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Music Links Roundup - Update - June 30th
Some links of interest:
Music Journalist, David Hepworth on Fopp: And Another Thing: Fopp - what does it all mean? - with additional comments from readers.
K-punk on the theme of hauntology: MUSIC IS DEAD! LONG LIVE HAUNTOLOGY!: Fact Magazine
blogger, Sid Smith mentions the recent Prog Rock special themed magazine from Classic Rock magazine, and also offers a list of his favourite progressive rock albums: Sid Smith's Postcards From The Yellow Room: The Return Of Giant Prog List...
Classic Rock magazine have a prog rock special out this month. It covers the usual ground that we’ve come to expect from such overviews, but credit to them for including a good section of the progish strands of folk and jazz. Inevitably there’s the usual list of essential prog rock albums, and inevitably one is always left scratching one’s noggin at what’s in and what’s out.
Björk is on the front cover of Plan B Magazine:
Plan B July issue in shops July 2nd, for sale online now! Features Björk, Bonde Do Role, Riot Grrrl, Taken By Trees, Gogol Bordello...
Another rather daft list from Q magazine: The Q Daily / Features / The 20 Loudest Albums Of All Time - Obviously Q magazine writers / editors don't read Terrorizer magazine !
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Band of Horses
drawerb.com relay the news: New Band of Horses due in October
Nik Bärtsch
Avant Swiss jazz artist Nik Bärtsch profiled: Nik Bärtsch: The Road To Stoa
Nik Bärtsch on myspace: www.myspace.com/nikbaertschsronin
Ornette Coleman
Interview: Free radical | | Guardian Unlimited Arts
Ornette Coleman didn't just move jazz on - he took it on a wild journey some will never forgive him for. He talks to Andrew Purcell about liberating sound, his theory of 'harmolodics', and being beaten up for playing his sax out of tune
Murcof
At last this album will be released !DOTSHOP.SE - Murcof: Cosmos
Cosmos is Murcof's best album yet - a monumental collection of 6 long pieces that drives his pioneering work to new heights ***
Leaf
September 17th
The Opium Cartel
More music from Norway ! Jacob Holm-Lupo's new project: www.myspace.com/opiumcartel
The Opium Cartel is Jacob Holm-Lupo's project away from White Willow. We are currently working on our debut album, tentatively titled Helps you feel better. TOC is a collaborative project. Some of the collaborators are No-Man's Tim Bowness, Rachel Haden (The Rentals, Weezer), Änglagård's Mattias Olsson, Lars Fredrik Frøislie of White Willow and Wobbler, Ketil Einarsen (ex-Jaga Jazzist, White Willow, Okasa). More will be announced. TOC is folksy excursions tainted by electronics, power pop and very friendly prog. So far all you'll find here are rough demos - proper versions will be posted as the sessions move along. The singer on Three Sleepers is Sylvia Skjellestad.
Roxy Music
Update: Ferry Eyeing More Roxy Recording In 2008
The Shocking Pinks
Pitchfork: Shocking Pinks Sign to DFA:
On September 25, the label(s) will release the self-titled Shocking Pinks, a compilation of remastered tunes from Shocking Pinks' two 2005 albums for NZ label Flying Nun, both of which were follow-ups to SP's debut, Dance the Dance Electric.
Max Tundra
Update: www.myspace.com/maxtundra
Max Tundra will commence a weekly radio show on Resonance FM on July 7th, also:
For the last few years, Max Tundra has been working on his third album for Domino. The work continues to this day, with a possible completion date of late 2007. As well as this he is busy with various side-projects and remixes, and continues to play concerts in a wide variety of venues around the world.
The Voices
The Runout Groove: Newish Band Alert: The Voices
Shoegazer music from Wales, The Voices: www.myspace.com/thevoiceslostinconfusion
# posted by DJ Martian 12:01 AM
Fopp Update: Ernst & Young appointed as Administrators & Receivers
Ernst & Young have confirmed the following about Fopp: Fopp Ltd (in Receivership) & Music Zone 2007 Ltd (In Administration)
Tom Burton and Colin Dempster from Ernst & Young LLP have been appointed Joint Receivers of Fopp Limited and Joint Administrators to Music Zone 2007 Ltd.
Context: basic info about Administration and administrative receivership: Administration and administrative receivership | Business Link
The Times report that Fopp were in talks with Virgin Megastores, but a last minute rescue deal could not be agreed: Virgin Megastores fails to rescue rival Fopp - Times Online
The Fopp music chain has closed all stores after a plan to merge with Virgin Megastores failed to win supplier support
The Times Online has learnt that rival Virgin Megastores, controlled by Sir Richard's Virgin Group, had attempted to merge with Fopp, injecting a big rescue loan and taking a 10 per cent stake in a new entity.
It is interesting that The Times have constantly led this breaking news story, meanwhile the BBC can't even get to grips with the basics, incorrectly stating the number of stores closing down: Fopp closes down its 105 stores [not 105, but actually 81 - the current combined number of Fopp stores plus the acquired Music Zone stores that are still remaining!]
# posted by DJ Martian 7:56 PM
Fopp to go into Administration?
Sad news about UK music, film & books chain Fopp, The Times are reporting that Fopp are ready to appoint administrators: Music chain in talks with administrators - Times Online
Fopp, one of Britain's biggest music retailers, is readying to appoint Ernst & Young amid crisis talks with bankers
update: dated June 29th by The Times:
Fopp in talks with bankers after music stores close - Times Online
Fopp, one the country’s biggest music store groups, is preparing to appoint Colin Dempster of Ernst & Young as administrator as it warned some staff not to expect their monthly pay.
Context: Administration (insolvency) - Wikipedia
Administration is a procedure under the insolvency laws of a number of common law jurisdictions which functions as a rescue mechanism for insolvent companies and allows them to carry on running their business. The process — an alternative to liquidation — is often known as going into administration.
The chain of ruin..context:
Woolworths sell MVC stores to a new private company who run into cashflow problems and go into administration, who then sell the stores onto to Music Zone who run into cashflow problems and enter administration, company is wound up, after this Fopp agree to acquire 67 Music Zone stores in February and now in June 2007 it seems Fopp have called in the administrators.
Classic case of expanding too fast without the necessary finance.
Fopp's problems stem from the acquisition of 67 Music Stores earlier this year. They financially over stretched themselves, and apparently had arguments with suppliers regarding previous Music Zone debts. This in-counjunction with a difficult trading environment for music & books has led to significant cash flow problems.
Since last Saturday, Fopp stores have gone cash only.
Retail analyst Nick Bubb, from Pali International,
"When even someone like Tesco is saying that entertainment sales are weak, it's a sign of the times of how the music and book retail market is performing." Source: The Bookseller
Meanwhile: BBC NEWS | Business | HMV struggles in 'severe' market
Profits at music and book retailer HMV have more than halved as the firm battles against competition from supermarkets and online retailers.
No doubt further information will be unveiled about Fopp tomorrow, including a press release from the administrators, Ernst & Young.
The administrator when appointed will now try to find a private equity company or another company to buy Fopp as a going concern - if this cannot be achieved the company will be wound up.
I believe Fopp is a strong brand and hopefully new owners can be found.
Fopp
Fopp (retailer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
# posted by DJ Martian 10:37 PM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 28th
Some links of interest:
ILM poll & discussion on drum n bass albums: Best Drum & Bass LP
Pitchfork Feature: The Month In: Grime / Dubstep - by Martin Clark
4ad profiled: Drowned in Sound - Features - Label Focus #7: 4AD
Gigwise are blogging from the Hove festival in Norway: GIGWISE - Hove Festival blog
Set in the woodland of Arendel, Norway Hove is a festival with a difference and is about more than the music being played.
reviewed: * Dusted Reviews - V/A - Box of Dub: Dubstep and Future Dub
New Kompakt compilation announced: RA: Total 8 on Kompakt. Music News
This year’s ‘Total’ compilation features twenty-two Kompakt cuts. Watch out for the big Total 8 party in Cologne this August, too."
Total 8’ will be released on double CD and triple vinyl on August 13th, 2007.
math rock: Summer Temperature: Infinite at motel de moka
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Animal Alpha
Norwegian esoteric alt-rock band provide an update: Animal Alpha:
We`re in the studio these days, recording our upcoming album! This time we decided to work with Mike Hartung and Propeller Music Division, and we’re now 4 weeks into recording. We’re just finishing up the basic tracking, and it sounds VERY good... hard hitting, diverse and intense. Mike’s wide musical background and engineering skills has earned him the trust of the band, and he’s helping us develop our sound even further.
The new, still untitled album, will have an early 08 release.
myspace: www.myspace.com/animalalpha
Canon Blue
New Album details: DOTSHOP.SE - Canon Blue: Colonies
From Nashville comes Canon Blue - excentric electroish pop. Produced by Chris from Grizzly Bear. Mastered by Cristian Vogel
Rumraket (RUM010CD)
September 24th, 2007
Dave Gahan
New album announcement: Dave Gahan - Hourglass
DAVE GAHAN SET TO RELEASE 'HOURGLASS,' HIS SECOND SOLO ALBUM, IN LATE OCTOBER
The Vision Bleak
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THE VISION BLEAK Completes Work On New Album
After nearly six months in the studio, German gothic metal band THE VISION BLEAK has finished recording its third album, "The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey".
# posted by DJ Martian 12:42 AM
STILLE OPPRØR - Track: Meanwhile
Listen to the track from: STILLE OPPRØR - Meanwhile: www.myspace.com/stilleopproer
STILLE OPPRØR is Christer André Cederberg's (ANIMAL ALPHA, DRAWN, IN THE WOODS among others) one man project. hard to describe but impossible to ignore, STILLE OPPRØR manages to give the listener both comfort and discomfort at the same time. The second album is in the making and will be released this autumn. Songs will be added soon!
atmospheric moody electronic-rock at it's finest ! similar to Beyond Dawn [Circa 1999], Manes, Tiamat, The The, Radiohead, Dredg
outstanding vocals and the music just flows sublimely
Christer André Cederberg was a member of the legendary 1990s avant-garde atmospheric metal band In the Woods: www.myspace.com/inthewoods666
# posted by DJ Martian 11:57 PM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 26th
Some links of interest:
so far this year * Dusted Features [ Dusted Mid-Year Roundup 2007 ] *
Dusted's staff take a look at some of their favorite records to come out in 2007. These picks are in no particular order.
New column: RA: Month to Month: The M word - Feature / Interview
In the first edition of his new monthly column on RA, Irish scribe Ronan Fitzgerald charts the rise of minimal.
RA: Soma Coma. Music News
Latest release from Scottish house and techno stable Soma is a downtempo label retrospective. 'Soma Coma' arrives in July.
Greek metal: Hellenic metal | Mystic dark music
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Edwyn Collins
New album Drowned in Sound - News - Edwyn Collins to release new LP
Pop star, producer and now happily convalesced man, Edwyn Collins, is to release a new album, Home Again, through Heavenly Recordings on September 17 2007.
Efterklang
via 06.26.2007 | ..: it's a trap!
Danish post-rock act Efterklang has confirmed their new album 'Parades' for release on October 15.
Efterklang
Endstille
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - ENDSTILLE Signs With REGAIN RECORDS
German black metal band ENDSTILLE has inked a deal with Sweden's Regain Records.
The Foreshadowing
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THE FORESHADOWING: New Audio Sample Posted Online
Isole
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - ISOLE Signs With NAPALM RECORDS
The group's new album will be recorded in July at their own Studio Apocalypse for a January 2008 release.
Samim
RA: Samim's flow. Music News
Flow’ by Samim will be released on Get Physical on September 7th, 2007.
Valgeir Sigurdsson
DOTSHOP.SE - Valgeir Sigurdsson: Ekvilibrium
A graceful, effortless genre-free debut from Björk's and CocoRosie's producer Valgeir Sigurdsson - feat. Bonnie Prince Billy
Bedroom Community (HVALUR3CD) September 10th, 2007
Svartsot
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SVARTSOT Signs With NAPALM RECORDS
SVARTSOT, one of Denmark's most promising bands, has inked a deal with Napalm Records.
