Adam McIlwee (best known as being frontman of Scranton, PA's Tigers Jaw) unveiled his new solo project Wicca Phase this week. Alter The Press reached out to McIlwee who gave us the low down on his new venture, his now defunct "Blood Man" project, new music and more. Alter The Press: For anyone who doesn't know, what is Wicca Phase? Adam McIlwee: Wicca Pha$e $pring$ Eternal is ten years of moodiness cultivated on the internet, finally released this week after a great weekend and disappointing start to the week. ATP: Before this, you were performing under the ...

Although Tim Hecker’s performance was so much more than a guy sitting at a desk with his deadpan eyes fixed on the screen ahead of him, his Monday night recital shrewdly found a solution to the omnipresent challenge of an electronic musician in the live context; plunge the audience into darkness. The audience gathered at St Giles-in-the-Fields church were saved from enduring an hour-long static performance and instead, seated facing the altar, left to explore their own personal connection with Hecker’s claustrophobic and compelling electronic music. Of course, the overriding rationale for forcing the audience into darkness was ...

A marzo Elizabeth Harris in Italia per 3 date: 17 @ Ravenna – Trasmission… Grouper in Italia pubblicato su Indie For BUNNIES

"disturbed dance music" from Liz Harris of Grouper off a new NNA Tapes compilation

Explosions In The Sky at Wellmont Theater (more by Toby Tenenbaum) NYU students get a treat this Valentine's Day, a show from Explosions In The Sky! The Texas post-rock quartet will join Grouper and Ducky for a Feb 14th NYU-students-only...

Das wird nichts für ungeduldige Quasselstrippen: Vier ununterbrochene Stunden sind für die Darbietung eingeplant, die morgen Abend in der Alten Feuerwache (hinterm Ebertplatz) stattfinden soll . Liz Harris alias Grouper ist in den letzten Jahren vor allem durch jene ihrer Werke bekannt geworden, in denen ihre Traumzustand-Dronemusik stärkere Songzüge aufweist, doch Berichten wie diesem nach darf man das von ihrer gemeinsamen Circular Veil -Aufführung mit Jefre Cantu-Ledesma (The Alps, Tarentel) nicht erwarten. Eher eine im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes ambiente Geräuschumgebung, die zum Driften in Eigeninitiative einlädt. Alle Informationen dazu gibt es bei den Veranstaltern der Reihe M .

Ilyas Ahmed burned his way into our consciousness way back in 2008 with Vertigo of Dawn and returned, with Grouper's Liz Harris in tow for the stunning follow-up, Goner in 2009. Since then he's re-teamed with Harris on an excellent split for Social Music's record club and now his scarred folk tears through our winter dreams on his latest, With Endless Fire . The album pulls Ahmed's voice from the shimmering haze that's surrounded some of his past releases but still keeps his dust worn dirges cloaked in layers of light and shadow. Pulled tight with ...

Grouper has covered an old punk-rock song. Grouper has channeled has an old punk-rock song into something akin to a deep drone. Grouper has accomplished this task not by undermining the original but, in fact, showing it deep respect — by, in essence, taking the song’s lyrics literally, especially the lines about how the title [...]

First off, I would like to apologise for the tardiness of my second column, I’ve been a bit busy sorting out a schlepp 350 miles southwards with all my possessions. But ne’er a worry, I still managed to hunt down some sick sounds for you lot to check out. Before I start though, I want to point out that not everything in these columns is going to be completely current. As is the way of hunting down the types of music I’m writing about, it was probably released on ‘One Man and His Dog Records’ by one ...

First off, I would like to apologise for the tardiness of my second column, I’ve been a bit busy sorting out a schlepp 350 miles southwards with all my possessions. But ne’er a worry, I still managed to hunt down some sick sounds for you lot to check out. Before I start though, I want to point out that not everything in these columns is going to be completely current. As is the way of hunting down the types of music I’m writing about, it was probably released on ‘One Man and His Dog Records’ by one ...

bowerbirds : in the yard (the clearing, 2012) grouper : demona (dead moon cover) (2012) laura k : saboteur / this happens everytime / beach comber (digital single, 2011) lightfoot : city girls (scarlet sails e.p., 2012) summer twins : i don't care (summer twins, 2012)

The latest slice of hiss-drenched production to come from Portland's Grouper is a cover of sorts, although we couldn't fault you for having no idea what song was being reimagined here solely based on listening to the track. read more

Photo by Alex Zhang Hungtai -- Dirty Beaches ' Alex Zhang Hungtai and minimalist  William Cody Watson recently curated a free compilation, Expressway , for experimental label Bathetic , highlighting the scene fueled by  Night-People Records . The compilation features new tracks from both Dirty Beaches and Watson as well as Wet Hair, Tonstartssbandht, Speculator, Ela Orleans, Cough Cool, and more. -- Broken Social Scene 's Justin Peroff and Liam O'Neill and Dave Hamelin of the  now-disbanded group  the Stills have formed a new band, Eight and a Half . Their self-titled debut album is due April 10 from Arts&Crafts; , preceded by the "Scissors" b/w ...

Yeti magazine just released Yeti Twelve in a new square format with cover art by Carson Ellis. The issue features a photo essay from the Alan Lomax Archives chronicling his 1959 “Southern Journey”; poet Margarita … read more »

The latest issue of Yeti magazine includes a four-song 7", with Grouper 's cover of 'Demona' by Dead Moon . You can grab that track, along with many others, from Yeti here . Check out Yeti 's website here .