To whom it may interest, In the wake of late night neighborhood demonstrations of amateur fireworks displays and cork-ejaculated ribbons of bubbly champagne, the first full calendar week of 2023 has been officially Xd out. Time to take the Christmas trees down and bundle up for the next couple months. For last week's rounds of browser tabs, I've heard the following: ____________________________ Endorphins Lost:  "Regulation Area Bombing" (from Night People  releasing 2/1/23 by  To Live A Lie  / Rotten to the Core ) This one will beat you up pretty good: A little over a minute and thirty of throat scraping crust punk/power violence replete with excessive head-knock and a writhing breakdown for its second act.   Night People by Endorphins Lost Courtesy of Earsplit PR. Atsuko Chiba:  "Link" (from  Water, It Feels Like It's Growing  releases 1/20/23 by  Mothland ) The synth ride overtop some elaborate prog-level guitar noodling is worth explorati...

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...

More music from OSEES. Let it never be said that John Dwyer doesn't know how to make the most out of quarantine. "Don't Blow Your Experiment" premiered at Consequence of Sound and is featured in an upcoming new album called Panther Rotate , a remix collection of tracks culled from the recently released  Protean Threat . Got all that? The album is scheduled to release on December 11th (or, November 13th; I've seen both dates) via Castle Face. You can pre-order the digital release .  And since Protean Threat was brought up, a new video for "Red Study" is ready to be watched/absorbed/enjoyed/etc.      In addition, a single called "Electric War" was released a few days ago. The track is featured on what is now a digital album called, Metamorphosed . Release date is October 16th, 2020 and it's up for pre-order . Metamorphosed by Oh Sees Via Tell All Your Friends PR:  In the swirling & undulant warm mud of jettisoned reels of magnetic tape, ...

I hope that everyone can pull themselves away from that new Pearl Jam track to hear some other goodies. Here are some new additions to the  2020 Playlist . _________________________________________ t ētēma : "Haunted on the Uptake" (via Speakeasy PR / Ipecac Recordings / YouTube) Album Preorder https://blixtmerchandise.shop/ipecac-music-store tētēma RELEASE NECROSCAPE ON APRIL 3 VIA IPECAC RECORDINGS LISTEN TO “HAUNTED ON THE UPTAKE” FROM THE SOPHOMORE RELEASE FEATURING MIKE PATTON AND ANTHONY PATERAS Jan. 10, 2020, Melbourne, Australia – tētēma , the bi-continental outfit featuring Mike Patton ( Faith No More , Mr. Bungle ) and the Melbourne based, electro-acoustic artist Anthony Pateras , return with their sophomore album, the mind-bending Necroscape (April 3, Ipecac Recordings). An early preview of the Spring release can be heard now, with “Haunted On The Uptake,” a track Pateras describes as sounding “like The Melvins ' tour van broke down...

The first full week of 2019 is at a close, so please enjoy this first batch of sounds.  BARNETT+COLOCCIA : "Copperworks" (via Rarely Unable /  SIGE Records  / Soundcloud) Via Rarely Unable: Barnett + Coloccia is the musical collaboration between Faith Coloccia ( Mamiffer , Mára and recently vocals on Jóhann Jóhannsson 's Mandy soundtrack) and Alex Barnett ( Oakeater , Champagne Mirrors ). Each record begins the same, with a reunion of two good friends catching up on life changes, new ideas on existence, magical occurrences, and difficult experiences. The ideas in the reunions between Faith and Alex plant the conceptual seeds for each song. The music itself takes influence from cinematic soundtracks, 20th century classical and early electronic music. The project is a true collaboration in the sense that the songs never end up as one person's vision, rather they end up somewhere new, where the whole is a strange extension beyond the sum of the p...