OFF! have shared their cover of Metallica’s “Holier Than Thou”, off (pun was maybe intended) the upcoming ‘Black Album’ cover album. This version of “Holier Than Thou” sounds heavier and thrashier than that of Metallica’s, it sounds more like early Metallica than post-Black Album.
The video for “Holier Than Thou” was directed by Chris Grismer and it features performances by David Yow and Angelo Moore.
While announcing the release of the video and the fact that they will be reissuing their catalog via Fat Possum they also went ahead and unveiled a new lineup which consists of: Keith Morris (vocals), Dimitri Coats (guitar), Autry Fullbright II (…and you will now is by the trail of dead) bass and Justin Brown (Thundercat) (drums). Which means that Mario Rubalcaba and Steven McDonald are no longer in this iteration of the band. This new lineup sounds ripping hard, this based solely on the only song available right now.
No tour dates have been announced yet but we can imagine they will be getting the van ready for a your soon enough.
Wanda Jackson, the Queen of Rockabilly, will release her final album “Encore” on August 20th via Big Machine / Blackheart.
Tracklist:
“Big Baby” “Two Shots” (featuring Elle King and Joan Jett) “You Drive Me Wild” “Good Girl Down” (featuring Angaleena Presley and Candi Carpenter) “It Keeps Right on a Hurtin’” “We Gotta Stop” “Treat Me Like a Lady” (featuring Joan Jett) “That What Love Is” (featuring Joan Jett)
The first single is the cover “It Keeps Right On A Hurtin'”.
Wanda Jackson retired from touring back in 2019. This album will be her 32nd and follows 2010’s The Party Ain’t Over, which was produced by Jack White, and 2012’s Unfinished Business, which was produced by the late Justin Townes Earle. For this last one she partnered up with Joan Jett and Kenny Laguna for 8 songs that were recorded before her announcement.
We were fortunate enough to have seen her performance a couple of times and each performance was magical in its own way.
July 6th, 2006 TV On The Radio releases “Return To Cookie Mountain”.
Before the album was released the mammoth of a single that was “Wolf Like Me” had already been played almost everywhere, BUT, not everywhere yet. With that song they brought the art rock and the post punk indie rock to the forefront. While it might not have been the most popular song fr.that genre it was clearly the most important one. The one other musicians listened to. The one other artists gushed over. The one.
Yet, that wasn’t the only thing that separated TVOTR from the rest of their contemporaries. “Return To Cookie Mountain” also featured David Bowie on vocals on “Province” who had been a massive fan since hearing their EP ‘Young Liars’ at a photo shoot he was doing back in 2004. And Bowie being Bowie kept in touch with Dave Sitek. As Sitek tells the story: “When we started making Return to Cookie Mountain, I dropped off a disc of demos for him. About a month later, he wrote to me and said, “I really love this ‘Province’ track, the lyrics and the strange choice of sounds. This is really incredible.” And without even thinking about it, I said, “Well, you should come to the studio and be on it.” Which was kind of a ballsy move, and he said, “OK, I’ll be there sometime next week.” He showed up at my studio in Williamsburg. Tunde couldn’t get his head around it. I couldn’t either. We were both, “What the hell is going on?” David was an absolute gentleman. He was super generous with his time and down to earth. He was wearing New Balance sneakers and talking to us about music. He listened to everything. He was into Lightning Bolt, like I was, and I talked to him about Górecki’s third symphony. Usually when you’re in a studio, you hear the vocals and have an idea of what to do next. But he’d sing the parts and you’d go, “Uh, that sounds like a finished record.” But true to form, he was like, “You know what you’re doing, so do you think it’s right?” He wasn’t trying to turn TV on the Radio into Bowie. He just wanted to participate and honor the song and be a part of it.”
Kazu Makino, of Blonde Redhead, lent her vocals for the song “Hours”. However, that wasn’t the only collaboration that song had. El-P, before Run The Jewels, did a remix of that song and even though some remixes are worst than others this one completely blew the lid off form the track.
These are only 3 tracks so far. We haven’t even spoken about “Dirtywhirl” or “Blues From Down Here”.
“A Method”, “Let The Devil In”, “I Was A Lover” and “Playhouses” were also jawdroppingly amazing and unique on their own way.
“Tonight” and “Wash The Day Away” are stunning closing tracks.
This same year they went on an amphitheater tour where they were playing with Peter Murphy and Nine Inch Nails, since NIN had released their “comeback” album ‘With Teeth’. Within this tour sometime they would perform some songs together and below there’s a clip of TVOTR playing “Dreams” with vocals by Trent Reznor and Peter Murphy.
