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MotÃ¶rhead’s Hammered

Written by Everett True on April 23, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

It never works when you can work out what Lemmy is roaring about. The reason "Ace of Spades" is so gargantuan isn’t just that it full-on rocks. Okay, that’s mainly the reason. But it’s also because the lyrics are so meaningless and dumb. Try to recall more than three words from that song, aside from
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Radio 4′ Gotham!

Written by Everett True on April 16, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

The new release from Bis is the "FAC2002" 12-inch. Bis are a Scots post-riot grrl trio who scored a minor hit in the UK mid-90s, and who got soundly ridiculed by the music press for their chirpy welding of ’77 disco to ’79 new wave. Those critics will have apoplectic fits even imagining the band
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Yoko Ono Continues to Carve Her Own Path with Blueprint for a Sunrise

Written by Everett True on January 8, 2002. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Yoko Ono still feels an overwhelming desire to prove herself. It’s odd that she feels thus. Her art has long been reexamined and acknowledged as both innovative and influential (her previous album, 1996’s ambitious Rising, spawned an entire remix record, filled with interpretations from fans as diverse as Thurston Moore, Tricky and the Beastie Boys).
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Q&A with Musician, Driving Instructor and Sound Sculptor Sushil Dade, of Future Pilot AKA

Written by Everett True on December 25, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

When I called Sushil Dade on his cell, he asked me to call back in "three minutes because I’m sorting the money." Sushil is a driving instructor in Glasgow, a role he sees as being very close to both his paintings and work as prime "sound-clash" motivator in Geographic’s Future Pilot AKA. (Previous collaborations have
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You Can Almost Taste the Sexual Tension in the French Kicks’ Taut Sound

Written by Everett True on November 6, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Back in the late 70s there was a Scots band called the Scars who, consumed by anger and sexual frustration (presumably) and a fierce inner belief, released a series of spunky, angular, buzzsaw punk singles with grating riffs that cut straight inside. Perfect in their own bile, the image was shattered once contact with the
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Onyx’s Sticky Fingaz Erases the Line Between Movies and Music on Black Trash

Written by Everett True on August 21, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

This is how Sticky Fingaz–a member of the multi-platinum, darkly humorous and very much more hardcore than you could ever possibly hope to be rap group Onyx–explains his Universal solo debut. "I’m erasing the lines between movies and music," he says on the company’s press release. "This album is like one big movie." The concept
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The Oddly Likable Input 64

Written by Everett True on August 14, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Input 64 Various (Ladomat) Prior to 1985, the music supplied for rudimentary computer games such as Boulder Dash or Lazy Jones had mainly been tinny, barely recognizable cover versions and short sound loops. The arrival of people such as Ron Hubbard ("Thalamusic") into the world of the C64 rapidly changed all that. As the games
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Without Ghosts Conjures Up Pleasing Beats and Melodies

Written by Everett True on August 14, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

Without Ghosts Bridge and Tunnel (Harmsonic) The Bridge and Tunnel cover also encourages further examination. These symbols are understated, but hold so much potential. Art reduced to a few simple components. I could sit and stare at this cover–or a larger version of same–for hours on end, deriving pleasure from my own imagination, without any
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The Panoply Academy Legionnaires Think They’ve Created an Oddity with No Dead Time

Written by Everett True on August 7, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

No Dead Time The Panoply Academy Legionnaires (Secretly Canadian) I mention this because it’s now 2001 and the modern music, the new sound, the disturbed and disturbing noises, the damaged art punk is being recorded on horse farms in southern Indiana and shoeboxes in Chicago, no room for silence or introspection, got to keep moving,
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John Herald in Brighton

Written by Everett True on July 31, 2001. Posted in Miscellaneous, Posts

"Now I’ve seen John play live, it makes total sense that you’d like him." That’s Sean Guthrie, John’s Scots driver on this, his first UK tour in at least two decades. "I thought it was strange when I heard you were coming along, you’re hardly what I’d call a blues buff, but now I understand.
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