Jah Wobble and Keith Levene are back together which is good news, especially for their Japanese fans. The duo are doing a mini tour of Tokyo and Osaka playing what's being described as a dub version of Metal Box . Sounds like it could be terrific. I have a troubled history with Death Disco . I bought the single as a teenager and actively hated it. Found it claustrophobic and painful to listen to and got rid of it. An act of very poor judgement, and I've regretted it ever since. Wonder what I'd have made of this, the ...

The 2011 Album Buyers Guide Stuff You Should Try, From A-Z Welcome! You have just found one of the most exhaustive and well-considered lists of quality, new music available from 2011. Ultimately, this A-Z shopping list is a reflection of our own personal tastes. (There might appear to be some prominent omissions from this list - but this is our list here at RSL, and we stand firmly by these selections.. Of course, this being said, we did squabble this year over things... As it turned out, we just couldn't come to any agreement regarding the top two or three ...

Judge Dread : Skin Lake [ purchase ] I grew up in a time when The Beatles and Motown dominated the world of music. My parents were both amateur classical musicians, so they were intent on making sure my brothers and I had every opportunity to learn to love classical music as well. We had Peter and the Wolf in the house, and we went to a theatrical rerelease of Fantasia. And, for the most part, it worked. Fast forward forty years. When my son was about four, he discovered classical music through a side door, so to speak. He knows more about ...

carey mercer hatte ich, wenn ich das richtig recherchiert habe, zuletzt im februar 2009 auf dem sender. auch in jener notiz ging es um das blackout beach benannte projekt, mit dem sich der umtriebige frog eyes verantwortliche und das swan lake mitglied nebenher beschäftigt. damals ging es um die ideale frau, die er einer griechischen sage nach beschrieb. auch mit dem neuen album "fuck death" ist eine intensive thematische auseinandersetzung verbunden. diesmal suchte mercer die verbindung von schönheit und krieg, er ließ sich über drei jahre für diese aufgabe zeit. inspiriert wurde er von einem gemälde des amerikanischen malers leon ...

As 2011 winds down, you may be taking a moment or more in the next couple of weeks to reflect on all the great music you heard this year. Remember James Blake's debut LP ? That was in January! Everything since then has all been this year! Many, many great albums and singles were released in 2011. I've never tried to compile a list of favorite songs from a year before, but I decided to do a two-week special highlighting my top 50 songs of the year on my radio show this January. Making that list turned out to ...

Blackout Beach Fuck Death Dead Oceans Records [2011] Fire Note Says: Blackout Beach does not disappoint on third LP as Carey Mercer once again will challenge your brain. Album Review: I don't think there is any argument that Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) has released some complex records and on his third long player, under his Blackout Beach moniker, you may add Fuck Death to the list. This record is about beauty and war while exploring cowardice at the perspective of a deserter. Heavy stuff but the material really does make for an interesting listen, as most of ...

by teepoo Blackout Beach is Carey Mercer from Frog Eyes and Swan Lake which I never really was very fond of so was never posted here, but his latest solo project Blackout Beach is pretty intriguing. It sort of reminds me of the reasons why I love Timber Timbre, that sort of folk-eeriness. Blackout Beach [...]

Fuck Death is the third Blackout Beach album from Carey Mercer, breathy frontman for indie-rock heroes Frog Eyes and Swan Lake and his first for art-indie hub Dead Oceans. Mercer says the album was "an attempt to make something about beauty and war," inspired by seeing Platoon as a 10 year old and reading Chinese soldier poems as an adult (among a list of other things describes in great detail on the Dead Oceans site However, we hear everything from the discomfort of Xiu Xiu, the gloom-joy harmonies of TV on the Radio, the itchy churn of Suicide, the vintage ...

"Be Forewarned, the Night Has Come" is the second single to be taken from Fuck Death , the new album from Frog Eyes / Swan Lake member Carey Mercer 's rough-hewn Blackout Beach side project. "Beautiful Burning Desire" was our first taste of the record, which is out November 15 via Dead Oceans . (via Altered Zones ) MP3:   Blackout Beach: "Be Forewarned, the Night Has Come" Here's "Beautiful Burning Desire": MP3: Blackout Beach: "Beautiful Burning Desire"

As Russia’s elite took part in the Bolshoi Theater’s opening gala, hundreds waited outside on a cold, miserable night for a glimpse of “Swan Lake” on two large screens.

Spencer Krug is a busy man. Apart from being the singer / songwriter / keyboardist / etc. for his mainstay of Wolf Parade, he also performs with several different canadian acts the likes of Fifth’s of Sevens, Frog Eyes, Swan Lake and others. Oh, and did I mention he finds the time to be able [...]

Lou Dalton showcased her latest offerings for Spring/Summer 2012 during London Fashion Week’s menswear day. The inspiration took an interesting turn involving the 1984 Miners’ Strike and Matthew Bourne’s male ensemble in Swan Lake. The ironic themes sculpted Dalton’s offerings as the designer opted for cleaner looks paired with detailed garments. Guided by solid hues [...] Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast.com

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Blackout Beach , the rough-hewn side project from Frog Eyes / Swan Lake member Carey Mercer , self-released a live LP earlier this ...

You probably know Carey Mercer from the bizarre theatrics to both his band Frog Eyes and Swan Lake, his side project with Dan Bejar and Spencer Krug. But Mercer has had a side-side project for a while, the very bizarre but way undersold Blackout Beach. It's basically a solo project, and it's far more dissonant and troubling than his other bands.  Mercer last gave us a Blackout Beach album in 2008, with Skin of Evil , and now he's bringing ti back again with the not-at-all-subtly titled Fuck Death . The album is Mercer's attempt to make something ...