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Command V NYC Made Us  Command V is a new trio with a long history. Though Cynthia Sley and Pat Irwin only recently began collaborating musically, they’ve been rubbing elbows as figures in New York’s vibrant Lower East Side since the late Seventies and early Eighties. Together with filmmaker and keyboardist Rachel Dengiz, they’ve created an aesthetic that charts the changes of the past thirty years -- in themselves, with technology, and in New York itself. |
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| 01-28-2012 | Pregnant | Sacramento, CA, US | Bows And Arrows Collective |
| 01-28-2012 | A Lull | Tucson, AZ, US | Club Congress |
| 01-30-2012 | A Lull | Austin, TX, US | The Mohawk |
| 01-30-2012 | Pressed And | Knoxville, TN, US | Pilot Light |
| 01-31-2012 | A Lull | Denton, TX, US | Dan's Silver Leaf |
| 02-01-2012 | A Lull | Oklahoma City, OK, US | Conservatory |
| 02-01-2012 | Pressed And | Louisville, KY, US | Zanzabar |
| 02-02-2012 | A Lull | Columbia, MO, US | MOJO |
| 02-02-2012 | Pressed And | Champaign, IL, US | Mike 'N' Mollys |
| 02-03-2012 | A Lull | Rock Island, IL, US | The Rozz Tox |
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| 01/2012 - Pressed And Live | ||
Pressed And hit the road in support of Imbue Up with a huge list of shows that takes them across the entire country. Make sure to see them when they hit your town.  | ||
| 01/2012 - Pressed And To Work With Mush Records | ||
Released as a limited edition cassette by the amazing indie label, Crash Symbols, Pressed And's debut EP, Imbue Up has been getting tons of positive press. We're thrilled to announce that we will be working with them on their future releases as well as helping spread the word on Imbue Up. | ||
| 01/2012 - A Lull Prepare For Tour By Giving Away "Some Love" Single For Limited Time | ||
| A Lull are hitting the western part of the US from mid-January through early-February with the band Deleted Scenes. If you have not already seen A Lull live, this is a must see tour. Their wall-of-sound sets have garnered universal praise and steadily built their fan base in every city they have played. As an added THANK YOU for the support A Lull's fans have shown in 2011, their new single "Some Love" - which includes remixes by Brothertiger, City Light, and Sun Glitters - will be available FREE from from December 27th through the end of the tour. Simply visit the Mush Records Facebook page to grab your free download. Also, check out the Brothertiger Remix via Soundcloud (and please share by embedding in your Tumblr, Blog, Facebook, etc)  | ||
| 12/2011 - Command V Artist Spotlight - NYC Made Us | ||
Command V is a new trio with a long history. If you are interested in post-punk, The Bush Tetras, The Raybeats, 8-Eyed Spy, and want a glimpse into what it was like to be at the epicenter of the No Wave early 80s art movement, the Command V artist spotlight is a fascinating description of the genesis of an exciting new group. | ||
| 12/2011 - A Lull Gets Year End Praise | ||
A Lull had a great year in 2011, and 2012 should be even better. Some sites giving them credit for their work this year are The Huffington Post, Chicago Verse United, and Atlas And The Anchor. | ||
| 12/2011 - Brothertiger's Video For "Lovers" Gets An Amazing Reception | ||
Brothertiger's "Lovers" has caught on in a big way, with Feel Guide, No Fear Of Pop, U Sique, Nite Versions, Best New Tracks, Deep Goa, YVYNYL, Contrast Magazine, Head Nodz, Teenage Vulture, We Are Selecters, Ears And Eyes, Musical Collections, Feed The Mansta, Best New Bands, Totally Fuzzy, Rose Kohl, Unvlog, Dadanoias, Zort, APC Blog, GBH TV, Hearing Gold, Another Whisky For Mister Bukowski, Head Underwater, Real Terror, Braynaud, MH Is A DJ, Hatena, Can You Discover, No Modest Bear, Style Caster, The Curious Brain, Optimistic People, Neaparat, Veille Sorties Musicales, Lukka, Frenchy Symphony, Optimus Poptimus, all posting links to and reviews of the track and video. | ||
| 12/2011 - K-The-I??? Says Thank You | ||
The Damage Report has noted that Mush's own K-The-I??? has posted a free download on his Soundcloud as a thank you to all of the fans that have supported him through the years. The title of the track, "Thank You" says it all. | ||
| 12/2011 - Brothertiger Debuts Video For "Lovers" | ||
| Brothertiger has completed his first video for his upcoming album, Golden Years. The Kiki Allgeier directed video for "Lovers" features two lip singing models, leotards, and a look that perfectly captures the 80s synthpop that will put Brothertiger on a short list of the acts to break in 2012. | ||
