David Gerard

Reviews: The Big Sun (2016), Autumn (2017), Snog (1992, 2017).

9 November, 20179 November, 2017 Goth, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Suppose I’d better cut the pile down a bit again.

Links: Sex Pistols, Peter Hook, Martin Hannett, Lee Ranaldo, how music feels, Taylor Swift.

8 November, 20178 November, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Pop, Post-Punk, Punk, Writing, Your rights 0

The scourge of music bloggers shall be dealt with.

Links: The Face, streaming liner notes, vinyl, cassettes.

6 November, 201713 November, 2017 Audio, mp3, Writing 0

That coulda been me up there! Possibly.

Links: “Content Creators Coalition” shoots self in foot, make a film for $10,000, vinyl.

3 November, 20173 November, 2017 Film, Industry, Writing, Your rights 2

The “Content Creators Coalition” is particularly stupid and hilarious.

Ujo Music’s second attempt at music on the blockchain: EGO by RAC.

1 November, 201712 November, 2017 Industry, Writing 0

Today’s post, over on the blockchain blog, is about Ujo Music’s second attempt at music on the blockchain. You’ll be unsurprised to hear that yet again they fall down the stairs, hitting their head on every step on the way down.

Links: Women’s pop canon, YouTube extortions, photographers win, Put Blood In The Music.

29 October, 201729 October, 2017 Links, Post-Punk, Punk, Writing, Your rights 0

t h e r e s a m a y p o r w a v e

Reviews: Boy Harsher, Vittorio Di Mango, David Carretta (2016, 2017).

26 October, 201728 October, 2017 Dance, Industrial, Post-Punk, Record 0

From the grey area between techno and industrial.

Links: TR-808 in Wikipedia, the Nick Cave graphic novel, punk podcast, Big Muff.

25 October, 2017 Links, Musician, Post-Punk, Punk 0

And Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards.

Reviews: Zürich ’81, In The Nursery (2017).

24 October, 201725 October, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Two marvellous bands you need to pay attention to.

Links: Denuvo still trash, copyright works, Margaret Thatcher on punk, Sun Ra.

23 October, 201723 October, 2017 Games, Jazz, Links, Punk, Your rights 0

And Tracey Thorn on the lyrical process.

Lindy Vision: Jute (2017).

21 October, 201721 October, 2017 Post-Punk, Record 0

More blatantly an electronified Interpol than the previous, better recorded and a delight that fully measured up to my anticipations.

Music blogger links: just do it, how to do it, how not to make a bad review go away.

20 October, 20177 November, 2017 Links, Writing, Your rights 0

Join the exciting and lucrative^{[citation needed]} world of music blogging!

Links: Simon Draper, music industry sexism, US piracy site bans, punk rock presidential daughter.

18 October, 201718 October, 2017 Industry, Punk, Your rights 0

and thank you Twitter

Links: DAF, getting your US copyrights back, where the streaming money goes.

15 October, 201715 October, 2017 Industrial, Industry, Links, mp3, Writing, Your rights 0

You can guess who makes it big from streaming, and it’s not Spotify.

Dave Graney and Clare Moore, Gabriel Moreno — Betsey Trotwood, Thu 12 Oct 2017.

13 October, 201722 October, 2017 Indie, Live, Post-Punk 1

In the 2010s, post-punks will tour forever.

Links: Rap as poetry; labels as services; where are all the pirates?

11 October, 2017 Industry, Links, mp3, R'n'B, Writing 0

And Dave Graney on video, just because.

Diplomatic escort for David Bowie and Iggy Pop, 1976.

8 October, 2017 Drugs, Punk, Rock 0

Letters to the Editor, Financial Times, 2 October 2017.

DRM is still rubbish: Denuvo broken in hours, Ultra-HD ripped, get-iplayer.

4 October, 2017 Film, Games, Links, Television, Your rights 1

No DRM that people were interested in breaking has ever stayed unbroken.

Links: Piracy doesn’t affect sales, DC hardcore, Bowie and Cale, early proto-blues.

2 October, 2017 Links, Punk, R'n'B, Rock, Your rights 0

Und Sisters gegen Nazis.

Reviews: Nosound, Porn, Stellarscope (2016, 2017).

28 September, 20173 October, 2017 Indie, Metal, Prog, Record 0

Prog, metal and shoegaze from the inbox.

Links: Devo “Satisfaction”, failed electronic instruments, subgenres of electronic music.

26 September, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Musician, Post-Punk, Writing 0

It’s all about the bleep, even with guitar, bass and drums.

Links: Constance Demby, UK copyright trolls’ multiple extortions, The Return of the Giant Slits.

21 September, 201721 September, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Post-Punk, Your rights 0

Seriously, check out the space bass.

King Snake Roost: Things That Play Themselves (1988). Vale Charlie Tolnay.

19 September, 201720 September, 2017 Indie, Record, Rock 3

Charlie Tolnay died a few days ago. Here’s a career rundown and a long bit from a 1990 Party Fears about my very favourite record of his. The correct hideous racket from freaks.