Burial has shared 2 new songs, “Comafields” & “Imaginary Festival”, available now via Hyperdub.
Keaton Henson has released a new single, “Lazy Magician” a duet with Julia Steiner, available now via Play It Again Sam.
The video for the song was designed and animated by Elenor Kopa.
Keaton Henson said this about the song: “Julia’s voice is so evocative of that sound to me; it reminds me of when I first heard Rilo Kiley. She has a lot of the suburban magic-realism of the American bands I loved back then.
I wrote the guitar parts and first lines to the drum machine, and we both sort of just free-wrote the rest. Allowing our subconscious to form the narrative. I like that it’s almost like these two lonely souls singing next to each other, but sometimes over each other, like we’re so lost in our own self-reflection we’re unaware we’re in a duet.”
Nick Cave has shared a new video for his song “Tupelo”, which just turned 40 years old and was released on his album “The Firstborn Is Dead”
The video for the song was directed by Andrew Dominik and it was created with AI.
Nick Cave shared this about the song and video (via his Red Hand Files): Is changing your mind about things a sign of weakness? Sometimes, it feels that way.
FOLEY, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
“Dear Foley,
The reason I have such regard for the song ‘Tupelo’, and why we’ve performed it at nearly every Bad Seeds concert since it was first written so many years ago, is that it continues to maintain its volatile urgency. Even now, to perform it feels like a kind of possession. It is a song built on a distinctive Bad Seeds bass line, predatory and relentless, and on this simple structure, an epic story unfolds. The storm of Tupelo that John Lee Hooker sang about in his song of the same name is merged with the birth of Elvis Presley, who was born in Tupelo as a twin, with his firstborn brother dying at birth. In the song, the flood takes on biblical proportions, descending upon the people as an annihilating force, distorting the natural order – ‘where no birds can fly, no fish can swim’ – as Elvis’s tragic nativity unfolds. In a clapboard shack, ‘with a bundle and a box and a cradle of straw,’ the King is born. Elvis is depicted as the saviour, thrown into a turbulent world to rescue it, to ‘carry the burden of Tupelo.’ Elvis embodies the redeeming Christ, saving not just Tupelo, but the entire world from its sins and subsequent destruction.
I mention all this because ‘Tupelo’ was released forty years ago today. It’s its birthday! A strange idea, as the song still feels as fresh, timely, and vital as ever.
Now, my friend, the filmmaker Andrew Dominik – known for Chopper, The Assassination of Jesse James, One More Time With Feeling, and Blonde, among others – rang me to say he had sent me a gift to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of ‘Tupelo’.
“It’s a film to accompany your song, Tupelo,” he said.
I had no idea he was making such a thing.
“I’ve taken a series of still archival images and brought them to life using AI,” he said.
For anyone reading these files, it will be clear that I have serious reservations about AI, particularly regarding writers using ChatGPT and other language models to do their creative work. I also have concerns about song-generating platforms that reduce music to a mere commodity, by eliminating the artistic process and its attendant struggles entirely.
“Oh, really?” I said.
“Jesus,” said Andrew. “Suspend your fucking prejudices and take a look!”
So, I watched Andrew’s film, then watched it again. I showed it to Susie. To our surprise, we found it to be an extraordinarily profound interpretation of the song – a soulful, moving, and entirely original retelling of ‘Tupelo’, rich in mythos and a touching tribute to the great Elvis Presley, as well as to the song itself. The AI-animated photographs of Elvis had an uncanny quality, as if he had been raised from the dead, and the crucifixion-resurrection images at the end were both shocking and deeply affecting. Susie and I were blown away. As I watched Andrew’s surreal little film, I felt my view of AI as an artistic device soften. To some extent, my mind was changed. “It’s a tool, like any other,” said Andrew.
Foley, I believe that the ability to change one’s mind is the very definition of strength. We pursue the truth wherever it may lead, remaining flexible and humble enough to adjust our views as new evidence emerges, regardless of how uncomfortable that may feel. It is ultimately a form of resilience, not a sign of weakness.
Rigidity breaks; flexibility endures.
I’ll be interested to see what you all think of Andrew’s film.
Love, Nick”
Pulp have shared a new single, “Tina”, off their recently released album “More”.
The video for the song was directed by Julia Schimautz.
