“Psych” and “groove” are not mutually exclusive terms, as Berlin boys Black Magic Tree prove on their sexy second album. This beaut of a psych-based record is unforced, fun, unpretentious and, simply put, a pleasure to listen to. Read my full review on Treble.
Long-lost cousins, maybe?
Joey Santiago no es de Santiago, Chile – su tierra nativo es las Filipinas. Pero con canciones como “Isla de Encanta” y “Vamos,” siempre hemos ponderado cuál es la conexión entre los Pixies y la lengua español. Esperamos que tenemos tanta confianza con la idioma para compartir con ustedes una entrevista española con el guitarrista.
Aqui son las consecuencias del experimento:
Muchísimas gracias para la entrevista, señor Santiago. ¿Por qué a veces hablan en español los Pixies si tú y Charles no sabe como hablarlo?
Joey Santiago: Charles estudió en Puerto Rico para un semestre y se hagó muy fluido en español. Podría decir que su experiencia en Puerto Rico tuvo una influencia fuerte para [la banda] cantar en español. Otra razón fuerte es que simplemente que oye bien.
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A 75-minute album consisting of one song divided into seven parts, of course this is a psychedelic album. Copenhagen instrumentalists Papir are fully accepting and aware of their identity, knows exactly what they are and what they have the capability to do: exert a Svengali-like control over a willing audience. Read my review of IX on Treble.
Perdition Temple’s Malign Apotheosis (Hells Headbangers)
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1349 – Winter Mass (Black Metal Promotion)
Aktor – Professori (Season Two) (High Roller)
Alexisonfire – House of Strombo (Live in Toronto, ON 2019) (Dine Alone)
All We Leave Behind – In Absence of Light (Octopus Rising)
Amerakin Overdose – Feliz Navidad single
Ancient Settlers – Autumnus (Revisited) EP (Scarlet)
Autopsy – Shitfun 30th anniversary vinyl edition (Peaceville)
Blackbear – Britney in ’07 single
Blut Aus Nord – Ethereal Horizons (Debemur Morti)
Bratmobile – Real Janelle & The Peel Session vinyl reissue (Kill Rock Stars)
Melissa Carper – Very Carper Christmas (Soundly)
City and Colour – Sometimes Lullaby (Dine Alone)
Crash Richard – Sensitive Devil
Nick D’Virgilio – Rewiring Genesis: Tribute to The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Inside Out)
Dead and Dripping – Nefarious Scintillations (Transcending Obscurity)
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Equilibrium – Equinox (Nuclear Blast)
Excide – Bastard Hymns (SharpTone)
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One imagines that Italy’s Void of Sleep turns in a rider for every tour that simply requests “Smoke machines. And more smoke machines. Did we mention we need a lot of smoke machines? We refuse to perform without smoke machines.” Read my review of their new album, The Abyss Into Which We All Have to Stare, on Treble.
Strapped for cash but hungry for great music? You won’t have much luck camping out at the grocery store these days; Bandcamp is a way better destination. Here’s a rundown of 10 rad releases, about half of them newly released, that The Bad Penny recently came across on Bandcamp.
(Note: If you do have some green to spare, please show your thanks to these deserving artists and labels.)
1. Dead and Dripping’s Nefarious Scintillations (Transcending Obscurity)
The physical editions of this release by New Jersey’s brutal death metal band Dead and Dripping aren’t out till tomorrow, but the always-generous Transcending Obscurity Records granted us the digital version early – and for free. Fans of Suffocation and Wormed will eat up this latest journey into the grotesque courtesy of Evan Daniele, who is responsible for every lick of music and even the artwork that comes with Nefarious Scintillations.
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rom the Jesus Lizard to Shellac to Local H to Rod Blagojevich, Chicago has produced some of the fiercest bands of the past 30 years. On fire right now is Something Is Waiting, who released a thoroughly raucous live record, Livelick, roughly a year ago via Learning Curve Records, which appears stronger than ever in its 25th year as a label.
As we’ve come to discover over the 13 months since The Bad Penny launched Pet Sounds, the most seemingly intimidating musicians tend to have the biggest hearts, especially toward cats (and dogs too, but it appears that cats have the edge). The latest example we’ve come across is Something Is Waiting guitarist/bassist William T. Fay, who has three cats: Sega (16 years old), Ripley (8) and Newt (7).
All three cats are domestic shorthairs; Sega is a calico, Ripley a quarter-trash-bag/ raccoon and Newt a tortoiseshell. We recently clawed at Fay for more info on his beloved buddies, and here’s how our conversation went.
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Are we hearing what La Luz did on News of the Universe, or is the band — which has parted ways with five members over the course of the same number of records — pulling a forced perspective trick here? We’re pretty sure it’s the latter. Read my review of La Luz’s Extra! Extra! EP on Treble.
