December 2008
296 posts
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Shine On: A Guided Tour To Creation Records' First... →
“From the mid-1980s until it’s demise in 2000, Creation Records was one of the flagship British indie labels. Alongside imprints like Factory, Rough Trade, and others, Creation helped define independent music for the post-punk world, taking the torch from pioneers like Stiff and Postcard and running with it. Sure, the bands had a lot to do with the label’s success, but every one of them...
It’s known as the Holocaust, but it’s greeted like the rapture. A sound engineer...
– XLR8R | Vapour Trail: Revisiting Shoegaze Rock With the Bands Who Started It All (Ride, Chapterhouse, Slowdive) and New Acts Who’ve Found Themselves Under the Influence
For your consideration. (via tumbledore, offnotesnotes)
November 2008
192 posts
I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable...
– Brian Eno | Singing: The Key To A Long Life : NPR (via mean-streak, butseriously, kevinnat)
Okay Beno….
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Sharity: Bouquet of Steel Compilation →
“Another clssic DIY compilation this time from Shefield area. Realised through AARDVARK label in 1980,in virgin blue wax.”
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Sharity: Subterranean Modern Compilation →
“Where exactly has this been your whole life? How one of the cornerstone post punk documents of the entire era (every bit the West Coast equivalent of No New York) could have remained out of print for so long is certainly a mystery, and it’s absence from the sharity blogosphere is every bit as baffling. Happily, we can now remedy this historical oversight and reintroduce the world to...
Post Punk Lolz →
Oh heavens.
Kraftwerk - The Robots
herosquad:
The original Daft Punk.
[David] Byrne’s grunts, anhedonia, agoraphobia, and embrace of...
– Alfred Soto making the case for the The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads in Stylus’ 2006 list of the top 50 live albums of all time.
Amazon Mp3 has half off on some boxsets →
I see a Roxy Music, two Bowies, a Buzzcocks, and two Duran Durans.
Minimal Synth Blowout! →
Wire - Daytrotter session FREE DOWNLOAD
mogadonia:
US hipster indie internet radio station Daytrotter has just uploaded a session from Wire. Recorded in their Rock Island studios the day after the final show of the recent US tour (which was in fact the final show of 2008), the session finds the band “match fit” and presenting a 4 song selection from the 2008 set. The session can be downloaded for free here:...