ADAM GNADE + Self-titled

"The lyrics from the record I did with Demetrius Francisco Antuña, Voicemails from the Great Satan, and its new video excerpt, 'Ghost Ship,' are a direct product of life in a Red State. It’s about the things I saw and felt after the election—the predatory vibe and the building tensions, the collective breakdown a lot of us had."

-Adam Gnade

View the video for Adam Gnade and Demetrius Francisco Antuña's talking song, "Ghost Ship," as well as read Adam's essay and accompanying photo journal about rural farm life, via Self-titled Magazine, here. 

With this year's release of the record Voicemails from the Great Satan, Gnade and Antuña made a kind of slowed-down, deconstructed doom metal with all elements of metal removed and replaced by oft-times harsh noise and drones, inspired by bands such as Daughters, Moss Icon, Bastard Noise, and EMA. 

Video is directed by Hunter Seaton, and features a track off of the EP Voicemails from the Great Satan, released February 16, 2018 by Three One G Records. It is available through Three One G on limited edition pink cassette, as well as digitally on iTunes.  Order here.

GRAF ORLOCK + Kerrang!

"The premise of Graf Orlock is simple: grindcore about movies. The reality is a lot harder to describe — with heatstroke-tinged riffs, spit-flecked bellows, and frenzied drumming, the Los Angeles quartet express hidden torment and angst buried at the core of your favorite films..."
–Kerrang!

Kerrang! has premiered new Graf Orlock track "Alternate Route to Mexico," off upcoming album Examination of Violent Cinema, Volume 1, out December 7th via Vitriol Records.

Stream the song, here:
https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/exclusive-premiere-graf-orlock-bare-their-claws-on-new-track-alternate-route-to-mexico/

Pre-order the album, here:

https://www.vitriolrecords.com/webstore/

Graf Orlock will hit the East Coast in January:
Jan 11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Barbary
Jan 12 - Providence, RI @ Al Dios
Jan 13 - Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus

No band of the past decade embodies the spirit of DIY hardcore punk in a more creative or relentless way than Graf Orlock. Releasing music via their own label, touring to nearly every continent on earth without a booking agent (repeat trips to Japan, Australia, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, and beyond), and designing their own implausible artwork and packaging (one EP cover was riddled with real bulletholes and another folded out into the form of an actual-size boombox), the Los Angeles band is a self-made powerhouse that keeps on trucking, year after year.

At the core of all its output is one very specific vision: to create music inspired entirely by Hollywood's best and worst action movies. Fueled equally by a sincere love for cinema and by an utter disdain for the current state of the industry, Graf Orlock's vision is arguably a ridiculous one – guitarist Jason Schmidt himself has referred to the band's work as "basically moronic fan fiction" – yet Graf Orlock executes it with dead seriousness, pouring into it more creativity and dedication than most bands ever muster, going on fifteen years now.

For its fourth album (and eleventh release in all), Examination of Violent Cinema, Volume 1, Graf Orlock claim to have narrowed their focus exclusively to films released in 2017 – films referenced on the album are rumored to range from John Wick 2 to Blade Runner 2049. A statement printed inside the LP describes it as "a testament to the rigor mortis of the vapid film industry..."

Fittingly, Schmidt describes Examination's packaging as "a body bag containing a fully-sealed LP jacket with perforations in a triangle like an autopsied corpse... you have to rip open the perforations to get into the record and get it out."

Though the conceptual stuff might threaten to overshadow the music, Graf Orlock's music stands on its own: an instantly recognizable sound built on fragmented hardcore punk and bursts of thrash and grind, held together by lyrics that are in fact dialogue from films. Freedom is the name of the game: songs twist and turn, a mix of blastbeats, breakdowns, and sweet-ass riffs, unfolding without structure but designed for maximum impact, and administered in a raw fashion that is more in line with Black Flag's later recordings than with most modern-day perfectionism. "Visceral, life-affirming violence" is how the band likes to classify it.

Photo by Alexis Acosta

Out today: PLANET B

The self-titled debut album by Planet B is out today on Ipecac Recordings and Three One G.

Planet B is the collaboration of Justin Pearson (member of The Locust, Retox, and Dead Cross, and founder of Three One G Records) and producer Luke Henshaw. Pearson's electrifying vocals meet Henshaw's sonic feast of hip-hop, industrial, and film score influences. The sound transcends genres: dark, heavy, urgent, and anthemic, it is equally relevant in the contexts of hardcore punk and hip-hop.

