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STREAM: Anika - In The City (Chromatics Cover)
There's something about that late '70s New York grime. When we hear something that sounds like it – with its mix of disco, punk, attitude and dirt – we run over like little helpless animals at feeding time. That's basically what Anika has pulled-off with her cover of Chromatics' stunning "In The City." The track comes from a sampler for Invada Records, which is the imprint of Geoff Barrow from Portishead and Beak>.
DOWNLOAD: Black Dice - Pigs
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If you want to go weird, there is no band finer than Black Dice. It's been like that for a decade, and if the material on their new album Mr. Impossible is any indication, it'll be like that for another one. The first taste is the irresistible "Pigs." It's a meticulously-formed, vacuum-wrapped sludge of roadhouse blues, jittery dance music, punk snarl and sonic wackiness. No, they didn't go pop, but this is Black Dice cut with an exacto knife – so pointed, calculated and worked-over that it's experimental music given the proper time to marinate and become great.
DOWNLOAD: Dead Milkmen - Fauxhemia
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Seminal punk band Dead Milkmen has just released its first album in 16 years, a self-released effort called The King In Yellow. After a lengthy hiatus ended in 2008, the group returns to recording with its signature satire-rock obsession strong as ever. “Fauxhemia” is a boisterous loud-soft-loud track that questions the validity of a Norah Jones NPR interview over thumping drums and twinging guitar riffs.
DOWNLOAD: Love of Everything - I Don’t Wanna Dilemma
Chicago rockers Love of Everything, featuring Bobby Burg of Joan of Arc and Matt Holland, has released several albums over the last decade. "I Don’t Wanna Dilemma” is a raucous, static-tinged indie track, which was just self-released in support of the band’s current tour. There’s a punk undertone to it all, reminiscent of Cursive or Braid, but the pensive melody is too layered and complex to be so easily categorized.
DOWNLOAD: Give Up The Ghost - Love American
Give Up The Ghost, a Boston hardcore band originally known as American Nightmare, broke up in 2004, leaving fans devastated. Recently the group announced they would reform for two reunion shows in NYC and LA this December. Along with those shows, the band will reissue two of its seminal releases, 2001’s Background Music and 2003’s We're Down Til We're Underground, via Deathwish. “Love American,” a typically thrashing hardcore punk number, comes from the second of those reissues, reminding us why this aggressive band was so engaging and, honestly, how upset we are that those reunion shows sold out in mere minutes.
Give Up The Ghost - Love American
DOWNLOAD: The Misfits - Twilight Of The Dead
Do I even need to write anything about the first Misfits album in a decade, or are you just going to download this track anyway? An unimportant ponderance, really, when considering “Twilight Of The Dead” – a fast-riffed, Halloweenie, la-la-la horror show of an alt-punk song. It’s half-angry, half self-hating hilarity; like headbanging while laughing at the fact that headbanging is an activity in which you willingly participate. If you know the Misfits, you know what I mean. More tunes about not going to church or obeying your parents are available now on The Devil’s Rain, buyable here.
The Misfits - Twilight Of The Dead
DOWNLOAD: Jack Oblivian - Rat City
Mississippi born and Memphis raised, Jack Oblivian is intent on keeping the garage alive until his grave. A member of pioneering groups The Compulsive Gamblers and The Oblivians, those bands have become cult classics while native sons Jack White and Jay Reatard have both listed him as an influence. Taking cues from proto punk and adding a bit of country and blues on top of his signature snarl, “Rat City” is the title track from the singer’s latest album. Gritty and unhindered, Oblivian remains the driving force of the genre. Grab Rat City September 13 on Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum.
PREMIERE: Atari Teenage Riot - Black Flags (Tony Senghore Remix)
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Fresh off a reunion record in June, German digital enthusiasts Atari Teenage Riot weren’t content simply proving they still had it. Fusing techno with a punk flare and anarchist agenda, ten years did nothing to damper the band’s seemingly endless pool of innovation. In the footsteps of Is This Hyperreal? comes the Black Flags package, featuring a number of remixes of songs “Black Flags” and “Activate”. Swedish remix fiend Tony Senghore’s take on the title track flips an electronic hardcore churner into a driving dance anthem without stripping it of ATR’s signature grind. The full package is out October 3 on the band's storied Digital Hardcore.
Atari Teenage Riot - Black Flag (Tony Senghore Remix)
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