The Daily Frequency (8/13/14)
–Written by Kevin Madert
This is a daily post we’ll be running to keep you as up-to-date on musical goings-on as we can. We’ll be gathering news tidbits from across the music world and compiling them for you towards the end of each day. This is not meant to be an all-encompassing source for music news, but rather a collection of news items we found interesting, important, or otherwise necessary to share.
Today, a lot of things happened in the world of music. Here are some of them.
1. DJ Shadow released (streaming, anyway) a short-but-sweet two song EP. The first new music from the legendary instrumental hip-hop producer in three years coincides with his decision to begin his own label, Liquid Amber Records. Included with the EP is a really, really good Machinedrum remix of Shadow’s classic “Six Days.” Via Rolling Stone.
2. Must Die! announced his debut full-length album, Death and Magic, will be released on EDM wünderlabel OWSLA on September 30th. A preview of the first single, “Hellcat,” has been posted on OWSLA’s Soundcloud and I’ve embedded it below for your lazy listening pleasure. The single is due to drop in full on August 25. Via Facebook.
3. Hard rockers He Is Legend are streaming a brand new song ahead of the release of their new album Heavy Fruit, slated to hit shelves August 19. It’s their first full-length since 2009, and while it’s certainly not “play at your Grandma’s birthday” material it’s decidedly less heavy than previous efforts. Via Last.fm.
4. Loci Records released Season One today, a compilation album that label head and curator Doug Appling says “…aims to give the listener an idea of the current sound of Loci Records…(and) is a timestamp of unique music by a talented cast of producers stretching the globe.” We previously featured Appling’s contribution to the album (as Emancipator). Via Soundcloud.
5. From way out in left field comes perma-awkward actor and not-so-closet musician Michael Cera’s solo folk album true that, released with almost no fanfare last week. Frequent co-star and fellow funnyman Jonah Hill tweeted a link to the album yesterday, which brought it more widespread attention. It’s a lo-fi, mostly instrumental affair, with no pretenses and no agenda. Hear it below. Via Rolling Stone.