Fake Names have announced the release of their debit album, “Expendables”, out March 3rd via Epitaph
Tracklist 1. Targets 2. Expendables 3. Delete Myself 4. Go 5. Don’t Blame Yourself 6. Can’t Take It 7. Damage Done 8. Madtown 9. Caught In Between 10. Too Little Too Late
They’ve also shared the first single off the album, “Delete Myself”, the video was animated/ created by Alexis Fleisig.
Fake Names is Brian Baker (Minor Threat / Bad Religion / Dag Nasty), Michael Hampton (S.O.A. / Embrace), Dennis Lyxzén (Refused / INVSN / The [International] Noise Conspiracy), Johnny Temple (Girls Against Boys / Soulside) and newest addition Brendan Canty (Fugazi / Rites of Spring / The Messthetics).
Brian Baker said this about the band/album: “The pop influences are a little more out front on this one, and the production really helps it shine. It sounds more direct, more urgent. In general, Dennis writes about revolution, and Michael and I write pop songs. I’m amazed at how it works, but somehow it strikes the right balance of salty and sweet.”
Flying Lotus has shared the scored he made for “Ozzy’s Dungeon” which was released via Warp while the short film he directed for the horror series V/H/S/99 is out now via Shudder.
TRACKLIST: 1. Opening (1996-1999) 2. Rules Of The Game 3. Host Talk 4. Interview Music / What Do YOU Wish For? 5. Catch That Meat 6. Consolation Prizes 7. Battle On!
Serj Tankian has released a new song, “I Spoke Up”, off his upcoming EP “Perplex Cities”.
The video for the song was created by Doodooc and is below:
Tankian has also released a video that offers more insight into his forthcoming performance of “Invocations,” an orchestral suite composed and performed by Tankian, which he debuts on April 29 at The Soraya (California State University Northridge).
Serj Tankian shared this :“’Invocations’ is an operatic suite that can best be described as music that calls on spirits to co-inspire and wander. The music for invocations was written over a long period of time, over many years, composing for film and being inspired by the orchestral ensemble and choir. I find these pieces from all of the compositions I’ve ever done, they invoke a spirituality in us. They invoke this connection in us, that music is meant to do.”
Not only is Tankian overseeing the performance, and singing on several of the pieces, he has also assembled a team of incredible vocalists: renowned tenor Brian Thorsett, world music singer Azam Ali, Francesca Genco and Charles Elliot. The vocalists will be backed by the impressive CSUN Symphony Orchestra, ethnic instrumentalists (including duduk master Jivan Gasparyan Jr.) and a full choir.
Billy Howerdel has shared a new video for the song “Ani” off his recent album “What Normal Was”.
The video for the song was directed by Mynxii White.
The four-plus minute film utilizes low-key lighting, giving the dramatic story line an eerie wash of ambient street lighting. The fiery narrative is juxtaposed with footage of Howerdel recounting the story via the song’s lyrics.
Indigo Sparke has released her new album, “Hysteria”, via Sacred Bones.
TRACKLIST:
01 Blue 02 Hysteria 03 Pressure in My Chest 04 God Is a Woman’s Name 05 Why Do You Lie? 06 Pluto 07 Infinity Honey 08 Golden Ribbons 09 Real 10 Sad Is Love 11 Set Your Fire on Me 12 Hold On 13 Time Gets Eaten 14 Burn
The album was produced by Aaron Dessner (the National). This is something she shared about the album itself: “The whole theme of this album, in some ways, is reconciling. Reconciling hysteria, reconciling grief, and reconciling trauma and time and how the time like brings us around in these circles. It was maybe the first time in my life that I was truly, truly, truly alone. It didn’t have family, no friends, no relationship, no safety mechanism. And I had to fortify the sense of home, internally. And the only thing I could kind of keep returning to was my breath.”
From the album a few videos were released. One of them was for the the album opener “Blue”.
The other single they released was for the song “Pressure In My Chest” and was directed by Madeline Clayton.
The last video for the album was for the song “Hysteria”, the video was directed, edited and shot by Nina Gofur. Indigo shared this about the song: “This song is about being inside of love, right at the edge of hysteria,” Sparke says in a statement. “There is often an axis point in things. A place where things can tip into chaos or become unhinged. A marker point. As beautiful and turbulent as these moments are, sometimes it’s hard to return from them to a place that makes sense and feels safe. I think for so long and maybe still, sometimes, I find it hard to keep my balance in love. So many fireworks. So many sorries. So much hope. So much deep yearning. So much joy. So much poignant reflection in the tidal pools of intimacy. This song was the birthplace of the whole album. I had this song and the title before the rest found a home inside of this world too. I am still trying to unravel the bitter sweet nature of love and longing. What it means to truly let go. What it means to truly love.”
If you’re fortunate enough to be able to see her live then go and treat yourself and support her.
Patti Smith will release a new book, “A Book Of Days”, out November 15th via Penguin Random House that was inspired by her Instagram account.
