Month: January 2018
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Chris Carter – Blissters
Chris Carter of Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey has a new solo album out, and by the sound of this clip it’s equal measures BBC Radiophonic and Ghostbox – Jon Brooks / Advisory Circle in particular, with a warped blissed out vocal that reminds me both of LFO’s Take Me Home and Holger Czukay.…
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Sorry Home Demo/ns
Forgot to mention in the podcast that there is a video of the track I played from Sorry, in fact a whole ‘visual mixtape’…and the free/pay as you want download on Bandcamp. It’s really cool, lo-fi and quirky but some good songs nestling in there too, I like the vulnerable, honest sound and the fact…
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RC 272: Don’t Call It A Comeback
Yes I’m back and podcasting, only popped out for over 3 years and appropriately with a bumper 3 hour show*…after guesting on the Lloydbrary 100 show over Xmas I got the podcasting bug again. Also I’ve been watching what came along after I left podcasting, and I mostly am not impressed…need some better music and…
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Stick Song Death Metal
Heard via 6Music Breakfast Show, loving Hey Duggee which I know my godson watches, and the kids of various friends…they’ve been saying for ages I should watch it, but never got around to it until I saw the original Stick Song, total Happy Hardcore raving goodness. And now there’s a death metal version! DUGGEE HUG!
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Sink Ya Teeth
First heard about Norwich band Sink Ya Teeth via Amy Lamé’s first 6Music show now that’s she’s taken over from Jarvis Cocker…I’m certainly there for the Donna Summer/Moroder vibes of Glass – if anyone brings the chugging octave bassline I am SO there – and also the woozy after-party weariness of If You See Me…
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Teen Sprite
https://vimeo.com/249694026 Ahh that’s much better. Happier. Fitter. Stronger. I need a drink… “a pop punk band from La Jolla, CA.” – LOL. (Sometimes you see a video and although the whole major chord thing isn’t new, you just know it’s going to go viral immediately. This is one. WATCH! Or regret until you see it…