Annunciata per il 13 marzo l'uscita del nuovo album degli Strangler s, Il disco, Giants, uscirà per la e arMUSIC , l'etichetta rock del gruppo Edel. L'album uscirà in concomitanza con il tour europeo che inizierà il 1° Marzo in Gran Bretagna e terminerà il 27 Aprile in Belgio.: unica data italiana quella del 18 Aprile a Milano. Fra le chicche dell'album anche un brano strumentale, il primo che la band ha inciso dopo oltre vent'anni. Continua a leggere The Stranglers: a marzo il nuovo cd [...]
pic via As you may be aware, MetalSucks recently invited musicians from across the vast spectrum of the metalsphere to tell us what their favorite albums of 2011 have been. But the always-unique Eugene S. Robinson of Oxbow fame turned in a list of a somewhat different nature. The silver lining is, his list is so [...]
The Stranglers, "Waltz in Black"
Almost Not There by Son of The Sun RECORD REVIEW: Son of The Sun make music for the universe of rock fans who miss the late 702s and nostalgia surrounding smokey club jams. Almost Not There is a extended EP with 6 varied songs with at least two number #1 hit "10,0003 and another called "My Best Mistake", the guitars have a little retro delay on it and vocals chime in a sort of Brian Fallon kind of way. There's also something a little spooky with the way the keyboards on other [...]
Although I would say I am not too clued up on the punk music scene, it's nice to hear some proper good old English punk rock for a change. In the case of Max Raptor they have shown that English punk rock really has progressed to its finest point. 'The King Is Dead' is Max Raptor's third single release from their debut album Portraits. Touring and playing with the likes of fellow Brits The Stranglers and Canadian post-hardcore band Billy Talent, these guys are slowly climbing their way up the punk rock ladder making their way to legend status; closely [...]
It was this hot at 6:30 in the evening! Houston hit its 17th or so (I lost track) consecutive day of 100-degree-plus temperatures today. That's wild for Houston, the TV weatherman said, and I wondered: do they have weathermen in Hell? Let's hope so, because imagining every one of those dipshits frying up crispy in Hell's Fry Baby is just about the only thing that brings a smile to my heat-parched lips these days. Oh, I should tell you many of us in heat-fried Texas spend most of our time indoors, where [...]
One of the true greats passed away this month: Clarence Clemons, a legend to every Springsteen fan. There are many things which made the E Street Band's sound so unique, but the key ingredients, in my view, were Roy Bittan's keyboards and Clemons' sax. It is on Clemons' shoulder on which Springseen leans on the Born To Run cover, literally and symbolically (and imagine the title track without that orgasmic saxophone build-up). The featured E Street Band song, here in the live version from the 1975 Hammersmith Odeon concert, tells the story of how the E Street Band came together. [...]
From the sublime to...the Stranglers! These guys were so underrated, especially their humor. This track is actually more weird than sleazy. Punk feel with Boston-sized organ break. It also features what is now one of my favorite synth solos. The kind that reminds you how much the instrument is just asking to be used for nastier purposes. The Stranglers - Nice n' Sleazy
RIP. Respected producer of The Stranglers, The Human League and The Buzzcocks, and therefore a lot of my favourite records. Related post: The Sacred Days You Gave Me - The Human League
Filed under: News , R.I.P. MySpace Hugely influential British music producer Martin Rushent has died aged 63. Rushent, famous for creating his own unique programming sound, helped create the early 1980s electro keyboard sound -- epitomised by the Human League 's 1.5m-selling Christmas smash hit 'Don't You Want Me' on the 1981 'Dare' album. Speaking to Spinner last year about the forthcoming 30th anniversary of the seminal album, Rushent proudly explained, [...]
The Stranglers, "Always The Sun"
Summer is coming and the sky is falling with all these tornadoes so as you are ducking for cover I thought it would be cool to give you a theme playlist. Here's some songs about aliens and UFO's. I know we're not alone somehow. The photo above is from the mars probe which I thought was so alien and beautiful looking. The real Men in Black know the deal. They are keeping secrets from the masses. Sunlamp Show MP3 by The Aliens from the album Luna [...]
The Stranglers, "Baroque Bordello"
Filed under: The Hit List 'Love Is the Drug,' Roxy Music sang. Yet when it comes to rock 'n' roll songs, drugs are often the drug. The creators of the following alleged dope ditties almost [...]
Geez, I wonder how many people are going to be clicking on Tribute to Snatch and expecting to see something else. Well if you're a follower of Thrashing Thursdays you should know by now that we're not about that smut. We specialize in auditory smut that mucks your senses. So here's another special edition of Thrashing Thursdays that pays tribute to one of the greatest movies of all time, Snatch. Snatch was directed by British filmmaker Guy Ritchie and first came out in 2000 . For those who haven't [...]
Just the other morning I was thinking about the Double LP compilation Burning Ambitions: A History of Punk because I realized I left off the song "1,2, X U" from the Wire posting this week which seemed like an obvious track to gab about anyway being that even the likes of Dag Nasty had covered it. This 1984 comp is where I first heard of a lot of UK punk bands who seemed old or passe in my youth at the time like the Adverts, X Ray Spex, UK Subz, etc, etc but [...]
Punk,wave,venature horror,rock oscuro e performance teatrali,con melodie progressive. Questi gli ingredienti del nuovo EP In Disguise dei The Mugshots pubblicato in edizione limitata su classico vinile rosso. Quattro i brani del disco uscito sotto l'edifia dei sempre più attivo Gun Club Management : nel lato a "In Siguise" e "Beauty In Her Eyes" e nel b "An Embalmer's Lullaby" e "I Surrender" cover dei mitici Adverts . Il disco sarà presto disponibile anche in versione digitale per Alka Record Labe l. Continua a leggere The Mugshots: il rock [...]
March 2011 tour with The Stranglers and single "No Place Like Home" HMV 'Next Big Thing' endorsed Mike Marlin is hitting the road supporting The Stranglers on their March 'Black & Blue' tour . Buy CDs, MP3s, more: The Stranglers on Amazon.co.uk Having just released his debut album Nearly Man (14th February) and his second single [...]
The Jam Royal College of Art, London It's a godawful small affair . . . Stage as long as Platform six at Victoria station. Baggageless porters The Jam 40 feet apart and monitorless. Full house. Lights! The Tyla Gang before and the Cimarrons after. An artless audience at the Royal College of Art show their appreciation of the white-soul boys up there on the stage with the huge Union Jack backdrop depicting the three moods The Jam take you through at a gig - red hot expanding into [...]
I feel like this week's featured band is sort of cheating in a way. Most of the bands that I'll be featuring are probably not very well known outside of their hometowns and are using Bandcamp.com as a way to reach an audience that they normally wouldn't be able to. But, when I heard that J. Robbins of Jawbox , Burning Airlines , etc. fame had a new band and that he was making that band's first 73 single available digitally on Bandcamp, well, I had to toss my rules aside. I don't [...]
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