When this album came out it completely changed me (again). Mind you that the first 5 times I heard the song “Young Liars” I kept on listening new things in it and it got me genuinely excited about music again. When “Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes” arrived I was already a massive TVOTR believer. That album only cimented what I already believed which was that TVOTR was the best band out of New York. Head above shoulders Interpol and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Walkmen and the National. What happened? Well, “Return To Cookie Mountain” came out and I couldn’t find a bad song in the album. They were all playing so good live during this time that i think I might’ve seen them play live about 6 times behind this album. I don’t know what it was about specifically but something within it changed me, or to be a little more specific it helped me, it healed me. I was not a teen at this time yet I felt that this album did what music is supposed to do to you sometimes, which is to transform you and transport you somewhere you haven’t been before and to make you feel something.
The wonder in this is seeing them almost 10 years later from Return To Cookie Mountain and having my daughter experience something with them with the album Seeds, and at the same time being able to meet them for a quick minute. I don’t know what kind of impact it had on her then, but i know the impact it had on me.
Thank you to TV On The Radio for creating this album. I don’t know what this album did to you as a band, but to me as a listener it’s something I still cherish up until now.
Alexis Marshall, front man for that band Daughters, has released a video for his new single “Open Mouth” from his upcoming solo album ‘House Of Lull . House Of When .” out July 23rd via Sargent House.
The video for the song has been directed by John Bradburn and a magnificent performance by Charlie Greenwood.
House Of Lull . House Of When is an album crafted around moments of spontaneity and sonic detritus. Produced by Seth Manchester in Pawtucket, Rhode Island at Machines with Magnets, Marshall brought together an impressive group of collaborators to execute his vision in Jon Syverson (Daughters), Evan Patterson (Jaye Jayle, Young Widows). With no material solidified prior to their arrival, the strategy was to embrace new sounds, employ the element of chance, and capture the creative process in a song format. The genesis of a song could be anything—a fragmented piano line, a drum pattern—but the impetus was often a non-musical sound. Marshall sourced a lot of his textural contributions from a hardware store all contributing to a proto-industrial rattle-and-rumble.
Gone To Color have released a couple of videos for their 2 singles, “The 606” and “Voyeur Nation”, off their upcoming self titled album out October 15th.
The video for “the 606” was directed by Louis Dazy. The song features Jessie Stein.
The audio video for “Voyeur Nation feat. Carson Cox” is below:
The guest list for the album is really damn impressive since it features: Ade Blackburn (Clinic), Martina Topley-Bird, Pat Sansone (Wilco), Kurt Wagner (Lamb chop), Angus Angus Andrew (Liars).
Gone to Color is an experimental rock/electronic music duo originally formed in Cincinnati and currently coexisting in Atlanta and Washington D.C. Core members Tyler Bradley Walker and Matt Heim frequently use the collaborative space to explore their songwriting with other artists.
Gone to Color’s debut single and artwork features photography from Baltimore’s Patrick Joust. Joust’s stark images are supported with new wave typography by Norwegian graphic designer Simen Røyseland.
Under Attack has released a video for the song “Die Already” off their upcoming ‘Preservation’s Crash’ EP to be released this August via Three One G.
TRACKLIST: Freedom is to Die Preservation’s Crash Dig Our Own Graves Siphon You Must Pay Designed Death Blood Verses Die Already
The video was created by frequent Three One G collaborator Displaced / Replaced.
UNDER ATTACK is a band focused on “vicious precision hardcore” made up of vocalist Alex Copeland, guitarist Mark Telfian, bassist/vocalist Jason Hodges (Suppression, Oozing Meat), and drummer Dave Witte (Municipal Waste). Collectively, the band has an extensive “ex members of” list including Limp Wrist, Discordance Axis, Human Remains, Hail Mary, Eucharist, and many, many more.
“Preservation’s Crash” continues with the band’s dark and aggressive driving force of 80s punk and hardcore influence. This sonic assault is a mere extension of the lyrical message: in short, anger and frustration with life and society. The hostility of religious institutions that ferment self loathing. Coping with depression through life’s hardships.
No tour dates have been announced yet for the USofA (or Tijuana).
King Woman, who recently announced the July 30th release of their highly-anticipated sophomore album, Celestial Blues (Relapse Records), have shared a second song, “Psychic Wound”, from the upcoming release.
The video for “Psychic Wound” was directed by Muted Windows.
“‘Psychic Wound’ is about paying the price for eating forbidden fruit,” explains Kris Esfandiari of the riveting track and its visual companion. “When desire turns into obsession it can keep you longer than you intended to stay and nearly destroy your sanity.”
The video arrives as King Woman have confirmed Boy Harsher DJ and Rituals of Mine are among the openers for the outfit’s upcoming Los Angeles, Oakland and New York shows. Saint Vitus has been announced as the venue for the Oct. 15 and 16 performances in Brooklyn.
Celestial Blues was recorded in Oakland, California by GRAMMY-nominated engineer Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Amenra, Oathbreaker). The band is rounded out by drummer Joseph Raygoza and guitar player Peter Arensdorf. Visual collaborations featured in the album packaging and surrounding imagery were created by Nedda Afsari, Collin Fletcher, and Jamie Parkhurst.
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