Nuclear Beef

New School No-Wave Lo-Fi Hi-Fi Audio Beef Today. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone and Prince ruminate on sadness.

There's a new Casiotone album coming out, and a few new releases are available at his recent live shows. Unfortunately for most people, he recently moved to Chicago and isn't going on tour again for a while. The new stuff drops at retail next Tuesday, but The Beef brings it to you today. (Yes, yes, I know that Young Shields and the new album are on P2P, but I actually bought this music. I went out and sourced something unique, which hasn't been posted already by 6000 mp3 bloggers. Imagine that!)

The first track is from an odd little CDEP, which collects a new track, two previously vinyl-only remixes and... this weird little cover of 'When You Were Mine,' a classic Prince B-side. I like Casiotone and I like Prince.. is it any surprise that I like Casiotone covering Prince? This track showcases the semi-gloss shine of the new Casiotone sound. He implied at a recent show that his record company had sent him some cash and hardware and it's clear he's been busy putting it to good use. You're not going to mistake this record for anyone else, but this cover and the new tracks he played at the live show indicate that he's definitely taking things to the next level.

'The Only Way To Cry' is a short songlet of classic Casiotone. A clever lyric and a dirt simple melody. Loverly. It's from a 7" on brand-spanking new Stationary (Heart) Records. This 7" is split with 3 tracks each from Fox Pause and Casiotone. According to their website, it's limited to 350 copies so you should hurry if that's your sort of thing. Personally I wish people would stop issuing music on vinyl. Fuck vinyl to death. Note the awesome scratches and pops on this BRAND NEW, NEVER BEFORE PLAYED 7". Oooh yeah, vinyl is awesome.

(Shouts out to Cinnacism and Cdub, who dig Casiotone. Also shouts out to Liza, who digs Prince covers.)