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Lightning Bolt - "Sound Guardians"
Lightning Bolt's fifth album Garden Of Earthly Delights (Load, 10/13) opens like a riot with "Sound Guardians." It's the perfect place to get acquainted with the collection, so we asked drummer Brian Chippendale about it.
How'd you come up with the title? Are you the guardians of sound? Ha. We are ... not ... the guardians of sound. If anything we only have a dialogue with a limited palette of sounds. Honestly, the song when we first wrote it sounded like a Soundgarden song. We tend to have working titles based on the song's sound that morph into the actual title. "Nation Of Boar," the Boredoms sounding song? Am I giving way too much away here?
How'd you decide to make it Earthly Delights's opener? It is the opener because of its own opening sound. We both agreed that the introductory sort of sonic-wah over the steady tom beat was one of the coolest moments on the album, so we stuck it right in the beginning.
Premature Evaluation: Beach House - Teen Dream
When we meditated on Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally's gorgeous sophomore album Devotion we had the following to say: [Y]ou can't fall back on Mazzy Star or Galaxie 500 references because they've pushed themselves into their own, unique solar system.... (more)
New Jonathan Boulet Video - "A Community Service Announcement"
This dude's the latest signing to Australia's Modular label, landing with a tidy package of promotional offerings: a catchy, moistly breezy indie-pop debut single that couldn't be better titled for a meet-the-artist track; a subtly arresting/marginally tricked-out video; and a... (more)
New El Guincho - "Antillas (XXXchange Remix)"
When we first heard onetime BTW Pablo Díaz-Reixa, aka El Guincho, we were drawn in by "Antillas," a song we described as "a five-minute bundle of clattering loops and sunny harmonies." It was from the self-released Alegranza!, before he'd signed... (more)
Muse To Headline Coachella 2010?
According to Consequence Of Sound, a previously reliable source pins Muse to the coming year's desert fest headlining slot. Glenn Beck just bought a ticket. The dates are April 16-18. Oh and these Coachella headliner rumors? Needs more Pavement.... (more)
Parents Just Don't Understand Horrorcore
From hardcore to heavy metal to gangsta rap, local TV news teams have long warned parents about the terrifying new sounds rotting teenage brains. This week it's San Fran's KPIX on the horrorcore scene. Not all juggalos are murderers, dad!... (more)
