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The Mighty Sandy Heath Transmitters
I have a new music project. It's pretty goofy and all recorded in my room using rudimentary playing and recording skills. Let me know what you think. There'll be more of this kind of nonsense soon.
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Contributors wanted for new reviews blog
RogueMag is a new blog featuring writing from a number of contributors. We're currently looking for people who want to get their articles, cartoons, features, reviews etc published. Come check it out and write to me if you would like to contribute. -
A new mix for you all
A mix I played out at the weekend.
01 - Bendaly Family - Do You Love Me?
02 - DJ Maxximus & Something J - Armani Versace vs Mercedes Bentley
03 - The Specials - Maggie's Farm
04 - Klart - Raver
05 - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - The Night
06 - Devo - Whip It
07 - Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods
08 - New Order - Confusion (Acappella)
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Just when you thought it was safe... the Triumphant Return Of Post-Rock
Battles - Mirrored (Warp 2007)
65DaysOfStatic - The Destruction Of Small Ideas (Monotreme 2007)
We thought we’d seen the last of it. meta-Phrygian scales, time signatures based on Fermat’s last theorem, nose-harps played by people who treat their music as a “job, not a joke”… Yes it’s time once again to grow out that goatee and feel the very loud ( Read more... ) -
Home Video - No Certain Night or Morning
Just a quick one as I'm at work. I'm listening to the album by Home Video for the first time and isn't it just the best thing I've heard all year. Yeah the singer's voice is a Xerox of Thom Yorke's, but that strangely seems to help them achieve some kind of "Oh my, this is what Kid A SHOULD have sounded like". This is really well realised ( Read more... ) -
More Music Musings
A few more tracks I've been listening to...
Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (12" Mix)
This is a classic song in its own right and was used to spectacular effect on the Donnie Darko soundtrack, the lyrics and even the name of the band spookily evoking the film's plot. I've recently been buying up endless compilations of 80s music, particularly ( Read more... ) -
Mixtape
So here are a few more noises I've been putting close to my ear recently.
The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning
The Specials were the coolest band in history, I mean just look at them:
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GIG REVIEW: Dead Dog In Black Bag, Cruiser Chimps, My Oh My @ Boxbot
Lis from Antivirus Review invited me down to check out a night in Kilburn last Monday. Here's the lowdown:
BoxBot, The Good Ship, Kilburn, London
Monday 23rd April 2007
Dead Dog In Black Bag / Cruiser Chimps / My Oh My
Last Monday saw the Good Ship of Kilburn being launched into the cosmos to become a futuristic star cruiser straight out of the pages ( Read more... ) -
The Return of Posh Tiger
Posh Tiger now has his own MySpace site with it's own blog. All the original Posh Tiger strips, plus a brand new one that was added today, with the promise of more if people bother following the blog. Please add him to your list if you want to see what happens to our hero.
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New mix: Into the New Skool
Another new mix, quite different from the last one ( Read more... )