There are lots of great reasons to go to Coco66 tonight, ahem, John Waters will be there. But after you check him out, be sure to stick around for Beige. This up-and-coming band’s reverb-drenched drone (which is much more colorful than their name lets on) has been in heavy rotation over here at the FREEwilliamsburg offices.
Beige has been playing regularly at Cameo and Glasslands and is definitely a band you will be hearing more about in days to come.
Tonight they are playing with Violens. (Doors are 10pm, with Beige performing at 11 and Violens at midnight.)
Last week, Sufjan Stevens surprised us with his All Delighted People EP. Now, he’s starting our weekend off right with a free track from his upcoming record, The Age of Adz. Grab “I Walked” here. Asthmatic Kitty has the 411 about his upcoming record, due out October 12:
It’s much too soon to cast descriptive lots, but we can say the new album sounds nothing like the All Delighted EP (although it shares similar themes of love, loss, and the apocalypse). Nor is this new album built around any conceptual underpinning (no odes to states, astrology, or urban expressways).
We can say it shows an extensive use of electronics (banjos and acoustic guitars give way to drum machines and analog synthesizers), and an obsession with cosmic fantasies (space, heaven, aliens, love), to create an explicit pop-song extravaganza, augmented by heavy orchestration, and maybe even a few danceable moments. Enjoy Your Rabbit meets the BQE. But with songs. Verse, chorus, bridge, backbeat. Gated reverb. Space echo. Get your boogey on.
The “Adz” of the title loosely refers to the apocalyptic paintings of outsider artist Royal Robertson (1930-1997), whose work is used for the album cover, interior design, and as general inspiration for the tone of the album.
I guess we can blame (or thank) Vampire Weekend for making Peter Gabriel relevant again. Is it weird that I would have preferred a cover of ‘Sledgehammer’?
Anyway, NME has the new track available for download now, so go grab it here.
Grab it soon though, they will be removing it at 4pm on Friday August 20th.
We loved Summer Camp the first time we heard ‘Ghost Camp’ (after the jump) and now we love them even more. Why does summer always sound the best with lots of reverb? This boy-girl duo of Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey is based in London and according to their label, Moshi Moshi, their EP will be out in September:
Summer Camp release their new single Round The Moon on limited edition 7″ and download on 13th September shortly after they release their brand new Young EP on 6th September.
Sam Prekop’s new record Old Punch Card is scheduled to be released September 7th by Thrill Jockey. Those who accuse him of continually putting out the same record may be surprised:
Inspired by early electronic music and avant-garde composition, Old Punch Card is an album of dark and mysterious beauty. Comprised entirely of modular synthesizers (with only one instance of guitar, no vocals, and no beats), the album is a hard turn away from Prekop’s usual fair and an interesting look at some of his more obscure musical interests.
If you’re curious, here’s a taste after the jump. (more…)
New Brunswick’s Screaming Females announced their fall tour dates today and sent out the first mp3 from their upcoming Castle Talk, which streets in September.
They play Siren Fest this Saturday and Marissa’s solo project, Noun, is playing SummerScreen this coming Wednesday for Romeo + Juliet.
FREEwilliamsburg is proud to premiere the first single by Paul the Psychic Octopus. It’s appropriately called Newborns. Singer on the track is Victoria Tresko. She rocks, and writes, “We were really stoned in Portland, and picked up some old journal and made a song. It never became anything. I think it’s fate is paul the psychic octopus.”
We agree! Consider PtPO locked down. But why stop here? Let’s make a PtPO mixtape!
If you’re in a band, and would like to be on FREEwilliamsburg’s Friends of Paul the Psychic Octopus Compilation, please, send in your unreleased singles. Additionally, if you can make a kick-ass album cover, go for it and send that in too. Group creation everybody. UGC. “There comes a time, when we heed a certain call.” -MJ
