from the Take Control EP
newly released on Pretty Face Recordings
The Throttling, Throat-Slogging Beat of “Stressy”
Hanni El Khatib
from the forthcoming Flight (out May 15)
on Innovative Leisure
The Twin Towers: Roy Nathanson And Arturo O’Farrill Live In LA
Deadeye Through The Fist: King Krule’s “Cellular”
from Man Alive!
on now XL Recordings/Matador Records
Lemon Honey’s Bitter Lucky In King Krule’s “Stoned Again”
from Man Alive!
on XL Recordings/Matador Records
The Gaslamp Killer’s Yamaya-esque “Nissim” (with Amir Yaghmai)
from Breakthrough
on Brainfeeder
Kiyoshi Yamaya’s Mesmeric “Osorezan (Ghost Mountain)”
from Ryukyu 琉球
on Nippon Columbia
Connecting The Community
Riot Material magazine, like so many of us at the moment, is cash-strapped and unable to pay for new content in the short run, so I wanted to reach out to friends in editorial around the country and internationally to offer paid writing gigs to RM’s outstanding team of writers and critics: Artillery, Art in America, Frieze, Juxtapoz, ArtForum, Aesthetica, Little White Lies, Fangoria, Cinema Scope, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Spin, Vibe, DownBeat, JazzTime, Los Angeles Review of Books, New York Review of Books, Paris Review, Atlantic Monthly… to call out but a few. You can’t go wrong with the Riot Material regulars listed, with links to their work in the magazine, below. Feel free to check in with me here for an introduction to any of the writers below to review art (LA, NYC, London), film, literature, music, et all: [Read more…]
LA’s Lynn and John Tejada, Reggie Watts and Wajatta
La Corona | Connecting the Community | LA
LA Power-Couple Extraordinaire, Lynn and John Tejada, along with John’s collaborative cohort, Reggie Watts, make up a loose team of artists and publicists worthy of our attention and celebration. Lynn’s company, Green Galactic, is at the forefront of representing and promoting some of the best artists working in Los Angeles today. If you’re ever in need of a publicist, an intelligent strategist, a good friend, Lynn is your Woman! John and Reggie, both exceptional men individually but together are nothing less than Wajatta, have just released their second album, Don’t Let Get You Down, on Brainfeeder. Here is but one of many fine tracks from this latest release, “Little Man”:
Little Man [Read more…]
Not For The First Ninth: Nick Walters And The Mercuries Of Selectable Time
“So Long Chef”
from the Active Imaginations release
out today on 22a [Read more…]
Polish Duo Ubek And Their “Problem of Subjectivity”
from the Ubek II release
(track includes Red Dawn Chorus / Red Dawn Reprisal)
out today on Sucata Tapes
She’s A Smasher: Dry Cleaning’s “Magic of Meghan”
An ode to The Duchess of Sussex
from the Sweet Princess EP
Self-Released
The Lodge
In 2015, Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz dropped jaws and blew minds with their harrowing–and at points hilarious–debut narrative feature, Goodnight Mommy. Last year, they offered a fresh taste in terror with a vignette in the folklore-inspired horror anthology, The Field Guide To Evil. Now, this heralded Austrian pair of co-writers/co-directors is back with their much-anticipated English-language debut, The Lodge (2019). And while this psychological thriller has plenty in common with their first film, the vibe is decidedly different. [Read more…]
40 Years On And Still Bad-Ass: The Ruby Anniversary Of “Tattooed Love Boys”
from the Pretenders’ self-titled release — 1/11/1980
“Tattooed Love Boys”
on Sire Records
Vein-Warming Scentings Of “Lilac” From Porridge Radio
from the forthcoming Every Bad (out 13 March 2020)
on Secretly Canadian
Silken Volts From Synth Vamps Automatic: “Electrocution”
from Mind Your Own Business
on Stones Throw [Read more…]
Redolent Honey From The Lone Star in Kruangbin and Leon Bridges’ “Texas Sun”
from the Texas Sun EP (out 7 February 2020)
“Texas Sun”
on Black Vinyl
A Thanksgiving Thank You From Darondo
“Thank You God”
from Listen To My Song: The Music City Sessions
on Omnivore Recordings
“Pressure Drop” Takes Cue From Its Own Internal Implosions
the Suzanne Kraft remix
from Pressure Drop, newly released by C.A.R.
on Ransom Note Records
Nadine Shah’s Enchantingly Banshee-esque “Fool”
From Fast Food
on Apollo Records