Today's "HOLY SHIT!!!" moment is brought to you by Speakeasy PR and Mr. -Motherfucking- Bungle! And, yes, this has been pre-ordered. You should do the same:  https://lnk.to/MBWrath via Speakeasy PR. MR. BUNGLE RETURN WITH THE RAGING WRATH OF THE EASTER BUNNY DEMO (OCT. 30, IPECAC RECORDINGS) TREVOR DUNN, MIKE PATTON AND TREY SPRUANCE JOINED BY SCOTT IAN AND DAVE LOMBARDO FOR THE BAND’S FIRST ALBUM IN 21 YEARS Photo credit: Eric Larsen Aug. 13, 2020, Eureka, Calif. – Mr. Bungle, who a year ago today announced their first live outings in two decades, have announced the release of The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo on Oct. 30 via Ipecac Recordings. As was the case with the live performances, original Mr. Bungle members Trevor Dunn, Mike Patton, and Trey Spruance are joined by Scott Ian (Anthrax, S.O.D.) and Dave Lombardo (Dead Cross, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies). The 11-song release features tracks written by the Eureka, Calif.-born band for their 1986 cassette only...

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...

60, 65, 55, 67… If you want to know why I've been silent for some of March and most of April, those are the number of hours I've had to work for past few weeks, my laptop open till midnight most nights and my weekends justifiably left to tend to dad/husband/homeowner things. I've been spread a tad thin, not too reliable on the home front or available for anything social while ever ready to take on whatever day job-related task handed to me. With that said, writing hasn't been a priority lately. Which sucks because I've still been listening to so much good shit that I want to write about.  My hope is that I'll be able to spare an hour here or there to catch up on what I've been hearing for the remaining weeks. The avalanche of work requests and deadlines to meet have thankfully subsided for the time being, so I'd like there to be some activity in the weeks ahead. Though, I'll be honest, with the increased popularity of vlogs and podcasts, ...

Secret Chiefs 3 Dead Cross Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA 9.10.17 No Ripcord  live show coverage Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Child Bite   Negative Noise Housecore Records Released: 4.1.16 Kaada/Patton Bacteria Cult Ipecac Recordings Released: 4.1.16 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Kaada/Patton : "Immodium" (via Rarely Unable/YouTube) Dälek : "Guaranteed Struggle" (via Rarely Unable/Vimeo) Dälek - Guaranteed Struggle (OFFICIAL VIDEO) from deadverse recordings on Vimeo . So Pitted : "feed me" (via Sub Pop/Live Nation TV/YouTube) Gorod : "Inner Alchemy" (via Earsplit PR/ MetalSucks /YouTube) Kyson : "You" (via Friends of Friends/YouTube) Hooded Fang : "A Final Hello" (via Force Field PR/ Under The Radar /YouTube) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

A patiently composed and theatrically stylish new single from Kaada/Patton has surfaced called "Red Rainbow."  This is the first single from the duo's upcoming release, Bacteria Cult , which is the first LP spawned from the collaborative efforts of John Kaada and Mike Patton since 2004's Romances .  With the mood of a thriller, the pace of which eventually culminates into a rather sinister finale, "Red Rainbow" is performed by the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra .  Patton's vocal melody adds character to the composition, as if to add an air of distinction.  Despite its dimension of impending dread, its captivating tone and rich undercurrents of zig-zagging harmony offer much for the ear to absorb.   Bacteria Cult is currently available for pre-order.  You can listen to the track below.  All info and links were provided by Speakeasy PR. Bacteria Cult by Kaada/Patton KAADA/PATTON SHARE NEW SONG,"RED RAINBOW," FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM, BA...

Faith No More Le Butcherettes Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA 5.15.15 Photo by Dan Long Phawker live show coverage Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Rhyton : "California Black Box Vapors" (via Thrill Jockey Records/YouTube) tētēma : "Tenz" (via Speakeasy PR/Ipecac Recordings/ Wondering Sound /YouTube) Unsacred : "Plague" (via Earsplit PR/ CVLT Nation /Soundcloud) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

tētēma is a new project from Mike Patton and composer Anthony Pateras . Ipecac Recordings will be issuing the duo's new album, Geocidal , which will be out December 9th and a sample of what the album will offer has been revealed.  "Tenz" has the feel of ritualized dance and trance modes revealing shades of On The Corner era Miles Davis and even some rhythmic patterns that sound akin to Cibo Matto 's Viva! La Woman (I'm thinking of its opening track, "Apple").  Pushing the trance comparison a bit, the track also contains what could be considered "drop" sections, few second length pauses followed by heavy blankets of sound, not to mention Patton's heightened vocal.  Check out the track and read some info on Geocidal , all of which has been provided by Speakeasy PR. tētēma STREAM "TENZ" FROM DEBUT ALBUM, GEOCIDAL   NEW DUO FROM ANTHONY PATERAS AND MIKE PATTON San Francisco, Oct. 30, 2014 – tētēma, a new duo featuring Aus...

