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The Holy Gasp share video for new single ‘A Daily Affirmation’

10 February 2015

The Holy Gasp - A Daily Affirmation

Hailing from Toronto, five-piece The Holy Gasp describe themselves as “a damn-the-Man beatnik revival conga revolution, a boxcar and a jug of wine, a groove, daddy, and the farthest thing from a king sized bust”. Initially birthed by poet and composer Benjamin Hackman, The Holy Gasp turned into a quintet now also comprising Daveyoso, Sebastian Shinwell, Christopher Weatherstone and James McEleney.

The Last Generation of Love is the quintet’s debut album and we’re only a couple of weeks away from its release. As the quintet puts it,  the album “re-contextualizes beatnik aesthetics for the modern listener, and makes a desperate cry for humanity, for change–for people to not only care, but to see that to give a shit is profound”. Recorded by Josh Korody (Beliefs, The Dirty Nil, Dilly Dally), The Last Generation of Love is out on February 24th and it will be available digitally and also as a limited edition cassette via Arachnidiscs.

The Holy Gasp have recently unveiled a fittingly excellent and bonkers video for the new single ‘A Daily Affirmation’. It’s a jolly and contagious song and you’ll probably feel compelled to do anything good. Check it out below.

Michael Feuerstack drops new single ‘The Devil’

07 February 2015

Michael Feuerstack

With just over a week to go until Canadian singer/songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Feuerstack releases his new album, The Forgettable Truth, the man is giving us another taste from the album with the new single ‘The Devil’. Stream it below and get the album when it’s out on February 17th via Forward Music.


In support of the new album, Feuerstack has just started a European tour, with a stop in London at The Strongroom Bar & Kitchen on March 3rd.

Stage Hands share new single ‘#unabomber’ feat. The One and Only Matt Miller

06 February 2015

Stage Hands - Stage Hands

After previously sharing ‘The Populating Of Empty Space’ from their upcoming self-titled debut album, Stage Hands have teased the effort again with the mind-blowing and addictive ‘#unabomber’, featuring guest The One and Only Matt Miller on vocals. I have been listening to it over and over all week. Listen to ‘#unabomber’ below and grab their new album when it drops this Tuesday 10th via My Idea of Fun.
And to keep you going till then, check out the excellent mixtape that Brandon Locher, one half of Stage Hands, put together for Cast the Dice this month.

Jan St. Werner performs his new Miscontinuum Album in London this weekend

05 February 2015

Jan St. Werner - Miscontinuum Album

Jan St. Werner, one half of German avant-garde electronic duo Mouse On Mars, released a new album, Miscontinuum Album, last week. The effort is the third instalment off his Fiepblatter Catalogue Series, and saw St. Werner recruit contributors Dylan Carlson (Earth), Markus Popp (Oval), Kathy Alberici, and Taigen Kawabe (Bo Ningen).
As the press release explains, Miscontinuum is the fruit of an electronic opera, having also been developed and performed as a radio play, over the period of four years. “The central concept of Miscontinuum explores misconceptions of time and memory, inspired by unique acoustic phenomena derived digital phasing and musical time stretching techniques”.
St. Werner’s first performed Miscontinuum as a part of his Asymmetric Studio series in Munich in June 2013. Lucky Londoners are getting the chance to see a revised version of Miscontinuum this weekend, with performances taking place this Saturday at Cafe Oto and the following day at St Luke’s Church.
Here’s an album medley to whet your appetite.

Miscontinuum Album is out now via Thrill Jockey.