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All Things Being Equal Out Now via Carpark
Jun 05, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Pete Kember (formerly of Spacemen 3) has released his first solo album under the Sonic Boom name in 30 years, All Things Being Equal, today via Carpark. Now that the album’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, today we posted our review of the album. More
All Things Being Equal Due Out Tomorrow via Carpark
Jun 04, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Pete Kember (formerly of Spacemen 3) is releasing his first solo album under the Sonic Boom name in 30 years, All Things Being Equal, tomorrow via Carpark. More
All Things Being Equal Due Out June 5 via Carpark
May 05, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Pete Kember (formerly of Spacemen 3) is releasing his first solo album under the Sonic Boom name in 30 years, All Things Being Equal, on June 5 via Carpark. Now he has shared another song from the album, “Things Like This (A Little Bit Deeper),” via a video. More
All Things Being Equal Due Out June 5 via Carpark
Apr 02, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Pete Kember (formerly of Spacemen 3) is releasing his first solo album under the Sonic Boom name in 30 years, All Things Being Equal, on June 5 via Carpark. Now he has shared another song from the album, “The Way That You Live,” via a visualizer directed by Roland van der Velden. More
All Things Being Equal Due Out June 5 via Carpark
Mar 03, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Pete Kember (formerly of Spacemen 3) has announced his first solo album under the Sonic Boom name in 30 years, All Things Being Equal, and shared its first single, "Just Imagine," via a video for the song. More
Video Also Directed by Sonic Boom
Sep 11, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Baltimore duo Beach House (Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally) released a new album, 7 (titled as such because it's their seventh album), back in May via Sub Pop. It was our Album of the Week. Now they have shared a trippy video for the album's "Drunk in LA" directed by Sonic Boom (aka Pete Kember, formerly of Spacemen 3), as well as a remix of the album's "Black Car" by Sonic Boom. More
void beats / invocation trex Due Out February 19, Listen to “Melody in High Feedback Tones”
Nov 19, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Stereolab's co-founder Tim Gane has teamed up with synth player Holger Zapf and former Stereolab drummer Joe Dillworth to form a new trio named Cavern of Anti-Matter. They will be releasing their debut album, void beats / invocation trex, on February 19 via Duophonic. It features such special guests as Deerhunter's Bradford Cox, Mouse on Mars' Jan St. Werner, and Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom. More
Interviews
Jun 08, 2020
By Dom Gourlay
Pete Kember needs no introduction. Having founded Spacemen 3 with Jason Pierce in 1982, the band went onto achieve widespread critical acclaim before tensions between the two eventually led to their demise by the turn of the decade.
Reviews
All Things Being Equal
Carpark
Jun 05, 2020
By Dom Gourlay
Pete Kember has held legendary status in independent music circles since Spacemen 3’s heyday in the sun over three decades ago. Enigmatic, yet, consistent in his output, he’s also become one of the most sought-after producers in recent years, having worked with the likes of MGMT, Beach House, and Moon Duo among a host of others. More
