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Photographer: David Bevan

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"For half a mile the memory tracked me like a shadow..." @nightjarpress @DJ_Bevan

“For half a mile the memory tracked me like a shadow…” @nightjarpress @DJ_Bevan

Back in July I shared my thoughts about a couple of unsettling little chapbooks from Nightjar Press; both were called “The Lake” but were by two different authors, John Foxx and Livi Michael. Today, however, I want to talk about another pair from the recent batch of releases which have different titles but the same author! David Bevan has provided two stories for the new issues, entitled “The…

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Protomartyr gathered in a storage room behind the stage to hydrate. Casey, eyes to the floor, quietly removed his glasses, wrapped them up in his wool cap, folded it, laid it down. When the four of them walked out, Casey squinted and grimaced like he had a toothache. And then they began, and he was transformed. For an hour, they bullrushed through old songs and new, Casey pacing the width of the stage, attacking the microphone like a man shouting into the phone in the privacy of his own office.

‘His City of Ruins’ via SPIN 

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I don't belong here anymore. I belong out there, with the wind.

Brian King

Yeah, so David Bevan's SPIN feature on Japandroids is ridiculously good

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I don't belong here anymore. I belong out there, with the wind.

Brian King of Japandroids from David Bevan's article "Japandroids: Killing Yourself To Live" in SPIN

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By David Bevan Spin

If you live somewhere in the continental United States, much of the scrolling scenery that comprises the Head and the Heart's E. Ryan McMackin-directed clip for "Down in the Valley" will feel equal parts familiar and foreign. That's because these snippets of the American road and landscape — captured during the Seattle roots-rock outfit's most recent tour — have been sewn together like all the strangely recognizable verses and choruses that populate their hugely successful self-titled debut: with warmth. One thing this band knows about the paradigm they've made their home is that it's rooted in sharing. And that's exactly what you can see them do again and again in the clip's final phase.

The Head and the Heart - Down In The Valley [OFFICIAL VIDEO] (by subpoprecords)

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Soundscapes In New Music

Our friend and DFF contributer David Bevan has just written a piece for Pitchfork about the new vocal vocabulary that has emerged in music. Recently artists have been using vocal manipulation to create moody, atmospheric soundscapes. Since being blown away by Burial in 2007 we have sought out music with a similar sound and feel. This past year has been especially prolific for this evolving genre of electronic, dub step, mixed with creepy R&B. We get that fuzzy excited feeling every time we discover another track or artist from the ever-emerging vault, and David's article is an intriguing, cohesive snapshot of this genre. Give it a read at Pitchfork.