Jarvis Cocker shared this about the song: “‘Tina’ was one of the last songs written for More. It’s about obsession and fantasy. You should feel like you need a shower after listening to it.”
fcuckers have shared a new single, “Play Me”, available now via Ninja Tune.
The song was co-produced with Kenny Beats.
The video for the song was directed by Shanny Wise.
Daniel Avery has shared the first single, “Rapture In Blue”, off his upcoming album “Tremor” out October 31st via Domino.
TRACKLIST:
1. Neon Pulse
2. Rapture in Blue w/ Cecile Believe
3. Haze w/ Ellie
4. A Silent Shadow w/ bdrmm
5. New Life w/ yunè pinku
6. Greasy off the Racing Line w/ Alison Mosshart
7. Until the Moon Starts Shaking
8. The Ghost of Her Smile w/ Julie Dawson
9. Disturb Me w/ yeule
10. In Keeping (Soon We’ll Be Dust) w/ Walter Schreifels
11. Tremor
12. A Memory Wrapped in Paper and Smoke
13. I Feel You w/ Art School Girlfriend
“Rapture In Blue” features vocals from Caroline Polachek and SOPHIE with additional guitar from Andy Bell.
The video for the song was directed by Zak Watson.
Avery shared this about the album: “This is a living and breathing collective. Since the earliest recordings, “Tremor” felt like a studio in the sky, a space in time through which we could all pass as artists. It’s the welcoming spirit of acid house with the doors flung open wider still to allow in every influence from my musical journey: the warmth of distortion, the stillness inside intensity, the transcendental beauty of noise… They have always been there in my music but now it feels like those ideas are being transmitted in Technicolor. This is a record for the post-rave comedown kids, the guitar heads and anyone else who wants to come along for the ride. Everyone is welcome.”
Tyler, The Creator has shared a new album, “Don’t Tap The Glass”.
TRACKLIST:
1. “Big Poe”
2. “Sugar on My Tongue”
3. “Sucka Free”
4. “Mommanem”
5. “Stop Playing With Me”
6. “Ring Ring Ring”
7. “Don’t Tap That Glass / Tweakin'”
8. “Don’t You Worry Baby”
9. “I’ll Take Care of You”
10. “Tell Me What It Is”
Tyler shared this about the album: “I asked some friends why they don’t dance in public and some said because of the fear of being filmed. I thought damn, a natural form of expression and a certain connection they have with music is now a ghost. It made me wonder how much of our human spirit got killed because of the fear of being a meme, all for having a good time. I just got back from a ‘listening party’ for this album and man was it one of the greatest nights of my life. 300 people. No phones allowed. No cameras. Just speakers and a sweatbox. Everyone was dancing, moving, expressing, sweating. It was truly beautiful. I played the album front to back twice, it felt like that pent up energy finally got released and we craved the idea of letting more of it out. There was a freedom that filled the room. A ball of energy that might not translate to every speaker that plays this album but man did that room nail it. This album was not made for sitting still. Dancing driving running any type of movement is recommended to maybe understand the spirit of it. Only at full volume.”
Sudan Archives has shared news of her upcoming third album, “THE BPM”, to be released October 17th via Stones Throw.
TRACKLIST:
1. DEAD
2. COME AND FIND YOU
3. YEA YEA YEA
4. TOUCH ME
5. A BUG’S LIFE
6. THE NATURE OF POWER
7. MY TYPE
8. SHE’S GOT PAIN
9. DAVID & GOLIATH
10. A COMPUTER LOVE
11. THE BPM
12. MS. PAC MAN
13. LOS CINCI
14. NOIRE
15. HEAVEN KNOWS
Along with the news of the album she’s released 2 new singles along with it, “MY TYPE” which the video was directed by Luke Orlando.
And the second single “YEA YEA YEA” with the video being directed by Vincent Wagner.
Sudan Archives shared this about her new persona for this album: “I was never the girl in a band in high school, I could only express myself for the first time when I got my first iPad and started making beats on it, and when I got my first electric violin. I’m all gadget girled out now, but I’ve never felt so free as a human.”
Blood Orange has shared the title of his new album, “Essex Honey”, to be released August 29th.
Along the news of the album Dev Hynes has also shared 2 new singles. The first one is for the song “Somewhere In Between”.
The second single is for “Mind Loaded” which features vocals from Lorde, Caroline Polachek and Mustafa.
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