Guests on the album include hip-hop pioneer Kool Keith, Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Martin Atkins (ex-PiL, Killing Joke, Ministry, Pigface), Gabe Serbian (The Locust), Sonny Kay (The VSS, Angel Hair), and more.

Buy, here:
http://smarturl.it/PlanetB

More info:
http://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2018/09/planet-b.html

"Not many groups could fit abstract rap vet Kool Keith, industrial vet Martin Atkins (Ministry, Killing Joke, Public Image Limited, Pigface, Nine Inch Nails, etc), and Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner on the same album (besides maybe Planet B’s Ipecac labelmates Dalek), but Planet B do it and they make it sound incredibly natural. The album is sort of like a more psychedelic, more punk version of rap rock, and it sounds a hell of a lot better than most music that gets called that..."
–BrooklynVegan

"Justin Pearson has made his name with spazzy, noisy weirdo-rock outfits like The Locust, Retox and Dead Cross, but his project Planet B – a collaboration with hip-hop producer Luke Henshaw – might be his most left-field yet. The duo smashes together strains of hardcore, hip-hop, industrial and old-school horror movie scores... It's head-spinning and head-splitting in the best way possible." 
–Revolver

"No less punishing than anything the Locust ever put out, only this time it's the sound of a hardcore-infused drug rave... Planet B better get used to being compared to Death Grips, as well as fellow freaks Ho99o9... Luke Henshaw deserves special credit for making Planet B work. Few hip-hop producers could have harnessed [frontman Justin] Pearson's bizarre tendencies, but he's managed it and did so without losing sight of the chaos."
–Exclaim!

"An album that connects the dots between hardcore, hip hop, industrial, and horror movie soundtracks... Pearson and Henshaw have created something truly unique and special with Planet B. This is musical genre-splicing of the highest order and is easily one of the most exciting and fresh sounding albums released this year."
–New Noise

"Determined to provoke and agitate with a fiery mix of punk, hip-hop, industrial, and everything in between..."
–ReGen

CULT AND CULTURE Podcast, PLANET B Track feat. Martin Atkins + BrooklynVegan

"...another great example of Planet B’s ability to mix hardcore punk, hip hop, and industrial music in interesting, inventive ways."
- BrooklynVegan

Watch the newest video from Planet B for the track "Come Bogeyman", plus listen to the latest episode of the duo's Cult and Culture podcast (both featuring Martin Atkins), via BrooklynVegan, here.

Episode 9 of Cult and Culture features prolific drummer, professor, writer, record label owner, podcast host and coffee connoisseur, Martin Atkins. At 59 years old, and having played in bands such as Public Image Ltd., Killing Joke, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, and Pigface, Atkins is as charismatic and energetic as ever as he recounts stories starting out as a working class boy from England whose work ethic got him into situations ranging from unbelievable, to hilarious, to legendary. He also discusses his current endeavors, including touring internationally in order to workshop ideas and gain insight from audiences with regards to his experiences in (and out of) PIL for an upcoming book.

Martin is currently crowdsourcing funds and taking preorders for this upcoming book, Memories - My Five Years In and Out of Public Image LTD. 1979-1985, here.

Atkins is also featured on "Come Bogeyman", off of the upcoming self-titled Planet B album, to be released through Ipecac Recordings and Three One G Records. Preorder here.

Video for "Come Bogeyman" by Joana Lopes.

Catch up on all episodes of Cult and Culture podcast, via iTunes, here, or through Three One G’s Soundcloud, here.

Planet B Upcoming Shows:

Nov 24 - San Diego, CA @ Vinyl Junkies Record Shack

Out today: DEAD WAVES - God of the Wild

Dead Waves' new album God of the Wild is out today on Entheon Records. Recorded by Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Swans, Brian Eno) at his Brooklyn studio, BC Studio, God of the Wild is a dark, haunting experience that blurs lines between urban and rural, modern and ancient, heavy rock and fragile folk. It is Dead Waves’ sixth, and most experimental, release. 

