The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Niontay lives in New York now, but his style blends elements of his midwest birthplace (Milwaukee) and the Florida town where he was raised (Kissimee) with the sounds of his adopted home city.
Song You Need: Chat Pile channel Stephen King
26.03.2023 - 09:39 / thefader.com
The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. No one does anger quite like Chat Pile, the Oklahoma City four-piece whose venomous debut LP God’s Country shook the world last summer.
On April 14, they’ll share Brothers in Christ, a split EP in collaboration with Kansas City noise rockers Nerver via Reptilian Records and The Ghost Is Clear. And today (March 24), they’ve dropped the four-track tape’s closer, “Cut.” Read Next: The 9 projects you should stream right now The new song starts with two toxic chords from Luther Manhole’s guitar that float like a shimmering miasma as the rhythm players (drummer Cap’n Ron and bassist Stin) enter like a battering ram. Frontman Raygun Busch follows shortly thereafter, his twitching growl commanding a fearful power despite rarely rising above speaking volume.
“This is the place / Everything changed,” he sings early on, his voice trembling. “This is why / We come here, like / Like some holy crime.” According to Busch, the lyrics to “Cut” — and to “King,” Chat Pile’s other contribution to Brothers in Christ — were inspired by the work of horror master Stephen King. “‘Cut’ is an homage to the short fiction of King, particularly ‘The Man Who Loved Flowers,’ ‘Strawberry Spring,’ and ‘The Jaunt,’” he explains in a press release.
“These tracks were written and recorded after we tracked God’s Country,” Stin adds. “We wanted to use this release as a deliberate excuse to switch gears and fully lean into our more indie and alt-rock tendencies. Slint, Sonic Youth, Guided By Voices, and Starfish’s Stellar Sonic Solutions were certainly on our minds at the time.” This amalgamation of influences is
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31.03.2023 / 18:17
Song You Need: Mike Nasty and Omari Clarke’s astral odyssey
Mike Nasty has been a central figure in New York City's dance music scene since 2017, hosting and spinning house music parties at every venue across the five boroughs. Following the success of his 2022 Deep Into The Sun, the artist is back with Journey from Memphis, an ode to his Tennessee hometown.
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31.03.2023 / 16:49
Song You Need: Lucy Liyou’s boldly naive textural journey
The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Lucy Liyou has been a force in experimental music since long before the release of their official debut album, Welfare/Practice, last year.
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29.03.2023 / 15:41
Song You Need: Pearl & The Oysters and Lætitia Sadier share a lesson in tact
The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Few bands where their hearts on their sleeves like Pearl & The Oysters do.
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25.03.2023 / 09:19
Song You Need: Lucinda Chua searches for a better way
Lucinda Chua’s debut album YIAN is scheduled to touch down Friday, March 24. And on Wednesday, the London-based singer and sound artist shared the record’s closer, the fourth and final single of the project’s release cycle.
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22.03.2023 / 16:29
‘Smash’ Musical Headed to Broadway From Producers Steven Spielberg, Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter At long last, “Smash,” a stage musical adaptation of the NBC series, is finally heading to Broadway. Original producers of the show Steven Spielberg, Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron will serve as lead producers on the musical, which is expected to debut in the 2024-2025 season. Theater veteran Susan Stroman (“The Producers”) is directing the production, with a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (“Some Like It Hot,” Hairspray,” “Mary Poppins Returns”), who wrote dozens of songs — including “Let Me Be Your Star” — for the television show, many of which will be used in the musical. They will also be writing additional new material.
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16.03.2023 / 17:07
Song You Need: YUNGMORPHEUS’ refreshing clarity
Six weeks away from the release of his forthcoming 19-track album From Whence It Came, YOUNGMORPHEUS has graced us with another glimpse of his clear, uncompromising vision. “Playin’ the Same Game,” which follows “Layman’s Terms” as the record’s second single, is two-and-a-half minutes of precise, unhurried bars over a silky, retro instrumental.