Fever Ray Halloween RA Podcast
- story Peter Macia
If your only options for a Halloween costume at this point are Balloon Boy, some visual representation of Kanye interrupting something or Carles, please get off the internet (after you’re done reading a bunch of posts here). We have a few recommendations. First, as a friend recently said, “I’m sexy every day of the year—Halloween is my chance to be ugly,” so forget the Sexy [fill in the blank] and turn yourself into a walking Swine Flu booger or enormous pair of saggy boobs. Option two, Hobo You: basically just you but wearing all the stuff at the bottom of the closet. Carry a knapsack and look eager for work because hobos are not bums. Someone might even offer you a job! Number three, fat cat. And finally, follow Fever Ray’s lead, dress normally (if not a little more stylishly) but act so fucking creepy that it actually makes people not want to be alone with you. Some of you are already really good at this so maybe just paint a spider web on your face or something. To prep and inspire, go grab the newest Resident Advisor podcast, helmed by Fever Ray’s Karin Dreijer Andersson and her touring bandmates.
Download: Fever Ray Halloween RA Podcast
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posted on Oct 26, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags electronic/dance, experimental, Fever Ray, Halloween, mixes, Resident Advisor
Premiere: The Marshmallow Ghosts, “Shrieks” MP3
- story Peter Macia
Though the band and song name might lead you to think The Marshmallow Ghosts and their new single “Shrieks” 7-inch belong to the widening swath of goth recorded on a laptop mic, they are in fact the result of a special Halloween side project of members of Black Moth Super Rainbow, the Appleseed Cast, Casket Girls, and Dreamend. The limited and handnumbered single will come as a horrifying swirly picture disk sheathed in a glow in the dark sleeve of madness created by Stoughton (check it out after the jump). The music itself sounds almost identical to the record the neighbor played when we were kids that challenged our will for Reesies and bubblegum. She invariably handed out apples. Screw that lady. the “Shrieks” single, with b-side “Creaks,” will be out on October 20th, but seeing as how the 96 special pre-orders are already sold out, we recommend you hop on the broom and get over to Gravesend. By the way, what’s everyone gonna be for Halloween? Can’t go as Lagerfeld or Captain Craps-His-Pants again, need ideas.
Download: The Marshmallow Ghosts, “Shrieks”
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posted on Oct 9, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags Black Moth Super Rainbow, Casket Girls, Dreamend, experimental, Halloween, Marshmallow Ghosts, rock, scary, the Appleseed Cast, Wizard Cat
Live: Hard Haunted Mansion
- story THE FADER
At this year’s Hard Haunted Mansion hedonism was in full effect . The sold out Halloween night concert drew more than ten thousand new ravers (many of whom were dressed like old ravers, or “candy ravers” as the nomenclature would have it) to downtown Los Angeles’ Shrine Expo Hall. This was arguably the city’s biggest dance music event of the year, with the tight-pantsed lineup including Justice (from Paris), Soulwax (from Belgium) and Simian Mobile Disco (from the UK). And a grip of high school kids (from Orange County). More words and pictures after the jump.
The Let Out: Halloween Featuring XXXChange
- story THE FADER
This week on The Let Out, our weekly East Village Radio show (made possible by Dewars) XXXChange will be coming in for a SPOOKY set, and if he doesn’t play “Monster Mash” at least once we’re going to play it five times in a row. Just kidding! Four times. You can listen live at eastvillageradio.com from 6-8 EST, and if you miss it, you can always grab the podcast afterwards.
Exclusive Video: Love is All, “Movie Romance” HALLOWEEN EDITION
- story THE FADER
A couple weeks ago, Sweden’s Love is All breezed through Heathers to play a quick set of new music for FADER TV’s Open Bar. When sax player Fredrik Eriksson hopped on the counter so a fan could dramatically blow his hair around, we realized the band was into theatrics and thus were in no way surprised when this special Halloween video for “Movie Romance” came across our desktops. Besides being an incredibly infectious song, the video features the band dressed as a bunch of stuff that we can’t really see because of the fog machine and the low lights. But the bear(?) on the right playing the guitar looks like he’s having a pretty good time. Love is All’s A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night will be released November 11th on What’s Your Rupture. And Happy Halloween!
Freeload: Evil 9’s VHS Halloween Party Mix
- story THE FADER
It’s true that Halloween doesn’t exactly hold the cheer and good vibes that the winter holidays do, but we’re still glad that our silent call for a great Halloween mix was answered. While we were in our bedrooms putting three hundred Shawty Redd-produced tracks on an orange CD-R, the more musically inclined DJ/Production duo Evil Nine put together Evil Nine’s VHS Halloween Party, which, besides featuring some of the best Halloween jams we didn’t know we’d love (”Chariots of Pumpkins” from Halloween III), is also a comforting collection of music that makes us feel okay about being scared of cars for like ten years after seeing Christine.
Download: Evil 9’s VHS Halloween Party Mix (Via Discobelle)
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posted on Oct 23, 2008 in MP3 / STREAMS tags electronic/dance, Evil Nine, experimental, Halloween, rock
Freeload: DFA/Ghostly Halloween Mix
- story THE FADER
DFA and Ghostly Int’l threw a kooky Halloween party at Studio B last week which we did not attend because we were doing something waaaayyy cooler (sitting in the dark crying), but DFA just put up the live mix from Tim Sweeney and Tim Goldsworthy from that night so put your Chewbacca suit back on, pretend you didn’t puke all over the inside of it and dance the night away.
Download: T&T Halloween Mix
