8Sided Blog
a zine about sound, culture, and the punk rock dream.
By Michael Donaldson.
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How to Disappear Defiantly
This post was originally intended for the actual friends I share on Facebook, not necessarily the ‘added friends’ who I don’t know in real life. Over the decades, I’ve made many worldwide acquaintances; sadly, my …
By M Donaldson, 1,373 words
12XU | Verspannungsmusik!
A DIY music blog about underground punk, noise & garage.
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Verspannungskassette #86 (C-90)
Tracklist NRG I Love You, But / Everything's GoneBrenda i Funky Proste życieJazz Vost Canal CoolWhiphouse SleepFuturo The NormWhippets C-ThruDadgad PirupiruThe Ghoulies Magnetic ScumWWW Odio HumanoideGurk UneasyFeeding Tube Fashionites Hugayz SweatnessRaya Un despertarWax Minds The …
333SOUND
Short books about albums. Published by Bloomsbury.
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Updated 21 hours ago
J.M.K.E. and the Power of Punk: Exploring Soviet History through Music
This month we published To The Cold Land by J.M.K.E., the most legendary punk rock band in Estonia, in our 33 1/3 Europe series. Its author, Brigitta Davidjants, gave us some insight into why she …
By 33 1.3 Admin, 816 words
Across the line - BBC Blogs
This is the home of news, reviews and features on the Northern Irish music scene, courtesy of Team ATL.
By Gemma Bradley.
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Updated a year ago
modernlove. take on the world
This tour is massive, the excitement must be wild, what does it mean to you to be able to do this? It’s what we’re always waiting to get back to on our time off to …
By Across The Line, 540 words
Add To Wantlist
Music worth exploring.
By Dennis, Nick.
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New album: Pigeon Pit || Crazy Arms Love songs for the messy and the brave
When I first heard Feather River Canyon Blues, released almost exactly two years ago, I never expected it to become one of my favorite records of the year. Sometimes, an album just lands at the …
Alex McLean – Making music with text[ure]
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Updated 5 months ago
Modulating Time
I’m just back from a productive week working with Mika Satomi and Lizzie Wilson on a mini project ‘Modulating Time’ at the annual, week-long PIFcamp gathering in Slovenia’s Julian Alps. We worked on handheld stick-based …
audio.out
1990 was twenty years ago. Ten years ago.
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Record Mirror Club Chart, January 14th 1989
Ah, here we are again. Same deal, a few tunes off youtube and a burning desire for everyone in Spotify’s management to die horribly. A Frankie Knuckles creation, Soulful house at it’s best. Juan Atkins …
Ban Ban Ton Ton
A music website / blog, run out of rural Japan. “Ban” ( バン) and “Ton” (トン) are Japanese onomatopoeia – like “Bang” or “Crash”, the sound of a child hitting a drum.
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Woo / Sweet Peas / Music To Watch Seeds Grow By
Music To Watch Seeds Grow By is a new series of releases curated by Ran$om Note’s Will and Tia. The concept, taking its inspiration from Music For Plants, Ali and Joe Clay’s Ran$om Note-hosted fortnightly …
By Banbantonton Com, 249 words
BBC Music Introducing - BBC Blogs
It features advice for under-the-radar artists, the latest music from BBC Music Introducing acts and guest posts from our DJs and figures from around the music industry.
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Updated 9 months ago
BBC Music Introducing Mixtape: 15 April 2024
Hello, it's Tom Robinson with my final BBC Introducing Mixtape before handing over to my friend and BBC colleague Emily Pilbeam from Monday 22 April 2024. This the second of two retrospective programmes showcasing a …
By Tom Robinson, 276 words
Bradley's Almanac
A Boston-Based Music Blog.
