Punk – Rocknerd

Schkeuditzer Kreuz: Isolated and Alone (2021).

3 March, 202319 March, 2023 Industrial, Punk, Record 0

Punk rock in early hardcore style through industrial electronics.

Records: Throat (2018, 2020); Microlaxx (2021).

13 February, 202113 February, 2021 Punk, Record, Rock 0

Less Nirvana and more Fugazi, and no fashionability whatsoever. “The kind of rock that was 20 years past its expiration date.”

Vale Damien Lovelock, 1954-2019 — the last Celibate Rifles show, 19 May 2018.

4 August, 20194 August, 2019 Indie, Punk, Rock 0

The Celibate Rifles’ official Facebook posted a link to what turned out to be their last gig — Corner Hotel, Melbourne, 19 May 2018. Here’s the complete video.

Martin Rev on “Suicide” by Suicide.

22 July, 201922 July, 2019 Punk, Record 0

Dangerous Minds interviews Martin Rev, going through the recording process for the first Suicide album.

Records: Cortez (2018), Statiqbloom, various goths (2019).

8 July, 20198 July, 2019 Goth, Industrial, Metal, Punk, Record 0

The review pile is full of alternative buttrock industrial.

Links: Bauhaus, WFMU Free Music Archive saved, post-punk indie labels, Pete Shelley’s XL-1 videos, Boy Harsher.

21 December, 2018 Esoterica, Goth, Industrial, Links, Post-Punk, Punk 0

What’s important to understand about entertainment from the 60s or 70s or 80s is that the entire audience is lead-poisoned, poisoning their kids with lead, pumping drugs cut with industrial solvents bought outside their kids’ schools, which are also poisoning the kids with lead.

Records: Dew, Irk, Transmaniacon featuring Lydia Lunch and Maya Berlin (2018).

6 November, 20187 January, 2019 Indie, Industrial, Metal, Punk, Record, Rock 0

Dew and Irk are both remarkable finds and produce the correct horrible racket, though the loved one compared Irk to a sack of hammers falling down stairs.

The Twinkles: We Come Along (2018).

4 September, 20185 September, 2018 Pop, Punk, Record 0

A 10 song album that is everything you’ve been looking for if you’re sad that The Vandals haven’t had a full length release since 2004.

Pastoratet: THLM (2018).

10 August, 201810 August, 2018 Punk, Record 0

A nice combo of hardcore and surf punk, it’s got a mellow, melodic feel that edges toward pop-punk but brings in just a tiny bit of metal to keep an edge to the sound.

Reviews: Marsy, Dot Dash (2018).

28 July, 201828 July, 2018 Pop, Punk, Record 0

Yeah, putting a Bandcamp embed into reviews is clearly the right thing.

rosewater: Love Bomb, rosewater AKA (2018).

15 June, 201815 June, 2018 Post-Punk, Punk, Record 0

Both little works have great songs on them but Love Bomb is mind-blowingly perfect. Clark and Brooke’s voices and guitars blend into a sweet, grungy, fun sound.

DENY: Parasite Paradise (2018).

2 June, 2018 Metal, Punk 0

Barely intelligible lyrics, fast, simple-guitar lines, and overwhelming drums.

Just as God intended, damnit.

Links: Albini on In Utero (again), the inbox flood, Level Music, blockchains (again).

13 May, 201814 May, 2018 Industry, Links, Punk, Writing 0

“We’ll save music on the blockchain!” Ethereum can’t scale up to cat pictures.

Gary Miller: Anarcho-Punk Albums: The Band’s Story behind Anarchist Punk Music (2018).

29 April, 20186 May, 2018 Post-Punk, Punk, Writing 0

A document of anarchopunk of the late 1970s and early 1980. It’s short, but it’s cheap and a great read.

Proto Idiot: Leisure Opportunity (2017).

17 January, 201829 June, 2019 Punk, Record 3

A bright and delirious combination of garage punk, psychedelic rock, and addictive joy.

Reviews: Phase Fatale, Christian Fitness (2017).

15 January, 201815 January, 2018 Dance, Industrial, Post-Punk, Punk, Record 0

Industrial and 2017 punk.

Video: Slits documentary, The Suspects (pre-Dream Syndicate), The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices.

31 December, 2017 Links, Pop, Post-Punk, Punk 0

Happy new year, probably!

Links: failing to fake Spotify plays, John Cale plays Velvets, Drake on the blockchain.

18 November, 2017 Links, mp3, Punk 0

Plus John Cale on US TV game show I’ve Got A Secret in 1963.

Links: Reviews and auteurs in the streaming age, Grant Hart’s last interview.

13 November, 201713 November, 2017 Links, Musician, Punk, Writing 0

It’s all about the hook.

Links: The KLF at the Shard, the fake grunge lexicon, how to swear on radio.

10 November, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Punk, Radio, Writing 0

23 November.

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: 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

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.

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.

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

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.

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: Little Love and The Friendly Vibes, Alvvays (2017).

9 September, 2017 Indie, Pop, Punk, Record 1

A couple of indie pop guitar pieces.

Punk rock links: Dennis and Lois documentary, Nazi Punks, old Native American bands.

16 August, 2017 Links, Punk 0

More punk rock ‘cos Dennis and Lois have a Kickstarter for a documentary.

Punk rock links: Lester Bangs, Dennis and Lois, Montréal, Russia.

15 August, 201717 August, 2017 Links, Post-Punk, Punk, Theatre, Writing 0

This is your future if you live your life right.