THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Dutch death doomers Asphyx recently announced their 10th album Necroceros drops Jan. The video direction is by Felipe Belalcazar and my art was animated by Jaan Silmberg.” Iconspiracy has become one of our favorite songs to perform on tour since the album The Wake came out in 2018. Drummer Michel “Away” Langevin comments: “ Like the video for the first single The Lost Machine, the footage comes from the Montréal Jazz Fest 2019 and the audio is from the Québec City Summer Fest 2019, where the entire live album was recorded. Iconspiracy is the second single for the No. THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators Voivod will soon return with Lost Machine – Live, recorded in Québec City during the worldwide touring cycle for the band’s latest studio album The Wake. Now they look to continue their signature lack of subtlety with Flashy Flashy, their new single which, like it or not, will be stuck in your head indefinitely, whether you have a big swinging clock or not! On being asked about the meaning behind Flashy Flashy, the band were quick to respond: “Get the watch in.”
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “ Versatile are Ireland’s anti-heroes of hip-hop, having already driven music fans and media alike to despair and delight in equal measure. I’m not any happier about it than you are, trust me. Like a dollar-store emptying the shelves of Halloween candy for Christmas decorations, the music biz is officially breaking out the holiday singles today. Most were reissues of previously released material, but there were a few new platters in the batch, namely 7” singles from The Regrettes, Peter Holsapple and Acid Witch.V ersatile get the watch in, Voivod expose an iconspiracy, Asphyx deliver a Botox implosion (not to mention the song title of the week), Rooks dream small, The Beatflux are all wet and more in a relatively quiet Friday Roundup.
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Among the label’s artists contributing original songs and covers are Coco Hames, Hiss Golden Messenger with Lucinda Williams, Mikal Cronin, Telekinesis, Shout Out Louds and Mac McCaughan with Annie Hayden.Īnd then there’s a bunch of Record Store Day/Black Friday Yuletide releases that you may still be able to find in the bins. Merge Records has released its first Christmastime compilation, You Wish: A Merge Records Holiday Album. They’ve also recorded a new album in Muscle Shoals, due in the spring, with the help of bassists David Hood (Aretha Franklin, Etta James and many others) and Shonna Tucker (ex-Drive-By Truckers), guitarist Kelvin Holly (Little Richard, Bobby Blue Bland) and other hotshots.
That setback didn’t stop them from releasing Hometown Christmas, an album of 13 originals and covers here’s a version of the title track. Their brand new holiday EP OK Christmas includes one original and covers of Elvis Presley (“If I Get Home on Christmas Day”), Boston band The Dogmatics (“X Mas Time – Sure Don’t Feel Like It”) and The Kinks (“Father Christmas”), the latter of which they fuck up in an ill-fated attempt to be sensitive and politically correct, changing the lyrics to “You can melt down all the machine guns/ So the kids are safe on the streets.” Barf.Īmericana duo The Imaginaries were all set to open the Brian Setzer Orchestra’s annual Christmas tour before it was cancelled due to Setzer’s severe tinnitus. Remember Letters to Cleo? They were out of action for 17 years but reunited in 2016 to bring their ‘90s alt-rock to a new generation… or at least back to their parents who aren’t embarrassed that they used to sing along to the Boston group’s radio hits.
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Physical purchases of the album also include a bonus EP featuring three demos from the album plus performances of three traditional Christmas songs. Singer-songwriter Josh Rouse (pictured) has also released his first Christmas album, The Holiday Sounds of Josh Rouse, consisting of nine new original songs. Sporting one new original song, “Christmas and You,” the bulk of the tracklisting consists of (mostly) obscure covers from North, Central and South America, such as Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe’s “La Murga de Panema” and Javier Solis’ “Regalo do Reyes.” Here are a few newbies this year that might possibly be worth a spin…īorder hoppers Los Lobos are out with Llegó Navidad, their first holiday album. As with anything, some are better than others. Seems like nearly every musical act has to at least record a Christmas song at some point in their existence, if not an entire album. Each year brings another handful of Christmas albums and singles.