DECEMBER 16, 2014 (WEEK # 51)
1.
DEVO-“MIRACLE
WITNESS HOUR” (LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM THE EAGLE STREET SALOON, CLEVAND 1977)
(12/2)
2.
ENDLESS BUMMER-“VOL. 1” (12/16) (Los Angeles garage/punk band Endless Bummer follow up their debut EP,
Ripper Current, with this full-length featuring 13 sonic slabs of wallop
guaranteed to please any self-respecting fan of trash rock. Recorded by Ty
Segall at his now defunct Sweat Lodge studio. Joined by the Spits' Greg
Toumassian.)
3.
GALA DROP-“GALA DROP 2” (12/16) (Golf Channel Recordings presents II, the first full-length recording
from Lisbon, Portugal-based Gala Drop in six years, and their first release
since 2012's Broda, an acclaim split with Ben Chasny of former tour-mates Six
Organs of Admittance. For this release, Gala Drop joined forces with Detroit
ex-pat Jerrald "Jerry the Cat" James to pull together the variant
strands of the Motor City's aural lineage with the more off-the-cuff Balearic
grooves of their native Lisbon in a hypnotic melting pot of sound. From
percussion work with Parliament-Funkadelic, to live performances with John Lee
Hooker, to collaborations with Derrick May, Theo Parrish, and Moodymann, James'
involvement in the great rise of black music through the mid-to-late 20th
century cannot be understated. It's as a vocalist that he makes his mark on II,
with his dub-smeared murmurs and galvanizing cries pushing Gala Drop even
further away from the introspective delay-pedal drone that they started out
with nearly a decade previously. Seductive 808s and samplers sit alongside
Afonso Simões' drumming, allowing the lighter tissue of the track, shimmering
synths and soulful vocals, to weave and wind their way around the foundations
-- never more apparent than on the pirouetting Mediterranean disco of the final
track, "Samba da Maconha." The track closes an album that shows
definite Jamaican reggae and dub influences, while at the same time drawing
deeply from the progressive Afrofuturism aesthetic that's come to typify the
Lisbon club scene of the past few years. That scene has certainly had an
influence on Gala Drop's development, as Simões says: "I was going out to
a techno club at the weekend but going to see a garage rock show or some free
jazz band in the week. The post-millennium Lisbon has been very fertile
musically speaking." It's that eclecticism that's allowed the group
freedom to be similarly unhemmed. Their music takes on the bustling heat of the
streets of Lisbon but, like the city itself, remains tied to the open seas and
panoramic scenery beyond. A song like "Sun Gun" is a perfect example,
built around intricate basslines and restless drumming that eventually
stretches out into the distance as the track races along, with Gala Drop
skipping through their alluringly idiosyncratic world.)
4.
BOO HEWERDINE-“MY NAME IN THE BRACKETS”
(12/16)
5.
PROXIMA-“ALPHA” (12/16)
6.
PSYCHIC TV-“SNAKES” (12/16) (Angry Love Productions is proud to present Snakes, Psychic TV's first
full-length LP since 2009's Alien Brain vs. The Skinwalkers. A psychedelic
journey from start to finish, Snakes has a wide variety of material that
musically touches on various parts of Psychic TV's 35-year history, yet feels
extremely cohesive as an album. Singer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge has and will
continue to be a press darling for h/er reputation as a
"cultural-engineer" and will be promoting the album full-tilt while
Psychic TV as a band have and will continue to promote it on the road. This LP
will be a limited run of 1,000 copies bearing stunning five-color artwork and
will have the trademark "random recycled vinyl" color process,
meaning each copy of the vinyl will be completely unique in color.)
7.
VISAGE-“ORCHESTRAL” (12/16)
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