Tiamat
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - TIAMAT Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS
Tunng
More info on the new album: Tunng Good Arrows Album Details Revealed — News — AngryApe
The album is their third so far and will be available in the UK from August 20th on Full Time Hobby, while US fans will get the release in October on the duo's new US home, Thrill Jockey.
Winds
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - WINDS: 'Prominence and Demise' Artwork, Track Listing Revealed
The artwork and tracklisting for the upcoming album from Norway's classical/progressive metal supergroup WINDS, titled 'Prominence and Demise' (out September 4, 2007 on The End Records), has been revealed.
Zelienople
interview: Audiversity: Interversity: Zelienople
Chicago psyche-folk outfit Zelienople step up to the mic for this week's Interversity. Their fifth-full length album, His/Hers, was recently released on the always interesting Type label and is the prime musical accompaniment for the both unnerving, magnificent and mysterious appearance of the cicadas this spring
# posted by DJ Martian 8:45 PM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 24 th
some links of interest:
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Bang! Bang!
forcefeed.org - electronic music blog
OUT OF FOCUS
The More You Think About It...
New book on gothic culture from Duke University Press:
Goth: Undead Subculture
Lauren M. E. Goodlad, Michael Bibby
Since it first emerged from Britain’s punk-rock scene in the late 1970s, goth subculture has haunted postmodern culture and society, reinventing itself inside and against the mainstream. Goth: Undead Subculture is the first collection of scholarly essays devoted to this enduring yet little examined cultural phenomenon. Twenty-three essays from various disciplines explore the music, cinema, television, fashion, literature, aesthetics, and fandoms associated with the subculture.
Pitchfork Feature: Column: Show No Mercy
Column by Brandon Stosuy [Metal]
Forum for doom metal: The Doomed Forum :: Index
most anticipated albums for the rest of 2007 - Rate Your Music A list by monty_sejtan
Rocketsurgeon's Music 2.0 Directory -
The Music 2.0 Directory is a comprehensive listing of all the companies and tools that are participating in the new music revolution. Directory categories and companies are listed on the sidebar. Subscribe to the RSS feed to keep up current with the latest submissions. Have a suggestion for a listing? Contact us.
Artists
Across Tundras
US post-metal band Across Tundras: View // News // Lambgoat: Across Tundras news and notes:
Denver's Across Tundras has finished writing their second full-length, titled 'Western Sky Ride.' The record will clock in at 65 plus minutes and, according to the band
Bad Brains
New Bad Brains album streaming on myspace: www.myspace.com/badbrains
Beirut
Drowned in Sound - News - New Beirut album coming in October
Aril Brikha
Swedish techno artist Aril Brikha has 3 superb sample tracks of his new album on myspace: www.myspace.com/arilbrikha
Ex-Machina will be released on Peacefrog on July 30th
blog.myspace.com/peacefrogrecords:
Aril Brikha's first newborn to the Peacefrog label will be a double whammy! As he is set to release two 12's on the 11th June in preparation for the grand debut of his new album 'Ex-Machina' due out on the 30th July.
More info on the album, including the front cover: Aril Brihka to release “Ex Machina” on Peacefrog Recs. mK iArticles
Code
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - CODE Signs To TABU RECORDINGS
British/Norwegian black metal project CODE, featuring new vocalist Simen Hestnaes (a.k.a. ICS Vortex; DIMMU BORGIR, ex-ARCTURUS), has signed to Tabu Recordings.
The Cure
The Cure Prepare New US Tour Dates — News — AngryApe
This September, The Cure will embark on a new tour around the US and in the meantime, they are continuing work on their next album.
Matthew Dear
TUNETOURIST: Interview: Matthew Dear
iLiKETRAiNS
iLiKETRAiNS Name Album, Single And Tour Dates — News — AngryApe
Elegies to Lessons Learnt is the album's title and it is set to be released on 1st October in the UK/ Europe and 9th October in the U.S through Beggars Banquet. A single named The Deception will also be preceding the LP on 10th September
Maserati
mp3 track: stereogum: New Maserati - "The World Outside"
Phideaux
2 new tracks from US progressive art-rock band Phideaux www.myspace.com/phideaux
The male vocalist sings in a similar style to Trevor Tanner from 80s band The Bolshoi ! on the track MICRODEATH SOFTSTAR with the music in a similar vintage prog style of Anekdoten
The other track: FORMALDEHYDE the female vocalist reminds me of 1970s era Annie Haslam of Renaissance
Phideaux explain the two tracks:
And so, within days the Doomsday Afternoon glow will be upon us. The album is being mass produced and will shortly be making its way to your favourite music distributor and mail order consortium.
And in preparation for this black day, we have uploaded two tracks from the album. Of course, because the songs are so damn long we had to compress them into nasty tiny MP3s that are somewhat like tinfoil.
However:
First up: MICRODEATH SOFTSTAR (edit and truncated) - this is the finale of the album and was written as the instrumental "freakout". Of course, later on Formaldehyde took that honour. On this most devilish track you can hear the fantastic guitar work of Joel Weinstein (from Time As Wine) as well as Myspace's very own Johnny Unicorn on super keyboards. The ultimate wizard Matthew Parmenter has doused us with terrifying violin and voice as well. You might even hear Arjen Lucassen saying seven secret words at 7:50 into the track... I promise you the sound quality is better when listened to at greater than MP3 VBR 96/128!
Second Track: FORMALDEHYDE (complete) -- This is the track that Martin Orford kindly contributed a synthesizer solo. I am a great fan of his solo work as well as his keyboard stylings with IQ. This is a bit of a duet between Valerie Gracious and myself (although Matthew Parmenter can be heard on violin and voice as well). The second half of this song is a keyboard extravaganza. Listen also to the faaantastic flute of Steve Dindin (or is that dumdum?). Oh, no it's Steve Dundon of Molly Bloom (Spright Night anyone?)
Slam
more info on the new album: DOTSHOP.SE - Slam: Human Response
Soma (SOMACD059)
July 2nd, 2007
THE TUSS [AKA Richard D James]
New album released June 25th: THE TUSS - Rushup Edge
Listen on myspace: www.myspace.com/thetussmusic
Yakuza
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - YAKUZA: 'Transmutations' Artwork Revealed, New Music Available
Yndi Halda
interview: Drowned in Sound - Features - Yndi Halda: acerbic introspection, home and abroad
Young Marble Giants
reissue reviewed: Young Marble Giants, Colossal Youth | | Guardian Unlimited Arts
# posted by DJ Martian 8:00 PM
Radio 1 - Mary Anne Hobbs - Sonar Special
Now on Listen Again: BBC - Radio 1 - Mary Anne Hobbs:
This week we're back from Barcelona with the live sets that smashed Sonar, including Skream, White, Oris Jay, Nettle & Kode 9 & the Space Ape. Speech comes from the likes of Beastie Boys, Jeff Mills & Modeselektor.
More: Radio 1 - Sónar Festival
Also, Sonar reviewed by JUNE 2007: SUNSTROKE: Fact Magazine
# posted by DJ Martian 3:34 PM
Earplug - Issue 97
Issue 97 of Earplug
June 21 - July 4
Earplug is a twice-monthly email magazine, delivering a handpicked selection of news, sounds, videos, and original features to the international electronic-music community.
# posted by DJ Martian 5:09 PM
The Wire - New Issue
New issue of The Wire now on sale in the UK. Throbbing Gristle are on the front cover.
Throbbing Gristle
Keijo
Robin Williamson
Invisible Jukebox: Peter Rehberg
Daniel AIU Higgs
Skull Disco
Cross Platform: Mathieu Brand
# posted by DJ Martian 3:32 PM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 20th
Some links of interest:
Music blogs to check:
Clean Feed [Jazz]
Extreme Music Videos
Super Avant Garde Postmodernism Counterculture
A second coming | Pop | Guardian Unlimited Music
Once the most dynamic live partnership in British music, the lives of William and Jim Reid - of the Jesus and Mary Chain - were a world apart. Former bandmate John Moore tracks the brothers down to see what brought them back together again
Mojo Honours List 2007
MOJO4MUSIC - The Music Magazine - Mojo Honours List 2007 and Mojo pays tribute to the grandfathers of rock'n'roll - Independent Online Edition > News:
The awards
Best Live Act: Arcade Fire
Breakthrough Act: Seasick Steve
Cult Hero: The Only Ones
Mojo Maverick: Echo & The Bunnymen
Compilation Of The Year: White Bicycles: Making Music In The 1960s - The Joe Boyd Story (Fledgling)
Mojo Hero: Alice Cooper
Song Of The Year: Amy Winehouse, 'Rehab'
Classic Album: Exodus, Bob Marley (The Marley family collected award)
Mojo Medal: Jac Holzman
Mojo Vision Award: Slade, Slade In Flame (Union Square Music)
Mojo Catalogue Release of the Year: The Complete Motown Singles Vol 6, 1966 (Universal)
Mojo Innovation in Sound: Suicide
Best Album: The Good, The Bad And The Queen by Simon Tong, Tony Allen, Paul Simonon and Damon Albarn
Mojo Outstanding Contribution To Music: Joy Division
Mojo Inspiration Award: Bjork
Les Paul Award: Peter Green
Hall of Fame: The Doors
Mojo Icon: Ozzy Osbourne
Mojo Legend: Ike Turner
Lifetime Achievement Award: The Stooges
Artists news:
Anaal Nathrakh
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - ANAAL NATHRAKH Hard At Work On New Material
Paul Bley
New Paul Bley album to be released June 25th on ECM: ECM 1786: Paul Bley - Solo in Mondsee:
Paul Bley, master improviser, alone at a Bösendorfer Imperial piano in Mondsee, Austria. Kaleidoscopically-splintered melodies, distant memories of standards, abstractions of the blues and spontaneous free playing are some of the subjects of the Canadian pianist’s “Mondsee Variations”. This is a resolutely creative and characteristically profound performance from one of the most influential pianists in the entire history of jazz, and Bley’s first solo recording on ECM since the crucial “Open, To Love” album of 1972.
Blood Red Throne
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - BLOOD RED THRONE: New Song Posted Online
Coalesce
Punknews.org | Coalesce plans new release, tour this summer
Ephel Duath
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - EPHEL DUATH: Sample Of Upcoming Remix Album Available
Go! Team
New Go! Team Video: stereogum: New Go! Team Video - "Grip Like A Vice"
The Old Dead Tree
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THE OLD DEAD TREE: New Album Title Announced
French goth metal act THE OLD DEAD TREE has set "The Water Fields" as the title of its third album, due before the end of the year via Season of Mist.
Matthew Shipp
New Matthew Shipp album: THIRSTY EAR RECORDINGS:
Matthew Shipp : Piano Vortex
[ the blue series ]
Release Date: August 28th, 2007 CD
Swod
Listen to 2 samples from the forthcoming Swod - Sekunden album: City Centre Offices [minimal piano music]
# posted by DJ Martian 12:08 AM
New Underworld Album - Oblivion With Bells
Just seen this come up in my RSS reader, [via the RSS for Recently Added Albums with a release date of 2007]:
The title of the new Underworld album: Oblivion With Bells due in October: Oblivion With Bells by Underworld : Reviews and Ratings - Rate Your Music
Front Cover:
First blogger to break the news: beatnerd.com: Underworld To Release New Album OCT. 2007 has the press release, including:
True to form Underworld tread their own path through modern electronic music tipping a nod to current sounds, styles and
production techniques but never afraid to let their song writing and musicianship shine out in this digital world.
"Oblivion with Bells" draws heavily on Rick and Karls’ vast array of musical influences (Nick Drake, Def Mix, Ricardo
Villalobos, Can, James Holden, Eno) and experiences performing worldwide to create a truly unique Underworld journey.
The album kicks off like Saturday night with Sven Väth, Simian Mobile Disco and Frankie Knuckles all fighting to get on
the decks, then takes you over the flat fields of rural Essex, through Kings Cross with its olympic dreams and piss stained
alleys, ending blissed out in a hidden cove in Ibiza. Epic techno nestles next to frail acoustics, beatific prose next to sharp
urban observation, amazing sound texturing mixed with mobile phone recordings, rarely has the Underworld palette been
so rich.
