Description: Exuberance/Ebullience, banter, possibly an interview, context and connection, the familiar, the strange.
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June 18, 2026: Almost Never, Until Eternally Ever
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Music behind DJ:
Ocean Therapy
Rosy Sea
Along The Coast
Ambia Sleep and Meditation
2024
Voices Of Conquest
O Yes My Lord
Great Lakes Gospel: Detroit
VOC Records / The Numero Group
1968 / 2006 / 2026
From Numero: "Over the decades, Numero has excavated a metric ton of recordings from the depths of Detroit. From all manner of mini Motowns we've uncovered soul, R&B, funk, disco, boogie, and by nature of proximity—gospel. Previous examinations of the Revival and Big Mack labels turned up more than a few new apocryphal hymns, and Great Lakes Gospel Vol. 2 compiles a dozen curious church groups devotionally reaching towards the genre's frayed edge. Get lost in ecstatic choir funk, pulpit rappin', direct-injection guitar solos, and the holy spirit, should it move you. Look around the room. You could start a church with this thing." ................ ------- From https://thelisteningpostblog.wordpress.com/ ---------- "O Yes My Lord, indeed! Today’s immense burst of divinity blew me away the first time I heard it and continues to do so with every listen! If those soul-soaring, spine dancing vocals aren’t enough to drown the ears in bliss, get a load of those crazy, world-sized beats and tell me that the percussive element of this track doesn’t stir your core! It’s glorious in every way! ................... I’m not 100% but it looks like The Voices of Conquest only issued one 45 in the late 1960’s (1968) but, oh man, did they make it a memorable offering! O Yes My Lord was released on a 1960s gospel soul label from Detroit, Michigan called VOC. Accompanied on the b-side by a song called God Said He Would (listen to this below), its a crying shame that this single was the only offering from this band! Both songs were written by a man called Ernest Fowler who, upon brief inspection, looks like he wrote a lot of Gospel songs at the time but, again, I can’t find out much else about him either… .............. What I can offer you in regards to some useful information is that in 2006 the wondrous Numero Records released a compilation album entitled Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal, which is definitely worth a listen!! Really really!! Enjoy!"
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Arab Strap
Fighting For You
Half-Told Tales
Rock Action
2026
Translated to English from the site https://www.dansendeberen.be/ ------- "It is an accent that is unintelligible, the accent that is spoken above Hadrian's wall. The Scottish duo Arab Strap has also been going on for thirty years now and very characteristic of their sound is that monotonous character in Malcolm Middleton's synths and that filthy, spat-out sneers at anything and everything from Aidan Moffat. Myths, legends and sagas are regurgitated by the two blood brothers and houses that are considered sacred are blown over with word bazookas. Just listen to toppers such as "The Turning of Our Bones" or "Fables of the Urban Fox". They will soon release a new LP. After "You You You", "Fighting For You" can already provide the introduction to this. ............ It is actually crazy how ordinary people are played off against each other by so-called higher powers. Instead of being there for each other against those powerful (tech) companies and potentates of just about all different political tendencies, we prefer to bite each other's throats. Arab Strap doesn't put a finger, but a whole hand on the wound and cuts hard again on "Fighting For You". Moffat immediately starts spewing his bile and Arab Strap sounds much more like a metal band on this song with that shrill guitar lick. Yet that blissfully uniform sound also floats to the surface so that we recognize the whole sound from miles away as Arab Strap. The frustration drips from it in streams and a moment of rest is needed in the middle of the song, but that guitar pattern is mixed even more emphatically to the front afterwards and the two let the song balance on the barricades that are already completely covered in blood and the sidewalk where the teeth can be scraped from. ............... Half-Told Tales will be released on September 4."
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Jah Wobble · Tian Qiyi
Tomorrow Never Knows
Mystic Liverpool: The Beatles' Psychedelic Psongbook
Cherry Red Records / 30 Hertz
2026
Released June 16, 2026 in advance of their full-length tribute album... From Anit-Music: "(SP) East London bassist and producer Jah Wobble and Liverpool-based ethno-psychedelic duo Tian Qiyi present their new single 'Tomorrow Never Knows', the first offering from the forthcoming album 'Mystic Liverpool: The Beatles' Psychedelic Psongbook', out August 14th via Cherry Red Records and Wobble's label 30 Hertz. A deeply personal reimagining of The Beatles' psychedelic period, these songs are framed within a soundscape of Chinese, Mongolian and dub traditions. ...................... 'Tomorrow Never Knows' - the closing track on The Beatles' 1966 album 'Revolver' - may have been penned by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (with title lifted from a phrase coined by Ringo Starr), but Jah Wobble (aka John Wardle) and his sons John T Wardle and Charlie Wardle (aka Tian Qiyi) have made this song uniquely their own. ................... Jah Wobble is a founding member of Public Image Ltd (PiL) and formed Invaders of the Heart in 1982. In his 50-year career, he has achieved chart success, a Mercury Music Prize nomination and a rich discography. He has collaborated with Can's Holger Czukay, Jaki Liebezeit, U2's The Edge and producer François Kevorkian, in addition to Sinead O'Connor, Massive Attack, Ginger Baker, Bjork, Brian Eno, Pharoah Sanders and, most recently, Horace Andy on his 'Timeless Roots' album, Ken Boothe on his 'Old Fashioned Ways' album, and Jon Klein on the 'Automated Paradise' album. ....................... Tian Qiyi takes their name from John T Wardle and Charlie Wardle's Chinese middle names, Tian Qi and Tian Yi. Meshing British, Chinese, Mongolian and dub traditions, their music bridges cultures to forge a sound that also weaves in post-punk and experimental production, their sound imbued with magnetic tension between ancient tradition and dub futurism, East and West, land and spirit. ....................... The album draws largely on Jah Wobble's signature dub bass, John T's drums, Chinese percussion and yangqin, and Charlie's erhu and vocals. Their clever rendition of "Strawberry Fields Forever" also sees Charlie playing morin khuur with the boys' mother Zi Lan Liao - a Royal Academy of Music-trained harpist and the most recognized gu-zheng performer worldwide - joining on gu-zheng. .................... Jointly produced by Jah Wobble, John T and Charlie, this album was recorded and mixed by John T at Pagoda Studios in Liverpool, where Tian Qiyi is now based. .................... But the Liverpool connection runs even deeper through their family. Zi Lan's father, Mr K.H. Li (Liao Gui Xiong), arrived from Guangzhou in 1981 as Chinese Cultural Officer at the Pagoda and went on to establish the Pagoda Chinese Youth Orchestra - the ensemble Zi Lan (now also director of Pagoda Arts Centre) runs and that both her sons grew up playing in from the age of three. The record is dedicated to him; a lifelong Beatles fan, he owned everything they ever released on vinyl. ...................... "The track that flipped it for me as a kid was 'Strawberry Fields Forever,'" says Jah Wobble. "I didn't have the language for what was going on in that song - I just knew it was more than music. The words you'd reach for are the ones people use about psychedelia: ego dissolution, a sense of unity, cosmic connection. I consider dub music to fit into the psychedelia genre, and John T grew up listening to dub, so Mystic Liverpool was always going to have that sensibility." ..................... The album moves through The Beatles' psychedelic-era songbook with Chinese instrumentation and dub-inflected mixing, treating the material as the genuinely mystical music it always was rather than as nostalgic covers. As listeners will be pleased to discover, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Magical Mystery Tour" are particular touchstones."
