Recent Posts from Warped Reality

Warped Reality — The fine folks at Warp have posted a new Seefeel track called “Faults” —a teaser from their new EP that will be out on September 20. The band headline a much-anticipated one-off show at London’s ICA on September 16. Judging by the torrent of ... read more »

Warped Reality — Two reunions well worth celebrating: Unrest Jul 8 TTs, Cambridge, MA 26 years after singer/songwriter Mark E Robinson founded his record label Teenbeat, it’s still going strong. On Thursday, July 8, come celebrate the label’s bon anniversaire... read more »

Warped Reality — Dial limns the fertile territory between abrasive noise and oddly meditative controlled chaos. Jacqui Ham, a guiding force in primal No Wavers Ut , assembled Dial in the early 90s with Rob Smith (ex-God, guitars, drum machine), Dom Weeks (Furi... read more »

Warped Reality — Angkorwat is Dublin-based musician Niamh Corcoran. This haunting little track has fascinated me ever since it first surfaced on a Wire sampler last year. High time I shared it, yes? (Yes.) Angkorwat, “Big Little Edie" IMAGE: BIG EDIE AND LI... read more »

Warped Reality — I’ve spent the last few weeks in a kind of fugue state of disbelief. I still can’t quite believe this is happening. I can’t believe this is happening again. At the very least, Katrina was a natural catastrophe, tragically compounded by ill-prep... read more »

Warped Reality — On muggy summer days, you want music to lift you up. Effervescent music that sparkles and shimmers in the haze, cutting right through the heat and energizing you with its ebullience. “Super Panavision 70” is that cool breeze. With its wall-of-... read more »

Warped Reality — Less a band than an unstoppable force, What Cheer? Brigade make Gogol Bordello look like wallflowers. Formed in Providence in 2005, this insane party machine has brought its unique éclat and élan to art openings, libraries, school playgrounds, t... read more »

Warped Reality — Last week, producer Mark van Hoen broke the news that legendary band Seefeel would be reuniting after 15 years. Seefeel was part of the flowering of avant-garde electronica in the early 90s. Experimental and deconstructed, the movement bubbled... read more »

Warped Reality — When Johnny Rotten (née Lydon) closed the Sex Pistols’ final show by sneering, “Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?,” his query was directed as much to the band’s notorious svengali, Malcolm McLaren, as to the audience. McLaren, an art-s... read more »

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Warped Reality — I love it when familiar or (in)famous faces turn up unexpectedly in new contexts. It happened when KK Barrett of the Screamers showed up as Spike Jonze's production designer, and it's happening now with David McDermott and Peter McGough's new film... read more »

Warped Reality — While there’s a hell of a lot of clutter and noise on the internet, there’s also a lot to be discovered. By randomly clicking a link it’s possible to discover (or rediscover) a whole new world. Like, for instance, A Diamond Age, Atlanta, Ga.-b... read more »

Warped Reality — Brighton group Ebsen and the Witch are a rather mysterious lot, all sepia-toned and wintry on their Myspace page. (Which is to say, I know next to nothing about them.) Today they released a limited edition single as part of the newly-reinvigora... read more »

Warped Reality — I’m still in quiet shock over Vic Chesnutt’s death. Some people have such an indelible presence that it’s impossible to imagine the world without them. Vic was one of those people. Through his beautiful, incisive songs, the world seemed to bla... read more »

Warped Reality — A wintry mix tape for our wintry mix. 16 zipped tracks + artwork that you can assemble into your own little CD sleeve, if you so desire. 1) ICICLE WHEEL : the focus group 2) HOT SPRINGS IN THE SNOW : the creatures 3) AFTER TORINO : David Cun... read more »

Warped Reality — In Dennis Potter’s classic mini-series The Singing Detective, characters frequently, and without warning, burst into song, channeling the sounds of the past in order to put an optimistic (and often ironic) gloss on a dark present. As with Pott... read more »

Warped Reality — Things have gotten quiet around here (again!). I'm just back from a restorative week-long jaunt to the UK, where I saw my friends Scarce play a triumphant show (more on that a bit later), visited friends in London and Oxford, and generally had ... read more »

Warped Reality — Dean & Britta 13 Most Beautiful…Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests RISD October 3, 2009 A Walk into the Sea Esther Robinson, director T. Griffin, composer 2008 Unspooling in slow motion, Andy Warhol’s screen tests exert a strange kind o... read more »

Warped Reality — Extra Golden Providence, RI September 24, 2009 The saying “If there’s a will, there’s a way” fits Extra Golden to a tee. The group’s certainly had to prove its resilience in its five years of existence: they haven’t let visa troubles, polit... read more »

Warped Reality — Slumberland Records is having a phenomenal renaissance right now. They've been releasing fantastic music for yonks (since 1989 or thereabouts). Inspired by the likes of Postcard, él, Fast Product, Sarah and early Creation, the label took C-86 ... read more »