I remember where I was when the news broke to me that Jhonn Balance, much beloved singer and co-founder of the experimental music band, Coil, passed away. Approximately three weeks after I returned to Seattle, I was walking down Broadway contemplating what awaited me the following day, which was to be my first day of [...]
I nearly hyperventilated when I discovered that Miss Kittin and The Hacker are touring the U.S. and Canada this September, via their American booking agency, The Windish Agency. WOW! This is very exciting. After a check of the official websites and MySpace pages of both Miss Kittin and The Hacker, I didn’t see any confirmation [...]
From MySpace Blog post:
Mood: Rejuvenated (despite being overwhelmed)
Coming back from vacation is always hard. I left Seattle about two weeks ago with an overwhelming desire to pack it in and go home (so to speak.) Arriving in NYC was exhilarating to start out, but had taken its course by the end of last week. I [...]
So I leave for New York City in exactly one week from tonight and my allergies are fraking kicking my ass BIGTIME. It’s exactly like what happened a couple of days into my New York trip last year after I went to visit Ground Zero. Hopefully I will clear up in time for this year’s [...]
Gas - Zauberberg [Mille Plateaux; 2008 reissue forthcoming on Kompakt]
Coil - The Ape of Naples (2008 vinyl with The New Backwards) [Important/Threshold House]
Matmos - Supreme Balloon [Matador]
Anthony Rother - Super Space Model [Datapunk]
Portishead - Third [Mercury]
Meat Beat Manifesto - Autoimmune [Metropolis]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! [Anti]
Diamanda Galas - Guilty Guilty [...]
5 years was well worth the wait to see Ellen Allien spin at Chop Suey this past Thursday. She was great and she looked gorgeous! I told my co-worker Friday morning that I was convinced that Ellen is the Jennifer Aniston of Berlin electronica. She totally resembled a German Jennifer, dressed in a sleeveless halter [...]
The Noise is officially declaring May 1 Ellen Allien Day in celebration of her appearance tonight here in Seattle at Chop Suey.
I’ve been hooked on her music ever since the first time I heard Stadtkind. I even started a tribe on Tribe devoted to her and Miss Kittin. I have waited at least 5 years [...]
…and I don’t mean the band.
ATP Festival just announced that My Bloody Valentine is headlining their New York installment of the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival happening September 19-21, 2008. Elsewhere, I’ve read that MBV (according to their booking agent) is planning to play in 6 to 8 U.S. cities in September. I hope that they at least perform [...]
…that’s Birchville Cat Motel, in case you didn’t know. I’ve heard interesting things about BCM (which actually is just one guy, a New Zealander named Campbell Kneale), although I don’t know a whole lot about him. But, he’s collaborated with other folks, including Sonic Youth’s Lee Renaldo. He runs two labels, Celebrate Psi Phenomenon and Battlecruiser, [...]
