None of the music this week is particularly accessible. If
you don’t like it, try somewhere poppy like the charts, or Pop Justice, or
Pitchfork…
THE BEST:
‘Please’ - Blanck
Mass
British electronic artist Blanck Mass delivers this
slowbuilding electronic instrumental. Be patient with it – once that satisfying
sub-bass and gunshot snare come in you’ll feel it in your loins.
‘First World Problems’
- Vulture St. Tape Gang
‘Undertow’ – Wolf Eyes
Self-described as a ‘sea-bottom r&b sound lurch’ by the Detroit band themselves, this track combines dark ambience, abstract poetry and a disjointed rhythm, resulting in the kind of avant-garde music I can see myself swaying to over a smoky campfire with a bunch of hippy witches whilst occasionally stirring a bubbling cauldron full of frogs’ toes and newts’ eyes - all the while BUTT NAKED, for the record. Some of y’all might just think it’s a load of repetitive, pretentious rubbish – which I did think at first - but then I found myself returning to those hypnotic alien sounds, and now I’m a believer. Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
‘Transmission’ –
Pharmakon
This song makes me want to throw up violently - which is praise, not criticism. Those that know the New York noise
project of Margaret Chardiet will know that all of her material aims to be as creatively
disturbing as humanly possible. This latest sonic assault doesn’t disappoint – the
cold stabbing synth forming an ominous backdrop for some of Chardiet’s signature tortured
wails. That artwork is also pretty nasty - I practically feel those greasy fingers all over my face.
THE WORST:
‘We a Famly’ – The Flaming
Lips ft. Miley Cyrus
Wayne, why are you using auto-tune? And can you guys please just
stay away from Miley Cyrus? Please. PLEASE.
‘A’ – Syringe
This sure is a long build-up … hang on a second! THE WHOLE TRACK IS JUST HIM SAYING ‘A’???