Record – Rocknerd

Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Flaunt It. The most mid album of 1986.

14 September, 20235 November, 2023 Pop, Record 0

These were not very bright guys, and things kept failing to get out of hand.

Bedless Bones: Sublime Malaise; After Malaise (2019, 2020, 2023).

4 July, 20234 July, 2023 Industrial, Record 0

The vocals waft, but they waft on top of a beat and you can dance to it.

Notes and Reflections: Lana Del Rey

16 May, 202316 May, 2023 Opinion, Pop, Record 0

There were eight whole records to listen to. Eight!

Spray: The Big Idea will rock and change the world. Ricardo Autobahn interviewed.

11 May, 202314 May, 2023 Interview, Pop, Record 0

“If there’s one thing Spray are excellent at, it’s our drum fills. If there’s one thing we should be remembered for, I’d like it to be the drum fills.”

It’s gonna play all the records in the hit parade, and they’re all Morgan Wallen.

18 March, 202317 April, 2023 Country, Opinion, Pop, Record 0

I hadn’t expected listening to the hit parade to feed me an album review.

The complete Fall Peel Sessions playlist.

6 March, 20236 March, 2023 Post-Punk, Record 0

Is it worth your time? Of course it bloody is.

Massenhysterie: Hausfrauengelüste (2019).

5 March, 20235 March, 2023 Industrial, Record 0

More fun than deep, but it’s pretty good and I enjoyed it.

Braddock Station Garrison: American Radio (2019).

4 March, 20234 March, 2023 Pop, Record, Rock 0

It made friends with me within the first three chords of “Blockbuster.”

Schkeuditzer Kreuz: Isolated and Alone (2021).

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

Punk rock in early hardcore style through industrial electronics.

Justine Ó Gadhra-Sharp: Sídhe (2022).

2 March, 202319 March, 2023 Goth, Record 0

A nicely varied EP from a veteran of the New Zealand goth scene.

Delerium: Signs (2023).

24 February, 202324 February, 2023 Industrial, Record 0

Signs is an extremely pleasant listen.

Imaad Wasif: So Long Mr. Fear (2022).

17 February, 202317 February, 2023 Indie, Record, Rock 0

Eventually indie folk rockers make it clear which Beatle they modeled their approach on.

Flower Face: The Shark in Your Water (2022).

10 February, 202323 July, 2023 Indie, Opinion, Record 0

Something to listen to while tending your greenhouse full of carnivorous and/or poisonous plants.

B.E.F.: Music For Stowaways (1981).

7 February, 20237 February, 2023 Pop, Record 0

A fun listen if you know who Marsh and Ware are, and it gives you a good idea of how they were thinking.

Capsule: Metro Pulse (2022).

3 February, 20233 February, 2023 Audio, Dance, Record 1

Yasutaka Nakata‘s much-anticipated synthwave masterpiece.

Video: Fall Out Boy: Love from the Other Side (2022).

20 January, 202320 January, 2023 Pop, Record 0

Fall Out Boy have once again regenerated. I’m not going to say they’re back, because they didn’t leave.

Shelf-reading at Bandcamp: Industrial — Leæther Strip, Metal Heart, Master Boot Record, Pertubator (2022, 2023).

13 January, 202323 July, 2023 Dance, Industrial, Opinion, Record 0

Yeeeeeahhhh that’s the 2nd floor of Slimelight GOOD STUFF, y’all.

Late Night Listening: Status/Non-Status: Surely Travel (2022).

6 January, 202323 July, 2023 Opinion, Record, Rock 0

The blogging equivalent of sitting in the garage twiddling radio knobs just to see what might be out there.

Mixtape: Songs for 2022

3 January, 20233 January, 2023 Country, Indie, Pop, Record, Rock 0

Some of these are old. Some of them are new(ish). They are all songs I listened to, with varying levels of obsessiveness, at various times during 2022.