I hope that my weeks aren’t going to continue to be so swamped that I can’t dedicate a second or two of my day to detail something new or good that I heard/saw. But, such is the case for now. Consequently, here’s another long entry, but with some good music attached: Wavves — "Post-Acid" Though aware that I posted this song a while ago , the video is satisfyingly juvenile and there's an alien on a half-pipe. I'm happy to end my summer with visions of extra terrestrials in the California sun while sk8er-baked surf rock jams out one last "hurrah." King Of The Beach was released on August 3rd via Fat Possum Records . And, his band is still touring. Via Force Field PR: 08/27 Victoria, BC Sugar 08/30 Davis, CA Sol Collective 08/31 Visalia, CA Howie and Sons Pizza Parlor 09/04 Los Angeles, CA FYF Fest 09/10 Memphis, TN Hi-Tone * 09/11 St. Louis, MO Billiken * 09/12 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall * 09/14 Bloomington, IN Rhinos * 0...

Black Mountain Wilderness Heart Jagjaguwar Released: 9.14.10 No Ripcord review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Via Speakeasy PR: REKORDS REKORDS TO RELEASE THREE TITLES THIS FALL: ALAIN JOHANNES, MINI MANSIONS AND WIDELY ANTICIPATED QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE REISSUE LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30 -- Joshua Homme 's Rekords Rekords, through a partnership with Ipecac Recordings, will release three albums this fall: Alain Johannes ' Spark (Oct. 5), Mini Mansions self-titled debut (Nov. 2) and a reissue of Queens of The Stone Age 's self-titled debut with three additional songs (Nov. 26). An artist-driven label, Rekords Rekords' newly formed affiliation with Ipecac Recordings actually dates back to 2003 when Homme's ongoing Desert Sessions series released an installment on Ipecac, re-connecting Homme with longtime friends and Ipecac co-owners Mike Patton and Greg Werckman . “Reports on the death of the record label have been greatly exaggerated," said Werckman. "Record labels like Rekords Rekords and artists like Joshua Homme continue to wage an assault on mediocrity an...

Around December of last year , I posted the video for the song "The Flood" by Philadelphia's own, Ruse Of Fools . Since then, the band has been doing their damnedest to make their mark out in the UK and Canada as, for some reason, their home region doesn't seem too interested. I find this sort of strange. The track that I'm posting tonight, a sonically charged ballad entitled, "Well Wished," doesn't seem like something that would inspire disinterest from a Philadelphia crowd. Or, even an American crowd. But, Ruse Of Fools seems to be getting noticed overseas, so maybe the stateside fandom will eventually germinate and bloom. In the meantime, here's "Well Wished." Give it a listen and support a local band. According to their press release, Princeton, NJ's WPRB 103.3 's Slow Flood Radio show said of the song that "the standard for 21st Century Rock has just been set." "Well Wished" Sincerely, Letters Fro...

Issue #2 of Kicking Against The Pricks has posted: http://kickingagainstthepricks.org/#home I contributed reviews for the following: Wild Nothing Gemini Captured Tracks 5.25.10 > Kicking Against The Pricks review I also wrote an article on Stewart Copeland ’s soundtrack for the film, Rumble Fish , which is something I’ve been meaning to do for quite some time. Stewart Copeland Rumble Fish: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack A&M 10.21.83 Kicking Against The Pricks review Sincerely, Letters From A Tapehead

Not that I want to burden anyone with an overabundance of music that caught my attention, but I’m going to anyway. The week, unfortunately, didn’t allow for me to post as regularly as I originally intended, but the songs just kept coming and I feel compelled to give them their due. Plus, some of the upcoming releases tied to these songs could be/are worthwhile. Just an opinion, of course. Unnatural Helpers : “Girl In The Window” This is the second single from Unnatural Helpers’ latest album, Cracked Love And Other Drugs , stop motion peeping tomfoolery to go along with their garage vibe. The girl in the window’s got some “seismic waves,” apparently. I wonder if they’re talking about her tits. Their first single, “She Was Your Girlfriend,” has a great video with hysterical and argumentative couples yelling and flipping middle fingers . Screaming Females : “I Don’t Mind It” Screaming Females will be releasing their new album, Castle Talk , on September 14th via Don Giovanni R...

Neurosis Enemy of the Sun Neurot Recordings Originally released: 8.17.93 (on Alternative Tentacles ) This version: 8.30.10 Enemy of the Sun escaped me in 1993. In 2010, it's been a fixation. I received a copy in the mail maybe two weeks ago, no doubt a result of the ink I offered the Neurosis reissue back in May . That was an exciting package to open: all black matte slipcover, silver reconsideration of the dilapidated and deteriorating face and figure on its otherwise apocalyptic cover, the fires now arterial translations of the fiery background. Something about the slipcover seems a sophisticate's variation of "menacing," but the doom therein is somehow more threatening with a cover this understated. That became apparent once "Lost" reached that operatic tone when fallen seraphim seemed to willingly organize choir-like behind the heavy walls of guitar and sound loops abruptly appeared and repeated nonsensically within the band's assault. The ef...