Music video for "Summer Song" by YACHT, off the Summer Song EP. Released in 2008 by DFA Records.
YACHT plays Fun Fun Fun Fest this Saturday. Get your tickets here.
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for Nick Courtright’s
weekly first glance at music discovered in the last seven days, whether
it be just-released, just-leaked, or some long-lost gem that has
remained under the radar. Click here for other recent editions of Hot Off the Press, featuring acts such as
TV on the Radio, Deerhoof, Cold War Kids, of Montreal, Juana Molina,
Crystal Stilts, Final Fantasy, Peter Bjorn & John, White Denim, and
Grizzly Bear.
Deerhunter – Microcastle & Weird Era Cont.
officially released October 28th on Kranky
Report Cards: A & B+
It’s easy to understand renowned freak-out Bradford Cox’s recent freak
out regarding Deerhunter’s unenviable history with internet leaks.
After all, Microcastle was perhaps exhibit 1A of the potential
terribleness of leaks and their ability to diminish the significance of
an actual release date: while Microcastle finally hit the
shelves of your favorite indie record store just last week, the
intrepid web scourer probably stumbled upon the album more than five
months ago. Yeah, that’s a long time, and the result was that a
healthy dose of the excitement surrounding what would have been a
highly-anticipated third release was diluted by the spread out nature
with which listeners encountered the work. Of course, you could make a
counter-argument that the seemingly interminable delay for the album’s
actual release date (why did it take so long, after all?) lent
enough separation for those who listened to and enjoyed the album
months ago to now be reintroduced to it, with greater perspective and,
really, a much more refined ear for just how excellent the album ended
up being.
Music video for "Pachuca Sunrise" by Minus the Bear. From the album Menus El Oso released in 2005 by Suicide Squeeze Records.
Minus the Bear plays Fun Fun Fun Fest this Sunday. Get your tickets here.
Walter Schreifels / Rival Schools
Performing Saturday on Stage Two at 3:00 (solo) and Stage One at 5:40 (Rivals Schools)
Punk rock has produced few artists as influential and prolific as Walter Schreifels.
As a teenager in the late 80s he served as chief songwriter in the
influential hardcore outfits Youth of Today and Gorilla Biscuits.
Following the Biscuits’ demise, Schreifels formed Quicksand, helping to
define the sound now known as post-hardcore. In 2000, Schreifels toned
things down ever-so slightly and formed Rival Schools with fellow hardcore veterans Sammy Siegler (Judge, Shelter, Civ), Ian
Love (Burn) and Cache Tolman (Civ, Iceburn). The bio keeps going – in
between all these influential bands, were short-lived projects, like
Project X and Walking Concert. The man just can’t stop playing music.
Today, like fellow Fun Fun Fun Fest participants and punk rock legends
Tim Barry and Chuck Ragan, Shreifels finds himself performing solo
acoustic sets, losing none of the angst and passion that has defined
his music for the past twenty years.
Music video for "Requiem for OMM2" by Of Montreal, from The Sunlandic Twins. Released in 2005 by Polyvinyl Records.
Of Montreal plays Fiesta Gardens Austin, TX Thursday November 13th. You can get your tickets here!
Directed by Alicia J. Rose
Video from Portland's Loch Lomond's "Blue Lead Fences" from their forthcoming LP.
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