Posts Tagged ‘Anti’
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
An iconic poet/musician whose soulful spoken-word style helped give rise to rapping, Gil Scott-Heron presents his second “comeback” album this week — an atmospheric, down-tempo disc of diversity that is produced by XL owner Richard Russell.
Crafting powerful folk abstractions and interwoven, trance-inducing vocal dynamics, Pillars and Tongues issues a new LP and download; metal behemoths Arsis boast more tireless harmonized shredding; dance-pop quintet Hot Chip shines with a diversity of synth sounds; and internationally beloved electronic producers Massive Attack end a seven-year album drought. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Arsis, Astralwerks, Beak, Bluebrain, Blur, Endless Nest, Galactic, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Gil Scott-Heron, Hot Chip, Huun Huur Tu, Indie Recordings, Lujo, Martina Topley-Bird, Massive Attack, Mazzy Star, Nuclear Blast, Pillars and Tongues, Portishead, Shining (Sweden), Smog Veil, This Moment in Black History, TV on the Radio, Ubiquity, XL
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
As Trey Spruance’s unparalleled Secret Chiefs 3 sets its sights on the Italian giallo horror/erotica genre, hardcore behemoths Coalesce return from a 10-year full-length drought.
The fast-talking, pinched-nose intonations of Busdriver resurface, The Horse’s Ha makes a dual-vocal folk debut, and guitarist Stian Westerhus issues a limited-edition vinyl solo work.
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Tags: Anti, Boy Sets Fire, Bruna Nicolai, Busdriver, Charles Rumback, Coalesce, Colorlist, Daedelus, Ennio Morricone, Freakwater, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Goblin, Hidden Agenda, Idi Amin, Jaga Jazzist, James Elkington, Janet Beveridge Bean, Jeremy Enigk, Kneebody, Leaves, Led Zeppelin, Michael Richards, Mimicry, Monolithic, Nick Macri, Puma, Regan Farquhar, Relapse, Rune Grammofon, Sean Ingram, Secret Chiefs 3, Stian Westerhus, The Horse's Ha, The Last Record Co., The Traditionalists, The Zincs, Trey Spruance, Vandermark 5
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Hella returns as a duo; Converge posts a studio preview of a new song; Busdriver, Shining (Norway), Om, Russian Circles and Aphex Twin all have new albums on the way. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Aphex Twin, Busdriver, Chrome Hoof, Converge, Deathwish Inc., Drag City, Epitaph, Hella, Michael McCamish, Nils Frykdahl, Om, Rune Grammofon, Russian Circles, Shining, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Spencer Seim, Steve Albini, Suicide Squeeze, The Fear, Warp, Zach Hill
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
As we make our rounds this weekend, we plan to catch soulful folk crooner William Elliot Whitmore, multi-genre rapper Serengeti, rock/jazz/electronic quintet Zing!, and a local festival (Chicago Soundmap 2009) that asks selected composers to balance improvisation and composition. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Brian Labycz, Exploding Star Orchestra, FT (the Shadow Government), Jason Roebke, Jason Stein, Jim Baker, Keefe Jackson, Kyle Bruckmann, Lozenge, Meat Number 5, Pink Mountain, Polyphonic, Serengeti, Whistler, William Elliot Whitmore, Yoome, Zing!
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Zu: Carboniferous
As Italian sludge-jazz trio Zu heads in a heavier direction with its Ipecac debut, raspy folk crooner William Elliot Whitmore accents his banjo-based tunes with extra instrumentation. Irepress gets epic, Tombs doles out punishment, and Odd Nosdam goes skateboarding. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Anticon, Faith No More, His Hero is Gone, Ipecac, Irepress, Mike Patton, Odd Nosdam, Relapse, Tombs, Translation Loss, William Elliot Whitmore, Zu
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
Our list of favorites from last year includes devastating dub metal, organ-fueled psychedelic grind, a re-released classic-rock gem from nearly four decades ago, an international assemblage of punk-infused field recordings, and an Indian/surf/metal take on John Zorn’s Masada material. (more…)
Tags: An Albatross, Anti, Anticon, Bloodshot, Dub Trio, Eyeball, Firewater, Fucked Up, Grinderman, Hydra Head, Ipecac, John Zorn, Light in the Attic, Masada, Matador, Mike Patton, Mogwai, Naked City, Nick Cave, Rodriguez, Roky Erickson, Secret Chiefs 3, SteadyBoy, Torche, Trey Spruance, Tzadik, Why?, Yoni Wolf
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
More details emerge about the upcoming Supermachiner release; the Shrinebuilder super-group begins recording; Mono announces a new album; Orange Tulip Conspiracy announces a full US tour for May. Get these and 10 other news bit after the jump. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Big Business, Billy Martin, Bygones, Cattle Decapitation, Converge, Dale Crover, Deathwish Inc., Estradasphere, Fucked Up, Grandaddy, Hatebreed, Hydra Head, Jacob Bannon, Jason Schimmel, JD Wilkes, Jeff Parker, Kaki King, Kurt Ballou, Marco Benevento, Mastodon, Melvins, Mono, Neurosis, Neurot, Om, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Pig Destroyer, Reed Mathis, Sargent House, Scott Amendola, Sepultura, Shrinebuilder, Skerik, Sleep, Stones Throw, Supermachiner, Temporary Residence, Tera Melos, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers, The Hidden Hand, Torche, Toshi Kasai, Trash Talk, Zach Hill
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
Fantômas
Fantômas plays The Director’s Cut in its entirety, Jon Brion posts an instrumental tune, Tim Fite releases a free Halloween EP, MySpace posts the Ben Folds Five performance of The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, and much more…
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Tags: Anti, Ben Folds Five, Bjork, Chrome Hoof, Deathwish Inc., Disfear, Doomriders, Estradasphere, Fantomas, Ipecac, Jon Brion, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Tim Fite, Tipsy, William Elliot Whitmore, Zach Hill
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Holland’s newest album, The Living and the Dead, offers a laid-back Americana folk feel, providing a nice contrast to the blues and jazz approach on her last album, Spring Time Can Kill You. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Jolie Holland
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Fusing Indian music, 1970s film noir, and psychedelic sounds into heavy acoustic and electric rock, Portland’s Grails tops a lengthy list of great albums out this week. Earthless, Young Widows, Jolie Holland, Fucked Up, and East Coast Avengers are just a handful of our editors’ other picks.
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Tags: Anti, Atavistic, Brick, Desalvo, Earthless, East Coast Avengers, FatCat, Fucked Up, Grails, Hauschka, Jesus Lizard, Jolie Holland, Kill Rock Stars, Marnie Stern, Matador, Mogwai, Rock Action, Sun Ra, Tee Pee, Temporary Residence, Young Widows
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are readying themselves for the spring release and tour supporting Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, their fourteenth studio album. The band has also planned to release the title track as a single February 18th, and the full-length will be available in the U.S. April 8th from Anti-. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Mute, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Despite increasingly miserable mainstream hits (how can the radio get any worse?), 2007 was an excellent, indulgent, fulfilling year of music. Here is a look at our favorite ten albums of the year. (more…)
Tags: Anti, Bad Brains, Big Business, Brother Ali, Dead Oceans, Exploding Star Orchestra, Grinderman, Heavy Trash, High on Fire, Hydra Head, Ipecac, Jon Spencer, Megaforce, Melvins, Nick Cave, Phosphorescent, Relapse, Rhymesayers, Thrill Jockey, Tinariwen, Tomahawk, World Village, Yep Roc
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