Dead Skin Mask
Nadja’s cover of Slayer’s “Dead Skin Mask”, from Nadja’s covers album due out on April 28, is available for free download. (See story here.) At Pitchfork, I’ve reviewed Nadja’s cover of My Bloody Valentine’s “Only Shallow”. I like Nadja, but on that cover, they take a bull-in-a-china-shop approach: slow down, slather with massive distortion. Their...
Coliseum - 7", LP repress, art print, more
Lots of news from the Coliseum camp: Deathwish, Inc. is accepting pre-orders for Coliseum’s “True Quiet/Last Wave” 7″. The first 1000 copies have fancy packaging with an outer vellum cover. The 7″ alone is $5. For $15, it comes with a t-shirt featuring artwork by John Dyer Baizley of Baroness. The pre-order pages contain audio...