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F#CK YOU! Posted by zenzenzen

We’ve all been there.

Next month: Burst Couch @ The Klondyke Posted by Badger Von Winklebaum

If you’re in Manchester on Saturday 18th September, you really should get down to Burst Couch. It’s probably the finest live electronica night I’ve been to and this time it’s on at the Klondyke. If you don’t know, the place is an old-school working man’s club that’s stangely reminiscent of Quadrophenia (in my mind anyway). It’s got lots of snooker tables and bitter, and past them a large back room that seems to play host to a lot of very weird bands… Excellent.

Acts apparently include Triclops, Sonic Bear, Blue Light Fever plus others. Visuals, nice lighting, late bar, starts at 8pm. Shouldn’t be more than a fiver in. Top.

A nice bit of Sound Art Posted by Badger Von Winklebaum

Graham Dunning makes weird noises out of broken records, cymbals, bits of string and other stuff. It’s incredibly weird. He’s also a great friend of mine and asked me to link to his blog, so here I am, doing just that. Click here for Sound Art!

Frank SideBottom – RIP Posted by zenzenzen

Timperley’s favourite Frank Sidebottom has sadly passed away at the good-looking age of 58. A fine talent and a beacon for Manchester awareness Frank was a TV superstar, World-Class musician, DJ and host of Timperley Radio on top of being a genuinely funny guy. He single handedly put Timperley on the map and never strayed far from Manchester throughout his entire life. › Continue reading

Mater Suspiria Vision Posted by Gargleman

“Yea! I said Yea! unto thee. As the world did turn another genre was born. And the Lord saw that the genre was called drag. Or witch-house. Or ghost drone. (But those last two names were rubbish, so the Lord did cast them out.)

“And the new genre’s grandfather was Salem, born in the depths of history, three-score months ago.

“And there were other bands in the drag family, Balam Acab, White Ring and oOoOO.

“And Lo! The Guardian’s hallowed music pages did write a piece on the new genre. But the hallowed pages neglected both the finest and most evil of the whole drag family; Mater Suspiria Vision…” › Continue reading

1-Bit Symphony Posted by zenzenzen

Fed up with the music industries relentless pushing of hype over substance? Adding “value” to music in desperate ways to try to stay relevent in this ADHD age of stems, samples and synthesizers when in theory anyone with any interest in music can already produce any kind of music they want for free at home. The reality is even wider than the music company executives realise in that now people can not only use software on their home computers (such as the infamous garageband) but also create music online for free with such amazing services as Aviary:Myna, AudioTool and uJam, hell even check out jamstudio. Forget about music exec’s ideas on how people “should” interact with music by examing such pail concepts as Mxp4 and youSpins. In fact, audio hardware hacking has made a strong resurgance thanks to great products such as the Arduino and Processing, with a whole range of pocket synths and open source schematics available online. Recent favourite of mine has to be Tristan Perich’s fantastic 1-Bit Symphony…

Tristan Perich’s 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case, 1-Bit Symphony is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally “performs” its music live when turned on. A complete electronic circuit—programmed by the artist and assembled by hand—plays the music through a headphone jack mounted into the case itself.

Getchy’own! http://bangonacan.org/store/product/181

More info:

Cantaloupe Music: http://www.cantaloupemusic.com

1-Bit Symphony: http://www.1bitsymphony.com

Tristan Perich: http://www.tristanperich.com

Crystal Castles – (II) – Review Posted by Gargleman

I loved Crystal Castles from the second a friend played me Alice Practice (I know – he actually played it to me rather than sent me a link  – 2006, eh? good times…)

This long-awaited follow-up, imaginatively entitled Crystal Castles (II), will therefore have to be better than a three-day-orgy with the female cast of Firefly to match my expectations. › Continue reading

Digital Economy Bill = Time To Fuck Off Posted by vincro

That rowdy pack of ne’er do wells in Westminster are at it again.  Not so much a case of getting their hands down and dirty in the kitchen sink, this pre-election washup period, but more like sailing their nation, crown jewels and the queen mom down the proverbial river Thames in good old incompetent fashion.

The Digital Economy bill, irrespective of what is included or not, clause 88, clause 43, or any other clause, is a travesty to the potential of this country.  The backlash on Twitter with #debill and elsewhere with various sites, services, mail your MP widgets and everything else isn’t so much a bunch of noisy digital economy workers, but a real wave of opinion that out of touch MP’s have pretty much ignored, at their own peril. › Continue reading

Advice Music Posted by Gargleman

Advice columns have moved on since the days when your choice was either pinching your sister’s Just17 to discover what “fingering” was (something to do with classical guitar?) or reading Woman’s Own in the dentist’s waiting room find out how to get your sex drive swinging again in your sixties.

The Sun came as something of an eye-opener for the teenage Gargleman, with its Dear Deirdre column and her photo casebook, though it did give me some strange ideas about sex (does everyone really wear a bra and panties during a threesome?). Then there was Viz’s Photo Stories, which weren’t advice, but were occasionally very funny.

Now, the internets have arrived and suddenly everyone has advice for you. Confused about life? Humiliate yourself at Yahoo Answers and sarcy little shits will explain your utter failure to you. Polyandrous/gay/into kinky shit (sometimes literally)? Dan Savage will give you often graphic advice that would make Dear Deirdre blush.

Need your advice in a musical format? Wondering where this post is going? Well, I just came across the lovely Rachel Zylstra’s Advice Music, which is kind of like Rebecca Mayes’ musical video games reviews, but with slightly less catchy songs. Which is weird considering Zylstra is an actual minor alt-pop-star. But it has got potential, for sure, especially if people start giving her more interesting problems to write songs about. › Continue reading

Nomad III Posted by zenzenzen

Nomad Version 3 is coming…
What features would you like to see?
Post a comment featuring your ideas, niggles and suggestions!

Go on, you must just get your wish!