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The Rockometer: Silence Yourself by Savages
Savages Silence Yourself Matador This record is so fucking intense, and so fucking intense is an uncommon way to describe a post-punk record of any era, especially one released in 2013. Yet, Silence Yourself, by British newcomers Savages is all those things usually associated with post-punk records, like precise, moody and introspective, tense,...READ MORE
Watch Me: “Shut Up” by Savages
Post-punk is not dead, it's just been resting for the past 10 years, waiting for Interpol to put out a decent follow-up, leaving those who like their punk rock dark and danceable (when surrounded by other people wearing black), in an unenviable position. They could continue listening to the same records by The Cure and Joy Division. Wait for Interpol. Or, and here's where things get novel, get hip to this new British four-piece, ...READ MORE
A Jam Packed Wednesday with Weekend, BEAK>, Pharmakon, and Savages
As the lead track from their second full-length (Jinx is due out July 23rd on Slumberland), Weekend's "Mirror" sets the stage for a another round atmospheric post-punk and shattering screech delivered in equal measure. On record, song is never sacrificed for the sake of the noise heathens for this is a band who knows their craft and knows their place. ------ Conventional wisdom dictates covering a classic is never easy. Geo...READ MORE
Play Me: “Elephant Man” by Pleasure Leftists
See that fella, over there on the right side of the photo with the cut-offs and flannel? That man is Steve Peffer. Aside from playing bass with the Cleveland post-punk band, Pleasure Leftists, he runs the record store Hausfrau Records in the Gordon Square neighborhood. We may not even be on a first name basis, but in the past few months he's recommended some killer records for me to check out each time I step in the store. Thanks...READ MORE
Three Fer Thursday: New Jams by Iceage, Merchandise, and the History of Apple Pie
Like a turbo-charged, military-grade Hummer tuned for the drag strip, "Coalition," the new single by Danish punks, Iceage, somehow manages to be burly, intimidating and fleet all at once. It's body, fortified by thick, hanging guitars, seems more apt for the disinterested or those who'd rather feign disinterest while sheathing a crowd in scorching noise. And yet, from the first drum kick, it's off to the races for this battle...READ MORE
Play Me: “Fall Back” by Factory Floor
For the past year, London's Factory Floor has been a buzz band without any audible buzz. There was a 12" single on DFA Records in late 2011 and a performance at ATP New Jersey the same year that provided a startling stateside introduction to this electronic, post-punk trio with a love of lacing their long compositions with jarring fits of noise, and then, precious little else. With "Fall Back," we finally have buzz, and a burr...READ MORE
Play Me: “Borrowed Time” by Parquet Courts
photo by Heather Strange Like Australia's Eddy Current Suppression Ring, the New York via Texas band, Parquet Courts, have a rock history problem. Not too concerned with how garage rock, punk, and post-punk fit into Rock 'N' Roll's timeline, they just went ahead and combined their impressions of all three movements into one tangled mass. On a song like "Borrowed Time," you get the energy of early garage rock, the strong melodies o...READ MORE
Friday Jam Round Up Featuring Metz, Weekend, and Ladyhawk
Rare is the noise-punk band who can make old noise sound new again. Recent Sub Pop signings, Metz, may be one such, rare band. "Wet Blanket," does the trick by marrying the fuzz and scuzz of Northwest bands gone by with clanging industrial rock. This one is out October 9th on Sub Pop. MP3: Metz - Wet Blanket --- Also coming October 9th, is the third release from Vancouver longhairs, Ladyhawk. "No Can Do," is a stellar exampl...READ MORE
Play Me: “Second Television by Mission of Burma
While not as immediately impressive as "Dust Devil," the first track to appear from Mission of Burma's forthcoming album, Unsound, "Second Television," does do an exemplary job of showcasing the assembled skills of this long running, Boston post-punk band. Listen closely, and its depth is striking -- Multiple, sidewinding guitar melodies, fractured bits of static, and cowbell. Yes, cowbell. Even as "Second Television" is complex i...READ MORE
Top Jam: Let Them Talk by Spoek Mathambo
On his debut record for Sub Pop, South African Spoek Mathambo's vision of township tech encompasses everything from rap, funk, soul, 8-bit electronic music, post-punk and pretty much every micro genre of popular music you can imagine. That can be a problem sometimes. Tracks often feel overstuffed with ideas, weighed down by their own ambition. You'll find yourself talking to the stereo, "Just kill the bleeps and we'd have ours...READ MORE
Play Me: “Dust Devil” by Mission of Burma
If there was any doubt that veteran post-punk band Mission of Burma still had "it" after moving to Fire Records for their forthcoming album, the two minutes of "Dust Devil" should settle the issue of "it," and do so right quick, too. Despite their age, or rather, because of their accumulated experience, they know how chop up and slice up otherwise standard guitar riffs into something which still sounds fresh some 30 years after thei...READ MORE
