British comic Mike Belgrave has an entertaining series of short videos about outsider and strange musics. Even if you know all about this stuff, they're worth watching for the presentation - he's quite enthusiastic, and throws in funny visuals. Stop what you're doing and feast your eyeballs on these, you'll love 'em. Episode one is the basic background, and mentions Wesley Willis, Irwin Chusid, and misguided sitar covers: Episode Two : The Cramps play at a mental hospital Episode Three : Xmas special Episode Four : "the mainstream side of life" Episode Five : buskers, and performers he's met Thanks ...

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2012 2007 O novo single do Bonde do Rolê é pop dos bons, grudento e safado (por mais difícil que seja admitir isso). Funk carioca hipster criado em cima da melodia de "Funnel of love"(canção lançada em 1961 por Wanda Jackson e regravada por The Cramps e The Fall, entre outros, além de fazer parte da trilha sonora de RockNRolla , do Guy Richie). O protagonista do vídeo é o Diplo , um dos produtores do álbum. Quem também assina faixas no novo CD da banda, Tropicalbacanal , são os alemães Schlachthofbronx (muito bons), Filip Nikolic e Mumdance (é muito provável que ...

A groggy morning perks up considerably when your correspondent is accosted over breakfast by a nine-piece Nordic all-girl choir, which doesn’t happen every day. IKI - featuring members from Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway - are an improvised vocal group who make all manner of odd noises on stage, occasionally uttering proper words but often in languages their colleagues don’t understand. Which sounds like it could be brilliant, bizarre or both. Do they often freak people out? “Yeah, actually it happened just two days ago,” laughs Mari Tveito, one of the Norwegians. “It was a long time since we played ...

Tom Gabel's announcement that she is transgender shows how rock music has long offered succour to those trying to define their identity Last year, Keith/Mina Caputo of the New York band Life of Agony came out as transgender. This week, Tom Gabel, lead vocalist of Florida punk outfit Against Me! has taken the same brave step . Fans of Against Me! may guessed something was up in the 2007 song The Ocean ("And if I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman/ My mother once told me she would have named me Laura"), a theme Gabel ...

photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Hanni El Khatib @ Knitting Factory Hanni's 60-minute Mercury Lounge set was a snarling progression of engine revs, eschewing slower material, like his album's shuffling "Heartbreak Hotel" cover, for amped-up twists like the Cramps' "Human...

New Zealand singer/songwriter Gin Wigmore's second studio album is best described by the albums title. Gravel & Wine . Gin has a unique voice that can be described like a bottle of red wine. Smooth delivery with a rustic aftertaste, that matures with age. At times, she displays a grit that makes you think 'this is not a woman to be messed with' and yet she can be subtle and seductive in the next track. It's the kind of record inspired by the likes of Janis Joplin, PJ Harvey, Patti Smith and Shirley Bassey. Lyrically the album explores leaving ...

After making its debut in Sydney last month, the Reclink Community Cup will head back to its spiritual home of Melbourne in June. The event – a charity Aussie Rules match between musicians (“The Rockdogs”) and community radio representatives from PBS and Triple R (“The Megahertz”) – will take place at Elsternwick Park on June 24. It’ll feature performances by reformed ’80s punk band Blue Ruin (fronted by SLAM’s Quincy McLean); Boomgates (featuring members of Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Dick Diver and The Twerps); and Melbourne rock outfit Bunny Monroe. In keeping with this year’s theme, “Can The Mega ...

The remastered My Bloody Valentine albums are almost upon us and there is going to be an album of early EPs.  This will not feature Ecstasy and Wine, the compilation comprising of the Strawberry Wine single and the Ecstasy mini-album, both released in 1987. This is Belinda Butcher’s first appearance with the band.  Her airy ghostly vocals brought a new image. It shows that My Bloody Valentine were still finding their identity.  They ditched the Cramps goth rock stylings and opted for a more C86 twee jangle-pop sound.  There is plenty of boy-girl cooing at each other in many ...

Alter The Press recently sat down with guitarist Anthony Anzaldo of Ceremony to discuss the band's stunning new album, "Zoo" , working with producer John Goodmanson, signing to Matador Records, getting reprimanded for stage diving at a No Age show and more. Alter The Press: How have things changed for you since you signed to Matador? Anthony Anzaldo (guitars): It's hard to say really because the record's only been out for two weeks, but we get a lot more press on Matador - not that we care about that too much, that's just how it is. I think ...

Today we’re bringing you something a little bit different.  I’m not the biggest fan of surf music, but I recognize the importance of surf rock as far as it’s influence of punk (after all, The Ramones pretty much took the Beach Boys and made it faster and more distorted).  There aren’t many surf punk bands [...]

Brad Shepherd from The Hoodoo Gurus talks to AARON CURRAN about the upcoming Dig It Up! Invitational in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. Headlined and curated by the Hoodoo Gurus to celebrate the 30th anniversary of debut single ‘Leilani’ it'll feature The Sonics, Red Kross, The 5 6 7 8’s, and The Fleshtones, as well as local favourites Died Pretty, Kim Salmon, Spencer P Jones, The Hard-Ons, Royal Headache and a “mystery act” in Sydney. Whose idea was it to stage the Dig It Up! shows? The lion’s share of the idea is Tim Pittman’s ...

(Detailed playlist , with listening links.) 1. drunk dude in back of cop car - "Bohemian Rhapsody" 2. China Blue - "Eiffel Tower recordings" (archive.org) 3. Glenn Jones - "Of Its Own Kind" - The Wanting (Thrill Jockey) 4. Amps For Christ - "Roto Koto In C Major" - split 12-inch with Woods (Shrimper) 5. Hornorkesteret - "Baal" - Fjaer Og Jern (Panot) 6. Lambchop - "Mr. Met" - Mr. M (Merge) 7. Grateful Dead - "Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie" - Reckoning (Arista) 8. Insect Factory + Public Speaking - "(live set)" [with Delia Derbyshire, Grupo Experimental Electroacoustico, The Harlemans, Flip the Switch! excerpts] 9. Weird Paul Petrosky - "Geraldo Made Me ...

Strange Grey Days 12″ EP out on Manimal Vinyl http://terrorbirddigital.s3.amazonaws.com/publicity/Hes%20Leaving%20With%20Me.mp3 With an intoxicating energy, Chains of Love’s sun-soaked romantic pop is injected with the stomp of vintage 60s soul, the wild abandon of 70s garage, and the guitar grime of The Cramps and early JAMC. Initially inspired by the “memory of that girl group sound” [...]

The Cramps File Under Sacred Music: Early Singles 1978-1981 [Munster; 2011] by Gumshoe Rating: It’s so FRICKIN’ embarrassing, but here it is: I first heard The Cramps via an episode of Beavis and Butthead , and I thought I hated them. They were extreme yet bare. No bass? Sacrilegious, dude! And who is that Lux Interior guy? Looks like a greaser. Yep, The Cramps were not happening for me in the early- to mid-1990s. That’s why it’s so great to finally reconnect with them through File Under Sacred Music , a collection of early singles that presents the meat ...