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Algiers release special edition 7". Proceeds to benefit Atlanta charities
Today, ALGIERS will release a special edition 7” to support the struggle to end state violence against Black people and dismantle white supremacy.
“Can the Sub_Bass Speak” b/w It All Comes Around Again will be available physically only through Bandcamp during the 24-hour period that the site is waiving its revenue share on June 5th. The songs will remain available online indefinitely.
All proceeds from the single will be donated to Metro Atlanta Mutual Aid Fund, As They Lay, and Black Alliance for Just Immigration.
“This release has been created to support, in a small way, those who continue to struggle under life and death circumstances to end the miserable condition that exists for Black and other oppressed people in this country and its colonial world,” writes the band.” “We dedicate this to the families of those who have been murdered by the police state in America and encourage our supporters to continue to donate in their memory.”
The A-side — previously released as a standalone single — is drawn from the band’s audiovisual collaboration of the same name and features contributions from saxophonics pioneer Skerik and drummer D’Vonne Lewis. “It All Comes Around Again” is an unreleased track available here for the first time.
PURCHASE CAN THE SUB_BASS SPEAK?” B/W “IT ALL COMES AROUND AGAIN
Sleaford Mods live stream from the iconic 100 Club on June 20
To mark the release of their latest album, All That Glue, Sleaford Mods are performing a one off live stream show from the iconic 100 Club, London.
The show will take place at 9pm BST on 20 June. Fans worldwide can access the gig via a ticketed live stream on YouTube. Tickets will be available for £10 via Sleaford Mods official website.
The band will perform a full set of fan favourites and rarities and the show will be filmed with multiple cameras in Ultra HD and offer the highest quality audio.
In keeping with tradition Jason and Andrew are supporting Refuge. Fans will be encouraged to make a small donation on top of the ticket price to Refuge, who provide support to women and children experiencing domestic violence.
black midi Releases New Track, “Sweater”
London-based band black midi follow their debut album, Schlagenheim “the most intense and invigorating debut of 2019” (MOJO), with a new track, Sweater
It was recorded with Speedy Wunderground’s Dan Carey during the same period that resulted in Schlagenheim, and was the last of the tracks recorded during those sessions.
In collaboration with New York Film Academy, Desert Sessions present NYFA Alumni directed videos
Joshua Homme’s Desert Sessions collective is proud to unveil the first fruits of its expansion into visual collaboration: Homme’s recent meetings with students at the New York Film Academy’s Los Angeles campus have resulted in unique works by two filmmakers, each of whom was given a production budget to translate the music and lyrics of the Desert Sessions into their own vision.
Italian filmmaker Gabriele Fabbro took on the acoustic ballad “If You Run,” creating a haunting exploration of violence told through the eyes of a curious young woman, specifically inspired by deadly attacks on European journalists. “I used to read a lot of news about murders, especially on European newspapers. I remember one in particular that happened in a cornfield. That article came to mind while hearing ‘If You Run.’” The filmmaker said in a statement, “With this music video I want to touch themes such as ‘femicide’, ‘chase for justice’, ‘innocent curiosity vs violence’. But on top, I want to play with an existential fear. The fear of being powerless. Every tool in the video, from the shakiness of the handheld shots to the distorted sound of the radio, serves to exaggerate this fear.”
Filmmaker Jonathan Samukange employed a wholly different direction, reimagining Vols. 11 &12’s groove-heavy opener “Move Together” as the soundtrack to a psychedelic take on the story of Adam and Eve. In his statement on the video, Samukange says, “I wanted to create a seamless balance between computer graphics and reality. I want my audience to escape into a time capsule, following the tragic love story of Adam and Eve.” Filmed in the director’s home country of Zimbabwe, the video enlisted residents of an entire village and used the region’s stunning natural landscape to create the hallucinatory trip through time. “This idea is completely nuts, but it is also grounded in reality with themes of love, togetherness, collaboration, betrayal, and even brainwashing.”
The spectrum of possibilities realised across these two visual works—as well as Rio Hackford and Chapman Baehler’s previous takes on “If Your Run” and “Easier Said Than Done”—speaks further to the inspired sprawl and emotional impact of the material making up Desert Sessions Vols. 11 & 12 (aka respectively Arrivederci Despair and Tightwads & Nitwits & Critics & Heels).
Released October 25, 2019 on Matador Records, Vols. 11 & 12 ended a 16-year hiatus with the most ambitious entries ever in the project’s expansive and elusive catalog. The eight tracks were recorded (mostly) in December 2018 at Rancho De La Luna studios in Joshua Tree, CA, with Queens of the Stone Age founder and Desert Sessions ringleader/producer Joshua Homme enlisting a cast of players including Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint), Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters), Mike Kerr (Royal Blood), Carla Azar (Autolux, Jack White), Les Claypool (Primus), Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Superwolf, Endless Boogie), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows, Toast of London), Libby Grace and of course Töôrnst Hülpft.
Muzz unveil new single/video 'Knuckleduster'
Muzz, the new project of Paul Banks (Interpol), Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman), and Matt Barrick (The Walkmen), will release their self-titled, debut album next Friday via Matador. Today, they unveil a new single/video, ‘Knuckleduster’.
Brimming with wall-to-wall guitars, reverberating pianos and a thunderous performance from Barrick, ‘Knuckleduster’ is Muzz at their most immersive and grandiose. Shot below the American Treasure Tour Museum, the stark video draws attention to the song’s spacious sonics and exhilarating musicianship.
Banks says: “While we were shooting the video for ‘Red Western Sky’ at the American Treasure Tour facility, we discovered this great space underneath the museum. Unplanned, we quickly set up and started filming again – capturing the video for ‘Knuckleduster’ on the same day.
Knuckleduster’ follows previously released singles Red Western Sky, Broken Tambourine, and Bad Feeling.
Muzz continue to share live performance videos to give fans a further taste of the trio’s magnetic chemistry, both live and on record. Following the band’s acoustic performance of ‘Bad Feeling’, last week they released ‘Trinidad’, an unheard song off the self-titled debut album.
Born out of longstanding friendship and collaboration, Muzz is a genuine collaborative affair. The album, written, arranged and performed by Banks, Kaufman and Barrick, is dark and gorgeous, expansive and soulful, all imbued with an effortless cosmic charge.
Barrick describes the dynamics: “Everybody’s pretty hilarious and good people. Josh is an incredible musician all around and super creative and fun to work with – he’s always thinking of ways to make a song better. It’s a good combo because Josh is more trained as a musician in music theory and Paul comes from a different perspective where he’s playing things that just sound good. Lyrically and melody-wise, you never know how he’s gonna approach a song. It’s always unusual and cool and unexpected.”
Banks adds: “I don’t ever write with the intention of giving records an overarching theme, as that feels very limiting. But looking back, I think the through line for me is meditations on mental health, and the quest for happiness and the way in which the mind can play tricks on us. But, ultimately, the music speaks for itself. We have a genuine, organic artistic chemistry together. It’s partly a shared musical taste from youth, as with me and Josh, but then it’s also the souls of my friends that resonate with me when expressed through music. I think it’s cosmic.”