Official Underworld new album thread on dirty.org/forums: Oblivion with Bells
Also UK tour dates: Underworld Announce New Winter Tour — News — AngryApe
October Tour Dates:
8th - Southampton Guildhall
9th - Birmingham Academy
10th - Norwich UEA
12th - Northumbria University
13th - Glasgow Carling Academy
14th - Nottingham Rock City
16th - Manchester Apollo
17th - London Roundhouse
# posted by DJ Martian 11:11 PM
New Mystic Forest Album for 2007!
Album news update from: Mystic Forest - Avant Progressive Black metal from France
The 8 main tracks of the new album are recorded, arranged, mixed... I have hard time to find the good feeling for the vocals recording, damn this album is so complicated to record yet it will be so, so… So what in fact?... So Mystic Forest'ic... Yes, for all the ones who really wait for this record you won't be disappointed! I promise that this will be the true representation of what Mystic Forest was destined to be!
Mystic Forest on Myspace: www.myspace.com/mysticforestband
Mystic Forest is a romantic black metal band with classical and folk influences. The band hails from France, and was formed in 1997.
Recommended listening the 2 tracks [from the 2004 Romances album] out of 4 on their myspace profile. They would appeal to open-minded fans of post-rock, psychedelic rock, shoegazer, gothic rock and RIO [Rock-In-Opposition] / Avant Progressive Rock as well as Black Metal.
Just listen to the sublime celestial psychedelic atmospherics of these tracks:
Cette Rose que tend la Mort
Si le bois pouvait parler...
One of the finest albums of the decade so far:
the 2004 album: MYSTIC FOREST (France) "Romances" CD
Grim, yet high-calibre continental Black Metal with neo-classical influences and technically active guitar recitals. Dark and dreamy atmosphere supported by uniquely French instrumentation contributing greatly to the intoxicating density and Francophilic flavor!
A predominantly mid-tempo approach occasionally punctuated by periodic bursts of hyperspeed blastbeat and consistently grim vocals throughout (similar to ABIGOR and early EMPEROR); utterly blackened in a subliminal attack! MYSTIC FOREST's totally hallucinogenic "Romances" album features dynamic songs which are panoramic and cinematic in their evocative quality. There is no other Black Metal band, French or otherwise, that sounds like MYSTIC FOREST; truly distinctive, outstanding cult Underground horde that must be heard to be appreciated!aka EIKENSKADEN (on Tumult and Oaken Shield Records)
# posted by DJ Martian 2:03 PM
Terrorizer - New Issue
New issue of Terrorizer magazine on sale this Thursday June 21st.
Job for a Cowboy are on the front cover, which is surprising as they are more of a Kerrang/ Metal Hammer band.
#159 - FEATURES
STUDIO REPORT: NILE
JOB FOR A COWBOY
AKERCOCKE
MANOWAR
PARADISE LOST
DEVIN TOWNSEND
METAL BLADE 25TH ANNIVERSARY
SICK OF IT ALL
VITAL REMAINS
MIDDLE EAST SCENE REPORT: PART THREE
BLOOD ISLAND RAIDERS
ELEND
CARNAL FORGE
SHINING
VINTERSORG
#159 - Fear Candy Track Listing
1 -- Behemoth -- Prometherion --3.04
2 -- Candlemass -- Devil Seed --4.58
3 -- Anglecorpse -- Credo Decimatus --1.30
4 -- Job For A Cowboy -- Embedded --3.38
5 -- Municipal Waste -- Headbanger Face Rip --1.53
6 -- Samael -- Slavocracy --3.32
7 -- Korpiklaani -- Lets Drink --2.46
8 -- Sarpantium -- Ascending The Divine --5.30
9 -- Dead Beyond Buried -- Condemned To Misery --5.23
10 -- Melencolia Estatica -- Meditatio IV --10.27
11 -- 66Crusher -- Mindtrapped --6.04
12 -- Wykked Wytch -- Sweet Dreams --4.22
13 -- Poltergeist -- Beggar --4.57
14 -- Man Of The Hour -- Red Nails --4.46
15 -- Profane -- Porcelain --3.55
16 -- Justonefix -- Listen If You Dare --4.38
17 -- Sanzen -- The Reflections Of Knives In Green W --3.33
# posted by DJ Martian 8:33 PM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 17th
Some links of interest:
Now on listen again: Skream on BBC - Radio 1 - Essential Mix - This week's mix We present the young UK ambassador for dubstep, Skream
10 years on: Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - music: Ten years of OK Computer and what have we got?
:: Hubsterblog :: - metal music blog
2 Metal music webzines:
LivingForMetal.com
PyroMusic.net
Artists
The Arcane Order
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THE ARCANE ORDER: Songwriting Process 'Is Running Along Just Smoothly'
Dodheimsgard
interview: CoC : Dodheimsgard : Interview
Experimental Musical Outcasts
CoC talks to Vicotnik of Dodheimsgard
by: Yiannis Stefanis
Go-Team
At last a name for the album: The Go! Team Join Sub Pop: The Go! Team News on This Is Fake DIY
"The band will release new album 'Proof Of Youth' via the label Stateside on 11th September, with singles 'Grip Like A Vice' and 'Doing It Right' will be out through Memphis Industries as in the UK on 2nd July and 3rd September."
Helios
New album: DOTSHOP.SE - Helios: Ayres
A slow burning epic, an effortless dream-pop masterpiece of crushing songwriting, and intimate gorgeous vocals
Type (TYPE028CD)
August 27th, 2007
In Vain
Interview: Imhotep: IN VAIN – RIDING WITH THE WIND
The Norwegian metal band, whose intriguing creations are bound to raise some stir in your mind, impressed Imhotep reporter Asaf Karagila. He did an interview with the band in connection with the “Wounds” EP, and now the band unleash “The Latter Rain”. J. Haaland informs us about the album, inspirations and Apache Indians.
Listen on myspace: In Vain
Jatun
The Silent Ballet >: Jatun Interview
The Silent Ballet's Brett Spaceman talks to Scott Worley of Jatun, the Portland based electronic duo.
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta new album "The Bedlam In Goliath" - Sound Opinions Message Board
Primordial
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - PRIMORDIAL Prepares To Record New Album
Searbear
New album: DOTSHOP.SE - Seabear: The Ghost That Carried Us Away
Morr Music (MM076CD)
August 20th, 2007
Shels
atmospheric post-metal/rock music from Shels
Listen on myspace: www.myspace.com/shels
debut album [Sea of the Dying Dhow] released June 18th: Shellshock | Independent Music Distribution: Shels: Sea Of The Dying Dhow:
Formed by vocalist Medi Safa of Mahumodo (his old band mates now play in Devil Sold His Soul), *Shels combines the soundscapes of God Speed You! Black Emperor and the musical genius of Tool coupled with the raw brutality of Will Haven and the emotion of Isis.
Features members of Mahumodo (Shelsmusic), Fireapple Red (Visible Noise) and Eden Maine (Undergroove)
Skallander
New album: DOTSHOP.SE - Skallander: Skallander
Like an invitingly mysterious book, Skallander will have you trapped in its hazy beauty for many months to come
Type (TYPE023CD)
August 27th, 2007
Swayzak
new Swayzak album: XLR8R - Swayzak Rocks Some Other Country
Some Other Country is out August 28, 2007 on !K7.
Tunng
Pitchfork: Tunng Sign to Thrill Jockey, Plan New LP, Tour
London folk collective Tunng have signed to Thrill Jockey in order to release their follow-up to last year's Comments of the Inner Chorus in the fall. The deal is for North America only; the band remains on Full Time Hobby in the UK
Winds
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - WINDS: New Album Release Date Announced:
The End Records has set a September 4 release date of for the new album from Norway's WINDS, entitled 'Prominence and Demise'.
# posted by DJ Martian 6:59 PM
Outstanding new band alert: Ne Obliviscaris
listen to Ne Obliviscaris on myspace: www.myspace.com/neobliviscaris
in particular the track: Tapestry Of The Starless Abstract - is over 11 minutes long, an epic track consisting of many elements.
A 6 piece metal band consisting of violin, 2 guitars, bass, drums, clean and extreme vocals; Ne Obliviscaris hail from Melbourne, Australia, and include a vast array of influences within their sound from progressive to black, thrash, death and melodic metal, and even western art music, jazz and flamenco. Creating music of many extremes, and with compositions often exceeding ten minutes in length, Ne Obliviscaris is at times very technical and complex and at others simple and subtle, creating an extremely original brand of metal that defies normal categorisation.
avant progressive black metal with jazz-fusion
possible reference points:
Maudlin of the Well, Enslaved, Ephel Duath, Opeth, Arcturus, Solefald, KBB [legendary Japanese progressive jazz-fusion rock], Jean-Luc Ponty, Mike Patton and Faith No More [the Clean Vocals]
review: Ne Obliviscaris - The Aurora Veil
# posted by DJ Martian 4:50 PM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 15th
Some links of interest:
New blog dealing with post-metal: Metalgazing
Radio 1 at the Sonar festival: BBC - Radio 1 - Events: Sónar Festival
Event details
Event: Sónar Festival
Date: 14 - 16 June
Venue: Barcelona
On-air
Mary Anne Hobbs, Friday 15 June, 2-4am
A pre-Sónar special, previewing some of the artists on the line up.
Rob da Bank - Monday 18 June, 12-2am
Sónar special.
Pete Tong's In New Music We Trust, Thursday 21st June, 9-10pm
Sónar highlights.
Mary Anne Hobbs, Friday 22 June, 2-4am
Music highlights from the festival.
Pitchfork Feature: The Month In: Techno by Philip Sherburne
dubstep mix to download: Forensics: Dubsteppers Delight > 09/06/07
Mutek links: MUTEK 07 & XLR8R - -- - -- . .- - . .- - -- tobias c. van Veen - -- - -
Woebot on the latest promos: WOEBOT: Promos
Sgt Pepper must die! | | Guardian Unlimited arts
Ever get the feeling you've been cheated? It's meant to be a classic album, but all you can hear is a load of boring tripe ... we've all felt that way. And so have the musicians we asked to nominate the supposedly great records they'd gladly never hear again
Interviews by Paul Lester
10/ 10 review: Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation: Deluxe Edition: Pitchfork Record Review
Life Without Buildings remembered: Life Without Buildings – Juno - Seconds - Stylus Magazine
Artists:
Between the Buried and Me
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed - The record will be released on September 18th through Victory Records.
Candlemass
Check out 'King Of The Grey Islands' album in its entirety: Candlemass
Caribou
UK release date confirmed: Drowned in Sound - News - Caribou: moving to Andorra in August
Caribou's new LP, Andorra, will be released on August 20 through City Slang.
Digitalism
BBC - collective - digitalism interview plus full tracks
MGR VS. SIRDSS
DOTSHOP.SE - MGR VS. SIRDSS: Impromptu:
Long slowly unfurling whorls of steel string tangle, slow burning electric guitar shimmers, glistening sonic cobwebs ***
Neurot (NR049CD)
June 18th, 2007
MGR, short for Mustard Gas and Roses, is Isis guitarist Mike Gallagher's solo vehicle for ambient instrumental experimentation.
Múm
Listen to a new Múm track: Pitchfork: Forkcast: New Music: Múm: "Dancing Behind My Eyelids" [Stream]
Radiohead
Expect a new: Radiohead album this autumn - Music-News.com
The Shocking Pinks
Newly signed to the DFA label, listen to tracks: www.myspace.com/shockingpinks
David Sylvian
World Tour just announced: { davidsylvian.com } the world is everything tour:
7th Sept: Stockholm, China Theatre
8th Sept: Oslo, Sentrum Centre
9th Sept: Copenhagen, Royal Theatre
12th Sept: Dublin, Vicar Street
14th Sept: Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
15th Sept: Glasgow, Royal Concert Hall
17th Sept London, Royal Festival Hall
18th Sept: Birmingham, Symphony Hall
20th Sept: Brussels, AB
21st Sept: Paris, La Cigale
23rd Sept: Milan, Conservatorio Sala Verdi
24th Sept: Reggio, Emilia Teatro Valli
26th Sept: Conegliano Veneto, Teatro Accademia
27th Sept: Rome, Auditorium Della Conciliasione
29th Sept: Torino, Teatro Colosseo
# posted by DJ Martian 12:31 AM
2007 Music Lists Update
Top 1000 Albums of 2007 @ rateyourmusic.com has been updated once again.