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Yalla Miku
Post-Aventures
2
Les Disques Bongo Joe
2025
"After a critically praised debut in 2023 and numerous tours across Europe, Yalla Miku returns with “2”, a new record that further asserts their unique identity. Still based in Geneva, the band moves forward with a reimagined lineup — not as a departure, but as the natural continuation of a project envisioned from the start as a space for encounters, movement, and musical reinvention. .......................... Blending post-kraut grooves, mutant folklore and electronic trance, Yalla Miku continues to spark dialogue between traditions from the Horn of Africa and the most unrestrained experiments of Geneva’s underground. The krar riffs of Samuel Ades Tesfagergsh, the sculptural bass of Louise Knobil, the taut percussion of Cyril Bondi, the raw electronics of Emma Souharce, and Cyril Yeterian’s modified banjo weave a dense, collective sonic fabric, full of sharp turns and rhythmic surges. ................................. There’s no smooth fusion here, nor any fixed folklore: “2” is an interplanetary journey where multiple voices overlap, clash or complement each other. It’s a music of otherness, built as a shared space where each texture keeps its own roughness. .......................... With this second album, Yalla Miku digs deeper into its sound: raw, militant, unclassifiable — for curious ears and open hearts. --------- Released November 7, 2025 ....................Yalla Miku are: Samuel Ades Tesfagergsh : Krar, Vocals // Louise Knobil : Electric Bass, Vocals // Cyril Bondi : Drums, Percussion, Vocals // Emma Souharce : Machines, Synths, Vocals // Cyril Yeterian: Ufo Banjo, Electric Guitar, Vocals .................... All tracks composed and produced by Yalla Miku" https://yallamiku.bandcamp.com/
Crash Course In Science
Jump Over Barrels
Near Marineland
Schematic / Dark Entries Records
1981 / 2017
Unreleased album recorded in 1981 ----------- CCIS is a "Post Punk/Minimal Synth band formed in 1979 in Philadelphia. ............... The band members, Dale Feliciello, Mallory Yago and Michael Zodorozny, met while attending art school. They began to experiment with crude electronics and off-beat writing. CCIS avoids conventional instrumentation by using toy instruments and kitchen appliances to augment the distorted guitar, drums and synthesized beats. .................... Their first single, Crash Course In Science - Cakes In The Home was released in 1979 and their 4-song 12" EP Signals From Pier Thirteen in 1981. Pier 13 was an abandoned coal-loading pier along the Delaware River near where CCIS rehearsed. The band went there often and was inspired by the huge silent machinery, shapes, shadows, ghosts and debris. The songs 'Cardboard Lamb' and 'Flying Turns' quickly became club favorites during the early ‘80s. This EP's raw, percussive sound influenced both techno and industrial music in later years. CCIS feel a strong connection to Throbbing Gristle, although they consider themselves as working in a parallel universe rather than being influenced by them." ....................... "Crash Course in Science were championed by local radio station WXPN DJ Lee Paris. Paris released their first single Cakes in the Home for his Go Go label. This was followed by Signals from Pier Thirteen EP in 1981, produced by John Wicks at Third Story Recordings. ..................... In the years following the band's initial break-up, Crash Course in Science's music developed a cult following among techno and electro musicians, and the band have been cited as an influence on the 2000s electroclash scene. In 2009, they reunited for tours, and in 2011, Schematic Records released a Signals from Pier Thirteen re-issue, as well as Near Marineland, an album originally recorded by the band in 1981 before being shelved. In 2017, the band released a new album titled Situational Awareness." [This song also released in 2016 as a 4 song single on Dark Entries w/ the song, the 1981 demo, the Charles Manier Remix & the Early Rehearsal Version.]
Chainmale
Freakout
Can't Stop It! II - Australian Post Punk 1979-84 (2026 Deluxe Edition)
Candle Records / Chapter Music
1983 / 2026
This song never before re-issued until now!!! "Tasmania's own performance punk Chainmale"... The original was only available on a 1983 7", 45 RPM, Single, Test Pressing, White Label on Candle Recordings... Now available via: "The second instalment of Chapter Music’s acclaimed Australian post-punk compilation series Can’t Stop It! is released on vinyl for the first time as a deluxe double album on September 4, 2026. ...................... The compilation was originally released on CD in 2007, and presents an incredible array of inventive and often previously unheard music from the period 1979-1984. Now Chapter Music updates the compilation with six never before reissued bonus tracks, new remastering by Mikey Young, plus new liner notes, photos and layout. ........................ This is a fantastically rich and dynamic time in Australian music history, a time when Australia stepped out of the shadows of overseas influence and asserted its own musical identity for perhaps the first time. ...................... Can’t Stop It! #2 features tracks that have now become touchstones in Australia's post-punk history, including Lamborghini by Severed Heads and proto Oz-rap classic Do the Job by Use No Hooks, plus early works by the likes of Dead Can Dance’s Lisa Gerrard and Hunters & Collectors’ Mark Seymour. .......................... Bonus tracks include the astounding How by Brisbane's This Five Minutes, which pre-dates The Stone Roses' Fool's Gold by at least five years, the gorgeous Purple Hearts by Melbourne's mysterious Lachelle, and Tasmania's own performance punk Chainmale with his outlandish Freakout. ....................... Releases September 4, 2026" https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/cant-stop-it-ii-australian-post-punk-1979-84-2026-deluxe-edition
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Chi-Pig
Ring Around The Collar
Bountiful Living 7" / Soul Jazz Records Presents Punk 45: Burn, Rubber City, Burn! - Akron, Ohio: Punk and the Decline of the MId-West 1975-1980
Chi-Pig Records / Soul Jazz Records
1978 / 2015
Chi-Pig was a new wave power trio hailing from Akron, Ohio that formed in 1977. ......................Before Chi-Pig: During the 1960s and 1970s, Susan Schmidt (daughter of Marjorie H. Schmidt of The Co-eds) and Deborah Smith (later known as Deborah Smith-Cahan or Deborah Cahan) were active in several area bands, notably The Poor Girls, Cinderella's Revenge, and Friction. Smith and Schmidt formed The Poor Girls with Pam Johnson and Esta Kerr in 1965, while studying at Litchfield Junior High School, the first significant rock band to come from Akron and the first to consist only of women. They played regularly, were profiled by Jane Scott in The Plain Dealer, and opened for bands such as Cream and Steppenwolf. The group continued during their time at Firestone High School, until splitting up in 1969. .......................... Schmidt and Smith played in numerous bands throughout the 1970s, including Cinderella's Revenge and Friction with Peter Laughner. ...................... Around 1977, Schmidt and Smith teamed up with Richard Roberts to form Chi-Pig, taking their name from a local barbecue restaurant that sold both chicken and pork (whose sign featured a cartoon drawing of a pig with wings). The band was known