Initially I was shocked when I pressed play on the new Parts & Labor album. Where was the drone, the feedback, the dirty dirty bass sound. This sounded polished was unlike anything I'd heard on Stay Afraid, an album which has been on constant rotation for me since I became aware of this amazing, innovative [...]
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Criminally underexposed Brooklyn noise-punks Parts & Labor are to release their third album for Jagjaguwar on November 3 in the UK
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Parts & Labor, a Brooklyn band known for balancing crazy noise and melodic hooks, put out one of my very favorite albums of last year in Stay Afraid...and they're back just about exactly 12 months later with another very strong CD called Mapmaker. This one, their fourth, is much more melodic and song-structured than previous and to me, the cut that made it all fall into place, was the Minuteme...
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In October, Brooklyn's Parts & Labor released their fourth album, Receivers , on Jagjaguwar . Fans of their noise punk broken electronics wall of sound style might be surprised by the route they've decided to take for this release. Receivers has P&L drawing out their explosive music with overlapping fields of sound giving it deep stadium sized power like Pink Floyd rather than their previous ...
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MP3: Parts & Labor - Nowheres Nigh Holy shit: Parts & Labor made a pop record! I was going to take today off to relax and bring some comics back to the library, but then I heard "Nowheres Nigh" off of the band's new record "Receivers" and I couldn't resist. Since we last left the dudes , they lost a drummer and picked one right up as well as a new addition in a guitarist to boot; not sure ...
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For an outfit who probably got their name after a disgruntled trip to their local car garage, it’s not startling that there is an almost mechanical sound to Parts & Labor’s fourth album Receivers. From the bagpipe-esque opening keyboard strains of ‘Satellites’, manipulation of equipment and sound is the name…
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The large shuddering drums have been scaled back, guitar parts are more expressive, and the vocals have gained overt melody, but is it all for the best?
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Brooklyn's finest, Parts & Labor, have announced a tour of the UK and Ireland for February next year.
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After having only contributed to last year's top album covers, I had an especially great time returning to the task in full force this year. And now, after all the hours spent online, sifting through all the artwork that would eventually become this list, my journey has finally come to an end. Interestingly, roughly 85% of the covers depict either an animal or human figure, and only one of the ...
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Noise-punk foursome Parts & Labor have announced a UK and Ireland tour starting next February. The band will stop off in six different locations to support their latest acclaimed album Receivers. Check out below for the dates and venues. Parts & Labor 2009 Tour: February 15 Dublin, Crawdaddy 16 Glasgow, Captain's Rest 17 Manchester, Star & Garter 18 Sheffield, Shakespeare 19 London, Cargo 20 ...
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Parts & Labor are one of the most scintillating live acts around, and if they resist the temptation to sacrifice their more interesting elements for mainstream appeal they’ll continue to be a band well worth your time.
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Brooklyn Noise-Punk quartet Parts & Labor are set to head out on their UK Tour this February in support of their 2008 Jagjaguwar released Receivers LP. Stopping off a total of 7 times on their journey to the Kingdom of the United, the band have circled Barrow-In-Furness as their starting point on the 14th and finish off in Brighton on the 20th.
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