My 2007 Albums A - Z tracking list on rateyourmusic.com has been updated. Now featuring 1082 releases.
2007 A - Z Albums Tracking List - a starting guide to new & forthcoming album releases
Also updated: 2007 Summer Albums [192 Albums]
Yet to be announced: 2007 Expected list [237 artists]
Artists that are expected to release new albums in 2007 - awaiting announcements of album titles and release dates. [No doubt some will be delayed till 2008 !]
# posted by DJ Martian 6:12 PM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 13th
Some links of interest
2 music blogs to check out:
art snob solutions.
Shameless Complacency
This Week's NME comes with a Free CD: NME.COM | Magazine
Free CD compiled by Muse including tracks from Bjork, Flaming Lips, Clor, Lightning Bolt + loads more
The best post-rock albums: top 40 post-rock albums, as per THE LIST - Rate Your Music
part of this: THE LIST [updated 04.12.07] - Rate Your Music
the 400 greatest albums, as rated by those on my favorite users list. updated monthly to reflect evolving tastes as we journey together.
context: THE LIST
Mutek
Mutek festival reviewed: Igloo Magazine :: Features :: MUTEK 2007 :: The wired electronic heart of Montreal
Igloo abroad; a report of the events that took place at the 8th installment of Mutek (Electronic Music and Digital Creativity Festival) in Montreal, Canada written by roving reporter TJ Norris from May 30 - June 3, 2007.
Artists:
Animal Collective
2 New tracks to listen to [direct via an embedded player] Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog - Two New Tracks From… Animal Collective
Ansur
interview: Ansur - Fresh Blood and Old Crazy Bands - Ultimate Metal Forum
Ansur is a new name in the world of aggressive and progressive metal, but they have all the makings of a band that could eventually leave their mark for a long time. Their mixture of modern black metal (Enslaved and Emperor) with their knowlegeable use of 70's prog is exciting, and few bands can do it this well. UM had the opportunity to talk with the band about what it's like to be young and ambitious."
Matthew Dear as False
RA: False album 2007 arrives on Minus. Music News
Matthew Dear revives his False moniker for a second album. '2007' is due for release in mid-July.
Happy Mondays
New album details: Cerysmatic Factory > Happy Mondays > Discography > Uncle Dysfunktional
Listen to new tracks on myspace: Happy Mondays
No Age
FatCat Records : News: No Age Album Released Today In Europe [released this week, i.e Monday]
The Race
Good to see 2 positive reviews: The Race: Ice Station - PopMatters Music Review and The Race: Ice Station: Pitchfork Record Review
Rosetta
More info on this highly anticipated release: Decoymusic.com - Rosetta Complete New Record:
Rosetta has completed their upcoming new album Wake/Lift. The new effort was co-engineered by Colin Marston of Dysrhythmia/Behold the Arctopus and Matt Weed of Rosetta.
Wake/Lift will see a fall release via Translation Loss.
More info: Anchor States
"Supposedly there is a blurb in the new Decibel magazine that comes out this weekend about the record, and an apocryphal quote from me saying something about Pink Floyd, Mogwai, and Coalesce on a space station."
Here is the track listing for the new record, which is titled "Wake/Lift":
1. Red in Tooth and Claw
2. Lift (part 1)
3. Lift (part 2)
4. Lift (part 3)
5. Wake
6. (Temet Nosce)
7. Monument
Studio
No 119: Studio | Music | Guardian Unlimited Music
Paul Lester's daily search for the best of today's music finds him at the forefront of electronica in the form of Scandinavian duo Studio
myspace: Studio
The Woodentops
For this year the first piece of news is that we are finally releasing the Woodies "BBC sessions". It will include material from 3 John Peel sessions and others from 84 to 88. Theres about 8 complete sessions to choose from. Its is to be released September 2007 on the Renascant Label. We are beginning work towards recording 3 or 4 new songs we are currently including in the set. As you can see above, the chance to perform is multiplying. Its not often bands vanish for a decade and reappear. But this is a magic band. You could say, the orginal anitque body is the same, beautifully maintained, but the engine is spanking new. It is a little like that. Are you ready? We are coming.
The Woodentops Are touring at the mo: www.myspace.com/thewoodentops
13 Jun 2007 20:00
w.cobbitt Farnham
15 Jun 2007 8:00
King Tuts wah wah hut Glasgow, Scotland
15 Jun 2007 23:00
Box club Aftershow Party Glasgow, Northwest
16 Jun 2007 0:00
Picnic Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw
8 Jul 2007 20:00
Norwich arts center Norwich
25 Jul 2007 20:00
Proud Gallery London, South
10 Aug 2007 20:00
Felipop festival Limodre, Fene - A Coruña.
Yakuza
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - YAKUZA Schedules Release Date For 'Transmutations'
Chicago's forward-thinking YAKUZA will release its new full-length album, "Transmutations", on August 7 through Prosthetic Records.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:25 AM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 12th
Some links of interest:
3 music blogs to check:
indiejudas.com
Minimal Land
Shake Your Fist
Latest metal column: [from last month] PopMatters | Columns | Adrien Begrand | Blood and Thunder | Dreams, Nightmares, and Sonata Arctica
New issue of Textura:
textura
including this interview feature: textura: Matthew Dear
Aus grauer Städte Mauern - German Post-Punk and New Wave 1979 - 83
Independent labels find a way to hang on to talent - Independent Online Edition > Business News:
The Go! Team, a band on the cusp of widespread success, has spurned the financial security of a major music label and stuck with its independent backers to take it to the next level by using Integral's expertise
Ulrich Schnauss
What Ulrich Schnauss is listening to at the mo [via email newsletter for June]
// HOME STEREO FAVOURITES
*a sunny day in glasgow: scribble mural comic journal
*fleeting joys: extra sensory/don´t go downloads
*myspace.com/lochheed
*mahogany: connectivity! (uk release on track&field)
*auburn lull: new album demos
*johannes schmoelling: images & memory anthology
*twelve: 03 part one
*causa sui: free ride
*engineers: new album
*siobhan donaghy: ghosts
*stars of the lid: and their refinement of the decline
*fields: everything last winter
*sarabeth tucek: sarabeth tucek
*keren ann: keren ann
*experimental aircraft: third transmission
*all in the golden afternoon: all in the golden afternoon
*rachel goldstar: introducing... 2001-2005
*marissa nadler: songs 3
*onetwo: instead
*svarte greiner: knive
*robin guthrie & harold budd: before the day breaks/after the night
falls
there´s some great re-issues out at the moment as well:
*prefab sprout: steve mcqueen
*black dog: book of dogma
*chapterhouse: the best of
*and seefeel´s monumental "quique" has been re-released as well!!
Artists Update:
Shirley Bassey
New album, listen to the recent single on myspace: www.myspace.com/shirleybassey
Get The Party Started - Dame Shirley's New Album
The incredible new album from Dame Shirley is released June 25th, the day after she performs at this year's Glastonbury.
The album combines new recordings, new vocals plus remixes of some well known DSB favourites. You'll notice some great people have worked on it - check out their Spaces too and if you like what you hear, why not add them as a friend.
01. Get The Party Started (Produced by Catherine & Nikki of Never The Bride)
02. Big Spender (NorthxNWest Mix)
03. I Who Have Nothing (NorthxNWest Mix)
04. This Is My Life (Cagedbaby Mix)
05. Slave To The Rhythm (The Glimmers Mix)
06. Can I Touch You There (Mungolian Jetset Mix)
07. What Now My Love (Bugz In The Attic Mix)
08. Kiss Me Honey Honey (Restless Soul Mix)
09. Hello (Dobie Mix)
10. You Only Live Twice (Mark De Clive Lowe Mix)
11. Where Is The Love (Bruno E Urubu Jazz Remix)
12. The Living Tree (Written/Produced by Catherine & Nikki of Never The Bride)
13. I Will Survive (NorthxNWest Mix)
Gui Boratti
Interview: Gui Boratto - Hi! - Stylus Magazine
Darkest Hour
New Darkest Hour track titled: Demons to listen to: www.myspace.com/darkesthour
Durutti Column
New Album out next month: :::::DARLA.COM v3.0.... DURUTTI COLUMN - Idiot Savants CD (Artful (UK)
Lights out Asia
Coming next month on the n5MD label the debut album from Lights out Asia: :::::DARLA.COM v3.0....LIGHTS OUT ASIA - Tanks and Recognizers:
Wisconsin post-celestial-shoegazer trio Lights Out Asia delivers their sophomore full length and debut for n5MD titled Tanks and Recognizers. This follow-up to their critic and fan favorite Garmonia (sun sea sky) pushes their sound far forward with a palpable intensity by giving a seemingly subliminal nod to some of the more electronically minded ethereal bands of the mid 80s to early 90s like Breathless, Chapterhouse, My Bloody Valentine or even the more emotionally rich moments of Colourbox. Lights Out Asia who is actually influenced more by a more current crop of like-minded artists such as Mogwai, Massive Attack, and Robin Guthrie’s various works, blend them all, the erstwhile and contemporary, with an updated style, feel and modern expansiveness. Tanks and Recognizers is a cinematic and ambitiously crafted album which could easily fit into any indie rock or electronic music collection. Soaring, floating, and moving forward as it pulls you in to its hopeful heart consuming ebb and flow of electronics, guitars and lofty vocal yearning. Tanks and Recognizers is that perfect album for those days when the horizon and sky are of the same hue and for those moments where every perspective is so gorgeously blurred.
Listen on myspace: www.myspace.com/lightsoutasia
# posted by DJ Martian 12:24 AM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 11th
Some links of interest:
Feature: Cokemachineglow.com - Retconning / X: Prog (Avant-rock, R.I.O.)
Academic online journal: Radical Musicology
Radical Musicology is a peer-reviewed online journal produced in the International Centre for Music Studies at Newcastle University (UK). It was established to provide a forum for progressive thinking across the whole field of musical studies, and encourages work that draws on any and all relevant disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Issue 1: Radical Musicology
2 music blogs to check:
EmptyFree.com
The World in Perforated Lines featuring:
avant folk * psych folk * post core * etno folk * noise * lo-fi * chamber folk * indie * wave * postrock * avant pop * glitch-pop * elettroacustica * dark folk * lo-fi folk * neo-folk * free rock * art rock * neo-country * contemporanea * guitar music * free * sound-art * electric drones
Music 2007: Raven Sings The Blues - Best of 2007 So Far
Music 2007: Sputnikmusic - Charts: Highest Rated Albums: 2007 some rather average albums on this community user generated list.
Pelican are on the front cover of the new issue of Decibel Magazine also latest album reviews: Decibel Magazine: July Reviews
Artists
Dungen
Dungen - Interview - Stylus Magazine
Killing Joke
Decibel Magazine: Killing Joke:
Killing Joke frontman kills own jokes, loves it when Mötley Crüe gives him money.
Nile
NILE: 'Ithyphallic' E-Card Available: Nile e-card - audio preview of one of the most anticipated metal albums of 2007.
Rosetta
listen to Rosetta on myspace: www.myspace.com/rosetta
One of the leading post-metal bands provide a news update: blog.myspace.com/rosetta:
News on new full-length
Some new info on our second full-length:
I (Matt) just finished mixing it, and Colin Marston of Dysrhythmia/Behold the Arctopus will be mastering it next week. It will be released in September on Translation Loss, with a CD and 2xLP out at the same time. Paul Romano (www.workhardened.com), who has done all the Mastodon covers, is doing the art and layout.
One disc this time, not two. We'd rather not repeat ourselves.
Sahg
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - SAHG To Release New Album In October
Bjørn Torske
MIC Norway: Bjørn Torske pushing wrong-right buttons.:
The release of disco sage Bjørn Torske’s new record is imminent. “Feil Knapp” (wrong button) hits the streets on Monday June 11th, and expectations are higher than ever, for Torske is no less than the weird chieftain of his musical clan.
