Month: November 2021
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Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters of the mashup steal
I’m fed up of people thinking stealing mashups without credit is fair game. Latest being Hollywood Gods N’ Monsters, with members formerly of Steel Panther who have covered DJ Schmolli’s Rock of Ages as well as a Lady Gaga vs Linkin Park mashup originally by DJStronGer22, rebooted in 2020 with credit by William Maranci. They…
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This is PENGSHUi
Why didn’t anyone tell me of PENGSHUi? Beards, hiphop, grime, punk, like a bearded Bob Vylan with a NikNaks, ST:NG and Thundercats obsession…this is totally me. What did I say about punk revivals a year or so ago? Seems to be slowly coming true – the aforementioned Vylan, Slowthai, IDLES, Clockworks, Sleaford, LOUD Women, Dream…
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Kleptones – AD
If I was to choose one word to describe The Kleptones fourth album in the ‘quadtriptych’ it would be angry. Not a misplaced or random anger, but a righteous one about the state of the world at the moment. Starting with hypnotic Alan Watts quotes and strange spoken word about reality, truth and cake, it…
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RC 356: Rock and Rave
Rock like a metal mountain, rave like a rant in a noisy club, from metal and swing and bass covers of dance classics to the old skool rave kitchen disco with house, bleep techno, drum and bass, french touch, dub, clowncore, breaks and probably loads of other microgenres I missed the meeting about. From guitars…
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My video shouted out by Chuck D!
Now this is something that made my year – hip hop legend Chuck D of Public Enemy fame not only played Rhythm Scholar’s Slick Rick mix but he shouted out the artwork video I made and my name/social media handle on his radio show …AndYouDon’tStop. It’s around 36:50 in. That’s a tick off the bucket…
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Have A Cigar – Pink Floyd Main Squeeze cover
Roger Waters was obviously having a bit of a ‘mare after the record-beating success of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, dealing with expectation of a follow up (the Tusk effect) and the music industry. ‘Have A Cigar’ is a biting criticism of the music industry, most definitely biting the hand that feed –…