als the soft pack noch the muslims hießen, traten sie ausschließlich in berlin und köln auf. dieses mal wurde auch hamburg beehrt. 17 euro kostete das konzert im grünen jäger am vergangenen samstag. "ja, teuer... aber es lohnt sich", stand auf der tafel vor dem club. dessen war ich mir vor dem konzert vollkommen sicher. ähnlich wie bei the rural alberta advantage war mir die existenz der gruppe the soft pack aus san diego vorher nicht bewusst, trotzdem fesselte mich das debütalbum der band vom ersten ton an. garagenrock vom feinsten. retro as hell. es kann sein, dass ich mich [...]
The only time we have come across the the phrase 'Nice Face' in the world of music, it was the 70s Monks anti-classic, punk parody Nice Legs Shame About Her Face . Reached no. 19 in 1979! That's the UK Monks of course, not the classic US garage rock pioneers. Thankfully our introduction to lo-fi, garage punk rock band Nice Face has finally changed that. The album Immer Etwas has thirteen tracks of convulsing drum-machine rhythms, pummelling [...]
One of my big tips for this year is definitely The Strange Boys . They've recently signed a deal with Rough Trade to allow them UK distribution. Their current single 'Be Brave' is going to be really chuffing big. I'm so glad to be writing about these guys; it's been too long since a really dirty little band like these came out. Hailing from Austin, Texas (via some other places), they're kind of in the vain of bands like Animal Collective , Passion Pit and very [...]
TONIGHT THE FALL PLAYS BERLIN...AS THEY HAVE DONE MANY TIMES, BUT THIS TIME IT WILL BE SPECIAL.... This guy comes up to me and says:" Oh The Fall, I have seen them once, and they were really awful, the singer was drunk and moody..." I turn around and walk out of the conversation. If you're looking for entertainment, like all these blog and myspace friendly bands, do NOT go. Stay with the herd, you fucking cow(ard)....there is an electric fence around that little field you're living in...the moment you step outside, you [...]
PLAYLIST: Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter Welfare Heroine - Cry-Blood Gene - Left Handed The Fall - Feeling Numb Hot Hot Heat - Bandages The Oohlas - From Me To You The Monochrome Set - He's Frank (Slight Return) Division Of Laura Lee - Violence Is Timeless Small Factory - Come Back Down Mekons - Sheffield Park The Von Bondies - The Fever Poster Children - Clock Street Monks - I Hate You Godsmania - Stupid Lies Close Lobsters - Just Too Bloody [...]
The Monks were an English punk band formed in the late 1970s,which rose out of the ashes of the group The Strawbs. Not to be confused with the garage rock band from the 60's of the same name. Their first album, Bad Habits , was released in 1979. The album spawned a number 19 hit single in the UK Singles Chart — "Nice Legs Shame About Her Face". In 1981 they released their second album, Suspended Animation , and it was released only in Canada. At this time they were huge in Canada actually playing stadium gigs across [...]
My niece's reaction to David Bowie got me thinking about musical variety. Kids haven't been programmed to think that weird music is weird yet. In the hopes of coaxing her away from the insipid oldies music that my mom makes her listen to, I wanted to craft a mixtape that would introduce my niece to stuff that I liked when I was younger.
La fin d'année est là, une 2009 bien remplie, pleine de bonnes choses, on se goinfre joyeusement jusqu'au bout, on en a pour tous les goûts... the raveonettes -bang!- thao & the get down stay down -when we swam- v.v. brown -quick fix- monks -oh, to do know- hasil adkins -she said- the fiery furnaces -i'm going away- wave machines -keep the lights on- [...]
La fin d'année est là, une 2009 bien remplie, pleine de bonnes choses, on se goinfre joyeusement jusqu'au bout, on en a pour tous les goûts... the raveonettes -bang!- thao & the get down stay down -when we swam- v.v. brown -quick fix- monks -oh, to do know- hasil adkins -she said- the fiery furnaces -i'm going away- wave machines -keep the lights on- [...]
It’s that time of year again—every music blogger and their music-blogging mothers are writing out their “Best of the Year” lists. Don’t get me wrong—I’m highly appreciative of this trend. It helps me remember to check out albums that I may have missed throughout the year and gives me fodder for bickering with friends (“ Bitta Orca is their number four. I knew there was a reason I liked that blog!” vs “Really!? THAT made their list?”). Last year, I didn’t do a “Best of the Year” list. And, because I think there are just [...]
Ali gave me this as a birthday present this year. A few months later, she asked me if I had listened to it yet. I hadn’t. I have a lot to listen to. I forget sometimes. Finally, I ended up picking it up and putting it on. I’m so happy I did. The Monks are SO delightfully weird. The story: five American GIs stationed in Germany in the mid-sixties start a garage band. They get discharged from the military and keep playing music, calling themselves The Monks and [...]
Från München i Tyskland kommer debuterande MOnk , som under tre år har jobbat med sitt debutalbum Damaged Music for Damaged People . Han har producerat, skrivit och spelat in allt själv, men har nu skaffat ett band och ska snart ut på turné i hemlandet. Idag medverkar han också i Selling Circus podcast där han pratar om hur han använt internet för att sprida sin elektropoppiga musik till alla världens hörn. Streama hela albumet på monk-music.com eller ta en liten lyssning här nedan, och gillar ni så köp musiken etc. [...]
"National Treasure" Andrew Weatherall has just completed a mix for FACT Magazine in support of his first solo album, a collection of slow-burning punk-funk entitled A Pox on the Pioneers, that merges Weatherall’s longstanding interest in rock ‘n’ roll and “modernist electronics”. Andrew Weatherall - A Pox on the Influences Tracklist: 1. Circlesquare - Hey You Guys 2. Whitey - It Was Made of Night 3. Dum, Dum, [...]
People say that they look like monkeys. Monkeys make you smile, but a bigfoot strikes you with horror Russian writer Ivan Turgenev met someone that looked like a troglodyte. The horror of the encounter remained in his mind throughout his whole life. It happened, when Turgenev was a young man. Years after, he told the story to his French friends. Here is what Guy de Maupassant wrote about it: "I remember a story that Turgenev told us. He was [...]
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Exene Cervenka helped invent what Los Angeles is now and helped save the best of what it used to be. She releases a new solo album Somewhere Gone on Bloodshot in October and is moving back to California after years in a historic farmhouse in Missouri. She speaks now while camping on the beach. This interview by Chris Ziegler.
The Monks - Shut Up The Monks - Higgle-Dy-Piggle-Dy I've been listening to a decent amount of old garage rock lately, specifically The Monks and The Sonics . After searching around a bit for a copy of The Monks' Black Monk Time on vinyl, I found a copy at a record [...]
A few months ago I sent Taylor an e-mail with a deceptively simple question: does he prefer digital downloads or physical products. It was something I was thinking about a lot at the time. I had just bought my first few things from iTunes and was slightly weirded out. I'm a very tactile person and a collector by nature, so paying $9.99 for something I could neither hold in my hands or file with the rest of my collection just didn't sit right with me. Sure iTunes organizes everything, but it will never replace the shelves that line my walls. [...]
My boss dropped a DVD on my desk yesterday as he was leaving asking if I wanted to borrow it. The cover was a macabre-looking painting of a monk holding a banjo. It read, Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback . I asked if it was simply live performance clips, or was it a full documentary. He said it was a full documentary, so I excited grabbed at it and told him I'd take good care of it and return it tomorrow. Last night was something of a lazy night, as I had a long day beginning with a morning hike [...]
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