Tomahawk 's recently released fourth album, Oddfellows , was reviewed at No Ripcord .  Today, I saw a video for the album's title track, its Jesus Lizard tone and Bungle -esque crawl a great synthesis of the band's musical origins.   Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Tomahawk Oddfellows Ipecac Recordings Released: 1.29.13 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

2013 will mean a new album from Tomahawk .  It will be called Oddfellows and it will be the first album from the band since 2007's Anonymous .  "Stone Letter" is its first single and Pitchfork has premiered the video. I reviewed Anonymous in 2007, (a review that also incorporated Mirrored by Battles .) All info and links are courtesy of Rarely Unable.  Photo credit: Tim Moss; left to right: John Stanier, Unicorn, Duane Denison, Trevor Dunn, Mike Patton ODDFELLOWS OUT JANUARY 28 Tomahawk's video for "Stone Letter" the first single from their forthcoming album Oddfellows , is viewable now via Pitchfork: ( http://pitchfork.com/tv/youtube/13-music-videos/592-tomahawk-stone-letter-official-music-video/ ). The clip, directed by Vincent Forcier , was shot during the band's late October tour and features a studio performance from the quartet that includes Duane Denison ( Jesus Lizard, Unsemble ), Mike Patton ( Faith No More, Mondo Cane ), Jo...

Mike Patton/Luciano Berio Laborintus II Ipecac Recordings Released: 7.3.12 In 2010, along with the Brussels based Ictus Ensemble and the choral chamber choir, Nederlands Kamerkoor , Mike Patton acted as narrator for a live performance of Italian composer Luciano Berio ’s 1965 musical piece, Laborintus II . The performance was held at the Holland Festival, which also premiered Berio’s performance of Laborintus II for Dutch audiences in 1972. As further tribute, Patton has released the Ictus Ensemble/Nederlands Kamerkoor performance as a live album through Ipecac Recordings . Based on a poem by Edoardo Sanguineti , Berio’s own version renamed as the writing’s sequel, (which was also meant to acknowledge the 700th anniversary of Danté ’s birth), Labortinus II is delivered in three parts, which are apparently three separate voices. The majority of the piece is in Italian, (with maybe a sentence or two uttered in English), so I’m incapable of deciphering the narrative a...

Mike Patton remains on a scoring kick, having been selected to score The Place Beyond The Pines , a new movie from Blue Valentine director, Derek Cianfrance .  And, apparently, a new Tomahawk album is in the works, which could release later this summer.  Excited about that possibility to be sure. From Speakeasy PR: MIKE PATTON SCORING THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES Photo credit: Jay Blakesberg Jan. 9, 2011, San Francisco - Mike Patton ( Faith No More , Tomahawk , Mr. Bungle ) has been selected by writer/director Derek Cianfrance ( Blue Valentine ) to provide the score for The Place Beyond The Pines , which stars Ryan Gosling , Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes . Patton, who rose to prominence as a teenager as the front man for Faith No More and is known as one of music's most eclectic musicians, has done a series of scores over the past few years including the Italian drama A Solitude of Prime Numbers , Crank 2: High Voltage and the short film A Perfect Place . ...

Composer Eyvind Kang is set to release a new album, The Narrow Garden , through Mike Patton ’s Ipecac label in January of 2012. All info come courtesy of Speakeasy PR. EYVIND KANG 'S THE NARROW GARDEN SET FOR JAN. 31 RELEASE ON IPECAC   FAMED STRING PLAYER KNOWN FOR WORK WITH JOHN ZORN, MIKE PATTON AND SUNN 0))) San Francisco, Dec. 14, 2011 - Eyvind Kang , the well-known string player who has worked with Mr. Bungle , Sun City Girls and Lou Reed , releases The Narrow Garden on Jan. 31 via Ipecac Recordings . Spin said of Kang's most recent Ipecac release, 2007's Athlantis : "Think the monolith scene from 2001 as rendered by Mr. Bungle and you're almost there."     PopMatters said Kang "...inhabits other worlds so the rest of us don't have to." While Athlantis is a choral piece inspired by Renaissance era literature and philosophy, The Narrow Garden is inspired by the natural world.  "I composed most ...

I mentioned in July that Fantômas was releasing a DVD of a performance of their brilliant Director’s Cut album. Well, the DVD is out and some trailers have surfaced: Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehea

The Director’s Cut was released in 2001, ex- Faith No More and Mr. Bungle madman Mike Patton ’s free metal abstraction Fantômas enjoying metallic reign and reconsideration over a wonderful selection of horror/sci-fi/classic film scores. This was the band’s second album following the jaunty noise freaks of Fantômas (Amenza al Mundo) (1999), which was then succeeded by the surgical epic Delìrium Cordìa (2004) and a metal-infused interpretation of cartoon scores called Suspended Animation (2005), (dork moment), and The Director’s Cut stands as the band’s best piece of work. Granted this seems a slight at the band seeing as the material performed isn’t theirs, but the lengths at which Patton connects the Fantômas dynamic to composers like Henry Mancini , Bernard Herrmann , Jerry Goldsmith and Ennio Morricone shows a staggering appreciation and knowledge of this music. Instead of creating a novelty album whose appeal wears away with every snicker-inducing listen, Fantômas creat...