A curmudgeon writes.
I’ve been off blogging for a couple of reasons – birthday, weight loss, weird viral headaches – but am getting back into the writing in general now, so hopefully a little more will happen around here soon. Until then, enjoy this album which has – quite rightly – ripped nuts off 2014 already.
With Swans’ new release around the corner I assume it’s gonna be a good year.
That kind of day. Their newest is pretty similar to their oldest, which means if you’re after smoky Lynch-styled ambience you’re in the right place.
Like the thing says, Feed Me Weird Things.
You’ve probably heard about Shirley Temple’s death. Which means you’ve probably also heard The Good Ship Lollipop far too many times than is good for you.
Take some comfort in her passing from this fine article, reminding you that her daughter played with the Melvins.
Have some footage.
This page features almost fifty of Fela Kuti’s albums. Streaming. For free.
If you don’t know him, you should. Here’s a taste.
A documentary larded with historic footage of Nordic black metal’s ground zero crew.
This video is a good accompaniment to Lords of Chaos, which is the book on the whole burning churches/eating bandmates’ brains happy times surrounding Mayhem et al.
GRIMM.
Having mentioned one of my favourite Nurse With Wound albums, it would be remiss of me to leave without posting it. Suitable given today’s grey, drizzly nature.
If you enjoy it, go and buy something from the band.
My review of If, Bwana and Gerald Fiebig’s split 12-inch on Attenuation Circuit has gone live at Cyclic Defrost. You can listen to excerpts from the record here.
Gerald Fiebig’s ‘Sustained Development’ features the same reedy organ tones, but with more organisation. They’re constructed in waves, creating a feeling of motion, of tidal drift. It’s a slow-burn piece, but seems more at home in the ambient Nurse With Wound part of the world; its slow iterations and feeling of bobbing, rising waves would sit well with any fans of NWW’s Salt Marie Celeste.
Yeah nah. 