Record – Page 7

Gary Clail’s Tackhead Sound System: Tackhead Tape Time (1987).

18 November, 201614 May, 2018 Live, Post-Punk, R'n'B, Record 5

“Hard Left” remains chilling and apposite. The fascists and quasi-fascists haven’t changed in thirty years.

Links: High-resolution consumer audio, London for music sales, the worst Beach Boys album.

17 November, 201618 November, 2016 Audio, Links, Live, Record, Rock 0

Audio snake oil, London still the centre of the universe, Summer in Paradise.

Clock DVA: Resistance (1983).

14 November, 201615 November, 2016 Industrial, Record 0

But love, like life, will always stay.

Cabaret Voltaire: Fool’s Game (Sluggin’ Fer Jesus part 3)/Gut Level (1983).

13 November, 201615 November, 2016 Industrial, Record 0

It’s been a busy day working on the book. So here’s some relaxing early ’80s Crépuscule industrial.

Links: Floor-sweepings editions, Paul is Still Dead, Imogen Heap’s $133.20, a good industry report.

12 November, 201627 April, 2017 Industry, Links, Pop, Record 0

Fifty year old records, fifty year old conspiracy theories, one hundred and thirty-three twenty and an actually non-stupid music industry report.

Synthpop: Mlale, Clintongore, Digital Logic (2016).

11 November, 201611 November, 2016 Indie, Pop, Record 0

Some super-accessible pop, some more experimentally-leaning synthpop and more Digital Logic vaporwave.

Nórdika: Blut; El Mundo que Creamos (2016).

10 November, 201612 November, 2016 Industrial, Record 0

A Mexican EBM-industrial synthpop artist with his album from earlier this year and his new single.

Industrial and post-punk reviews: Siva Six, Sirus, Holygram, Rendez-Vous (2016).

7 November, 201617 November, 2016 Industrial, Record 0

EBM and synthpop, plus guitar-based post-punk revival.

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.

Blue Plutos: Moon Language (2016).

29 October, 201629 October, 2016 Indie, Record 0

The sort of guitar jangle pop that was our bread and butter in the late ’80s.

Reviews: Nápoles, Damsel in the Dollhouse, Digital Logic (2016).

26 October, 201628 October, 2016 Dance, Esoterica, Goth, Indie, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

So I use the Bandcamp new arrivals as a radio, so what, so should you. Jangly guitar indie, goth-industrial dance and some straight-up vaporwave.

Reviews: The Royal They, Unity One, Graveyard Love (2016).

24 October, 2016 Indie, Industrial, Punk, Record, Rock 0

Pre-grunge-style indie rock, EBM synthpop and disorienting synthesizer-guitar landscapes.

Reviews: Crack Cloud, Night Trap, Ivy Fae (2016).

22 October, 201622 October, 2016 Goth, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Angular post-punk, synthpop and witch house with songs.

“Oh, I already wrote the greatest pop song of the 21st century. Did that in 2006.” The National Pep.

19 October, 201630 April, 2017 Esoterica, Pop, Record 0

Andrew Hickey reminisces on “Jaded” by The National Pep, from the EP Love Punks Want To Make You Cry.

Rosebud: Discoballs: A Tribute to Pink Floyd (1977).

18 October, 20169 May, 2018 Dance, Esoterica, Prog, Record 0

Thanks to Paul Haesler for tipping me off to this inspiring work after he saw the Polka Floyd video yesterday.

Reviews: Frustration, Logic + Olivia, Beborn Beton, Disjecta Membra (2016).

16 October, 201620 January, 2017 Goth, Industrial, Post-Punk, Punk, Record 0

Back to the goth, industrial and punky post-punk, latest works from bands who’ve been around a while.

Deerful: Home (2016).

14 October, 201614 October, 2016 Indie, Record 0

The vocal on “Moon Maps” is so gorgeous, and the chiptune actually makes this even clearer than on the excellent original. The first chiptune record I’ve ever had a minute for, let alone three.

Reviews: Black Arcade, Atlantic A.M., Bootblacks (2016).

11 October, 2016 Goth, Post-Punk, Punk, Record 1

Minimal synth darkwave with a fondness for Gary Numan, punky new-wave power pop and melodic post-punk with high bass.

Reviews: Magana, Night Club, Cybercide, Brandenburg (2006, 2016).

9 October, 201610 October, 2016 Dance, Indie, Industrial, Post-Punk, Record 0

Acoustic songwriter guitar rock, new wave disco, pounding futurepop EBM and Russian post-punk revival.

Reviews: Möss, Ladylike Lily, Faderhead (2016).

7 October, 20167 October, 2016 Indie, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Soundscapes with songs, indie pop with synth and guitar, and industrial gone synthpop. Three excellent finds today.

Spray: Living In Neon (reissue) (2002, 2016).

4 October, 20167 October, 2016 Pop, Record 0

Spray’s first album Living In Neon from 2002, with a disc of new tracks, additional remixes, alternate versions and compilation appearances. What Abba would have done had they been just that bit crankier.

Reviews: French Concession, Novie, Golden Graves, The Decliner (2016).

2 October, 20161 October, 2016 Indie, R'n'B, Record 0

Dreampop, shoegaze, synth landscapes … and in-your-face rap.

Reviews: Növö, District 13, Adhere to Form, Seattle Fix (2016).

28 September, 201629 September, 2016 Indie, Industrial, Record 0

Industrial atmospherics, EBM synthpop, ’80s old synth work and dreampop on real instruments.

The overwhelming historical importance of the Beatles, and why Live At The Hollywood Bowl is revelatory.

25 September, 201612 October, 2016 Pop, Record, Rock 0

The trouble with the Beatles is not that they aren’t mindbogglingly important (they are) or indeed actually good (they are), it’s that you can’t get away from them even in 2016. They are actually so famous and so important that it’s almost impossible in the present day to understand how and why.

Industrial reviews: Aesthetische, Mari Kattman, Cyanotic, Syntec (2016).

22 September, 201622 September, 2016 Industrial, Record 0

Selections from the industrial/EBM/synthpop axis.

Synthpop: Crystal, Vile Electrodes, Hante (2016).

18 September, 201618 September, 2016 Goth, Pop, Record 0

Synthwave with vocals, English synthpop scene and the darkwave end.

Synthpop: Syntec, Torul (2016), Curxes (2015).

16 September, 201611 October, 2016 Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Industrial mellows out to EBM, and synthpop goes the other way.

Christian Fitness: like a western Mark Smith.

15 September, 201615 September, 2016 Punk, Record 0

Christian Fitness is the one-man band of Andrew “Falco” Falkous of Cardiff post-hardcore (so, punk) band Future of the Left, and formerly of Mclusky. Focused and apposite punk ranting, sarcastic and angry, backed by a bloody racket with good tunes and at least half way decent recording.