At times delicate and somber, at times psychedelic and raging, God of the Wild is soulful and convincing from start to finish. Nodding to their Greek heritage, the brothers Teddy and Nick Panopoulos incorporate ancient Greek instruments (lyre, wooden flute) on certain songs, in addition to vocals, guitars, and analog synth. They call this style, "ancient future."

Listen and buy, here:
https://deadwaves.com/album/god-of-the-wild

Further info, here:
http://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2018/09/dead-waves-god-of-wild.html

"Bridging the gap between experimental rock and some sort of unknown, barbarous folk music... The album effectively sways back and forth between these types of song forms, haunting yet melodic rock-scapes and trance-inducing forest jams. At times, one can picture Sonic Youth covering Neil Young’s iconic soundtrack for the movie 'Dead Man.' On tracks like 'Cousin of Magiic' the guitar work simultaneously invokes the woodsy black metal of Wolves in the Throne Room and the grasping melodies of Indian ragas."
–Burning Ambulance 

"Dead Waves' music is like life itself – heavy, fragile, and full of cosmic pain!"
–Cvlt Nation

"A dark, haunting experience."
–New Noise

"A broad soundscape somewhere between heavy psych and post-rock, notable for its lack of drums and the naturalism in the interaction between voice and instrument..."
–The Obelisk

"The vibe is dark, fragile, haunting."
–Echoes and Dust

"'God Of The Wild' is an understated soundtrack to a cataclysm that may or may not have happened yet... Their mix of indie rock attitude, downtempo melodies, and psychedelic introspection is a sonic harbinger of doom, but still manages to squeeze in some playful moments along the way..."
–Everything Is Noise

AVOLA - Shhh

Avola has unveiled the new music video for "Shhh," a track off her debut album, Zone.

Watch the horrific, hilarious, lysergic nightmare of a video, directed by artist Nico Daunt, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y0FMoOcLsM

Avola is the newest project by Portland-based electronic musician Veronica Avola: a dark mix of dissonant, glitchy vibes and soaring, droning transcendence. Zone is a film score without a film – vivid and intense, teetering between dystopian nightmare and glimpses of euphoria, and sparking comparisons to Wolf Eyes, among others. It was recorded in a house in the desert near Joshua Tree, California.

Zone is out now on cassette, vinyl, and digital, via Brooklyn label Sleeping Giant Glossolalia – home to music by a wide swath of avant-heavy music by such artists as Mick Barr, Multicult, Insect Ark, Stern, Growing, and Vaz.

Listen and purchase, here:
https://sleepinggiantglossolalia.bandcamp.com/album/avola-zone

Next shows:

Nov 17 - Portland, OR @ Kenton Club

Dec 16 - Portland, OR @ Turn Turn Turn

Dec 21 - Seattle, WA @ Chapel Performance Space

Further info:

https://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2018/07/avola-zone.html

"Glitchy, squelching soundscapes that are sometimes a little synth-rock, sometimes like eerie soundtrack music, occasionally ugly dissonance and just pure sonic confusion."
–Decibel

"This record reminds me of the sonic areas explored by Wolf Eyes and their fellow psych-noise travelers shortly after the turn of the century... Bristly, finicky musical organisms..."
–YellowGreenRed 

Photo of Avola, by Bilbo

Stills from "Shhh" video, by Nico Daunt

KÆLAN MIKLA + Drab Majesty

"Preparing to take the coldwave dance floor by storm, Kælan Mikla's keyboardist and co-vocalist Sólveig Matthildur is now branching out on her own with the stunning chill of 'Dystopian Boy,' the debut track from her as-yet-untitled solo album set to drop sometime next year... A detached longing that lends maturity to her raw talent. A husky voice that is at once timeless and spotlessly fresh..."

–Revolver

With Kælan Mikla's new album Nótt eftir nótt released last week on Artoffact Records, the Icelandic band's keyboardist/vocalist Sólveig Matthildur reveals "Dystopian Boy," the first single off her upcoming 2019 solo album.

The track features guitar by Deb Demure of Drab Majesty.

Stream the video for the song now via Revolver:
https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-kaelan-mikla-singers-brooding-new-coldwave-song-drab-majesty-guitarist

Buy the track here:
https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1441143868=
https://solveigmatthildur.bandcamp.com/album/dystopian-boy

Solveig embarks on a solo tour of Europe this week.

