First taste from Philip Glass remix project by Tyondai Braxton

11 September 2012

Philip Glass, one of the world’s most celebrated composers, turns 75 this year and to commemorate it, the most impressive group of talented musicians contributed to Rework: Philip Glass Remixed, a collection of Glass’s original compositions that have been reworked and remixed.

According to the press release, the idea first come about after conversations between Glass and Beck, who then “recruited producer Hector Castillo (David Bowie, Björk, Lou Reed) to help assemble a collection of remixes of Glass’ works by a list of critically acclaimed artists.”
Other than Beck, Rework: Philip Glass Remixed features remixes from Tyondai Braxton, Cornelius, Dan Deacon, Amon Tobin, Peter Broderick and more.

The album will be available as a double LP and double CD and is slated for a October 23rd release via Orange Mountain Music / Ernest Jenning Record Co. and The Kora Records. You can pre-order it now.

We have just been graced with the first cut from the forthcoming album, a remix of ‘Rubric’, which comes from the hands of prodigious composer and musician Tyondai Braxton. It is amazing beyond belief and you’ll be hitting play again the second it ends. Here it is.

CatNip Tea give away first single off upcoming somophore album

10 September 2012

Bellingham, Washington via Santa Fe, New Mexico self-called “grok rockers” CatNip Tea have a second full-length album in the works entitled Ouroborealis.

The band, who take their name from an herbal sedative tea, describe Ouroborealis as “an attempt to depict and perhaps better understand and maybe then even explain the evolution of a human consciousness from its component parts before conception through its development and on to its culmination.”

CatNip Tea have recently dropped ‘Muldahara’, the first hypnotic and electrifying single from the upcoming album. Listen to it below.

Tollens offers Drowning in a Dream EP

10 September 2012

Tollens, the brainchild project of Malta’s native Ryan Formosa, released his somophore EP, Drowning in a Dream, a couple of weeks ago via Fuzzbook.
The EP is available to stream free and download on a pay-what-you-want basis on Bandcamp.

“Woozier, fuzzier and more intriguing. ‘Drowning in a Dream’ is an album that connects with the listener on many levels”, says the blurb that goes with the EP’s release. “This EP is a proverbial bedroom-pop roller-coaster.”

Listen below to ‘Beautiful Day’, one of the luscious tracks from Drowning in a Dream.

Yo La Tengo announce new studio album and EP

08 September 2012

New Jersey’s legendary indie rock trio Yo La Tengo have announced the release of their fourteenth full-length album. The yet-to-be-titled new effort will arrive in January 2013 and it will be preceded by an EP entitled Stupid Things, which is due out on September 25th via Matador Records.

The EP, available as a limited edition 12″, will feature the title track, which will also appear in the forthcoming LP, but the EP version will have different vocals. Stupid Things will also include a remix by EYE of the Boredoms and a 12-minute long instrumental “awash with gorgeous “Autumn Sweater” style organ and some of Ira Kaplan’s most thoughtful and lyricalguitar improvisations yet” as the label described.

Whilst we eagerly wait to hear Yo La Tengo’s new cut, here’s ‘Here To Fall’ from their 2009’s Popular Songs.

Menomena unleash third single ahead of new album

07 September 2012

Following ‘Heavy is as Heavy Does’ and ‘Capsule‘, Menomena have just dropped a third cut from Moms, the duo’s fifth studio album, which arrives on September 18th via Barsurk Records.

Menomena will embark on an extensive North American and European tour in support of the upcoming album. Head over to their website to check all the dates.

Now listen to the fantastic new single ‘Pique’.