Week #13: Bass Drum Of Death / Crushing Blows / Koolfella

Get ready to freak out guys, because Bass Drum Of Death are gonna detonate. They gonna render you deaf. Much like fellow fuzzy, bluesy racketeers Wavves, Black Lips and Mazes, they are as diabolical, demonic and loud as hell. They create provocative 2-minute-ish ballyhoos that clatter and lift you straight out of your chair. Everything's insanely catchy.

They've got an album out on Fat Possum next month. But in mean time you can get a load of 'Heart Attack Kid' and 'Nerve Jamming', both lifted from the forthcoming LP. Get dancing.

Got another duo for you now. This time they hail from South Derbyshire. They're called Crushing Blows and they're awesome; at once anthemic like The Arcade Fire, monumental like Mogwai and overwrought and puissant like Fugazi. And as with most good two-pieces, they make a heck of a lot of noise. Much more than two people should, really.

As soon as the throbbing bassline kicks in on 'Tie Them Down And Get The Answers' (fantastic songtitle right there), post-rock-esque guitar swirls surround us and the two guys shout themselves to death. It's fantastic. I for one can't wait to hear more from these guys. Download the track for free below: 

And finally, I present 'Poised', a lovely, idiosyncratic little jam. It was created by a Berliner who goes by the name of Koolfella. I love its wonk factor, its funk factor and its carefully sprinkled and deftly integrated samples — all three key post-dubstep traits are honed to perfection. The tune is filtered into a poppier strain of the genre, but amalgamates the big three and turns them on their heads, compressed, simplified and diverted to the mainstream.

I'm afraid there's almost no extra info online about this guy that I can share with you, apart from the fact that he thinks this new track is 'dope', which it most certainly is. This Koolfella dude has an aesthetic vaguely reminiscent of Burial's, don't you agree?