Rocknerd

Nervenbeisser: Zeitenwandel (2017).

29 March, 2018 Industrial, Metal, Record 0

If you’ve been hankering for some growly Germans who make music that complements PVC outfits and stompy dancing, Nervenbeisser might be for you.

Links: Dragon Ball Super mass piracy, origin of the gated reverb snare, the return of illegal raves.

25 March, 2018 Dance, Film, Links, Musician 0

Plus Salman Rushdie’s disco turn, and “Ace Of Spades” played on an actual spade.

Links: NME goes out of print, write about music anyway, Qwant music search, how to write a hit in 2018.

18 March, 2018 Links, Media, Pop, Writing 0

Choreography about architecture.

The Frozen Autumn: The Fellow Traveler (2017).

14 March, 2018 Goth, Industrial, Pop, Record 0

Are you into synthpop? Do you believe in heaven above, do you believe in love?

Reviews: Cloud, LisaWars (2017, 2018).

11 March, 201811 March, 2018 Indie, Post-Punk, Record 0

Cinematic indie pop and some NDW revival.

Links: Andrew Hickey “Monkee Music,” Paul Morley and Propaganda, Kim Deal, YouTube finances, Bananarama and the legal system.

4 March, 20187 September, 2021 Dance, Indie, Links, Pop 1

There are many legal inaccuracies and errors that Bananarama fall into here. I think it’s important that we address them.

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.

Links: Peter Saville, pirates buy streaming, Bandcamp users buy music, vinyl demand, Mark E. Smith, Kam Franklin.

25 February, 2018 Links, mp3, Post-Punk, Record 0

Medical journal Lancet Psychiatry ran a Mark E. Smith obituary.

King Trigger: The River (1982).

19 February, 201819 February, 2018 Pop, Record, Writing 7

Today’s one-hit wonder.

Links: The grunge gold rush, the Lester Bangs play, headphone jacks, Chandra, the first Velvets gig.

17 February, 2018 Audio, Links, Post-Punk, Rock, Writing 0

A pile of writing.

Perfume: Cosmic Explorer (2016).

10 February, 201810 February, 2018 Pop, Record 0

Hear some pop trash you haven’t heard played to death!

Links: The Shakin’ Stevens game, Quincy Jones, death of the CD, Spotify songwriter credits, Snub TV.

9 February, 2018 Audio, Games, Links, mp3, R'n'B, Television 0

Now I’m trying to imagine an ’80s Quincy Jones game.

Reviews: Dboy, Distant Stars, Cherry Heaven (2017, 2018).

4 February, 2018 Indie, Industrial, Record, Rock 0

Doing it yourself with trashy rock’n’roll, minimal synth and shoegazy indie.

The Chameleons, Corner Hotel, Melbourne, 2018-01-12

1 February, 20181 February, 2018 Live, Post-Punk 0

It was a good-sized crowd on the night with a surprising and pleasingly diverse audience, ranging from young post-punk revivalists who were born around the start of this century to those elder folk who had been there from the original days, now more than thirty-five years in the past.