Category Archives: Download
Ty Segall Band
Ty Segall’s new LP, Slaughterhouse, is out in late June and, judging by the first we’ve heard from the record, it’s going to be piece of brilliance that continues the amazing run of music coming out of San Francisco.
“Wave… Read More
The Long Lost Brothers
The Long Lost Brothers are set to release their debut LP, Wednesday Night Party Club, later in the year.
In the meantime, the three-piece (featuring people who have been in a stack of great bands like Adam Said Galore and the… Read More
Mecca:83 — “Chapter 2 (For Lucie)”
After putting out some rather awesome instrumental hip hop late last year, Mecca:83 (aka Manchester’s Evan Jones) has returned with a very cool new track available for free download.
“Chapter 2 (For Lucie)” is the name of the new… Read More
Usurper of Modern Medicine — “Turbo Handshake” EP
Perth’s Usurper of Modern Medicine are releasing their follow up to last year’s Acid Chess on April 16. Turbo Handshake is the name of the four track EP, which also features remixes from Ylem, Naik and AxxOnn.
Stream/download the track… Read More
Death Grips — “Get Got” and “Blackjack”
It’s been a busy month for Death Grips. After pulling out of their Australian tour, the Sacramento outfit have signed to Epic and continued working on their forthcoming record, The Money Store.
Out on April 21, The Money Store is… Read More
Eat a Bag of Mix: Adam Trainer
Eat a Bag of Mix is the name of a feature here on life is noise where we get a DJ, musician, producer, industry figure or just someone with good taste in fucked-up and weird music to give us a… Read More
Hanetration
Hanetration’s Tenth Oar EP is out now for free download, and is some mighty impressive glitch-filled drone.
The record feels incredibly busy, in the best possible way, with field recordings, loops and fractured rhythms punctuating a dream-sequence-in-a-film style ambiance that… Read More
Pelican
Ataraxia/Taraxis is the name of the new EP from Chicago four-piece Pelican, coming out in early April.
The record marks a change in recording methodology for the band, with Ataraxia/Taraxis being Pelican’s “first release built by making recordings in multiple studios… Read More
In The Pines 2012
In The Pines is probably the greatest day on Perth’s musical calendar. Featuring a huge lineup of amazing local talent, the event takes place in UWA’s magical Somerville Auditorium, with this year’s Pines (the 19th instalment) falling on Sunday, April 22.… Read More
[the] Caseworker — “Sea Years”
Back in August last year I raved about the first single from pop outfit and semi-obscure-puntuationalists [the] Caseworker’s third album Letters From The Coast.
The second single (“Sea Years”) to be lifted from that release is now available from Hidden… Read More
New Weird Australia — Broadcast Three
The latest New Weird Australia compilation is a collection of live performances on Sydney community radio station FBi.
As is usual with NWA releases, the quality is incredibly high, with the record featuring contributions from the likes of Pimmon, Kirin… Read More
Ourobonic Plague — “Lake Slasher”
Right at the top of our “most-anticipated records” list for 2012 is Ourobonic Plague’s Post Human Possibilities release, which is coming out on Twice Removed.
Out on January 25, you can get a taster of the record in… Read More
Grimes
Canadian avant-pop artist Grimes doesn’t sit still for long; having recently moved to revered outré pop label 4AD, her new record Visions (her third in three years) is now set to be released in Australia on the 21st of March.… Read More
Ghostpoet Mix
After blowing our socks off on his recent Australian tour and releasing an album that featured prominently in many critics’ best-of-2011 lists, Ghostpoet bids farewell to the year by releasing a cracking mix.
Take a listen to “Ghost Tape Vol… Read More
Seekae Mix
One of the reasons we’re very excited to see 2012 is that it means we’ll get a chance to see the amazing Seekae once more.
To help get you in the mood, the Sydney electronic trio has put… Read More
Kwala
If, like me, you haven’t even started your Christmas shopping yet and are currently curled up in the feotal position wondering how you’re going to get everything done in time, you might want to listen to this record.
I put… Read More
Quiet Lights — “No More Canyons” (The Brutalist School remix)
Yep, it’s remix weekend all weekend here at life is noise.
This here is a rather fine remix of Brooklyn outfit Quiet Lights’ track “No More Canyons”. It’s restrained and thoughtful and everything a good remix should be.
Stream/download the track below:… Read More
Caribou/Les Savy Fav ATP Mix
We (ie. me) are incredibly jealous of a certain member of the life is noise family that is attending ATP Nightmare Before Christmas (which is currently taking place in Minehead, England).
This year’s festival is curated by Battles, Les Savy… Read More
