Filed under: News, ExclusiveSpinner.com: For their upcoming album, 'Villainaire,' the Dead Science took inspiration from an unlikely source. "The Wu-Tang Clan hold a heavy thematic and stylistic influence over 'Villianaire,'" Dead Science bandleader Sam Mickens tells Spinner. Specifically,... Read more~~
Barely six months ago, Why? were almost unknown to all but the most on-the-ball hipsters and established Anticon fans but the word-of-mouth success of third LP 'Alopecia' has seen their fanbase expand enough to sell out the thousand-capacity London Scala.
Content and Photography by Malora McIntosh After going to the Empty Bottle on Thursday night, I don't have anything to complain about anymore -- the beer was cheap, the crowd was happy, and the music was out of control. (I knew it was going to be a strange night after I walked into the bathroom to find a black cat drinking out of the toilet.) The main event was The Dead Science, who arrange...
--- - |- Is there a 'Xiu Xiu scene'? You know, Xiu Xiu, Parenthetical Girls, The Dead Science... all distinct, yeh, but all still on some level cut from the same basic template- mewling feminised vocals, sense of high drama and trauma, atonal, often counter-intuitive arrangements... you know what I mean. But in the same way that Parenthetical Girls have a sumptuous, sickly, almost *poppy* al
Filed under: News, ExclusiveSpinner.com: For their upcoming album, 'Villainaire,' the Dead Science took inspiration from an unlikely source. "The Wu-Tang Clan hold a heavy thematic and stylistic influence over 'Villianaire,'" Dead Science bandleader Sam Mickens tells Spinner. Specifically,... Read more~~
Barely six months ago, Why? were almost unknown to all but the most on-the-ball hipsters and established Anticon fans but the word-of-mouth success of third LP 'Alopecia' has seen their fanbase expand enough to sell out the thousand-capacity London Scala.
--- - |- Is there a 'Xiu Xiu scene'? You know, Xiu Xiu, Parenthetical Girls, The Dead Science... all distinct, yeh, but all still on some level cut from the same basic template- mewling feminised vocals, sense of high drama and trauma, atonal, often counter-intuitive arrangements... you know what I mean. But in the same way that Parenthetical Girls have a sumptuous, sickly, almost *poppy* al
Content and Photography by Malora McIntosh After going to the Empty Bottle on Thursday night, I don't have anything to complain about anymore -- the beer was cheap, the crowd was happy, and the music was out of control. (I knew it was going to be a strange night after I walked into the bathroom to find a black cat drinking out of the toilet.) The main event was The Dead Science, who arrange...
* Thrill Jockey's 2008 Advent Calendar. Free tracks everyday during the holiday season from acts like The Dead Science, Occidental Brothers Dance Band International. * Hear a podcast of Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman's new CD "Destination Space" and a nice skype conference of them talking about the album. * WFMU presented Switched-on [...]