Battles return this week in all of their mathy, jazzy, weirdo glory. “The Yabba” is the first single (term used loosely) off of La Di Da Di, and the band gave the song a video just as slightly-left-of-center as it deserves.
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Waiting with bated breath for something new from Night Beats? Let LA’s Mystic Braves help hold you over with “Great Company”, which could have been teleported here straight from the 13th Floor Elevators’ rehearsal space.
Here’s an easy way to burn an hour. Sonic Youth playing at London’s Brixton Academy in the early 90’s. They actually shared a bill with Pavement that night. The audio and video quality here are pretty good by bootleg standards, so feel free to enjoy the whole thing. And if you don’t have an hour to kill, “Kool Thing” starts around 10:30.
Man, I like everything about this, but that lovely sax part about halfway through is especially fantastic.
Kelly Stoltz is a bit of a garage-rock svengali for the SF scene that’s popped up the last few years. That’s why it’s been strange that he’s been silent since he put out Double Exposure on Jack White’s Third Man label in 2013. Now we know why: Stoltz has three(!) releases planned for the upcoming months. Of the three, the 4 New Cuts EP is the most classically Stoltzian. “Redirected” is off that release, due out October 30th on Stroll On.
It’d be fairly easy for the vocal sample that rings in “Stockholm” to veer into corny territory, but Youngblood quickly tempers things with a lovely harp sample, and I’m already won over by the time the bass kick comes in just after a minute into the song.
I assume all of you want to keep up on what all of the ex-members of Orchid and Ampere are up to today, so I present to you “Tarnished” by Longings.
We’ve all been there, Hearts of Animals, but thank you for embracing it.
Some laid back electronic stuff for your labor day, care of The Horrors’ Tom Furse.
Girl Band’s upcoming album Holding Hands with Jamie is shaping up to be a real banger. Everything I’ve heard so far sounds like early Health run through a Jesus Lizard filter. It’s out 9/25 on Rough Trade.