for wearing flamboyant flamenco-style Latin-American outfits, even though this had nothing to do with their musical style. The band released a single, "Bountiful Living" b/w "Ring Around the Collar," with lyrics by Mark Mothersbaugh, of Devo, in 1978. Schmidt and Smith also co-wrote the song "Gates of Steel" from the 1980 Devo album Freedom of Choice with Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale. Despite active participation in the local music scene and national interest in the Akron area due to the popularity of Devo and Tin Huey, Chi-Pig was unable to land a record deal, ultimately splitting up in 1981. During the fall of 1979, they recorded an album at Criteria Studios in Miami with Bruce Hensal. Although the album was not released at the time, in 2004 the band released a CD of the Criteria recordings along with their earlier recordings, including "Apu-Api (Help Me)" that appeared on the Stiff Records album The Akron Compilation. Their CD, Miami, was critically acclaimed as "25 years ahead of its time even now" by Richard Riegel in The Village Voice. ......................... Chi-Pig's music was made up of smart pop rock songs addressing the concerns of women living in a consumerist society with just a touch of humor on the side. Musically, Schmidt and Smith had developed a tight sound over their many years of playing together. Unfortunately, the band fell apart just as other female led groups such as The Go-Go's and The Pretenders were breaking out. ........................... In 2005, the band appeared in the PBS documentary, If You're Not Dead, Play, which detailed the Akron Sound that sprung out of the Ohioan punk rock and new wave scene in the second wave during the 1980s. ............................ "Bountiful Living" was used in the soundtrack of the Klaus Nomi documentary film, The Nomi Song (2004). ................................ Chi-Pig members Susan Schmidt and Deborah Smith co-wrote the Devo song "Gates of Steel" with Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh. ................................. Smith went on to a career as a lawyer. Schmidt (now Susan Schmidt-Horning) earned a PhD in History at Case Western Reserve University and taught at the Cleveland Institute of Art and at Case before joining the department of history at St. John's University in Queens, New York. Schmidt-Horning has published numerous scholarly articles about music and technology, and her first book, Chasing Sound, was published by Johns Hopkins University Press. .................................... Members: Richard Roberts - drums, vocals // Susan Schmidt - guitar, keyboard, vocals // Deborah Smith - bass, vocals"
Music behind DJ:
Immersion
Megafauna
What Is Lost Will Return
Swim~
2026
"Immersion – the post-punk and electronic duo of Colin Newman (Wire) and Malka Spigel (Manimal Compact) – have unveiled “Megafauna” as the second single from the band’s forthcoming album, continuing to express a decidedly anti-nostalgic outlook in spite of their collective histories. According to Newman and Spigel, the title is reflective of the instrumental’s themes of “lumbering large creatures moving slowly to the beat,” as if drawn to a piper’s primordial calling; this is further reflected in the music video, which features a drummers performance from Brighton Festival May 2018, as well as looped footage of various cats, shots of a Godzilla toy, and the “Soft Machines” sculpture series created by Ivan Morison as part of the Brighton Festival May 2026. Centered on a darkly rhythmic dub groove, “Megafauna” was preceded by the “We Don’t Need Your Validation” single, and is one of three instrumentals on the upcoming What Is Lost Will Return, which Newman and Spigel wrote and recorded quickly as a wry observation of the madness of the modern world. Picking up from 2025’s WTF??, Newman explains that “The emotion we feel the album invokes is a poignant mixture of joy and melancholy,” the lyrics taking on a “can-do” enthusiasm and hope in the face of nihilism." Megafauna by Immersion (HD) [Official Video]
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Dirty Vistas
Popular Music of Yesteryear
Popular Music of Yesteryear EP
VIAVIA
2025
I love this band. They are so weird and wonderful! Devo-esque wonkery circa Devo Hardcore. Circusy but not clowny. The Good Weird. Born in the summer of 2023 out of love for all things dirty, raw, and broken. Bossy bass lines, dirty grooves, and unfiltered prose. Danceable yet open-ended and unresolved. Dirty Vistas brings something vulgar and rattling, bursting at the seams. Their first EP ‘Popular Music of Yesteryear’ (released on VIAVIA Records, spring 2025), establishes a clear sound while also showcasing diversity. The EP reflects their philosophy of not overthinking and instead focusing on having fun. They are from the Netherlands.
Torn Palk
Save Me
Blue and Green
Not My World
2021
Long a secret, now a band. After four albums since 2017, the journey has only just begun for Torn Palk . Torn Palk unite what is normally impossible to unite. Post punk with ambient, grunge with psychedelic and noise with silence – you never know what will happen. As exciting as the journey to Atlantis. You are very welcome. They are from Berlin. They are mysterious and rather nihilistic. They are as noisy as they are mysterious. Hashtags are: electronic metal rock alternative hip-hop/rap experimental punk pop ambient.
Panic Shack
Grin and Bear It
Single
Brace Yourself Records
2026
Raucous Welsh outfit Panic Shack are back with ‘grin & bear it’, a pulls-no-punches new track that opens the band’s next chapter, following up the release of their eponymous debut full-length last year.
Produced by Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, Amyl & the Sniffers, Yard Act), this latest single finds the five-piece on scorching form, with vocalist Sarah Harvey spitting scathing lyrics decrying the modern struggle to simply exist over a foundation of furious guitars.
The band have described ‘grin & bear it’ as “a song that we’ve felt really passionate about getting right”, explaining that “the music was never fully hitting.” They continue: “We reworked it from the start of the year in any spare time we had around working our jobs and gigging (as we almost always do), which really helped to emphasise the songs meaning.”
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La Sécurité
Nah Nah
Bingo!
Mothland Bella Union
2026
La Sécurité’s Bingo! Is The Art-Punk Party Record Your Weekend Needs Almost 18 months since releasing double A-side Ketchup / Detour, Montreal/Tiohtià:ke-based collective La Sécurité's follow-up to Stay Safe is worth the wait. The album picks up on and gleefully runs with a vibe which hasn't been so nimbly utilised since Kathlen Hanna's Le Tigre tinkered with similar building blocks. Bingo! is pulsating with energy, humour and intimacy. Viens' lyricism continues to use poetry to magnify pieces of everyday life with increasingly evident skill. There’s a truly sublime sense of murkiness and disgust built into these tracks, like their instruments are made of worms and dank mud. The synths sparkle and the bass fizzles together in a great cloud that never forgets the drums are supposed to go somewhere, right? It’s then all the more entertaining that they can wring so much color out of the tracklist, each tune a grenade in a paintcan, but mostly brown and maroon MS paint. La La Sécurité are spending most of the summer in Europe, where frankly, we all wish we were right now.
