News featuring Aphex Twin
The following news stories mention Aphex Twin. Stories are compiled from a hand-picked selection of popular music news sites based in Great Britain, Europe and the United States. Updated within the last hour.
’13 May 24 Fri
Friday 24th May
Today: “Mount Kimbie go beyond the afterparty”
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’13 Apr 30 Tue
Tuesday 30th April
“Boards of Canada confirm new album, 'Tomorrow's Harvest'!”
If you've been paying attention to the Boards of Canada news lately, you've probably noticed that they're up to something, though similarly to Daft Punk, no one was entirely sure what. Now the band have a new password-protected website and if you enter in "699742628315717228936557813386519225" (via Pitchfork), you'll find out that, like Daft Punk, the electronic veterans are set to release a new album this year. It's called Tomorrow's Harvest and will be out on June 11 via Warp. It's their first full length album since 2005's The Campfire Headphase. Your move, Aphex Twin.
The album art, tracklist and BoC's recent Cartoon Network commercial below...
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’13 Apr 7 Sun
Sunday 7th April
“The Knife: Shaking the Habitual – review”
(Rabid/ Co-Op)
Seven years after 2006's Silent Shout album chrome-plated the reputation of the Knife as daring electronic stylists, their fourth album, Shaking the Habitual, reveals Karin Dreijer Andersson and her brother, Olof Dreijer, as fully paid-up digital intellectuals: Radiohead's none too distant Swedish cousins or, perhaps, 21st-century riot grrrls rewiring Aphex Twin with Björk. Informed by gender theory, the fall of the euro and some debauched, global-sourced Berlin club music, Shaking the Habitual walks a tightrope strung uneasily – but compellingly – between the head and the body.
Read the complete article at www.guardian.co.uk
’13 Mar 14 Thu
Thursday 14th March
“Severed Heads - review”
Queen's Theatre, Adelaide
Never say never. Just shy of the band's 30th birthday, Tom Ellard of Severed Heads said he was retiring the band. That was in 2008, but zombie-like, the group reformed for some anniversary shows and then a tour of their native Australia in 2011 with that fellow messiah of electronic music Gary Numan.
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’13 Mar 13 Wed
Wednesday 13th March
“MIX: Atoms For Peace - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix”
Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich have stepped into the BBC Essential Mix chamber where electronic influence is wielded like a two-hour weapon. The result? My favorite mix of 2013 thus far. Step within for unreleased Radiohead and Atoms For Peace, as well as hypnotic appearances from Aphex Twin, DOOM and all those other cool artists that tickle Yorke's wispy Brit beard.
Download: Atoms For Peace - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix [Self-Titled Mag]
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’13 Mar 11 Mon
Monday 11th March
“MGMT to Release "Alien Days" Cassette Single for Record Store Day”
In celebration of Record Store Day on April 20, MGMT will release a limited edition cassette single that features new song "Alien Days". It will come with a download code.
MGMT's new album is expected this summer, and according to a recent interview with Rolling Stone, "Alien Days" seems to be in the running to make the record.
Read the complete article at pitchfork.com
’13 Mar 9 Sat
Saturday 9th March
“Thom Yorke debuts unreleased solo material, Radiohead track in BBC Radio 1 mix”
Two-hour mix also features music from DOOM, Aphex Twin, and Steve Reich.
Read the complete article at consequenceofsound.net
“Listen to Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich's Atoms for Peace BBC Essential Mix”
Photo by Erez Avissar
Last night, Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich delivered an Atoms for Peace BBC Essential Mix. The two-hour mix features work by Yorke and Radiohead, plus Aphex Twin, DOOM, Steve Reich, Oneohtrix Point Never, Diplo, and several others. Update: Consequence of Sound points out that the Radiohead track "Harmonics Loop" and Yorke's "Has Been" are both previously unreleased tracks. Check it out here.
Read the complete article at pitchfork.com
’13 Mar 4 Mon
Monday 4th March
“MGMT Announce Spring Tour”
Photo by Will Deitz
MGMT are back. The duo of Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden have announced a spring North American tour, potentially leading up to a new album. Their follow-up to 2010's Congratulations is tentatively out in June.
Read the complete article at pitchfork.com
’13 Mar 3 Sun
Sunday 3rd March
“Blue Hawaii streaming 'Untogether,' added to Andrew WK's 285 Kent show, playing SXSW and other dates”
Montreal duo Blue Hawaii will release their debut album, Untogether, next week (3/5) via Arbutus Records. That's the cover art above. Alex Cowan and Braids' Raphaelle Standell-Preston have crafted a lovely record, airy with skittering beats and Raphaelle's otherworldly harmonies. (Aphex Twin covering the Cocteau Twins is an apt, if reductive, description.) You can check out a couple tracks below and stream the entire album at Pitchfork.
Blue Hawaii, who are little more of a party live than on their new record, will spend much of this spring on tour, starting in Austin for SXSW. The pair will then hit the road for a few dates with their Arbutus labelmates Doldrums on the West Coast, followed by a stint opening for Purity Ring. While none of those dates hit NYC, Blue Hawaii will be here next week, having been added to Andrew WK's show at 285 Kent on March…
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