Mechanisburg, Pennsylvania's Alec Koone – aka Balam Acab – can certainly be said to occupy something of a lonesome nether zonal void left in the mournless wake that followed the relieving demise of the ever-gruesome 'witch house' genre categorisation. We ought not forget that SALEM were once perceived to be the savours of all things unholy , that the questionable talents of the trio carried them from one dank corner of the globe to another far-flung yet equally glum. Koone trades in similarly flatulent bass lines while employing equally ethereal vocal strains often warped beyond human recognition [...]
Electronic experimentalist Alec Koone, better known as Balam Acab , will play Twisted Pepper in Dublin on Saturday, February 11th - details below. Playing live, Koone will be dropping eerie jams from is debut record Wander/Wonder and hopefully some remixes too. We have a pair of passes to giveaway, mail us on giveaway@state.ie with your contact details and we'll be in touch. Balam Acab (Live) The Twisted Pepper February 11th 8pm / e12/e10
Highlights : Tune-Yards, BLONDES, Balam Acab, Musicmaker Social, Michael Kiwanuka, !Kaboogie Sixth Birthday with Miss Dynamite. This is the weekly list of recommended gigs taking place over the next seven days in Dublin published every Tuesday. All times are 7.30/8pm unless stated. Feel free to recommend events not present in the comments below. Ticket giveaways: Friday February 10th: !Kaboogie Sixth Birthday: Miss Dynamite, Champion, Lakker, Replete @ Twisted Pepper How to enter - Email freebies@nialler9.com along with your full name, and [...]
Mr B's weekly Sunday doze of chill loving, for the late evening hours - Enjoy! The Bees, Winter Rose - Nicolas Jaar Remix Download here (Right Click, Save As). Tino, Sympathetic Vibrations Dub Download here (Right Click, Save As). Balam Acab, Oh Why - BΔSSCULT Remix Download here (Right Click, Save As). Intrusion, Tswana Dub (Brendon [...]
Pat Grossi, aka Active Child, has announced new tour dates for April and May 2012. Many of them feature Witch House musician Balam Acab. Check out the new dates below as well as Active Child's video for "Hanging On". Read more »
Active Child , the musical project of choirboy-turned-indie-pop musician Pat Grossi, are pleased to announce U.S. tour dates for the months of April and May. The tour will begin on April 27 at The Glass House in Pomona, CA, before heading across the southern U.S. and up the East Coast with stops at venues in Dallas, Washington D.C., and Boston. Active Child will also play two nights in a row in New York City, first at Bowery Ballroom on May ...
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Tweet Listen to and download Superhumanoids ' new song "Geri" from their album "Exhibitionists" . When we first started writing about Superhumanoids it was because of our monster SXSW post, then we threw down an Intro and then we just became a tiny wee bit obsessed with them, offering up anything they'd let us. Though they've been releasing [...]
oOoOO (simply pronounced "oh") has a little too much fun typing, but his songs make up for this. The latest track by the San Francisco based producer is characteristically chilly and ethereal. "NoWayBack" has the same beauty as a spider web in a decaying industrial space, the juxtaposition of gossamer and concrete. Parisian artist ButterClock's sadly bewildered vocals are obscured by hazy reverb and underscored by a trap-hop bass-line. Especially with the low-end drum-machine staggering underneath, this dusky little tune is a nod towards witch-house, in particular Balam Acab. Clean melodic cascades of synth cut through the haze, and skittering beats meander in and out. This is a sexy [...]
Posted in Get Your Gig On The Clink favorite Active Child just updated his tour schedule today & it's got some dates of interest. Namely the Toronto on May 15 @ Lee's Palace. For folks back home, the closest he's getting to Ireland is London on Feb 20th. After being blown away by Active Child when he played The Garrison last [...]
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Tweet Judging by his music, Boston-via-Chicago based musician PONCHOS is a man of many moods. The project, for now, is a one-man-show, James Krivchenia, a 23 year-old whose first encounter with music was playing drums in the 4 th grade. Since then, he's been in numerous bands and has worked mixing and producing different records. His latest project is the "Rawness" EP , which he put out last November and is free to download on his Bandcamp . Just within [...]