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LIPTRONIX
Strut
Single
Liptronix Music
2026
Three verrrry sassy women from NYC making Liptronix is a New York trio making synthpunk and post punk with coldwave tension. Self released, with ties to Louisville...fairly low profile as of yet, but each single sounds more solid and self assured. A full length is promised....soon, soon we hope because we need more of this fuck you lady energy STAT.
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Bikini Body
Georgy Weaver (Don't Try and Touch Me Mix)
Weirdest Party EP
Paradise Palms
2026
For those who want to dance while kicking the patriarchy in the head. Bikini Body return with the Weirdest Party EP, their first release on Paradise Palms Records following two records on Optimo Music – a pairing that did a lot to define both their trajectory and their restless, hybrid sound. This new set pushes further into the territory they’ve made their own: the charged, uneasy space where dancefloor pressure and punk confrontation refuse to separate.
Percussive, physical and wired with attitude, the tracks draw a lineage that runs from ESG and Liquid Liquid through Bush Tetras, The Slits and X-Ray Spex, with the remixes opening things out for club systems without sanding off a single rough edge. It’s music that works equally hard in a sweaty basement and on a packed dancefloor – which, given a 13-date UK co-headline tour ending in a sold-out London show, a packed Windmill Brixton headline, and airplay across BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, KEXP and NTS, appears to be exactly where people are putting it.
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Ghinzu
Snow White
W.O.W.A
PIAS Recordings
2026
The first album in 17 years from Belgian alternative rock stalwarts Ghinzu can be a cause for celebration. W.O.W.A and its driving initial salvo of the groove-laden “When Other Worlds Await,” “Snow White,” and “Out of Control” explodes out of the speakers as an enigmatic and propulsive take on the early 2000s indie rock. Think Interpol if they played their songs faster and took in elements of the atmosphere The Strokes sought to create at their peak. Three songs in and you’re hooked. W.O.W.A feels like a debut album and, given the gap in releases for the band in a sense it is something of a rebirth, but to find that this is merely the latest stop in an increasingly creative and robust discography is all the more satisfying.
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The Dead Pioneers, Jason Williamson
The Worst Among Us
Wagon Burner
Hassle Records
2026
Indigenous-led Denver punk band Dead Pioneers have released "The Worst Among Us", featuring Sleaford Mods vocalist Jason Williamson, the latest preview of their upcoming album, Wagon Burner. “Colonialism, imperialism, theft, murdering, oppressing and death? All the things a song needs, capped off by the unmistakable cadence and voice of Jason Williamson. This song was an important one lyrically, in presenting some personal experiences while acknowledging the more general grievances of colonialism and imperialism. This moment in the world’s history is more poignant than most for a song like this. Saying the things that need to be said on a political, social and cultural level is wildly important right now,” Deal concludes.
Williamson adds: “Nabbing lands, traditions or symbols with cunning chicanery or beady eyed brute force” How could I not be on a tune with lyrics like these. ‘The Worst Among Us’ is the kind of song that revitalises the idea of Punk within the listener. Wrapped up in some weird Cure/Sisters Of Mercy vibe to boot. Very honoured to be included."
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Music behind DJ:
Assad Khoury
Kahil El A'In
Electronic Touches Belly Dance RE
WeWantSounds/Modulor
2026
Wewantsounds continues its Middle East reissue series with Assa'd Khoury's 1978 rarity, Electronic Touches Belly Dance. Reissued for the first time in nearly 50 years in partnership with Byblos Records founder Mozart Chahine, the album features Oriental classics reimagined through Khoury's pioneering electronic keyboards. This definitive edition includes original artwork, remastered audio, a new introduction by Ahmed Khalil (Dikraphone), and an exclusive interview with Chahine, the album's producer, conducted by Mario Choueiry (IMA)
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Osees
OFF COURSE
OFF COURSE
DEATHGOD CORP
2026
From Tinittus: "THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “We went back to an older method of writing for this one,” says Osees’ frontman and founder John Dwyer of the band’s new surprise-release Off Course. “We jammed and jammed and jammed. I took the tapes home and ironed out some mutant tunes.
“We went back into the studio and burned them to tape live and then I took it home to Stu-Stu-Studio and did the vocals and brought in Tom Dolas & Brigid Dawson to put the finish on. Spice is always nice.
“Mixed it all up in the cauldron and thus we have a strange brew indeed. Floating in the smoke we have: A couple long jams, a couple short jams and a finale that’ll dump a bucket of ear worms on you (reminiscent of The Axis?). Dip your toe in organ rock ’n’ roll.
So without further ado, we present to you Off Course. An album wondering where the fuck are we and how did we get here. A signal dispatched out into the darkness:
“We are here. We are alive. And we are together.”"
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CAN
One More Night
Ege Bamyasi
United Artists
1972
"Ege Bamyası (Turkish for 'Aegean okra') is a 1972 album by German krautrock band Can, released in November by United Artists Records. It contains the single "Spoon", which charted in the Top 10 on the German singles chart after its inclusion as the theme song to the German television mini-series Das Messer (1971). The success of the single allowed Can to establish their own studio, Inner Space Studio, in Weilerswist, where they completed the rest of the album. It was recorded and produced under a strict June 1972 deadline, finishing "Soup" a day before the end date. It is Can's fourth album release, including the 1970 compilation album Soundtracks. Their debut album was 1969's Monster Movie. .................. Ege Bamyası was met with critical acclaim, praised for skilful fusion of experimental music, electronic sounds, and avant-funk. Spectrum Sounds magazine called the album's experience as "maybe the most danceable that experimental music gets". Retrospective reviews highlighted that the album stands out among Can discography for being one of the band's most focused and tense records. The album helped popularize krautrock and inspired later musicians including Brian Eno, Sonic Youth, the Orb, Wire, Pavement, and System 7, some of whom participated in the Can tribute remix album Sacrilege (1997). In later decades, publications such as Rolling Stone and NME ranked Ege Bamyası as one of Can's best albums and among the best albums of all time. ....................... In December 1971, Can had relocated their Inner Space Studio out of the communal space of the Schloss Nörvenich, where recording sessions were time-limited due to noise concerns, and moved into a large ex-cinema in Weilerswist near Cologne. Hildegard Schmidt, Can's manager, outfitted the studio with fifteen hundred seagrass mattresses bought from army barracks at Cologne-Ossendorf to serve as soundproofing. Keyboardist Irmin Schmidt, previously using two Farfisa organs, acquired a complex effects unit custom-built by Swiss engineer Hermi Hogg. Dubbed the "Alpha 77", the unit allowed "far greater degrees of spontaneity in the way Schmidt handled his synthesizers". ................... Ege Bamyası became the first Can album recorded in the Weilerswist Inner Space, starting with the song "Spoon". In the first half of 1972, United Artists urged Can to capitalize on the success of "Spoon", requesting another 45 rpm single. Can released "Vitamin C" paired with a B-side song "I'm So Green". "Vitamin C" was chosen as the title track for 1972 German film Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street. .............................. The success of "Spoon" built momentum for Can, and Siggi Loch at United Artists pushed them to come up with a new album under a strict June deadline. Can had only a sparse collection of finished tracks and out-takes, and began a frantic recording process completing several tracks "practically in real time". According to guitarist Michael Karoli, the band's recording sessions were additionally haywired by Schmidt and vocalist Damo Suzuki who daily played chess. One day before the deadline, Can had recorded and edited only the three tracks that would comprise side one of the album ("Sing Swan Song", "One More Night", and "Pinch"). ....................... Karoli recorded the acoustic guitar part for "Sing Swan Song" in the outside-garden, because he could not hear himself against the drums. The previously recorded singles "Spoon", "Vitamin C", and "I'm So Green" were added to make up for a shortfall in material. However, the band still needed to fill side two. That afternoon they returned into the studio, and according to Can's biographer Rob Young, "abandoned themselves to a monstrous ten-minute improvisation which they vowed to include, whatever the outcome"; this track became the track "Soup". In a 2006 interview with David Stubbs in Uncut magazine, Schmidt recalled that "Soup" was completed without any edits. Czukay selected "Soup" as his favourite track. The album was edited by Czukay and Karoli."
Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mouse On Mars
Yayaya
Spatial, No Problem
Domino Recording Co.
2026
"In the modern age, when an artist as prolific and beloved as Lee “Scratch” Perry kicks the bucket, there is an inevitable deluge of reissues, half-finished projects, and demo outtakes rushed out in an effort to capitalise on grieving audiences. It is a cynical practice, and one which went on for quite some time following Perry’s death in 2021. ..................... The Skinny: Now, though, an album that promises to be the final record the Jamaican producer ever worked on has finally seen the light of day. During a three-day stint in Berlin back in 2019, Perry worked alongside local leftfield duo Mouse on Mars, and the newly released Spatial, No Problem is the product of that unlikely collaboration. ................. While it is easy to see Lee “Scratch” Perry’s name posthumously splashed across a record sleeve and assume exploitation of the producer’s image and reputation, this record is a faithful, exceedingly well-crafted project which does justice to Perry’s heritage, while also demonstrating the fact that his output remained as inventive and infectious as ever, right up until the end of his time on this mortal coil. ................. That fact is supported by the very nature of the LP; it wasn’t rushed out immediately after the reggae titan’s passing, nor was it left in its half-finished state as some kind of well-meaning but ultimately unlistenable tribute to Perry. Instead, Mouse on Mars have spent many moons moulding and shaping that three-day recording session into a captivating LP that simultaneously evokes the extensive history of Perry’s career and discography, as well as offering an entirely new take on his impact. ............... Through the abstract, experimental electronica that Mouse on Mars have amassed an audience for, the duo present the reggae icon in a new light; a particularly impressive feat, given just how many projects, albums, and collaborations the producer had been a part of during his life. Inevitably, too, the dub influences of the Berlin-based outfit are amplified tenfold by the unmistakable voice of Perry. On tracks like the epic ‘Spatialee’, too, the two artists experiment with off-beat jazz horns, Anatolian psych, and experimental folk, culminating in an album that feels constantly on the move. .................... It is fitting that the final album of Lee “Scratch” Perry is so genre-defying and experimental in its nature. During his glory days, after all, the Jamaican hero never stagnated for a moment. Whether he was blowing ganja smoke over his tapes, burning down his own studio, or experimenting with technologies that were positively space-age in 1970s Jamaica, any attempt to boil Perry’s work down to a singular sound would be needlessly diffuse. ..................... The Verdict: Where this record triumphs is in reflecting the tireless creativity of Lee “Scratch” Perry, even towards the end of his life... ...its infectious innovation and expansive sonic repertoire are enough to lend itself to repeated listens, as well as preventing it from joining the landscape of cash-in posthumous releases." Released June 5th, 2026 | Producer: Lee “Scratch” Perry and Mouse on Mars | Label: Domino
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The Fall
30 Degrees
Post Script
Cog Sinister / Yerrrr Productions
2026
Advance preview (Jun 5) of the September NEW (!!!!!!!) album of The Fall... Advertised as the final official studio album by The Fall. All songs written & performed by Ed Blaney, Simon 'Ding' Archer + a long dead Mark E Smith. --------- Executive producer Rob Ayling ............ "The Fall have unleashed their first single, titled ’30 Degrees’, from their forthcoming posthumous album, Post Script. .................... The upcoming album is the legendary post-punk band’s first since the passing of their leader, Mark E Smith, in 2018, who was working on the album before his death. ................. Post Script, which Smith co-wrote with bandmates Simon Archer and Ed Blaney, is set to arrive in mid-September. It consists of nine tracks. .................. The existence of Post Script came a few weeks ago when Blaney took to Facebook to unexpectedly inform Fall fans that their final record was on the way. .............. Blaney shared on social media: “Have spent the afternoon today listening to the final mixes of the official final studio album by The Fall, without any doubt I can say it’s an absolute brilliant album.” ................ He went on to say that the record is “a Fall fans dream and some”, before adding, “The album is called Post Script with 9 absolute bangers.” ................. Following Smith’s death of lung and kidney cancer, members of The Fall have tried to keep his legacy alive in different ways, including the formation of House of All, who toured in 2023. ............... The project, which consisted of Simon Woolstencroft, Paul Hanley, Steve Hanley, Pete Greenway and Martin Bramah, who played with The Fall across different eras, described itself as a “Fall Family Continuum Project”. ................ However, Smith’s family distanced themselves from the project. In a statement, they said, “We wish to clarify to several ex-members of ‘The Fall’ and/or any potential labels or associates. That whilst we wish you well in your future career and projects, we would like to make it quite clear and simple that the Family and Estate of Mark E. Smith in no way endorse nor wish to be associated with ‘House of All’.” ................. The message continued, “Furthermore, we do not like or permit the use of Mark E. Smith’s name, images and/or band name to be used in any kind of exploiting way. Not only do we find this extremely offensive and very misleading to the wider audience and fans of Mark E. Smith & The Fall, but it also causes us much sorrow, distress and discomfort.” ............... On the other hand, they have not issued a statement condemning The Fall’s Post Script, suggesting it has their full blessing. ................. The Fall – Post Script tracklist: ------- 1.
’30 Degrees’ -------- 2. ‘So Long’ -------- 3.
‘Colonel’s Retreat’ -------- 4.
‘Caveat’ -------- 5.
‘Final Position’ -------- 6.