| 12/2011 - Indie Rock Mag Interviews Thavius Beck | ||
France's Indie Rock Mag has a long and deep interview with Thavius Beck covering his entire career and upcoming projects. If you can speak French, please give the interview a read. | ||
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| MH-280 Brothertiger - Golden Years In Your Speakers |
| This Todd Rundgren revival has been proving to be quite popular. Beginning with Neon Indian's ”Deadbeat Summer”, which famously sampled Rundgren's classic “Izzat Love” and now continuing with Brothertiger's Golden Years, the nostalgic pop movement is bringing only joy to these ears. Even the title calls back to a bygone age, of sublime 1980s afternoons and birthday parties at arcades. It will be released on Mush Records on March 27, placing it at the perfect time for Golden Years to receive heavy rotation in the spring and summer months. |
| MH-067 Brothertiger - Lovers Bitzl R |
| Still riding high on 2010’s chillwave, Ohio-bred / Brooklyn-based producer John Jagos (aka Brothertiger) has recently released this model sparring video for ‘Lovers’, a track that insistingly shimmers in synthy grandeur. - Bitzl R |
| MH-055 Jealov - Framework Kemptation |
| Push the ‘play’ button – be it physically on your music player or virtually on your PC – and take a dive into the world of Jealov. Into another dimension, perhaps – somewhere on Mars, like that of Ray Bradbury’s fantasies, or the rainy, weathered stories of Edgar Allen Poe. Complete, of course, with the obligatory gothic mansion, fog looming from every direction. |
| MH-282 Holobody - Riverhood Argue Job |
| You may remember the magnificent naval gazing project titled Sea Oleena I posted about a couple weeks ago. Holobody is the personal project of that same producer, Felix Green, and features the vocals of Sea Oleena (who happens to be his sister!). The Holobody sound is completely apart though. Whereas Sea Oleena is full of ethereal vocal focused compositions, Holobody is extremely light spirited sounding at times like a new take on Paul Simon, imbued with a knick knack paddiwack playground chant. A glowing nostalgia emanates from the samples and the profligate hand claps and piano tinkerings. “Riverbed” takes a turn for the same floating vibrations of Sea Oleena but compare the speed and energy injected into this song—it is humming with a tamed recklessness. Listening to these two projects side by side is a joy in that it completes a vision of one producer, Felix Green, from both sides of the same coin. Compare and enjoy! - Argue Job |
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 MH-069 Avec Avec Plastic Soul Redux 01/24/2012 |  MH-067 Brothertiger Lovers 01/17/2012 |  MH-064 A Lull Some Love 12/27/2011 |
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NME Golden Glow The Buzz Manchester native Golden Glow celebrate the release of debut album 'Tender Is The Night' by giving away their Felt-infected single 'Adore Me'. |
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Electronic Musician Lymbyc Systym Brothers In Audio If you saw Mike and Jared Bell at a party, you could easily tell them apart. Mike has shaggy hair and is the techno whiz. He's an "Ableton master," raised on Radiohead and Boards of Canada, who records spoons clanking on metal bowl just for fun. Jared is the "creative master" and songwriter with close cropped hair who devises the song structures. |
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LA Record K-The-I??? KoNichiWa Wack Rapper! K-The-I??? word-crammed in Cambridge, Massachusettes, for years before moving to L.A. to make a monster album with Thavius Beck. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow is out now on Mush with verses from Busdriver, Subtitle, High Priest and more. Get to know Kiki in this interview! |
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NME K-The-I???, Thavius Beck Radar Who the hell are Kiki Ceac and Thavius Beck??? Hip-hop's most abstract architects. |
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Urb Antimc A Love Letter To LA It’s rare to find an LA-based artist who wouldn’t try flaunting the fact that his father managed cultural icons like David Cassidy and Frank Zappa, or that his grandfather wrote screenplays for Jack Benny and Milton Berle. And it may never be noted in a promotional email blast or plastered on a web site that Mush Records signee Matt Alsberg, publicly known as Antimc, probably just finished having Sunday dinner with long time family friend Les McCann, again. But that’s just how he wants it. |