Vulture Industries
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - VULTURE INDUSTRIES Completes Work On New Album - Norwegian Industrial metal
Myspace: Vulture Industries
# posted by DJ Martian 12:27 AM
HTRK - track Fascinator
Listen to this outstanding track: Fascinator by HTRK on myspace: www.myspace.com/htrk
[from a forthcoming album: Marry Me Tonight]
The female vocalist [Jonnine Davis] has a slight Germanic esoteric lilt that reminds me of X-Mal Deutschland or Claudia Brucken [of Propaganda] the closest British reference points would be Jayne Casey from Liverpool 80s band Pink Industry and the fractured slow paced glacial dubby music has a similar sound texture to Insides on the sublime Indides - Euphoria album from the early 90s.
Playlouder recently reviewed a HTRK album: HTRK: Nostalgia (2007) review PLAYLOUDER
Their aesthetic is one of brutal reductionism. Their moniker: HTRK; a diminutive of HATE ROCK TRIO.
Nostalgia' is the official re-release of their self recorded DIY debut, snapped up by the seminal Fire Records
Throughout 'Nostalgia' fractured analogue synths stab like panes of glass falling from their frames in a bombed-out post-apocalyptic warzone. Impassive vocals struggling to be heard through swathes of feedback and bludgeoning drums; dehumanised… another instrument fighting for survival against its' formidable aural adversaries.
Album to buy @ Rough Trade: HTRK - Nostalgia
HTRK are signed to Fire Records the same label as Bark Psychosis
Fire Records: HTRK - Nostalgia
HTRK - Nostalgia
(2007)
HTRK (formed 2003) are a mysterious three-piece from Melbourne who reside in Berlin and London. Inspired by the sounds and images of David Lynch, The Birthday Party and electronic artist Pita, HTRK effortlessly create music of sublime tension and beauty. Heavily processed and bathed in reverb, 'Nostalgia' is a collection of 7 live recordings from 2004. It was after 'Nostalgia' that Rowland S. Howard became interested in HTRK, eventually going on to produce their forthcoming debut album 'Marry Me Tonight', which will be released later this year.
Nostalgia was recorded with two microphones and an old tape deck, prior to their first tour of Sydney in 2004. Says Nigel, "We ran through our set and the performance was uncanny... we called it Nostalgia because of our hatred of bands and fans who suck the past dry, as well as our own guilty nostalgia for the nihilistic energies rampant in the 80s underground, and the strange role that the Tarkovsky film Nostalghia played in the earliest days of the band's creation up in the Macedon hills. It is in many ways our definitive introductory statement."
'...what those in the know call the Glamourous Neu Underground ...''
(20jazzfunkgreats)
''Ominous collusions of downtown basslines and ricochet beats (in bullet-time). Sound like, y'know, a motel room, a tyreprint curve in the rain, an alibi.''
(Plan B)
Slinky, sexy deep bass and synth throb with goth drippings from Berlin (by way of Melbourne). Like The Kills on the shit that killed Billie Holiday.
(NME)
HTRK will be performing in London:
Saturday 16th June 2007
ALAN VEGA + HTRK @ THE ROUNDHOUSE FREEDM ROOM
Chalk Farm Road, Camden - London
£? (max 7)
# posted by DJ Martian 2:48 PM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 8th
Some links of interest:
Drowned in Sound - Features - The Weekly DiScussion: our albums of the year, so far
metal music blog to check: Supernal Music's Journal
Drowned in Sound - Features - Primavera Sound 2007: the DiS Review
Latest artist additions re Oslo's Øyafestivalen
The Medieval Park bill is complete
The Jesus And Mary Chain, Devendra Banhart, Woven Hand, Real Ones, Battles, Håkon Kornstad, Salvatore, The Goo Men, Monomen, Killing Butterflies and H
Earplug - Issue 96 June 7 - 20
Earplug - Issue 95 May 24 - June 6
Earplug is a twice-monthly email magazine, delivering a handpicked selection of news, sounds, videos, and original features to the international electronic-music community.
Artists
Magazine
Profiled: PopMatters Music Feature | Magazine: A Band from Under the Floorboards
Mental Overdrive
new 2007 track: www.myspace.com/mentaloverdrive:
The brand new Euro-Electro track 'Europa' is up for preview in the player above. More info on a release will follow as soon as such details are available.
Minus the Bear
stereogum: New Minus The Bear - "Throwin' Shapes"
Robert Wyatt
New album: Drowned in Sound - News - Robert Wyatt confirms new album details
Robert Wyatt is to release a new album in October.
Comicopera will meet the dank light of specialist record stores on the 8th of October, and is being released through Domino.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:20 AM
New Kim Hiorthøy Track: Beats Mistake
Smalltown Supersound announce:
KIM HIORTHØY: NEW ALBUM TRACK AT MY SPACE
Kim Hiorthøy`s longawaited album "My Last Day" is now finished recorded. It will contain 11 tracks. Releasedate TBA. You can now check out a brand new track from the album titled "Beats Mistake" on the Smalltown Supersound MySpace site here: www.myspace.com/smalltownsupersound.
More details on this album soon.
The track [Beats Mistake] has an up-tempo electronic rhythmic bounce similar to Transglobal Underground: Temple head, Go-Team and Four Tet. Perfect listening for the summer. This is one of my fav tracks of 2007 so far.
Kim Hiorthøy - Wikipedia:
His musical style is difficult to classify; the Smalltown Supersound website includes the following description: 'On his records Kim Hiorthøy combines weird beats, lo-fi/leftfield electronics, field recordings, electro-acoustic sounds and samples, resulting in a sound all his own.
# posted by DJ Martian 2:15 PM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 7th
Some links of interest:
Latest experimental music column: Pitchfork Feature: Column: Out Music #5 Column by Dominique Leone
K-Punk on dubstep: VIRTUAL BREAKS: REFLECTIONS ON DUBSTEP: Fact Magazine
With the release of Soul Jazz's 'Box of Dub' compilation, K-Punk finds the current dubstep sounds intermittingly engaging but oestrogen deficient...
Current thoughts on music blogs: WOEBOT: Thoughts on Blogging and gutterbreakz: MORE THOUGHTS ON BLOGGING
Latest music reviews: forcefeed.org: New Releases: June 2007
Hovefestivalen
Hovefestivalen - Norwegian based music festival sells overs 30,000 tickets !
Drowned in Sound - News - Hove Festival 2007: final line-up confirmed
TDK |Cross Central Festival 2007
TDK |Cross Central Festival in London. Tickets now on sale.
2 day Line Up details
* Finally UK commercial radio catches up with the BBC radio "Listen Again" concept !
Gcap launches catch-up service
Gcap Media has added a seven day catch-up service to its Xfm website, to be followed in the coming months by Capital Radio and Classic FM.
I am unsure if this service is just restricted to the UK? or is it available globally?
check: Xfm "The UK's New Music Radio Station" - unfortunately most of the station's output is confined to awful conformist songs based NME / Q magazine approved [mainstream] guitar rock or shoddy local British post-libertines-arctic monkeys-kasabian-the coral-razorlight clones - dreadful and ghastly.
However there are a few specialist shows including the John Kennedy X-Posure show.
Ex BBC 6 Music DJ Andrew Collins correctly attacks Xfm for their hideous new daytime concept - listeners selecting tracks from a predetermined playlist ! Where Did It All Go Right? Andrew Collins - Xfm Launch Xu: Radio To The Power Of U, Apparently
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Cornelius
Interview: Drowned in Sound - Features - Sensuous Talks: Cornelius chats to DiS about his music
The Gathering and ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN go in different directions
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - Singer ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN Quits THE GATHERING and BLABBERMOUTH.NET - Former THE GATHERING Singer Launches AGUA DE ANNIQUE
Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays Announce Their Next Tour — News — AngryApe
Tickets for all shows go on sale this Friday (June 8th) and 10am.
September Tour Dates:
27th - Nottingham Rock City
28th - Glasgow Carling Academy
October Tour Dates:
1st - Sheffield Octagon
2nd - Newcastle Carling Academy
3rd - Bristol Carling Academy
5th - Oxford Zodiac
6th - London Brixton Carling Academy
8th - Norwich UEA
9th - Southampton Guildhall
10th - Leeds University
12th - Birmingham Carling Academy
13th - Liverpool Carling Academy
Modeselektor
Thom Yorke's electronic music faves to release new album in September:
Happy Birthday by Modeselektor : Reviews and Ratings - Rate Your Music
myspace: www.myspace.com/mdslktr
The Project Hate
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THE PROJECT HATE: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed:
has set 'In Hora Mortis Nostræ' as the title of its new album, due late summer/early fall via StormVox Records
Marcus Schmickler with Hayden Chisholm
Marcus Schmickler [of Pluramon] releases new 2007 album: Marcus Schmickler with Hayden Chisholm / Amazing Daze:
Hapna H.32, CD
2 tracks, 45 minutes
Klaus Schulze
New Album: MusicNonStop.co.uk: Klaus Schulze - Kontinuum:
Tuxedomoon
blog.myspace.com/tuxedomoon
Tuxedomoon's new album "Vapour Trails" happens to come out in the year of the band's 30th anniversary. To mark this occasion, Tuxedomoon & Crammed will also be releasing a limited-edition boxed set entitled "77o7 tm"
Patrick Wolf
GIGWISE, Patrick Wolf Working On New Album
# posted by DJ Martian 12:38 AM
2007 Music Lists
My 2007 Albums A - Z tracking list on rateyourmusic.com has been updated. Now featuring 1053 releases.
2007 A - Z Albums Tracking List - a starting guide to new & forthcoming album releases
Also updated: 2007 Summer Albums [175 Albums]
Yet to be announced: 2007 Expected list [240 artists]
Artists that are expected to release new albums in 2007 - awaiting announcements of album titles and release dates. [No doubt some will be delayed till 2008 !]
Other 2007 lists:
bloggers, music webzines and discussion forums will be publishing "Mid Year" lists at the end of this month, however in the meantime:
Metacritic: Best Albums of 2007 including the top 2:
1 From Here We Go Sublime by The Field
2 Mirrored by Battles
Also: Acclaimed Music Forum: Henrik's updates [based on Metacritic and therefore biased towards those sources]
Stefan's stats: Acclaimed Music Forum: 31/05/2007 : BEST REVIEWED ALBUMS OF 2007 SO FAR number 1 slot:
1 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - SOUND OF SILVER
Metal Storm - Top 20 albums of 2007
progarchives.com: TOP 100 2007 Progressive Rock Music Albums number 1 slot: PORCUPINE TREE - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Top 1000 Albums of 2007 - Rate Your Music selected positions in the top 100
2 Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
6 Panda Bear - Person Pitch
7 Neurosis - Given to the Rising
8 Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
11 Moonsorrow - Viides Luku - Hävitetty
12 Swallow the Sun - Hope
15 Gazpacho - Night
16 Stars of the Lid - Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline
18 Caspian - The Four Trees
19 LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
22 The National - Boxer
26 Blonde Redhead - 23
27 Dødheimsgard - Supervillain Outcast
30 Rush - Snakes & Arrows
34 Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
42 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - In Glorious Times
45 Shining - V - Halmstad
48 Battles - Mirrored
51 Jesu - Conqueror
53 Antimatter - Leaving Eden
55 Lunar Aurora - Andacht
56 Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
57 World's End Girlfriend - Hurtbreak Wonderland
60 Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust
64 65 Days of Static - The Destruction of Small Ideas
67 Björk - Volta
71 The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
75 Port-Royal - Afraid to Dance
77 Gui Boratto - Chromophobia
83 Shining - Grindstone
84 Watain - Sworn to the Dark
91 Deerhunter - Cryptograms
97 !!! - Myth Takes
98 Hacride - Amoeba
"esoteric" collated stats from rateyourmusic.com: Esoteric Albums of 2007 - Rate Your Music [highly rated by a small number of raters]
Top EPs of 2007 - Rate Your Music
individuals:
fast 'n' bulbous: 2007 Albums
sashafrerejones.com: S/FJ: BEST OF 2007
Tom Hull - Music Year 2007
Piero Scaruffi: History of Rock Music: Best rock albums of 2007
More 2007 lists
Collection of links: 2007 lists from rateyourmusic.com users
# posted by DJ Martian 1:30 PM
Numusic - West Coast festival of Numusic 2007 - Stavanger, Norway
What: Numusic 2007 - one of the leading annual electronic / experimental music festivals in Europe.
