There are the essential albums that need to be in everyone's collection. There are the personal favorites, the ones that aren't highly acclaimed but still get played every once in a while. And then there are the albums that you stick in the back of your collection because you want to forget that you spent money on them. "Own It or Disown It" gives the writer the opportunity to look at such discarded albums and determine if they are diamonds in the rough or if they deserve to be used as mini-frisbees. [...]
Tom Morello and Boots Riley (Street Sweeper Social Club) Ok, kilter, you can do it. You can write this review without referring to Tom Morello's previous, well-known project combining rap and rock. Just pretend that "anger toward the device" band never existed. Take a deep breath, and let's go. You know Tom Morello. He moonlights as The Nightwatchman and was the guitar player in Audioslave, as well as, um, other projects. He writes catchy, riffy guitar lines and uses the guitar as a musical weapon as much as an instrument. You [...]
I don't have much to talk about tonight. I'm feeling kind of out of it. And by that I mean I'm a little depressed. Not in a "I'm going to down a bottle of painkillers!" way, but in more of a, "Jesus I need to figure my shit out!" kind of way. Though I probably wouldn't mind the painkillers. Anyway, I have a busy week ahead of me. I guess it's good to clear my mind of stupid thoughts and, well, focus on sports and getting drunk: there's the Red Sox game on Tuesday night against the Angels [...]
Well, we're sure some of you will have noticed that a lot of "media outlets" are getting very excited over the fact that the official Refused website has been updated to a big ol' placeholder page stating nothing more than "Coming Soon". That, and a twitter posting from Zane Lowe (even though he seems to [...]
Bis jetzt habe ich in dieser Serie kein Album einer deutschen Band gewürdigt. Auch The Picturebooks erschienen mir beim ersten Hören alles andere als deutsch. Warum sollte der britische NME auch auf eine deutsche Band hinweisen? Allen Vermutungen zum Trotz kommt diese Band aus dem beschaulichen Gütersloh in Nordrhein-Westfalen! Ihre Herkunft tut der ungeschliffenen, wilden Energie des Debütalbums „Kist Of People To Kill" jedoch keinen Abbruch Außerdem muss man auch nicht ewig auf der regionalen Herkunft der Picturebooks herumreiten. Die Band könnte genauso gut aus England, Schweden oder Australien stammen und müsste sich im [...]
2001 machte ich zuerst meinen führerschein, dann mein abi und ansonsten nicht wirklich viel. ich ging freitags zum smart club ins atomic café; wenn ich samstags wegging verabschiedete ich mich gegen 4 uhr, um die frankfurter allgemeine sonntagszeitung auszufahren. im herbst war ich auf meinem 5. sportfreunde stiller-konzert innerhalb von anderthalb jahren. am nächsten tag war ich in der stadt 1 einkaufen. bei sport scheck, wo sonst sportfernsehen läuft, sah ich die ersten bilder vom 11. september. meine lieblingsplatten damals [...]
2001: Das jahr, von dem die Menschen in den 60er Jahren glaubten, mit einem gigantischen Raumschiff durch den Weltraum reisen zu können. Diese futuristischen Träume erfüllten sich nicht. Stattdessen flogen Menschen mit Flugzeugen in Hochhäuser, und plötzlich sagte ein jeder, dass die Welt nun nicht mehr sei, wie sie einmal war. Aber hier soll es ja in erster Linie um Musik gehen, deshalb wieder zu meiner musikalischen Entwicklung: Nachdem mein großer Bruder merkte, dass ich anfing, mich für härtere Rockmusik zu interessieren, gab er sein Bestes, um mich weiter in die richtige Richtung [...]
Puh, das Jahr 2000 ist inzwischen schon wirklich lange her. Und meine musikalische Sozialisation war damals noch lange nicht abgeschlossen. Aber fangen wir mal noch etwas weiter in der Vergangenheit an… Was bisher geschah Mit vier steckte mich mein großer Bruder in ein Holzfällerhemd und ließ mich darin zu Smells Like Teen Spirit „performen". 1 Überhaupt hörte ich Anfang der 90er größtenteils die Musik, die meine großen Geschwister mochten – Metallica, Guns'n'Roses, Ugly Kid Joe usw. Nicht schlecht für ein Kindergartenkind, würde ich [...]