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Updated a year ago
[The Almanac Radio Show!] Episode 3 Stream & Rundown: December 2023
December brought episode number three, the last of the calendar year 2023. This edition of “The Almanac” first aired on Wednesday the 6th at 8pm Eastern over on Uncertain.FM, and got a replay the following …
By Brad Searles, 67 words
Breakfast and Travel Updates
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Day 7: Te Whanganui-a-Tara
WelcomeYesterday we played a show in the Great Hall of the Dominion Museum in Whanganui a Tara. I returned for the second day to Akin for breakfast, the café with a name that I still …
By Benjamin Sinclair, 960 words
Breaking More Waves
An independent unfunded music blog from south-central UK.
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Updated 2 weeks ago
Favourite Albums of 2024 - The Top 10
It’s the end of the year and that means it’s the appropriate time to post an end of the year list. Not November. Not even the middle of December. But at the end of the …
By Breaking More Waves Blog, 430 words
CardrossManiac2
A blog about music and pop culture.
By Tim 'Space Debris'.
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DYNAMITE PARTY - Roddy Ray'da
[1989]Here's an old school Rage classic I'd forgotten about. Roddy was a mysterious minor cult celebrity in my house at the time. Here was a guy who'd been in The Scientists, Hoodoo Gurus, The Johnnys, …
By Tim 'Space Debris', 357 words
Daily Records and Other Auditory Musings
A music blog serving up a daily record recommendation, by Pulin Kothari.
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Updated 4 weeks ago
281. MY FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2024
Coming up with my top five records of the year was not a difficult task this year as I already had somewhat of an idea that such and such album would land there pretty much …
By Pulin Kothari, 307 words
Dangerous Minds
A compendium of the new and strange-new ideas, new art forms, new approaches to social issues and new finds from the outer reaches of pop culture.
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Updated 2 months ago
‘The Last Sacrifice’: Rupert Russell’s New Film Examining the Murder That Inspired ‘The Wicker Man’
Scene: Lower Quinton in South Warwickshire, England. Population 493. A quiet village, settled in its ways, where everyone knows each other and strangers are not welcome—or so it seems. On the morning of Saint Valentine’s …
Darren's music blog
News, reviews, interviews and more. From classic rock to contemporary folk.
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Interview with Fairport Convention’s Dave Pegg
Ahead of Fairport Convention’s Winter Tour, I catch up with Dave Pegg. We discuss the making of the Full House album, the crucial role that Jethro Tull played in Fairport’s resurrection, changes afoot at Cropredy …
By Darren Johnson, 3,358 words
David Hepworth's blog
"World-class thinking about music, business, publishing and the general world of media" - Campaign.
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Robert Caro's editor comes out to take his curtain call
If, like me, you've been waiting years for the fifth and final volume of Robert Caro's Lyndon Johnson biography the announcement of the release of "Turn Every Page" can only be taken as a hopeful …
By David Hepworth, 150 words
DGM Live
The aim of DGM is to connect music, musician and audience in a way that supports the power of music, the integrity of the musician and the needs of the audience.
By Robert Fripp, David Singleton, et al.
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An 80s Update
Thanks to several reviewers of the 1982 Asbury Park, New Jersey show who point out that we have been listing this in the wrong venue. This has prompted Stormy to visit the Engine Room and …
By Hugh O'Donnell, 268 words
Disquiet
Listening to culture. Playing with audio. Sounding out technology. Composing in code.
By Marc Weidenbaum.
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Ruehlen & Trejo at the Crown (Oakland)
I had a great time last Saturday night, January 11, catching a live performance by Cecyl Ruehlen and Chelsey Lee Trejo at the Crown in Oakland. I’d previously reviewed, for The Wire, a fantastic performance …
By Marc Weidenbaum, 290 words
DNA Lounge: DNA Sequencing
A late-night, all ages San Francisco nightclub featuring live music, DJ dancing, burlesque shows, and private parties.
By Jamie Zawinski.
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Updated 11 hours ago
Wherein I have a time-machine fantasy
We first started selling online tickets in 2005. We first started accepting credit cards at the bar in 2012. And If I could send a message through time to decades-ago past-me (and if for some …