Deerhunter just released some more non-NIN shows coming up this fall. Bradford Cox is buying some new dresses for the occasion, too! By the way, BC has my heart, because he understands something that I understand, but very few others do. Quoted in Analogue Mag: “I’ve pretty much given up on indie rock. I hate indie rock. I never listen to it anymore. Because indie rock to me is safe. Like college rock in the 80s. It has a lot to do with economic oppression. It has a lot to do with rich kids. When I think of indie rock recently I think of sort of bands whose names I won’t mention appropriating African music.” Thank you, Brad. Thank you, Deerhunter. Continue reading ‘Deerhunter Tours Some More’
I’m a little late on this one, but fucking hell, The Verve is dropping a new record in two weeks! Shit! I would run outside naked and do my happy prance, but it’s Orange Alert right now and I’m scared. The album is called Fourth, because as you know, psych rock and shoegaze dudes just can’t do any better these days (Darker My Love’s new album is 2, Dungen’s forthcoming is called 4, and the next Brian Jonestown record will be Dos Equis). Regardless of the moniker, this dystopian world we live in, in which dongcore bands like the Ting Tings are just tres awesome, needs a group like the Verve to be resurrected a la the Phoenix to plow some motherfuckers over with Twin Reverb Combos. You can pre-order it now. Continue reading ‘The Verve is back? Where was I?’
Woah, Darker My Love is headed for a new direction, if this track is any indication. Totally cool with me, I like new directions. Whereas the self-titled full length featured Brain Jonestown Massacre / Committee to Keep Music Evil standards – open tuned guitars, tinty textures, reverb washes, shitton of tambourine – “Two Ways Out” brings the Big Muff distortion coupled with melodic vocals. Instead of Dark My Love continuing in the Dead Meadow and Spacemen 3 trajectory, “Two Ways Out” has a Grandaddy meets Beach Boys feel. The new album is called 2 because, well, it’s the second album (you see what they did there), and descends upon the Earth’s surface next week on Dangerbird Records. The opening track is called “Northern Soul,” and if they’re referencing the sick Verve album, I’ll be totally stoked, dudebro.
Fun fact! Darker My Love’s rhythm guitarist is known as “The Sandwich.” I want a nickname like The Sandwich. Leave your suggestion(s) as a comment below. Don’t be a jerk, though.
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Darker My Love – Two Ways Out
