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Old 2008-01-30, 12:22 AM   #1
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Default The *Official* New Music Thread!

Alright, time for the music nerds to try and show off. Feel free to add your own. Stuff you are anticipating or whatever. Here is what I'm looking forward to this year.

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Dub Trio - Another Sound is Dying (1/29/0
I don't normally like dub, reggae, ragga, ska, dancehall or the other derivatives (my apologies to any Jamacians, but your music sucks), but Dub Trio is more of an instrumental hardcore jam band with spacy dub atmospherics layered over everything. The album came out today and I was listening to it all day at work. Great stuff.
Live show video: www.woozyfly.com/dubtrio
Some more samples on their myspace: www.myspace.com/dubtrio

KMFDM - Brimborium (2/19/200
Its like an addiction. I can't stop now. I've got 25+ albums, eps, singles from them. So, even when there is a remix album that I have little hope for, I can't not buy it.

Del The Funky Homosapien - Eleventh Hour (3/11/0
Its been a long time since his last solo album, and he's saying in interviews that he's toned down the complexity of his lyrics for this album.
Free download single Bubblepop - http://www.definitivejux.net/mp3/bubble_pop.mp3

Mike Patton - Soundtrack to A Perfect Place (3/11/0
Soundtrack to an indie film "A Perfect Place". Covers a lot of ground supposedly from dark atmospheric stuff to 50's bubblegum pop type stuff. Album will come with a DVD of the film (or does the film come with a CD of the soundtrack?).

Casettes Won't Listen - Small Time Machine (3/11/0
A project I'm not too familiar with, except for a few killer remixes. The solo stuff seems more electro-indie. But decent remixes, and a good free single... will have to look into more later.
Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/cassetteswontlisten
Free single off the new album - Paper Float (not working for me at the moment)

Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (4/22/0
Atmosphere - Sad Clown Bad Spring 12 (EP) should be out sometime in the spring too.
Atmosphere - Strictly Leakage (1/8/0 Free Internet Album
Everyone's favorite emo rap duo is back!

Praxis - Profanation (Preparation for a Coming Darkness) - Released 1/1/08 in Japan. US release unknown.
Bill Laswell's superproject. Buckethead and Brain seem to be the mainstays again (I wish Bootsy Collins would come back). And guests like Hawkman, Iggy Pop, Mike Patton, Serj Tankian, Future Prophecies, Killah Priest and others. Those names alone get me a little excited.
Wikipedia entry on the article for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profana...ng_Darkness%29

Buckethead - Untitled Studio Album - Spring 08
I was tempted to put this under the Unknown Status heading below, but considering he's been putting out an album on an average of every 6 months, I'm pretty sure it'll come out this spring. Rumor has it that it'll be similar to Buckethead and Friends with Serj Tankian putting helping out quite a bit with vocal and production duties.


Projects of Unknown Status
These ones are projects that are supposedly completed and/or working on and should be released in 08, but you never know.

Butterscotch
She's won beatboxing championships against heavyweights like Rahzel and is a multi-instrumental performer with a very dramatic vocal range (outside of the beatboxing) Supposedly a debut album is in the works. Hip-hop, Jazz, R&B, Soul, Experimental. A lot of potential here. Hopefully she can live up to it.
Promo Video
Live on Tom Green's show

Secret Chiefs 3 - Book of Souls Folio One
This is a very schizophrenic project, even by my standards. Their music covers surf rock, Persian, Arabic, Indian, death metal, film music, electronic music, and various others (thanks Wikipedia!) and the leader Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle) says that SC3 is really a collection of 7 bands that each express a different part of his musical background. Fucking hippie stoner, but whatever, its good music.
Live in Sydney
Live in Melbourne
Myspace Page for more info

Deltron - Deltron Event II - (Del, Dan the Automator, Kid Koala) Supposedly finished in 06 minus vocals from Del, this album hopefully is getting worked on now that his solo album should be done
Video Links from the previous album:
Mastermind
Positive Contact
Things you can do
Memory Loss

Lovage - (Dan the Automator, Mike Patton, Jennifer Charles) - Again, supposedly done, but no release yet. My guess is that they are still waiting on final vocals from Patton since he's been mister work-a-holic for the past few years.
Video links from previous album:
Book of the Month
Stroker Ace

Peeping Tom - (Mike Patton)
When the first album was released in 06, Patton claimed there was enough material already recorded for a second or third album. Rumors are abound that a second album will be released this year. The first album was a mail-in colloboration superalbum with the likes of Dub Trio, Dan the Automator, Rahzel, Kool Keith, Jel, Doesone, Massive Attack, Amon Tobin, Norah Jones and more.
Mojo
We're Not Alone - Live on Henry Rollins Show

Pig
He posted last year that he was working on a new album. Hopefully nearing completion so we can see it sometime in this calendar year.
The Sick - Live
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