Tuesday, October 19th: Matthew Dear, Andre Obin, Coralcola and Volvox!

During that all that luxurious and plentiful free time I'm sure MATTHEW DEAR has at his disposal (that is, when he's not running two record labels, crafting epic sets for all your favorite podcasts and  remixing all your favorite bands), the GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL and SPECTRE SOUND honcho has somehow managed to eke out four increasingly-singular albums of deep, minimal electronic dance music. Apparently bored with all that slacking off, he's decided to embark on an exhaustive tour, which will be stopping off in Allston towne to perform with a trio of Boston's freshest electronic tastemakers.

MATTHEW DEAR 

Endless Wave frontman ANDRE OBIN has a textured, shoegaze-influenced take on laid-back technopop which will be the perfect segue into Matthew Dear after CORALCOLA sets us all adrift on a sea of his glitchy, ambient dreamtunage. If one were to read this blog end to end, there is no doubt that it is Mikey "Coralcola" Lee whose events come up most disturbingly often. Mikey opened for Mount Kimbie last week and played a set of almost-entirely-brand-new jammy jams that got me all tingly in ways that assure my practice of over-covering his appearances will continue unabated well into 2011! One of those tracks is available now on the internets, so I'll just let y'all listen for yourselves...

CORALCOLA - Moistests Weathers


VOLVOX

I'm sure you will all show up to Great Scott promptly and READY TO DANCE, because this will be packed early and VOLVOX is spinning. I'm sure you've seen her at MAKE IT NEW, or HARUM SCARUM, or VISIONS, or NO TOMORROW, or in so-and-so's basement, or opening for DEADMAU5, or probably somewhere right now... So you're familiar with the way those little inflections of darker ebm and industrial beat can peak out of that minimal house and techno sheen... and you know that you can't deny them...



Tuesday, October 19th at GREAT SCOTT in Allston, MA...
MATTHEW DEAR
ANDRE OBIN
CORALCOLA
VOLVOX
18+
$10 advance/$12 day of show
Doors @ 9pm
See the GREAT SCOTT WEBSITE for more info.

Dubstep's seasoned vet and upstart rookies take the Hub by storm!

On September 24th, Bassic will be playing host to one of the true originators of Dubstep and one of its most consistently-gamechanging recording artists, Hotflush records honcho SCUBA!


SCUBA

His "Triangulation" LP was undoubtedly one of the year's masterpieces. In fact, one of the only better releases of 2010 was "Crooks & Lovers", by Hotflush signees Mount Kimbie... and wouldn't you know it, the fine folks over at Music Ecology have Kimbie stopping over for a gig with Coralcola at Wonderbar in Allston a mere four days later!


Mount Kimbie

This will be a week to remember for years, and if I were you I'd make it my business to miss neither of these events. Show up early, kiddos!

2010 is half-over, so here's half a top 10 list!

1. Mount Kimbie "Crooks & Lovers" (Hotflush) 
On the most ambient fringes of the trendiest genre to emerge in years, there is a non-existent mountain of raw talent. This is Mount Kimbie; a duo based in Peckham, UK whose stellar early single "Maybes" gave indication to those in the know that they were not fucking around. Laced with field recordings and found sounds, their take on dubstep has a nuance that most of their competitors (and most of dance music in general) lack. Finally released to the public (without those pesky hotflush watermarks) in all its head-scratching glory!
Mount Kimbie - Carbonated



2. Flying Lotus "Cosmogramma" (Warp)
Enough words have been said about the bizarre brilliance that is COSMOGRAMMA at this point to fill an entire warehouse of servers. Just listen, already.
Flying Lotus - Satelllliiiiiteee



3. Eminem "Recovery" (Shady/Aftermath)
If Marshall Mathers had a nickel for every time his music and persona were misunderstood, he'd be a slightly richer man. He'll be the first to tell you that of course, which is part of what causes his critics to misunderstand him in the first place. He's not just another celebrity whining about the pitfalls of success, any more than he's just a misogynist or a homophobe. At his best (and RECOVERY is his best work since THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP) he is the greatest rapper of all time; layers of honesty and myth deftly weaving in and out of each other almost as sublimely as the layers of pun, rhyme and metaphor that he wraps them in.
Eminem - Untitled



4. The Liars "Sisterworld" (Mute)
Perhaps due to their lead singer's noticeable gangly Australian-ness, I have always viewed the Liars (rather unfairly) in the long, black shadow cast by Nick Cave. The influence was readily evident in the band's debut album, and less-so with each passing release. I was thrilled with the generally-poorly-received industrial racket of THEY WERE WRONG SO WE DROWNED, but bored to tears by DRUM'S NOT DEAD at a time when it was one of the most-played records on ZBC. I was ready to write the band off for good when SISTERWORLD came along and knocked me flat on my ass. This is a group that needs fear no man's shadow, and an album that casts quite a few of its own.
The Liars - Goodnight Everything



5. Actress "Splazsh" (Honest Jon's)
Intriguing doesn't even begin to cover it. This album is a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a quartet of black hexagons. If Actress (nee Darren Cunningham) has any peers at all, it's beyond me to name them. His commitment to making the uncomfortable and unpredictable seem desirable is a gift that keeps on giving, and one that a lot of other artists should consider.
Actress - Hubble