‘Retro Song’ -------- 7. ‘Irish Northern Man’ --------
8. ‘Dehydrated’ -------- 9. ‘The Book". ------- Tagline on the artwork & press packs = the oft quoted Mark E Smith quip: “If it’s me and yer granny on bongo’s, it’s The Fall“ --- Mark.E.Smith - Turn the music up! https://thefall.xyz/
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HOUSE Of ALL
Rebel Duke
Inklings
Tiny Global Productions
2026
Released March 20, 2026 --- HOUSE Of ALL features members spanning from the formation of The Fall to the dissolution. ............................................... [From Louder Than War, excerpt of a review by Robert Plummer: -- ] "Post-Fall giants House Of All return with their fourth album in four years. Inklings builds on the band’s singular mythology while delivering some gripping music. Robert Plummer follows the valiant heart. .................... House Of All are not the first outfit formed of ex-Fall members, but with four studio albums and other side releases under their belts, they are certainly the longest-lived. Inklings is their most ambitious project yet, with forays into space-rock, downer-rock and other sub-genres. So is this when Martin Bramah and his trusty colleagues start to escape Mark E Smith’s immense gravitational pull and emerge as a band in their own right? .......................... Well, there’s one immense spanner in the works there: track eight is entitled Ours Is The Fall, to which one can only reply that the clue is in the name. Clearly the band are not ready to cut the umbilical cord to the mothership just yet. Even so, it’s their entrance, their own creation, and every successive release takes them further on their chosen path. ....................... [Second track =] Rebel Duke, a deep, dark, earth-shaking glam racket with a singalong chorus... ................... As time marches on, House Of All have become a hydra-headed beast. Latest publicity photos show seven musicians, including drummers Paul Hanley, Simon Wolstencroft and Karl Burns, plus guitarists Peter Greenway and Phil Lewis, as well as bassist Steve Hanley. That’s two more members than they had at the start, but their sound is as lean and hungry (see, those Shakespeare quotations are catching) as ever. ....................... No mithering here – at this stage in the game, the experimental may have become conventional, but The Fall’s old hit-and-miss highs and lows have been replaced with a diamond-hard consistency. In place of that band’s famously scrappy-looking album art, the series of derelict buildings featured on House of All’s record covers provide a coherent visual identity. And whereas The Fall could often be utterly shambolic live, House Of All’s “solid work ethic” guarantees a great night out every time. ................. Still, sinister thrills are always just around the corner: there’s always the hint of an otherworldly realm where modern indie musicians strike pacts with age-old supernatural forces, Robert Johnson-style. After all, “tarry a little” isn’t just a line in The Merchant of Venice. It’s also a phrase used by Goethe, part of the contract signed by Faust when he is selling his soul to Mephistopheles. ....................... So is this the best House Of All album so far? It’s certainly their best album since the last one, with the bonus of a covers EP, Foundlings, for early Bandcamp buyers. This is a band occupying a hallowed place in the musical firmament that no-one else has a chance of attaining. And if you haven’t started listening to them yet, it’s high time you caught up." .................. https://houseofall.bandcamp.com/ .
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Music behind DJ:
Zacht Automaat
Ancaster Heights
ZA
Calico Corp
2013
Selections from the first 11 Zacht Automaat albums, recorded 2010-2012, previously released online / cassette. ............ "It remains the best introduction to the band." ......................... The following is a write up from Nick Storring, written over a decade ago about this release: "Since forming in 2010, Zacht Automaat (the duo of multi-instrumentalist Carl Didur and Oxford resident Michael McLean, mostly guitar and bass) have released no fewer than eleven albums in various limited formats. Now they’re given the deluxe treatment with a sort of best-of double LP (plus bonus CD-R of unreleased material). ............................... Although the recording style and instrumentation—vintage organs and tape loops figure prominently in their aesthetic—indicate a strong fascination with the nether regions of experimental rock history, the material is extremely diverse and imaginative, simultaneously inviting comparisons and bulldozing expectations. ....................... Opener “Ancaster Heights” bursts forth with technicolour organ and flute filigree reminiscent of classic Terry Riley, while its drum track lays down a surf-motorik beat which propels it deeper into what feels like reverberant cement tunnel. Many of the tracks flow into one another, but it ain’t a smooth ride—the course of each side is thoroughly unpredictable. There are euphoric, albeit fragmented, band work-outs, foreboding moments that even dip into the ooey-gooey bad-trip queasiness of early Residents, bent jazz lyricism and floating intergalactic excursions. The closing piece, “For Mark Robots/A Passing Phase,” feels like two contrasting library music cues from the same low-budget movie. At first, the sour sci-fi synth timbres percolate over thin drum-machine punctuations, only to open up into a warm beam of continuous sound. ......................... While the ethos of progressive rock and post punk tend to get framed as antithetical, Zacht Automaat have hot-wired such historical narratives. Borrowing from each side’s ambitious angularity and whimsical eclecticism, they render something startlingly unique, yet somehow familiar."
Special Interest, Machine Girl
Concerning Peace (Machine Girl RMX)
Concerning Peace (Machine Girl RMX)
Rough Trade
2023
Machine Girl’s remix of “Concerning Peace” – Special Interest’s incendiary screed against authority. The song title is inspired by the “On Violence” section from philosopher Frantz Fanon’s 1961 book The Wretched of The Earth. Straddling the line between club banger and punk anthem, the remix feels especially timely. In an interview with Revolver magazine, Stephenson defined Machine Girl as "fucked-up electronic punk" and stated that they did not like the "industrial" tag for being "very goth, and very black and white" considering the project "a lot more colorful".Kerrang! listed them as one of the "bands expanding the definition of hardcore", and described the project as "a particularly punky and ferocious breed of the electronic sub-genre breakcore that could easily pass for hardcore when they rip it live".Pitchfork defined their style as "relentlessly smashing together bits of punk, grindcore, rave, industrial, and more" and "unpredictable and dangerous, full of animalistic rage and uncontrollable energy"
Deutsche Vita
GRAETSCHE - Edit
Single
Stranuzzo Music
2026
IT'S FOOTIE TIME. Time for running and sweating and kicking and diving and sliding....City of Toronto: Responsible for \(\$179\) million, which is funded through a mix of existing city reserves, the Municipal Accommodation Tax (MAT), and commercial rights.Federal Government: Providing \(\$104\) million to help with operations and capital upgrades.Province of Ontario: Conditionally committed up to \(\$97\) million to support hosting efforts and lasting public infrastructure. I'm not really sure how I feel about my taxpayer dollars funding this BS. How about some real bread and infrastructure instead of this fucking circus?
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Hondenfokker
Make It Better
Single
Magnetron Music
2026
Wonky synths, post punk guitars, unexpected acid breakdowns, robot girl rapping YES. Fuck this is so good on every level. Speaking of muttering and alienating. Hondenfokker grabs the idea of bewilderment and confusion and invites these concepts into the boxing ring. No abstractions or fragmented worlds, but direct confrontation. A punkfuelled duo that blends electronic beats with shredding guitars, pure vocal improvisations and guilty pleasure melodies. Hondenfokker is the puppy of two visual artists, Leo Mokkala and Sara Elzinga. Dipped in fun and fashion, the fokkers find their way into any party. Custom made for every shape and size: ‘It’s a blast to be around these
Hondenfokkers!’
