The Wreckers of Civilization : The Story of Coum Transmissions & Throbbing Gristle: The Story of Coum Transmissions and "Throbbing Gristle"
Raven Sings the Blues (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
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) | 18/11/2009
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...
Bearded Magazine (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
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...
Paul Willams Tha Kid Official Site (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Gristleism Teaser from Chris Carter on Vimeo .
Londonist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
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) | 05/11/2009
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) | 29/10/2009
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) | 28/10/2009
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) | 28/10/2009
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) | 23/10/2009
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) | 22/10/2009
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) | 16/10/2009
REVIEWS of the best of the rest among the albums released this week.
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
via Electronic Battle. For those of you in the UK, Synth Britannia airs this Friday night at nine o'clock, on BBC Four. Mark your calendars as unless something new comes up between now and then, this will be the only post. For the rest of us, here's a trailer [ previously posted ]. YouTube via Synthasy2000 " In the late Seventies small pockets of electronic artists such as The Human League, Cabaret...
KoreAudio (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Friday 16th of October, BBC4. From Human League to Throbbing Gristle, check out what it was like before the days of plugins.... Check out the trailer .
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