Welcome to the working week. Here's a batch of singles to check out: Living Hour : "Hallboy" (via Force Field PR /  Kanine Records / Stereogum / YouTube) Via Force Field PR: Today, Winnipeg’s Living Hour shares "Hallboy," the third single from their upcoming album, Softer Faces . Stereogum has the premiere and described the track as "immaculate." The band is in the middle of a winter / spring tour that includes a stop at SXSW and ends with a west coast run in late March. See full dates below. Bio: Everything about Winnipeg’s Living Hour has been expanding since their humble basement beginnings in 2015. What started with dreamy love songs inspired by the cinematic sky of their hometown has transformed into even more sprawling and expansive expressions on their latest effort, Softer Faces due March 1, 2019. What started as a quartet is now a quintet, though still led by the smoky, ethereal lead vocals of Sam Sarty (vocals, trombone, ...

Myself currently employed at a corporate entity, I've certainly been exposed to and/or required to attend the sort of soul-sucking meetings addressed in the latest No Age video for the song, "Send Me."  I will say, though, I haven't had to be taught how to use a stapler, so this video certainly depicts a level of day job hell I've yet to experience.  As far as the song, "Send Me" is the type of glossy, lo-fidelity track No Age is known to produce, jangly riffs and a quivering tonal backdrop that deepens the duo's sound.  This song is featured in the band's Drag City debut, Snares Like A Haircut , which is releasing January 26th. Check out the video below.  All info on the release was provided by mutante-inc.  No Age Save The People Looking for an escape from the thundering monotony of the nine-to-five? Sign up for the New No Age, Snares Like A Haircut ! The album is classic No Age - well considered from several angles, and handsomel...

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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

Pissed Jeans : "Ignorecam"  (via Sub Pop /YouTube) Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble : "Undying Love for Humanity" (via mutante-inc./ Drag City /Soundcloud) Unearthly Trance : "Famine" (Earsplit PR/ Cvlt Nation / Relapse Records /Soundcloud) David Bowie : "No Plan" (via YouTube) Monolord : "Lord of Suffering" (Us-Them Group/ Metal Injection / RidingEasy Records /YouTube) Pharmakon : "Trasmission" (via Rarely Unable/ Sacred Bones Records /Soundcloud) Equinox : "Goodbye (feat. Dementio13 )" (via Shameless Promotion/Soundcloud) Ummagma : "Winter Tale" (via Shameless Promotion/Bandcamp) Winter Tale by Ummagma Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

For twenty years, Brian John Mitchell of Silber Records has been independently releasing ambient and drone projects from numerous performers and bands while publishing zines and comic books and holding down paid gigs in the real world.  While I have written about some of Silber's releases in the past, I thought I'd take the opportunity to throw a spotlight on the label by posting about three new releases for June.  If you like what you hear, I encourage you to head over to the site and spend a couple bucks.   Yellow6 Springsun/Conrad#2 Silber Records Released: 5.30.16 See that cover?  That's exactly what Yellow6 's two-track Springsun/Conrad#2 release sounds like.  Gorgeous and vast, it's the type of lush and ambient arrangement you want to hear as dawn transitions into morning.  You can purchase the album digitally here . springsun by Yellow6    Chvad SB Phenomenalism, Cartesian Doubt and Bomb #20 Silber Records Released: 5.3...

She probably would've listened to this track: * Yeah, she dug Carcass. ** Maybe in a couple years, but I figured 7 is a little young.   Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

A Place To Bury Strangers : "What We Don't See" (via Dead Oceans/Big Mouth Publicity/ Drowned In Sound /YouTube) DADRAS : "Mormon Disco" (via Friend of Friends/Soundcloud) Antigama : "Used To" (via Selfmadegod Records/Earpsplit PR/YouTube) Hey Mandible : "Missing Monet" (via Fort Lowell Records/Soundcloud) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Arto Lindsay : "The Prize" (via Northern Spy Records /Soundcloud) Dead Dream : "Sleepwalker" (via Wondering Sound /Soundcloud)   Se Delan : "Tonight" (via Snapper Music/ Kscope /Soundcloud) Veda Rays : "Wait For Teeth to Show" (via Veda Rays /YouTube) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Warpaint s/t Rough Trade Released: 1.20.14 *Not sure I agree that my entire gender loses completely in life, but I am quite a fan of the new Warpaint LP. Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Mogwai : "Remurdered" (via Sub Pop) Vaadat Charigim : "Odisea" (via Force Field PR/ Pitchfork ) Tara Jane O'Neil : "Wordless in Woods" (via Rarely Unable) Philip Perkins : "The Onion" (via Body Double Ltd.) Vex Ruffin : "Prime of My Life" (via Force Field PR/ KCRW ) Be Forest : "Captured Heart" (via Force Field PR/ Impose Magazine ) Girls Names : "The New Life (David Holmes remix)" (via Force Field PR/ Self-Titled ) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

jesu Everyday I Get Closer to the Light From Which I Came Avalanche Released: 9.23.13 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Lorelei : "Hole Punch" (video provided by Force Field PR) Lorelei - Hole Punch from Slumberland Records on Vimeo . Tricky : "Nothing's Changed" (via Life Or Death PR & Management) Melody's Echo Chamber : "Crystallized" (video provided by Noisey) David Bowie : "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" (Unsuitable for the cubicle!) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Machines Learning Success Has Many Fathers While Failure in an Orphan EP Machines Recording Records Released: 1.1.13 With crunchy chords that induce a dreamy gaze and generate heavy fields of sonic thrust, Machines Learning has taken cues from Billy Corgan and Kevin Shields and interprets these influences well.  Their new 3-song EP, Success Has Many Fathers While Failure is an Orphan , is immersed in a lush and serrated tone, texture and grace allowed to coexist. With Machines Learning, there is definitely an appeal to nostalgia for anyone pining for the days of flannel shirts and 120 Minutes , when Loveless was new and legitimate college radio won mainstream attention.  While "Strong Men Also Cry" opens the EP with an Explosions in the Sky styled post-rock instrumental that doesn't seem too out of character with the past decade or so, the following song, "The Island in the Hills," is an exercise in reminiscence: the drum sounds and stride, th...

I was recently exposed to Coves , a Nugget -flirtation dealing in shoegazy psychedelia and post-punk repetition.  The band recently released an EP called Cast A Shadow , which is out via Cross Keys Records .  The album is available to sample below as is a remix of the band's single, "No Ladder," which was reinterpreted by members of the band, TOY .  All info, links and music were courtesy of Meliz Gokturk from Wasted Youth PR. Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Some Philadelphia bred groups for you.  The hometown bursts with talent and gets little to no press. First, Arc In Round . Juan Edgardo Rodriguez , the managing editor of No Ripcord, sent me a song and the band's self-titled album a few weeks ago.  While I haven't been able to completely absorb the album yet, (been listening to two or three other albums for upcoming reviews), the band's single, "Hallowed" , I really enjoyed.  There's a shoegazing, pop-infused bounce to the song I find very engaging. <p><a href="http://arcinround.bandcamp.com/album/arc-in-round">Arc in Round by Arc In Round</a></p> I will, at some point, listen to the entire album, which was released June 26th. ____________________________________________________________ Next is Ape School , who will be releasing a new album later this August called, Junior Viole...