Video Premiere: Pierrot Lunaire - “Take Me With You”.

07 Dec 2011 — Henning Lahmann

We don't know if it was Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg's Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds 'Pierrot lunaire' that inspired John DeNizio to use this particular moniker, or rather Albert Giraud's poem cycle itself, but we assume that the Winnipeg resident would be an amazing artistic figure even without such a learned choice of name. In any case, his outsider pop project is one of the most unique and special we've come across this year. Pierrot Lunaire's employment of the saxophone is indeed something you'll rarely see in contemporary underground, as are DeNizio's free-floating jazz influences that coalesce marvelously with his noise-infused pop harmonizations that are constantly hidden behind a thick fog of muffling tape manipulations. "Take Me With You" is one of the two tracks on Pierrot Lunaire's forthcoming 7 inch on our beloved LaGrange, Georgia imprint Hooker Vision, marking a depart from their existence as a tape-only label. Below, you may listen to an excerpt of the track, beautifully visualized by Hooker Vision's Rachel Evans (aka MSOTT). Make sure to get your hands on one of the vinyls which will be released in January in a strictly limited edition of 200. Highly recommended. Read more → We don't know if it was Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg's Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds 'Pierrot lunaire' that inspired John DeNizio to use this particular moniker, or rather Albert Giraud's poem cycle itself, but we assume that the Winnipeg resident would be an amazing artistic figure even without such a learned choice of name. In any case, his outsider pop project is one of the most unique and special we've come across this year. Pierrot Lunaire's employment of the saxophone is indeed something you'll rarely see in contemporary underground, as are DeNizio's free-floating jazz influences that coalesce marvelously with his noise-infused pop harmonizations that are constantly hidden behind a thick fog of muffling tape manipulations. "Take Me With You" is one of the two tracks on Pierrot Lunaire's forthcoming 7 inch on our beloved LaGrange, Georgia imprint Hooker Vision, marking a depart from their existence as a tape-only label. Below, you may listen to an excerpt of the track, beautifully visualized by Hooker Vision's Rachel Evans (aka MSOTT). Make sure to get your hands on one of the vinyls which will be released in January in a strictly limited edition of 200. Highly recommended.

Raw Thrills: “Makin’ A Change”.

07 Dec 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Completely unexpected yet of course great news straight outta the Gunk TV camp: Apparently there's a new Raw Thrills full-length on its way which is the most amazing thing for everyone who at least had a glimpse at this year's (or late last year's, actually depends on how you look at it) Shakedown. Sick Steez will be out in early 2012, and below you may listen to the first track "Makin' A Change", another signature Zak Mering weirdo jam. Read more → Completely unexpected yet of course great news straight outta the Gunk TV camp: Apparently there's a new Raw Thrills full-length on its way which is the most amazing thing for everyone who at least had a glimpse at this year's (or late last year's, actually depends on how you look at it) Shakedown. Sick Steez will be out in early 2012, and below you may listen to the first track "Makin' A Change", another signature Zak Mering weirdo jam.

Moddi: “Thimbleweed”.

07 Dec 2011 — Tonje Thilesen

"We hid behind our eyelids, in fear of what we'd find". After two years of intense touring with the painfully beautiful debut album Floriography in one hand and his faithful accordion in the other, Norway's very own Moddi is finally taking a well-deserved break for the winter, hopefully to come back with a new album sometime throughout next year. Thankfully he won't leave us empty-handed: a brand new winter ballad named "Thimbleweed" recently dropped in my inbox, which once again proves the geniusness of Pål Moddi's songwriting and love for the great and mysterious winter landscape. Download this beautiful droplet below. Read more → "We hid behind our eyelids, in fear of what we'd find". After two years of intense touring with the painfully beautiful debut album Floriography in one hand and his faithful accordion in the other, Norway's very own Moddi is finally taking a well-deserved break for the winter, hopefully to come back with a new album sometime throughout next year. Thankfully he won't leave us empty-handed: a brand new winter ballad named "Thimbleweed" recently dropped in my inbox, which once again proves the geniusness of Pål Moddi's songwriting and love for the great and mysterious winter landscape. Download this beautiful droplet below.

Night Manager: “Ghost”.

