Agf-Delay - Symptoms

Domestic bliss and artistic bliss. It's hard to pull off, but Antye Greie and Sasu Ripatti have seemingly figured it out, as their second full-length under the AGF/Delay moniker will be released later this year.

Greie had a busy 2008, putting out two solo full-lengths as AGF as well as co-producing Ellen Allien's Sool, and she's looking to carry that on into this year with the release of Symptoms. Produced with her long-term partner Sasu Ripatti (who you may be more familiar with under the name Luomo, Uusitalo or Vladislav Delay), their AGF/Delay collaboration combines the duo's experimental and pop tendencies to create restrained vocal tracks that overflow with sexual tension.

As with their previous album Explode, Symptoms is full of dubby textures and micro-samples, whilst Greie adds her quirky vocals that drift between singing and spoken word. Greie's friendship and co-production work with Ellen Allien has meant that Symptoms will see the light of day on Allien's BPitch Control label, which should see AGF/Delay's sound brought to a wider audience this time around.


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Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care

Canadian duo Junior Boys are set to release their third collaboration, Begone Dull Care, in the U.S. on April 7. The record will first be released in Canada on March 24 through the pair’s label, Domino.
Junior Boys spent 2008 recording the album, mostly from two different continents. Jeremy Greenspan still resides in Canada, while Matthew Didemus relocated to Germany. “Hazel” will be the first single off Begone and it will be released on both 12″ vinyl and as a download.
Begone Dull Care’s title is a reference to a short film by the pioneering Oscar-winning Scottish-Canadian animator and electronic composer, Norman McLaren, who was a big influence on the conception and creation of this album.
Junior Boys will tour Europe for a few dates during early March before heading West to the U.S. and Canada for a six-week tour, starting March 28 in Toronto.

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Headless Heroes / The Silence Of Love [2008]

Folk/Indie

Headless Heroes’ album of covers attempts to knit disjointed past influences and lost gems together into one singular voice echoing from the past. Though this collection was dreamed up by Eddie Bezale; it’s definitely his wisely chosen vocalist, RSTB fave Alela Diane, that steals the show here. Bezale’s choices are no less varied or inspired than that of his counterpart in crate digging, Andy Cabic. The collection careens from such disparate sources as The Jesus and Mary Chain and Nick Cave to more obvious kindred spirits Linda Perhacs and Vashti Bunyan. The most surprising factor in this project is that Bezale had the idea long before he’d ever even heard Alela sing a note. Reportedly putting together the band and stumbling on her through Myspace. Well the lucky stumble proved to be well in his favor, and though the tone of these songs doesn’t always come close to her arresting originals, it’s definitely her voice that takes The Silence of Love from mixtape to a more refined vision.

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My Day at the PS1

It was snowing, it was cold, it was the perfect day to go to P.S.1