Crib Notes

Drummer Bill Salas is the new guy in These Are Powers, but the fascist cadences of his hallucinogenic beats give direction to the ghost-punk traipse at the center of All Aboard Future. “Easy Answers” establishes a rigid, slow-motion dub/industrial framework at the album’s onset. Vocalist Anna Barie’s elated banshee cry in “Life of Birds” is at once horrifying and alluring, as it jams the senses with a mashup of too many mixed signals. TAP is the rightful heir to the legacies of Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Coil, Suicide and so on. Prior to All Aboard Future, likening them to such an esteemed lineage felt like wishful thinking. But in light of the hypnotic rush of “Parallel Shores,” the creeping and mechanical plod of “Double Double Yolk,” and the clutter of damaged bass swells in “Blue Healer,” the sonic pedigree is undeniable.

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(Photo by Michael Flack)

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Baltimore-based ATL expatriate label HOSS Records has announced that this fall it will be releasing the third full-length from Atlanta purveyors of sludge-infected drunk-punk riffage, Brass Castle. Though the currently untitled LP is still in production, here is a sneak peak mp3 of the song “Raining Balls,” which kind of says it all.

In addition to the Brass Castle full-length, HOSS has a few other releases up its sleeve slated for release late in ‘08 / early ‘09…

First and foremost there is a new 12-inch / digital EP from the group MI AMI. This will be he first in HOSS’ forthcoming “Techno” 12-inch series. More details on the series are coming soon.

Also, FOOD FOR ANIMALS album, Belly, will arrive on vinyl.

The label is releasing a digital EP from resident ATLien BEN LAWLESS, which will precede a full-length that slated to arrive in early ‘09.

And lastly, the much anticipated QUEERHUNTER / COCKCLEANER split 12-inch between Deerhunter and Clockcleaner looks like it will actually see the light of day as well.

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