My introduction to Ganger came via Ian, who told me I needed - NEEDED - to hear this record called Hammock Style. I called that album "one of the most overlooked Post-Rock records to come out of the '90s," and described the group as being a less-aggressive Mogwai, with elements of Tortoise's experimentation, but still [...]
And then, one Saturday night, our hero decided that he'd had enough partying and he went to bed for 12+ hours. So bad-ass! I feel a bit refreshed. It's been a long week, and February was an even longer month. Way too much partying. March is going to be the turning point for me in [...]

Con motivo de lo que fue el show de Belle and Sebastian en Santiago, aquí hay una selección de lo mejor de la escena indie escocesa para quien suscribe. Desde los inicios con The Pastels y The Jesus and Mary Chain (vecinos de casa okupa a mediados de los ochenta, en pleno movida post punk), hasta la experimentación de Mogwai, Ganger y Long Fin Killie, pasando por el folk de The Vaselines y de Appendix Out. En el sello Merge (Arcade Fire, Lambchop, Magnetic Fields) decían que hay algo en el agua de Glasgow que hace la música [...]

of course they can also be prone to pretentiousness and a general air of self-importance, but sometimes you need that in a band, you know? ::: godspeed you! black emperor - storm ::: ganger - cats, dogs and babies jaws ::: maserati - 12 16 ::: rodan - tooth fairy retribution manifesto ::: dianogah - eating cake ::: god is an astronaut - radau ::: the mercury program - over this land ::: shipping news - the march song ::: emery reel - his hammer is my axe ::: set fire to flames - steal compass / drive [...]
Tipico esempio di anonimato da culto, fatta, forse, eccezione per il periodo in cui il post rock rasentava il concetto di unica speranza. Ecco, in quegli anni di fine secolo i Ganger una loro cerchia (ristretta sin che si vuole) di fedeli e pugnaci seguaci l'avevano. Scozzesi ed amici dei Mogwai (Craig B, il chitarrista, [...]

Edición vespertina para un playlist liviano. 'Incredible things, happening in this world', cantan Laetitia Sadier y Mary Hansen, en un clásico de stereolab, mientras que Ganger y Flying saucer attack se alejan cada vez más. Este es un recorrido que alterna canciones (!), atmósferas y música para Egon Schiele. Como novedad, el tema nuevo de The depreciation guild que anticipa un próximo álbum, desde ya con Josh Eustis de Telefon Tel Aviv en la mezcla. Ms john soda y electric president condimentan una preparación a servir helada, como apetece en verano. Ride aporta con [...]

if you didn't know, today is indie bass player recognition day, a day that, as a sometime indie bass player myself, i cherish like a junkie cherishes his works. there aren't many famous bass players, especially not famous indie bass players. while guitarists are gods, then bass players are either scorned (hello bill wyman, mark king), or overlooked altogether (erm most everyone else). of course there are exceptions, but they're generally recognised for their technical ability rather than contribution to songwriting (hello jaco pastorius, billy sheehan). and indie isn't a genre that generally acknowledges musicianship. [...]
I wonder why it's so low? For the first time in I don't know how long, I'm writing and editing this post inside Blogger's posting template. Usually I type it (html and all!) as a text document and then copy/paste it into Blogger, because their style tools can wreck havoc on an otherwise finely coded piece of journalism. Someone should put that on a t-shirt with the swan logo. "Swan Fungus: Finely coded journalism". I think that first story, the one about the beheading, is worth looking into a little more deeply. It was [...]
I'm way behind in posting my weekly Sirius radio playlists. The last one I posted was Week 8 . Here's the playlist from Week 11 (8/15/2006). On this show I played all music that came out on Merge Records , and all music that happens to be available in MP3 format... 1) Superchunk - Becoming a Speck 2) And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Mistakes and Regrets 3) Pipe - Chula 4) Dinosaur Jr. - Forget the [...]