Quicksand's Slip to be reissued on vinyl - 07.30.2012


Someone out there likes us. Quicksand's seminal 1993 post-hardcore debut Slip is finally being reissued on vinyl, courtesy of ShopRadioCast. The new vinyl release will be available in yellow/green swirl, red/black swirl and standard black vinyl, with pressings limited to 500 each. And in addition to the original 12 tracks on the album, the LP will also feature the band's cover of The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?" Slip will be released Sept. 11.

Tracklist:

1. Fazer
2. Head to Wall
3. Dine Alone
4. Slip
5. Freezing Process
6. Lie and Wait
7. Unfulfilled
8. Can Opener
9. Omission
10. Baphomet
11. Too Official
12. Transparent
13. How Soon Is Now?

Thurston Moore joins black metal supergroup Twilight - 07.30.2012


There aren't many limits for a musician like Thurston Moore, and the Sonic Youth frontman has proven that with the news that he's joined Twilight, the North American black metal supergroup. In an interview with the 1st Five, Blake Judd of Twilight and Nachtmystium confirmed that Moore will be performing on the band's next album:

"You know Century Media could offer us a hundred thousand dollars to make that Twilight record and say: 'Blake, you get ninety percent of that money but Thurston Moore's not gonna be on the record, or, you can be on it and we'll give you ten grand and that's what you have to make it work.' And I would, I would take the ten grand and work with Thurston. That's like how much I love Sonic Youth."

The band's new album will also feature producer Sanford Parker, Stavros Giannopoulos from the Atlas Moth, Wrest of Leviathan and Imperial from Krieg. Judd also said that he hopes to get contributions from Aaron Turner of Isis and Malefic from Xasthur.

Unfortunately, Judd also essentially said that Sonic Youth is broken up in the interview. While it's not official word from Moore, Kim Gordon, Steve Shelley or Lee Ranaldo, it's definitely not encouraging to hear.

Jesus and Mary Chain, Jeff Mangum head Boomslang lineup - 07.30.2012


Lexington, Kentucky hosts the fourth annual Boomslang Festival Sept. 20-23, a gathering of music, film, literature and more, and its lineup, as detailed in the poster above, is pretty damn solid. The Jesus and Mary Chain and Jeff Mangum headline, with a ton of other great acts also scheduled to perform, including Das Racist, Cloud Nothings, Deerhoof, Baroness, Saint Vitus, Negativland, Oneohtrix Point Never, Author & Punisher, White Hills, Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang, and many more. Full details here.

Why? announce new album - 07.30.2012


Bay Area indie pop/hip-hop/abstract outfit Why? recently announced the release of the Sod in the Seed EP, and as of today, have revealed the details of its next full-length. Mumps, etc., the group's follow-up to 2009's Eskimo Snow, will be released Oct. 9 via Anticon. Check out the Pinnochio-meets-Jonah artwork above and dig the tracklist below.

Tracklist:

1. Jonathan's Hope
2. Strawberries
3. Waterlines
4. Thirteen on High
5. White English
6. Danny
7. Sod in the Seed
8. Distance
9. Thirst
10. Kevin's Cancer
11. Bitter Thoughts
12. Paper Hearts
13. As a Card

Video: Frankie Rose - "Know Me" - 07.30.2012
The sci-fi themed video for Frankie Rose's "Know Me," from new album Interstellar, puts the singer/songwriter in a dystopian sci-fi atmosphere where everyone wears virtual reality goggles. It was directed by Ricardo Rivera, and produced by Urban Outfitters, and is pretty cool on the whole. Watch it below.

Frankie Rose - "Know Me" from Urban Outfitters on Vimeo.

Listen: Animal Collective - "Today's Supernatural" - 07.30.2012
This weekend, Animal Collective debuted their new weekly radio show, on which they played a variety of sounds, including a track from their new album, Centipede Hz. The new song is called "Today's Supernatural," and you can stream it below. Centipede Hz is out Sept. 4 via Domino.