The All Tomorrow’s Parties concert series will come to Japan for the first time early next year. The “I’ll Be Your Mirror” event curated by ATP happens at Tokyo’s Studio Coast on February 27. Headlining will be recently reactivated gloom-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor. They’ll be joined on the bill by several noisy Japanese artists,…
Gotta give Pitchfork credit where credit is due – the dudes over at that site are on their new releases. I had no idea Boris teamed up with the Cult’s Ian Astbury, and that this dynamic pairing released a four-song EP called BXI recently. Keeping track of the ever-prolific Boris isn’t an easy task, so…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEDKobNkkvA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] [Via Pitchfork]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKzvZtIPhkU&hl=en&fs=1&] Boris will soon release three 7″ singles, titled the Japanese Heavy Rock Hits series<, and I just found this sweet trailer for the singles from Southern Lord. Maybe a little late, but kick-ass all the same. Buy these things.
Pitchfork just finished up their Top 200 Albums of the 2000s list today and only two Japanese albums from the past ten years placed – Boris’ Akuma no Uta (#197) and Boredoms’ Vision Creation Newsun (#39, but should be higher in this writer’s humble opinion). I realize the folks over at the ‘Fork needed to…