I have some fresh sounds to share with you and new videos to show you on this 25th day of August. Check 'em below, along with a breakdown of albums coming out this Fri., Aug. 28, and links to full LP streams by Yo La Tengo, Beach House and others, too.
The Dead Weather, "I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)" video
I dig the Dead Weather, and you should, too. The quartet made up of Alison Mosshart (The Thrills), Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs), Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) and Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age) are finally releasing a third album of pulsing, grinding psychedelic blues and follow-up to 2010's Horehound. This latest single comes with its own ferocious video directed by award-winning duo Ian & Cooper; check it below. Dodge and Burn drops September 25 on Third Man Records, and includes remixes of four previously released "Vault" tracks and eight new songs.
Saux x The Septembers, "Work"
Berlin-by-way-of-Sydney, Australia soul duo The Septembers (Donna Arendse and James Chatburn) collab with Amsterdam based producer Saux on this warm and slinky, single, the result of an impromptu jam session. Sparse instrumentation, lovely velvety masculine-feminine vocal harmonies, and lyrics mourning a broken relationship. Divine.
Silicon, "Burning Sugar" video
Who the hell is Kody Nielson and how have I not heard about him before this date? The producer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/singer is the brother of Ruban Nielson (Unknown Mortal Orchestra), and he co-wrote and co-produced the new UMO album, Multi-Love. Silicon is his solo project and his debut of retro-futuristic electro calling on elements of soul, funk and disco — Personal Computer — drops this Friday via Weird World. First single "God Emoji" is breezy effected grooviness while this latest track has silky high-toned vocals that reach falsetto heights, percussive flourishes and weirdly pscyhedelic-wet basslines that evoke both Stevie Wonder and Thundercat at once. Check out the full album stream here.
The Underachievers, "Chasing Faith x Rain Dance x Allusions" video/film
The Brooklyn hip hop duo (AK The Savior and Issa Gold) are getting ready to issue a sophomore album, Evermore - The Art of Duality (out September 25 on RPM MSC), and just premiered an acid trippy Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas-inspired video that's also a three-part mini-film for the songs "Chasing Faith," "Rain Dance" and "Allusions." The Underachievers hit Orpheum in Ybor City on Halloween — Sat., Oct. 31. ALBUMS OUT THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
AHAB, The Boats of Glen Carrig
All Dogs, Kicking Every Day
Ruby Amanfu, Standing Still [Full Album Stream]
Atlas Genius, Inanimate Objects
The Atomic Age, Hot Shame [Full Album Stream]
Beach House, Depression Cherry [Full Album Stream]
Willis Earl Beal, Nocturnes
Cold Showers, Matter of Choice
Defeater, Abandoned
Destroyer, Poison Season [Full Album Stream]
DJ Spooky feat. Kronos Quartet, Rebirth of a Nation Soundtrack
Dogs on Acid, Dogs on Acid
Foals, What Went Down
Frog Eyes, Pickpocket's Locket
Grandchildren, Zuni
Halsey, BADLANDS
Hooton Tennis Club, Highest Point In Cliff Town
The Jet Age, Destroy.Rebuild [Full Album Stream]
Mike Krol, Turkey
Midday Veil, This Wilderness
Will Mason Ensemble, Beams of the Huge Night
Rob Moir, Adventure Handbook
Motörhead, Bad Magic
Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas, Autoimagination
Nile, What Should Not Be Unearthed
Pentagram, Curious Volume
Ben Rector, Brand New
Silicon, Personal Computer [Kody Nielson project]
Steep Canyon Rangers, Radio
Stolen Jars, Kept
Tamaryn, Crane Kiss
Tijuana Panthers, Poster
ZZ Ward, Love and War EP
The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
Yo La Tengo, Stuff Like That There [Full Album Stream]
Young Thug, Hy!£UN35
