Jack Beats Tour North America

Though bassline house is still more of a U.K. phenomenon, London remix favorites Jack Beats are visiting major coastal and Canadian cities this August, bringing their high-energy, sample-driven sounds to locales as disparate as the resort town of Whistler, BC, and the megalopolis of Los Angeles. With remixes for Lady Sovereign, AC Slater, and Does It Offend You, Yeah? under their belts, the duo is releasing their first EP of originals, UFO, just as their tour enters full swing on August 3.

Jack Beats North America Tour Dates

July 31 Webster Hall, NYC (with A-Trak & Treasure Fingers)
Aug 1 HiFi, Calgary, Alberta
Aug 2 Venue, Vancouver, BC
Aug 4 Maxx Fish, Whistler, BC
Aug 5 The Barking Dog, Ontario
Aug 6 The Social, Toronto, ON
Aug 7 Paradise Lounge, San Francisco
Aug 8 Hardfest, Los Angeles, CA (with Chromeo, Underworld, and more)
Aug 9 Shambhala Festival, Salmon River Ranch, BC

Chrissy Murderbot “Thighs feat. Miles Bonny”

Chrissy Murderbot, a favorite of DJ Donna Summer and the Trouble & Bass Crew, comes at you with a reference-riddled electro-bass number. Beginning with a slowed sample of Armando’s “100% of Disin’ You,” the track continues with some heavy, bass-loaded breakbeat that all the kids are repping.

3.Thighs (feat. Miles Bonny)

Nick Curly 8 Bit Reasons Part One

Many of the new sounds coming from Europe are overwhelmingly indebted to the house pioneers of the United States, and while a bit more recognition of such influences might be in order, the phenomenon isn’t necessarily a bad one. However, while many of the tracks on Nick Curly’s first mix CD have a sound that is comforting if a bit well-worn, it is Curly’s mixing that truly ruins any sort of pleasure a listener could derive from the pieces presented. The dynamics are completely flat, the mixes are obvious, and the beat-matching is so rote that it seems like Curly could have prepared the mix in his sleep; in fact, as a fan of many of his productions, this reviewer knows that the Mannheim-based DJ-producer can do better. Thus, while tracks by Nima Gorji, 2020 Soundsystem and Till Von Sein should definitely be checked out, a smarter move would be to buy the singles independently.

Free Liquid Liquid/Rhys Chatham Show

1980s post-punk beat-makers Liquid Liquid return to the stage this summer in New York, finally bringing their oft-sampled disco-punk to a new generation of eager fans. With them, the iconic experimental composer Rhys Chatham is premiering A Crimson Grail for 200 Electric Guitars, a Glenn Branca-esque piece featuring both professional axe wielders and students. Part of the Lincoln Center Out of Doors series, the free concert will take place rain or shine at the Damrosch Park Bandshell on Saturday, August 8. And if you can’t make it to the show, why not try a vegan summertime recipe from Liquid Liquid’s Sal Principato.

pictured Liquid Liquid’s Sal Principato

Kreng L’Autopsie Phénoménale De Dieu

With a range of influences that spans generations and genres, Kreng’s compositions force the listener’s ears open, even though most have been taken out of their original context as scores for theater pieces by the Belgian experimental group Abattoir Fermé. Numbers like “Tinseltown” recall the clanging of Harry Partch and Godfried-Willem Raes, and continuing in the avant-garde vein, John Cage’s Imaginary Landscapes are evoked throughout the album. With “Meisje In Auto,” Chopin is chopped into pieces, and “Kolossus” sounds like a noisy collaboration between Barry Adamson during his death-obsessed period and Peter Brötzmann when he was punk as fuck. In the end, Kreng’s debut is a fascinating and affecting collection of experimental sound collage that will certainly stand the test of time.

Wavves Tour Set for the Fall

Keeping it on the DL since his meltdown at the Primavera Festival in late May, Nathan Williams of Wavves is hopefully ready to lay off the hard stuff this time when he hits the road this fall for a full U.S. tour. Hitting up some serious urban ports along the way, Williams will have to keep those temptations of his in check if he plans to make it to New York City by week three. Hopefully his tour mates in the Ganglians will keep him in line for the long haul. I mean, isn’t it all about the fans anyway?

