rock
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12 Bar Bruise by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is a garage rock group with both noisy elements and pop sensibilities. The band just released 12 Bar Blues, a twelve-track release which you can stream above via their Bandcamp.
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Garage punk outfit Spider Bags drops a new 7″ single with the wonderfully fast and blunt “Papa Was A Shithead” as the a-side. Stream it via the widget above, and grab a copy here.
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Punk rock and post-hardcore outfit Title Fight drops a hilariously disturbing video for one of their latest tracks, “Secret Society.” Considering the video details a bloody crime of passion committed by a pre-pubescent girl who has a crush on some motorcycle-riding dbag, I’m not surprised the comments have been
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Illusory by Absvrdist Absvrdist angrily combines elements of black metal and grindcore. They throw a few thrashy, pit-friendly riffs into the mix as well. Surprisingly, the extremely intense layers of distorted guitars, raw drums, and gruesome vocals on this new album of theirs, Illusory, are created by just two people.
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Dumb Fun by The Keepsies The Keepsies are a New York trio, and among the musicians involved is Jason Kelly of Fergus & Geronimo. If you’ve heard that duo’s work–especially their 2010 album “unlearn.”, the somewhat vintage rock aesthetic the Keepsies projects shouldn’t be too much
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Indie rock sweetheart Telekinesis takes it upon himself to cover the great PJ Harvey on this new version of “This Is Love,” which was originally conceived for 2000’s Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea. Oh, and did you hear PJ’s album last year? Boss!!!! /via/
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Rangda drops a new track from its forthcoming album on Drag City, Formerly Extinct.
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Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum drops another track from what’s going to be his second full-length album this year, Ocean Roar. It’s a slow, serene ballad featuring the kind of atmospheric synths that were so prevalent on this albums predecessor, Clear Moon. Some of Phil’s lyrics leave
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Swans return to their freaky, challenging, twisted selves on this new new album, the Seer. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Attached to the grainy, 29-minute video embedded above, you’ll find an audio track that features the new Deerhoof album in its entirety. The title, Breakup Song, which, when I first heard of the title, I thought it was the band’s swan song or something. Thankfully, it’s not.
