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TUSSLE MEETS CLUSTER

2008-05-13T19:46:00.000-07:00

We are heavily stoked to play with kraut pioneers CLUSTER on May 25 at the Great American Music Hall! The show has been brought to San Francisco with help from the Donuts! crew, so yes, there will be donuts for all (vegan too). White Rainbow will play too and he is an amazing one man bandit.

This is a collection of posters people have made for the show.

Hope to see you there!!

xo-
Tussle

Tussle live album out now!

2008-02-29T16:37:00.000-08:00

Spaceland Recordings and Part Time Punks has officially released 'Tussle: Live at the Echo'.

Recorded at the tail end of our US tour, this album captures a fun show at Part time Punks this past May in Los Angeles. You can download it or order the CD that features the original flyer as the album's cover art.

A little something to tide you over until Cream Cuts is officially released on 08/08/08

enjoy!
xo-
Tussle

Cream Cuts

2008-01-15T17:18:00.000-08:00

We made an album. We are calling it CREAM CUTS and its produced by Thom Monahan. Thom has also produced Vetiver, Devendra Banhart, Lavender Diamond and Brightblack Morning Light. CREAM CUTS was recorded over the last year in Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco with assistance from Andy Cabic (founding bassist). Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip joins us on 'Titan' and the cd will include a video from artist Nate Boyce.

The album will be released by Smalltown Supersound and will be preceded by a 12" single with new remixes from special friends. More details coming soon, pants on.

Warning EP reviewed by Exclaim!

2008-01-12T20:02:00.000-08:00

Tussle
Warning EP
1/9/2008 By Cam Lindsay

Released at the end of 2007 after one massive delay, Tussle's addendum to their brilliant Telescope Mind album from 2006 is something I felt needed some attention as we turn our sights onto the new year. Masters of finding a groove, holding it and then constructing a series of exploratory mindfucks for climactic effect, these San Franciscans are ripe for a handful of remixes. They've donated choice cuts from their second album to the right people, selecting one of the industry’s best in Hot Chip, as well as JD Twitch, Kango and Torkill, and Dennis Young of Liquid Liquid, a band who no doubt had a hand in shaping Tussle's rhythmic assembly line. All eyes are likely on Hot Chip, who - as we've come to know - turn in an epic version of "Flicker 33.3," which, like their celebrated Junior Boys remix, is a slow build that finds its stride at the two-thirds point. Surprisingly, they strip the original of its elastic groove, going for a subtler more downtempo incline, but come the six-minute mark, they crank up the synths and transform it into a proper space house track. JD Twitch's "Optimo Fuckhead Mix" is probably the most interesting of all, using the best bits of Telescope Mind for a mash-up of sorts; call it the abridged or Cliff Notes version. Kango and Torkill are the only ones to tackle the EP's title track and they stay true to its jerky punk funk steppin'. They're slight propensity towards dub really captures what Tussle are about and should lean more towards in their future endeavours. I gotta say though, getting Dennis Young to thrown in his two cents on "Elephants" is what makes this EP for me though. He could have gone bananas on the song's rhythm and assembled one monster of a dance track, but instead he slips in some jazzy sax squelching, tribal percussive accents and all sorts of texture at first... and then he totally goes for it at the four-minute mark. All of a sudden he pumps up the volume, adds in more layers (lasers, beats, delayed melodies) and it slowly fades into a chugging, bell-ringing close. Of course, Warning is nothing without Telescope Mind, so go all out and invest in both for maximum satisfaction.

Original Article: Exclaim!

Photos from New York adventure

2008-01-06T10:52:00.000-08:00

New York was very cold! And we used borrowed gear. Here are some photos that peeps posted.

Brooklyn Vegan

Pitchfork Media

JD Twitch's Optimo Fuckhead Remix

2008-01-02T20:55:00.000-08:00

Listen at your own risk:

Download it at your own risk:

Read a review in Exclaim!

WARREN DOES 77 BOADRUM!

2007-09-20T18:52:00.000-07:00

A Clash of Heads

2007-09-14T10:35:00.001-07:00

Meh-teh, The new 7"

2007-09-13T10:34:00.000-07:00

Meh-Teh is our first official release with the newest addition, Tomo Yasuda on bass. This song was produced by our original bassist, Andy Cabic and Thom Monahan. The B side remix from YACHT is outstanding. If you dont know YACHT yet, checkit. Meh-teh might be on the new album, nothing is set in stone.

Side A: Met-Teh
Side B: Second Guessing (YACHT remix)

'Worried Noodles'

2007-09-12T16:54:00.000-07:00

We have contributed a new track,'A Clash of Heads' for the Worried Noodle double CD/LP released October 22 from Tomlab.
This is a really cool thing we were happy to be apart of, it comes with a David Shrigley hardcover book. A collector's item for sure. Some other bands are also included:

WORRIED NOODLES:

Disc 1:

01 Roger Ferguson: "Welcome Singer"
02 Christopher Francis: "One"
03 Grizzly Bear: "Blackcurrant Jam"
04 R. Stevie Moore: "Live in Fear"
05 Phil Elvrum & Nick Krgovich: "Whatcha Doin'"
06 Scarlett's Well: "Maybe"
07 Psapp: "Sad Song"
08 Aidan Moffat & the Best Of's: "Your Hands Are Cold"
09 YACHT: "I Saw You"
10 Simon Bookish: "Prince of Wales"
11 Deerhoof: "You, Dog (aka Kidz Are So Small)"
12 Hank: "Baby's Bible"
13 Marriot 1262 (TV on the Radio Portland Chapter): "Sweet, Sweet Potato"
14 David Byrne: "For You"
15 James Chadwick: "The Wooden Floor"
16 Islands: "Joy"
17 Cotton Candy: "A Sentimental Song"
18 Franz Ferdinand: "No"
19 Alig Fodder: "The Hole"
20 Cibelle: "Elaine"

Disc 2:

01 Dirty Projectors: "Come Forward"
02 The Curtains: "Show Me the Way Things Work"
03 Max Tundra: "A Truce"
04 Munch Munch: "A Squirrel"
05 Liars: "Panic Button"
06 Tussle [ft. David Shrigley]: "A Clash of Heads"
07 Trans Am: "The Film"
08 John Shankie: "A Song"
09 Scout Niblett: "The Bell"
10 Final Fantasy: "Joys"
11 Mt. Eerie: "A Sentimental Song"
12 The Dead Science: "Once I Found a Diamond"
13 Lord Cut Glass: "Maybe"
14 No Kids: "Another Song"
15 Hot Chip: "No"
16 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone: "The Pretty Girl"
17 Mitch Friedman: "Awesome"
18 Pyrolator & Stoya: "Elaine"
19 Les Georges Leningrad: "Manager and Coordinator of Prostitutes"

read the pitchfork article here

In addition, there will also be a party to celebrate the WN release in NYC at St. Mark's Church. The artists scheduled to perform are:
David Byrne
R. Stevie Moore
Islands
Mt. Eerie
Nick Krgovich (of No Kids)
Tussle
Christopher Francis