F*CKED UP Off-shoot Jade Hairpins Return with "J Terrapin" Single & Announce Debut Album 'Harmony Avenue' (Merge Records)

Aside from his duties in F*CKED UP, Jonah Falco has stayed busy as of late, mixing/playing drums on GAME's full-length debut, NO ONE WINS, producing Chubby & The Gang's "All Along The Uxbridge Road" 7-inch and raucous 2020 album, Speed Kills, mixing and recording Scrap Brain's A Journey Into Madness, and, most recently, mixing S.H.I.T.'s two one-off singles, "HIDDEN IN ETERNITY" & "ERASER III." It was very recently revealed that Falco is, also, behind mysterious Alternative/Dream Pop group, Jade Hairpins. Along with fellow F*CKED UP bandmate, Mike Haliechuk, Jonah Falco quietly released a 7-inch entitled "Mother Man" B/W "Gracefully" on the exact same day as F*CKED UP's 2018 album, Dose Your Dreams. Jonah Falco & Mike Haliechuk recently played a string of live shows Overseas following their official "coming out" as Jade Hairpins, along with a digital re-release of their 2018 single. Today, Jade Hairpins have returned once more with an album announcement for their debut full-length, 'Harmony Avenue,' along with their first proper single, "J Terrapin." Additionally, FLOOD MAGAZINE premiered an accompanying music video for "J Terrapin," which evokes vibes of 1960's vinyl covers and doubles as a rapid-fire lyric video. Along with founding members Falco & Haliechuk, it appears as though Jade Hairpins now includes Tamsin M. Leach & Jack Goldstein, as well.

2018 B-side "Gracefully" appears to be absent from 'Harmony Avenue's tracklisting, but "Mother Man" re-appears, although, now labeled as "Motherman" with no Space. A Merge Records press release explains each Jade Hairpins composition conceived in-studio in-real-time, then, edited and crafted to become 'Harmony Avenue.' Jonah Falco describes the album as effectively "straddling the Post-post-punk of something like New Order, Scritti Politti, and Orange Juice with a primordial sense of humour and absurdity, not unlike Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Television Personalities, or The Monks." When recording 'Harmony Avenue,' Jonah Falco & Mike Haliechuk first focused on creating stories for primarily character-based writing and then, on less absurd emotional/thoughtful/personal self-reflection. Oddly enough, Merge's press release, additionally, explains 'Harmony Avenue' was "originally conceived as a potential addendum to the universe of [F*CKED UP's] Dose Your Dreams, but the end result was more exciting than Falco & Haliechuk anticipated and deserved its own spotlight." It's definitely gonna be something... but, at this point, I wouldn't expect it to sound ANYTHING like F*CKED UP's outpiut in recent years! Jade Hairpins' 'Harmony Avenue' is out Friday, May 29, 2020, via Merge Records. It's currently available for pre-order in a number of formats directly from Jade Hairpins' Bandcamp page.

"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of...

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

Lana del Rey [Lizzy Grant] effectively became 2011's "It Girl" with the release of her phenomenal debut single, "Video Games" (Stranger) . Like many struggling singer-songwriters, Grant has been signed, dropped, and significantly changed her public image since bursting onto the scene (2009). With that said, it can be assumed that Lana del Rey has collected just as many "haters" as she has avid supporters. To be perfectly honest, the only other artist I can think of that made this much commotion... garnered so much wide-spread buzz/hate and critical acclaim -- right out of the gates -- with just one track is Britney Spears . And maybe in this post- Mike musical era, that's the true synthesis of Pop Culture: Britney Lynn Spears . After months of repeated teasing and speculation, Lana del Rey 's major label debut, Born 2 Die will [finally] be released this coming Jan. 30-31, 2012. Pitchfork reports that it will feature "Off to The Ra...

Liberty Bell Cracked In 1/2: Ween - "Freedom of '76" (Gene Ween's Final Send-Off)

Chocolate & Cheese (1994) was one of the first albums I bought with my own money. I was in some sort of BMG Music Club , where you'd buy 5 CD's and then get 10 for "FREE." It was all sent through mail order and you picked the titles from some special booklet. I'm almost positive that Chocolate & Cheese's side boob-baring album cover was what initially drew me in... mind you, I was 12-15 and the zany Ween logo/middle finger CD graphic really didn't hurt either. Honestly, I forget how I really felt about it @ the time, but a few years later, my older cousin Josh told me that Ween were this BIG college "jam band." CKY did some sort pf 93.3 radio takeover to promote their new album and played "Freedom of '76" late that night on air. Needless to say, I re-visited Chocolate & Cheese @ about 20-something this go 'round and I fucking loved it! Ween were really weird, yet talented... almost too talented. I can vaguel...

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