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Singles: The Coathangers, Tim Hecker, Nonagon, Post-Ape, Cleanteeth

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The Coathangers : "Adderall" (via Enabler PR/ NOISEY ) Tim Hecker : "Black Refraction" (via Rarely Unable) Nonagon : "The Pfister" (via Controlled Burn Records)   Post-Ape : "Limbs in the Dark" (via Sure Shot PR) Cleanteeth : " Sexual Mustache " (via Earsplit PR/ eMusic ) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

No Ripcord: Monogamy Party

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Monogamy Party False Dancers Good to Die Records Released: 9.17.13 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

CAVE: "Shikaakwa" (Video)

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Fans of Neu! and 70s jazz fusion will appreciate the rhythmic dialogue happening between the members of CAVE in this track, "Shikaakwa," for which a video has been produced.  Necessarily minimal and repetitious while nuanced with woodwind, keys and strings, "Shikaakwa" is worth the five minutes it takes to listen.  This single is from the band's upcoming new album, Threace , which will be out on October 14 via Drag City.  All info comes courtesy of Rarely Unable. CAVE RELEASE MESMERISING NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR 'SHIKAAKWA'; AND PREPARE TO PERFORM THEIR NEW ALBUM THREACE ON A BOAT! Be mesmerised by the latest CAVE video. Watch and share via this direct link: http://youtu.be/eLrofQRFQ6k CAVE have been honing their form of guitar driven, rhythmic, hypnotic psych/krautrock since 2006, and with each release they have pushed their sound into pastures new. On their new album Threace ( Drag City , 14 Oct) the guitars remain heavy and thick to provide...

What I Heard This Morning: C. Spencer Yeh/Okkyung Lee/Lasse Marhaug

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From the three or so minutes' worth of sample you can glean from the preview of Wake Up Awesome , which is an experimental and improvisational collaboration between artists C. Spencer Yeh of Burning Star Core , cellist Okkyung Lee and Lasse Marhaug of Jazzkammer , you know you're in for a challenge.  Splicing together segments from tracks "Throw Down the Fishcake" and "Anise Tongue and Durian Wet Dream," you're treated to free jazz percussion and frantically bowed strings, eruptions of static and an introductory piano melody cut off just before a voice begins to sing.      Check out the sample below.  If you're intrigued, please read the info on the release below, which was provided by Enabler PR. C. SPENCER YEH/OKKYUNG LEE/LASSE MARHAUG DETAIL WAKE UP AWESOME OUT 11/12 VIA SOFTWARE LISTEN TO AN EXCERPT FROM THE ALBUM HERE   Wake Up Awesome , by C. Spencer Yeh (Burning Star Core), Okkyung Lee, and Lasse Marhaug (Jazzkamer), is the sec...

Shopping For Records: Wolfmoon and Sandra Phillips reissues...

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1970s soul singer Swamp Dogg ( Jerry Williams Jr. ) is still active and currently reissuing a series of relatively obscure soul and blues albums from the 1970s as part of a collection called Swamp Dogg's Soul & Blues Collection . A very unimaginative title, but it looks like it's worth checking out. The first two reissues featured in the collection are from Wolfmoon (or, Little Tommy ) and Sandra Phillips . Check out some singles and then read the info provided to you by Pavement PR. NEWLY RE-RELEASED & REMASTERED VERSIONS OF WOLFMOON'S SELF-TITLED ALBUM & SANDRA PHILLIPS' TOO MANY PEOPLE IN ONE BED OUT OCT. 1ST AS PART OF ALIVE NATURALSOUND RECORDS' ONGOING SWAMP DOGG SOUL & BLUES COLLECTIONAVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON VINYL SINCE THEIR ORIGINAL RELEASES IN THE EARLY 1970S! FREE MP3S OF WOLFMOON'S "MY KIND OF PEOPLE" AND SANDRA PHILLIPS' "MY MAN AND ME" CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO & SHARE WOLFM...

The Melvins: "American Cow" (Single)

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For the purposes of promoting their upcoming new album, Tres Cabrones , The Melvins have released a new single that sounds as old school as the line-up that conceived it, original drummer Mike Dillard having rejoined the band for the release.  The song is "American Cow."  The speed?  Slow.  The hands that mold and perform?  Heavy.  It's available through SPIN . The info comes to you courtesy of Rarely Unable. THE MELVINS PREMIERE "AMERICAN COW" VIA SPIN; TRES CABRONES PRE ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW The Melvins premiere “American Cow,” from the forthcoming album Tres Cabrones (released, Nov. 4, Ipecac) via Spin ( http://www.spin.com/articles/ melvins-1983-tres-cabrones- american-cow-ipecac-records- stream/ ).   Pre-orders for the record are available now: http://georiot.co/44Wg. “ Tres Cabrones is as close as we’re willing to get to the Melvins 1983 line-up,” explained Osborne , of the 12-song album that reunites him, Dale Crover and original dr...

No Ripcord: Blouse

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Blouse Imperium Captured Tracks Released: 9.17.13 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead