BBEs early introduction to Anda Volley's work arrived in the shape of slightly disturbing video and song for Butterfly Melt - one of the singles off of her recent EP My Flawless Computerized Mind. If being paranoid means that you got nothing to be afraid of (as members of Cabaret Voltaire once quipped), then…
Eu La is Jacob Schwartz of Sadha (and countless other projects whose records appeared on his netlabel Mt. Thunder Records). Return is the latest in the series of EPs that Eu La put out since July and its a fine demonstration of the idea that ambient doesn't always have to mean sonic wallpaper (blame Brian Eno for…
Thanks to Brooklyn Vegan you can now stream "Weatherhead" - latest album from Seattle trio Helms Alee - in its entirety (here). Similar to their labelmates Torche and Big Business, Helms Alee mixes the sweet with the blistering on their latest LP, Weatherhead. The Seattle band, which contains Ben Verellen of the much revered Harkonen, doles out booming riffs and…
Thanks to NPR, you can now stream "David Comes To Life" - an upcoming studio album/rock opera from Canadian band Fucked Up. For a four-act musical with meta-narrative plot twists like something out of Thornton Wilder's playOur Town, the album starts as a defiantly bright light in a bleak world. Even by drummer Jonah Falco's…
New York six-legged rhythmic juggernaut Battles are one of the most exciting and respected alternative bands of recent years and they return with their second album ‘Gloss Drop’. The album ranges from lead track ‘Ice Cream’, a “grunty, squelchy, jubilant freakout” according to the NME, and Radio 1’s The Hottest Record In The World -…
