Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
YouTube via KasioKristmas www.KasioKristmas.com "Only Casio instruments were used in this experimental, electronic recording." Christmas Freakout with circuit bent Aliens Yo Gabba Gabba & Devo "Kasio Kristmas 5.1 Surround Sound DVD Trailer. Visual Accompaniments that bounce and pulsate to the frequencies within the songs. www.KasioKristmas.com " Circuit Bending Lo Fi 8-Bit Christmas...
I Heart Noise (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Melt-Banana are a notoriously weird Japanese band fronted by a female vocalist named Yasuko. She sounds much like a mad cartoon character on the band’s records – spitting or barking out words in a high-pitched tone. Band’s music contains elements of punk, electronic music, grunge and noise (although they sound nothing like Atari Teenage Riot) [...] Related posts: Skin Graft –...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
In 1913, Italian painter and composer Luigi Russolo created a new type of musical instruments he dubbed the "Intonarumori", or "noise intoners". The sounds produced by these devices were definitely unusual for his era and you'd be hard pressed to find anything similar to it today. An explanation of intonarumori construction via Wikipedia - Although there were several varieties...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Finally, a band who actually does something right with the influence of Mr. Bungle. The influence of Mr. Bungle on the modern music landscape has been a mixed bag of well-thought-out extensions of the celebrated Bay Area act’s sprawling sonic schizophrenia and bad nu-metal acts trying to reinvent themselves with masks and horn sections. However, the Belgian power trio Kings of Belgium are one...
Jonk Music (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
"I and Love and You" from the album I and Love and You 2009 iTunes Thanks to Rick Rubin's "YouTube research," North Carolina trio Avett Brothers went from finger-pickers in their Concord, North Carolina hometown to the super-producer's new favorite band. The LP Rubin discovered, Emotionalism , wasn't their debut, though — "It was maybe our eighth or ninth release,"...
Anywhere but here (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Okay, this will be a doozey of a post so I'm gonna get try to the pictures first and then write later. Mike Patton (man, myth, legend) has so many projects and bands and whatnot that it's actually easier to lump them all into one "Inspiration" - of course, I had already done Faith No More and Mr. Bungle but this fashion shoot runs the gamut from Lovage to Tomahawk to whatever Italian opera...
BUZZGRINDER (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Remember when Buzzgrinder was good? You know, before we jumped the shark? Yeah, we don’t either. But we are going to crack open our archives once a week anyway, to see what we were talking about around this date in the middle of the decade, now that it’s almost over and all. :: We live-blogged [...]
local Cut (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The sons of Godzilla return to Portland, but will 49-year-old frontman David Yow still get naked? [AMERICAN GLADIATORS] In the ’90s, Chicago’s the Jesus Lizard earned its reputation as “the best live band anywhere.” It also recorded half a dozen noise rock albums full of menace and wild creativity. The band combined the cacophony, sweat and [...] Related posts: The Taxpayers,...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Alt-metal giants Faith No More recently reunited after an 11-year silence for a comeback jaunt . The appropriately titled Second Coming tour, which has been going on for the last four months, has taken them to almost every corner of the world. Notably absent? North American dates. The closest they were to get to the United States was Mexico, where they're scheduled to play three dates in mid-November....
From the Dust Returned (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The Top 20 Metal Albums of 1991 01. Voivod (Ca) - Angel Rat 02. Paradise Lost (UK) - Gothic 03. Entombed (Se) - Clandestine 04. Root (Cz) - Hell Symphony 05. Armored Saint (US) - Symbol of Salvation 06. Motorhead (UK) - 1916 07. Gruntruck (US) - Inside Yours debut of the year 08. Pestilence (Nl) - Testimony of the Ancients 09. Gamma Ray (De) - Sigh No More 10. Master's Hammer (Cz) - Ritual 11. Dark...
From the Dust Returned (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The Top 20 Metal Albums of 1995 01. Therion (Se) - Lepaca Kliffoth 02. Sentenced (Fi) - Amok 03. At the Gates (Se) - Slaughter of the Soul 04. Necromantia (Gr) - Scarlet Evil Witching Black 05. Darkthrone (No) - Panzerfaust 06. Blind Guardian (De) - Imaginations from the Other Side 07. Nevermore (US) - Nevermore debut of the year 08. 108 (US) - Songs of Separation 09. Mr. Bungle (US) - Disco Volante...
Anywhere but here (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
Faith No More is the most AMAZINGLY underated band that ever lived. And I can gaurantee that 75% of you will have never heard of them before. I'm not saying this cuz you all ain't cool (YOU ARE =), it's just the band isn't and wasn't very well-known for some reason (depending what circles you hang out with, of course). But there's nothing better than discovering a band/music that's new to YOU! And...
Damn Fine Day (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Many of the folks who were banging their heads to 1989’s The Real Thing were found scratching them when Angel Dust hit the shelves. Fresh off a reunion with his old band, Mr. Bungle, Mike Patton took Faith No More and their fans on a detour that would forever change the rules for what a [...]
local Cut (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Formed:1981 in Oak Harbor, Wash. (but widely considered as being from Seattle). Latest release:This year’s The Curse of Martha Splatterhead, featuring exactly one original member (guitarist Tom Niemeyer), but produced by Billy Anderson (Melvins, L7, Neurosis, Mr. Bungle, et al.) and issued on Southern Lord Records. Most of its 14 tracks clock in at under two [...] Related posts: Primer: The Avengers...
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