02/15/2008
Abe Vigoda is Alive! The Band, Not the Actor...
Ok, so technically the actor known as Abe Vigoda is alive too, though you wouldn't know it...especially during a Friar's Club Roast. The bottom line is that the band, not the man, is DEFINITELY alive, ticking and about to explode...through your ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 02/15/2008 12:55 PM EST in Post-Punk, No-Wave | Permalink
01/22/2008
The Better Beatles Make The Beatles Better
Omaha, Nebraska has always been (in my mind) a breeding ground for Mid-Western abstraction. Whether it is something in their Omaha steaks, or their air, I don't know, but there must be an explanation as to why the same city produced Manheim Ste ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 01/22/2008 11:13 AM EST in No-Wave, Lo-Fi, 80's Punk | Permalink
01/17/2008
Times New Viking Will Make Your Ears Bleeeed!
Times New Viking, not to be confused with the bland as shit typeface Times New Roman, is an in-your-face, fuzzed out punk band...that wants to make your ears bleed. "(My Head)" is one of the best tracks from their new album, Rip It Off, due ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 01/17/2008 3:51 PM EST in No-Wave, Punk | Permalink
01/15/2008
Get Skronked Up With The Beakers!
"Look to the past for your new ideas," cries the Beakers lead singer Mark E. Smith (not to be confused with the Fall's singer of the same name) on their song "Thinking Postmodern." I suppose he could have also yelped the classic adage, "everyth ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 01/15/2008 5:19 PM EST in Post-Punk, No-Wave | Permalink
01/11/2008
CFCF Remixes Are Good For Your "Health"
Feeling sleepy? Forget coffee, I have just the prescription that you need. In my professional opinion, the music of LA based No-Wavers Health will defuse your drowse...as well as give you a seizure and make your brain explode. Now, if you dig th ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 01/11/2008 7:38 AM EST in Electronic, No-Wave | Permalink
12/29/2007
If You Want to Clear Out a Party, Just Put On Some DNA...and Turn it Up!
In the brief, but very influential and wild late-70's New York movement, known as No-Wave, most bands had a general distaste for previously recorded popular music, including punk. They wanted to create something totally new and expressive. Somet ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 12/29/2007 3:41 PM EST in Experimental, YouTube, No-Wave | Permalink
12/10/2007
A Spooky Tribute: Chromatics' Cover of Dark Day's "Hands in the Dark"
I have been getting more into Italo-Disco lately, especially the music of Chromatics. They take the Italo-Disco style and put their own twist on it. While they maintain the sad romanticism and moody vibe of their forefather, Giorgio Moroder, the ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 12/10/2007 3:36 PM EST in Electronic, Italo Disco, No-Wave, Covers | Permalink
11/20/2007
No Wave Mutant Disco: James White and The Blacks' "Contort Yourself"
Saxophonist James White was one of the most interesting figures in the 1970's No Wave scene. In his odd musical sphere, heavy soul and free jazz were mixed with disco and punk. Although he is best known for his spazz-tastic band James Chance and ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 11/20/2007 10:14 PM EST in YouTube, No-Wave, Disco | Permalink
10/29/2007
The Normal's Freaky Electro Classic, "Warm Leatherette"
The A-side of the only 7" single that British synth band The Normal, aka Mute Records founder Daniel Miller, ever released was based on the J.G. Ballard Novel, Crash. The subject of the novel is quite bizarre: car-crash sexual fetishism. Don't w ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 10/29/2007 11:16 AM EST in Electronic, Experimental, New-Wave, No-Wave | Permalink
10/28/2007
Cool It Reba's "I Saw Snakes"
Throughout pop-culture, snakes have definitely gotten a bad rep...and for good reason. I mean come on, what was the ONE thing that the otherwise fearless Indiana Jones actually feared? Snakes. Which creatures had the power to cause utter chaos a ...
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