Hella 's new much-insano art rock pummel of an album, Tripper , was released yesterday.  For those of you unconvinced that Tripper might be worth lightening your wallet just a tad, the album is streaming online via Spinner.com .  Also, as much as I hate to promote them here, Rolling Stone is pretending they still care about music and were nice enough to offer yet ANOTHER single from the album, "Self-Checkout."  All in all, means for listening before buying have been offered gratis.  The Internet is a generous place. In the meantime, I reviewed Tripper for No Ripcord not long ago if you'd to read it.  You can find that here .  All information was lovingly offered via the wonderful people at Us/Them Group. Hella release new album, premiere song on RollingStone.com, stream entire disc via Spinner "A return to what Hella does best: breakneck instrumentals and raw, inhuman-sounding musicianship. A-" -- The Onion AV Club "Hella has never put out ...

"Yubacore" could very well be my favorite track off of Hella 's upcoming album, Tripper , which is as apt a title as one could pin on their own album.  It flirts with a somewhat standard percussive stride (standard for Hella, anyway) and then launches into some shuffling, howling strangeness.  As a summary of the band's overall creative approach and the skill they utilize throughout Tripper , "Yubacore" offers reliable testimony.   This is one to look forward to. The album will be reviewed for No Ripcord.  All info is courtesy of US/THEM Group. Hella premiere new song via Pitchfork; new album Tripper out August 30th Legendary experimentalist duo Hella premiere a new song today via Pitchfork called "Yubacore". Check it out HERE . The track is culled from Tripper , their forthcoming fifth album, due out August 30th, 2011 on Sargent House. Hella has long been celebrated for bringing a rigorous and artful musical complexity to the punk aesthe...

Remember when I wrote about a new upcoming Hella album, but had no title or tracklist?   Well, that's changed.  The now titled "Headless" is still available for inspection over at Stereogum and some fans videos have been available as well.  All info, links and images come courtesy of Us/Them Group. Oh, and the album is being called Tripper . Hella release album art, track listing from forthcoming new album, Tripper Fan video contest yields trippy results: Click image to watch video Legendary experimentalist duo Hella have released the cover artwork and track listing from Tripper , their newly completed fifth album, due out August 30th, 2011 on Sargent House. The band recently made the album's first track available to fans via Stereogum . Check it out HERE . Hella also invited people to create their own videos/visuals for the new song and post them to YouTube, listed simply as "Hella - Track 1" (later titled "Headless"). Users then...

New Hella single! Zach Hill is proving himself to be quite the prolific force of creative and abstract nature. He released his solo album, Face Tat , last year, aided Marnie Stern with HER self-titled third album , put out a mixtape and has a full-length planned this year for his experimental hip-hop group, Death Grips , and now the first Hella album in four years. We salute you, Zach. "Untitled," (named that because NONE of the album's songs have a title), is available at Stereogum . All link and information is courtesy of the Us/Them Group. Hella release song from first new album in four years, coming in August Legendary experimentalist duo, Hella have released the first track from their newly completed fifth album, due out August 2011 on Sargent House. Though neither the songs nor the album have been titled yet, the band has made the track available to fans today via Stereogum . Check it out HERE . Hella also invites people to create their own vid...

About a month ago, I wrote a small blurb about Zach Hill 's experimental hip-hop side-project, Death Grips .  A mixtape titled, Ex-Military , was released 4.26 and is available online for free.  They will be releasing a proper full-length later this year.  All the info, links and images below are courtesy of Third Worlds Music. Avant hip hop group Death Grips releases free mixtape Click image above to watch video Intense and mysterious new avant hip hop group Death Grips has released for free download their entire recorded debut mixtape, Ex-Military . The Northern California trio featuring virtuoso drummer Zach Hill formed in December 2010 and has quickly assembled a vast collection of songs and videos. Download full album Ex-Military HERE . Stream full album HERE . Watch videos for several singles HERE . Download the latest video, " Guillotine " HERE . All of Death Grips work is created in their compound THE KLINK in Northern California. Death Gr...