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LEMONSUCKR
House On Fire
Life Is A Heist EP
Alter Music
2026
This tune takes me places where I didn't expect to go. But these guys are masters of the post punk disco....‘House On Fire’, meanwhile, is a glitchy, electro banger exploring personal connections that go “up in flames“. Lemonsuckr's sound is heavily rooted in post-punk, featuring spiky guitars, programmed electronic rhythms, and dynamic Middle Eastern-scaled riffing. Their frenetic, danceable stage presence incorporates unexpected elements like cowbells and high-energy stage diving. Their chaotic, hot-blooded performances have earned them comparisons to bands like Fat Dog and Deadletter.They are from a container outside of Brighton. Seriously. The band's genesis is uniquely tied to "The Container"—a metal 8ft x 20ft freight shipping unit located on a farm. The four members spent countless hours locked away in the unit, rehearsing and self-producing their material. In late 2024, they emerged from isolation and moved to Brighton to begin performing live.
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Crimekillz
I Don't Love Her
Kills Kids
Hit-Run
2010
Crimekillz is a Punk sound out of Tucson Az (now based in LA) using gameboys and synths. Coining the Phrase “NARCO PUNK” a play on anarcho punk. N8NOFACE (vocals) and SCUMBAG TONY(production) make the duo. N8NOFACE is brother of Zackey Force Funk (demon queen). All members of the HipHop collective known as Machina Muerte.
Crimekillz sound is a idgaf attitude telling stories of what it was like growing up around friends who had scarface dreams. But also including songs about the end of the world and girls in tube socks. Good old fashioned disco punk from a time when shit was maybe just fucked up in a different and perhaps less stupid way.
Hot & Cold
Nothing But Scared
Hot & Cold / skip skip ben ben Split
Gary Records
2014
Josh and Simon Frank (a.k.a. Hot & Cold) have earned more than their fair share of passport stamps. During time spent in Beijing, the globe-spanning synth-creeper duo earned a spot alongside the Rose Mansion Analog crew, joining the ranks of the Offset:Spectacles and Soviet Pop. Amazing music by clearly very cool humans spanning Montreal, New York, New Delhi, and Beijing....
Dum Dum Boys
Dance To The Silence
Up & Down With The Dum Dum Boys
Mono-Tone
2022
DumDum Boys was formed in Trondheim in the late 1970s as a punk rock act under the name Wannskrækk by guitarist Kjartan Kristiansen and bassist Per Christian "Persi" Iveland, with vocalist Per Øivind "Prepple" Houmb joining in 1979 and drummer Sola Jonsen in 1982. They took the name DumDum Boys after the song by Iggy Pop from his album The Idiot. The band’s primary songwriting duo, Kristiansen and Dørum, have won numerous prestigious Spellemann Awards (the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammys) and Edvard Prizes for their songwriting and lyrical contributions. NOT to be confused with the early 1980s Brisbane cowpunk band Dum Dum Boys fronted by a teenage Tex Perkins...
Music behind DJ:
Assad Khoury
Is'Al Alaya
Electronic Touches Belly Dance RE
WeWantSounds/Modulor
2026
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Luge
Tower, Like a Needle to My Heart
IRLZ
Luge
2026
Released last week, June 2026 in Toronto... NEW LUGE! --- They helpfully explain on their bandcamp: "The project is titled “make miarklez irlz”. It consists of 12 original songs arranged into different configurations. Two EPs: “Make” contains the odd numbered songs, “Irlz” contains the even numbered songs. “Make” and “irlz” interweave to create the full-length “miarklez”, which can only be accessed through download or physical copy. “Make miarklez irlz” is a work of totality. It is designed to be discovered and, thus, to reward the curious." ............. Helpful word to digital buyers... No worries, your $9 CAD gets you both EPs, even if it doesn't look like it in your cart... [I tried it, it's true!] ---- "MAKE is one half of MIARKLEZ. IRLZ is the other. ........ When you buy either MAKE or IRLZ, you receive the full MIARKLEZ: 12 songs plus liner notes and artwork." ........................... shows: Jun 19 // L'Escogriffe Bar Spectacle (L'Esco) // Montreal, QC ............ https://hugeluge.bandcamp.com/
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OBLIQUE SHIT
bacille tardif
s/t cs
Maison De Retraite
2026
New noise from France!!! ."............. et ben mes cadets ........... comment se fait-il que les gueux devinssent les seigneurs???? ........... énorme ........... optic 2000 ........... excusez-la moi ........... fromti ............ cafeutière ............. trêve de patatis ............. credits: released May 18, 2026 ............. enregistré à la socopof en septembre 2025 ................ sorti en k7 à 100 exemplaires .............. // q: batterie // m: voix // z: synthé // l: guitare" ............... https://maisonderetraite.bandcamp.com/
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Mar-Vista
The Black Sun Shines Today
Visions Of Sodal Ye
Le Kiosque d'Orphée / Born Bad Records
1977 / 2026
Old noise from France! Re-released in 2026 w/ exclusive rarities! "The story of Mar Vista begins in northern France, in Lille, in the early 1970s, with the meeting of two music enthusiasts: Claude Cuvelier and Jean Skowron. They connected through Claude’s brother. At that time, Jean was already standing out at blues concerts for his singular sonic approach: he placed microphones inside suitcases that he struck to produce raw, primitive sounds — an experimental process that immediately impressed Claude. ........... Claude, shaped by the 1960s rock scene with his first band The Eaglestones, already had a solid musical background. After the group dissolved at the end of his military service, he explored folk and blues sounds as a solo artist, while discovering major new influences: Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Balinese music, as well as the emer- ging German scene — Kraftwerk, Popol Vuh, Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, Neu!, Klaus Schulze. ................... Jean, for his part, drew inspiration from Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, and Tangerine Dream. A shared vision quickly took shape: to create repetitive, atmospheric music, freed from traditional formats. In 1973, they gave birth to Mar Vista, with the desire to compose long, immersive works, sometimes built around a single chord, in the spirit of Balinese music. ..................... The duo gradually equipped themselves: a Mini Korg in 1972, a Yamaha synthesizer, a Farfisa organ, and even a drum machine discovered by chance during a television appearance by Henri Salvador. The home studio became their creative sanctuary. Jean worked on a 4-track Teac tape recorder, Claude on a Philips model. Each freely composed their own side of the future album, while collaborating on each other’s ideas. Side A, led by Jean, is more rooted in the progressive electronic music of the time, influenced by Heldon, Amon Düül, and Soft Machine. Side B, bearing more of Claude’s imprint and his influences (Terry Riley, La Monte Young), is far more experimental and consists of a 22-minute trippy instrumental piece. ................. On this record, Jean notably composed “Her Eyes Are Closed” (with his wife) and imagined the sound introduction using an alarm clock. The atmospheric transitions were created from white noise generated by a Yamaha synthesizer. .................. In 1976, after facing rejections from several labels ((they dreamed of signing with the Düsseldorf label Brain — home of Neu! — but never dared to send their tracks), they self-produced “Visions of Sodal Ye,” a rare record pressed in only 150 copies by Le Kiosque d’Orphée. The sleeves were handmade. A photo was glued on each side of the cover, and the band name and album title were written with nail polish enhanced with silver glitter. Despite its confidential release at the time, the album is now consi- dered one of the most remarkable works of the genre ever released in France. A second album project inspired by the universe of H. P. Lovecraft was in progress, but family responsibilities slowed this creative momentum. .................. As for concerts, the band performed live only rarely, mainly within the squat and anar- chist circuits of the time. Moreover, on this reissue you are holding, the second vinyl — composed of unreleased tracks — features improvised pieces without synthesizers, recorded live in August 1973 on a hill near Valence, in the garden of friends (Hervé and Martine). These rediscovered tracks had until then existed only on a cassette tape kept by a close acquaintance. The tracks Expedition and Crash73, meanwhile, date from 1975 and remained in demo form. ................. As the years passed, the two musicians took different paths. Claude remained active in the music scene, through radio, record fairs, and fanzines such as L’Écho d’Hector and Le Poireau Gabardine. Jean’s passing deeply affected Claude, but did not prevent him from returning to music. Driven by nostalgia for Mar Vista, he powered up his synthesizers again, modernized his equipment, and resumed creating. ............ Mar Vista never truly stopped. It survives like a discreet yet persistent pulse, much like its music: hypnotic, free, and resolutely off the beaten path." [Only other previous issue of this album was in Canada in 2014 on Strawberry Rain.] ....... https://bornbadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/visions-of-sodal-ye
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Music behind DJ:
Oneida
Steel
I Can't Stand You - Single
Ernest Jenning Record Co.
