Stereogum (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alan Palomo gets bonus points for titling one of his "Cheerleader" remixes "Sega Genesis P-Orridge." It's lighter fare than the sunniest Throbbing Gristle, but the psychedelic acid-drenched Psychic TV thing's there. And why stop with just one "Cheerleader" mix? Palomo's more straightforward "Studio 6669" take should probably echo in the minds of Psychic Chasms...
Raven Sings the Blues (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Excepter live and Excepter on record are usually two very different animals. Whereas the band has expanded into some heavy beat driven territory with the needle in the groove, on stage the band often turn things into a quasi-religious experience of drones, wails and chants that both feed off the room and ignore the audience entirely. They've evolved from early days in which I witnessed large portions...
Boomkat: Just arrived (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
COLD CAVE Death Comes Close Matador ELECTRO / SYNTHPOP 12" This is an ultra-limited 12" accompanying Matador's re-release of the universally acclaimed Cold Cave album Love Comes Close, featuring the title track backed with the three bonus tracks exclusive to this release. What sets this band apart from all the other synth-pop and cold wave revivalists is the intense darkness at the heart...
Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
AARON DILLOWAY / Chain Shot CD / Hanson Records / 2007 Mr. DILLOWAY raised some mighty sonic havoc with his former band WOLF EYES, and here he gets to stretch out his complex aural landscapes of layered tape loops and lo-fi electronic noodlings to create unsettling worlds from the simplest of sources. Would make a great [...]
Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
AARON DILLOWAY & C SPENCER YEH / The Squid CD / Hanson Records / 2006 Hard to believe that experimental music with this much lo-fi analog inventiveness could come out of the middle of Michigan, but believe it! Mr. DILLOWAY is a former member of the unpredictable WOLF EYES, and here he shows how much he [...]
Bearded Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
If La Roux had dug deeper into the late 70s/early 80s electro pop seam they otherwise mine assiduously they might sound something like this debut album by American quartet Cold Cave. Originally a solo project for Wesley Eisold (formerly of hardcore acts like Some Girls, American Nightmare and Give Up The Ghost), the band now includes Dominick Fernow (of former noise purveyors Prurient), Caralee McElroy...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A few weeks ago I offered up some words in testament to Warp records , the ambitious, tasteful, and increasingly eclectic label that's also earned itself a "venerable" descriptor having just celebrated 20 years of nurturing the processes of everyone from Boards Of Canada to Battles. Their latest signing, LoneLady -- who is in fact a lone lady named Julie Campbell from Manchester -- offers...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Last night saw Oregon based mistress of drone folk Liz Harris aka Grouper hush a teeming Luminaire crowd in Kilburn. Presented by the London based music promoter Upset The Rhythm , Grouper was accompanied by Silk Flowers; an otherworldly darkwave synth-pop Brooklyn trio and self billed athletic rhythm / action unit Thank You hailing from Baltimore. Silk Flowers kicked things off with a few from their...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Osaka postpunk quartet Yolz in the Sky's new album "Ionization" follows on from the best moments of their self-titled 2007 debut with a series of insistent dance beats and reverb-heavy guitars underscoring the relentless harangue of the echoing, ranting vocals. This time, however, Yolz in the Sky take it way further, with the title track a repetitive, stripped down loop; the metallic buzz...
The Letter (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Gristleism is a rather bizarre device. Part industrial sound machine, part noise instrument, the palm-sized device plays the main riffs/melodies from 13 Throbbing Gristle tracks, looped. Loopy if you ask me! Via thingsmagazine .
cowsarejustfood (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
all material has history. so said painter, sculptor, photographer, performer, art prankster robert rauschenberg. fitting for this random word spew for two reasons. one: his (re)construction of collage. two: he painted simultaneously pieces titled factum i and ii. factums. see? possibly. anyway his use of collage, incorporating found things, trash, newspapers, glories in the disparity on canvas. [...]...
The Occidental Weekly (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
It's that time of year again. Ghouls come out, candy flows freely and, I assume, you feel a sudden craving for appropriately seasonal music. Of course you don't, and this is just an ego piece without expertise, but maybe someone, somewhere might want some scary music. Close your eyes and listen in.
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
This week, Rammstein released a new album titled Liebe Ist Für Alle Da ("Love Is There for Everyone"). Who gives a shit about Rammstein, right'? WRONG. Not only did these crazy German pervs recently release a video for first single "Pussy" on adult website Visit-x — which appropriately features a chick rubbing her poon, another sucking off some dude's throbbing gristle,...
Digital Meltd0wn (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Just too damn busy this week-end to post up any musick. Doing this all by my lonesome is kinda a challenge, if I get too busy, then the posts stop coming... oh, shite. Try to make up for my foibles by posting up some weight (or if not weight, then at least number). Hope nobody got too impatient & I hope this satisfies. The Clash - This is Radio Clash 12“ ep Another foray into the world of...
The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
REVIEWS of the best of the rest among the albums released this week.
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