In a press statement that was released this was shared: “In 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simple message “Hello Everybody!” Known for shooting with her beloved Land Camera 250, Smith started posting images from her phone including portraits of her kids, her radiator, her boots, and her Abyssinian cat, Cairo. Followers felt an immediate affinity with these miniature windows into Smith’s world, photographs of her daily coffee, the books she’s reading, the graves of beloved heroes William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Simone Weil, Albert Camus. Over time, a coherent story of a life devoted to art took shape, and more than a million followers responded to Smith’s unique aesthetic in images that chart her passions, devotions, obsessions, and whims. Original to this book are vintage photographs: anniversary pearls, a mother’s keychain, and a husband’s Mosrite guitar. Here, too, are photos from Smith’s archives of life on and off the road, train stations, obscure cafés, a notebook always nearby. In wide-ranging yet intimate daily notations, Smith shares dispatches from her travels around the world”.
Patti Smith will embark on a book tour: ‘A Book of Days’ Tour 11/14 – New York – Strand Books at Cooper Union 11/17 – Washington – Lisner Auditorium 11/18 – Miami Book Fair 11/20 – Chicago Humanities Festival 11/21 – Nashville – OZ Arts 11/22 – Philadelphia – Free Library 11/28 – San Francisco – Sydney Goldstein Theater 11/29 – Santa Cruz – Rio Theatre 11/30 – San Rafael – Dominican University of California 12/01 – Portland – Arlene Schnitzer Hall at Cooper Union 12/02 – Seattle Town Hall 12/05 – Los Angeles – Saban Theatre
Sharon Van Etten has shared a new song, “Never Gonna Change”.
The song is one of two new tracks added to the deluxe version of Sharon Van Etten new re-release of her album “We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong”, out November 11th via Jagjaguwar.
Van Etten said this about the song: “It’s about managing depression and anxiety in the midst of isolation. Coping with recurring fears throughout adulthood, acknowledging that flaws, fears and triggers can’t be overcome, they are a constant part of one’s identity to learn to be at peace with.”
Andy Bell has shared the video for the track, “The Sky Without You” (David Holmes Radical Mycology Remix), off his new EP “I Am A Strange Loop” out now via Sonic Cathedral.
TRACKLIST: 1. The Sky Without You (David Holmes Radical Mycology Remix) 2. It Gets Easier (Maps Remix) 3. Something Like Love (Richard Norris Remix) 4. Way Of The World (bdrmm Remix) 5. World Of Echo (A Place To Bury Strangers Remix) 6. Sidewinder (Claude Cooper Remix) 7. Something Like Love (Richard Norris Remix – Instrumental) 8. Sidewinder (Claude Cooper Remix – Instrumental)
The video for the song was directed by Jean de Oliveira.
Andy Bell shared this about the EP: “It was so great to see what came back when I gave these tracks from ‘Flicker’ to various comrades, friends and heroes to play with.
David Holmes requested the opening track as he had formed a bit of a connection with it, and what he came up with turns the song from an introductory taster, into a hallucinogenic beast, taking pride of place here as the opening track but in a whole different way to how ‘Flicker’ opens.
James Chapman AKA Maps has taken ‘It Gets Easier’ to a bigger, brighter and shinier place, he’s given quite a downbeat track a euphoric and epic sheen. James is an absolute master of electronic production and he’s taken the same care and attention over this remix as he does with his own wonderful music.
I couldn’t put Richard Norris’s lovely widescreen take on ‘Something Like Love’ better than the man himself – in his own words he found the “hitherto undiscovered sweet spot between ‘Roscoe’ and ‘Outdoor Miner’” and he tapped into the melancholy euphoria at the core of the song.
Jordan Smith from bdrmm’s very first remix blows my mind every time I play it. It is as constantly inventive, infectious and frankly ace as the band he plays in. This is a remix for headphones, there are so many great moments to love, all held together by a bassline worthy of Jah Wobble (by way of Andrew Weatherall). If this is Jordan’s first remix imagine what he’ll be coming up with in years to come. Astonishing!
A Place to Bury Strangers take no prisoners on their mix of ‘World Of Echo’ which is pure psych-punk adrenaline. The song is almost unrecognisable. There are glimpses of the original, but more than anything it’s an incredible, if slightly unhinged, APTBS track which I enjoy very much indeed.
Claude Cooper takers ‘Sidewinder’ to a ’60s-themed house party and gives it a big tequila shot and some magic mushrooms, Which takes us back to where we started with David Holmes’ radical mycology!
Thanks to all of the above for their incredible work on giving these songs from ‘Flicker’ a new technicolour life”.
The video for the song was directed by Simarro Lozano.
Daniel Benavides (Luz Futuro) shared this about the release: “With this song I would like to thank the people that have been with me when I needed them, my family and myself. It’s been a long process to have the courage to evolve emotionally and fight mentally to continue enjoying life. What a great joy it is to be able to expel what you think via music, to share it and witness how you can close a cycle. This song is very direct and it doesn’t create scenarios but unlike everything else, innuendos and metaphors in music can make it feel yours and feel like it’s been a passage in your own life. That is the intention. Cheers, believe in yourselves and have the courage the look in the mirror”.
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