No One Deserves The Body

Surprise surprise, The Body are back and as cheerless and dire as ever. You thought I Shall Die Here was the nadir of their nihilistic loathing? Their new album, out on Thrill Jockey next month, is called No One Deserves Happiness. And judging their work alongside Thou and Wrekmeister Harmonies, it’s more than likely that the duo will push the black envelope further out into the void (they are quoted as saying they want this record to be the grossest pop album of all time). ‘Shelter Is Illusory’ shows off their new tangent in all its misery-inducing glory – the synthetic handclaps, the soaring production, the calibrated, pummelling drums. It feels windswept, a dark chasm with smoke machines and a toga-flailing Syren calling forlornly across eternity. Finding new ways to hate and self-flagellate.

The Body are hitting Europe in April, see below for details (London’s show is at Electric Brixton on the 13th - with Converge no less! Get tix here).

06. 04. 2016 - Vera, Groningen, Netherlands *

07. 04. 2016 - Magasin 4, Brussels, Belgium *

08. 04. 2016 - Het Bos, Antwerp, Belgium *

09. 04. 2016 - Ritual fest @ Canal Mills, Leeds, UK ** 

10. 04. 2016 - Audio, Glasgow, UK * 

11. 04. 2016 - The Rainbow Cellar, Birmingham, UK * 

12. 04. 2016 - The Ruby Lounge, Manchester, UK * 

13. 04. 2016 - Electric Brixton, London ^ 

14. 04. 2016 - Roadburn Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands ^^ 

16. 04. 2016 - KB18, Copenhagen, Denmark *

17. 04. 2016 - Kantine Am Berghain, Berlin, Germany *

18. 04. 2016 - Klub 007, Prague, Czech Republic *

19. 04. 2016 - Feierwerk, Munich, Germany *

20. 04. 2016 - Jubez, Karlsruhe, Germany *

21. 04. 2016 - Gaswerk, Winterthur, Switzerland *

23. 04. 2016 - Sidecar, Barcelona, Spain *

24. 04. 2016 - Moby Dick, Madrid, Spain * 

25. 04. 2016 - Musicbox, Lisbon, Portugal *

26. 04. 2016 - Cave 45, Porto, Portugal *

27. 04. 2016 - Santana 27, Bilbao, Spain *

28. 04. 2016 - Le Saint Des Seins, Toulouse, France *

29. 04. 2016 - La Mecanique Ondulatoire, Paris, France *

30. 04. 2016 - Tivoli De Helling, Utrecht, Netherlands *

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* Full of Hell (co-headline)

** Conan, 40 Watt Sun, Full of Hell

^ Converge/Bloodmoon, Full of Hell, 40 Watt Sun

^^ Converge, Cult of Luna, Paradise Lost, Full of Hell

Radar Moon Echo

Good morning, rise and shine! There are radar men on the moon!

Maybe there are, not sure. But as it's an overcast, rainy day in Brisbane on this Saturday, I'm getting psyched out, and the Dutch spaced out instrumental rockers Radar Men From The Moon are the guys to set me on my way. Named after a 1952 sci-fi serial - which is already pretty rad - the Eindhoven trio intercut B movie dialogue with their heavy grooves, this is interplanetary brutality. Echo Forever is insidious, worming its way inside you... Get ready to drop out on this one.

 

You can pre-order Echo Forever here through Fuzz Club Records - Radar Men From The Moon are also playing Roadburn Festival this year, which will also be the official launch of this record, so if you have a chance catch them, you won't be disappointed.

Radar Men From The Moon - Echo Forever
Radar Men From The Moon - Heading For The Void

White Hills Burn Up The Road

New-ish label Outer Battery has some pretty sweet live LPs coming up that were recorded at Holland's Roadburn Festival last year (co-released by Roadburn Records, of course), none moreso than the current recording of LA's space rock demons White Hills. It's a killer set consisting of 'Three Quarters', 'Under Skin Or By Name', 'Radiate', 'The Condition Of Nothing' and signs off with a blistering 'H-p1'. The CD is sold out, but who cares when you can buy it on green vinyl? I sure don't. Further exciting news from Outer Battery is that they have become the USA arm of Roadburn Records, so expect to see live releases of past years' Roadburn fests from the likes of Neurosis, Wolves In The Throne Room and Yob become much more readily available.



You can get Live at Roadburn 2011 here.

White Hills Live - Side B