The event features record label showcases, club/dj events, live concerts, workshops, discussions, installations, exhibitions and unique artistic showcases from some of the worlds leading artists
Where: Stavanger, Norway
Travel:
You can reach Stavanger from almost anywhere in the world by Scandinavian Airlines directly through Copenhagen, KLM through Amsterdam or Lufthansa through Frankfurt. There are also direct connections to Aberdeen (SAS), London Heathrow (SAS), London Stansted (Norwegian Air), Newcastle (Wideroe), Alicante (Norwegian and Sterling), Malaga (Sterling), Billund (Danish Air) and Esbjerg (Danish Air)
Fjord line also operates a regular ferry service from Newcastle.
When: September 5th-8th.
Official website: Numusic
just announced:
UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE TO NUMUSIC SAT 08TH
YES ! you read that correctly. Detroit techno legends UR will be taking over room 1 at Tou Scene for a full frontal "assault" on all your senses. Underground Resistance is a label for a movement. A movement that wants change by sonic revolution. Join us on Saturday 06 Sept for a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the future.
NUMUSIC FESTIVAL 2007.
STAVANGER NORWAY SEPT 5-8TH
UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE (Detroit), DAT POLITICS, ABOUT, FELIX KUBIN, KILL, DAEDELUS, COLDCUT, JEAN JACQUES PERREY, LINDSTRØM, NJAAL, CLUSTER, MUNGOLIAN JETSET, TRENCHER, DJ SCOTCH EGG, ALTERN8 (UK), JØRGEN TELLER & KIM CASCONE (DE/US), MENTAL OVERDRIVE (DFA) (No), FROST (No), SNUTEN (No), POLE (DE), THE BUG (UK), CLARK (UK), OST & KJEKS (No), SEX IN DALLAS (FR), TROST (DE), SUPERJUPITER (No), PHIL NIBLOCK (US), SALVATORE (No), MIRA CALIX (UK), TRASH FASHION (UK), SKATEBÅRD No), SYME (Remixed) (No), BINARPILOT (No), EIKO (No), KIM HIORTØY (No), METRONOMICON LABEL NIGHT, ORANGEBOX (No), NORTHMIEHD (No), TWOCSINAK (UK). [confirmed so far: www.myspace.com/numusicfestival]
West Coast Festival of Numusic: 05-08 September. Stavanger Norway.
Scandinavia's leading club based festival dedicated to the advancement of new, alternative & electronic music. Featuring record label showcases, over 70 club / dj events & live concerts, workshops, discussions, installations, exhibitions and artistic showcases from a diverse range of independent artists.
This years theme is "Back to Basics" and features a diverse range of artists who are not affraid to strip things back to their basic elements. Artists such as the ground breaking old school rave outfit Altern8, inject a solid dose of soul into the current "trend" for all things nu rave, whilst legendary french composer Jean Jacques Perrey shows us what happens when the ethos of "pop" is married to the usually funless world of classical modernism.
This year also sees the expansion of Nuart into a truly international affair with renowned artists from around the world invited to create one off pieces in the city's main museum of fine arts as well as the city's streets.
The event is situated in Stavanger on the West coast of Norway and takes place in various venues throughout the city.
Expect: friendly crowds, unique concerts & great club nights covering all aspects of progressive, alternative & electronic music and art.
# posted by DJ Martian 12:22 AM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 4th
Some links of interest:
Latest update for David Jennings music / tech / culture/ psychology book: Net, Blogs and Rock'n'Roll: Book cover
Music blog to check: Metal Injection :: BLOG Injection
Thoughts? - The 250 Greatest Jazz Albums of All Time - Jazz Bulletin Board
New website: Stormy Records, Dearborn Michigan
Drowned in Sound - Features - A Month In Records: May 2007
The best Scandinavian music in 2007 so far: Listmania! 2007 so far | ..: it's a trap!:
"An ever-increasing glut of new releases and an always-shrinking attention span means that it's harder than ever to keep track of all the music that is able to withstand the test of time. We can help! Yes, it's time once again for the feature that everyone loves to hate - the top 10 list. Okay, top 3s. We're only halfway through 2007, after all. So what has the collective contributing force of It's A Trap! been listening to the most these past six months? Read on!
- Avi Roig, Editor-in-Chief
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Animal Collective
First preview thoughts: stereogum: Premature Evaluation: Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Bat for Lashes
New Video: Decoymusic.com - Bat for Lashes Post New Video
Ketil Bjørnstad
New 2007 album: .: Emarcy Records : Ketil Bjørnstad - Devotions.
May 14th, 2007
Where pianist Ketil Bjørnstad gets his energy is anybody's guess. Dubbed Norway's Renaissance Man for his critically acclaimed work in music and literature, the 55 year-old pianist is currently celebrating the release of Devotions. It's the latest in a series of elegantly crafted tone poems that include Grace, Before the Light, The Nest, Seafarer's Tale, Floating and the epic three volume solo piano set Rainbow Sessions for Universal's EmArcy label that have brought him an international audience for his haunting, moving and melodically intense music."
The Cult
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THE CULT: New Album Title Announced
THE CULT has set "Born Into This" as the title of its new album, tentatively due on September 25 via Roadrunner Records in conjunction with THE CULT's imprint label, New Wilderness.
Drudkh
Now available to pre-order: Supernal Music: DRUDKH (Ukr) Estrangement CD
After their Neo-Folk opus, 'Songs of Grief and Solitude', with this latest effort DRUDKH returns to their Black Metal roots, with five long compositions in the epic and melancholic vein of 'Forgotten Legends', although with better sound, organic drums, and brilliant bass playing, in sum displaying the sophistication of 'Blood in Our Wells'. This DeLuxe edition will come in the oversize Super Jewelcase Plus format used in the previous album's own DeLuxe version, with a 16-page illustrated booklet, lyrics both in Ukrainian and in professional English translation, metallic green lettering, special paper, and disc pressed onto green polycarbonate. It will also be limited to 1000 hand-numbered copies, be out at least six weeks before the normal edition, and will be available to Supernal Music customers only. The normal edition, in comparison, will be unlimited and available everywhere, and come in a normal jewelcase, with a 12-page booklet printed on normal stock, lyrics in Ukrainian only, and an ordinary silver disc. If you pre-order now you will be able to take advantage of the lower pre-order price.
Food
Profiled: MIC Norway: Food to tour the UK
Early June sees renowned Norwegian/UK jazz outfit Food touring the UK.
Fronted by British saxophonist Iain Ballamy, Food consists of highly renowned Norwegian improvisers; Thomas Strønen (drums, electronics), Mats Eilertsen (bass) and Arve Henriksen (trumpet, voice).
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Jesus and Mary Chain Plan New Album - Aversion.com
Manes
Antenna.nu interview Manes
Transglobal Underground
New 2007 Transglobal Underground album titled Moonshout released this week in the UK, preview some tracks on myspace: www.myspace.com/transglobalunderground
# posted by DJ Martian 11:55 PM
2007 Summer Albums
I have started a tracking list of albums that will be released this Summer: 2007 Summer Albums
A selective sequential list of Summer [June, July, August] 2007 albums. UK releases are Monday, US releases are Tuesday for simplicity these are grouped together as the same day. Release Dates are subject to change ! and primarily refer to the UK.
As of June 3rd [162 Albums]
# posted by DJ Martian 11:18 PM
Top 1000 Albums of 2007 @ rateyourmusic.com
Top 1000 Albums of 2007 @ rateyourmusic.com has been updated.
# posted by DJ Martian 5:39 PM
Mojo - New Issue
New issue of MOJO magazine feaures Bob Marley on the front cover.
FEATURES FREE CD: SUN IS SHINING
An astonishing reggae compilation to augment our Marley cover and enhance your summer. Toots & The Maytals, Burning Spear, U-Roy, Black Uhuru, Lee Perry and more, plus a rare extended version of Bob Marley & The Wailers' Exodus.
# posted by DJ Martian 3:31 PM
Music Links Roundup - Update - June 1st
Some links of interest:
BBC NEWS | Business | EMI strikes a deal with YouTube:
EMI has signed a deal with YouTube that will allow its users to access videos by EMI artists.
post-rock music Top Ten Postrock Albums - Staff Top 10 - Stylus Magazine
progressive / art rock music blog: Progonblog
destination-out.com blog continues with 90s jazz music analysis: Blog Archive - THE BEST JAZZ OF THE 1990s, Part Five-B
Interviews
Abigor: Abigor | Interview | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - Issue 71: June 2007
Manes: Manes | Interview | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - Issue 71: June 2007
Mithras: Mithras | Interview | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - Issue 71: June 2007
Officium Triste: Officium Triste | Interview | Lords Of Metal metal E-zine - Issue 71: June 2007
Artists:
Fall of the Leafe
BLABBERMOUTH.NET - FALL OF THE LEAFE To Release 'Aerolithe' In August
Paul Haig
Ex Josef K front man Paul Haig returns with an electronic-pop-rock sound:
Listen it new tracks on myspace: www.myspace.com/roboc11:
the track: reason sounds similar to Edwyn Collins meets Thomas Dolby or Pete Shelley in the early 80s
the track: thieves is more electro with a moody John Foxx / David Bowie type sound
the track: maybe sounds like Lou Reed crossed with a melodic Shriekback sound
Single by Paul Haig 'Reason' (ROL 014) on June 4, followed by the CD album 'Electronik Audience' (ROL 015) on June 11.
Mum
Front cover of the forthcoming album:
Offonoff
New band on Smalltown Superjazzz label: Offonoff [alerted via ..: it's a trap!]
29.05.2007
NEW BAND ON SUPERJAZZZ: OFFONOFF
We`re happy to announce that we have signed the new free rock group Offonoff. This band is one half of the Original Silence and features Terrie from the mighty The Ex, Massimo from Zu and our own Paal Nilssen-Love! The album is finished recorded and will be released autumn of 2007. And it rocks!
Ewan Pearson
Pitchfork: Ewan Pearson Fabric Mix Due in July
The 35th installment of the monthly serial will be available July 16 in the U.K.
Siouxsie
New album due this September: The Creatures - Siouxsie Sioux - Official Website
Siouxsie's new album is due to be released September 2007, and a single called 'Into a Swan' is set for release in July/August time.
