Pop – Rocknerd

Loewenhertz: Echtzeit; Unsichtbar; Irgendwann (2016, 2017).

10 June, 201714 June, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Record 0

’90s-style angsty German synthpop that fits right into industrial, of a genre with Wolfsheim, Beborn Beton and Silke Bischoff. Especially Wolfsheim.

Links: Denuvo suck and are thieves, Andrew Hickey’s Beach Boys books, Jimmy Webb.

5 June, 20175 June, 2017 Games, Links, Pop, Rock, Your rights 1

DRM bad, classic rock vastly better.

Ringo Starr is a dick.

1 June, 2017 Pop, Rock, Writing 10

“But thanks julian lennon for stopping me from becoming a supervillain hellbent on destroying the entire nation of britain for good.”

Reviews: Dr. Woman, Ovter God, Fightmilk (2016, 2017).

30 May, 201730 May, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Punk, Record 2

Back in the MP3 mines, tunnelling through the tottering heaps of virtual promos.

Reviews: Mr. Kitty, Stars Crusaders, Missiles of October (2016, 2017).

6 May, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Punk, Record 0

Vaporish synthpop, sci-fi concept EBM and punk rock heavy on the rock.

Crimson Boy: Street Gods and Neon Dogs (2017).

14 April, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Perth ’80s industrial synthpop duo, who have returned with an album at last.

Followups: laser-burnt records, that Beatles live album, Depeche Mode vs the Nazis.

14 March, 201714 March, 2017 Audio, Links, Pop, Rock 0

Further on previous stories. Reach out and punch face.

Synthpop reviews: The Past Made Us One, Endanger, Pomigato (2017).

10 March, 201710 March, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Minimal synth, EBM and Korean indie synth.

Reviews: 5TimesZero, Post War Glamour Girls, Vassals (2017).

8 March, 201730 April, 2017 Indie, Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Punk, Record, Rock 0

Record reviews at last! Synthpop, shouty post-punk and grungy ’90s guitar pop. Some good stuff coming out over the next month.

Links: The public domain in comic form, Max Martin, Raspberry Pi tube sound.

1 March, 201725 April, 2017 Audio, Links, Pop, Your rights 0

And why you shouldn’t flush sodium metal down the toilet.

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.

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

17 February, 201729 March, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Prog, Record 0

Bleep your life brighter.

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.

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.

Electro pop: Cyborgdrive, Lebanon Hanover , Katja von Kassel (2016, 2017).

1 February, 20171 February, 2017 Dance, Goth, Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

The sounds, the rhythm and the pop structure. Three good finds today.

Synthpop reviews: Cloud Spell, Cavendish Laboratory, Seaofsin (2017).

25 January, 201725 January, 2017 Goth, Indie, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Minimal synth dreampop, extended instrumental noodling and EBM dancefloor.

Reviews: Gnu Reunion, Treasureseason, Shijo X (2017).

19 January, 2017 Dance, Pop, R'n'B, Record, Rock 0

A cheering selection, from old and new bands.

Synthpop reviews: Ida, Missing In STARS, Metrophona (2017).

17 January, 201717 January, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Remarkable debuts in the synthetic arts.

Reviews: Carrousel, Neuroticfish, Epileptics (2016, 2017).

14 January, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Record 0

There’s electronics and there’s electronics. Sonic landscape pop, EBM and glitchy electropunk.

Synthpop: Black Nail Cabaret, LisaWars, Lux for the Monsters (2016).

12 January, 201712 January, 2017 Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

A dash of precision decadence in these dark times.

Links: Ticketmaster, digital property, not liking music, the biggest UK debut album of 2016.

10 January, 201710 January, 2017 Audio, Industry, Links, Pop, Your rights 0

Every nun needs a Synthi.

Reviews: The Pineapple Thief, Trance To The Sun, Scandinavia (2016).

8 January, 201729 March, 2017 Goth, Indie, Pop, Prog, Punk, Record 0

Let’s get the guitars out again.

I urge you to back “Monkee Music”, 2nd Edition, by Andrew Hickey. Hurry, hurry!

4 January, 20176 January, 2017 Pop, Writing 0

You should definitely put some money into this Kickstarter.

Reviews: Rose and the Diamond Hand, Venus Hum, Hand In Waves (2016).

28 December, 201628 December, 2016 Goth, Pop, Record 0

Goth rock, electronic pop and witch house.

Electronic reviews: Epileptics, VvvV, Shiny Darkness (2016).

16 December, 201629 March, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Prog, Record 0

Electroclash witch house, electric prog and industrial synthpop.

Reviews: Soviet Soviet, Fossey, Nórdika (2016).

11 December, 201611 December, 2016 Indie, Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Shoegazy post-punk, synth pop and futurepop.

Links: Independent music earnings, Pakistan’s music industry, answering recruiters, Spray.

8 December, 2016 Dance, Industry, Links, Pop, Writing 0

How much money one musician actually makes striking out as an independent, the Pakistani music industry, responding to recruiters and Ricardo Autobahn and Spray.

Reviews: Pass-Ages, Embrace The Crisis, Tombaugh Regio (2016).

7 December, 20167 December, 2016 Indie, Pop, Record 0

Synth-based indie pop, with some stomping jangle too.

Reviews: Tetrolugosi, Makoto Kino, A.D. Mana, Foretaste (2016).

4 December, 20164 December, 2016 Goth, Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

sp00py theremin and keyboard, found sound loop atmospheric pop and some industrial bleep.