From Reykjavik, Iceland, Kælan Mikla is being hailed as one of the most exciting new prospects in the post-punk scene, marrying raw punk energy, thumping beats, and fairy-tale darkness. Fresh off a European tour with King Dude, and slots on Iceland Airwaves, The Cure's 40th anniversary show, Roadburn Festival, and more, the band has announced a European tour with Some Ember for early 2019.

DEAD WAVES + New Noise

With Dead Waves' new album God of the Wild coming out tomorrow, November 16th, New Noise has premiered lead track "Gabriella."

The song features guest vocals by Jessica Reynoza of The Willowz. 

Stream the song, here:
https://newnoisemagazine.com/stream-dead-waves-gabriella/

Pre-order the album, here:
https://deadwaves.com/

Recorded by Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Swans, Brian Eno) at his Brooklyn studio, BC Studio, God of the Wild is a dark, haunting experience that blurs lines between urban and rural, modern and ancient, heavy rock and fragile folk. It is Dead Waves’ sixth, and most experimental, release.

God of the Wild marries the urban intensity of classic Martin Bisi productions (Sonic Youth's EVOL and Bad Moon Rising, for example) with a bare-bones, lo-fi approach evoking rural vistas. At times delicate and somber, at times psychedelic and raging, God of the Wild is soulful and convincing from start to finish.

The band consists of brothers Teddy and Nick Panopoulos. Nodding to their Greek heritage, the brothers use ancient Greek instruments (lyre, wooden flute) on certain songs, in addition to vocals, guitars, and analog synth. They call this style, “ancient future.”

Photo by Lindsey Niebler

PLANET B + The Quietus

INDUSTRIAL GODFATHER MARTIN ATKINS TEAMS WITH PLANET B ON NEW SINGLE "COME BOGEYMAN"; THE QUIETUS PREMIERES VIDEO; IPECAC RECORDINGS TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM NOVEMBER 23rd

Planet B presents the video for new single "Come Bogeyman" featuring Martin Atkins (Ministry, Killing Joke, Public Image Limited, Pigface, and more), taken from the San Diego duo's self-titled debut album, coming November 23rd on Ipecac Recordings.

Watch now, via The Quietus:
http://thequietus.com/articles/25669-planet-b-video-watch

Planet B is the collaboration of Justin Pearson (member of The Locust, Retox, and Dead Cross, and founder of Three One G Records) and producer Luke Henshaw. Pearson's electrifying vocals meet Henshaw's sonic feast of hip-hop, industrial, and film score influences. The sound transcends genres: dark, heavy, urgent, and anthemic, it is equally relevant in the contexts of hardcore punk and hip-hop.

Guests on the album include Atkins, hip-hop pioneer Kool Keith, members of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Locust, The VSS, and more.

Pre-order Planet B, here:
http://smarturl.it/PlanetB

"Justin Pearson has made his name with spazzy, noisy weirdo-rock outfits like The Locust, Retox and Dead Cross, but his project Planet B – a collaboration with hip-hop producer Luke Henshaw – might be his most left-field yet. The duo smashes together strains of hardcore, hip-hop, industrial and old-school horror movie scores... It's head-spinning and head-splitting in the best way possible." 
–Revolver

"[Planet B] applies an electronic edge to the grindy noise freakouts of Justin’s other bands... A new musical direction."
–BrooklynVegan

"Icon of independence since the early ‘90s, Justin Pearson obeys no one’s rules. Vocalist, bassist, record label owner, author, and actor, the born leader has made a career of staying one step ahead, confounding both the mainstream and the underground in the process." 
–Mass Appeal

Photo by Becky DiGiglio

KING BUFFALO - Cosmonaut

King Buffalo have revealed the new music video for their track "Cosmonaut" today. The clip made its debut via Pure Grain Audio. 

Watch here:
https://puregrainaudio.com/videos/king-buffalo-launch-a-satellite-smashing-music-video-for-their-cosmonaut-single-exclusive-premiere

The song appears on the Rochester, New York trio's sophomore album, Longing to Be the Mountain.

