February 2017 – Rocknerd

Musician links: The bass master race, the history of guitar distortion, the Funky Drummer dies.

26 February, 201727 February, 2017 Links, Musician 0

Loo-oks like it’s all over now.

Links: Bono and Pence, Richard Spencer and Depeche Mode. And dealing with musicians.

24 February, 201715 March, 2017 Links, Musician, Pop 0

♪ So we’re different colours
And we’re different creeds
And Nazi Dick Spencer
Obviously can’t read ♫

Reviews: Traitrs, Vanguard (2016, 2017).

21 February, 201722 February, 2017 Goth, Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Angsty guitar post-punk and angsty EBM half way to Hi-NRG.

Links: World’s dumbest terrorist, procedural music, bogus DMCAs, the editorial dictator.

20 February, 201720 February, 2017 Drugs, Links, Musician, Writing, Your rights 0

“First he put the bomb under the ramp instead of the truck, and the other truck was the one with most of the stuff inside.”

Industry links: Spotify playlist SEO, SoundCloud financial woes, Cogent update.

18 February, 2017 Industry, Links, mp3, Musician, Your rights 0

Everything is broken, nothing works and we’re all doomed.

Synths out: Marcelo Andrea Expreso Maniquí, Maine, Syntheads (2016, 2017).

17 February, 201718 March, 2018 Industrial, Pop, Prog, Record 0

Bleep your life brighter.

Industry links: Facebook, video, Cogent Pirate Bay block, CMJ charts dead, DistroKid retrospective.

16 February, 2017 Industry, Links, Your rights 0

The usual cavalcade of brilliance and competence.

Reviews: Artefact, Ritual Howls, La Orden (2016, 2017).

15 February, 201715 February, 2017 Goth, Post-Punk, Punk, Record, Rock 0

Guitar post-punk in black and grey.

Quando Quango: Pigs and Battleships (1985).

14 February, 20171 May, 2017 Dance, Post-Punk, Record 0

A vastly underappreciated post-punk album of the female and funky variety, by a band substantially responsible for what became acid house as we know it.

Metal reviews: Blutzukker, Pulvis et Umbra (2015, 2016, 2017).

13 February, 201713 February, 2017 Industrial, Metal, Record 0

Metal reviewed by Alli K. In particular, watch the Lego video.

Internet backbone Cogent blocks Pirate Bay; network admins concerned by fallout.

12 February, 201716 February, 2017 mp3, Your rights 0

Cogent has blocked the Pirate Bay, in a particularly hamfisted manner prone to collateral damage.

The SF Disco Preservation Society: taped San Francisco club mixes from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.

10 February, 201711 February, 2017 Dance 4

This, this is awesomeness. Jim Hopkins is doing God’s work here.

Reviews: Venus + Mars, Carla dal Forno, The Black Veils (2016, 2017).

9 February, 20179 February, 2017 Esoterica, Indie, Pop, Post-Punk, Punk, Record 0

Vaporwave, ethereal post-punk pop and jangly punk-pop.

Links: Marquee Moon, CD rot, how to be a better producer, rockin’ nuns.

8 February, 20178 February, 2017 Audio, Esoterica, Links, Musician, Punk 2

Not every nun needs a Synthi.

Reviews: Quimper, Chrysta Bell and David Lynch, Black Tape for a Blue Girl (2016, 2017).

7 February, 201712 February, 2017 Esoterica, Goth, Indie, Pop, Record 0

Yes, that David Lynch. He does music too.

Links: pop star tech gurus, Denuvo hacks itself, don’t play DRMed content in a Tor browser.

6 February, 20177 February, 2017 Games, Rocknerd, Your rights 0

And some notes on yesterday’s ridiculously popular post.

Whatever happened to Winamp? (which you can still download, by the way)

5 February, 20173 May, 2017 Audio, mp3, Opinion 28

Fifteen to twenty years ago, Winamp was the MP3 player that everyone used. It was the first MP3 player not to suck: playlists, shuffle, convenience. And you can still download the last version.