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Also out this week is Jorge Ben's Jorge Ben , a reissue well worthy of your interest. Fans of Brazilian samba and Tropicália take note: Ben's albums are treasures, and this one is no exception. Tussle Cream Cuts (Smalltown Supersound) Tussle's latest finds the band capitalizing on their malleable drum and bass roots, reaching new heights with a pastiche of urban trends. The result is a sort of psychedelic...
Krautrock-indebted San Fran set Tussle are gearing up to issue their third LP, Cream Cuts , on August 26 via the Smalltown Supersound imprint. Hot Chip's own Alexis Taylor joins the band on Cream cut "Titan", while original Tussle bassist and current Vetiver leader Andy Cabic chimes in on a number of tracks. The new disc was produced by Thom Monahan, a friend of Cabic's who has helmed sessions for...
Due in August, three tracks, all of them long With three tracks ranging from a generous 10 minutes to a hefty 28+, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm 's previously reported solo debut LP, Where You Go I Go Too , is due August 18 from Smalltown Supersound /Feedelity. (Yes, its release date has been pushed from June 2.) The Norwegian producer, perhaps best known for the more bite-sized cuts collected on 2006's fantastic...
Norwegian producer Joachim Dyrdahl-- who studied classical violin and mathematics before releasing singles on labels run by Prins Thomas and the Get Physical crew-- issues an impressive electro-disco debut for Smalltown Supersound.
Some links of interest: US music festival: Austin City Limits - Lineup Label feature: Drowned in Sound - Features - The House that punk built: Italians Do It Better Artists B12 2008 Album: themilkfactory - NEWS: B12 release first new album in 12 years David Byrne and Brian Eno superb news: Drowned in Sound - News - David Byrne and Brian Eno finishing up new record Darkseed reissues: BLABBERMOUTH.NET...
San Francisco-based Texan Dominique Leone is maybe best known as the Pitchfork writer guys got crushed out on for her totally rad taste in prog, electronics, psychedelia, and various outsider musics. Thing is, Dominique's a dude. Most people eventually figured that out. Another thing, Leone's also a classically trained musician, which maybe some folks are just figuring out now. As good an intro as...
SUBSCRIBE NOW DIRECTLY THROUGH ITUNES I don’t blame you for thinking this is an April fools joke. Truth is, I can’t even justify why it’s taken over a year to get another podcast together. I really do enjoy doing them and the beginning of the year has been a particularly exciting time for music. I guess [...]
The Future Sound of Oslo? A few years ago that idea may have required some creative editorial, but these days it’s impossible to deny the talent that keeps coming out of Norway. Smalltown Supersound, the label responsible for stateside releases from Jaga Jazzist, Bjørn Torske, Kim Hiorthøy and Lindstrøm, may also be guilty of accelerating [...]
I was first turned on to Bing Ji Ling (real name Quinn Luke) by my friend Charlie Hall, drummer extraordinaire (War On Drugs, Trouble With Sweeney, Windsor For the Derby, Tommy Guerrero, etc). Charlie's been living in Philly however I recently ran into Charlie and Bing at South By; they were in town to play a a couple of shows including the soul-explosion showcase on Saturday night at a Ubiquity Records...
Diskjokke - Interpolation (Smalltown Supersound 2008) Diskjokke - Staying In / Smalltown Supersound This past weekend was disconcerting. I woke up on Friday morning thinking it was Saturday for some reason. I woke up on Sunday morning and realized that I had lost an hour of sleep and all of my clocks had jumped ahead an hour without reminding me why. I woke up on Saturday morning thinking it was last...
Following the successful Rock Opera event in San Francisco a few months ago for the Opera Link launch, we’re having another one, this time in Austin, Texas for SXSW (South by South West).This “Rock Opera” event will feature several great rock bands from Los Angeles: Gliss, Sabrosa Purr, Taxi Doll, and Austin-natives Lomita and Oliver [...]
Some links of interest: 2nd issue of woofah - Reggae / Grime / Dubstep magazine: uncarved.org blog - Blog Archive - woofah 2 imminent BBC @ SXSW: BBC - Music - South by SouthWest Blog MTV and Myspace get together: MTV and MySpace band together for music chart show | Media | guardian.co.uk The role of A&Rs: Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - music: A&Rs are the unsung heroes of the music industry New issue...
Space disco hero Hans-Peter Lindstrøm already runs one label, Feedelity , but he has extended his reach even further with the creation of a new one. Strømland Records is the new label's name, and it was formed in collaboration with Joakim Haugland, who himself founded Smalltown Supersound . For their first release on Strømland, the two men have tapped Feedelity artist Dominique Leone , whose name...
