Record – Rocknerd

Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content and Deathmøle.

13 July, 2017 Dance, Metal, Record, Writing 0

Jeph Jacques, author of Questionable Content, has a fictional instrumental metal band. And they’re really good.

Severed Heads: Donut (2017). A single you can play as a CD or on a turntable.

8 July, 2017 Audio, Industrial, Record 0

Why? Tom Ellard, pretty much.

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.

Reviews: Metal Disco, Barabbus (2017).

8 June, 2017 Industrial, Metal, Record 0

One that isn’t quite EBM and one that isn’t quite metal.

Purple Fog Side: The Discord (2017).

3 June, 20173 June, 2017 Dance, Goth, Industrial, Record 0

A Russian band who call themselves goth and play trancy techno pop on an industrial label.

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.

Links: Wikipedia supports fair use, film archiving, the joys of the B-side.

22 May, 201722 May, 2017 Film, Links, Record, Your rights 0

If I can’t hear music, you can’t either. But that 7″ is amazingly pretty.

eMusic returns! Or something of that name.

11 May, 201712 May, 2017 Industry, mp3, Record 10

Remember eMusic? I was a happy customer back in the day.

Industrial reviews: Lorelei Dreaming, Eli Van Pike (2017).

10 May, 201710 May, 2017 Industrial, Metal, Record 0

Most of what hits the Rocknerd inbox is industrial, prog, metal or industrial prog metal. I have no idea why.

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.

Various artists: Audio Antihero Presents: “Unpresidented Jams” for SPLC & NILC (2017).

1 May, 20171 May, 2017 Record 2

A benefit compilation of indie pop delights.

The Glass Eyes: Prime Record (2016); The Oceans Over There (2017).

28 April, 201728 April, 2017 Record, Rock 0

Folky songwriter guitar rock that’s excessively fond of Neil Young and knows it.

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.

Reviews: Cherry Heaven, Rainboy (2017).

7 April, 20177 April, 2017 Dance, Indie, Record 0

A couple of atmospheric pop collections.

Reviews: Hidden By Ivy, The Trapezoids, Miserable (2016, 2017).

28 March, 201729 March, 2017 Metal, Post-Punk, Prog, Record 0

Complicated acoustic progressive sounds, and a bit of cheap synth.

Links: SoundCloud $70m, Facebook the label, Discogs, Bitcoin and Boss Baby.

24 March, 201724 March, 2017 Film, Industry, Links, Record 0

why does bitcoin keep coming up in my music links WHYYY

All these streams will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

20 March, 201721 March, 2017 mp3, Opinion, Record, Writing 1

There is no “cloud”, there’s just someone else’s computer. Will we find a listener who cares?

The Fall: Perverted By Language (1983).

18 March, 20174 May, 2017 Post-Punk, Record 0

“There was a time when I asked Mark if he’d heard that ‘Under Pressure’ song that Bowie did with Queen and he just said, ‘Yeah! They ripped that bass-line off “An Older Lover” on Slates. ‘” — Brix Smith

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.

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.

Ocean Mind: Underwater (2016).

7 March, 201729 March, 2017 Prog, Record 0

Organic prog from Ocean Mind’s 2016 album Underwater.

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: 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.

Quando Quango: Pigs and Battleships (1985).

14 February, 20171 May, 2017 Dance, Post-Punk, Record 0

A vastly underappreciated post-punk album of the female and funky variety, by a band substantially responsible for what became acid house as we know it.