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Okay, this is just weird. It’s not really music, but . . . It’s cool. This is from the press release:
About SETI-X (The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence in Exile):
Scrambles of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record, Remixed by Extraterrestrials.
In 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft, fastening to each a phonograph album containing sounds and music of Earth. In 2010, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence in Exile (SETI-X), a dissident offshoot of the better-known Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, received transmissions believed to be extraterrestrial remixes of these records. The Scrambles of Earth CD contains the 70 minutes — in some 24 sound segments — that SETI-X has so far been able to reconstruct.
The scientists of SETI-X, finding their colleagues skeptical and their institutions unwilling to vouch for or make available the sounds they had received, at first sought contact with the principality of Sealand, in hopes that this micronation dedicated to stewarding controversial data might channel extraterrestrial sounds to a broader public. With no response from Sealand, SETI-X, through a serendipitous Google typo, discovered an ally in Seeland Records, which has historically brokered the release of sounds of uncertain provenance but wide cultural relevance.
Scrambles of Earth collects what appear to be “remixes” of the Voyager Record; although the evidence has yet to be fully evaluated, these may represent the first audio signs of alien intelligence. This account may comport with Hartwig Hausdorf’s May 2010 claim that the Voyager has been hijacked by aliens, as reported in the UK’s Telegraph newspaper HERE.
Because the members of SETI-X wish to remain anonymous, Seeland Records has asked Dr. Stefan Helmreich, who produced the science-and-technology oriented Xerophonics: Copying Machine Music, if he might comment on this CD.
Other high-profile scholars who have agreed to comment include: Dr. Richard Doyle (Rhetorician of Alien Communication, English, Penn State), Dr. Chris KeltyDr. Sarah Kember (Alien Mediation and Performativity, Media and Communications, Goldsmiths College, London), Dr. Cristopher Moore (Theorist of Information and Noise, Computer Science, University of New Mexico), Peter Whincop (Sonic Deconvolution Expert , Department of Music, MIT/Harvard). (Scholar of Extraterrestrial Copyright Law, Information Sciences, UCLA),
MP3 SAMPLES:
“Uranium Nations/Hello Children”
“Pulsar Plus”
“Visit To The Observatory”
“Psychlo Killer/Total Transmission”
“I Am Getting Married In A Spaceship”
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Altcountryretropunkers The Black come with a strong pedigree: They’ve got two former Voxtrotters and David Longoria on guitar and vocals–formerly of And You Will Know us by the Trail of Dead. So it’s no shock that these motherfu*kers can write songs and play them with passion, power, and drive. I had high expectations when the promo reached me, and the album basically met them all. Their songs a mix of the genres that made rock and roll what it is today: Garage, rockabilly, punk, blues, and country. The heart of rock and roll is still beating. Right here.
For fans of: Chuck Berry, The Kinks, Nobunny, retrorock, garagepunk, and good friggin music.
Love Don’t Need a Reason (direct link)
Throwing Away (direct link)
Tags: Americana, Indie rock
A few cool nicknacks from the latest tortureporn fest, this one in 3-D. It was the highest “gross”-ing movie on the weekend it came out–no joke. It’s remarkable how the film franchise has held and built its audience. At this point, I’d say it’s doing better than Freddie or Michael in terms of box office ticket sales during first run release.
And all you Saw fans can get some cool stuff from this site . . . I have two prize packs to give away. Each pack has:
- A copy of the Saw 3D soundtrack
- Two Saw 3D bracelets
- A Saw 3d lollipop(!)
- And the Saw 3D t-shirt at right.
To win, drop me a comment with your e-mail and the title of your favorite tortureporn flick. Winner will be drawn at random in a week, so check your email so you don’t miss the award e-mail (if I don’t hear back from you in 24 hours, I’ll go on to the next guy).
Good luck!
Tags: Free Album!
Big K.R.I.T. is a Southern rapper in the tradition of UGC and David Banner, which is a style I tend to find a little dull–but K.R.I.T. is different. His flow is as smooth and laid back as Young Jeezy, his rhymes mix bragadachio with humor, and, most of all, he sounds hungry. There’s not enough hungry rappers these days–most of the prepackaged label guys come out the box sounding sleek and overproduced, like they’re already on their fourth record.
