One of the more under-the-radar offerings at Record Store Day tomorrow will be a reissue of the Face Of Another , a 1985 EP from Turning Shrines, a side project led by Psychic TV member Fred Giannelli. The reissue will also come with a bonus 73, and it's got Violens frontman Jorge Elbrecht, also a former member of the conceptual synthpop project Lansing-Dreiden, covering Turning Shrines' " 1/4 Circle Black ," with California narco-folkie Tamaryn adding vocals. Got all that? No? Well, the song is a prettily trippy balm for a chaotic afternoon, and you can hear it below. [...]
Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago ? Listen to the March 2012 One Year Ago Mix and find out. You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Downloadables: [...]
2012 ne fut pas une année musicale pourrie mais pas une grandiose non plus. J'ai eu du mal à choisir un top 1, j'ai même pendant quelques instants hésité à commencer mon top au top 2... Mais bon, le vainqueur est beau puisque c'est Field Music qui gagne. Wouaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iis! Même si ce n'est pas le meilleur album des frères « dieux » Brewis, il est au dessus du lot (46). Les chansons singulières sont toujours là mais c'est surtout leur style qui a fait la différence: aucun [...]
For the rest of the year, we'll be spotlighting our KEXP DJs Top Albums of 2012 . You can see what our listeners voted for as their Top Albums of 2012 here . None of these albums are on that list. The Sea & Cake at KEXP, 11/03/12 // photo credit: Janice Headley Janice's 2012 Top Ten Albums As I've mentioned in previous years , I'm not a DJ here at KEXP -- I work behind-the-scenes in the Programming Department, [...]
There were albums I loved, albums I liked, albums I appreciated and albums I avoided in 2012. Because of my regional focus, I spent an inordinate amount of time with music from Los Angeles artists . And strangely for me, a lot of the hyped bands failed to resonate; stuck in traffic, I'd rather have played that Killers album or one of the Green Day discs than Alt-J. I'm sure it was just a phase. For what it's worth, my favorite 20 albums of the year: [...]
Music videos are a rarely mentioned factor of many of the images that come to mind when we listen to music. In 2012, some of these videos were not only fantastic, they defied expectation in every regard. So whether you were thinking of ballerinas, birdmen, your computer coming to life or launching into space on a homemade spaceship or not, these artists have indelibly ingrained these images into our minds forever. These videos are as much pieces of art as the songs themselves and the best of the best of 2012: #10 Ski Lodge: I Would Die To [...]
Surfing on Steam’s 20 favorite albums of 2012. Click here to see 11-20. 1. Death Grips - The Money Store Let me start by saying that the act of releasing their second album of 2012 (NO LOVE DEEP WEB) by dropping it for free online then promoting an us vs. them mentality where musicians sign record deals only to try and attempt an obnoxious online breakup is a flat-out embarrassment and publicity failure for Death Grips. And, WTF is a band like Death Grips doing on [...]
"Der Microarc" is one of the pop jewels released this year. Dug-in somewhere very deep in 80's pop and post-punk lies this phenomenal band living in 2012 who run circles around 99% of all indie acts. Their songs are polished, layered, crisp, textured, and so carefully pondered. Every detail and note seems too perfect, and it is. I think that there must be some point in a band's career where they do exactly what they want and everything just sounds golden, which I imagine requires some big-ass blinders to mute all of the horrific press outlets and internet-gasms that distract [...]
By Ace Ubas For Check Yo Ponytail 2 ’s latest show on Tuesday night at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, they brought together acts ranging from darkwave ( Cold Showers ) and psychedelic rock ( Violens ) to ear-blistering (or damaging) shoegaze garage rock (headliners DIIV ). While the show itself didn’t draw a crowd big enough to meet Echoplex standards, the only thing that mattered was that the acts put on a show good enough for the crowd to ...
photo by Jim Bennett Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription . This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s selection is “Every Melting Degree” by Violens from the 2012 album True on Slumberland . Violens - Every Melting Degree ( MP3 ) Formed in 2007 by former Lansing-Dreiden [...]
Enjoy their take on 'I Want You Now & Always' via SoundCloud. Watch 'A Vision Of Hell, Nineteen Ninety-Six' here. Violens recently dropped by KEXP. Purchase The Ice Choir items via Insound. MP3: The Ice Choir - Everything Is Spoilt By Use
Muziek uit Brooklyn, New York van Violens . Een band, onder leiding van Jorge Elbrecht, die in 2007 voortkwam uit Lansing-Dreiden . Het nieuwe album van het trio heet True en is verschenen bij Slumberland . Een fijne mix van dromerige shoegaze en sixtiespop. MP3: Violens - Totally True Subscribe in a reader
The VIOLENS are a dreamy, atmospheric, pop-rocking, five-year-old Brooklyn based trio who are two albums in and on a hot hot muggy London summer's eve were happy to have a cup of coffee with me ahead of their gig at Hoxton Bar & Grill. Check out the interview with Violens as we chat about their current tour, playing Japan, their American shows and the difference between playing the east and the west coast, their post-tour plans, self-producing, the 90s revival, plus more.
It's been awhile, but it's back. Our monthly music mix, Blogophilia, features tracks that were primarily offered as promotional mp3s in May and June. We highly recommend tracks from the Crocodiles , Fang Island , Two Wounded Birds , Twin Shadow , and Grand Resort . Plus, you have to hear the Fort Frances cover of Simon and Garfunkel 's " The Only Living Boy in New York." As always, enjoy! Blogophilia 38 Promotional MP3s [...]
@Violens Género: Indie pop, jangle pop. Iddo Arad (synthesizer, vocals), Ben Brantley (bass), Jorge Elbrecht (vocals, guitar) y Kris King (drums) son de NYC, instalados en Brooklyn, claro, y forman Violens . Se estrenaron de largo el 2010 con Amoral , una de las gratas sorpresas de ese año. El 10 de septiembre prevén True con 12 cortes, en el que Unfolding Black Wings ocupará el meridiano. Su adoración por los noventa lo concretan en esta canción nerviosa, con guitarras apresuradas, voces delirantes, [...]
En la edición #684, Boris Orellana y Claudio Ruiz presentaron lo más reciente de Violens ( True ), el nuevo álbum homónimo del proyecto afro punk Antibalas y el rock psicodélico del combo Ty Segall & White Fence ( Hair ). Además, en el apartado clásicos revisaron I could live in hope (1993), el debut del trío Low. MP3: Super 45 Podcast # 684 (jueves 09 de agosto, 2012) Suscríbete al Podcast de Super45 Suscríbete al Podcast de Super45 en [...]
Recuerden que como cada semana Super 45 en Radio Zero (97.7) va por partida doble: martes y jueves desde las 22:00 horas. Hoy Boris Orellana y Claudio Ruiz en la edición #684 de Super 45 en Radio Zero comentarán los trabajos más recientes del trío neoyorquino Violens ( True ), el nuevo álbum homónimo del proyecto afro punk Antibalas y el rock psicodélico del combo Ty Segall & White Fence ( Hair ). Además, en el apartado clásicos revisarán I could live in hope (1993), el debut del trío Low. Mira más [...]
Martes 07.08.2012 Jueves 09.08.2012 Radio Zero 97.7 22:00 hrs. Como cada semana Super 45 se transmite por Radio Zero y vamos por partida doble: martes y jueves desde las 22:00 horas. En la edición del martes 7 de agosto Boris Orellana y Claudio Ruiz comentarán lo más reciente de Laetitia Sadier ( Silencio ), Dr. John ( Locked down ), Alabama Shakes ( Boys & Girls ) y el momento nostálgico con Sugar y su [...]
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