Cut Chemist: Die Cut (A Stable Sound)
Los Angelos-based DJ/producer Cut Chemist has been on the scene since the mid-’90s, recording solo material and working with notables such as Unity Committee, Jurassic 5, and Ozomatli. On April 10, he released his first solo cut in six years: the single “Outro (Revisited),” featuring underground rapper Blackbird (who’s also a part of Chemist’s upcoming album, Die Cut).
Father John Misty: Fear Fun (Sub Pop, 5/1/12)
“Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings”
[audio:https://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Father_John_Misty_Hollywood_Forever_Cemetery_Sings.mp3|titles=Father John Misty: “Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings”]Everyone who wants to see a man rip his arm off and beat himself with it, line up here. It’s opening day for Joshua Tillman’s new act, and he promises some violence as part of the transformation from J. Tillman as Sad-Bastard Acoustic Folk Singer to J. Tillman as Father John Misty, a new moniker for a new style and new album, Fear Fun.
Aesop Rock: Skelethon (Rhymesayers, 7/10/12)
Indie-rap icon Aesop Rock is releasing his first solo album in five years, Skelethon, on July 10. The followup LP to None Shall Pass features full production by Aesop as well as a small clan of contributors, including Allyson Baker of Dirty Ghosts, Kimya Dawson, and the other members of Hail Mary Mallon.
The video for “Zero Dark Thirty,” the first track released off his forthcoming album, shows a stoic, subdued Aesop reclined against a wall while time-lapse murals are painted and painted over behind him. Though the concept may be straightforward, the effect leaves a lasting impression.
In recent years, Buenos Aires, Argentina, has become a hub for the underground South American electronic movement. Now a number of the scene’s most innovative artists, including Tremor, Mati Zundel, La Yegros, King Coya, and more, are united on the compilation Future Sounds of Buenos Aires.
Bill Brown: Dreamwhip (Microcosm)
Most of us don’t feel like we have time to drive around or see the world. We have commitments, responsibilities — what we see as our lives, basically. We think of ourselves as stationary individuals, and traveling is something that we do for a week or two, maybe, when we’re not too busy or when we’ve been planning this for months in advance. Thinking of a life in non-stationary terms involves a huge shift in our frame of reference in order to even imagine the possibility. And yet there are others, for whom driving and drifting is life. Travel is almost a compulsion; being grounded takes on a new meaning in the context of highways, and living is defined as something else entirely.
Rejoice, lovers of sludge and noise. It was announced today via Facebook that Old Man Gloom, comprised of members of Converge, Isis, Cave In, and Zozobra, will release a brand-new album titled NO on June 26. The album will be released on member Aaron Turner’s label, Hydra Head, marking the first material that the band has released since the coveted Christmas in 2004.