Finally something the entire internet can agree is beautiful and well deserving of all hype received. We’ve already heard “Dream House” and I wrote a bit how it made me feel actual feelings before barfing slightly in my mouth. Today we get graced with the title track off Deafheaven’s upcoming ‘Sunbather’ LP, and although the track is a bit more abrupt than “Dream House” it still carries a massive amount of weight. ‘Sunbather’ drops June 11th via Deathwish.

Artwork by Touche Amore’s Nick Steinhardt.

Admittedly, it’s taken me a few days to fully get my head around this new NYMPH track, but after copious listens, and realizing the bright guitars haven’t left my head since first listen, I’ve decided to share. It’s a track that leaves you bobbing your head back and forth before jettisoning your mind into full mind-fuck the next (in a good way, … I think), I mean, the track is aptly titled “Battle Funk”. “Battle Funk” comes off NYMPH’s upcoming ‘New Millenium Prayer’ LP which you can Pre-order ‘New Millenium Prayer’ here via the fin people over at Northern Spy.

‘ABANDON’ the latest LP from NY based one-woman noise ripper Margaret Chardiet a.k.a. Pharmakon is out now via Sacred Bones, but if you have yet to fall in love and cop the LP, here’s another primal cut “Ache”.

Loving this new track from UK’s Melt Yourself Down. I imagine walking down the street with magical powers inflicting odd mishaps upon unfortunate pedestrians, such as fly by pants-ings, magical gusts of wind that would rip off some poor old ladies wig, and other Jim Carrey-esque pranks of that sort while this track played in the background. The record drops sometime in June but until then just jam this track over and over and pre-order the LP here.

Another day, another really good Lee Bannon mixtape. ‘Never/mind/the/darkness/of/it…’ is the follow up to Bannon’s excellent ‘Caligula theme music 2.7.5′ and sort sounds as if trap-music got a little sad and decided to open a physics textbook. Keep an eye on Bannon this year, he has some tricks up his sleeves…

Seemingly out of nowhere Colin Marston (Behold, Krallice) has droped an entire new Indricothere (Formerly Vegan Death) LP simply titled ‘II’. At times the pre-programmed drums can feel obnoxiously lifeless, but if you can make it past them, which isn’t hard at all, this thing shreds. Hard.

I received an email from Sam Hillmer (ZS, Diamond Terrifier) about a week ago that simply read: “Yo! I’ve got this mixtape I made of DT [Diamond Terrifier] rippin it over Terrible Records artist tracks, I cover Solange, it’s crazy.” I knew I had to hear it. Secondly, anytime anyone prefaces and email with “Yo!” I can generally assume I’m going to like what follows. If you are unfamiliar with Hillmer’s work, in a nutshell, he makes mind melting experimental Saxophone music (See our live session with ZS shot a few years ago for a crash course). This mixtape “How To Wrap a Crown” is in celebration of DT’s latest LP ‘THE SUBTLE BODY WEARS A SHADOW’ (Record release show: May 20th @ Public Assembly w/ Amen Dunes [NY] see flier below).

Hillmer had a few words to say about the mixtape:
“Upon signing with Terrible we decided that contextualizing my work in terms of other artists in the Terrible catalog would be a good idea. So! I got a lot of instrumentals, and I witled it down to what is posted here. I have always wanted to run wild on a bunch of different pop related stuff, so here I am doing it! Saxophone Juke is a genre I’ve been meaning to invent, and covering the pitched down Solange was a special privilege! I hope y’all dig it!” We do!

Stream Diamond Terrifier “How To Wrap a Crown” below.

Tracklisting:
How To Wrap A Crown/Confessions – Horrid Red – T RMX
Afternoon Wreaths – Horrid Red – T RMX
Distance Within – Horrid Red – T RMX
Bunks Other dream – Horrid Red – T RMX
Believe – Can’t – T RMX
Losing You – Solange – T RMX
Castles In The Snow – Twin Shadow – T RMX
How To Wrap An African Crown/African Crown – Cornel Campbell – T RMX

You can order ‘THE SUBTLE BODY WEARS A SHADOW’ via Terrible Records here.

Another week another track from the ever-productive Lee Bannon. I’ve seen a bunch of people calling this track ‘dark’ or ‘menacing’ or that it ‘licks at the nape of your neck with a scaly black tongue.’ but that sounds like some weird Star Wars lingo and I highly doubt Darth Vader is bumping this track inside that helmet (he might be jamming this though…). I think this track is fairly uplifting and powerful, but then again maybe that says more about me than it does about the track. If I were to make any weird Star Wars-eque comparison, it would read more along the lines of “This track is most likely what Princess Leia had in her walkman as she attempted to teach herself how to dougie in a bikini, in the mirror, in extra slow motion.” Uhhhh… Stream “Rellahmatic” below.

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There are only two things I know about the North Bay: I don’t really want to go there, and Creative Adult are from there. I’ve been hinting about these guys for a while now, and if you were at our SXSW show, you saw them play and probably already love them. ‘Bulls In The Yard’ is C.A.’s newest 4-track EP out May 14th via Run For Cover. Clocking in at a lengthy 11 minutes, if you need a kick in the ass to wake up this morning this would be a it.

Clipping have dropped a glitchy new video for the track “Bullshit” off their recent ‘MIDCITY’ release, which if you have yet to check out I highly recommend doing so (Stream / Download here). The video, like the song is glitchy, sparse, seizure inducing, yet captivating. Keep an eye on this LA trio this year, I have a feeling they have some tricks up their sleeves.

Dr. Cristina Bercovitz

Watch our recent session with Clipping here.

I posted last week about ex-Das Racist member Kool A.D.’s newest collaboration with Kassa Overall and their excellent video for “Pleasance (WDGAF)” and I said I liked it and how it was good and stuff. WELL, today you can download their entire ‘PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS’ mixtape for free. And, it’s good… and stuff. The duo have also released another music video for the track “Fresh Prince” which you can feast your eyes upon below.

It’s been a while since a track has actually made me feel emotional. Like, ya know, real feelings. Deafheaven’s ‘Sunbather’ is apparently heavily influenced by the “profound sadness found in the quest for one’s personal perfection” and it’s quite apparent upon first listen that frontman George LeSage isn’t holding anything back. But behind LeSage’s tortured vocals and atmospheric riffs “Dream House” is actually quite a beautiful song, as can be said about all Deafheaven’s music to date. It’s so refreshing to hear music that actually has meaning to someone, something with some soul that actually actually soundtrack a period of time in your life. Okay okay maybe I’m getting a little over worked up… ‘Sunbather’ drops Jun 11th via Deathwish and I can honestly say I can’t remember the last time I have so highly anticipated a release. Stream the track courtesy of NPR here.