Mouse On The Keys announce new EP Machinic Phylum

24 April 2012

Hailing from Tokyo, Mouse On The Keys are an instrumental post-rock electronic jazz trio formed in 2006 and consisting of  Akira Kawasaki (drum, keyboards), Atsushi  Kiyota (piano, keyboards) and Daisuke Niitome (piano, keyboards).

They have just announced the release of a new EP called Machinic Phylum, due out on July 18th via Machu Picchu Industrias. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for new tracks and more info about this.
If you haven’t yet savoured their music, here’s a couple of stunning tracks to blow you away, ‘Spectres De Mouse’ off 2009’s An Anxious Object and ‘Saigo No Basan’, off 2007’s Sezession. Both albums were released via Machu Pichu Industrias in Japan and Denovali in the rest of the world. Enjoy.


Blackbird Blackbird offers brand new track ‘Waikiki’

23 April 2012

San Francisco based Mikey S. Maramag, better known as Blackbird Blackbird, has been releasing new tracks at a prolific rate and earlier today he dropped a tropical treat called ‘Waikiki’.

Blackbird Blackbird has also announced the release of a new EP entitled Boracay Planet, due out sometime in the middle of the year, although ‘Waikiki’ will not be included.

Here’s some sunshine for your ears.

St. Vincent’s electrifying new tracks from Record Store Day release

23 April 2012

One of the exclusive releases from last Saturday’s Record Store Day bonanza comes from the hands of Annie Clark aka St. Vincent in the form of a limited red 7″ vinyl.
The release includes brand new single ‘Krokodil’ and b-side ‘Grot’, two addictive and electrifying monster tracks.
According to 4AD, this RSD release “sheds new light on Clark’s aggressive guitar chops“.
St. Vincent sure knows how to rock everyone out. Here’s ‘Krokodil’ and ‘Grot’.

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Animated video for new track by The Flaming Lips featuring Prefuse 73

21 April 2012

Only a few days ago, The Flaming Lips unleashed a video for the track ‘Girl, You’re So Weird’ featuring New Fumes.
They just released another video yesterday, this time for ‘Supermoon Made Me Want to Pee’ featuring Prefuse 73, which appears on the the collaborative Record Store Day double vinyl release The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, out today.

Watch the wacky animated clip directed by Okay Video now.

Jherek Bischoff to release 7″ single ahead of debut album

20 April 2012

After several years working on his album, Seattle based songwriter, producer and composer Jherek Bischoff is set to release his debut solo album entitled Composed.

The nine orchestral pieces in Composed feature an array of illustrious guests.
“This record is the most exciting project I have ever worked on due largely to the amazing collaborators I have had the chance to work with” said Jherek Bischoff about his forthcoming album. “If you told me 5 years ago that I would be composing orchestral music and collaborating with my heroes I would have thought you were nuts!”
David Byrne, Zac Pennington (Parenthetical Girls), Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), Soko, Caetano Veloso, Mirah, Carla Bozulich (Evangelista, Geraldine Fibbers), Craig Wedren (Shudder To Think), Dawn McCarthy and Nels Cline (Wilco) are some of the heroes he’s referring to.

Composed will be released on May 28th in Europe via The Leaf Label and June 5th in North America via Brassland.

Ahead of it, and to celebrate Record Store Day, the first cut from the album, ‘Young & Lovely’, will hit stores tomorrow as a limited edition 7″ single. ‘Young & Lovely’ features Zac Pennington and French singer/actor Soko and you can grab it free on Jherek’s bandcamp. ‘Eyes’ is the second collaborative track on the 7″ featuring David Byrne.
You can preview these two majestic cuts below. And check out the teaser trailer for Composed.


Man Forever drops video for ‘Surface Patterns’ (excerpt)

19 April 2012

Man Forever, the project of Oneida’s drummer Kid Millions, first saw the light in 2010. Kid Millions founded the project to perform his experimental drum compositions. As the label’s blurb puts it, Kid Millions’ “vehicle for exploring the outer limits of drum performance, was created to overwhelm, to investigate the nuances that bloom in the midst of repetitive music, and to act as a pure sound experience.”

Man Forever’s highly anticipated third new album, Pansophical Cataract, will hit stores on May 14th via Thrill Jockey. The album can be pre-ordered here, and the first 500 orders will be pressed in a limited edition orange vinyl.

As previously posted, Pansophical Cataract features two tracks, ‘Surface Patterns’ and ‘Ur Eternity’, and both were trimmed  from 30 and 40-minute live versions to around 18-minute pieces.
Man Forever has just unveiled a pretty cool video for an excerpt from ‘Surface Patterns’ made by SR Palm. It’s a feast for the ears and the eyes. Check it out.