Later this week Cold Cave will be releasing their latest album, Cherish the Light Years via Matador Records. We’ll be reviewing it in the coming weeks, but in the meantime you can stream the whole album for free.
It’s been a wild few years for the band. While deserved, I’m sure longtime fans probably never imagined the sort of success and praise Cold Cave has received in such a short span. They’re truly at the forefront for bringing some sweet, sweet darkness to the mascara stained masses.
I know a lot of you have been anxiously awaiting it’s release and on a few initial listens it not only doesn’t disappoint but is even catchier than Love Comes Close.
Y’know in movies or cartoons where the devil is portrayed as a greasy dude with a sharp mustache and a black ponytail (hooves optional)? That is the specific ponytail we are referencing this week. Full on De Niro in Angel Heart. Seriously, this line-up is pretty out of control. First of all you have Salem, who’s King Night was our favorite album of 2010. With the packed houses that are usually seen at CYP2, their wall of satanic sound should shake the building to its core.
Beyond that though, you also get Light Asylum! If you haven’t heard their Dark Allies EP(again, one of our faves of last year) you gotta go get it immediately. Shannon Funchess is a presence and a half on the record, so I can only imagine how she’ll be live. You’ll also get Gatekeeper, The Present Moment, and, as always, Franki Chan this time joined by the Killing Spree DJ. Double Bonus, Salem has put together a little mix, exclusively for the event. Check it out below!
How terrifying is this track!? And I’m not talking about the visuals…the damn track. Absolutely bone-chilling. “Das Haus der Hexe” Is off the Audio Argentos, MSV’s latest full length, Inverted Triangle I is available now as an LP via Clan Destine Records and a deluxe edition via Phantasma Disques.
When you find yourself at a loss of words while attempting to explain an artist, you know he’s poised to make some serious waves. Jacques Greene is the perfect example of this – emitting vibes from House and Garage, finely caked in a R&B glaze. His sound is as refreshingly new as it is a nod to timeless formulas within the electronic realm, ultimately encompassing raw emotions with stripped bare production and sublime beat crafting.
Hailing from Montreal, this youthful, house-influenced Hab has been grouped with the influx of elite producers emerging from our Northern neighborhood – including the likes of Egyptrixx and Lunice. Much like his peers, he strives to create his own niche – one that infuses the worlds of house and techno with a sound that is both soulful and satisfying. He first caught my ear with his debut release, “(Baby I Don’t Know) What You Want” on Night Slugs’ Allstars LP, along with singles from label heads Bok Bok & L-vis 1990, Kingdom, Velour, Egyptrixx, Jam City, Cubic Zirconia and T. Williams. Check out the video for this single below…
While Greene quietly broke into the scene, his consistent quality productions prove he will be lingering for quite a bit. His remixing technique speaks for itself, as well – I was absolutely blown away by his brilliant remix featured on Local Action’s Skydiver release, an eclectic collection of remixes of tracks by R&B queen Cassie. Aptly labeled “Jacques Greene’s Marriage Proposal mix”, his rendition of “Must Be Love” proves to be one of the strongest tracks on the release. Mind you, this is all my own biased opinion – so why don’t you download the album and be your own judge. Otherwise, you can just jam Greene’s remix and get your damn groove on.
His first EP, entitled The Look, was proudly backed by Glasgow-based label, LuckyMe and dropped jaws across multiple scenes. Strongly led by the title track, the 4-track release made a large splash immediately following its January drop. This release firmly established Greene’s involvement in the resurgence of the Acid House movement, incorporating his own spin with a bass lean and R&B-involved flex. I HIGHLY recommend checking out “The Look” when you get the chance, you can also find the video for the EP’s final track, “Tell Me”, below…
2011 has already proven to be a pivotal year for this young producer. Quickly following the release of his well-received EP, Greene pumped out another single on the LuckyMe imprint – entitled “Another Girl”, the track has only further promoted his prime production crafting and has already seen plays from several highly touted selectors. In all honesty, I see this one bringing an increase of much deserved hype towards Greene’s corner.. Check it out below.
Really, I only have great things to say about this dude. I have yet to be let down by any of his works and have recently been completely engulfed in his BLOC 2011 Promo mix. Greene simply described it as “some techno new and old, new stuff from friends, and I always liked the Drake version of ‘Fall For Your Type’ better.” Ultimately, it’s a stunning mix of the deeper end of the spectrum.
With each surfacing track & mix, this young Montreal-based producer seems to effortlessly blend both desperation and beauty within his sound. Pushing a hybrid mutation of House, R&B, and Garage, he is undoubtedly spearheading a movement whether he knows it or not. Be sure to keep this one on your radar, I have a strong feeling that his obscurity is soon to be a thing of the past.
When diversions are king, video games shall be amongst those running the pack. Making sure that everyone has the appropriate tattoos. Knowing the gang symbols. The terminology. Ruling the roost, if you will. This is Press Start!, the column where I spout off five things that happened in the world of gaming in a given week. My lists are dumb. Like yours, they are rife with personal preference, ideological tendencies, and since it’s me – juvenile bullshit.
I encourage all aboard to share their own musings.
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#1: Apple App Store Gets App That ‘Cures Homosexuality’, For Like A Second
God damn, I have to give it to Apple. I knew from the multifarious apps found on Apple’s store were fucking powerful. I knew there were a lot of apps that could do a lot of things. Find a yummy restaurant for my belly! Find movie tickets. Play Angry Birds! Read a book! However, I wasn’t aware there was an app that could cure my raging hard-on for Chris Hemsworth in chainmail.
