We’re excitingly close to the release of Channel The Spirits, the much anticipated debut album from The Comet Is Coming. The stellar trio comprising King Shabaka, Danalogue The Conqueror and Betamax Killer have shared a video for the cosmic energy bursting ‘Space Carnival’, taken from the album. Morgan Beringer directs.
Channel The Spirits is out on April 1st via The Leaf Label.
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Watch Rangda’s video for ‘The Sin Eaters’
Sir Richard Bishop, Ben Chasny and Chris Corsano are accomplished and astounding musicians in their own right, who come together as Rangda, a mighty supergroup. Following last month’s release of their third album, The Heretic’s Bargain, through Drag City, the trio have shared an incredible stop-motion video to accompany the lurching monster of a track that is ‘The Sin Eaters’. The video was directed by Elisa Ambrogio, and it portrays the seven medieval deadly sins. Here it is.
Having just finished touring the US and Canada in support of The Heretic’s Bargain, Rangda are heading out to the UK/Europe in July for a string of shows, including a 3-day residency at London’s Cafe Oto.
Calico share video for ‘Euphorism’
Last Autumn, Brighton based quintet Calico released their eponymous debut EP. The sublime and exhilarating ‘Euphorism’ served as the EP’s first single and the band have recently unveiled a video for it. The effort was filmed during Calico’s recent European tour and it features them performing a live session. Check it out now.
Calico EP is out now via Small Pond Recordings
Watch Kaada/Patton’s video for ‘Imodium’ off forthcoming album Bacteria Cult
Bacteria Cult, the new album from Norwegian composer John Kaada and Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk, Fantômas, Nevermen) is nearing its release date. Due out on April 1st via Ipecac Recordings, the upcoming album follows their 2007’s Kaada/Patton Live DVD and their 2004 album Romances. An orchestral collection of eight songs composed and performed by Kaada and Mike, Bacteria Cult also features the Stavanger Symfoniorkester.
Following the album’s incredible opener, ‘Red Rainbow’, the pair have unleashed an unsettling video for ‘Imodium’, matching the track’s eerie seductiveness. The effort was shot in Romania by Alexandru Ponoran and you can watch it below. And listen to ‘Red Rainbow’ straight after.
Die Goldenen Zitronen premiere video for ‘The Investor’
Formed in Hamburg in the 1980s, Die Goldenen Zitronen have built their stature as a punk band, evolving into a seminal art punk collective. With eleven albums under their belt, they have been making music for three decades, and have partnered with many artists including Peaches, Wesley Willis, Chicks On Speed, Françoise Cactus (Stereo Total), Mark Stewart (The Pop Group), and Michaela Melián, to name but a few.
The end of last year saw them release Flogging a Dead Frog, a new album consisting of reworked songs from recent albums. These songs, originally sang in German, are offered in this album as instrumentals or in an English version. On the one hand, “its instrumental tracks emphasize the fact that the band’s sound has always been much more than a musical accompaniment for the unrelenting social commentary of singer Schorsch Kamerun”, explains the press release. On the other hand, it adds that other songs reworked in English “proves a consequent re-adjustment of the band’s political scope, opening discourse on matters that have desastrously proven to not be exclusively pertinent to Germany.”
‘The Investor’, originally ‘Der Investor’, taken from their 2013 album Who’s Bad, is one of the songs reworked in English. The collective have premiered a video to accompany it, directed by Ted Gaier, Katharina Duve and Timo Schierhorn. Watch it below, and if you have another minute or so, go dig the rest of the album, out now through Altin Village & Mine.
Carlos Niño & Friends set to release new collaborative album Flutes, Echoes, It’s All Happening! in April
Carlos Niño is getting ready to drop Flutes, Echoes, It’s All Happening!, the fourth collaborative album off his Carlos Niño & Friends series. To bring the record to life, the Los Angeles based producer, composer, ensemble orchestrator, percussionist, DJ and mentor assembled a stellar cast of guest contributors, including Madlib, Kamasi Washington, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Iasos, Luis Pérez Ixoneztli, Dexter Story, amongst others.
Flutes, Echoes, It’s All Happening navigates through varied influences, from jazz and New Age to psychedelic and ambient music, and spans a few years. “I rarely throw anything away”, said Niño, “and in this case, a few pieces I’d started and archived were brought back to the forefront as they vibrationally matched with the project. There is overlap in space, time and sound with these records.”
Ahead of its release on April 22nd via Leaving Records, we can already hear the first taste from it, ‘It’s All Happening!’ featuring Madlib, Jamire Williams, Dexter Story, and strings by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. Take a listen now.
