Poll Phaedra grey

Personally, I am very much digging more or less anything Michael Rother has had a hand in. The first (two) Kraftwerk LP(s) now have a lot more context, for instance.

There's a new Treewave, um, thing.It's very good if you like lo-fi dreampop made on 8-bit kit and dot matrix printers that sounds like Wire, Eno and MBV all at once ( Read more... )

The URL gives it away a bit.

Apparently, the slightly wet chap is Famous On The Intarbets And TV and should probably be forgiven for not wearing a red shirt and black tie before boshing out a version of 'Metal on metal' and/or 'Abzug'. (Or, for serious circular reference, a version of 'He's a whore'.)

Looks like a fine toy, mind.

http://www.myspace.com/slagsmalsklubben

You may or may not have seen the (really quite good) video-thingy boshed out by some student (I think) as a clear homage to Royksopp's 'Remind me'. It's worth delving on Youtube for both, no matter what the cloth-eared gets over at b0ing^ ( Read more... )

http://www.offworld.com/2009/03/listen-tree-waves-hacked-up-ha.html

Bleedin' genius racket. Sort of a bit like Tom Ellard fronting a MBV cover-band that only want to play the version of Wire's 'Map Ref 41 N 93 W'. It's like half my favourite bands ( Read more... )

( Alison, Zo, & Richard K; don't click here )

... So you'll have to go listen to the relevant Myspace rather than pay attention to any architectural dancing that I may or may not manage.

However. That there Modulate chappie: bleedin' marvellous racket and no mistake.

There are a set of records cluttering up my house that appear impossible to play loud enough. The Orbital remix of Kinetic by ( Read more... )

Today, I've been listening to the entirety of the last few months of XFM playlist via the magic of 'the internets' (As the young people have it.)

Dear Christ what a collection of arse. That which doesn't sound like overproduced early 80s ersatz Peel-programme (for instance, some chap or collection of chaps going by the name of 'Jack Penate' sound ( Read more... )

I've just been strangely pleased to discover my antipathy for a couple of bands/albums is as strong as ever. The noises make me feel ill. It would probably be easier to be able not to care, but that would likely mean I was mellowing with age ( Read more... )

The last time I was 'in tahn ternite', more than one person seemed taken by the (efficient, UV reactive) re-usable earplugs I was wearing and asked me to bag them a pair the next time I ordered some ( Read more... )