Aug 28 San Diego, CA, Street Scene
Sept 5 Los Angeles, CA, FYF Fest presents: Save Our State Parks @ L.A. Historic State Park
Sept 6 San Francisco, CA, Rickshaw Stop
Sept 13 Salt Lake City, UT, Urban Lounge
Sept 14 Denver, CO, Larimer Lounge
Sept 15 Lawrence, KS, Jackpot Music Hall
Sept 16 Minneapolis, MN, 7th Street Entry
Sept 17 Grinnell, IA, Gardner Lounge, Grinnell College
Sept 18 Champaign, IL, Pygmalion Music Festival
Sept 19 Madison, WI, Forward Music Festival
Sept 20 Chicago, IL, Chopin Theater (Early All Ages)
Sept 20 Chicago, IL, Empty Bottle (Late 21+)
Sept 21 Detroit, MI, Majestic Café
Sept 22 Toronto, ON, El Mocambo
Sept 23 Montreal, QC Friendship Cove
Sept 24 New York, NY Santos Party House
Sept 25 New York, NY Todd P Show venue TBA
Sept 27 Boston, MA, Great Scott
Sept 29 Philadelphia, PA, First Unitarian Church
Sept 30 Baltimore, MD, Ottobar
Oct 1 Washington, DC, Rock and Roll Hotel
Oct 2 Chapel Hill, NC, Local 506
Oct 3 Athens, GA, 40 Watt Club
Oct 4 Atlanta, GA, The Earl
Oct 6 Oxford, MS, Proud Larry’s
Oct 9 Dallas, TX, Pastime Lounge
Oct 10 Austin, TX, Emo’s
Oct 15 Phoenix, AZ, Rhythm Room
Oct 16 San Diego, CA, Casbah
Oct 17 Los Angeles, CA, Echoplex

Artist to Watch: Anton Zap

Who:Anton Zap
Where: Moscow, Russia

Although he only began releasing records in the past couple years, Anton Zap is no newcomer. During a seven-year residency at Moscow’s famed Propaganda nightclub, Zap honed a serious love for soulful American house, disco, funk, and gospel, but when his party abruptly ended in 2005, he began producing his own tracks. Acclaimed for their combination of deep house and classic Detroit techno, his releases have quickly led to high-profile gigs both inside and outside of his homeland; his foreign debut was at Berlin’s Panorama Bar in January.

Watch: “Captain Storm”

Watch: “Spain”

SA-RA Creative Partners “Just Like A Baby”

This is some straight-up Sly Stone shit! L.A.’s SA-RA put their own little spin on this sexy, slow jam of rambling bass and wah-wah electricity from the 1971 funk milestone, There’s A Riot Goin’ On. Needless to say, this vamped-up R&B number slides on like a well-worn polyester suit.

2-02 Just Like A Baby

CocoRosie Returns to North America

The sisters Casady of France-based experimental folk-pop group CocoRosie will be landing stateside in September for their first North American tour in over two years. The last time the girls made their way across the Atlantic in 2007 to support their Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn album, they were stopped at the Canadian border and were forced to cancel the remainder of their trip, so fingers crossed that they have their visa issues worked out beforehand this time. Also making the voyage will be bassist Josh Werner and beatboxer Spleen. Fans can expect to hear material from CocoRosie’s yet-to-be-named 2010 release.

9/2 New York, NY Highline Ballroom
9/3 Washington, DC Black Cat
9/5 Boston, MA Paradise
9/6 Quebec, PQ Le Circle
9/7 Montreal, PQ Le National
9/9 Toronto, ON Lee’s Palace
9/10 Detroit, MI Crofoot
9/11 Chicago, IL Logan Square
9/15 Seattle, WA King’s Cat
9/16 Vancouver, BC Red Room
9/17 Portland, OR Alladin
9/19 Yosemite, CA Symbiosis
9/21 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre

Joakim “Love & Romance & A Special Person”

It sounds like Joakim has been sticking to a heavy diet of nothing but Laurie Anderson and dirt disco as of late. This sizzler from the French producer’s latest, Milky Ways, has got the shimmer of spinning disco balls and flashing strobesall over it, with some old-school computer voices and tropical guit ar loops thrown in as an added buffer.

07 Love & Romance & A Special Person

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