who described it as, 'a startling, frank examination of the human (and perhaps especially male) condition delivered via synth bombast a...