That’s where Exodus International steps in! They released an app that claimed to cure gayness. It was a bit of an odd mood, since the fascist pigs at Apple have pulled some less polarizing applications. Wasn’t there one that cost like a zillion dollars? The Douche App? It did nothing aside from signify you could spend a lot of money?
Anyways, a day and one enormous 152,433 online signature later, they pulled the son of a bitch.
Go figure.
I’m actually okay with the existence of the app, if it wasn’t such an odd choice in lieu of what they have pulled. I am of the opinion that if a bunch of closed-minded assholes rubbing their genitals against a withering old tome want to try and make some money off their own ignorance, let them try.
Besides, it doesn’t work. I downloaded the app – mind you, I didn’t actually use it. However, if it worked, how would they trick the sinners into using it?! It must have unactivated capabilities, right? What I did do was stick my iPhone in my crotch and had my friend call me repeatedly with the phone on vibrate while I stared at Chris Evans’ pecs in the Captain America trailer. Still felt the love. Don’t tell my girlfriend.
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#2: New Movie ‘The FP’ Where Dance-Dance Meets Post-Apocalypse Gang Wars
In the future, we will all be divided amongst post-apocalypse gangs. When diversions are king, our lives will be dedicated to maintaining our reps and our various crews. The flick ‘The FP’ which screened at SXSW last week perfectly captures our forthcoming sociocultural metamorphosis. Also, the movie is fucking madness.
Gangs fight it out in fatal games of DDR, titties, and absurd montages. The trailer is what happens when you cross 1980′s bro movies with video game slop-culture. In a completely conscious, and planning manner.
God bless.
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#3: Triforce Johnson Waits In Line For Nintendo 3DS. Gets Thrown Out. Returns.
Isaiah-Triforce Johnson is either the man, or a fucking mental patient. For some reason, I feel like the two categories bleed together so simply swimmingly when it comes to geek culture. Triforce, who had the phrase legally added to his first fucking name, is a man with a plan. The plan in question is to be the first motherfucker in Manhattan to get a Nintendo 3DS. He’s taken to this plan by waiting in line inside the foyer of the Union Square Best Buy in the Big Apple.
Earlier this week, Best Buy had security throw the dude out.
But that doesn’t stop a motherfucker, does it? He returned, and has apparently smoothed the entire thing over. “There was a Chris Brown launch party the night I came out” he said, so “Best Buy needed that space for the line. It kinda looked bad, but it was just a misunderstanding.”
John Prolly, our resident Viking man, metal expert, and cyclist extraordinaire, has ignited the rabid curiosity of the internet. Because Prolly only goes to the extreme. The recent Austin transplant has a new interview up as part of Street Carnage‘s Word On The Street series. In it he discusses leaving NYC (I know, right?) for the sunny hills of Texas, the cycling scene in the southwest, and his recent foray into domesticity.
That’s right, John Prolly has a house. A house with a backyard. Texas: it changes people. He also casually mentions the 20-40 mile bike rides he’s now able to take on a day to day basis. John, we know you possess the calves of four men, but that’s no reason to rub it in. For more Prolly, check out his website and look out for his posts on the Bloglin. And if you’re in Austin and something red comes zooming past you, don’t worry, it’s probably just Prolly.
Watch as metal legend Matt Pike of Sleep and High on Fire takes a dip in his pool and then talks about his many tattoos and band-memories. Matt’s a bit of a hot mess. He goes from talking about all his drug use to the Playboy Mansion. But being a rock star isn’t all it’s crapped up to be. As Matt points out, it’ll give you crow’s feet! All kidding aside, this interview for Soundwave TV is one of the best I’ve seen with Pike. There are tons of ridiculousness including his solution for peace in Iraq “SEND LEMMY TO THE MIDDLE EAST” and how hew captured a tree bat and put it in a bird cage. Wow.
I mean, advertisers know that anything they put up in NYC is going to get fucked with, right? When was the last time you saw an add that didn’t have a dick drawn on it, let alone a mustache or flies or stink lines? At this point you’re thinking “what’s going on with Whole Milk, I know he’s relatively lowbrow, but a post about crudely drawn dicks? C’mon.”
Well, well, the tables have turned, because this is art kids! That’s right, New York Dicks is a brand new coffee table book displaying New York’s finest phallic tomfoolery. Who wouldn’t want this thing in their apartment, other than, y’know, most people. I must say, I’m actually kind of impressed sometimes by how creatively people can ruin subway ads.
Especially when they carve down into the older layers to amalgamate a strange frankenstein ad. But that’s not what this is about. New York Dicks is about the most slapdash, crudely drawn, cubeworld looking dicks they could find. This isn’t art by artists. It’s art by the PEOPLE man!
Also, check out that gloriously defaced Guy Fieri. That’s not in the book, my friend just saw it in the subway. Nevertheless it rules and I can’t help but laugh every time I see it. I mean, Fieri is an inherently humorous individual (though I will gladly watch Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives all day) but satanic Fieri?! Now that just brings it to a whole new level. New York Dicks: put more dicks in your house.
The Scion Installation 7 Video Tour is coming to Brooklyn, which gives you the chance to see up-and-comers as well as established artists utilize their talents to create non-narrative videos that will be showcased across select US cities (including Austin, LA, Wichita and Minneapolis).
This year’s edition focuses on the video medium prevalent in the 1960s, which has since evolved into experimental, kinetic and interactive spaces. Since its creation in 2003, the exhibit has raised $250,000 for art exhibit and non-profit organizations. Saturday’s opening is free with an RSVP, so hop on it.
Saturday March 26th, 7-10pm Eastern Direct
43 Bogart St.
Brooklyn, NY 11206
