Bangladeafy, whose abbreviated and complex musical exercises seem designed with intent to either test endurance and dexterity or simply cheat carpal tunnel, are releasing an album this September titled,  Housefly .  Metal Sucks  premiered "Bloom," an unrelenting minute-and-a-half of Bangladeafy's prog-centric battery that's interestingly been steered away from the duo's usual bass-n-drum combo. Finding some commonality with Zombi and Lightning Bolt, Jon Ehlers snarls his way through the track, his four-string supplanted by synthesized drones as drummer Atif Haq fills every available second with snare sound. Shifting mediums perhaps grants this creative venture more opportunity to expand their sound, which may be evident following a fully considered listen to the record. But, "Bloom"'s composition and urgency should be familiar enough to anyone acquainted with Bangladeafy, bass or not.  Pre-order Housefly at Nefarious Industries .  The band's 201...

I managed to fall behind a little bit on my  2020 Playlist  selections. Hope you're all doing well. _________________________________________ The Imbeciles:  "One Hand Tommy" (via Sonic PR / YouTube) Album Purchase http://www.theimbeciles.com/ _________________________________________ Kid Cudi :  "Leader of the Delinquents" (via Republic Records / YouTube) Single purchase: shop.kidcudi.com _________________________________________ Masaaki Yoshida : " There Will Come Soft Rains " (via Phantom Limb / YouTube) Album Preorder: https://phantomlimblabel.bandcamp.com/album/imaginal-soundtracking-1-there-will-come-soft-rains Via Phantom Limb: Phantom Limb's imprint Geist im Kino launches new series Imaginal Soundtracking Vol. 1: There Will Come Soft Rains , out June 19 Musicians invited to re-score forgotten works of cinema; Vol.1 features Lakker, Mas...

Click the link for a review of Pinkish Black 's Concept Unification LP, out now via Relapse Records. No Ripcord — QUICK TAKES (JUNE 2019) Pinkish Black Concept Unification Relapse Records Released: 6.14.19 Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Touch and Go Records continues its reissue streak, announcing today that there are plans for two new Brainiac reissues: the Electro-Shock for President EP and Hissing Prigs in Static Couture LP. Both are limited edition color variants with bundle options that include a t-shirt. And, there's news of a documentary as well.  The release info and links below were provided by Touch and Go Records. To coincide with Eric Mahoney 's upcoming 2019 Brainiac documentary, Transmissions After Zero , we are excited to announce these limited edition reissues of Electro-shock for President EP on white vinyl and Hissing Prigs in Static Couture full-length on blue swirl vinyl. From now until February 11th, you can bundle your pre-order for Electro-shock for President white vinyl or both Electro-shock for President white vinyl and Hissing Prigs in Static Couture blue swirl vinyl with a NEW limited edition Brainiac t-shirt. The limited edition t-shirt will not be av...

Sorry to have quiet on the singles front for a while. Enjoy. HARMS : "Car Outside" (via Good Eye Records / Substream Magazine / Soundcloud) Via Good Eye Records: While playing with his other band, What Moon Things , Brooklyn-based artist Jake Harms began to start to feel an itch to make something wholly his own. It didn't start as a record - just a group of songs that seemed to make sense out of a fog of journal entries and scraps and demos and half-finished ideas throughout the years.  Working as HARMS , the inspiration for his forthcoming, debut EP, Aquarium , came from a poem he had previously written about the feeling of living in New York City for the first time as an adult: walking around is like being at the aquarium observing 6 tons per square meter of pressure on the glass dividing you and everything else The resulting EP finds Harms crafting pressurized dark rock fusing the goth grandeur of The Cure with the lonely indie pop of Porc...

Axebreaker : The Whited Sepulcher  The Whited Sepulcher by Axebreaker Ultravox : "Passing Strangers" Magazine : "Vigilance" Tangerine Dream : "Betrayal (Sorcerer Theme)" Die Kreuzen : "Wish" Paul McCartney : "Temporary Secretary" U.S. Girls : "National Anthem" & "Pearly Gates" The Jesus Lizard : "Bloody Mary" Goblin: "L'alba Dei Morti Viventi" Oh Sees : "A Few Days of Reflection" OCS : "Cannibal Planet" Sleep : "Marijuanaut's Theme" Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

In April of 2017, Ulver released a chilling synthesizer-driven beauty of an LP titled,  The Assassination of Julius Caesar , which brought to mind some understandable comparisons, the most prominent and obvious, in my mind anyway, being  Depeche Mode .  As if to validate this comparison, a new three-song EP from the band surfaced called  Sic Transit Gloria Mundi , itself also an electronically robust and somewhat morose new offering that features two songs that weren't quite ready for inclusion in  Julius Caesar  and a cover of "Power Of Love" by  Frankie Goes To Hollywood .  Videos were also developed to accompany the two original tracks, "Echo Chamber (Room Of Tears)" and "Bring Out Your Dead."  Links for the videos can be found here and here , or in the album info I've posted.  Interested?  You can listen below via Ulver's  Bandcamp  and, if so inclined, buy the EP now digitally or wait until physical copies emer...

Diagnos : "Walking Down" (via mutante-inc./ Control Freak Kitten /Soundcloud) Melvins : "What's Wrong With You" (via Speakeasy PR/ Ipecac Recordings /YouTube) Dead Rider : "Ramble on Rose ( Grateful Dead cover)" (via mutante-inc./ Drag City /Bandcamp) Crew Licks by Dead Rider Beneath : "Ephemeris" (via Earsplit PR/ Unique Leader /Bandcamp Ephemeris by Beneath Blood And Glass : "Punk Shadows" (via Simone Records /YouTube) Tobacco : "Got Wet in the Bomb Shelter" (via Force Field PR/ Rad Cult /Soundcloud) Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Swansea Flaws Self Group Release: 4.28.17 Vocalist Rebecca Sanborn freely details a running stream of thoughts and observations as "Red Mittens" unfolds, introducing Flaws , the newly released second LP from Portland trio Swansea . While Sanborn riffs through what she sees and feels, ( "And, I don't sound cool/I don't sound smart/I don't sound awesome/I don't even sound like a freak" ), she's anchored by a clap-along backbeat and minimalist stabs of synthesized tone, electronically enabled pop sugar a touch more elaborate than the "Warm Leatherette" of yore. Swansea, the work of Sanborn ( Loch Lomond , Blue Cranes ), drummer Ji Tanzer ( Blue Cranes ), and multi-instrumentalist Kyleen King , is fun sans guilt, integrity and attention paid to how they approach synthpop constructs ("This Time") and percussive loops ("No Blame"), ear candy that's neither MOR or disposable.  Particularly engaging is the cha...