Record – Page 8

Links: floor-sweepings editions, musician forums, Piracy: The Better Choice.

12 September, 2016 Industry, Links, mp3, Musician, Record 0

A site for multi-disc reissues, a new musicians’ forum, DRM still doesn’t work, exclusive deals don’t work.

Post-punk: Belgrado, Radar Eyes, Rakta (2016).

11 September, 2016 Goth, Post-Punk, Record 0

Post-punk rock bands that aren’t quite g*th but are certainly leaning in that direction.

All guitars: No Sister, Dot Dash, Susan, Strange Passage (2016).

8 September, 2016 Indie, Pop, Post-Punk, Punk, Record 0

Post-hardcore indie rock, punk pop, power punk pop and jangle punk.

Pel Mel have a live album and a best-of coming out.

7 September, 201618 March, 2017 Indie, Post-Punk, Record 0

Pel Mel were an Australian post-punk indie-pop band who formed in Newcastle in 1979 and split in 1984. Like so many old post-punk bands, they’ve reformed in recent years, and have a collection and a live album out soon.

Post-punk: La Femme, Nothing, Les Panties (2016).

5 September, 2016 Indie, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Post-punk via yéyé, shoegaze and new wave revival.

Reviews: MRCH, Chelan, Floor Cry (2016).

3 September, 20163 September, 2016 Indie, Pop, Record 0

Electronic indie delights, with guitar.

Möss: close to home and looking out at the world.

2 September, 20162 September, 2016 Indie, Interview, Record 0

Möss does with synthesizers on it something like what the Church did with guitars at their best. Interview with Cody George.

Reviews: Denj, Water From Your Eyes, New Horror (2016).

30 August, 201631 August, 2016 Indie, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Ambitious but endearing synthpop, catchy new wave pop and authentically recreated mid-’80s UK indie rock.

Is Bandcamp the Holy Grail of online record stores? Hell yes.

29 August, 201630 August, 2016 Industry, mp3, Record 0

The New York Times offers a nice writeup of your friend and mine, Bandcamp. Describing how it works and a bit of the story of the company. We talk to quite pleased musicians also.

Reviews: Los Perlas, Seven Waves, Warcrimeriot$, Fossey (2014, 2016).

28 August, 2016 Indie, Pop, Record 0

It’s been a good weekend in the Bandcamp salt mines. Here’s some more: demo synthpop, early ’80s-style indie, trollclash and a young pop talent.

Reviews: Desert Dollhouse, Chuck, Soft Touch (2016).

27 August, 201627 August, 2016 Indie, R'n'B, Record 0

Atmospheric dream-pop, indie pop and soulful R&B.

Links: Records and machinery.

26 August, 201626 August, 2016 Audio, Industry, Links, mp3, Musician, Record, Writing 0

Online streaming, ’70s music technology and ’90s record shops.

Reviews: Massenhysterie (2015), The Big Sun, Dyan (2016).

24 August, 201621 September, 2016 Goth, Indie, Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Shouty electropunk, indie pop and cinematic folk.

Reviews: Kromak, Arsenio Archer, Mirreya (2016).

22 August, 201622 August, 2016 Dance, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Industrial-tangential trance, cinematic pop and vocal synthpop from Russian label SkyQode.

Dark wave: Voight, LisaWars, Dear Deer (2016).

20 August, 201621 August, 2016 Goth, Post-Punk, Record 2

Fine American, German and French post-punk sounds. With video!

Reviews: Fredrik Croona, Amelie Prime, London Plane (2016).

17 August, 201618 August, 2016 Industrial, Pop, Punk, Record 0

Futurepop, impassioned grunge and some new wave power pop. All with good tunes and a beat.

Reviews: Deerful, Brandy Kills, Milan (2016).

14 August, 201619 August, 2016 Goth, Indie, Pop, Record 0

Political indie pop, goth rock with tunes and perfect synthpop.

Reviews: Optiphonal Wonder Machine, Coupons, Lich (2016).

11 August, 201619 August, 2016 Indie, Record 0

Art collective synthpop, ’90s-style indie rock and a remarkable instrumental album.

Electronic reviews: Boy Harsher, Syrian, Kuoko, Metroland (2016).

9 August, 201619 August, 2016 Indie, Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Post-punk synth, futurepop and synthpop.

Reviews: Vanguard, Dark Narrows, Navvi (2016).

5 August, 201619 August, 2016 Goth, Indie, Industrial, Record 0

EBM, goth-aspiring new wave and dreampop.

Synthpop: BOO (Battery Operated Orchestra), Zürich ’81, Deerful (2016).

2 August, 201624 October, 2017 Indie, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Three stone winners today. A pleasing selection.

Spray: Enforced Fun (2016).

30 July, 201617 September, 2017 Pop, Record 0

Spray are a couple of old goths doing semi-novelty synthpop straight out of The Manual. They do a brilliant job of it and you should listen to everything they have ever recorded.

Reviews: Dark Colour, The War Between, The Nursery, Selves (2016).

29 July, 201628 August, 2016 Indie, Record 1

’90s-style sample-ridden indie dance rock, catchy amateur punkish indie pop, melodic pop songs in an indie band with synths, American Britpop.

Industrial singles: Mesh, Liquid Newt (2016).

26 July, 201621 August, 2016 Industrial, Record 0

A couple from the poppier end, on Dependent.

Strap On Halo: Altar of Interim EP, Prayers for the Living CD (2016).

21 July, 201615 September, 2016 Goth, Opinion, Record 0

Strap On Halo are a goth rock band from the goth scene. This is unfortunate, insofar as not even current goths are interested in current goth music — it’s a subculture of new clothes and old music.

Industrial reviews: Shiny Darkness, Psychicold, Alexander Fetuekow/2AF (2016).

19 July, 201628 August, 2016 Industrial, Record 0

Depeche Modeish EBM, sp00ky goth EBM, instrumental EBM.

Useful signage for the turntable.

17 July, 20166 May, 2017 Record 0

Origin unknown.

65daysofstatic: No Man’s Sky (2016).

15 July, 201631 March, 2017 Games, Prog, Record 0

Averaging one studio album every three years, the classic math rockers, 65daysofstatic are right on time with their latest release, the official soundtrack to the video game No Man’s Sky.