HEALTH - Die Slow (Nite Jewel remix)

LA-based Ramona Gonzalez, who's already remixed Caribou's 'Odessa' to stunning effect, goes to work on HEALTH's 'Die Slow'.

Health - Die Slow (Nite Jewel Remix) by Hypetrak

HEALTH remixes

Certain bands seem to lend themselves to remixes more than others, and LA noise-rockers HEALTH are one of them. Perhaps most famously, Crystal Castles' reshaping of 'Crimewave' was a massive success, while most majestic of all for me was CFCF's take on 'Before Tigers'. Their latest album Get Colour has led to a plethora of quality remixes, many of which will be compiled on the forthcoming Disco 2 (June 22nd). Also included below is the new track proper from HEALTH that will be included on Disco 2, 'USA Boys'.

Health - Die Slow (Tobacco Remix) 192kb by ®© Lair

BEFORE TIGERS (GOLD PANDA REMIX) by cityslang

HEALTH - In Heat (Javelin Remix) by thewildhoneypie

HEALTH - USA Boys by cityslang

No Age, Fuck Buttons, HEALTH among new additions for Primavera Sound

A host of new additions have been announced for May's Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona. Perhaps the biggest curveball of all is the inclusion of Shellac, who've only played every single ATP and Primavera festival for the last 5 or so years. Seriously, isn't anyone getting sick of them by now? But never mind that, for the inclusions are pretty exciting:

Atlas Sound
No Age
Spoon
HEALTH
Fuck Buttons
Yeasayer
Liquid Liquid
The Clean
Shellac
Ui
Polvo
The Big Pink
Cold Cave
Real Estate
The Psychic Paramount

The full line-up so far:

Pixies, Pavement, Wilco, Orbital, Superchunk, The Fall, Camarón - La Leyenda Del Tiempo, 30 Años Después (Duquende, Chicuelo, among others), Lee "Scratch" Perry, Panda Bear, Low performing "The Great Destroyer", Shellac, The XX, Wire, Liquid Liquid, The New Pornographers, No Age, Mission Of Burma, Yeasayer, Hope Sandoval And The Warm Inventions, The Clean, Spoon, Wild Beasts, Fuck Buttons, The Bloody Beetroots, Atlas Sound, Polvo, Standstill, Bis, Cold Cave, Dr. Dog, Real Estate, Delorean, HEALTH, Ganglians, The Antlers, Circulatory System, The Big Pink, Japandroids, Joker featuring Nomad, The King Khan & Bbq Show, Ui, Dum Dum Girls, Here We Go Magic, Sic Alps, The Psychic Paramount.

UPCOMING

The ever-prolific Bradford Cox will bring his Atlas Sound solo project to Whelans this November 21st. Much-anticipated second album Logos is released on October 19th, and if you haven't heard the sublime 'Walkabout', his collaboration with Avey Tare (Panda Bear) of Animal Collective, then rectify that state of affairs this instant. Get it here:

http://www.thefader.com/2009/07/17/premiere-atlas-soun-w-noah-lennox-walkabout/

Modest Mouse will play a number of dates around the country in December, including two dates in Dublin's Academy. They recently released No One's First, And You're Next, an EP collecting out-takes from the sessions for their last two studio albums. Much-lauded Scots Frightened Rabbit will provide support. Modest Mouse are also part of the mouth-watering line-up for the 10 Years Of ATP Festival in December (http://www.atpfestival.com/Events/TenYearsOfATP.php).

4 Dec Black Box, Galway
5 Dec Dolan’s Warehouse, Limerick
7 Dec Academy, Dublin
8 Dec Academy, Dublin
9 Dec Spring & Airbrake, Belfast

Ticket details have yet to be announced.

The xx will also play Irish shows in what's looking like a fantastic December for gigs (let's not forget Sonic Youth will play their first headline show in Ireland for over 10 years). The young foursome have been gathering rave reviews far and wide for their stark, darkly compelling debut album.

15 Dec Speakeasy, Belfast
16 Dec Roisin Dubh, Galway
17 Dec Pavilion, Cork
19 Dec Button Factory, Dublin

There's a mouth-watering double-bill in store on November 9th in Whelans: Japandroids and A Place to Bury Strangers. The former have released one of the finest albums of the year so far, the superb Post-Nothing. The latter have been described as the 'most ear-shatteringly loud garage/shoegaze band you'll ever hear' (The Washington Post), so bring your ear-plugs.

Coming up a lot sooner than all of the above is the visit of LA noiseniks HEALTH, whose new album Get Colour has been attracting much praise and living up to some pretty high expectations. They'll play The Village on Thursday October 1st. They're extremely loud. Earplugs might be an idea here as well.

HEALTH Live Session

Those good folks at Daytrotter have a new session available to download from LA noise-rock band HEALTH. It features three songs in total, including two from new album Get Colour, which will be released next month. Other recent sessions include Deerhoof and Mew. Check them out:

http://www.daytrotter.com/