# posted by DJ Martian 2:34 PM
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British Composers Index
Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland
Harmonia Mundi UK
Hear and Now
International Computer Music Association
New Music Box
NetNewMusic
NewNote
NMC
Post-Classical
rec.music.classical.contemporary
Sequenza 21
SPNM
Dance Music/ Club Culture:
Cognition
DanceNova
DJ List
DJ Mag
earplug
Hyperdub
Klublife
NAJM
Progressive-Sounds
UK-Dance
Breakbeat/ Nu Skool Breaks:
Nubreaks.com
Nu Skool Breaks
DrumnBass/Jungle:
DogsonAcid
Drum & Bass Arena
Junglist.com
Knowledge Magazine
Liquid Funk
IXtra - DrumNBass
Planetdnb
Drum&Bass International Startpage
Dubstep
Blogs
Blackdown
deeptime
Drumz of The South
Dubster's Laboratory
Forensics
Gutterbreakz
kid kameleon
lower end spasm
Mashed Up Beats
patternloader
Shards, Fragments and Totems: Grievous Angel’s alternate reality of random scribbling
Forums
Dubstep Forum
Dissensus - Dubstep Thread
History
BBC Collective - Sound of Dubstep
wikipedia - Dubstep
Labels
Hotflush Recordings
Hyperdub
Tempa
Net Radio & Mixes
Bare Files
Dubplate.Net
Dubstep.fm
www.gourmetbeats.com
Mary Anne Hobbs
Reload-Radio online DUBSTEP radio/stream - Home
Rinse FM
SUB FM
Artists
Digital Mystikz
Hatcha
Horsepower Productions
kode9
Skream
Search - Blogosphere
Google Blog Search - Dubstep
technorati - Dubstep
Tags
delicious - dubstep
Tag Central - dubstep
Electroclash/ Futurepop/ Modern Synthpop:
Links @ LarryTee.com
Ersatz Audio
Gigolo Records
Electroclash
A Different Drum
Jive 55
Synthpop for the Masses
Synthpop.NET
Electro Sounds - everybody grooving to the future robot beat:
Crucial Electro
ELECTRO-FUNK ROOTS HOMEPAGE
Electrocuted Links
Flightpath Estate
Global Darkness
Kraftwerk
Psi49Net -Anthony Rother
Rotters Golf Club
313ctr0
Electronic Downtempo Grooves, Electro Jazz, Broken Beats, Trip Hop:
Acid Jazz Server
Beyond Jazz.net
BigChill.net
Downtempo.org
electroambientdreampop
Jazzadelica weblinks
kozmigroov-index
Straight No Chaser
Triphop.hu
Trip-Hop.net
World of Trip Hop
EM / Electronic Music/ Ambient/ Space Music:
Ambience for the Masses
The Ambient Review
Ambient Visions
Ambient Visions: News
Ampersand etcetera
Electric Music 411
Electroambient Space
Electronic Music Foundation
electronicshadows.com
Epsilon
Hypnagogue
Wind and Wire
Concerts:
The Gatherings
Discussion: Mailing Lists
The Ambient Way
Spacemusic
Labels:
AtmoWorks.com
DiN
Horizon Music
Hypnos
lotuspike
Nepenthe
Spotted Peccary Music
Radio:
Star's End
Online Retailers:
Farfield Music
Groove Unlimited
Hypnos Store
Steve Roach Mail Order
Synth Music Direct
Experimental Electronics/ IDM:
Haunted Links
Boomkat Electronic Music Links
Cyclic Defrost
disquiet
Electroacoustic
11th Hour Technology
Gridface
Grooves Magazine
Hyperreal
Sonic Arts Network
Tesselate
Textura
t h e . z z z o n e
Hip Hop:
Old School Hiphop
Spinemagazine
UKHH.com
Underground Hip Hop
House/ Tech-House/Techno:
Deep House Network
deepness
Tech-House
Techno Online
Industrial / Darkwave/ EBM/ Goth:
Cybase 23
Dark Culture Magazine
Dark Links
Deathrock
Funprox
Goth.net
Hard Wired
Heathen Harvest
industrial.org
Moving Hands
net goth org UK
Side Line
Sordid Magazine
StarVox
This is Corrosion
uk.people.gothic
Jazz/ Improvised Music:
All About Jazz
All About Jazz: Articles
Upcoming Jazz Release Center
Mike Chadwick
ContemporaryJazz.com
EER Jazz Fusion
European Free Improvisation Pages
euro-improv
Europe Jazz Network
FreeJazz.org
International Jazz Festivals Organization
Jazzitude
Jazz Journalists Association
Jazzmatazz
JazzNow
Jazz Review.com
Jazz Services
Jazz Weekly.com
JazzWorld
NOjazz
One Final Note
Magazines:
Down Beat
Jazz Improv
Jazziz
Jazz Times
Jazzwise
Signal to Noise
Radio:
Jazz FM
The Jazz House
NPR Jazz
WNUR 89.3
Reviews:
All About Jazz: Reviews
Bagatellen reviews
BBC Music - Jazz
the Improviser
jazzmatazz: Reviews
Jazz Online
Jazz Review.com - CD Reviews
Shops:
Crazy Jazz
IndieJazz.com
Jazzcds
Jazz Loft
Jazz Links:
Contemporary List of Jazz Links
freeform.org : music links
Jazz Links
Jazzmatazz links
Restructures
Metal: [Extreme/ Dark Metal/ Metalcore etc]
Key:
Apeshit
Archaic-Magazine.com
Chronicles of Chaos
Live 4 Metal Webzine
Lords of Metal
Maximum Metal
Metal Crypt
The Metal Forge
Metal Invader
The Metal Observer
Metalrage
MetalReview.com
METAL REVIEWS
Metal-Rules.com
Metal Storm
Teeth of the Divine
Treehouse of Death
SMNnews.com
Ultimate Metal
Doom
Doom Metal
Hardcore/ Metalcore
Lambgoat
Stereokiller.com
Other:
Deadtide.com
Firegoat
Metal Throne
Metal Undergound.com
PRP
Scream
Tartarean Desire Webzine
Viking Blood
Databases:
The BNR Metal Pages
Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives
Magazines:
BW&BK
Decibel
MetalBite
Metal Hammer
Pit Magazine
Terrorizer
Zero Tolerance Magazine
Post-Punk/ Punk-Funk:
The Crepuscule and Factory Pages
LTM
Red Sun Records
Ze Records
Post-Rock/ Shoegazer/Dreampop Sounds:
Fakejazz.com
Losing Today
Post Rock Bands
Post Rock Labels & Media
Tonevendor
Progressive Rock/Avant Prog:
Aural Innovations
The Axiom of Choice
Clicks and Klangs
Cuneiform
Dutch Progressive Rock Page
Ghostland
The Giant Progweed
Gibraltar
Gnosis
The Green Dolphin's Poll
Innerviews
Prog Archives
Progfreaks.com
Prog4you
Prog-Nose
Prognosis
ProgressiveWorld.net
Progressor
ProgRock.com
ProgScape.com
Rubberneck
Sea of Tranquilty
Links:
Aural Innovations - Links
Progressive and Avant Rock
Rec.Music.Progressive - FAQ
Online Shops/ Mail Order:
ReR
Ultima Thule
Wayside
Discussion:
avant-progressive
Progressive Ears
The Progressive Music Society
rec.music.progressive
News:
Ytsejam.com
Radio:
Progressive Music Shows Live Online
Aural Moon
Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio
The Dividing Line
Progradio.net
Radio Shows:
Gagliarchives
Gnosis Radio
Krautrock/ Kosmische Music
Kosmische Club
Krautrock @ phinnweb
IA/ ID/ User Experience/ Web Usability:
InfoDesign: Understanding by Design
UsabilityNews.com
xBlog
Resources:
Boxes and Arrows
Chinwag
Usability Body of Knowledge
Usability Views
UXmatters
Links:
Experience Design Resources
findability.org
HCI Index
HCI Sites
IA Library
Interaction-Design.org.
User Experience Resource Collection
UX - Overview Diagrams
UX Disciplines Circle
uxd_diagrams
UX
UXnet - User Experience Network
Information Architecture
The Information Architecture Institute
Latest Blog Content:
Original Signal
popurls
SEOmash
THEWEBLIST.net
Web 2.0 Workgroup
Tech News:
digg
DiggLicious.com
Techmeme
Blogger:
Blogger Buzz
Status Blogger
Buzz:
delicious/popular
popacular - popular delicious bookmarks
FriendFeedLinks
Megite
Social Reader
More Buzz Links:
Populair.eu
buzz
Monitoring Webpages:
Change Detection
Google Alerts
Yahoo! Alerts
Blogging:
Blogger
Tumblr
Microblogging:
Twitter
Notepad:
Yahoo Notepad
PIM:
To-Do Lists:
Remember The Milk
Personal Start Pages:
iGoogle
My Yahoo
Netvibes
Pageflakes
Quick.as
Aggregated Portals:
FriendFeed
RSS Readers:
Bloglines
Google Reader
RSS Tools:
FeedBurner
FeedInformer
SuprGlu
URL Shorteners:
bit.ly
TinyURL.com
Web Archiving:
Evernote
Other Tools:
HelloTxt
Ping.fm
Yahoo! Babel Fish
Zoho
Search Tools: Collections
Browys
Fagan Finder
Fasteagle
trovando
TurboScout
URLinfo beta || Fagan Finder
whonu
Zuula
Specialist Search Tools:
Alexa
A9.com
DoubleTrust
Find Similar Sites
GooFresh
Kosmix
Simply Google
Soople
The Wayback Machine
Yauba
YubNub
Links:
How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory
Message Board Search
BoardTracker.com
Omgili
Tag Search:
delicious/search/all
delicious/tag
IceRocket Tags
Wikipedia Search:
Clusty
Qwika
WikiWax
Books:
BookBrain.co.uk
BookButler
Bookprice24.co.uk
BooksPrice
Maps:
Google Maps
Streetmap.co.uk
Reference:
Answers.com
Dictionary.com
Factbites
FindArticles
Wikipedia
Time: The World Clock
News:
AltaVista News
Ananova
BBC
BBC News
Google News UK
The Guardian
The Independent
MSN News UK
NewsNow
Sky News
Times Online
Yahoo News
Yahoo UK News
Portals:
Excite
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MSN UK
BT Yahoo
My Yahoo UK
Yahoo UK
Everything Yahoo!
Blog & Buzz Search Tools:
Ask Jeeves UK - Blogs
Blogdigger
Bloglines | Search
Bloglines | Advanced Search
BlogPulse
BlogScope
Google Blog Search
IceRocket
Sphere
Technorati
Search | Tumblr
Twingly Blog Search
Meta:
Clusty
Collecta
FriendFeed Search
Kosmix
Samepoint
Scoopler
SearchMerge
Social Mention
surchur
Twingly Microblog Search
WhosTalkin?
Wikio
Twitter Search:
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TweetMeme
Twitter Search
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Technorati Blog Directory
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delicious/tags/djmartian
delicious tags
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2001 Lists
2002 Lists
2003 Lists
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2005 Lists
2006 Lists
2007 Lists
2008 Lists
2009 Lists
My Lists on rateyourmusic.com:
2000 Albums
2001 Albums
2002 Albums
2003 Albums
2004 Albums
2005 Albums
2006 Albums
2007 Albums
2008 Albums
2009 Albums
Top Rated Albums on rateyourmusic.com
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Decade:
Fast 'n' Bulbous - The Best New Artists of the 00s Metacritic Scaruffi - The 2000s
Top 1000 Albums -- 2000s on Rate Your Music
Links:
delicious/djmartian/m00s
Charts: Albums by Year - Rate Your Music
Fast 'n' Bulbous
Portal:
DJ Martian: Music of the 00s Portal
DJ Martian: Geocities
2006 Music:
2006 Albums - DJ Martian
2006 Music Lists
RYM 2006 New
RYM Top 1000 Albums 2006
a2006
b2006
m2006
r2006
rateyourmusic.com users 2006 Lists
2007 Music:
2007 Albums - DJ Martian
2007 Music Lists
RYM 2007 New
RYM Top 1000 Albums 2007
a2007
b2007
m2007
r2007
rateyourmusic.com users 2007 Lists
2008 Music:
2008 Albums - DJ Martian
2008 Music Lists
RYM 2008 New
RYM Top 1000 Albums 2008
a2008
b2008
m2008
r2008
rateyourmusic.com users 2008 Lists
2009 Music:
2009 Albums - DJ Martian
RYM 2009 New
RYM Top 1000 Albums 2009
a2009
b2009
m2009
r2009
rateyourmusic.com users 2009 Lists
Music Reviews - Metal
Archaic-Magazine.com
Chronicles of Chaos
Metal Invader
The Metal Observer
MetalReview.com
Metal Reviews
Metal Storm - Reviews
Tartarean Desire
Friday:
The Guardian - Reviews
The Independent - Music
Check Frequently:
Evilsponge
Mammoth Press
No Ripcord
Paris Transatlantic
Satan Stole My Teddy Bear
sputnik music .com
Sudden Thoughts
Tiny Mix Tapes: Reviews
Whisperin & Hollerin
Others:
About.com - Alternative Music
Aiding & Abetting
All Music Guide: New Releases
Auralgasms
babysue
The Beat Surrender
BigO
Blastitude
CloudsandClocks
Cool Music Central
Cracked
Crud Magazine
Eclectic Earwig Reviews
Freq
Hybrid Magazine
Incursion
IndieVille.com
Ink19
In Music We Trust
ireallylovemusic: current
Jock Rock
KindaMuzik
Left of the Dial
ManchesterOnline
Mensa Past Archives
Modern Dance
Music-Critic.com
Musicfolio
Nude as the News
Organ Zine
Mark Prindle
Perfect Sound Forever
Reviewed4U.com
Derk Richardson SF Gate
75 or Less
Silent Uproar
somewherecold.com
The Squid's Ear
Mark Weddle
Zeitgeist
Retired:
Almost Cool
Do Something Pretty
Flux Europa
Freestyle Grooves
Impact
themilkfactory
Only Angels Have Wings
Seven
Splendid
Stylus
Music Magazine Links: @
Music Magazines
The Wire
Music News:
Ananova - Music
Billboard
Kerrang
Launch
MTV.com - News
NME.com
RollingStone.com
UK Dance: News
updated 24/7:
Michael's Eclectic Music Pages *
Music News Headlines on the ArtistDirect Network *
RockNews.info
Music Reference:
AMG
Artist Direct
Discogs
Fast 'n' Bulbous
Google Directory: Music
JahSonic.com
Metacritic
Rockdetector
Rocklist.Net
Scaruffi
Record Labels:
A - Z Record Labels Updated: delicious/djmartian/labels
Music Links: Lists: Music Matrix: deep linking, deep tagging, social bookmarks, mp3 music blogs etc soundspy - digital music intelligence
delicious.com Music Links:
delicious music
delicious/djmartian/music
delicious/forcedexposure
More Links:
Music Discussion
delicious/djmartian/discussion
Some Highlighted Blogs: [These are included in my blo.gs updates]
A
ACID BIRD
*ADORU
advance copy
allrecordlabels
An Idiot's Guide to Dreaming
AngryRobot
Another Form of Relief
arjanwrites
the armchair novelist
Athwart666 metal-news
aurgasm
A Vítima Respira?
