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"You hear Dope Body's back in town?"

"Wait what... didn't those guys call it quits a few years ago?"

Who knows anymore! What's a fact, anyway? That being said, the fact IS if they want to bring more music, though, who's gonna tell 'em no? Long story short, they were already busy, making plans and other things over the past year or so (again who really knows...?) when this worldwide plague broke loose. But hey when life gives you lemons, make..... music right?... (read more)

These stay-at-home times can really bring out the gift-giving in all of us - maybe it's in the form of baked goods from your neighbor, or maybe homemade masks from your auntie. Our favorite is when the gift arrives in the form of sweet, sweet new music, delivered straight to our digital device, which just happened to occur today with the epic Bill MacKay jam, Scarf!

Scarf, originally only available on a limited-edition cassette of 50 copies back in 2019, has now reemerged. The... (read more)

To help take even the tiniest edge off during these isolated times, we've asked our amazing arists if there's anything they wanna share, shout about, rave up, or simply give fans while we're all holed up in our bunkers.. Happy to oblige is Sean O'Hagan (of The High Llamas, yo!), who has brought some serious goodies along for the whole class to enjoy! Namely: some written reflections on music, a playlist, and a brand new video showcasing Sean and his daughter Livvy performing a song... (read more)

With the digital release date for Goons Be Gone quickly approaching (6/5 for all you noobs), it's definitely time to share another single; dare we say, it's a marvelous night for a "War Dance"! Strafing the listener from the first moment, "War Dance" is the blasted, raging sound of No Age we've come to know and love so dearly. Listen and you'll hear Randy Randall's wigged out guitar whisk the atmospheric tone into a frenzy, leaping into overdrive for the chorus and double-overdrive for the... (read more)

Bill Nace's forthcoming album Both comes to an elegiac conclusion with "Part 8": a lick of vibrato drives a funereal procession of feedback-edged single notes, evoking pensive introspection, perfect to share with you today! Transmitting the boundless creative depths of which artists like Rhys Chatham, Henry Flynt and Ellen Fullman have journeyed, "Part 8" is another night in the far firmament of Both's fantastic solo guitar voyage.
 

Charged particles of minimal techno and neo-dub reverberate through this spare passage,... (read more)

Sheeple! Let go and dance yourself unsick with a pogoing slice of prime ur-punk. Unlike many of the bands that defined their era, No Trend wore their name like a prophecy, and are among the 80s most enduring sounds as a result. With a rolling bassline that would make Public Image Ltd. jealous and nauseous waves of Frank Price's guitar noise, "Cancer" bounces with a perverse energy as Jeff Mentges' vocals sear through the din. As with much of No Trend's catalog, cynical lyrics testify to the knowability of truth beyond the endless corruption of men... (read more)

To help take even the tiniest edge off during these isolated times, we've asked our amazing arists if there's anything they wanna share, shout about, rave up, or simply give fans while we're all holed up in our bunkers. Today we have a succinct, touching missive from Haley Fohr of Jackie Lynn, who wrote to us overnight from an undisclosed hideout spot in Chicago. She's also whipped up a Spotify playlist for us to kick it back and groove with, Quartz n tea. Read on and... (read more)

Enlightenment! Everybody wants some. Friends, the path through new musical discoveries leads through phases of darkness and light - at least in Masaki Batoh's world, a difficult place whether or not the gods come to save us, but one with a happy ending for us if we accept the terms and climb the mountain of inspiration through many travails and make it so. Throughout his forthcoming album Smile, Jesus Loves You, Batoh takes us over these great distances and allows us to hear and feel the... (read more)

During this current period of isolation, the What News trio of Alasdair Roberts, David MacGuiness and Amble Skuse have emerged with two new songs, right in time for Easter! The A-side is the trio's take on "Easter Parade" and "Maria Muoter" contains a gorgeous rendering of a 'flagellant song' from the days of The Black Death thus creating a release of semi-disembodied music made of vocals, piano and electronic manipulation of ancient music to apply to recurrent aches today.
 

A note from Meg Baird about "Cross Bay":

"The mix dates for my upcoming solo record were among the many, too many cancellations of this unimaginable spring we're sharing. But I wanted to go ahead and release one of the songs in progress-just case it could help to raise some funds for meals, shelter and support for some of my most vulnerable neighbors.

This song is a mash of abstractions. But one verse was written... (read more)