To whom it may interest, Collecting sounds over the past couple weeks for a new entry for my  2020 Playlist . I'd been largely absent for most of July thanks to the demands of my day job, the high doses of pain killers I had to ingest thanks to a severe back issue, and other distractions and otherwise tiring things that required attention and focus. I'm hoping to have more to say in the coming months, (though I've made THAT promise before). If you've hung in there, thank you. If you haven't, maybe I can win back your approval. Hope you're all well and staying safe. Please wear your masks. Enjoy. _________________________________________ numün :  "voyage au soleli" (via Clandestine Label Services / Musique Impossible / YouTube) Album Pre-Order https://music.joelmellin.com/album/voyage-au-soleil via Clandestine Label Services Numün is a trio of New York City soundscape designers who combine a wide range of music ...

Rebecca Foon : "I Only Wish This For You" (via Rarely Unable/ Constellation Records /Soundcloud) King Champion Sounds : "Fool Throttle" (via mutante inc./ KCS Press /Bandcamp) Hauschka : "Familiar Things Disappear" (Terrorbird/ Temporary Residence Ltd. /YouTube) Oozepus : "CYN" (via Earsplit PR/ Malignant Records /Soundcloud) Joy : "Cut to the Nerve" ( Blood & Ink Records / Decibel Magazine /YouTube) No Joy : "Califone" (via Forcefield PR/ Grey Market / NPR /YouTube) Sunless : "Urraca" (via Earsplit PR/ Bandcamp ) Urraca by Sunless Parlor Walls : "Play Opposites" (via Northern Spy Records/Bandcamp) Opposites by Parlor Walls Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Dieterich & Barnes : "People Person" (via Kinsman & Meng/ Living Music Duplication /YouTube) Gemma Ray : "The Original One" (via Gemma Ray/ Bronze Rat Records /YouTube) Seiho : "The Vase" (via Julian T. Schoen/ Leavin g Records-Stones Throw /YouTube) Pale Dian : "Evan Evan" (via Force Field PR/ Manifesto Records / The FADER /Soundcloud) Mercury Girls : "All That Heaven Allows" (via Slumberland Records /Soundcloud) Weval : "You're Mine" (via Julian T. Schoen/ Kompakt /YouTube) Papertwin : "The Pool" (via Force Field PR/ Stereogum /Soundcloud) Shabazz Palaces : "Dawn in Luxor" (via Sub Pop/YouTube) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Boris Noise Sargent House Released: 6.17.14 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Alterbeast : "Vile Remnants" (via Earsplit PR/ Decibel Magazine /Soundcloud) Ought : "The Weather Song" (via Rarely Unable/Soundcloud) Small Black : "Lines of Latitude (feat. Frankie Rose )" (via Jagjaguwar, Gorilla Vs. Bear /Soundcloud) Pink Mountaintops : "Ambulance City" (via Jagjaguwar/ Noisey /YouTube) The Afghan Whigs : "Algiers" (via Sub Pop/YouTube) Dum Dum Girls : "Too True To Be Good" (via Sub Pop/ V Magazine /YouTube) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Ought : "Waiting" (via Rarely Unable/Soundcloud) Wolf People : "When the Fire is Dead in the Grate" (via Sure Shot PR/YouTube) PINS : "Waiting For the End" (via [PIAS] America/ Brooklyn Vegan /Vimeo) PINS - Waiting For The End from PINS on Vimeo . Christina Vantzou : "Going Backwards to Recover That Which Was Left Behind" (via Rarely Unable/ Kranky /Soundcloud) TOY : "It's Been So Long" (via [PIAS] America/YouTube Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

I usually don't like to post upcoming releases info unless I have a single to go along with it, but I thought news of No Age 's upcoming An Object would be worth skipping over that.  I meant to post this last week, but life got in the way.  You can read a review of No Age's 2010 release, Everything In Between , at Kicking Against the Pricks (RIP).  All info comes courtesy of Sub Pop. No Age To Release An Object On August 20th via Sub Pop No Age will release An Object , their 4th album, on CD, LP and digitally August 19 in UK & Europe and August 20th in North America via Sub Pop. The album, led by highlights “I Won’t Be Your Generator,” “C’mon, Stimmung,” “An Impression,” and “Lock Box”, was recorded by F. Bermudez and No Age at Gaucho's Electronics in Los Angeles. We’d like to share photographic evidence of An Object 's tracklisting at this time:   More info on No Age's An Object : With An Object , their fourth full-length album, N...

