Warp Records brings us the mighty return of Aphex Twin; get the full story here:
"After years of speculation fuelled by sporadic Aphex interviews (remember “I’ve got six albums ready”?), lost albums leaking and, yes, the odd prank by idiots like us, Warp launched an Aphex-branded blimp in London last weekend. On Monday, details of the album were discovered via the deep web, and now the label have officially announced Syro.
In typical Aphex style, the press release for
Syro was flung back and forth on Google Translate before RDJ added some
swearwords, so we’re left with sentences like “area of various musical
score, James Analogue Booblebath was released in 1891″ and “That same year, James Acid shithouse to promote the song”.
Syro will be released on September 22/23, on triple-vinyl, CD and digital formats." - vinylfactory.com" - Warp Records
After 13 years of patiently waiting, we can finally spin new tracks by the one and only Aphex Twin! Syro is 3 LPs of Aphex Twin's signature glitch-twitch electronic mayhem ready to fry yer brain and off set yer heart beat. We've been anticipating this one with bated breath and now its here and comes with our highest of Recommendations!
New Shellac? Check. On Touch & Go? Check. Do
you really need any more convincing? If so read on for the full back
story directly from T&G:
"This is Shellac’s fifth LP. Recording took place sporadically over the past few years at Steve's ELECTRICAL AUDIO studios in Chicago. The record was mastered by Steve Rooke at ABBEY ROAD."
It's been like four years since the last Shellac record, which is four years too many in our opinion, but now that we have this new one in our grubby wittle mits we can rejoice and crank it up! It's gonna make you wanna dead lift a monkey while walking your excellent italian greyhound that's terraforming 1000 hurts at action park cuz seriously, Dude its Incredible! Totally Recommended.
BACK IN PRINT!!!!
HELL YES!!!!!!! Mississippi Records just pressed up
more copies of Fred and Toody Cole's pre-Dead Moon punk band, the Rats;
both their first s/t record and the follow up "Intermittent
Signals"!!!!!! STOKED doesn't quite describe how excited we are, or
Mississippi for that matter -
"First LP, recorded in 1979 by Portland punk legends - the Rats. Fred and Toody Cole of Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, The Range Rats, The Weeds, The Lollipop Shop and a million other bands along with Rod Rat present a punk rock masterpiece. Stripped down and lo fi. The record has a slight psychedelic edge and some definite roots in early rock and roll. The record that started to define the aesthetic that would later inform what Fred and Toody accomplished with Dead Moon. Nuts and bolts great songwriting on songs such as Teenagers, World war 3, Social Indigestion and more." - Mississippi
DUDES we're not gonna bother with hyping these Rats albums cuz they're flat out FUCKING ESSENTIAL. Just as we all expect from Fred and Toody. And since originals of these lps fetch top dollar and Mississippi didn't press enough to go around, yer gonna want to grab 'em both NOW. THE HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION POSSIBLE.
BACK IN PRINT!!!
HELL YES!!!!!!! Mississippi Records just pressed up
more copies of Fred and Toody Cole's pre-Dead Moon punk band, the Rats;
both their first s/t record and the follow up "Intermittent
Signals"!!!!!! STOKED doesn't quite describe how excited we are, or
Mississippi for that matter -
"Second LP, recorded in 1980, by Portland punk legends - The Rats. Fred and Toody Cole of Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, The Range Rats, The Weeds. The Lollipop Shoppe and a million other bands are joined on this one by Sam Henry of the Wipers, Napalm Beach and a million other bands. A very eclectic LP with elements of Punk, new wave, art rock, psychedelia and early Rock and roll. Great nuts and bolts song writing. A true punk rock classic." - Mississippi
DUDES we're not gonna bother with hyping these Rats albums cuz they're flat out FUCKING ESSENTIAL. Just as we all expect from Fred and Toody. And since originals of these lps fetch top dollar and Mississippi didn't press enough to go around, yer gonna want to grab 'em both NOW. THE HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION POSSIBLE.
WHOAH. We got more copies of this holy grail,
hard-rockin' masterwork from New Jersey devils Sainte Anthony's Fyre!
Gonzo, hard-rockin' madness! We're DEFINITELY feeling this one - it's
like Marty McFly time-travelled back in time and created a band that was
executed per our exact taste! The "Hard Stuff", with a hint of bluesy
rockin, but with a definite proto-punk attitude and swagger that
elevates this above your typical Seventies hard stuff. These guys had to
have had their ears on the Motor City back in the day - we're hearing
the unmistakable testosterone-fueled influence of the MC5 or The
Rationals, as well as the sinister oil-caked, cabaret feel of Alice
Cooper too. These dudes were apparently courted by the bigs back in the
day (Felix Pappalardi even offered to produce, but ultimately wanted too
much moolah) and was a hair away from signing with Atlantic, but
ultimately facing restrictions that would dictate their sound, decided
against it, and recorded/released this one themselves. Fuck yeah! The
"rough" sound of the record really is an asset to the overall feel and
probably ups the aggression and sinister feel overall, with the guitars
fuzzed out and pushing the red zone to the maxx, bro. If you dig
Pentagram, Blue Cheer, Grand Funk, or even newer, backward-looking bands
like Graveyard, Witchcraft and FUZZ, then prepare to feel the HEAT from
the FYRE!
