Uke-totin' Eskimo chick Nive Neilsen , actually from Nuuk, Greeland, makes music with her multi-instrumentalist boyfriend, Jan de Vroede and a revolving cast of friends and musicians called the Deer Children. She has occasionally be compared to heavy-hitters like Cat Power or Neko Case or even Björk. Late last year, Nive released her debut EP, Nive Sings , through Rough Trade Records . MOKB : Tell us a little bit about yourself (i.e. where you're from, how long you've been a band, and [...]
Kissy Sell Out – 2010-06-18 – Kissy Sell Out Kissy chats to Zac from Zed's Dead and loads of music is given the special Kissy Klub treatment! James Horner – Looking For Mr Han (Kissy Klub Version) [Madison Gate Records] Doctor P – Sweet Shop (Kissy Klub Version) [Circus Records] Underworld – Born Slippy (Kissy Klub Version) [Junior Boys Own/Wax Trax! Records] Major Lazer – Pon De Streets [V2 Records] Afrojack – Bangduck (Kissy Klub Version) [Wall Recordings] Nuyorican Soul Featuring India – [...]

David Tibet with Sasha Grey S&S : Are you interested in the occult or any other mystical systems? Have you ever experimented with sex magick? Sasha Grey : Thanks to Jimmy Paige and C93, I became quite fascinated with the writings of Aleister Crowley, and later LaVey. I am sex magic. S&S : You recently collaborated with David Tibet on Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain. What was it like working with him? Sasha : [...]
Kissy Sell Out – 2010-03-19 – Kissy Sell Out Jump up rock and rave every Thursday night… dance music like you have never heard before…so get involved with the Kissy Klub! Vangelis – Hymne (Kissy Klub Version) [Polydor] Bob Becker, Jay Clayton, Mort Silver, Pamela Wood Ambush & Steve Reich – Drumming Part IV (Kissy Klub Version) [Nonesuch] Foamo – Centavo (Kissy Klub Version) [White] Shlavens – It's Not Techno – Acapella Mix [Slanted House] Serial Thrilla – Freak This [Tasty] [...]

Listening to the 2010 Canadian Rap Compilation from Brockway Entertainment I realized something: during the last couple months of '09 I somehow stockpiled a ton of Canadian hip hop in my "ToDo" list that I really need to get posted. Some of which happens to be on this here compilation. So, you can consider this post an intro to a month that shall be filled with a ton of Canadian hip hop from your truly. Whether you want it or not. However, back to the matter at hand. I believe this is the 3rd year [...]

ZAK RILES (of GRAILS, from Louisville) R. KEENAN LAWLER (from Louisville) NATE SALSBURG (from Louisville) MIKE TAMBURO (from Pittsburgh, PA; on the New American Folk Hero label) BEN REYNOLDS (from Glasgow, Scotland; on the Tompkins Square and Strange Attractors Audio House labels) at the SWAN DIVE 921 Swan Street 8 PM, $5, 21 and over ZAK RILES is [...]

die silbrigen strings des ben reynolds können für ein ungetrübtes entweichen sorgen. und wer wollte das nicht, da die tage so blass wie im diesjährigen sommer daherkommen? die leuchtenden farben, die durch die ungezwungene art des gitarrespiels reynolds entstehen, sind aber eher die farben des indian summer, des amerikanischen frühherbstes, das goldene gelb, das burgundene rot und das smaragdgrün. warm und herzlich. reynolds gelingt es, die satten kolorierungen mit dem klang der britischen insel zu vereinbaren, ohne darauf verzichten zu müssen, dass ihm der american style eines john fahey schon sehr nahe steht. anderenfalls denke man an bert [...]
Baby Dee, é uma das figuras mais controversas e enigmáticas da música alternativa. A peculiar vida desta personagem, já incluiu uma mudança de sexo, é uma das mais requisitadas multi-instrumentistas da actualidade, tendo colaborado com os Current 93, Antony And The Johnsons, Marc Almond, entre outros. Em Leiria, irá tocar harpa, piano de cauda e acordeão. A acompanhá-la, irá estar, o violoncelista John Contreras e o baterista Alex Neilson. O espectaculo realiza-se no próximo dia 5 de Junho, pelas 22 horas, no Teatro Miguel Franco, em Leiria. No dia 13 de Junho, pelas 23 horas, no Beat Club, [...]

I kept peering around corners thinking I was gonna run into Vinnie Stigma, hopefully not in the bathroom. Link courtesy John Neilson (who wonders if maybe this actually the Vegas recreation being that it was lit so well)

am 18.05. erscheint ein neues album von current 93 . "aleph at hallucinatory mountain" heißt es und steht ab sofort bei jnana records zur preorder bereit. es wird eine us- und eine europa- version des albums geben, wobei beide sich kaum unterscheiden. nur die cover und die bilder inseitig weisen differierendes äußeres auf. ein 28- seitiges booklet begleitet die gut 53 min. lange musikalie, abgebildet sind lyrics und etliche fotos der band. außerdem ein poster mit all jenen, die mitgewirkt haben. und nun wird es erst richtig interessant. während sich andrew liles, steven [...]