Deafheaven and Pallbearer at Red 7

Last week, my wife had to leave town for a few days for a work thing in Fort Worth, leaving me flying solo with the boy and the dog.  It was a fun week, but pretty exhausting in its own right, so i rewarded myself upon my wife's return with some live metal music from Pallbearer and Deafheaven.  It was a great show and left me, fittingly enough, kind of deaf in my left ear yesterday.  Here's a couple of pics below.

Pallbearer

Pallbearer

Deafheaven

Deafheaven

RIP Bobby Womack

RIP Bobby Womack.  The soul legend passed away yesterday at the age of 70.  He had a late comeback of sorts over the last couple of years, with his most recent album, 2012's "The Bravest Man in the Universe," featuring production from Blur frontman Damon Albarn.  Take a listen to that album's "Dayglo Reflection" featuring Lana Del Rey below.

Guerilla Toss

I happened upon Boston electro-scuzz noise punk band Guerilla Toss during SXSW last March, catching an intense and frenetic set at free day party over at Beerland.  They were a mess.  A hot, sweaty, screaming, writhing mess.  The group has a cassette, "367 Equalizer," coming out on Infinity Cat next month (super limited release), and here's a sampling from the album called "Cookie."  It too is a hot, sweaty, screaming, writhing mess.  Listen below.

Ramona

I recently came across an excellent mixtape of modern Spanish pop music called "Papasquiaro" put together by the fine folks at Club Fonograma.  The mix features an array of different sounds and textures, from electronic beats to hip-hop, psych to folk, to more traditional sounding ballads.  Tijuana band Ramona provide one of those ballads with their wistful and melancholy "Tristes Ojos."  Listen below, and then go and download the whole mix here...for free!

Com Truise remixes Tycho

I am a fan of both the blissed out electronic soundscapes of Tycho and the throwback, inside-the-computer analog vibes of Com Truise, so the two coming together (even in remix form) is kind of a no brainer for me.  Listen to Com Truise's remix of "Awake," from Tycho's latest album of the same name, which you can get from Ghostly International.

Zola Jesus - Dangerous Days

Zola Jesus have a new album, "Taiga," out in October on Mute, and judging by the first taste of "Dangerous Days," they're going full on glorious electro-goth.  It's dark and toe-tapping and you should definitely jam this one today.  Listen below.

J Dilla - Filth

Though he exited this plane of existence years ago, it seems more and more unreleased music from hip-hop producer J Dilla surfaces every other week...hence the upcoming "King of Beats" box set, which you can pre-order here.  Take a listen to short and fun "Filth" below.  There's a real old school vibe to it, and it reminds me of the fourth grade.

Destruction Unit

Adult Swim has kept it pretty dancey thus far on this year's summer singles series, with booty shaking jams from Georgio Moroder and Machinedrum, but all that changes with next week's release of Arizona sun drenched, psych-rock noise-niks Destruction Unit and their single "Dust."  Listen below.

Death and Vanilla

A couple of years ago, Swedish experimental, post-rock, psych-prog band Death and Vanilla did a live score for the 1932 horror film "Vampyr" that was released on cassette via Moon Glyph.  The kind folks over at Kalligrammofon Recordings have seen fit to reissue the album on blood red vinyl...and it's beautiful, both the music and the packaging.  Being an import, it will set you back a few bucks, but it's probably worth it.  Get it here.  Stream the whole thing below.

Many Mansions

Take a listen to "Bambu," from the warbled, warped, hazy, underwater electro-dub from Brooklyn's Many Mansions' latest album "Night Sesh" on MJMJ Records.  Just like getting high with a robot.  Get the cassette here.