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Ghetto Blaster Bigg Jus Profile Bigg Jus describes Poor People's Day as '"economic terrorism." Musically, it is an album that not only pushes the envelope, but breaks entirely through for performance by an emcee. From the opening verse, Jus just keeps coming and coming, packing a punch that does not allow him or the listener an opportunity to catch their breath. It is tough to think of another emcee that could pull off this style; filling every line of every song until it is saturated, but without any wasted words. |
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CMJ Her Space Holiday Tough Love Marc Bianchi knows a thing or two about heartbreak - he once released a record called Home Is Where You Hang Yourself, for chrissakes. His new The Young Machines turns down the symphonic leanings of last year's Manic Expressive and turns up the signature clicky-beat weirdness of his new label Mush, but retains all that endearingly sappy miserablism. It's for your own good: |
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XLR8R Mush Records Mush Mashes Genres To Make Masterful Music Mush Records is simply "American-made, avant-underground, emo-Brit-blip-hop, downtempo free-jazz rap," according to Busdriver, the LA MC who's never short on words. |
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Societe Perrier Command V Meet NY No Wave Supergroup Command V Command V includes Cynthia Sley, singer for The Bush Tetras, who helped pioneer the downtown punk-funk/mutant-disco sound alongside peers like Liquid Liquid, Konk, et al, guitarist Pat Irwin, formerly of The Raybeats and the Lydia Lunch-led Eight Eyed Spy, and keyboardist/filmmaker Rachel Dengiz, who has worked with the likes of Jim Jarmusch. |
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Nylon A Lull Free Music We can't put our finger on it, but there's just something about Chicago's A Lull that grabs your attention. Maybe it's the number of members- the band has had between 5 and 8 people at a time. Or maybe it's the thumping drum beats and booming choruses that explode from your headphones. Whatever the reason, these guys have become our new go-to for hypnotically emphatic tunes. |
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MH-061 Pressed And - Imbue Up MH061.php
It’s as if early Chemical Brothers had gone chill-wave. - CMJ / Here's one for the fans of all that's chilled in the electro freezer after its been chopped and screwed good and hard. - Impose / It’s a knock-out success and definitely one of the more unique records of the year so far. - Speaker Snacks |
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MH-063 Vuurwerk - Plus EP MH063.php
This new EP ‘plus’ is a real beauty. - Get Hyped On This / Super fresh six-tracker by London-based Bass Music outfit Vuurwerk. Dubstep with some nervous IDM and references to Ghettotech, Ambient, and a healthy dose of leftfield Pop. - Sven Swift |
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MH-268 Deru - Say Goodbye To Useless MH268.php
This is definitely for fans of older Lusine but with a bit more noise, damage and darkness. - ISO50 / Say Goodbye To Useless is a pretty smart record all round. - The Milk Factory / Benjamin Winn’s third album, his debut for San Fran’s weird hoppers Mush, makes for spooky listen.- Clash / A fabulous effort and the first great album of 2010. - The Intricate Mess |
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MH-274 Is And Of The - Heads Phased For Dreamless Sleep MH274.php
Love - The Deli / This is an album meant to wash over the listener, to cleanse the palate and spirit. - Exclaim! / Displays Bandos' masterful touch with shaping and layering sounds - All Music Guide / If you are someone who likes electronic music with risks, you will find comfort in Is And of The - This Is Books Music / Fascinating experimental stuff. - Alan Cross |
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MH-276 A Lull - Confetti MH276.php
A Lull is like the current crop of Blitzen Trappers and Fleet Foxes all playing at once. - The Village Voice / A Lull stand eerily and mightily apart from their contemporaries. - MP3 Hugger / Think about every time you’ve wanted to immerse yourself in the sheer energy and force of an album, now take a look at Confetti and give yourself an experience. - The Line Of Best Fit |
