All the news that’s fit to print.

::: I feel like a citizen dick. I just wrote a column six… nay, five days ago, railing against latter Pink Floyd albums and said that Rick Wright sounds like a Death Eater from Harry Potter. Well, unfortunately, Rick Wright has passed away at 65. Way to be a toolbox, self. A pox on Kenny Bloggins.

::: Brightblack Morning Light‘s new album is exactly like their last one, which is to say, Spiritualized on purple drank. Fine with me. I like jams about nature and hanging out and camping and vibin’. Motion to Rejoin comes out next week, and ya know, you don’t see courtroom vernacular make it onto hippie jams too often. “Motion to rejoin, your honor.” I snagged a couple of MP3s below.

::: Black Moth Super Rainbow drops Drippers on November 4th (pick it up after you vote though, Quasibroto), a collection of previously unreleased material, including but not limited to, B-sides, demos, and alternate takes. In the meantime, you can grip a limited edition EP version with a scratch and sniff sticker. Boss. I hope the full length comes with a snap bracelet. Since Boards of Canada fell way the fuck off with The Campfire Buttphase, I’m leaving BMSR in charge of the whole bucolic analog sunshine electro-psych tip.

::: Plop another nickel in the “Odd Couple” jar. As alluded to earlier on this blog, subterranean guitar architects and drone assault vehicle Growing just dropped a sick joint last week. To celebrate, Growing will take delight this fall in completely frightening indie rock nerds and people “who just gotta get their sorta dance on” for roughly 45 minutes in eight major North American markets. Through either friendship, luck, providence, elaborate schemes, or otherwise, Growing will be opening for the subdued and shapeshifting British electropop collective Hot Chip on the last leg of their tour.

Growing is known for rumbling the foundations of whatever room they play in and ripping holes in the sky roughly ten meters above your head that spew torrents of fluorescent-colored doom. Hot Chip is known for being… funky. Totally fucked, right? Well, Growing has taken a more (somewhat) melodic approach on their latest, All the Way, out right now on Social Registry. So, maybe it’s not as strange as it seems. I mean, Deerhunter just finished a Nine Inch Nails tour, right? Odd couples are the new black. Czech the dates.

::: Brian Chippendale from Lightning Bolt and Brian Miller from Foot Village have started Noise for Obama, featuring artist statements from the hottest hearthrobs in noise on why they’re voting for Obama in November. Chppendale and friends realized that there’s a large nihilistic contingency in this scene. Nihilists don’t really believe in democracy, among other things, so it would time to give everyone a little push toward civic responsibility. From Miller’s press release:

“We were both concerned that a lot of people, both audiences and
artists, in the noise/underground music community don’t vote and may
not have considered what an important election year this is. So I
started writing to other noise rockers and found that there are others
that feel as strongly about Obama as we do.”

There’s not much up right now, but look for statements from No Age, Friends Forever, and Deerhoof in the near future. And you can register to vote. Do it soon, if you’ve not done so already.

And that’s how it looks from the cheap seats. As a side note, I plan to keep toying with the design of this page. Expect massive confusion to follow. Have a slice of rave pie while you wait…

MP3 :::
Growing – Rave Pie Only
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Milk Skates
Black Moth Super Rainbow – Happy Melted City
Brightblack Morning Light – Oppressions Each
Lightning Bolt – Birdy