Father John Misty remixed by The Haxan Cloak

On a collaborative pairing i never would have even dreamed of, artist and troublemaker Father John Misty gets the remix treatment from dark and droney producer The Haxan Cloak, with the latter turning the former's treatise on a post-apocalyptic world, the wonderfully titled "Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution," into something even darker.  And it works like gangbusters.  Watch Matthew Daniel Siskin's nightmarish video for the remix below, a dread inducing collage of stock footage, current events, revelry, and garbage.

Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile

I've got to be in the right mood to listen to Kurt Vile (though i do think he's great), and i've never really given Courtney Barnett much thought to be honest, but the two artists have made a record together, and from the first single, "Over Everything," it seems like a pairing that's long overdue.  The song is folky, spacey, stoner kind of jam, and i've got to admit i'm pretty into it.  Watch the persona-swapped video below and get the album from Milk! Records in October.

Kurt and Courtney...far out.

John Maus - The Combine

He had hinted at new music on the way, and now we know that John Maus's new album "Screen Memories" will be out at the end of October on Ribbon Music.  Hooray!  Anyway, check out the lo-fi, psychedelic video for "The Combine" below, a dark and synthy song about getting chopped up by a combine harvester.  Sweet.

OCS - Memory of a Cut Off Head

Remember last week Thee Oh Sees, now known as just Oh Sees, released their 19th album "Orc?"  Yeah.  It was pretty awesome.  Well, the band has already announced a follow up album...and another name change.  November's "Memory of a Cut Off Head" finds that band going back to the original moniker used on their first release, just plain old OCS.  The album also marks a whole slew of anniversaries, the band's 20th release, their 20th year, and John Dwyer's Castle Face Records' 100th release.  May the celebration boogie begin.  Listen to the title track below and be sure to get the record in November.

RIP Tobe Hooper

Responsible for 2 of my all time favorite films, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Poltergeist" respectively, i will always fondly remember Tobe Hooper as a master of genre filmmaking.  I may have to sneak in a viewing tonight after the boys go to bed.  RIP Tobe Hooper.

Allah-Las cover Kathy Heideman

LA psych rock band The Allah-Las have an EP of covers headed our way in November courtesy of Mexican Summer.  Tackling tracks from George Harrison, Television, and Further, the record looks to comb through a variety of influences.  The band also take a stab at forgotten folk-country artist Kathy Heideman's "The Earth Won't Hold Me," and it's a fantastic, dusty and sun-fried little psychedelic jam.  Listen below.

Living Nudes

I have never really been very comfortable with any kind of self-promotion.  It's hard.  It feels weird.  And i guess i just don't take compliments very well.  Anyway, i made a record.  Not a physical one mind you, as i don't have the kind of scratch required to press anything to vinyl, but a little digital collection of songs i've had sitting in my head for a long time.  Some of these were penned as far back as 2002, but for some reason or another, i just never got them down on tape (i guess i've been pretty busy).  I wanted to change that.  I needed to change that.  So, during any of the free moments i've had over the last few months, an hour here or 30 minutes there, i've been recording in my bedroom.  And this is what i've got.  I'm naming the project Living Nudes and calling the record "My World Exploded."  Normally i find it natural and easy to write about music, but when it's my own, i guess i'm at a loss.  All in all, it's a lo-fi affair, and i hope you like it.  Stream the whole thing below and download it here if you are so inclined.

John Carpenter - Anthology

Though he's been doing the primarily musician thing for a few years now, John Carpenter's filmography still weighs heavy, both in genre filmmaking and in film score composition.  The number of artists and bands out there influenced by Carpenter's sleek and spooky synthesizer accompaniment are too numerous to even go into, hordes of musicians making their own faux soundtracks.  And that's not even going into the many labels reissuing all of these old original soundtracks.  Anyway, the good people at Sacred Bones are compiling many of Carpenter's movie themes into one collection, the aptly named "Anthology (Movie Themes 1974-1998)."  This is a fantastic starting point for new fans, and another excellent and beautiful must-have for the old hats like myself.  Get it in October and listen to the theme from "In the Mouth of Madness" below.

Gyda Valtysdóttir

As a member of Icelandic post rock band múm, Gyda Valtysdóttir has always made ethereal, dramatic, and ghostly music, and she continues to do so on her solo album, "Epicycle."  Originally released as a limited CD in her home nation, the album is now getting a wide release courtesy of Figureight.  It consists of the artist's usual flair for haunting, beautiful, and unusual, and dives into reinterpretations of ancient tomes and classical pieces of music.  Listen to "Seikilos Epitaph" below and get the album in October.

Harlem Reuniting and covering Lana Del Rey

Dallas music blog Gorilla Vs Bear is reporting that old Austin garage rock band (and one of my personal favorites from the last decade) Harlem are reuniting.  That's awesome news.  I haven't seen the band perform since 2010, but hopefully i'll be able to remedy that over the course of the next few months.  Anyway, aside from getting the band back together, they also appear to be restarting their cover of the month project which they used to do way back in the Myspace era.  Listen to spooky and warped lo-fi cover of Lana Del Rey's "Cola" below.  Hooray!