Pop – Rocknerd

Pop links: The missing V chord, why pop comes from Los Angeles, how earworms work.

19 August, 201719 August, 2017 Links, Musician, Pop 0

Pop is a virus, and I still get the shingles outbreaks.

Producers: Max Martin literally farts a top ten hit; Butch Vig; Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies.

14 August, 201715 August, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Musician, Pop, Punk 0

“Always give yourself credit for having more than personality.” parp parp parp

Reviews: Desert M, Loewenhertz, Elektrostaub (2016, 2017).

28 July, 201728 July, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Prog, Record 0

Instead of books, let’s talk about industrial, in ambient prog and synthpop flavours.

Spotify’s extruded pop product substitute is worth it for the industry outrage.

12 July, 201717 July, 2017 Industry, Media, mp3, Opinion, Pop 1

Spotify outrages the record industry by not giving them even more free money. The actual listeners are fine with this.

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.