This week in wackadoo China news: The country is set to hold a music festival called Modern Sky Oct. 4-7, in Beijing's Chaoyang Park. And while the bill had originally included a wide range of foreign indie acts, well, it looks like that's just not going to happen . NME tells us that every last non-Chinese band, including the Buzzcocks, The Futureheads, Radio 4 and British Sea Power , have all been dropped from the schedule at the last minute. Sounds like Swedish shit-starters International Noise Conspiracy are also out [...]
Image From Here We are all born free, pure and innocent. We don't have any prejudices or are biased in anyway when we are born. Yes, we carry a genetic imprint from the very beginning but that is about all we have. It's a clean slate from the moment we come out of the womb. But, as we grow, this innocence and purity becomes tainted with life experience. There is no escaping this. There is no real way to preserve the purity that we once had. And these experience we have, as we grow, can [...]
Den 25 april blir det ös, drag, eller kalla det vad ni vill. På Debaser Medis är det Send in the Clowns och inte mindre än tre albumaktuella akter kommer att stå på scen under kvällen. The (International) Noise Conspiracy Adiam Dymott Sounds like Violence Både The (International) Noise Conspiracy och Adiam Dymott har släppt album de senaste månaderna och Sounds like Violence kommer att släppa sitt nya album om några - i slutet av sommaren. Det var tänkt att det skulle släppas i maj men så blir inte fallet. [...]
The most perilous amount of popularity a music artist can attain these days is any level above obscurity but below fame. Put yourself in their shoes - if nobody has heard of you, you'll happily give away your songs to anyone and everyone to build up a following and increase exposure. If you're a household name, Joe and Josephine Public will be picking your CDs off the supermarket shelves and dropping them into the shopping trolley along with the fortnightly messages. For anyone stuck in between, the chances of shifting enough records - legitimately [...]
I was just checking out the latest over at the Alternative Tentacles website and I came across four MP3s of the T(I)NC performance with jazz musicians at the Oslo Jazz Festival. This was re-released by AT in 2007 (recorded 2002) but I think the free MP3s were only recently released on AT. So if you haven't heard this yet go and download the four freebies AT has posted.Link:Buy: T(I)NC @ Oslo Jazz
The Swedish punk band Masshysteri, which is in the middle of a one-month trek through the U.S., is playing The Wedge tomorrow, March 31. (Read Jason Toon's critic's pick here..) I called up guitarist ... Continue reading "Interview + MP3 + Video: Swedish Punks Masshysteri Proclaim Love for Chuck Berry, Touring" >
The (International) Noise Conspiracy's Dennis Lyxzén and Lars Strömberg reflect on working with Rick Rubin, the mixing politics with art, and spending a decade as a band against the world.Check out the video interview here: http://www.shockhound.com/vide os/439-interview---the--intern ational--noise-conspiracy
:: Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer are going to play Spinal Tap and Folksmen jams around the country this spring. My guess is they need you to "Gimme Some Money." Get it? That the name of a song. Get it? :: Oklahoma lawmakers have been getting their hands dirty with plenty of important legislation. Seems the most pressing matter was naming Do You Realize? by The Flaming Lips as the state's official rock song . :: Ozzy might be losing a little money [...]
In which I review CDs that have been sitting next to my stereo since shortly after Thanksgiving. Just because they're not timely doesn't mean they're not content… Star Fucking Hipsters – "Until We're Dead" (Fat Wreck Chords) Does every single band Scott Sturgeon (aka the Stza) is involved in have to sound alike ...
just a couple of songs I'm quite fond of at the moment. some classics, some that should be and some that I just threw in. If you disagree, well... I pretty much don't care. MP3: Buraka Som Sistema - Kalemba ( YSI ) MP3: Clor - Making You All Mine ( YSI ) MP3: The Dark Romantics - The Perfect Place ( YSI ) MP3: Ghostland Observatory - Piano Man ( YSI ) MP3: The Hush Sound - Break The Sky [...]
I somras var det Handen på Hjärtat 2008 och i vinter/vår är det dags för 2009 års upplaga av det lilla turnépaketet. Det handlar denna gång om fyra artister som turas om att besöka nio olika klubbar runt om i Sverige och artisterna det gäller är föjande; The (International) Noise Conspiracy Franke Deportees Jonathan Johansson & Gustaf Spetz För mer information kan ni besöka handenpahjartat.se . När och var? 12-feb, Jonathan Johansson & Gustaf Spetz - Debaser, Malmö 13-feb, Jonathan Johansson & Gustaf [...]
2009's Handen på Hjärtat rotating festival tour lineup will consist of The (International) Noise Conspiracy , Franke , Deportees and Jonathan Johansson . Dates and details: http://www.handenpahjartat.se/
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