K.R.I.T.’s verses are mostly about having G-fun–doing drugs, having sex, riding in fast cars . . . But there’s underlying smarts here. Yeah, he’ll appeal to those who like their rap superficial, but listen close. His depth shows in his taste in samples (check out the deep ’70s soul behind him in “Just Touched Down” and Mayfied in “They Got Us”) to the sense of pain and loss behind the tough-guy talk. And best of all, this Mississippi rapper doesn’t borrow heavy from his fellow crunkers. His beats, his flow, and his word choices are all fresh.
The mixtape is produced entirely by Big K.R.I.T. and has only a few guest shots by well-established semi-undergrounders like Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y, and Devin The Dude, but most of it, thankfully, is all K.R.I.T. He’s not afraid to take center-stage. And he shouldn’t be.
Get it for free at DJ Booth, click here. Taste it free below:
The Return of Forever-Big K.R.I.T. featuring Big Sant
Moon & Stars-Big K.R.I.T. Feat. Devin The Dude
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Tags: Free Album!, Hip Hop
It’s hard–no, nearly impossible–to judge a band based on three songs, but that’s what The Valleys are asking for. Their “Stoner EP” is atmospheric, 10% Mazzy Star, 30% the kind of gentle pop/electro you find with Hot Chip, Beach House or Fleet Foxes, 20% experimental indie a la Yeasayer or Yo La Tengo, with the balance being ’90s noisepop/shoegaze. The band released an album a while back called “Sometimes Water Kills People” (great title!), but I didn’t hear it, so this little mini-record is my sole exposure. And I pronounce it: “Good!”
Tags: Shoegaze
Ed Brubaker, the architect of the death of Steve Rogers and the rise of Bucky Captain America, and the brilliant noir artist Sean Phillips (of Wildcats and Marvel Zombies) have been the team on not one but three amazing comic series about good guys gone bad. Or is it bad guys gone good? Or is it good guys gone bad gone good again? Anyway, dizzying lack of moral alignment is what makes Criminal, Sleeper, and Incognito three of the best noir comic series ever created. In Criminal, the team tells individual stories. They take five or six issues to focus on one “bad guy” whose faced with a problem that goes against the criminal’s moral code. It’s pretty much what you’d expect from Humphrey Bogart, only with more
blood and profanity. Perfect for an ongoing HBO series, since their “seasons” are so short—you could come back each run with a completely new cast. Then, in Sleeper, Brubaker and Phillips dive into the Wildcats universe to tell the tale of a super-powered spy who becomes a double-agent, then a triple-agent, then a free-agent, and so on. The comic takes the super-powered trope to a new level, mixing noir and neorealism with the kind of “capes are silly” approach pioneered by Alan Moore and taken to pornographic heights by Garth Ennis. Back in 2009, Sam Raimi and Tom Cruise were looking at making a movie version of Sleeper–dunno where that’s gone off to . . .
Then, there’s Incognito. Incognito has a similarity to Sleeper, in that we see a pulpy take on the world of superheroes. In short, the story is about a super criminal who goes into witness protection, gets bored, and becomes a superhero. And, of course, uncovers a shadowy conspiracy. Because no Brubaker story is complete without one. The series was great, but it ended too soon. Now, Brubaker and Phillips have announced a return to the series next year (under Marvel’s creator-owned line, Icon). And now I read that there is a Fox TV series based on it currently in development, as well as movie version. I have no idea if they’re interrelated, or if one is contingent on the other not going forward, but I have to say: Both sound good to me.
Tags: Comic books, Ed Brubaker
Dump was the name James McNew of Yo La Tengo when he recorded a bunch of home-jobbies that aren’t available pretty much anywhere, especially the all-Prince covers album “That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice?” It was so fucking cool that Prince himself sued and got it squashed. But that didn’t stop Jim from recording this set, along with his girlfriend on keyboards, when he opened for Oneida last year.
This is wicked rare, so scoop it up. I’ll probably take it down quick.
Setlist:
01 1999
02 When You Were Mine
03 The Beautiful Ones
04 A Love Bizarre
05 Pop Life
06 Erotic City
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