Posts Tagged ‘Themselves’
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
It’s an outstanding week for heavy music. Unconventional Boston hardcore quartet Converge adds to its eminent catalog with a heaping dose of full-throttle thrash metal, resulting in an album that might be its best to date.
Instrumental rock trio Russian Circles showcases a maturity through complete creations — songs that equally call upon sheer beauty, ascending tension, and caustic force. And heavy-psych super group Shrinebuilder channels cyclical riffs, swirling effects, and meditative breakdowns. (more…)
Tags: Adam McGrath, Al Cisneros, Anticon, Asthmatic Kitty, ATP, Brian Cook, Cave In, Converge, Dale Crover, Epitaph, Fuck Buttons, Genghis Tron, JR Conners, Kurt Ballou, Melvins, Metallica, Mookie Singerman, Neurosis, Neurot, Om, OOIOO, Russian Circles, Saint Vitus, Scott "Wino" Weinrich, Scott Kelly, Shrinebuilder, Stephen Brodsky, Steve Von Till, Sufjan Stevens, Suicide Squeeze, Temporary Residence, The Black Heart Procession, Themselves, These Arms are Snakes, Thrill Jockey
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Diamond Watch Wrists: Ice Capped at Both Ends
Diamond Watch Wrists headlines this week’s picks with an unconventional pop collaboration between Guillermo Scott Herren and Zach Hill.
The duo’s debut is followed closely by the hiatus-breaking mixtape from Themselves, the stunning debut of an Austrian singer/multi-instrumentalist as Soap&Skin, the interesting cover EP from heavy/ambient duo Nadja, and the multi-genre jazz of Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse. (more…)
Tags: A-Ha, Abstrakt Pulse, Aesop Rock, Anja Franziska Plaschg, Anticon, Aphex Twin, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Bjork, Busdriver, Bygones, Corey Wilkes, Delmark, Diamond Watch Wrists, Doseone, Elliot Smith, Guillermo Scott Herren, Hella, Jel, Kevin Nabors, Lester Bowie, My Bloody Valentine, Nadja, Pi, PIAS, Prefuse 73, Savath & Savalas, Scott Hesse, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Slayer, Slug, Soap&Skin, Subtle, Swans, The Cure, The End, Themselves, Warp, Yoni Wolf, Zach Hill
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
After a six-year hiatus, Anticon hip-hop duo Themselves (Doseone and Jel) is back on tour and ready for a new album in August. Ascending jazz organist Wil Blades also hits town, performing with his organ trio and luminous guitarist Jeff Parker of Tortoise. (more…)
Tags: Anticon, Doseone, Jeff Parker, Jel, Themselves, Tortoise, Wil Blades
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
The long-rumored Faith No More reunion has been confirmed (!!!). Vocal heavyweight Mike Patton keeps busy with a feature-film soundtrack, MF Doom drops half his name and a new album, Dengue Fever provides accompaniment to The Lost World, hip-hop duo Themselves returns, and much more. (more…)
Tags: Adam Yauch, Adult Swim, Anticon, Atmosphere, Beastie Boys, Billy Gould, Cage, Definitive Jux, Dengue Fever, Dinosaur Jr., Doseone, Faith No More, Grizzly Bear, Jagjaguwar, Jel, Lex, MF Doom, Mike Patton, Mogwai, Napalm Death, P.O.S., Themselves, Toxic Holocaust, Warp
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Femi Kuti confirms US tour dates, Ennio Morricone will write music for Quentin Tarantino, and we have previews for new albums by Andrew Bird, Burnt by the Sun, William Elliot Whitmore, and Powersolo. Read on.
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Tags: Alias, Andrew Bird, Anticon, Buck 65, Burnt by the Sun, Doseone, Dosh, Ennio Morricone, Femi Kuti, Genghis Tron, Jel, Lymbyc Systym, Nick Cave, Nine Inch Nails, Odd Nosdam, Powersolo, Sole, Themselves, Tim Fite, Why?, William Elliot Whitmore, Zombi
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A trio of pairs top our list this week. Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray unleash their third disc of old-school roots rock and rockabilly as Heavy Trash, collaborating with a bona fide cast of contributors to create some of its finest tunes on a disc that expands its repertoire.