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MH-277 Golden Glow - Tender Is The Night MH277.php
Excellent atmospheric poppy Manc post punk - New Music Daily / Good stuff - A New Band A Day / All of the distortion, the fuzziness, the choppy experimental layers and personal lyrics of joy and sorrow are captured here in their original form - The 405 / This guy is gonna be one to watch out for this summer - Austin Town Hall |
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MH-278 Thirsty Fish - Watergate MH278.php
Watergate is a fun, artsy album filled with humorous, witty lyrics - Exclaim / A cartoony and witty album that highlights each MC’s considerable strengths - LA Record / Watergate features all three MCs in top form - Potholes In My Blog / This one doesn't fail - The Milk Crate |
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MH-279 Pregnant - Life Hard : I Try MH279.php
This, my friends, is a work of art - Exclaim / Pregnant‘s subtly constructed wonder-pop is a sign of the conflation of the old and the new that you’d expect to have happened sooner - A New Band A Day / Feels organic while being fiercely futuristic. - Crack In The Road / Glitched-out electro-pop that mutates elements of The Residents and Animal Collective. - Positive Destruction |
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MH-040 Blue Sky Black Death - Rebel To The Grain/Slapbox With Jesus
Blue Sky Black Death: Slapbox With Jesus/Rebel To The Grain is their tribute to the Wu-Tang Clan. A must for hip-hop fans of any school. |
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MH-044 Thavius Beck - Go!/Away
The City Of Angels is a relentless musical force, and today’s track of the day unites two of Los Angele’s finest purveyors of skewed electronica, as Thavius Beck’s ‘Away’ gets a once-over from Flying Lotus. - Clash / Seriously, this Offshore remix is something special. - Fact / Distinctive remixes by UK producer Offshore and one of the Los Angeles beat scene’s brightest, Flying Lotus. - UGS Mag |
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MH-055 Jealov - Framework
Jealov's debut EP never haves a dull moment - Earbuddy / Awesome ear raising experimental electronic music from Belgium - Grimey Republik / Low key electro, bedroom pop with a rap element - In Your Speakers / Dreamy hip hop is the best described genre of mastermind Jealov - Rebel Magazine / Hipster stuff! - The Rusty Blog / A brilliant piece of work that promises good things to come. - TAC |
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MH-056 Corduroi - Anything For Now
If you think that MGMT didn't go weird enough with their last album or you believe Fleet Foxes should eat more mushrooms, then maybe you need a little Corduroi - Professional Music Geek / Has more to say than much of the indie music put out this year - Verbicide / Especially appealing with its flowing whimsical electro-pop sound. - Big Up |
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Four Tet
At the vanguard of what became known as the folktronica movement, Kieran Hebden's production as Four Tet has grown and evolved, as he has proven to be one of electronic music's most engaging and enduring artists. Four Tet reworks Pedro's source material into a 20+ minute free-jazz epic on the Fear & Resilience EP. |
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Blu
Blu is one of the most prolific underground artists in Los Angeles, releasing six full-length albums, and countless other projects and mixtapes since his emergence on the rap scene. He traveled to Hotlanta to "stop at JR Crickets for hot wings" and had DJ Gman "hit him with some hot beats" for the limited edition seven-inch release The Almost Lost Tape. |
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James Yuill
UK Moshi Moshi artist, James Yuill is heralded for a unique style that has garnered a notable amount of critical attention in the UK, including features in NME, Dazed & Confused, and Clash. He is also as a sought-after remixer, working in this capacity with artists like Au Revoir Simone and David Holmes. His remix for Zoon Van Snook is a highlight of the "Cuckoo" single. |
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Animals At Night
With strong support from local radio powerhouse KEXP, Animals At Night have been heralded as one of the most exciting new acts to emerge from Seattle. Their remix of "Clap Your Hands" for Eat Sugar is an electro dance-rock throwback. |
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Kate Simko