Catch King Buffalo on tour now:

Nov 12 - Nashville, TN @ The End
Nov 13 - Indianapolis, IN @ White Rabbit Cabaret
Nov 14 - Louisville, KY @ Jimmy Can’t Dance
Nov 15 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
Nov 16 - Detroit, MI @ PJ’s Lager House
Nov 17 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
Nov 29 - Albany, NY @ The Low Bear
Nov 30 - Boston, MA @ O'Brien's Pub

"Rochester, New York’s psychedelic stoners, King Buffalo, are once again firing up their smoke machines and weaving a hazy-yet-blissful tapestry of bluesy rock..."
–Pure Grain Audio

"Lush soundscapes, evocative sonic textures and plenty of head-bobbing groove,  Spacey, riffy and bluesy psych rock is punctuated by stoner-like groove... It's hard to believe that any fan of psychedelic, stoner, blues or even doom won't find something to love here. In fact, King Buffalo could just be your new favorite band.
–Metal Injection

"Hypnotic and proggy... Psych-inflected stoner rock trio King Buffalo have been on the rise... Their sound has been compared to Tool and Pink Floyd."
–Loudwire

"Longing to be the Mountain, in its performance and in the writing of the material itself is absolutely on a different plane of achievement. It’s a top-ten kind of album."
–The Obelisk

"[King Buffalo] summon elements of the psychedelic and the progressive and the intersection of the two as heard in the music of Pink Floyd."
–PopMatters

"An epic journey... Airy and melodic psychedelic rock that slowly builds to an explosion of fuzz... Longing To Be The Mountain deserves to be in the discussion when talking about the cream of the crop of riff rock albums released this year."
–New Noise

"First and foremost, the music is excellent... The entire album runs between these two vibes, namely a brighter, morning influenced, hope-filled perspective on nature, and a grimmer, more awe-inspired gaze."

–Heavy Blog Is Heavy

"A band poised on the edge of greatness... Languidly psychedelic passages unfurl over you... Head-noddingly satisfying."

–Echoes and Dust

CULT & CULTURE PODCAST + Brooklyn Vegan

"Like our previous podcast, this one is a bit odd for us. It was a mix of entities that we are drawn to, and in our minds, makes sense to have on one episode. We love Cattle Decapitation, Travis Ryan is family and one of the raddest vocalists in modern times, so having him on our podcast seems pretty obvious. However, this episode also features Dave Hall and Vivek Venkatesh who are the director and producer of the upcoming Longmont Potion Castle documentary. For those of you out there who are not aware of LPC, please do yourself a favor and look into it! LPC is something that a lot of us musicians from San Diego grew up on. It’s almost synonymous with playing in a band. And to sort of tie everything together, there is a 'hidden track' on Cattle Decapitation’s “Human Jerky” CD, released by Three One G, which features Longmont Potion Castle. Here in this podcast you can hear us discuss the relevance of crank calls, and the antics of LPC in how they influenced a community of musicians and artists."

- Justin Pearson, Cult and Culture Podcast Co-Host

Listen to the newest episode of podcast Cult and Culture, via Brooklyn Vegan, here.

There’s also an Indiegogo campaign for the Longmont Potion Castle film, and you can read more about the film at that link. In advance of the LPC documentary movie of the same name,  Burger Records is also releasing a soundtrack to “Where In The Hell Is The Lavender House?”

It will be available on 180 gram lavender vinyl, and includes a photo insert and digital download.

Catch up on all episodes of Cult and Culture podcast, via iTunes, here, or through Three One G’s Soundcloud, here.

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Out today: KÆLAN MIKLA - Nótt eftir nótt

Kælan Mikla's new album Nótt eftir nótt is out today on Artoffact Records.

Stream the album, here:
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/pa5y8m/icelandic-post-punks-kaelan-mikla-go-dark-on-their-new-lp

Buy, here:
https://kaelanmikla.bandcamp.com/album/n-tt-eftir-n-tt

From Reykjavik, Iceland, Kælan Mikla is being hailed as one of the most exciting new prospects in the post-punk scene, marrying raw punk energy, thumping beats, and fairy-tale darkness. 

Fresh off a European tour with King Dude, and slots on Iceland Airwaves, The Cure's 40th anniversary show, Roadburn Festival, and more, the band has announced a European tour with Some Ember for early 2019.

