The months slide away like greased ferrets down a drainpipe. It’s halfway through ‘09 already and here are The Quietus’ favourite albums so far. And they give extra attention to body hair (hirsuteness)!
10. La Roux – La Roux
9. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
8. Fever Ray – Fever Ray
7. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
6. Teeth Of The Sea – Orphaned By The Ocean
5. Manic Street Preachers – Journal For Plague Lovers
The top 5 you can look up yourself here. (Hint: Sonic Youth is not number 1.)
The series of Artist Exposed for the Incubate 2009 festival, highlights the artists you definitely do not want to miss! Click the tag Artist Exposed for more posts!
Kayo Dot is an experimental rock/modern composition ensemble currently based in New York City. They fuse folk and jazz in an avantgarde sort of way on their last album coming from a experimental metal background (as ‘maudlin of the Well’). They keep on inventing their music in new ways, without keeping a close eye on what everyone expects them to do. This attitude is admired by many, and rejected by others, according to the mixed reviews on their last album. This constant search for new things is exactly why Kayo Dot is on its place at Incubate 2009.
New Album is coming
Kayo Dot has arrived in Seattle to begin recording its second full-length release for Hydra Head Industries (Pelican). According to a press release, “The new music features another sonic shift in the ever-evolving sonic lexicon of Kayo Dot. Expect a more visceral rhythmic sound with overdriven chorus basses, cave-echoed horns, vocals and strings, tuned struck metal, and a purveying melodic darkness threaded delicately throughout the sound of the music. Once again, the album will be recorded by Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth) who also recorded Kayo Dot’s critically acclaimed Hydra Head release from 2008, ‘Blue Lambency Downward’.” (source).
Rioteers long awaited Gabberism-project is now available on 12″ vinyl. Let him take you on a journey from the beginning of hardcore techno, all the way to the extremely commercial gabber overkill. The tracks are built up from “original” gabber samples and are glued together with audio fragments from interviews with (former) celebrities of the scene. All 24 minutes on this album are a big trip down memory lane for those that witnessed the rise and fall of gabber music, and all the subcultural oddities that came with it. The first gabber mockumentary on vinyl!
Our beloved Freshheads designers made the website for one of the most important news programs in the Netherlands: EénVandaag. Tonight at 18:15 local time their will be an item on the launch of this new website. We’ll tune in for sure!
