Rock – Rocknerd

Five slabs of listening from 2021.

20 December, 202120 December, 2021 Classical, Dance, Record, Rock, Writing 0

Two are actually from this year!

Records: Rhys Fulber, Poppy (2021).

2 November, 20214 November, 2021 Industrial, Pop, Record, Rock 0

Old industrial musician from way back makes a new album during lockdown; android pop star turns grunge rocker.

B-Side #14, early 1986: Wet Taxis, Porcelain Bus, Feedtime, Ups & Downs, Mick Harvey/Bad Seeds, John Kennedy’s Love Gone Wrong.

12 October, 2021 Indie, Rock, Writing 0

This is the last of the B-Side for the moment. I have a few scraps of other stuff to put up …

B-Side #13, December 1985: Deniz Tek, Ku Klux Frankenstein, Ed Kuepper/Laughing Clowns, Huxton Creepers, X, Happy Hate Me Nots, Beach Nuts, Louis Tillett, Itchy Rat

7 October, 20217 October, 2021 Indie, Rock, Writing 0

And a four-page cartoon in the middle.

Robert Brokenmouth: Nick Cave: The Birthday Party and Other Epic Adventures (1996).

16 September, 202114 December, 2021 Post-Punk, Rock, Writing 0

In fairness, as the big bloke with the long hair and the leather jacket, if I were the police I’d have stopped me.

B-Side #12, late 1985: Scientists, The Eastern Dark, The Stems, Deniz Tek, Behind The Magnolia Curtain, Mark Ferrie, Reactor Records.

10 September, 2021 Indie, Rock, Writing 0

More procrastination on other things!

B-Side #11, June 1985: Tex Perkins, The Shindiggers, Decline of the Reptiles, Eugene Chadbourne, 21 Faces, The Celibate Rifles, Harem Scarem.

5 September, 20216 September, 2021 Indie, Rock, Writing 0

I basically commend all of this coverage.

B-Side #10, April 1985: James Baker Experience, Triffids, Lipstick Killers, Saints, Tactics, New York garage psych roundup.

1 September, 20211 September, 2021 Indie, Rock, Writing 0

Remember when you could get this sort of goodness for a dollar?

B-Side 4½, June–July 1984: Celibate Rifles, True West, J.F.K. and the Cuban Crisis, Clinton Walker on The Next Thing

31 August, 2021 Indie, Rock, Writing 0

B-Side was the Australian indie rock fanzine of the time. Just slabs of text about good bands and records. I straight-up lifted its format for Party Fears.

Records: Throat (2018, 2020); Microlaxx (2021).

13 February, 202113 February, 2021 Punk, Record, Rock 0

Less Nirvana and more Fugazi, and no fashionability whatsoever. “The kind of rock that was 20 years past its expiration date.”

Records: Statiqbloom, AC/DC (2020).

5 December, 202012 July, 2021 Industrial, Metal, Record, Rock 0

A good new thing and an old new thing.

Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage: “LPs.” I feel seen.

21 September, 20192 December, 2019 Indie, Record, Rock 0

If the year was from the ’80s it was guaranteed to totally suck.

Vale Damien Lovelock, 1954-2019 — the last Celibate Rifles show, 19 May 2018.

4 August, 20194 August, 2019 Indie, Punk, Rock 0

The Celibate Rifles’ official Facebook posted a link to what turned out to be their last gig — Corner Hotel, Melbourne, 19 May 2018. Here’s the complete video.

Records: Nero Bellum, Am I Dead Yet?, O.R.k. (2019).

12 July, 201924 March, 2020 Industrial, Musician, Prog, Record, Rock 0

Mary Byker being precisely the right amount of too clever for his own good is a pleasing surprise when clearing down the review pile.

Records: The Be Positives, Boy Harsher (2019).

3 July, 20193 July, 2019 Pop, Record, Rock 0

Some new pre-punk pop-rock, and a remixed favourite.

Records: Frog, Keen On Keys, Metal Disco (2018).

15 November, 2018 Audio, Indie, Industrial, Record, Rock 0

Metal Disco is today’s pleasant surprise winner.

Records: Dew, Irk, Transmaniacon featuring Lydia Lunch and Maya Berlin (2018).

6 November, 20187 January, 2019 Indie, Industrial, Metal, Punk, Record, Rock 0

Dew and Irk are both remarkable finds and produce the correct horrible racket, though the loved one compared Irk to a sack of hammers falling down stairs.

Records: The Rolling Stones, Deerful, Benjamin Shaw (2016, 2018).

7 September, 20181 June, 2019 Esoterica, Indie, Pop, Record, Rock 0

A party that everyone’s been looking forward to for weeks. They seem to be having a wonderful time.

Blacklab: Under The Strawberry Moon 2.0 (2018).

5 September, 20185 September, 2018 Record, Rock 0

Hey, are you interested in letting a couple of women from Osaka just completely melt your fucking brain? If so I have found the album for you.

Links: EBM is trendy, managing the Rolling Stones, Swiss modernist post punk, egregious YouTube content filtering.

3 September, 20185 September, 2018 Dance, Industrial, Post-Punk, Rock, Your rights 0

Post-punk albums in the style of 1960s Penguin nonfiction paperbacks.

Reviews: Aboleth, Zanias (2016, 2018).

23 August, 2018 Goth, Industrial, Metal, Record, Rock 0

Writing about music is the most ridiculous notion, and the review pile is only getting larger. So I’ll give just embedding players and mumbling something a go. This works for me, and that’s the important thing.

Links: Why the Rolling Stones suck, “fake artists,” ’80s remixes of current pop, ABBA, Philip Glass and S-Express, YouTube Music.

6 August, 20185 September, 2018 Dance, Links, mp3, Pop, Rock 2

The Rolling Stones piece certainly answers for me the question “why could I never get into this stuff?”

Richard Syrett on Theodor Adorno, the Beatles, conspiracy theorists and … me.

6 June, 20186 June, 2018 Esoterica, Opinion, Pop, Radio, Rock 0

Did you know that Frankfurt School philosopher Theodor Adorno wrote all the Beatles songs? I sure didn’t! In fact, I still don’t.

Mark Rye: Inside Looking Out: More Rock’n’Roll tales from inside the British music business (2017).

6 May, 20186 May, 2018 Pop, Rock, Writing 0

First-hand tales from the people down in the engine room.

Ryder: For What It’s Worth (Live) (2018).

4 May, 20184 May, 2018 Record, Rock 0

Buttrock band.

Links: High-Definition Vinyl, Brian Hooper RIP, Eventbrite’s we-take-all ticketing contract.

21 April, 201821 April, 2018 Audio, Indie, Industry, Links, Rock 0

At least Twitter reaps a bountiful harvest these days.

Andrew W. K.: You’re Not Alone (2018).

2 March, 2018 Metal, Record, Rock 0

How do you feel about relentless positivity and good cheer? I’m a bit cynical about it myself, but once in a while something comes by that slaps a smile on your face and won’t get out of your head.