Rocknerd

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

Links: Cogent overblocking again; 3800 pirate sites blocked in UK; blockchain!

22 March, 2017 Links, Rocknerd, Your rights 0

Pirates and blockchains. Arrr.

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, 20179 May, 2018 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

Links: Spotify to reduce convenience, the Velvets’ banana, Cosey Fanni Tutti goes establishment.

17 March, 201717 March, 2017 Industrial, Industry, Links, mp3, Punk, Rock 0

Never interrupt the music industry when it is making a mistake.

Reviews: Amyl and the Sniffers, Bestial Mouths (2016, 2017).

16 March, 201716 March, 2017 Goth, Punk, Record 0

St Kilda cowpunk and electro goth rock.

Followups: laser-burnt records, that Beatles live album, Depeche Mode vs the Nazis.

14 March, 201714 March, 2017 Audio, Links, Pop, Rock 0

Further on previous stories. Reach out and punch face.

Links: Spotify hackers, voiceover woes, Cabaret Voltaire in 2017.

12 March, 201712 March, 2017 Industrial, Links, mp3, Musician 0

“When nothing else works, just blast Darius Rucker.” Pictured: some micro-phonies.

1986-87 Perth fanzine Vortex scanned and up on the Party Fears page.

11 March, 201712 March, 2017 Indie, Writing 4

From the bowels of time, we bring you Vortex magazine, Perth 1986-1987.

Synthpop reviews: The Past Made Us One, Endanger, Pomigato (2017).

10 March, 201710 March, 2017 Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Minimal synth, EBM and Korean indie synth.

Legal links: copyright trolls’ comeuppance, the iTunes Terms and Conditions Graphic Novel.

9 March, 2017 Links, Your rights 0

Copyright troll lawyers getting hung out to dry certainly counts as a happy ending.

Reviews: 5TimesZero, Post War Glamour Girls, Vassals (2017).

8 March, 201730 April, 2017 Indie, Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Punk, Record, Rock 0

Record reviews at last! Synthpop, shouty post-punk and grungy ’90s guitar pop. Some good stuff coming out over the next month.

Ocean Mind: Underwater (2016).

7 March, 201729 March, 2017 Prog, Record 0

Organic prog from Ocean Mind’s 2016 album Underwater.

Links: VPN survey, a generated music startup, Metal Machine Music for Lou’s 75th.

5 March, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Musician, Your rights 0

“My week beats your year.” — Lou Reed

Links: 100 years of recorded jazz, Spotify lossless streaming, Dark Side of the Moon desk.

3 March, 201729 March, 2017 Audio, Jazz, Links, mp3, Prog 0

And a picture that’s definitely a trap.

Links: The public domain in comic form, Max Martin, Raspberry Pi tube sound.

1 March, 201725 April, 2017 Audio, Links, Pop, Your rights 0

And why you shouldn’t flush sodium metal down the toilet.

Musician links: The bass master race, the history of guitar distortion, the Funky Drummer dies.

26 February, 201727 February, 2017 Links, Musician 0

Loo-oks like it’s all over now.

Links: Bono and Pence, Richard Spencer and Depeche Mode. And dealing with musicians.

24 February, 201715 March, 2017 Links, Musician, Pop 0

♪ So we’re different colours
And we’re different creeds
And Nazi Dick Spencer
Obviously can’t read ♫

Reviews: Traitrs, Vanguard (2016, 2017).

21 February, 201722 February, 2017 Goth, Industrial, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Angsty guitar post-punk and angsty EBM half way to Hi-NRG.

Links: World’s dumbest terrorist, procedural music, bogus DMCAs, the editorial dictator.

20 February, 201720 February, 2017 Drugs, Links, Musician, Writing, Your rights 0

“First he put the bomb under the ramp instead of the truck, and the other truck was the one with most of the stuff inside.”

Industry links: Spotify playlist SEO, SoundCloud financial woes, Cogent update.

18 February, 2017 Industry, Links, mp3, Musician, Your rights 0

Everything is broken, nothing works and we’re all doomed.

Synths out: Marcelo Andrea Expreso Maniquí, Maine, Syntheads (2016, 2017).

17 February, 201718 March, 2018 Industrial, Pop, Prog, Record 0

Bleep your life brighter.

Industry links: Facebook, video, Cogent Pirate Bay block, CMJ charts dead, DistroKid retrospective.

16 February, 2017 Industry, Links, Your rights 0

The usual cavalcade of brilliance and competence.

Reviews: Artefact, Ritual Howls, La Orden (2016, 2017).

15 February, 201715 February, 2017 Goth, Post-Punk, Punk, Record, Rock 0

Guitar post-punk in black and grey.

Quando Quango: Pigs and Battleships (1985).

14 February, 20171 May, 2017 Dance, Post-Punk, Record 0

A vastly underappreciated post-punk album of the female and funky variety, by a band substantially responsible for what became acid house as we know it.