Category Archives: New Releases

11.05.10
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Hyetal Reworks Ratatat’s “Neckbrace”

Get ready to break yo neck.  Well, not really, it just feels like the right thing to say when confronted with a Hyetal Remix of Ratatat’s “Neckbrace” off LP4.  The track has everything you’ve come to know and expect from a remix: glitchy-ness, odd sounds, and an overall taste of another artist reinterpreting an original style by blending in some of their own.

Hyetal mostly abandons the scat found in the original song, but utilizes the bubbly, croaking sounds that occupy the furthermost corners of your head room.  Interestingly enough, the original track didn’t incorporate much of Ratatat’s signature whining electro-guitar sound, but Hyetal throws it in probably out of respect for his source of inspiration. 

The track decelerates to lay room for a build up, and the hotel elevator muzak that brings you back to the beat collects everything for a head-bobbing, albeit not neck-breaking, finish.  Listen up below.

Ratatat – “Neckbrace (Hyetal Remix)” by azabalegui

11.05.10
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Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti Announce New Tour

After just recently wrapping up their tour with the Flaming lips, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti announce another US/Canada tour with psychedelic legends and Brazil natives, Os Mutantes.

The band has recently released a new album entitled Before Today. Combining the famous psychedelic and noise-pop vibes , the album transcends into continuation of the bands previous work. Make sure to catch this 2 for 1 psychedelic, eye-candy tour!

***Tour Dates***

November 5 @Showroom, TX
November 6 @Fun Fun Fun Fest, TX
November 7 Fitzgeralds, TX
November 8@ One Eyed Jack, LA
November 9 @Variety, GA
November 10@ Cats Cradle, NC
November 11 @9:30 Club, DC
November 12 @Trocadero, PA
November 13 @Webster Hall, NY
November 14@ Royale Boston, MA
November 16@ National, PQ
November 17@ Opera House, ONT
November 18 @Clazel Theater, OH
November 19@ Metro, IL
November 20 @Cedar Cultural Center, MN
November 23@ Bluebird, CO
November 24@ Urban Lounge, UT
November 26 @Vogue, BC
November 27 @Neumo’s, WA
November 28@ Berbati’s, OR
November 30@ Regency, CA
December 1 @Rio Theater, CA
December 2 @Henry Fonda, CA

11.03.10
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DONATE to our Modern Mystery Holiday Party!

The Holiday season is coming up and we are throwing our First Annual Holiday Party in Lower Manhattan. We need a little help though as bands and venues are not free. We’re donating nearly all of the proceeds to Toys for Tots, so we are reaching out to you, the reader to chip in. Whether you donate $5 or $50, it all helps out in supporting this great cause.  Bands and details of the show are TBA soon so check back. Please help us out so we can raise money for these children in need.

Thanks!
The Modern Mystery Staff

10.28.10
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Cheap Time Returns With New Album

Two years after the release of their self titled debut album, the Tennessee-based garage rock band, Cheap Time are back with the release of their second, Fantastic Explanations (and Similar Situations).  For those familiar with the original grunge/punk sound of the group’s original album, you are in for a surprise with its successor. While remaining true to their original kicks and beats, the band has collectively matured into the band we all hoped they would.

Fantastic Explanations (and Similar Situations) doesn’t only differ from the bands previous work in musical maturity, but the fashion that it was recorded is also very altered. While the band was finishing up recording the album ,their engineer suffered a mental breakdown and kicked the boys out of the studio by gunpoint. It wasn’t until months later that another engineer was hired to finish the job.

Despite this tragic experience, the band is currently on tour in Europe but US tour dates are on their way.

10.27.10
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Cut Copy Release New Track And Short Documentary


Australian electro-pop duo Cut Copy has spent the tail end of summer in the studio finishing up their forthcoming full-length. At this point, we haven’t been given a name for the album nor a release date. What we have been given, however, is a documentary of its recording process and a limited edition, etched 7″ single of new track “Where I’m Going.”

The short documentary was shot in vocalist’s, Dan Whitford’s ,home recording studio by film directing duo Krozm. It is set to be released in installments, the first of which is up now on YouTube . This five and a half minute video is a black and white window into a brainstorming session replete with a journey through Whitford’s record collection for inspiration.

The one-sided, limited edition 7″ for “Where I’m Going,” has been divvied up between Australia and the U.S. and is available for your collection now. The track is weighty with shimmering guitars and spirited percussion, and features a Beatles-inspired breakdown for good measure. For those without a record player or the means, “Where I’m Going” is also available in digital format for free HERE. The duo’s third full-length is due out in 2011 on Modular.

10.27.10
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The Lost Cavalry Release New Single


On November 15th, The Lost Cavalry will release their new single “The Elephant of Castlebar Hill.” Taken from the band’s acclaimed debut EP Waves Freeze to Rolling Hills, “The Elephant of Castlebar Hill” tells the story of a giant circus elephant that collapsed and died in Ealing, London in the summer of 1889. To this day, the elephant is still buried beneath the hill that it collapsed on.

The Lost Cavalry are a London-based alternative folk band formed in 2009 by vocalist Mark West, formerly the guitarist of Fanfarlo. Mark sings and plays the ukulele and concertina, Nick plays guitar, Toby plays the glock and melodica, Oliver plays bass and Dave drums.