Young Fathers : "In My View" (via YouTube) "In My View" is featured in Cocoa Sugar , the upcoming new album from Young Fathers .  The album is scheduled to release 3.9.18 via Ninja Tune . __________________________________________________________ Blackwater Holylight : "Sunrise" (via Us-Them Group/ RidingEasy Records /YouTube) From Us-Them Group: Portland, OR quartet BlackWater HolyLight announce their forthcoming self-titled debut album today with an advance listen to lead single "Sunrise", available to hear and share via YouTube HERE . The notion of "heavy music" is continuing to expand of late, with many intrepid artists finding new ways to incorporate the power of traditional metal into new music, but without all of its trappings. Enter Portland, OR quartet BlackWater HolyLight to further swirl musical elements into a captivating hybrid of emotional intensity. Heavy psych riffs, gothic drama, folk-rock vibes, garage...

Low Sun : "Into Sun" (via Art of the Uncarved Block / New Noise Magazine /Soundcloud) "Into Sun" is to be featured as part of a split release made with labelmates  Humanities called, Human Sun .  The release will be out via Art of the Uncarved Block on July 13th, but you can pre-order it here . DEAFKIDS : "Pés Atados" (via Neurot Recordings /Earsplit PR/YouTube) This track is taken from Configuração Do Lamento , which will be released October 6th via Neurot Recordings . The Convalescence : "This is Hell" (via Unique Leader Records /Earsplit PR/Bandcamp) "This is Hell" is the title track to the band's upcoming LP to be released at Unique Leader Records on September 1st.  Digital copies are currently available for pre-order . This is Hell by The Convalescence Labyrinth Lounge : "Trouble Won't Last" (via Rufftone Records /Shameless Promotion/Soundcloud) "Trouble Won't Last" is the ...

Hey, everyone.  We're talking labels today.  In 2012, I reviewed the Fatherland EP by Mr. Dream and Weird Wild World by Sleepies , both of which were released by the Godmode label.  Specializing in post-punk and some of the more avant variations of R&B and EDM I've heard, Godmode, which is owned and run by former Pitchfork editor and current Mr. Dream drummer Nick Sylvester and Capitol Records A&R rep Talya Elitzer , recently released a new cassette compilation called, Common Interests Were Not Enough To Keep Us Together. Featuring new music from the label (plus a couple new tracks from Mr. Dream and Sleepies which were a plus for me), the comp provides a varied selection of sounds that range from club ( Shamir ) to vocal ( Soft Lit ) to experimental ( Yvette ), which ultimately affirms Godmode's place as a home for both very inviting to likely alienating performers. You can check out the comp here: Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Young Fathers : "Get Up (Radio Edit)" (via Friend of Friends Music/ NME /Soundcloud) Helms Alee : "Pleasure Center" (via Us-Them Group/ Noisey /Soundcloud) We Are Hex : "Tongues" (via Latest Flame Records/ CVLT Nation /Vimeo) We Are Hex - TONGUES from †HEXPORIUM† on Vimeo . Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Jungle : "The Heat" (via Noisey /Force Field PR) Widowspeak : "Calico" (via Captured Tracks) White Lung : "Blow it South" (via Enabler PR) Huerco S. : "Ragtime U.S.A. (Warning)" (via Enabler PR) Sahg : "Slipping Off the Edge of the Universe" (via Indie Recordings/ Metal Hammer ) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Pop singer, Whitney Houston , has passed away at the age of 48.  The Guardian published a very comprehensive eulogy and overview of Houston's career. It's incredibly unfortunate, but as with Michael Jackson , Houston's actual contributions to pop music and her talent as a singer had less resonance with the public than her difficulties with drug abuse, her unhealthy marriage to singer, Bobby Brown , and her erratic public behavior.  It's all about the headlines and she'd become a celebrity punchline. Though I can't claim to have ever been particularly fond of Houston's music, I do believe her to be one of the last true original R&B voices to emerge over the last twenty years, maybe thirty years.  You can preach the gospel of Mary J. Blige , Mariah Carey or Beyoncé Knowles till you run out of breath, but as far as I can tell, down to the Disney charter school that shot out Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears like freshly-greased newborns out the...