2026
"Absolute[ly] two new and fresh tunes from Oneida - the original, pioneering [please find less fraught term], Brooklyn DIY band now via Boston, Brooklyn and Queens (NYC real estate keeps 'em guessing). Recorded during a recent session at their new-ish rehearsal studio named (not by them) MALVINA PARTY JAIL (with additional recording at Deep Dive in Flatbush), these two stout, emotive and pungent [insert fragrant?] jams behold a band acting very much their age (almost 30) but also not really acting their age, because they are still at it and somehow have not become cynical and/or unpleasant to be around. So perhaps they are tunes that sound as if they are performed by fresh-faced 30 year olds with a few more things to prove. ............................. "I Can't Stand You (single version)" originated as a seed planted by the one and only Baby Jane and brought to redolent and chaotic fruition during an early take. It's rough, ready but also well mannered enough to appear on your neighborhood pirate radio station. ....................... We forget the name of the B-side b/c it's taken from an almost hour long jam from the same session (actually it's called Steel b/c Barry plays steel guitar on it!) - and there are no lyrics (any ideas? please write the band care of Ernest Jenning) - but it is as robust and hard charging as the best of this band's storied catalog. .................. "Just because they're old doesn't mean they're good!"" https://oneida.bandcamp.com/
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Femme Fiction
Red
Single
Self Released
2026
This band just continues to drop winner after winner. Femme fiction is your favorite band Femme fiction is your favorite band This is a reminder that femme fiction is not only talented but also hot. They are in your face and while there is little to no press, this has to change soon. This band is WAY TOO GOOD to remain unsigned.
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Artificial Go
Jane Ate The Appleseed
Triple Ones Single
Carpark Records
2026
Artificial Go’s new 7” for Carpark Records signals the next chapter in the band’s gentle-but-rapid evolution. The Cincinnati-based rock ‘n’ roll combo dials in to their distinct sound while opening the doors wide to newness. In just two songs, they share joyous expression, frustrated anger, and curious exploration.
The 7” follows two beloved albums and loads of talked-about touring. The excitement is easy to connect with as 7” A-side “Triple Ones” spools out its coiled, bouncy lead guitar with a bass part worth following through the kitchen conga line and into the living room dancefloor. On the flipside, “Jane Ate The Apple Seed” provides a mysterious atmosphere and chorus of unusual trance. Three of the bandmates live in the same house in Cincinnati. They practice in the basement, record in the [haunted] attic, and live in between. “Jane Ate The Apple Seed” started as a jam in that basement. The landlord came over to do maintenance and stayed to watch the jam become a song. Its lyrics tell the hidden story behind a well-known tale: “Jane ate the apple seed/ Johnny nowhere to be seen.”
“It’s no lie there are things to be really upset about in the world, but we can really pump that into joy and dance about it,” Willcutt says. “You can channel anger into joy. That’s what I really want to do"
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Mekons
War Economy - Version
Horrorble (Mekons vs Tony Maimone In Dub Conference)
Fire Records
2026
Few bands possess a catalog resilient enough to survive radical transformation without losing its identity. Fewer still possess the confidence to dismantle their own work so thoroughly. With ‘Horrorble (Mekons vs Tony Maimone In Dub Conference)’, Mekons and Tony Maimone undertake exactly that challenge, reconstructing the politically charged material of ‘Horror’ into a parallel work that examines the same anxieties from an entirely different perspective. Rather than functioning as a companion piece or collection of remixes, this album operates as a shadow narrative, extracting buried emotions and latent meanings from its source material through the language of dub.
The relationship between Mekons and Maimone extends back decades, and that history is audible throughout the record. Maimone, best known for his work with Pere Ubu, approaches these songs not as an outsider seeking to reinterpret them but as a longtime collaborator engaging in a conversation with familiar voices. The result is an album that respects the foundations of ‘Horror’ while refusing to preserve them intact. Melodies become fragments. Rhythms linger where verses once stood. Familiar structures dissolve into atmospheric spaces where uncertainty becomes the dominant emotional force.
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Baby Maker
No New Messiah
Single
A.O.M.B.
2023
Baby Maker is an alt-indie and art-punk project fronted by an Oxfordshire-based musician. Known for his dry-wit lyrics, moody nu-wave pop, and dark funk elements and a style that has been dubbed "designer dog pop slop"—a mix of dark funk, proto-punk, and moody 80s new wave. The music is heavily self-produced, with much of the recording done at home alongside his brother. His writing pulls from everyday British culture, gardening, and historical music.
Bimbo
Get Real!
Bimbo a Deux
Bimbo
2025
Brother and sister from Marquette, Michigan play art rock.
weird chords + weird times = good clean fun.
This song captures desperation and annoyance and the times we live in so fucking well. I love this band. We will play more. Gretchen says "This song is about every local scene’s dirtbag that is “too old to be acting like that.” You know the one. Sometimes you just want to grab them by their shoulders and shake them really hard until they shape up. Or write a track about it… instant catharsis."
Music behind DJ:
Assad Khoury
Lama Badda Yatathanna
Electronic Touches Belly Dance RE
WeWantSounds/Modulor
2026
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Two Times
Nation
Wave 2001
Two Times
2023
Two Times is a mystery band..........
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