Punk – Page 2 – Rocknerd

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.

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

Synth links: Detroit techno, old gadgets, TR-08, Alan Vega, making your synthesizer fart.

12 August, 2017 Dance, Musician, Punk 0

The one thing anyone wants from a new synth.

Links: FACT publicity for Kodi; more bogus DMCAs; Pere Ubu.

30 June, 20171 July, 2017 Punk, Your rights 0

More copyright bogosity and some esoteric new wave.

Links: Music journalism still buggered, Alan Vega final album, Denuvo LOL.

14 June, 201714 June, 2017 Games, Links, Punk, Writing 0

More news during the tinnitus hiatus.

Links: Jennifer Lynch photo archive, DMCA spambots, everyone hates blockchains, buzz buzz buzz.

12 June, 201712 June, 2017 Links, Punk, Rocknerd, Your rights 1

Go send some money Jennifer Lynch’s way. Cultural preservation calls!

Links: FLAC on iOS, Allen Ravenstine of Pere Ubu, the cassette-compatible music player.

9 June, 20179 June, 2017 Audio, Links, Punk 0

And a video from Marcelo Andrea (Expreso Maniquí).

Links: Frank Zappa 1967, audiobook recording, Jim Jarmusch’s Sqürl.

31 May, 201731 May, 2017 Links, Punk, Rock 0

Today is all about the listening, now that I can listen to things again.

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

30 May, 20173 August, 2021 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.

Patti Smith’s last Australian gig, Festival Hall, Melbourne, 20 April 2017.

21 April, 201721 April, 2017 Live, Punk 2

Patti Smith is giving up long haul touring on medical advice. But at Festival Hall last night, which she called a “shitty little club” for all the right reasons, Smith looked anything but frail.

Links: Spotify to reduce convenience, the Velvets’ banana, Cosey Fanni Tutti goes establishment.

17 March, 201717 March, 2017 Industrial, Industry, Links, mp3, Punk, Rock 0

Never interrupt the music industry when it is making a mistake.

Reviews: Amyl and the Sniffers, Bestial Mouths (2016, 2017).

16 March, 201716 March, 2017 Goth, Punk, Record 0

St Kilda cowpunk and electro goth rock.

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.

Reviews: Artefact, Ritual Howls, La Orden (2016, 2017).

15 February, 201715 February, 2017 Goth, Post-Punk, Punk, Record, Rock 0

Guitar post-punk in black and grey.

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.

Links: Marquee Moon, CD rot, how to be a better producer, rockin’ nuns.

8 February, 20178 February, 2017 Audio, Esoterica, Links, Musician, Punk 2

Not every nun needs a Synthi.

Essays by Post(Graduate)Punk: Crass, Sisters of Mercy, Psychic TV.

4 February, 201723 March, 2022 Goth, Industrial, Post-Punk, Punk, Writing 0

Essays, pointers and rambling opinionation on UK punk and post-punk.

Martin Rev: Clouds of Glory (1985).

23 January, 201724 January, 2017 Industrial, Punk, Record 0

Unambiguously rock’n’roll for every practical purpose, without involving any of guitars, basses or drums.

Links: Dee Dee Ramone, how to work Spotify, talking rubber, American Recordings.

22 January, 201722 January, 2017 Audio, Country, Industry, Links, mp3, Punk 0

GIRLS LEAD PUNK ARMY ON RAMPAGE

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.

Links: Stoner metal, Stevie Wonder, Bill Drummond on punk.

21 December, 2016 Links, Punk, R'n'B, Rock, Writing 0

Essays on aesthetics.

Songs for “oh God can I hit Amazon in time” week.

18 December, 201618 December, 2016 Post-Punk, Punk 0

BY THE CORROSIVE SPERM OF BAAL I SHALL RIP THY INTESTINES BODILY FROM THY CORPULENT BOURGEOISIE ABDOMEN WITH MY OWN CLAWS AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.

Wire: On The Box: Live on Rockpalast (1979, 2004); KEXP, 2013.

9 December, 201610 December, 2016 Live, Punk, Record 0

Two Wire live performances, because they’re good for you.

Links: Soviet techno, music as a weapon, archive your damn tapes, oh Earache no.

6 December, 20167 December, 2016 Esoterica, Industrial, Links, Media, Metal, Punk 0

Have your retro communism techno, enlightening the unwilling, archive your damn tapes, this is not your father’s Earache.

Links: CBGB awning for sale; Ableton Live; the cucumber organ.

3 December, 201616 December, 2016 Links, Musician, Punk 0

The not-quite original awning from CBGB for auction; the story of Ableton Live; really, a cucumber organ.

Links: The Pop Group, the Birthday Party, Plastic Bertrand, Düsseldorf.

4 November, 20165 November, 2016 Industrial, Post-Punk, Punk, Record, Writing 0

A new Pop Group album (and it’s good!), the last Birthday Party record, the truth about Plastic Bertrand and a book about Düsseldorf.

Links: Indonesian and Mexican record markets, the Mekons, jazz saxophone relationship advice.

27 October, 201628 October, 2016 Industry, Links, Musician, Punk, Sex 0

Music goes with chicken, retrospective on a scrappy punk band and how to be so foolish as to go out with a musician.

J. G. Ballard and music. How to write the entire New Wave into being.

25 October, 201627 September, 2023 Industrial, Opinion, Post-Punk, Punk, Writing 0

Post-punk’s favourite writer, who didn’t listen to music himself. It’s all about the imagery.