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HEALTH Share Video for New Song “ASHAMED (OF BEING BORN)”

RAT WARS Due Out December 7 via Loma Vista

Oct 23, 2023

HEALTH are releasing a new album, RAT WARS, on December 7 via Loma Vista. Now they have shared another new song from it, “ASHAMED (OF BEING BORN),” via a music video. More

HEALTH Share New Ekkstacy Collaboration “STILL BREATHING”

DISCO4 :: PART II Due Out April 8 via Loma Vista

Mar 17, 2022

HEALTH have shared a new song, “STILL BREATHING,” a collaboration with experimental post-punk artist Ekkstacy. More

Feb 17, 2022

HEALTH have announced the release of a new album, DISCO4 :: PART II, which will be out on April 8 via Loma Vista. They have also shared a new song from the album, a collaboration with Lamb of God titled “COLD BLOOD.” More

Oct 21, 2021

HEALTH have released a new single, a collaboration with Poppy titled “DEAD FLOWERS.” The new song is set to be featured on the band’s forthcoming album, DISCO4 :: PART II, and it is out now via Loma Vista. More

HEALTH and Tyler Bates Share New DC Comics-Related Song “ANTI-LIFE” (Feat. Chino Moreno)

Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack Due Out This Friday via Loma Vista

Jun 15, 2021

HEALTH have teamed up with Tyler Bates for the new song “ANTI-LIFE,” which also features Chino Moreno. It is the latest single to be taken from Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack, which is a soundtrack to the DC Comics series Dark Nights: Death Metal, and is due out digitally on This Friday via Loma Vista. The song is inspired by the villain Darkseid and his quest for the Anti-Life equation. More

May 06, 2021

A collaboration that has been a long time in the making is finally here: HEALTH and Nine Inch Nails have worked together on a new single titled “ISN’T EVERYONE,” produced by the two artists and mixed by Atticus Ross. More

HEALTH Announce New Album, Share Video for New Song “Slaves of Fear”

Vol. 4: Slaves of Fear Due Out February 8, 2019 via Loma Vista

Dec 06, 2018

Los Angeles’ HEALTH have announced a new album, Vol. 4: Slaves of Fear, and shared a new song from it, sort of title track “Slaves of Fear,” via a video for the song. More

12 Best Songs of the Week: Kurt Vile, Villagers, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Low, and More

Plus Danielson, Jungle, Django Django, Farao, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Sep 14, 2018

We spent the week wondering if Hurricane Florence was going to hit us here at our headquarters in Southwest Virginia. Lucky for us, it seems to have angled further south, and while we may still get some heavy rains and winds in the coming days and week, it likely won’t be as devastating to Virginia as feared. More

Sep 14, 2018

Los Angeles’ HEALTH have shared a new song, “MASS GRAVE,” that features the guest vocals of Soccer Mommy (aka Nashville’s Sophie Allison) and was produced by Corrin Roddick (aka one half of Canadian electro-pop duo Purity Ring). More

Oct 15, 2015

Earlier this week Canadian electro-pop duo Purity Ring shared a video for “Begin Again” and then performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Now they have shared a new remix of the song by HEALTH, who ups the dread a bit. Check it out below. More

Aug 18, 2015

L.A. noise outfit HEALTH released their third studio album (and first album in six years), Death Magic, a couple of weeks back via Loma Vista. Now the band have announced a fall North American tour to go down in November and December. More

Aug 13, 2015

L.A. noise outfit HEALTH released their third studio album (and first album in six years), Death Magic, last week via Loma Vista. More

Stream HEALTH’s Full New Album, “Death Magic”

Death Magic due out August 7 via Loma Vista

Jul 30, 2015

As we previously reported back in April, L.A. noise outfit HEALTH are releasing their third studio album (and first album in six years), Death Magic, on Aug. 7 via Loma Vista. Previously they shared the video for “New Coke,” as well as the songs “Stonefist,” “Dark Enough,” and “Men Today.” Now you can stream the full complete album via NPR First Listen. More

Listen: HEALTH - “Men Today”

Death Magic due out August 7 via Loma Vista

Jul 24, 2015

As we previously reported back in April, L.A. noise outfit HEALTH are releasing their third studio album (and first album in six years), Death Magic, on Aug. 7 via Loma Vista. More

Listen: HEALTH - “Stonefist”

Death Magic due out August 7 via Loma Vista

Jun 08, 2015

As we previously reported back in April, L.A. noise outfit HEALTH are releasing their third studio album (and first album in six years), Death Magic, on Aug. 7 via Loma Vista. More

HEALTH Announce New Album, “Death Magic”

Share Video for Track "New Coke"

Apr 24, 2015

L.A. noise outfit HEALTH have announced the release of their third studio album, Death Magic. More

Listen: HEALTH – “TEARS”

From the Soundtrack to Max Payne 3

May 15, 2012

As previously reported, HEALTH have been tasked with whipping up the soundtrack to the newest installment of video game series, Max Payne. More

May 03, 2012

This month Rockstar will release the third installment of the noire-influenced, bullet-time utilizing Max Payne series. Responsible for the video game’s original soundtrack is none other than L.A. noise rock outfit HEALTH. More

Mar 05, 2012

On May 15, gamers are going to get an earful of HEALTH. The Los Angeles-based duo recently announced they are soundtracking Max Payne 3. More

Dec 10, 2010

For Under the Radar’s 8th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2010. Pick up a copy of Under the Radar’s Year End issue for interviews with: The Antlers, Bon Iver, Caribou, Club 8, Delphic, Rose Elinor Dougall, Gayngs, Hot Chip, Lost in the Trees, Love is All, The Love Language, Mogwai, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Yoko Ono, Owen Pallett, Plants and Animals, Mark Ronson, Superchunk, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Sharon Van Etten, and Vivian Girls. Today we posted web exclusive surveys with Lord Huron, HEALTH, and The Concretes. More

HEALTH Gets REMIXED

Contributors Include: CFCF, Crystal Castles, Pictureplane

Apr 13, 2010

The only care you’ll ever need, HEALTH are offering up a remix of last year’s GET COLOR, titled DISCO2. Out on June 2nd, the album includes contributions from notables CFCF, Tobacco, Crystal Castles, and Pictureplane. We have the track list.

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Jul 29, 2009

The Black Lips and HEALTH played The Pool Parties at the East River State Park in Brooklyn on July 26. Photographer Anne Palermo was there to capture the action. Check out the full gallery of photos from the The Pool Parties show here. The Pool Parties show included The Black Lips, HEALTH, Trail of Dead, Grupo Fantasma. More

HEALTH, The Horrors Announce Fall Tours

Both Bands Are Promoting Impressive Sophomore LPs

Jun 12, 2009

There are plenty of bands touring this fall but two of the scariest are L.A.‘s noise-mongers HEALTH and Southend, England’s garage-goth mavens The Horrors. Don’t worry, their respective scariness is certainly more Halloween than Bride of Chucky. Plus, both are touring the U.S. in support of impressive sophomore longplayers. More

HEALTH Get Color on September 8th

Second Album Features Nine Tracks

May 20, 2009

Set your cranial cortex for noise-disco because Los Angeles’ HEALTH are staging their triumphant return, with Get Color on September 8th. The Smell-affiliated group’s 2007 self-titled debut and critically-acclaimed remix record HEALTH//DISCO, already got the noisy quartet sweating across stages shared with the likes of Crystal Castles, Nine Inch Nails, and Of Montreal but last month’s phenomenal single “Die Slow” pointed at an eventual shift towards the group’s clamorous mutatation of disco music. More



Interviews

Dec 09, 2010

For Under the Radar’s 8th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2010. Pick up a copy of Under the Radar’s Year End issue for interviews with: The Antlers, Bon Iver, Caribou,Club 8, Delphic, Rose Elinor Dougall, Gayngs, Hot Chip, Lost in the Trees, Love is All, The Love Language, Mogwai, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Yoko Ono, Owen Pallett, Plants and Animals, Mark Ronson, Superchunk, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Sharon Van Etten, and Vivian Girls. Here’s a survey from Jake Duzsik & John Famiglietti of HEALTH. More


Reviews

Mar 28, 2019

The prospect of a new HEALTH album has been a mouth-watering one since their self-titled debut dropped unsuspectingly 12 years ago. Every subsequent release has pushed the boundaries of both expectation and achievement, even if their output over the course of the band’s existence can hardly be called prolific. More

Aug 05, 2015

“And we both know/Love’s not in our hearts” sings the trademark detached androgynous voice on “Stonefist” one last time, you gritting your teeth in anticipation of the instrumental refrain, a heavy and pounding electronic assault of synthesized distortion and kick-snare repetition, a metallic taste in the mouth, a melody, then some strangely, specifically identifiable ‘80s Korg keyboard sound suddenly dotting this weird landscape of Los Angeles warehouses and apocalyptic skylines. More

Jul 02, 2009

“Die Slow,” the first single from HEALTH’s forthcoming sophomore full-length Get Color, takes the best elements of the band’s debut and their DISCO remix album and delivers a very rare delicacy: a highly danceable rock anthem. More