The Atomics Play A Set At The Roxy On Sunset Strip In Los Angeles
photographs by Douglas Neill
'Animals' is taken from Oneohtrix Point Never's latest album 'Garden Of Delete', out now on Warp Records. Music video directed by Rick Alverson
Anohni, lead singer of Antony and the Johnsons, released HOPELESSNESS earlier this year via Secretly Canadian and Rough Trade.
Of all the great unions of underground music, rock and otherwise; Bowie and Eno, Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld, Justin Broadrick and Kevin Martin, John Cale and Terry Riley, Sonny Sharrock and Peter Brotzzman, and so on; the union between No Wave icon, transgressive artist, and spoken word warrior Lydia Lunch and free jazz, noise, and no wave musician Weasel Walter is perhaps the most harmonious and unquestionably the unholiest. When considering their respective biographies, both full of moments of sticking the middle finger in the faces of conventional standards of taste and decency, itβs difficult to believe that these revolutionaries didnβt find each other sooner. Click here to read more.
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Dirty Projectors, the beloved, decade-plus-long recording pursuit of producer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist David Longstreth, has released the first new music since 2012βs Swing Lo Magellan. Click here to download the new single Keep Your Name.
Today, Lower Densβ released βReal Thingβ their first new effort since 2015βs Escape From Evil. The track was written by Jana Hunter, Arthur Bates and frequent Lower Dens collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid the latter having also added additional production. βReal Thingβ was directed by SSIONβs Cody Critcheloe. Click here to find current tour dates.
The new season of 'Narcos' debuts today and we thought you'd like to settle down from your binge with our playlist. Click here to listen.
Jack Killen, former front man of Brooklynβs party rock band Workout, releases the first single, 'Symphony of Skin', from his solo project out on Axis Mundi Records today. Produced by Graham Dickson of Crystal Fighters, βSymphony of Skinβ explores the gritty underbelly of New York City. The video, directed by Josh Slater, was premiered by Autre Magazine. Of the track, Killen said, ββI had the idea of the Symphony of Skin kicking around for a while. I loved the erotic pulp novel sound of the phrase. Just think of all the orchestral elements of the original sin. Then for some reason I started thinking about the sweat and violins, blasting through the night. Slug away at the piano, add a fog machine, cue up the string section. I think we came close to painting the pic.β Click here to purchase the single.
Death In Vegas's new album Transmission is available to purchase today.
You can purchase the album on dark pink vinyl here.
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Neon Indian releases the official music video for the track Annie, off their current album Vega Intl. Night School. Directed by lead singer, Alan Palomo, the music video is essentially a karaoke video turned fever dream in which Alan has to traverse B-roll cityscapes, taped over TV shows, and phone sex commercial breaks in search of a missing ex-lover. Shot over 8 cities on Neon Indian's last tour of Asia, all libidinal hell breaks loose in this glistening meta ode to laserdisc-era sing-alongs.
Cass McCombs and frequent collaborator Focus Creeps present a new video for βMedusaβs Outhouse,β off upcoming album Mangy Love. As described by Focus Creepsβ Aaron Brown, βthe video for βMedusa's Outhouseβ has to do with wondering what are the fantasies of the people who act out our fantasies for us? Where does fantasy end?β Mangy Love is McCombsβ eighth full-length album and debut for ANTI. Itβs his most blunt, tackling sociopolitical issues through his uniquely cracked lens of wit and singular insight. With a common thread of opposition sewing the album together, the severity of his lyrics is contrasted by the music, which ventures into groovy realms of Philly soul, Norcal psychedelia and New York paranoia. Mangy Love is available for pre-order now.
Now that Calvin Klein has finally announced that Raf Simons will be taking over the brand as its designer, a bitter sweet sentiment has swept throughout the fashion industry. Last year, when Cathy Horyn sat down with Raf for what amounted to his Dior exit interview, published by System Magazine, one couldnβt be faulted for thinking that Raf seemed totally done with luxury fashion houses. This was an artist struggling with the fact that he no longer had the time to find inspiration to create. Deadlines had worn him down, and it was time for him to re-focus on his own revolutionary label. The fact that Rafβs last two collections, one inspired by his heroes such as David Lynch, Martin Margiela and Cindy Sherman, and one a beautiful collaboration with the Robert Mapplethorpe archive, were his best menswear collections since collaborating with Sterling Ruby seemed to signal that Raf was back in his element, filtering counter-culture, art, music, and radical gender politics into his clothing. Click here to listen