"Icelandic darkwave-y post-punks Kælan Mikla... The trio has come up in a big way, notching an extensive run of European dates with King Dude and opening for The Cure on a few dates. 'Nótt eftir nótt' blends the mystical and euphoric with cold, hard synth and icy darkwave vibes; it's a digital ice sculpture, wrought in slick 'Blade Runner' tones and breathy, eerie vocals." 
–Noisey

"After triumphant sets at Roadburn 2018 and at the Robert Smith–curated Meltdown festival, Kælen Mikla are ready to offer up their debut full-length of searing post-punk/darkwave to the world... The Icelandic trio manages to conjure shadowy influences ranging from Clan of Xymox to the Cure to Tubeway Army on their forthcoming Nótt eftir nótt LP. It's a must for fans of dark music."
–Revolver

"Icelandic post-punk witches Kælan Mikla... are living up to the legacy of Kukl – Iceland’s most well known post-punk band, famously fronted by Björk... Ethereal synths and wailing vocals burn like a warm invocation."
–Post-Punk

"Iceland's Kælan Mikla... Raw punk but with a defining, dark, synth dancefloor vibe."
–Scene Point Blank

"Atmospheric and cinematic... Manages to recall Siouxsie and the Banshees and the classic 4AD Records sound simultaneously."
–The Joy of Violent Movement

Nov 9 - Copenhagen, DK @ Den Sorte Firkant
Nov 10 - Berlin, DE @ Fabrika Fest
Jan 16-19 - Groningen, NL @ Eurosonic

w/ Some Ember:
Jan 31 - Malmo, SE @ Plan B
Feb 1 - Gothenburg, SE @ Musikens Hus
Feb 2 - Stockholm, SE @ Kraken
Feb 3 - Copenhagen, DK @ Hotel Cecil
Feb 4 - Hamburg, DE @ Rote Flora
Feb 5 - Köln, DE @ Blue Shell
Feb 7 - Linz, AT @ Kapu
Feb 8 - Verona, IT @ Kroen
Feb 9 - Milano, IT @ Cox18
Feb 10 - Lyon, FR @ Sonic
Feb 11 - Barcelona, ES @ Meteoro
Feb 12 - Madrid, ES @ Wurlitzer Ballroom
Feb 13 - Bilbao, ES @ Kutxa Beltza
Feb 14 - Bordeaux, FR @ IBOAT
Feb 15 - Paris, FR @ Espace B
Feb 16 - Bruxelles, BE @ Botanique
Feb 17 - Bristol, UK @ Crofters
Feb 19 - London, UK @ Electrowerkz
Feb 20 - Lille, FR @ Le Malterie
Feb 21 - Metz, FR @ La Douche Froide
Feb 22 - Bremgarten, CH @ KuZeB
Feb 23 - Mannheim, DE @ Schatten über Mannheim
Feb 24 - Munich, DE @ Milla Club
Feb 25 - Bratislava, SK @ Kulturak Klub
Feb 26 - Budapest, HU @ Robot
Feb 27 - Wien, AT @ Kramladen
Mar 1 - Krakow, PL @ Kub RE

Photo by Verði Ljós

KÆLAN MIKLA + Noisey

"Icelandic darkwave-y post-punks Kælan Mikla... The trio has come up in a big way, notching an extensive run of European dates with King Dude and opening for The Cure on a few dates. 'Nótt eftir nótt' blends the mystical and euphoric with cold, hard synth and icy darkwave vibes; it's a digital ice sculpture, wrought in slick 'Blade Runner' tones and breathy, eerie vocals." 
–Noisey

"After triumphant sets at Roadburn 2018 and at the Robert Smith-curated Meltdown festival, Kælen Mikla are ready to offer up their debut full-length of searing post-punk/darkwave to the world... The Icelandic trio manages to conjure shadowy influences ranging from Clan of Xymox to the Cure to Tubeway Army on their forthcoming 'Nótt eftir nótt' LP. It's a must for fans of dark music."
–Revolver

"Icelandic post-punk witches Kælan Mikla... are living up to the legacy of Kukl – Iceland’s most well known post-punk band, famously fronted by Björk... Ethereal synths and wailing vocals burn like a warm invocation."
–Post-Punk

With Kælan Mikla's new full-length Nótt eftir nótt out tomorrow, November 9th, Noisey has launched a premiere of the entire album today.

Stream the album, here:
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/pa5y8m/icelandic-post-punks-kaelan-mikla-go-dark-on-their-new-lp

The Icelandic band is being hailed as one of the most exciting new prospects in the post-punk scene, marrying raw punk energy, thumping beats, and ethereal fairy-tale darkness. The band plays the Iceland Airwaves festival in its hometown of Reykjavik tonight and will tour Europe with German band Some Ember in early 2019.