Patrick Grossi schedules North American tour.
by Andrew Sacher DOWNLOAD: Superhumanoids - "Geri" (MP3) Active Child at MHOW in 2011 ( more by Erik Erikson ) Active Child has a ton of international tour dates on the way, including Australian and European dates in February and March and a North American tour to follow with support from some pretty impressive openers, Balam Acab and [...]
If you find something you like on this list, download the complimentary MP3 and click the album art, which will take you to the Amazon MP3 page so you can purchase it (some of these albums are $5 or less). 25 // Glassjaw – Coloring Book EP/Our Color Green EP Eight years in the making and completely worth the wait, both the Coloring Book EP and the Our Color Green EP expose the bands reason for generating a dedicated fan base of true post hardcore and [...]
On Wednesday January 11, 2012, Brookyln based electronic label Tri Angle announced the signing of 22 year old UK producer 'Vessel'. The deal is noteworthy as Tri Angle has a reputation for signing up-and-coming indie electronica acts which have gone on to do big things. Specifically, their artists' contributions to the "witch house" genre have been unmatched. Balam Acab, Holy Other, Clams Casino, & How to Dress Well are just a few Tri Angle artists who have achieved notoriety within the blogosphere and amongst underground electronic scenes. So, when Tri Angle announces the signing [...]
Tarot Chords lay before you to conjured more then what we currently have. They tell of a future unlike our own. A future we're in dire need of. The tale of renaissance and the cold rediscovery of the creative spirit. Witch house, drag, ghost drone, dark wave, dark snyth, witch bass, zombie rave and sometimes even seapunk will [...]
Tarot Chords lay before you to conjured more then what we currently have. They tell of a future unlike our own. A future we're in dire need of. The tale of renaissance and the cold rediscovery of the creative spirit. Witch house, drag, ghost drone, dark wave, dark snyth, witch bass, zombie rave and sometimes even seapunk will find their way into the notes of this feature. These sounds are brought to "life" by composers who not only to test the boundaries of music today, but most importantly the paradigms that envelope it. Welcome - You might hear a punky harsh [...]
Another year, another astonishing array of releases to get you through January to December. But where last year had some very clear cut winners across the board (from the likes of Arcade Fire, Kanye West and LCD Soundsystem), this year has not appeared so obvious. But, better late than never, Hotcakes brings you an eclectic list carefully decided by our five writers. Enjoy! 30. Givers - In Light 29. Balam Acab - Wander / Wonder 28. The Black Keys - El Camino 27. Gui Boratti - III [...]
Another year, another astonishing array of releases to get you through January to December. But where last year had some very clear cut winners across the board (from the likes of Arcade Fire, Kanye West and LCD Soundsystem), this year has not appeared so obvious. But, better late than never, Hotcakes brings you an eclectic list carefully decided by our five writers. Enjoy! 30. Givers - In Light 29. Balam Acab - Wander / Wonder 28. The Black Keys - El Camino 27. Gui Boratti - III [...]
Posted in Play-This-List Soundbite Goodbye 2011, it was a year that flew by way too fast, and it was also the year that I truly felt overwhelmed by the amount of music available in all shapes and forms. This post highlights the albums & EPs that we've enjoyed the most over the past year, there's a lot of albums [...]
ALBUMS OF THE YEAR #25 - #21 #25 Sleep Over - Forever - Casual Diamond ( MP3 ) The now-defunkt Pitchfork subsidiary Altered Zones presented, amongst many others, an album stream for Sleep Over's Forever in 2011, the haunting solo project of Stefanie Franciotti. I missed them in Brighton with Pure X in the Autumn, but 'Forever' has been a regular spin encouraged by its gangly synthesised riffs, mountainous mid-range and haunting Warpaint-esque female voices in constant competition. #24 Dirty Beaches - Badlands - Lord Knows Best ( MP3 [...]
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