salem

In a recent review, Pitchfork.com called Nite Jewel "a shuttle-mate of SALEM in the blog-hype space race" -- not at all like the Pitchfork-hype space race, which has since been deleted -- "to find an act that can merge tapes-out-of-the-trunk hip-hop recording methods with 4AD gossamer...

For today's special edition of Blog Radio, Sirius asked us to count down the top 5 artists that we think are most likely to succeed in 2009. Of course, success is a relative term, so my list is essentially just the artists I look forward to hearing new material from/want to see live/expect breakout years from in '09. The Hipster Runoff radio program kicks things off at 5 PM EST on Sirius XMU, and

Here's another new one from SALEM's debut UK EP, Water, which was released this week on Merok. Songs like the dreamy and haunting "Whenusleep" are where those Cocteau Twins/the Knife comparisons are coming from; this one's almost pensively sweet in a bizarre way, until you listen to the lyrics...

Thanks to the nice folks at Merok for sending over these exclusive Radiohead remixes for us, created by artists on their stellar roster to celebrate their own upcoming vinyl releases. You know I'm a huge SALEM fan, so their glowing, skittering take is probably my favorite of the bunch, but I get the feeling Thom would approve of all three: mp3: ******************************* elsewhere: Thanks t

Our friend Pinglewood has a new column over at NME called Your New Favorite Songs. In his first installment, he writes about GvsB favorites Salem, and their new Water EP:"If you kidnapped Bauhaus, tied them up in your basement, tortured them with slo-mo Houston hip-hop and performance art pornography, then killed them, their ghosts might have sordid dreams about a record like this... Read Mo

Here's the new video for Salem's "Dirt," taken from the band's unclassifiable Yes I Smoke Crack EP (out now on Acephale). The unsettling clip -- which the band directed themselves -- is dark, disorienting, and more than a little terrifying. Oh, and definitely NSFW or anywhere else...