Here is the latest GIMME TINNITUS Radio Time . Listen. Downloadable: GTRT 04-28-13 :: GIMME TINNITUS Radio Time (mp3) The Playlist: Notes & Chords Mean Nothing To Me by Monkeywrench Louie Louie by The Sonics What'cha Gonna Do About It? (mp3) by Condo Fucks The Drag (mp3) by Ty Segall Who Do You Love by The Woolies Pink Gorilla by White Fence [...]
It's tough to name-check windmills without bringing up the image of tilting at them. The unhinged squalls that rattle throughout Total Folklore , the second solo album from Parts & Labor' s Dan Friel , honor the characters implied in the track list. Like Ulysses and Don Quixote, Total Folklore is both bitingly clever and completely insane. Through an inscrutable network of synths, pedals, and scavenged machinery, Friel floods familiar pop structures with alien noise. While some electronic music doesn't mind bearing the stamp of a particular Ableton patch or Moog preset, none of [...]
When Parts & Labor announced their retirement, an audible howl of anguish came forth from BBO terraces; gentle tears dripped from our cheeks and short-circuited the resistors and wires as we knelt in silence over our shrine to the Brooklyn noise popsters. But dry your eyes mate. It became apparent not long after this despairing news that Dan Friel was going it alone and taking much of what made Parts & Labor so great with him; Total Folklore is the result. Stripping away the vocal element of P&L, Friel delivers an album of top-notch [...]
When I speak with Dan Friel a few weeks before the release of Total Folklore, the former Parts & Labor frontman’s longest and most colossal-sounding solo album to date, he’s sitting in a taxi cab, ... read more
Meghan Remy has typically worked alone at songwriting and performing in her experimental pop project, U.S. Girls . But this time around on her fourth album, GEM , released late last year, she enlisted a bit of outside assistance to help her bring her ideas to fuller fruition. Her husband, Toronto musician Slim Twig helped in the production and recording of the album this time around, helping shine a bit of daylight on her gritty basement sound. Although Meg toured with a band last year on some European dates, she was back playing solo [...]
Dan Friel's song, "Thumper", continues to amaze us, just visually this time. Former Brooklyn noise-rock collective Parts & Labor member Dan Friel will release a new solo album, Total Folklore, on February 19th...
Listen to Dan Friel's song, "Thumper", which is a more appropriate name than toe tapper. Former Brooklyn noise-rock collective Parts & Labor member Dan Friel will release a new solo album, Total Folklore, on February 19th through Thrill Jockey Records . He's released the experimental noise conundrum that [...]
Noisemaker Dan Friel has shared another track from his first post- Parts & Labor full length LP, Total Folklore . The LP is set for release on February 19th via Thrill Jockey . Listen. Downloadable: Thumper (mp3) ( soundcloud ) Friel has also been crafting some hand-made music boxes. Thrill Jockey is giving one away that plays the song "Thumper". Here is a little demo . Watch. To be entered to win it all you [...]
Parts & Labor frontman Dan Friel has a new glitchy, noisy, and melodic solo album on the way via Thrill Jockey Records , and the title is Total Folklore . The first track to drop from it is streaming above, "Thumper." It's as abrasive as it is beautifully shimmering. Look for this LP on Feb. 19th.
The GIMME TINNITUS best of 2012 coverage continues with my 15 favorite music videos from this year. Brand New Thing by MiniBoone Downloadable: Brand New Thing (mp3) The Gold We're Digging (Live @ 285 Kent) (youtube) by Parts & Labor Wet Blanket (youtube) by METZ [...]
Recommended Show: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 PARTS AND LABOR, ONEIDA, NEPTUNE, & NOVELLER @ 285 KENT AVENUE 285 Kent Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 $10, 8PM This is it. After tonight Parts and Labor go on indefinite hiatus, and it's harder to think of a more appropriate lineup. Ex-member Noveller , Boston junk rockers Neptune , and label-mates Oneida all join the bill. Dustin Wong @ La Sala Damned Dogs & Soft Circle @ New Museum Javelin, [...]
Well, this sucks. The noisy New York band Parts and Labor will be packing up their knobs and pedals in early 2012, going on indefinite hiatus. They'll have a few local shows before it all ends (including a performance next week at CMJ), and one out of town show in Ithaca. The full schedule for the last days of the band is below. Parts and Labor tour dates: 10/19/11 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool 11/18/11 - Brooklyn, NY - Death by Audio 12/03/11 - [...]
NYC's Parts and Labor are one of the few rock bands on the scene today to successfully and convincingly integrate electronics into their sound (Way haywire electronics, I should add), and have always been a favorite of both I Rock Cleveland and the Cleveland concert audience in general. Now, after ten years, they're placing themselves on indefinite hiatus. BJ Warshaw and Dan Friel have both released solo albums in the past utilizing massive spreads of hacked electronics, similar to those of P&L, and it remains to be seen whether they'll pursue solo careers or bring that same, short-circuit waiting [...]
Watch the top ten performances of The AV Club's spectacular Undercover Series, featuring Iron and Wine, Wye Oak, the Mountain Goats, They Might Be Giants, and more!
OK, sure, earthquakes on the East Coast. Why not? Minimal damage = license to snark. Nevermind that the first few moments of fear are about as real a glimpse into our disaster instincts as you could hope to get. Unfortunately, I can imagine my last frantic hours played out inside a Sci-Fi channel disaster movie. As chance would have it, the song I had intended to post actually fits into this new context. So here's the thing about monster rock. Usually, it's some big bloozy dinosaur-type thing that stomps onto the scene and [...]
Compiling a list like our recent Best Albums of 2011 (So Far) typically leaves one with two thoughts. The first is: which records that have yet to come out will appear on the year-end list? With one of our favorite artists seemingly announcing a new album every day (Jay-Z & Kanye West, Girls, Active Child, M83, Feist, Pusha T, Dum Dum Girls, St. Vincent ...), the answer is likely: lots of them. The second, more troubling question, is: which albums did we miss? In the 21st century the constant deluge of new music can be overwhelming, [...]
Static 502 from Static on Vimeo . I'm trying to get into a rhythm with these shows. I know I haven't put any interviews in them, yet (I have a few in the can that I haven't don anything with), but I feel like keeping the momentum going is good for the both of us. Here is the track list for the above show. As usual they are in order of appearance. Hopefully it will be on TV in the coming week; my internet is disgustingly slow. [...]
Sarah Lipstate, a Brooklyn, NY transplant and former member of Parts & Labor and One Umbrella, has released her fourth album Glacial Glow , a themed foray into cinematic instrumental wisdom. Each track is very distinct and cleverly labelled but let me lay down what this is. Eight songs averaging around four minutes a song, none exceeding six minutes and none below 3:40 besides the intro. This is heavily acoustic, and one hundred percent absent of vocals; music that would be absolutely unarguably perfect on an indie movie soundtrack. "Alone Star" could easily be nominated for an [...]
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If you thought I died then that's silly. I been here, just busy as all get out between work and then holidays and then the Open'er Festival. I've had this digest simmering for an extended minute now so cool kids take a chill pill if you are already up on these. Rock on folks and expect vol. 25 sooner than soon. Right-click to download mp3s /// ZIP file below /// For more jams by any of these artists use the ‘tags’ links at the bottom of the post! NEW RELEVENT [...]
It is time for the third volume of the Best Downloadables of 2011 . You can download any or all of the tracks at your leisure or you can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom left of the page. If you are using Chrome you should really think about installing the awesome ex.fm extension (especially if you use last.fm ). Listen. Downloadables: Nametag (mp3) by 10k Cities [...]
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