Cleopatra Records seems to have proposed the AI-vocal album, which is an extremely Cleopatra sort of move.
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I want to be anarchy.
Schkeuditzer Kreuz: Isolated and Alone (2021).
Punk rock in early hardcore style through industrial electronics.
Read MoreRecords: Throat (2018, 2020); Microlaxx (2021).
Less Nirvana and more Fugazi, and no fashionability whatsoever. “The kind of rock that was 20 years past its expiration date.”
Read MoreVale Damien Lovelock, 1954-2019 — the last Celibate Rifles show, 19 May 2018.
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.
Read MoreMartin Rev on “Suicide” by Suicide.
Dangerous Minds interviews Martin Rev, going through the recording process for the first Suicide album.
Read MoreRecords: Cortez (2018), Statiqbloom, various goths (2019).
The review pile is full of alternative buttrock industrial.
Read MoreLinks: Bauhaus, WFMU Free Music Archive saved, post-punk indie labels, Pete Shelley’s XL-1 videos, Boy Harsher.
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.
Read MoreRecords: Dew, Irk, Transmaniacon featuring Lydia Lunch and Maya Berlin (2018).
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.
Read MoreThe Twinkles: We Come Along (2018).
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.
Read MorePastoratet: THLM (2018).
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.
Read MoreReviews: Marsy, Dot Dash (2018).
Yeah, putting a Bandcamp embed into reviews is clearly the right thing.
Read Morerosewater: Love Bomb, rosewater AKA (2018).
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.
Read MoreDENY: Parasite Paradise (2018).
Barely intelligible lyrics, fast, simple-guitar lines, and overwhelming drums.
Just as God intended, damnit.
Read MoreLinks: Albini on In Utero (again), the inbox flood, Level Music, blockchains (again).
“We’ll save music on the blockchain!” Ethereum can’t scale up to cat pictures.
Read MoreGary Miller: Anarcho-Punk Albums: The Band’s Story behind Anarchist Punk Music (2018).
A document of anarchopunk of the late 1970s and early 1980. It’s short, but it’s cheap and a great read.
Read MoreProto Idiot: Leisure Opportunity (2017).
A bright and delirious combination of garage punk, psychedelic rock, and addictive joy.
Read MoreReviews: Phase Fatale, Christian Fitness (2017).
Industrial and 2017 punk.
Read MoreVideo: Slits documentary, The Suspects (pre-Dream Syndicate), The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices.
Happy new year, probably!
Read MoreLinks: failing to fake Spotify plays, John Cale plays Velvets, Drake on the blockchain.
Plus John Cale on US TV game show I’ve Got A Secret in 1963.
Read MoreLinks: Reviews and auteurs in the streaming age, Grant Hart’s last interview.
It’s all about the hook.
Read MoreLinks: The KLF at the Shard, the fake grunge lexicon, how to swear on radio.
23 November.
Read MoreLinks: Sex Pistols, Peter Hook, Martin Hannett, Lee Ranaldo, how music feels, Taylor Swift.
The scourge of music bloggers shall be dealt with.
Read MoreLinks: Women’s pop canon, YouTube extortions, photographers win, Put Blood In The Music.
t h e r e s a m a y p o r w a v e
Read MoreLinks: TR-808 in Wikipedia, the Nick Cave graphic novel, punk podcast, Big Muff.
And Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards.
Read MoreLinks: Denuvo still trash, copyright works, Margaret Thatcher on punk, Sun Ra.
And Tracey Thorn on the lyrical process.
Read MoreLinks: Simon Draper, music industry sexism, US piracy site bans, punk rock presidential daughter.
and thank you Twitter
Read MoreDiplomatic escort for David Bowie and Iggy Pop, 1976.
Letters to the Editor, Financial Times, 2 October 2017.
Read MoreLinks: Piracy doesn’t affect sales, DC hardcore, Bowie and Cale, early proto-blues.
Und Sisters gegen Nazis.
Read MoreReviews: Little Love and The Friendly Vibes, Alvvays (2017).
A couple of indie pop guitar pieces.
Read MorePunk rock links: Dennis and Lois documentary, Nazi Punks, old Native American bands.
More punk rock ‘cos Dennis and Lois have a Kickstarter for a documentary.
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