One of the more mysterious figures in the dark electronics scene of the 2010s, Holy Other first emerged in 2010 with the We Over EP for Transparent Records, a release that set forth the tenets of his style: cavernous bass, abstract rhythms, pitched-down vocals, and oceans of reverb that come together in a sound that owes an equal debt to goth, dubstep, and R&B influences.
Based at different times in Manchester and Berlin, the producer kept his given name a secret, never showing his face in his album artwork and performing in a mask. A split cassette with producer Indigochild followed later in 2010, and Holy Other signed to Tri Angle to release his first EP, With U, the following year. After touring the U.S. with Amon Tobin, Holy Other's debut album, Held, arrived in August 2012. ~ Heather Phares

Members: Britt Daniel, Dan Boeckner, Sam Brown

Jens Martin Lekman is a Swedish musician. His music is guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic

Deerhoof will release their new album Breakup Song September 4 in the U.S. via Polyvinyl. It's also out September 3 in the UK and Europe via ATP, Australia and Oceania via Lost and Lonesome, and China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia via High Note. A cassette release will be available in a run of 250 from Joyful Noise.

Six Organs of Admittance plus Comets On Fire in the orchestra pit equals "Ascent" - the new long player from Ben Chasny (200 YEARS, RANGDA, COMETS ON FIRE) & company. It's an electric-church kind of ceremony: strapping on guitars & drums & letting rip as a 5 piece full-tilt rock band. No matter which astral sign guides these neck-throttlers, they're together in every move. They even unearth cuts from "Compathia/Dark Noontide", reworking them in 180 degree turns from the original versions. Recorded by Tim Green.

Coming three years after Crowley’s Choice Music Prize scooping ‘Season of the Sparks’, there’s an understated glow of assuredness surrounding this new material, the thrill of high expectations being met and then comprehensively exceeded.
The first single to be taken from the album will be ‘The Saddest Song’: a bold introduction to the album which perfectly encapsulates the lyrical flair and musical ambition that surely make this album a high watermark in literate, evocative songwriting.
There will be two very special concerts to mark the launch of ‘I See Three Birds Flying’ at the Abbey Theatre, on the Peacock stage, on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 September, 8pm.

This album represents the piece as conceived and reconceived for the stage, and then reconceived again as pure music (the movement “Gone, Not Forgotten,” for instance, is exclusive to this recording). Created, pored over and developed: the result is a meticulously designed structure, a sound architecture of musical and physical gestures and stillnesses.