AVERSIONLINE.COM - THE MP3 BLOG
aworks: new american classical music
B
basic_sounds
The Battering Room
BBC Radio 1 | OneMusic Blog |
beat happening
be.jazz
Between thought and expression
bigstereo
The Big Ticket
Blissblog
Blog.MusicStrands.com
boomnoise
Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep
brooklynvegan
The Blogglebum Cage
Build and Destroy News
C
Cerysmatic Factory
Chromewaves
The Church Of Me
Circus Beckman
Clap Clap Blog
clik and lissen
Click Opera [Momus]
Close Your Eyes
Computers & Music
Coolfer.com
D
The Daily Growl
danceblogga
darkdose.com
Dave's Imaginary Sound Space
THE DEATH JAM
devil in the details
dirt
Dirrrty Pop
DJ ZoZo
DoCopenhagen
doppelganger
DREAMS OF HORSES
Drumz of The South
DUBSTEP ON KISS 100
Duke Listens! : Weblog
DUMMY MAGAZINE
E
86400 Seconds
Electric_dreams
ELECTRONIC MUSIC LINKS
F
Fail
fangirl: mix tape madness
farmer-glitch
Faronheit
Flaming Pablum: the Weblog of Alex in NYC
Fluxblog
for the eardrums
For the 'records'
Forward Ever
freshwater jellyfish
The Future of Music, Media & Entertainment
G
Good Hodgkins » Cleveland, OH » New ears are listening.
gorilla vs. bear
Green Pea-ness
Robin Guthrie : Web Log
Gutterbreakz
H
Hallmonitor
hallucinations & antics
He made their glowing colours
Hermitage Music
The Hit Parade
Hotflush Recordings
HubLog
I
I fell sideways laughing
ijamming
I'll Be Old School Early
INDUSTRIAL::MUSIC::LIBRARY
Information Leafblower
infoshare:
In League With Paton
ireallylovemusic
I Rock Cleveland
it's all in your mind
J
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews
Jazz & Conversation
jazz plus funk not equals junk, you punk
just for a day
K
Kid Shirt
Killing Music With Bare Hands
KINGBLIND: Music, Art & Entertainment
k-punk
L
Largehearted boy
Last Plane to Jakarta
Lives and dramas of a long-distance milkman
los amigos de durutti
Lost Bands of the New Wave Era
Lupatarkastaja
M
Machines Are Funky
Magnetbox
marathonpacks: keep on freeing in the rock world.
Mars Needs Guitars
MelodyNelson.com
Metal Music Blog
mick mercer's Journal
minimal robot
Musica Generica
Music (for robots)
The Music Radar
Music-versity
Michaelangelo Matos
Mixed Content
MLOG
Mocking Music
Musical Perceptions
Music Arcades
Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good
Music Is My Boyfriend
Muzzle of Bees
My Bird Performs
My Old Kentucky Blog
Mystery & Misery
N
nau pyrata
Nerd Litter
Net, Blogs and Rock'n'Roll
NewFrontEars
Stevie Nixed MkII
No One Here Is Asking
noise for toaster
The Noise it Makes
Northern Vantage - by E. Tindblikk
No Rock & Roll Fun
Nothing But Green Lights - UK mp3 blog
NOX Blog by DJ ZoZo
O
Obscure Sound - Indie Music Blog
Occam's Razor
Old Rottenhat
One Louder
Opus Weblog
P
parallax view
Pastries, Pepper and Canals...
Ewan Pearson. Enthusiasm...
Percussive Piano: New Music Daily
Perfect Sounds
The Pill Box
Pop Your Funk: Dressed In Yello; Says Hello
Pop Musicology - The Scandinavians are coming!
PostClassic
Postapocalyptic Vanguard
post-punk junk
PRANCEHALL (not a Wasteman)
prefixblog.com
Productshop NYC
R
The Rambler
Random types
Raven Sings The Blues - Indie Rock News Media MP3s
remote_ thoughts
Renster
rock the dub
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
Running the Voodoo Down
The Runout Groove
S
Said the Gramophone
sampled & sorted
Sandow
Seaworthy Southeast Thesaurus
Spherical Objective
S/FJ
shards, fragments and totems
Philip Sherburne
Sid Smith's Postcards From The Yellow Room
Silence is a Rhythm Two
Silent Words Speak Loudest
SIXEYES
S K A T T E R B R A I N
Skykicking
Sleeve Notes
smallfish records
Somedisco
sonictroubadour
Soviet Panda
Spoilt Victorian Child
Stereogum
Strawberry Fire
Stumblings in the dark
Swoon// mp3 video discussion news//
subeena
The Suburbs Are Killing Us
Sweeping The Nation
Swen's Weblog
T
3hive
33/45
take your shoes off
throughsilver in blog
The Tofu Hut
Torr
Totally Fuzzy
TUNETOURIST
20th Century Music
U
unarocks
uncarved.org blog
undomondo
unpopular
V
Vis-a-Vis
W
wayne&wax
the weblog of Lucas Gonze
WFMU's Beware of the Blog
Whatever Happened 2 Bay B Kane?
The Whole Wide World Of Fat Buddha!
the wirewool
Woebot
Worlds of Possibility
X
Xenographix
Y
Yeti Don't Dance
Z
Zoilus
Not Updated in blo.gs: [Other]
Basement Galaxy
BBC Radio 1 | OneMusic Blog |
Braquage
electronicablog.com
EVERGREEN DAZE
Ground and Sky
JahSonic's Blog
Kon-tent
1471
The Original Soundtrack
Plan B Magazine - Frances May Morgan
Plan B Magazine - Everett True's Blog
tomorrowJazz
Unfinished
voltage: electro culture
Multiple Contributors: [These are included in my blo.gs updates]
ArtsJournal.com - Music
Bagatellen
beepSNORT
De Subjectivisten
Deviated Septum
Diskant
donewaiting.com
The Freelance Mentalists
thegoldblog
House Is A Feeling
KEXP Blog
Let's kiss and make up...
New Music reBlog
Other Side of Life
::: POPJUSTICE :::
rockcritics daily
rockcritics links
Rocknerd
Spizzazzz
Static Beats
T A P E
testpress
the turntable
2 Many Scenes
weareie
Music Shopping:
UK Generalists: Online Music Stores
UK Specialists: Online Music Stores
US Online Music Stores
CD Price Comparison:
Dealtime.co.uk
Kelkoo
123PriceCheck.com
Pricerunner.com
New Releases/ This Week [UK Music Stores]
Boomkat
Juno Records
Norman Records
Piccadilly Records
Rough Trade
Smallfish
New Releases/ This Week [US Music Stores]
AB-CD
Aquarius Records
Darla - New This Week
Dusty Groove America
EAR/ Rational Music
Forced Exposure
Insound
Midheaven - New Releases
Other Music
Other Music - New Release Updates
Parasol
Siren Disc: New Releases
Stinkweeds
Action Records
Alice's Records
Banquet Records
bmsoho
Boomkat
Juno Records
Key Mail Order
MusicNonStop.co.uk
Norman Records
Phonica
Piccadilly Records
Pure Groove
recordstore.co.uk
ReR
Resurrection Music
Rhythm Online
The Rock Box
Rough Trade
Second Layer Records
Smallfish
Sound323
Spillers Records, Cardiff
Spin
Supernal
TouchShop
Tunes.co.uk
volcanic tongue
Downloads
BLEEP
UK Online Music Stores: with e-commerce ordering: Generalists
More links @ cdstores
Amazon.co.uk
ASDA Entertainment
BlahDVD
CD Wow
eil.com
HMV.co.uk
theHut.com
194u.com
101cd.com
Play.com
PowerplayDirect.com
Tesco
Townsend Records
WHSmith.co.uk
UK:
Absolute Radio
Kiss 100
NMERadio
Resonance 104.4 FM
Total Rock
Xfm London
97.7 Xfm Manchester
Ireland:
Phantom 105.2, Dublin
Power FM
RTE 2FM
Xfm 107.9
Online Radio:
Brainwashed Radio
Gaialive
Pig Radio
Pirate TV.net
Proton
Pulse Radio
Radio Magnetic
Radioio
SomaFM
SUB FM
Totally Radio
3WK
[woxy] 97X
US College/ Community Radio:
KCRW
KEXP
Kuci 88.9FM
Radio 1190
MPR: Radio Listening: The Current
WFMU
WHUS
WXPN
Specific Radio Shows:
On the Wire
RTQE
Totallywired
Music Listening:
BetterPropaganda
CultureDeluxe
Epitonic
gabba POD
General Radio Links:
Live365.com
Radio in London
radio-now co.uk
Shoutcast
UK Radio Magazine
UK Radio Stations broadcasting on the Internet
Warp Radio
Radio News:
radio-now.co.uk: news
Xfm:
Xfm
Xfm On Air
BBC Music
BBC Music News
BBC Music Reviews
BBC Music - Artist Profiles
BBC Collective
BBC Classic Pop/ Rock
BBC Dance & Electronica Music
BBC Jazz & Blues Music
BBC Rock & Indie Music
BBC World Music
BBC Music: >Selection of Local Links
BBC Bristol
BBC Liverpool: Music
BBC – London Music
BBC Manchester: Music
BBC Nottingham: Music
BBC Oxford: Music
BBC Music Scotland
BBC South Yorkshire: Music
BBC Stoke & Staffs: Music
BBC Wales: Music
BBC Music: What's On TV /Radio:
BBC Later
BBC Music TV/Radio
BBC Radio:
BBC Radio
BBC Music - Listen
BBC - England - BBC English Regions Local Radio Stations
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Wales
BBC Digital Radio
BBC Radio London
1Xtra:
1Xtra
1Xtra Schedule
1Xtra DJShows
IXtra Playlist
IXtra drumnbass
Bailey
Benji B
Crissy Criss
Radio 2:
Radio 2
Playlist
Schedule
Documentaries
Events
Janice Long
Radcliffe & Maconie
Radio 3:
Radio 3
Schedule
Programmes
Presenters
Music:
Radio 3: Classical
Radio 3: Jazz
Radio 3: New Music
Radio 3: World Music
Shows:
Hear and Now
Jazz on 3
Late Junction
Web Organizers:
Bookmarks
Backflip
Google Bookmarks
Google Notebook
LATERTHIS
Yahoo Bookmarks
Social Bookmarks
BlinkList
BlogMarks
clipclip
Clipmarks
delicious
Diigo
Faves
Netvouz
Secondbrain
Simpy
StumbleUpon
trailfire
Twine
User Generated News / Content
BuzzFeed
digg
Mixx
Newsvine
NowPublic
Propeller
reddit
socialmedian
Yahoo! Buzz
Media News:
Digital Spy
MediaGuardian.co.uk
Media Week
Press Gazette
Links:
journalism.co.uk
JournalismNet UK
news search portal
Search Engines:
Ask
Bing
Cuil
Exalead
Gigablast
Google
Yahoo Search
UK:
Ask UK
Bing Search UK
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Yahoo! Search UK
MetaSearch:
Clusty
Dogpile
iBoogie
Ixquick
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metaEureka
qksearch
SurfWax
ZapMeta
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