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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Comprised of two former members of Washington, DC’s Black Eyes (guitarist/singer
Daniel Martin-McCormick and bassist Jacob Long) along with drummer Damon Pal-
ermo, San Francisco’s Mi Ami have spent the past couple of years asserting themselves
as a caterwauling dub-punk force, evidenced by both their recent scorched-earth tour-
dates with Thank You and their full-length debut Watersports (Quarterstick/Touch and
Go).
For the first volume of our new “Techno” series, Mi Ami take a lateral step away from the visceral punch of their live show toward something almost purely electronic. Using Shackleton’s now-seminal “Blood On My Hands” as a source/jumping-off point, “Towers Fall” marries the band’s slowly unfolding polyrhythmic grooves and washes of oceanic bass to a long-form synth-and-drum machines workout. “Towers Fall (Cassette Mix)” — perhaps best seen as a dub-style ‘version’ rather than a traditional remix — revels in beats dirtier and more acid-tinged, but still indebted to the past twenty years of the dancefloor diaspora: Chicago house, Berlin minimal, U.K. dubstep — “techno”, however you define it.
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
heya folks. BIG, long-overdue update time here at HOSS. we’re winding up the year with a buncha new releases for yall. Brooklyn ghost-punk trio THESE ARE POWERS’ rad debut full-length “Terrific Seasons” is now available in CD (digipak) and 2xLP form…LPs are 180 gram, packaged in awesome silk-screened gatefold jackets, and feature an amazing screenprint on the D side (more expensive, but totally gorgeous and worth it!)…these guys just finished recording a new EP to follow in spring ‘08 (along with a US tour)… look for updates soon. in the meantime, check out pics from their recent US tour (some dates with WZT HEARTS)!… speaking of WZT HEARTS, their new LP “Threads Rope Spell Making Your Bones” is now available on 180 gram vinyl with amazing artwork by band member Mike Haleta…the second full-length of towering digital psych from Baltimore’s finest improv unit. FOOD FOR ANIMALS have completed their long-awaited debut full-length “Belly” and it is a monster of noise, beats, rhymes, and (who woulda thunk?) actual hooks…its out December 11. FFA will be touring Europe in December, as well as doing some recording with a certain still-extant group of Krautrock demigods..US tourdates alongside MI AMI in February…check back soon for more.
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Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
the EXCEPTER/LEB-LAZE split 12″ is now available through revolver, or directly through us. You can also find it at Criminal Records or Wax n Facts in Atlanta, and Crooked Beat Records in DC. The JASON FORREST/RICKY RABBIT split will be out next month, followed shortly thereafter by the WZT HEARTS full-length LP “Heat Chief.”
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