Push the Sky Away is the new upcoming release from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds .  It's out in February of 2013 and already up for pre-order at nickcave.com .  Anticipation is high to say the least. I just reviewed the last three Bad Seeds reissues for No Ripcord .  Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

METZ makes me very happy.  Their energy is refreshing and I'm hoping that it catches on, resulting in more bands sounding like they give a shit about making music.  The self-important indie thang is played; bring on the excitement, please. The band is releasing a digital single, "Dirty Shirt/Leave Me Out."  You can listen to "Dirty Shirt" on the Soundcloud link below and check out the trailer for the single.  All info and links are courtesy of Sub Pop.    METZ - Dirty Shirt by SubPop METZ release "Dirty Shirt"/ "Leave Me Out" digital single on December 4! Pitchfork TV live stream w/ King Tuff on December 19! New live sessions from Noisevoxx, Slacker Radio & Daytrotter! Updated tour dates for 2012-13! Listen to "Dirty Shirt" here . Watch "Dirty Shirt" trailer here . On December 4, Sub Pop will release the digital single for "Dirty Shirt" + "Leave Me Out" by Toronto’s ...

The Evens The Odds Dischord Records Released: 11.20.12 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Sean Lennon and Greg Saunier ( Deerhoof ) are collaborating as Mystical Weapons , an instrumental psych band that will release their self-titled debut in 2013.  All info and links are courtesy of Terrorbird Media. Mystical Weapons debut the Martha Colburn directed video for "Mechanical Mammoth" on Spin The debut collaborative project from Deerhoof's Greg Saunier & Sean Lennon out January 15 on Chimera WATCH: "Mechanical Mammoth" via Spin / via YouTube LISTEN: "Mechanical Mammoth" via Rolling Stone / via Soundcloud / via MP3 Welcome to the debut album by Mystical Weapons, a wild improvisational duo ride through terra incognita, helmed by multi-instrumentalists Sean Lennon ( Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger ) and Greg Saunier (Deerfhoof). Mystical Weapons is one of those projects that evolved almost of its own accord. A couple of years ago the Plastic Ono Band was playing a show in San Francisco with Deerhoof. Ghost of a Saber Tooth T...

New Pissed Jeans track!  Their upcoming new album, Honeys, is slated for early 2013.  In the meantime, appreciate the gnarl.  Reviews: • Hope For Men (2007) • King Of Jeans (2009) All info was provided by Sub Pop. Pissed Jeans share Honeys album details! Pissed Jeans will release their stellar fourth album, Honeys , on CD, LP, and digitally through Sub Pop Records on February 12, 2013. The album, which features the single “Bathroom Laughter,” along with stand-outs “Health Plan,” “Loubs,” “Vain in Costume,” and “Teenage Adult,” was recorded by Grammy-nominated producer Alex Newport at Milkboy Studios in Philadelphia.  SPIN, who spoke with Pissed Jeans’ singer Matt Korvette about the recording of Honeys , raved: “Listeners will have the opportunity to take in yet another electrifying helping of Korvette’s very distinct, some might say sobering, dispatches from beyond the cubicle to address both ‘crippling pet allergies’ (‘Cathouse’), a ‘bliste...

Aperiodic  Future Feedback Phratry Records Released: 10.23.12 An absence of instruction; an onslaught of something primordial and gooey, I often wish that pop musicians would make albums like Future Feedback , the latest release from the experimental free form punk band Aperiodic , whose members include guitarist Kevin Parrett , drummer Matt Shulz (formerly of Enon and currently with Holy Fuck ) and multi-instrumentalist Ben Perkins ( The Exponential ).  It stands to reason that a creative height is ultimately followed by its necessary destruction and that the complete removal of musical syntax, the perversion of phrasing or riffing and that the complete absence of discipline with regard to percussion or rhythm is required to carry it all out. Impulse! jazz understood this .  Lou Reed understood this . Arguing the merit of Aperiodic, since punk rock's inception, the booooosshhhwaaaah concepts of traditional music and attention to form had to be challenged....

"Pliable Foe" from the new Isis rarities compilation, Temporal . Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead