December 2015 – Rocknerd

The Charlatans: Modern Nature (2015).

30 December, 201528 August, 2016 Indie, Record 0

As one of the great British indie synth-rock bands (hey, just call it “Madchester”) of the 90s, The Charlatans, left an indelible impression on

Last Words (EP) by Muzzle

24 December, 201514 October, 2016 Indie, Record, Rock 0

“Last Words” (2014), is the debut EP for young Fremantle independent rock band, Muzzle, with three-piece Daniel Panizza on bass, Daniel Prince on drums,

“Air On A G-String” played on actual G-strings.

14 December, 201528 August, 2016 Classical 0

For science! Apparently, underwear has a four-octave range. (yes I thought this was hilarious when I was ten as well) (baby got bach)

Today’s links.

11 December, 201529 September, 2016 Esoterica, Industry, Links, mp3 0

“Happy Birthday” is finally acknowledged as being public domain. Probably. The history of the hidden track. Format-shifting music you’ve bought in the UK is

Doctor Who goes disco. Delia, we are so very sorry.

9 December, 201511 December, 2016 Dance, Esoterica 0

The Doctor Who theme has of course been done in every possible style. Today we have disco versions from Space Disco and Mankind. But

Reissues, past subcultures and the dead foot of the market.

8 December, 201512 September, 2017 Opinion, Record 0

Amanda Petrusich at the New Yorker writes a ramble on the reissue market. It’s not clear, but she seems upset these previously-unavailable classics are available again, because they’re available again for the wrong reasons.

Alvin and the Chipmunks at 16rpm.

7 December, 201524 December, 2016 Esoterica 3

Retrospectively obvious, but this is what Alvin and the Chipmunks sound like at 16rpm: normal vocals with GRIND CORE DEATH SLUDGE DRONE music. That being how they were actually recorded. I think we’ve uncovered Sunn O)))’s secret past.

Access denied: The media in a world where they aren’t the gatekeepers.

6 December, 20153 January, 2017 Media, Opinion 0

John Herrman at The Awl laments the difficulties of the media in a world where they are no longer the gatekeepers of social knowledge.

Links.

5 December, 20154 September, 2016 Industry, Links, Metal, mp3, Musician 0

A Swedish black metal band who studied Catholicism so intensely for more efficient blasphemy that they wound up converting to Catholicism. The pioneering women

The Music Theory Song!

4 December, 20156 May, 2017 Musician 0

Just in case you forgot all this stuff, here it is doing everything the words say as they say it. By David Swenson. The

How to cook squid ink calamari risotto the Blixa Bargeld way.

3 December, 201528 March, 2017 Drugs, Industrial 0

From ’80s German TV show Alfredissimo. The other dude is Alfred Biolek. You can tell how old it is by them quoting prices in

Imogen Heap failing to catch all the money raining from the skies, on The Blockchain.

Imogen Heap doesn’t make the blockchain hype make sense either.

2 December, 20152 May, 2017 Industry, mp3 3

The big name in recent “blockchain” (Bitcoin) hype is Imogen Heap. As far as I can tell, it’s still the case that nothing about this is going to work.

LA punk zines Slash and NoMag scanned, courtesy Circulation Zero.

1 December, 20154 September, 2016 Writing 0

Ryan Richardson has put up lots of old archival material before, and his latest is Circulation Zero, on which he plans to make available the complete runs (or, at worst, the complete interesting runs) of ancient punk rock history.