Right down to the wire, with a trifecta of exceptional albums that lead the pack this weekend. KRAUS lights it up as only KRAUS can: sandpaper textures and hooks that pull you in. Slow Crush new album takes in some slowcore influence, and makes you participate in the unfolding colours and textures. And Jo’s Moving Day (pictured above AND below) is a dark horse candidate for album of the year, as it does what no other release has done in 2021: every single track is fire, with a better than even shot of graduating to permanent rotation. That’s near technically impossible. All killer no filler is a great tag line, but rarely if ever achieved. And this Guangzhou band has managed to unleash a perfect platter, without a false note or afterthought to be found. That’s a perfect trifecta, and elevates our weekend above our usual high standards for quality new releases.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We couldn’t be more pleased to bring a world premiere tune from France’s heavy grungegazers Dead Horse One. The tune “Nevermore” is unleashed on all your favorite platforms on 5 November, but we’ve got it, we’ll celebrate it, and we’ll make you want more. It’s the lead single on their “When Love Runs Dry” EP released early next year, and it’s a perfect teaser for what’s to come. But we’re also hip deep into the new releases from The Boo Radleys, Coming Up Roses, Basement Revolver (not yet on Bandcamp, but that’s on the label, not the band), Deserta, PEEL, A Slice of Life, Castlebeat, Frankie Rose, After Daylight, Bridge Dog, October Drift, Dream Room, Porto Geese, GLEUE, Postcards, shedfromthebody, Ramonda Hammer, White Flowers, gates, The Bookhouse Dolls, Soft Cotton County, Luce Cargo, Fingers Cross, I Am a Rocketship, gates, Furrows, Captive Frame, Big Dog, and so much more. It really is a lot.
And that’s in addition to last weekend’s fresh sonic injections, including Trillion, Starflyer 59, Bleach Lab, Fotoform, Ursula, bluemoongirl, Le Blonde, Bubble Tea and Cigarettes, Maida Rose, llawgne, Terra Pines, Young Prisms, Future Theory, worse., Robin Guthrie, Morosis, The Nervous Hex, Vollam, Звёздная Грань, Molly Nilsson, The Chantepleures, and more epic cuts from the new compilation from Aspirin Age and Broken Sound Tapes. It’s a job, but one we’ll happily do every day of the week.
New Tracks Weekend is launched at 8 pm Eastern, 5 pm Pacific, and continues through Sunday at midnight Eastern, 9 Pacific. It’s the first weekend we’ll spin some of these tracks, and may be the last weekend for some others. Remember, you can listen listen via the station playlist page at DKFM, on Icecast, and on TuneIn Radio for iPhone/Android/Windows. Limited beta: we’re now up on Mixcloud Live, website AND app, if that’s a thing you’d dig. Plus we have our branded apps for Apple’s iOS and Android: listeners can vote on all the new tracks, helping us determine what graduates to permanent rotation. Your voice counts! We’re live-scrobbling once again via last.fm. Now you’ll know what you heard, or catch up on what you missed. Keep up with our new Facebook group for some real-time discussions of what you’ve heard, and sound off!
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