Rocknerd

Reviews: Nosound, Porn, Stellarscope (2016, 2017).

28 September, 20173 October, 2017 Indie, Metal, Prog, Record 0

Prog, metal and shoegaze from the inbox.

Links: Devo “Satisfaction”, failed electronic instruments, subgenres of electronic music.

26 September, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Musician, Post-Punk, Writing 0

It’s all about the bleep, even with guitar, bass and drums.

Links: Constance Demby, UK copyright trolls’ multiple extortions, The Return of the Giant Slits.

21 September, 201721 September, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Post-Punk, Your rights 0

Seriously, check out the space bass.

King Snake Roost: Things That Play Themselves (1988). Vale Charlie Tolnay.

19 September, 201720 September, 2017 Indie, Record, Rock 3

Charlie Tolnay died a few days ago. Here’s a career rundown and a long bit from a 1990 Party Fears about my very favourite record of his. The correct hideous racket from freaks.

Reviews: Elektrostaub, The Frozen Autumn, Nervenbeisser (2017).

18 September, 201719 September, 2017 Dance, Goth, Industrial, Metal, Record 0

From the review pile, some forthcoming releases from Echozone.

Links: MP3, the Pirate Bay mines you, album download code design.

16 September, 201717 September, 2017 Links, mp3, Pop, Record, Your rights 0

And Spray, compressed and convenient.

The Residents, Croxton Hotel, March 2016

15 September, 201715 September, 2017 Esoterica, Live 0

Certain bands make an initial mark on the world with icons.

Links: Pat Mills/2000AD, fund The Quietus, shoegaze in Asia, MRI rockin’ beats.

14 September, 2017 Esoterica, Indie, Links, Writing 0

And me on BBC Newsnight! (Not about music.)

YouTube stream ripping: the record industry is being thick again.

12 September, 201719 September, 2017 Industry, mp3, Opinion 3

I feel like I’m giving away the game here by revealing the truth to the terminally incompetent, but good Lord this is ridiculous.

Reviews: Little Love and The Friendly Vibes, Alvvays (2017).

9 September, 2017 Indie, Pop, Punk, Record 1

A couple of indie pop guitar pieces.

Links: Hollywood blames Rotten Tomatoes, EU members vs EU filtering, blockchain.

8 September, 20178 September, 2017 Film, Links, Writing, Your rights 0

And some stadium chiptune.

Links: Holger Czukay RIP, John Foxx, naked skydiving.

6 September, 2017 Classical, Pop, Prog, Writing 0

That’s three links, not two.

Reviews: Magana, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Nina (2016, 2017).

3 September, 201722 September, 2017 Indie, Pop, Record 1

Some indie pop and synthpop, and yes the new OMD album’s a good one.

Links: Goldman Sachs is full of it, streaming for DJs, why you can’t blockchain music.

31 August, 201731 August, 2017 Dance, Industry, Links, mp3 0

And PlayMobil Joy Division.

Entertainment on the blockchain with ICOs: Opus, Viberate’s convicted felon adviser, Kim Dotcom.

29 August, 201725 April, 2018 Industry 6

1. Steal underpants. 2. ICO. 3. Profit!

The virtual reality hype slowly faces up to real reality.

28 August, 201728 August, 2017 Film, Games, Opinion 2

Despite continuing attempts to keep the Virtual Reality hype going, the real reality has not improved since late last year.

Karlheinz Stockhausen as synthesizer music for ten year old children.

27 August, 20175 October, 2019 Classical, Esoterica, Opinion, Record 1

At age ten I’d heard synthesizers were cool, so found some Karlheinz Stockhausen to start me off. I, ah, didn’t quite know what to make of it.

Reviews: Gaddafi Gals, It’s The Lipstick On Your Teeth, Ankathie Koi (2017).

26 August, 201726 August, 2017 Industrial, Pop, R'n'B, Record 0

In which I trip over Seayou from Vienna, a good label I hadn’t heard of before.

Links: Venue archaeology, winning fair use on YouTube, M’era Luna, I wrote a textbook.

25 August, 201725 August, 2017 Industrial, Links, Rocknerd, Your rights 0

You can guess which of these I’m particularly excited by.

Links: Students are broke, old 78s, bad VR hype.

23 August, 2017 Dance, Drugs, Film, Links, Writing 0

And the Haçienda is still in popular culture. And Makoto Kino.

How Spotify dragged the record industry kicking and screaming to its own survival.

22 August, 20179 May, 2018 Industry, mp3, Opinion 0

You’d think people running a business would do things that would make money and have them still be around next year. But, welcome to music!

Links: Warner copyright fraud, RightsCorp bleeding red ink, BBC audio woo.

21 August, 2017 Audio, Industry, Links 1

And a rousing topical singalong.

Reviews: Marsy, HYTS, Dreams Are Like Water (2017).

20 August, 201720 August, 2017 Dance, Goth, Indie, Pop, Record 0

Time to go out looking for interesting new things.

Pop links: The missing V chord, why pop comes from Los Angeles, how earworms work.

19 August, 201720 August, 2017 Links, Musician, Pop 0

Pop music is a virus, and I still get the shingles outbreaks.

Hante: Between Hope & Danger (2017).

18 August, 201718 August, 2017 Goth, Industrial, Record 0

The icy ocean at night, calling you to the sea.

Links: Musical blockchains again.

17 August, 201717 August, 2017 Industry, Links, Rocknerd 0

Not all about me, for once!

Punk rock links: Dennis and Lois documentary, Nazi Punks, old Native American bands.

16 August, 2017 Links, Punk 0

More punk rock ‘cos Dennis and Lois have a Kickstarter for a documentary.

Punk rock links: Lester Bangs, Dennis and Lois, Montréal, Russia.

15 August, 201717 August, 2017 Links, Post-Punk, Punk, Theatre, Writing 0

This is your future if you live your life right.

Producers: Max Martin literally farts a top ten hit; Butch Vig; Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies.

14 August, 201715 August, 2017 Esoterica, Links, Musician, Pop, Punk 0

“Always give yourself credit for having more than personality.” parp parp parp

The return of the KLF.

13 August, 201713 August, 2017 Dance 0

All bound for Mu-Mu Land.