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Waste Not, Want Not: Post-Labor Day Spectacular
Waste Not, Want Not: 8/5/2013
So I’ve been falling behind on my daily slew of email press releases. Every weekday there are at least a dozen new bands, tracks and album that get announced and shared, but I tend to limit myself to a maximum of one thing per day, and even then I don’t always have the time or energy to put something up every day. I do, after all, wish to hold on to whatever shred of sanity I have left.
As a result, a lot of stuff gets left behind — a lot of stuff that is actually fantastic and worth sharing — so every now and then, I’m going to put together some of the best of my backed-up inbox. Here’s what you might have missed over the last few days: Continue reading
TV Ghost – “Elevator”
TV Ghost‘s last album, 2011’s Mass Dream, was a cackling, thrashy ode to psychedelia, full of abrasive sounds and unforgiving riffs. For that reason, it was an album I liked for a few weeks, but then stopped listening to — not musical enough to have any memorable hooks, not rhythmic enough to take the place of a no wave record, not cathartic enough to take the place of a hardcore or metal binge. Continue reading
FUZZ – “Loose Sutres”
You may or may not be aware of how big a fan of Ty Segall I am. Now you know.
Earlier this year, Segall formed a new group — a power trio by the name of FUZZ which features Roland Cosio on bass and Charlie Moothart on guitar. Ty’s pulling a Fleetwood/Collins/Carpenter here, taking on drum and vocal duties. (Note that I omitted Ringo.) Continue reading