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: White Car - She The Bodiless + Now We Continue
Disembodied voices crushed to rhythmic pulses. Sound collaged violently into an airy nightmare. That's "She The Bodiless" by Chicago industrial project White Car. It's awesome, yet we're glad its intensity was chased with another preview track from the upcoming Everyday Grace LP (via Hippos In Tanks). "Now We Continue" has a ghoulish, danceable creep to it that's perfect for a cold stare and letting fog roll out the side of your mouth.
DOWNLOAD: Zs - 33~
You will turn on “33~” expecting it to break from its buzzing intro into a chorus. It never does, however, and such tension is the beauty of New York’s Zs. Mixing digital and real sounds, guitar and sax, kit and sticks into an amorphous instrument all its own, the avant-gardists thrive on the outskirts of various genres — the kind of chaos that asks harnessed free jazz or improvised composition. Either way, there is a poignancy behind each bleep, and the minimalist clang of “33~” leaves you with a sense of completion richer than any bridge will grant you. The track can be found on double 7-inch 33, out November 8 on Northern Spy.
DOWNLOAD: Pat Jordache - Get It + Phantom Limb
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Not to sound all fanboy, but Pat Jordache and his tropical Joy Division modeling was one of the best stage shows we’ve seen all year. Dude can sing; dude can shake. Let his uncanny baritone tremble through you as sunburnt riffs glint on in “Get It” before splashing into the ghostly hum and ecstatic cacophony of “Phantom Limb.” And then pick up the rest of Future Sounds before seeing Jordache yourself, who’s out touring with tUnE-yArDs as we speak.
DOWNLOAD: TEETH - Care Bear
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Tweaky and screamy. That’s what TEETH’s (aka T33TH’s) “Care Bear” is—a mish-mosh of party vox, scummy claps, and a wall of Casios set on earbleed. This adrenaline shot to the jugular is a preview to the skronked-out fun coming September 20, when the band—who’s toured with No Age, Sleigh Bells, and Gang Gang Dance—drops their first full-length.
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PREMIERE: Man/Miracle - Low Hanging Fruit
I always tend to trust bands that earn attention for live shows long before hitting the studio, and so it was with Oakland’s Man/Miracle. Adding a raw energy to a Bay Area noise pop scene that has already seen its fair share of break-outs, the trio’s fuzz and go recording style is the perfect answer to singer Dylan Travis’ vocal talents. “Low Hanging Fruit” sees his dreamy chorus make its way through a rolling, melodic buzz of sound. Grab EP Valleys, the follow-up to last year’s debut full-length and latest addition to a string of limited releases, September 26 on digital or cassette.
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DOWNLOAD: Vaz - Blockade
First there was Hammerhead—'90s noise-rock champion and stronghold of AmRep Records. Hammerhead disbanded and saw Paul Erickson and Jeff Moordian move to Vaz, where the duo ruled the '00s underground with the same blast-and-go zeal. Picking up guitarist Tyler Nolan, the Brooklynites now move into a third decade with the band's fifth album Chartreuse Bull. "Blockade" is a churning two-minute piece of grime-pop. Grab the tape on Damaged Rituals or the LP August 30 on Sleeping Giant Glossolalia, and catch them on tour now with Pygmy Shrews.
DOWNLOAD: 400 Blows - The Rescue Party
More on top of its game after 15 years than the majority of its peers, 400 Blows is back in full-force. If “The Rescue Party” is any indication, the gritty, metal-influenced threesome has stuck to what it does best with a fitful track ripe for the band’s unrelenting live show. Guitarist Scott Martin has managed to balance membership in fellow LA outfit Big Business as well, jumping from one big summer tour to another when Blows hits the road with Butthole Surfers later this month. The long-awaited Sickness and Health is out August 23 on ORG Music.