06 Dec 2011 — Henning Lahmann

I feel like it's been a while since we last heard any news from Brooklyn fuzz-pop outfit Night Manager, so it's a pleasure to see the folks return with yet another delightful noise stomper. "Ghost" is probably the band's most well-engineered tune to date, and it's a real, unashamed 90s throwback with an irresistible rhythm section and wonderful late grunge/pacific northwest chord progressions, immensely catchy yet perfectly unpolished. The Ghost 7 inch is now out on Big Love. Read more → I feel like it's been a while since we last heard any news from Brooklyn fuzz-pop outfit Night Manager, so it's a pleasure to see the folks return with yet another delightful noise stomper. "Ghost" is probably the band's most well-engineered tune to date, and it's a real, unashamed 90s throwback with an irresistible rhythm section and wonderful late grunge/pacific northwest chord progressions, immensely catchy yet perfectly unpolished. The Ghost 7 inch is now out on Big Love.

:visited: “Sweetest Things”.

06 Dec 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Listen to a brand new, deliciously groovy gem by Cuz Me Pain affiliate :visited, taken from an as yet unnamed forthcoming EP. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The Tokyo electronic underground is having an immensely prolific and incredible 2011, a fact we just can't appreciate enough. Read more → Listen to a brand new, deliciously groovy gem by Cuz Me Pain affiliate :visited, taken from an as yet unnamed forthcoming EP. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The Tokyo electronic underground is having an immensely prolific and incredible 2011, a fact we just can't appreciate enough.

Dead Gaze: “Silver Bells”.

06 Dec 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Here's a wonderful little pre-Christmas treat straight from the Cats Purring Dude Ranch, brought to you with love by Dead Gaze's R. Cole Furlow. Have a good one. Dead Gaze - Silver Bells Read more → Here's a wonderful little pre-Christmas treat straight from the Cats Purring Dude Ranch, brought to you with love by Dead Gaze's R. Cole Furlow. Have a good one. Dead Gaze - Silver Bells

S ND Y P RL RS: “American Girls”.

05 Dec 2011 — Henning Lahmann

All these American girls and their American lies They keep you up at night, they always steal the night Their cats and their moms and dads Keep waiting on the other side All these American girls, they never stay for a while And all the drinking every night And all these American girls and their harmless pride They make you never want to try, it makes you never want to try Now while I don't know any of the circumstances that might explain such outright bitterness, I love the slow, hopeless mourning that is the distinctly lo-fi pop song "American Girls" by Malte C. Jantzen's one-man project S ND Y P RL RS, devastatingly expressing a profound forlornness that I guess we've all already felt at least once in our life (no matter where the girl or boy actually came from). S ND Y P RL RS is part of the New Wedding Avant-Garde artist collective (Wedding as in the district and not the custom, I presume), and "American Girls" appears on S ND Y P RL RS' beautiful cassette Bring Death To S ND Y P RL RS, which may be streamed in full right here and ordered here. Limited edition of 100. In related news, on January 5, 2012, S ND Y P RL RS is going to perform at Berlin Mitte's Schokoladen. S ND Y P RL RS - American Girls Read more → All these American girls and their American lies They keep you up at night, they always steal the night Their cats and their moms and dads Keep waiting on the other side All these American girls, they never stay for a while And all the drinking every night And all these American girls and their harmless pride They make you never want to try, it makes you never want to try Now while I don't know any of the circumstances that might explain such outright bitterness, I love the slow, hopeless mourning that is the distinctly lo-fi pop song "American Girls" by Malte C. Jantzen's one-man project S ND Y P RL RS, devastatingly expressing a profound forlornness that I guess we've all already felt at least once in our life (no matter where the girl or boy actually came from). S ND Y P RL RS is part of the New Wedding Avant-Garde artist collective (Wedding as in the district and not the custom, I presume), and "American Girls" appears on S ND Y P RL RS' beautiful cassette Bring Death To S ND Y P RL RS, which may be streamed in full right here and ordered here. Limited edition of 100. In related news, on January 5, 2012, S ND Y P RL RS is going to perform at Berlin Mitte's Schokoladen. S ND Y P RL RS - American Girls