Grinderman are set to release a Grinderman remix album titled Grinderman 2 RMX on Mar. 12/13 via Mute Records. Nick Cave and co. recently called it quits on the Grinderman experience in an effort to move on to new projects.
Small Black have been working with Das Racist’s Heems on some new music, and a new track has surfaced with “Two Rivers.” It’s a slow mover, vibe-oriented thing that slacks along. There’s a new Small Black mixtape titled Moon Killer due on Nov. 11, and a full-length new Small Black album due out next year. Stream courtesy of The Fader.
The Small Black sound is slightly lo-fi-ish with programmed beats and an understated anthem quality to it. There was a “small” Small Black tour earlier this year with Cults, check out what they sound like live in a performance at KEXP. Also try videos of “PhotoJournalist” and “Bad Lover.”
A Place to Bury Strangers have signed to the experimental label Dead Oceans, and will release a new EP of five songs in 2012.
The Black Keys will release their new album, El Camino on Dec. 6, via Nonesuch Records. They have a super-creative approach to letting everyone about the release of El Camino, which so far has included the selling of an … El Camino.
Phantogram aren’t wasting anytime with the gains they’ve made in the past two years, they’re already dropping a new full-length album titled Nightlife on Nov. 1 on Barsuk Records.
Metric last checked in with the world on the album Fantasies, then the remix album Fantasies Flashbacks. Now it looks like 2012 will be another year with a new Metric album that they’re looking to release it in the Spring.
Flying Lotus might be better known for his surreal soundscapes of electronic music, but his first love is apparently film, and he’s currently looking at making a movie over the next year. It’s unclear how this will affect his music schedule, but there’s no doubt the film score to any Flying Lotus movie will be awesome.
FlyLo is the LA-based DJ who you may know from mind-expanding albums like Cosmogramma, a jazz and hip-hop-influenced effort that saw him break new ground as a DJ-producer.
Earthy, pagan-esque sounds rumble through their music, making it a good soundtrack for things like … your next trip to Stonehenge.
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The Radiohead TKOL RMX 1234567 has been happening all Summer with all sorts of iterative releases in one-off singles. The set of Radiohead remixes has featured all sorts of great names like Harmonic 313, Caribou, Four Tet and others, and is available in physical form on Oct 10/11. There will be a worldwide release party on Oct. 11 at Corsica Studios in London with Jamie xx, Caribou, Lone, and Illum Sphere.
You can check it out live on the web on the 11th via the Boiler Room who’ll be using Ustream.
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Or at least “Radiohead Redux” — Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood are set to appear on Jimmy Fallon.
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