Following last year’s debut, Harmonic Tremors (Hydrahead Records), Caleb Scofield (Cave In/Old Man Gloom) and his moniker Zozobra have returned with their latest Bird of Prey (Hydrahead Records).
Following in the post-metal footsteps of his other side project, Old Man Gloom, Scofield is joined by Isis drummer Aaron Harris, who lends his hand both behind the mixing board and the sticks.
After releasing two smash hits in the UK, “Thou Shalt Always Kill” and “Beat That My Heart Skipped” the self-proclaimed new faces of “outsider pop” (aka Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip) have recently inked a deal with Sage Francis’ Strange Famous Records for the US release of their debut album Angles. Angles, which contains both of the hits mentioned above, will hit stores Sept. 2 and will be backed by the album’s first US single, “Look For The Woman” (MP3 below).
According to The Chemical Brothers, their music provided the soundtrack to countless memories in your life since the group’s conception in 1993. Although that claim might be questionable to some, for others, the sentiment is true, and it’s only fitting then that the group give their fans (and even their detractors) the opportunity to help collaborate on the sort of user-generated content that currently drives the music world online.
A review of some of the latest 3G music-playing cell phones to arrive in our office, the Nokia N78, the LG Chocolate 3, the Samsung Instinct, and the LG VU.
Korean artist JooYoun Paek – known for such projects as Zipper Orchestra and Pillowig – has done something pretty incredible in her new project, Fold Loud. In it, she has combined music and origami together, harboring a very original idea. By folding different flaps of paper and touching them together, one can make electrical contacts, creating and controlling music.
After selling out their previous tour “When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint Your City Gold” Atmosphere are getting ready to head back out on another huge tour.
They’ve already announced over 20 dates (see below) and will be bringing Abstract Rude, DJ Rare Groove, and Blueprint out with them. It’s unconfirmed if they’ll be touring with that massive rain stick from the “Lemons” tour. One can only hope it gets lost somewhere along the way.
Ticket sales begin August 6th.
Tobacco (aka one of the members of the trip-pop unit Black Moth Super Rainbow), has just completed his new solo album, titled Fucked Up Friends . Like BMSR, Tobacco records strangely-crafted pop music, which can be either danceable or unsettlingly eerie, depending on your mood. Employing analog synths and tape machines, Tobacco presents an eclectic, cryptic debut album.
Our favorite poet / actor / musician Saul Williams (cover story, ALARM Magazine #20) played Lollapalooza today, complete with face makeup, feathers (which he also distributed with great success to the crowd), a DJ, a keyboard player (wearing a cape), and a guitar player in a reflective silver suit (note to guitar player: next time you play an outdoor show in the middle of summer in Chicago, you might want to lose the tin-foil-hot-dog-oven look).
Lollapalooza is in full force today, with lines going three blocks strong. Today is completely sold out, with 75,000 attendees expected ($80 one-day tickets are still available for Saturday and Sunday). We’ve done you a favor and sorted out all of Day One’s artists into this handy guide. Stay tuned for more updates.
As if British dance-rock musicians weren’t adorable enough – what with their overt politeness and quaint fashion sense – their reactions to a positively Californian experience made them downright precious. The singers from Bloc Party , Does It Offend You, Yeah? , and Friendly Fires all waxed goofily on the 5.4 earthquake that struck the Los Angeles area earlier that day. And in line with such a phenomenon, the bands shook their audience into a furor all night long at the Mayan on July 29.
Athens, Georgia’s Of Montreal have begun to prepare the public for their new album, Skeletal Lamping . The newest offering from the glam/psych-pop band is the release of “Id Engager” 7″ before the album comes out later this fall. For $10 (plus shipping and handling) you’ll get three different versions of the record, all a differently colored vinyl.