News about a limited edition split 7" release from Boris and Asobi Seksu surfaced, which will be a Record Store Day exclusive.  All info is courtesy of Us/Them Group. Boris announce split 7" with Asobi Seksu, UK & EU tour dates including All Tomorrow's Parties Legendary Japanese trio Boris announce a limited edition split 7" with recent tour mates Asobi Seksu available as a Record Store Day exclusive release on Black Friday, November 23, 2012. Additionally, Boris post new headlining tour dates in the UK and EU, as well as appearances at All Tomorrow's Parties in the UK and State-X New Forms Festival in Holland. See dates below. The forthcoming split single features each band covering a song by the other. Asobi Seksu takes on Boris' majestic "Farewell" off of their Pink album, while Boris reworks "New Years" from Asobi Seksu's Citrus album here as "Neu Years", a churning dream pop gem. The vinyl edition includ...

A video for the Dum Dum Girls ' new single, "Lord Knows," surfaced yesterday.  The song is from the band's new EP, End Of Daze , which is now available as a physical treasure or an unsatisfying download.  All info, links and tour dates are courtesy of Sub Pop. Dum Dum Girls' End of Daze EP out now! Debuts new video for "Lord Knows"! Updated fall tour dates! "Lord Knows" video premiere w/ Rookie! Watch "Lord Knows" here . Download "Lord Knows" MP3 here . The Dum Dum Girls' lovely new EP, End of Daze is available now via Sub Pop on CD, LP and digitally. The 5-song set is led by the single "Lord Knows", along with track highlights "Mine Tonight", "I Got Nothing", and a cover of Strawberry Switchblade ’s “Trees and Flowers”. You can purchase the EP at the following locations: Sub Pop ; iTunes ; Amazon ; or at fine retailers near you. There's a new video for "Lord Kn...

Fergus & Geronimo 's Funky Was the State of Affairs has been gaining some press for its affections for both garage punk and mid-80s guitar pop.  "Roman Tick" is the newest offering from the album. Fergus & Geronimo - Roman Tick from Hardly Art on Vimeo . All info comes courtesy of Hardly Art. WATCH NEW VIDEO FOR "ROMAN TICK"; MIDWEST & EAST COAST TOUR WITH JAILL STARTS TONIGHT VIDEO - " Roman Tick " [dir. Ruben Mendez] MP3 - " No Parties " MP3 - " Roman Tick " VIDEO - Album Teaser Are you tired of feeling like a loser at the game of love? Do you ever find yourself wondering, “Why me?” Do you feel lonely, estranged, and increasingly solipsistic due to prolonged, frequent immersion in a shallow high-tech world of virtual interaction? Did your Summer Love already return to their home planet? Fergus & Geronimo have just the thing for you. This new video for their song “Roman Tick,” off their new LP Funky Wa...

Mr. Gnome Softly Mad El Marko Records Released: 3.20.12 One of last year's more interesting albums was the distortion happy Madness In Miniature by Mr. Gnome , its members Nicole Barille and Sam Meister having crafted a very strong guitar album that based itself on fantastical imagery.  Mr. Gnome makes the guitar/drum duo thing work pretty well, maximizing their sound beyond what some would consider a limited musical vocab.  Actually, the record catches you by surprise, some of the band's decisions and musical shifts as cerebral as they were imaginative.   Following last year's LP, Barille and Meister have released a two-song 7" called Softly Mad , (which is digital-only apparently, so I'm still trying to figure out how physical circumference applies to digital music, but I guess that's just semantics), which differs in that it's less concerned with pop rock melodies, time signatures and alt. riffs.  Softly Mad is slow, ponderous and electronic...

