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Released / unleashed ten years ago today, The Body’s I Shall Die Here. After a failed attempt tasking a vaunted luminary of the noise world to reassemble Chip and Lee’s Machines with Magnets studio sessions (if you guess who, we *might* send you a link to stream), and a “could be any other random day” encounter with Robin from Triangle Records, it felt like just a blink of an eye before Bobby Krlic, aka The Haxan Cloak, was sitting at Gary's Electric Studio with his laptop and two giant monitors de/reconstructing the album we came to know and fear. We revisited Chip and Lee's original sessions, and had the untouchable Seth Manchester work his magic, just as he did the first time around, for an expanded edition of the album released in 2023 titled I Shall Die Here / Earth Triumphant. Why we revisited the album for its ninth anniversary instead of its tenth? Who knows, but it’s well worth a spin, if you missed it last year. A major moment / demarcation in the RVNG catalog, and a collaboration of the highest alchemic order.

A look inside, and outside, the “standard” (anything but!) and artist vinyl editions of Ka Baird’s new album Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos. 𖤓𖤓𖤓 We reserved copies of the artist edition for Ka’s record release show at Roulette this Thursday, April 4. If you’re in the New York area, don’t miss this opportunity to see experience Ka’s sound in ensemble form. 𖦹𖦹𖦹

In honor and celebration of Julia Holter’s exceptional, sublime new album Something in the Room She Moves, a look back and through Dicky Bahto’s photos for Ekstasis, Julia’s second album, and the beginning of our long collaboration + friendship.

“I unwittingly give an unknown corporation access to all of my information — past present and future. The product I am trapped in is unclear, but I must use it to figure out what it is and what it can do” Discovery Zone delves into the data that informed Quantum Web for Talkhouse.

What if there never is an end? Horse Lords and Ka Baird's US spring tour is complete. Hundreds of miles logged, thousands of minds blown, this dream team wrapped up a most monumental tour in Knoxville at Big Ears Festival over the weekend. If you were at any of the shows, hoist a chalice in appreciation. Horse Lords return to the us at the end of June for Wilco’s Solid Sound Fest at MASS MoCA and a long awaited west coast tour, but not before a run of dates in the UK, Ireland, and Germany. Ka heads to Europe for a slew of dates after a record release show at Roulette in Brooklyn on April 4. Make sure to check out Horse Lords’ As It Happened Live and Ka’s Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos. Thanks to everyone who has already. Ka Baird 04/07/24 - The Hague @ Rewire Festival 04/09/24 - Cologne @ Hobbykeller 04/11/24 - Prague @ Punctum 04/12/24 - Lublijana @ Cirkulacija2 04/13/24 - Bratislava @ A4 04/15/24 - Vienna @ liccht.at 04/16/24 - Bologna @ Grabinski Point 04/18/24 - Milano @ Iscian 04/19/24 - Lausanne @ Salopard 04/20/24 - Stockholm @ Fashing 04/23/24 - Hjorring @ Under Kniven 04/24/24 - Göteborg @ Oceanen 04/25/24 - Malmö @ Intonal Festival 04/27/24 - London @ Courtyard Theatre 04/29/24 - Liverpool @ Blue Coat 05/03/24 - Berlin @ Kiezsalon 05/04/24 - Ghent @ De Koer 05/05/24 - Glasgow @ Tectonics 05/08/24 - Lisboa @ ZDB 05/10/24 - Porto @ Sonoscopia Horse Lords 04/09/24 - Berlin @ Berghain Kantine 04/12/24 - Kerry @ Greyhound Bar 04/13/24 - Belfast @ The Black Box 04/14/24 - Dublin @ The Workmans Club 06/28/24 - North Adams, MA @ Solid Sound Festival 06/30/24 - Vancouver, CA @ Coastal Jazz Festival 07/02/24 - Seattle, WA @ Vera Project 07/03/24 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios 07/05/24 - San Francisco, CA @ The Lab 07/06/24 - Los Angeles, CA @ 2220 Arts + Archives 07/20/24 - Helsinki, FI @ Odysseus Festival 10/10/24 - Stockholm, SE @ Fasching 10/11/24 - Copenhagen, DK @ Alice 10/12/24 - Malmö, SE @ Inkonst

A new (s)milestone : ) Helado Negro’s This Is How You Smile turned 5 (!) this month. TIHYS has always brought a distinct warmth to our label, and Roberto has amazed us with the bounty of music he’s been a part of since. We’re (two) lucky to have intersected when we did.