Record – Rocknerd

King Snake Roost: Things That Play Themselves (1988). Vale Charlie Tolnay.

19 September, 201720 September, 2017 Indie, Record, Rock 1

Charlie Tolnay died a few days ago. Here’s a career rundown and a long bit from a 1990 Party Fears about my very favourite record of his. The correct hideous racket from freaks.

Reviews: Elektrostaub, The Frozen Autumn, Nervenbeisser (2017).

18 September, 201719 September, 2017 Dance, Goth, Industrial, Metal, Record 0

From the review pile, some forthcoming releases from Echozone.

Links: MP3, the Pirate Bay mines you, album download code design.

16 September, 201717 September, 2017 Links, mp3, Pop, Record, Your rights 0

And Spray, compressed and convenient.

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

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

A couple of indie pop guitar pieces.

Reviews: Magana, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Nina (2016, 2017).

3 September, 2017 Indie, Pop, Record 1

Some indie pop and synthpop, and yes the new OMD album’s a good one.

Karlheinz Stockhausen as synthesizer music for ten year old children.

27 August, 201728 August, 2017 Classical, Esoterica, Opinion, Record 1

At age ten I’d heard synthesizers were cool, so found some Karlheinz Stockhausen to start me off. I, ah, didn’t quite know what to make of it.

Reviews: Gaddafi Gals, It’s The Lipstick On Your Teeth, Ankathie Koi (2017).

26 August, 201726 August, 2017 Industrial, Pop, R'n'B, Record 0

In which I trip over Seayou from Vienna, a good label I hadn’t heard of before.

Reviews: Marsy, HYTS, Dreams Are Like Water (2017).

20 August, 201720 August, 2017 Dance, Goth, Indie, Pop, Record 0

Time to go out looking for interesting new things.

Hante: Between Hope & Danger (2017).

18 August, 201718 August, 2017 Goth, Industrial, Record 0

The icy ocean at night, calling you to the sea.

Seeming: Sol (2017).

4 August, 20175 August, 2017 Goth, Indie, Industrial, Record 0

A song-oriented post-industrial album from three years’ close obsession.

Links: Bandcamp Friday deal, Post-Punk.com, Soundcloud as dot-com disaster.

1 August, 2017 Links, Media, mp3, Post-Punk, Record 0

Some news that’s actually timely and urgent!

Reviews: Desert M, Loewenhertz, Elektrostaub (2016, 2017).

28 July, 201728 July, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Prog, Record 0

Instead of books, let’s talk about industrial, in ambient prog and synthpop flavours.

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, 20176 August, 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