With roots in Chicago house and Detroit techno, Kate Simko's music maintains a warm, soulful character, full of funky bass lines and driving rhythms. She has received press in The Wire, XLR8R, de:Bug, Mixmag, BPM and Remix and her Detalles project was named one of the 'Next 100' artists by URB magazine. Kate was named one of the Top 10 DJ's in Chicago by XLR8R magazine. You can hear Kate's unique style on her remix for Deru's song Peanut Butter & Patience. |
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Derrick Carter
Derrick Carter is an amazing house producer and DJ from Chicago, Illinois. He is regarded as one of the key players in underground house music. As a remixer, he has worked for a diverse range of artists including The Human League, Boris Dlugosch, Modjo, DJ Sneak and Röyksopp. He's a regular on DJ Magazine's yearly list of the world's Top 100 DJs. Check out Derrick Carter's remix on Deru's Peanut Butter & Patience Dance single. |
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Scientist
Scientist is one of the originators and most important artists in the history of dub music. His work with King Tubby and for the Studio One and Channel One studios is legendary. Check out his multiple contributions to Andre Afram Asmar's Racetothebottom. |
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Flying Lotus
Flying Lotus has his familial roots in jazz and his current, ever-expanding roots buried deep in the fertile soil that is Los Angeles beat making. Breaking onto the scene in the subtlest of ways by hypnotizing the insomniacs among us via cartoon network Adult Swim's late night bump music, he has since released three critically acclaimed albums that draw comparisons to J Dilla and Madlib while simultaneously presenting an obviously new spin on the idea of composition itself. Get a peek into the robotic orchestra through the remix he did for Thavius Beck on Go! Away. |
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Asya Smoosh
Asya Smoosh is the lead singer for Smoosh, which includes her sisters Chloe and Maia. From their first release She Likes Electric which was released when Asya was only 12 years old, through their Barsuk releases Free To Stay and Withershins, Smoosh has received constant praise for their songwriting and natural pop sound. Check her out on Head Like A Kite's There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere. |
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Boards Of Canada
Boards of Canada's music is reminiscent of the warm, analogue sounds of 1970s media and contains themes of childhood, nostalgia and the natural world. The Boards of Canada remix for the cLOUDDEAD song Dead Dogs Two is surely not to be missed. |
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Diplo
One thing of which Diplo cannot be accused is being afraid to experiment with new music. He's created a sound where '80s pop, electronica, favella, Dirty South hip-hop, and his major influence, Miami bass intersect. This is perfectly clear on his remix for "Sundown" the single from Daedelus’ Denies The Day’s Demise. |
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Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals are a critically acclaimed Welsh alternative rock band, with leanings towards psychedelic rock, punk, britpop and electronic experimentation. Their remix of "Sleepy California" is one of the highlights on Her Space Holiday's The Young Machines Remixed. |
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Danger Mouse
Mush is blessed to have two guest appearances from Grammy winning musician, songwriter and producer extraordinaire Danger Mouse. He can be found on Busdriver's Fear Of A Black Tangent album producing the song "Cool Band Buzz" and remixing Pedro's "Fear & Resilience" into an abstract sound collage. |
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 MH-272 Andre Afram Asmar Harmonic Emergency |
 MH-271 Zoon Van Snook (Falling From) The Nutty Tree |
MH-272 Andre Afram Asmar Harmonic Emergency |
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MH-262 Clue To Kalo Lily Perdida |
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 MH-250 Antimc It's Free, But It's Not Cheap |
MH-257 Sleeper Behind Every Mask |
MH-250 Antimc It's Free, But It's Not Cheap |
 MH-057 A Lull Confetti Reprise |
MH-250 Antimc It's Free, But It's Not Cheap |
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 MH-054 Jealov Translations |
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