Between Frankie Rose and Katy Goodman ’s solo project, La Sera , O.G. Spector -worshippers Vivian Girls have really saturated the scene with melodic, lo-fi garage and Shangri-La pop groove. Spawning the solo and collaborative dabbling of Rose and Goodman, both of whom are putting out new albums in the next month or so, you do have to wonder how many more albums Vivian Girls have left before the sound is completely exhausted. Moving in a proactive manner, the starry-eyed nuances often associated with this sound are seeming to fall by the wayside. Rose, in particular, seems much less enchanted with sounding enchanted, taking on a cleaner edge and hardening the otherwise softness of her music. You could even cite The Smiths or The Cure as a basis for Interstellar , her upcoming new album. There’s jangling riffs and synthesizers, electro-tinged percussion. Certainly a throwback sound, but now twenty-years later than her last throwback sound. Frankie Rose - Gospel/Grace fro...

I just listened to "The One You Want" off of Weekend 's last EP, Red , which I've apparently slept on seeing as it came out around the end of September.  The band will apparently be touring with The Soft Moon , whom I really enjoy , and they toured with Wire so I thought spotlighting the single would be worthwhile to anyone not in the know.  I'm sure that's just me. Weekend - The One You Want by Slumberland Records Info is courtesy of Force Field PR. Weekend announces West Coast Winter dates Weekend photographed by Marina Forte STREAM: "The One You Want" - http://soundcloud.com/slumberland-records/weekend-the-one-you-want/s-4I1JG Upon finishing recent tours with Talk Normal and The Kills , and a hostile takeover of the 2011 CMJ Music Marathon, tireless San Francisco post-punks Weekend are now announcing Winter show dates on the West Coast. Weekend have been touring hard behind their debut album Sports since it arrived on...

A video for the Vivian Girls ' the very girly, very 60s pop track “Take It As It Comes” is out. The tongue-in-cheek puppy love thing is treated with a fair amount of nostalgia and obvious sarcasm perfect for the track itself which comes to you via the Girls’ new album, Share The Joy . Share The Joy was reviewed for Kicking Against The Pricks but is currently unavailable due to some linking issues. All info about the album and tour dates comes courtesy of Force Field PR. Vivian Girls premieres "Take It As It Comes" music video, announces Fall tour dates VIDEO: "Take It As It Comes" (Dir. by Travis Peterson ) - http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/music-videos/402-vivian-girls/2795-take-it-as-it-comes/ Video also avail. on YouTube or Vimeo On their third album (and Polyvinyl debut) Share the Joy , Brooklyn's Vivian Girls continue to sharpen and refine their transcendent mix of garage thrash, girl-group warmth and infectious pop hooksmanshi...

A few days ago, Consequence Of Sound posted a new video from Tera Melos for the song, “Kelly,” which is off their Patagonian Rats release. With a nice little nod to David Cronenberg and 80s cinema, there are warmhearted reactions from the likes of Christopher Reeve and Rick Moranis to animated billboards displaying some grotesque scenes from Scanners , Videodrome and a few others. In the meantime, the song is kind of a nerdy power pop track. I still need to pick this album up. Tera Melos - "Kelley" from Consequence of Sound on Vimeo . Information on the band’s 51 minute opus, “Echoes on the Hills of Knebworth” and their tour documentary can be found here . EDIT: Don't know why it eluded me that the video for Bobby Brown 's "On Our Own," the theme song he came up with for the super inferior Ghost Busters 2 , was appropriated for "Kelly."  Just not on the ball. Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Interested in hearing the new Crystal Stilts ?  Their new album, In Love With Oblivion , releases today (4.12). Information and links have been provided by Force Field PR. Stream the new Crystal Stilts album now Plus extended tour dates FULL ALBUM STREAM: In Love With Oblivion - http://hypem.com/#!/artist/Crystal Stilts VIDEO: "Through The Floor" - http://vimeo.com/21156560 Back in 2008, a lot of heads turned to clock Crystal Stilts' Alight Of Night , their first album after a string of here-today-gone-tomorrow singles and EPs. It wasn't exactly a surprise - Crystal Stilts felt like part of a new age dawning, of underground collectives and random, crazy groups who'd rediscovered the joys of noise-pop and set about creating their own Creations - but there was something unique about Crystal Stilts, something hermetic yet gorgeous about the world they created. With their new album, In Love With Oblivion , they stretch things further still, honing t...