Photo by Jesse Hlebo Know Phase & JMC Aggregate Presents THIS WEDNESDAY @ Death By Audio Soft Circle / Tonstartssbandht / Dan Friel / Noveller Really excited that we were able to get Tonstartssbandht back into town for this one off show. If you missed their last show now you have no excuse but to make up [...]

Last night, Grimes made her television debut on Later Live on BBC 2, performing the track 'Genesis'. She will also feature on the extended version of the show, which airs on Friday night. For those that missed last night's programme, you can watch it on the embedded video below. A series of live dates have been confirmed throughout late spring and into the summer. All dates are listed below. May 5th - Electronic Beats Festival, Prague, Czech Republic     6th - Simple Things Festival, Bristol, UK - tickets 7th - Berkeley Suite, Glasgow, UK (Sold Out) * 8th - Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK (Sold Out ...

By Papaya on Apr 20 2012 Andy Boay is half of the unpronouncably brilliant Tonstartssbandht and likewise half of the Dœs Are label, which has been the port out of which most of the Tonstartssbandht releases have sailed since its creation. Evil Masters concerns itself less with the hit-single factor that Tonstartssbandht does so effortlessly and takes a relatively free-form approach, drifting beautifully in and out of structure at all levels. The sounds themselves are familiar, but not totally recognizable. When there are words, they’re definitely in English, but what are they, exactly? A single track can (and does ...

Tonstartssbandht | John K. | Jerry Paper | Haussmann | Know Phase Dj Set Shea Stadium on Monday April 2nd @ 8 pm Facebook Event Page Know Phase is beyond excited to be presenting a line-up chock full of our favorite artists. This is a night not to be missed. Tonstartssbandht is fresh off their extensive [...]

by Gumshoe • March 2012 First, instead of busting into my normal intro wherein I alternately bitch/compliment the folks that put SXSW together, allow me to bullet-point a few strange occurrences my wife and I endured at SXSW 2012: • Immediately upon arriving, we saw Matt Pinfield, of 120 Minutes fame, and he said something like, “You kids have fun.” • The Puffy Areolas’ singer/guitarist strapped his guitar onto my wife near the end of their 5 PM set Wednesday; she did her best to paw away at the six-stringed instrument — so intently, in fact, that she didn’t notice he ...

The lights kept flickering on and off while the PA system continued to work. The crowd went nuts and the performers seemed to dig it. Jerry Paper was first up. The crowd was rooting for him and he crafted his echoing sounds with intensity. At times he looked disturbed by his own dreams. I liked it. Tonstartssbandht jammed out some psych rock tunes, reminiscent at times to Silver Apples and Black Sabbath. The crowd was into it and they generously gave that same energy back. By the time A...

EOLA is one half Tonstartssbandht. EOLA is half the reason I bother going out to live shows in Brooklyn. (You should too). It’s not an exaggeration when I say that this is the single most intriguing sonorism made in Brooklyn to meet these ears since I’ve arrived here. Space Hymns |▹ Future Hymns. EOLA an [...]

Recommended Show: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012 REGINA SPEKTOR @ ROSE THEATER AT TIME WARNER CENTER 10 Columbus Circle New York, NY 10019 $55, 8PM Sure, this Spektor">Regina Spektor concert is a little pricey, but it can't hurt to lay down a few extra bucks for a good show from time to time. Superhuman Happiness @ Zebulon Laura Cantrell @ Hill Country Live The Mystery Lights @ Le Poisson Rouge Zee Avi & Kevin Calaba @ Knitting Factory Spektor">Regina Spektor @ Rose Theater at Time Warner Center Snowmine, Tiny Victories, Decades, & Awning @ Pianos Prince Rama, War">Gary War, & Future Shuttle @ Glasslands Sam Mickens, White Ring ...

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 ...

Bathetic Records, who were on our list of Best Record Labels of 2011, just released this mix to bring in the new year. The bands on the mix are artists who something on Bathetic, or just friends, and it was assembled by Alex Zhang Hungtai (Dirty Beaches) and William Cody Watson, who both have songs on the mix. It also features Wet Hair, Cough Cool, Xander Harris, Lantern, Lee Noble, Ela Orleans, Hot & Cold, Grand Trine, Speculator, Tonstartssbandht, Hobo Cubes, and Feminelli. You can listen ...

Evil Masters from Spencer Gilley on Vimeo . This totally stunning new video from Andy Boay of Tonstartssbandht and solo project fame does a real good job at channeling its lo-fi mantra energies into something skirting the right side of weirdly beautiful vhs decay, and also from 4:34 on really makes me miss Montreal and the amazing view from the top of the mountain at night. Word. Grip his new tape Evil Masters from whence this one comes from the folks at Does Are .

MP3: Alternate 1985 - Passin' On In Our Continuous Levels Loving how thoroughly mystic this new stunner from Alternate 1985 a.k.a. Andy Boay a.k.a. Andy White from Tonstartssbandht is. In some ways it's really straightforward drone, starting off with a steady rhythmic base before reaching some Skaters -level deep , but it offers a nice hint of goofiness at the end, fading out into half-remembered summer boombox zones. Get it on his new tape CGI Pants out on RUN DMT , et al.'s new label Culture Dealer . buy / bandcamp

Listen to the dizzying electronic noise collages of TONSTARTSSBANDHT with their new 17 minute song "Sinkhole Storm and Sandwich"

Brothers Andy and Edwin White have a little something different for us this time. Tonstartssbandht have recorded their first purely instrumental album consisting of two sides and two songs. The first track, "Sinkhole Storm and Sandwich", is a fun, boogie track clocking in at almost 18 minutes, while the second, "Hotel For Gods", is much softer and dreamlike, with stringed overdubs. The album was recorded earlier this month live in Montreal with no post-production work done a...

The Impose office was aware of Run DMT for some time, mention of a drone show here, a video with Blissed Out in front of Prada there, but despite having one of the cleverest druggy pun names in the biz, we have yet to officially discuss Run DMT. Congratulations on getting your shit together and starting a tape label, Run DMT. Culture Dealer put out tapes by EOLA (Edwin White of TONSTARTSSBANDHT), CGI Pants (Andy White of TONSTARTSSBANDHT) and a green VHS tape with dream exploits, nose...