Kælan Mikla, live:

Nov 8 - Reykjavik, IS @ Iceland Airwaves
Nov 9 - Copenhagen, DK @ Den Sorte Firkant
Nov 10 - Berlin, DE @ Fabrika Fest
Jan 16-19 - Groningen, NL @ Eurosonic

w/ Some Ember:
Jan 31 - Malmo, SE @ Plan B
Feb 1 - Gothenburg, SE @ Musikens Hus
Feb 2 - Stockholm, SE @ Kraken
Feb 3 - Copenhagen, DK @ Hotel Cecil
Feb 4 - Hamburg, DE @ Rote Flora
Feb 5 - Köln, DE @ Blue Shell
Feb 7 - Linz, AT @ Kapu
Feb 8 - Verona, IT @ Kroen
Feb 9 - Milano, IT @ Cox18
Feb 10 - Lyon, FR @ Sonic
Feb 11 - Barcelona, ES @ Meteoro
Feb 12 - Madrid, ES @ Wurlitzer Ballroom
Feb 13 - Bilbao, ES @ Kutxa Beltza
Feb 14 - Bordeaux, FR @ IBOAT
Feb 15 - Paris, FR @ Espace B
Feb 16 - Bruxelles, BE @ Botanique
Feb 17 - Bristol, UK @ Crofters
Feb 19 - London, UK @ Electrowerkz
Feb 20 - Lille, FR @ Le Malterie
Feb 21 - Metz, FR @ La Douche Froide
Feb 22 - Bremgarten, CH @ KuZeB
Feb 23 - Mannheim, DE @ Schatten über Mannheim
Feb 24 - Munich, DE @ Milla Club
Feb 25 - Bratislava, SK @ Kulturak Klub
Feb 26 - Budapest, HU @ Robot
Feb 27 - Wien, AT @ Kramladen
Mar 1 - Krakow, PL @ Kub RE

Photo by Verði Ljós

DEAD WAVES + Burning Ambulance

"Bridging the gap between experimental rock and some sort of unknown, barbarous folk music... The album effectively sways back and forth between these types of song forms, haunting yet melodic rock-scapes and trance-inducing forest jams. At times, one can picture Sonic Youth covering Neil Young’s iconic soundtrack for the movie 'Dead Man.' On tracks like 'Cousin of Magiic' the guitar work simultaneously invokes the woodsy black metal of Wolves in the Throne Room and the grasping melodies of Indian ragas."
–Burning Ambulance 

"Dead Waves' music is like life itself – heavy, fragile, and full of cosmic pain!"
–Cvlt Nation

"Dead Waves will make you stare at the sun and see the end of existence."
–Noisey

"Embarks into deranged, psychedelic territory."
–Stereogum

"An unexpected depth to their heavy psych sound."
–NME

New York City duo Dead Waves has debuted new song "Cousin of Magiic" today.

Stream it, here:
https://burningambulance.com/2018/11/07/dead-waves/

"Cousin of Magiic" appears on new album God of the Wild, out November 16th on the band's newly-founded label, Entheon Records. 

Recorded by Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Swans, Brian Eno) at his Brooklyn studio, BC Studio, God of the Wild is a dark, haunting experience that blurs lines between urban and rural, modern and ancient, heavy rock and fragile folk. It is Dead Waves' sixth, and most experimental, release.

The Dead Waves sound has evolved from a heavy-garage rock vibe (Nirvana, Pixies, et al.) into something truly new. Gone now are the Grohl-ish drums and Cobain-ish roars, but in this rawer state the music is more powerful than ever, using minimalism, space, and unfettered emotion as its tools.

Like Sonic Youth, lost in the woods, God of the Wild marries the urban intensity of classic Martin Bisi productions and a bare-bones, lo-fi approach evoking rural vistas. At times delicate and somber, at times psychedelic and raging, God of the Wild is soulful and convincing from start to finish. 

Nodding to their Greek heritage, the brothers Panopoulos use ancient Greek instruments (lyre, wooden flute) on certain songs, in addition to vocals, guitars, and analog synth. They call this style, "ancient future."

Photo of Dead Waves, by Lindsey Niebler