New Music to Listen to
The Never have put out a pretty good album in Antarctica: A Storybook Record. It comes coupled with a 50-page storybook that was inspired by children's books. I thought it was a pretty good listen of some art rock/power pop. Download an MP3 of 'Cavity'.
Lately I've really been into some dub stuff. I think I really got interested in it when I heard the skatty dub-beats of stuff from cEvin Key's Plateau project. But the reggae-dub stuff is where its origins are based. Doctor Echo is a great dub producer, his new album Echo Evahlastin' is really quite golden, he layers on top of some spoken word/socially conscious beatnik poetry by Solange St. Croix with some trumpet and other live instruments. It's really quite crisp in production. Read my review if you'd like.
The Gersch have an album out that was culled from a bunch of lost recordings by the fine folks at Tortuga Recordings and distributed/promoted in tandem with Hydrahead Records. It's just downright fucking wild sludge metal with sloppy noise that's painted by Cliff Meyer (Isis, Red Sparrowes). Stoner rock for stoners who have brains. Plus it has a bunch of lyrics based on Conan the Barbarian. I mean that's amazing.
Hmm, what else is good. New Knut is an awesome set of remix crazies. New Ministry is probably the best political album out this year. Anything anyone wants to recommend to me?