Benoit Maubrey/ Audio Gruppe’s The Audio Ballerinas (2010) use light sensors that enable them to produce sounds as they dance. Friday, September 17th, during AbsoluteZER0. San Jose, California. AbsoluteZero is a street art fair with a heavy DIY tech vibe. It’s a spin-off from the...
Read moreYou going to be near Albany, NY or Kittery, ME on Saturday? Go to these shows!
Saturday, September 18, 2010 – The Autumnal Equinox Albany, New York Joggle: Mike Lopez, Paul Geluso & Mitch Elrod at The Drama Cup, 1038 Madison Ave., Albany, NY, USA 12208. Mike and Paul were two thirds of 5Chin400. Mike was also in Brown Cuts Neighbors. To list the rest of their...
Read moreLink’s Labour’s (Day) Lost
An further installment in the series of clearing out thee interesting tabs from thee browser before thee coming several weeks of much excitements and announcements of profound import. Missed it Dept.: Bryan Young at Huffington Post has an exclusive eight-page preview of Mat Johnson and Simon...
Read moreBlonde Redhead – 4AD Session Taster
While checking in at Wow Cool East in Brooklyn this week I’ve managed to catch a taste of Blonde Redhead‘s upcoming 4AD Session. It was recorded and is being mixed by our resident multi-track wrangler Mr. Andrew Gerhan. Andy has done some nice work on upcoming releases from nickname...
Read moreEvidence Royal/T Show Reviewed in LA Times Culture Monster
Josef Woodard, AKA Culture Monster had this to say in today’s Los Angeles Times about last night’s show at the Royal/T in Culver City with Evidence and Vibration Institute Orchestra. Their hour in the spotlight was more cerebral, an evocative canvas of sounds at once abstract in...
Read moreNew in the Shop: Stephan Moore’s To Build a Field
Stephan Moore has spent the last several years touring with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company as a core member of their live band, alongside such notables as Christian Wolff, Takehisa Kosugi, David Behrman, John King, and William Winant. At the same time, he has been collaborating with a number...
Read moreEVIDENCE (Scott Smallwood & Stephan Moore) West Coast Shows
Scott Smallwood and Stephan Moore’s electronic duo EVIDENCE will be celebrating the release of their new 12″ vinyl release from Wow Cool with a series of west coast shows this month. They will be performing with Vibration Institute Orchestra at the Royal/T in Culver City on...
Read moreRock And Roll Suicides
Two days. Two continents. Two concerts. Two deaths by extreme stagedive. On Friday August 20, 2010, Charles Haddon, singer for British electro-pop band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, leapt to his death from a telecommunications tower behind the main stage at the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium [full...
Read moreJames Kopta Eight Years Gone
Eight years… Jame Kopta was a dear friend and brilliant artist and musician who I was very lucky to work with on numerous projects over the course of nearly 13 years. He is still very much missed. Eight years ago today he died in a drowning accident. This morning I received the (hopefully)...
Read moreDenim & Diamonds – Street Medics Unite!
Live! July 24, 2010 at 51 3rd Street. Troy, New York. Many more clips available from Conglomco. We still have a couple copies of the D&D CD from Bloodlink Records available. Go get yours.
Read moreLady Starlight Eats Your Children
I could have picked worse clips, I probably could have picked better clips. Lady Starlight may be best remembered for spreading the Schenectady accent around the globe. For those that missed it, Brown Cuts Neighbors co-founder Lady Starlight is opening for Lady Gaga on this leg of the Monster...
Read moreAnalog Underground Studio’s Dave Zagorski Has Died
Dave Zagorski was a dear friend and studio collaborator to Brown Cuts Neighbors and to the late James Kopta. He died far too young and will be much missed. His recordings will live on. Please visit his home site Analog Underground and follow the links there. The published obituary from...
Read moreRIOTGOD! Drops First LP on Metalville Records
Out today in the US is the debut slab from Riotgod, and it is awesome! They are fronted by our old pal Mark Sunshine and feature the rhythm section from Monster Magnet. So, yeah… Heavy and Rocking. The release is available in physical form at your local record store or from Amazon. You can...
Read moreJesse Stiles Drops The Target Museum
Music video for Autoautomatic from “The Target Museum.” Directed/produced/edited by Olivia Robinson & Jesse Stiles. Music by Jesse Stiles, lyrics by Jesse Ball & Jesse Stiles. Filmed in New Delhi, India. NEW! From Jesse Stiles on Wow Cool’s sister label Specific...
Read moreYou Got What You Wanted?
There is currently a Public Image Limited tour going on with John (Rotten) Lydon. In the meanwhile, or sometime, recently, there has been this odd thing shown above. A tribute band of PiL with original PiL guitarist Keith Levene absolutely shredding it on the guitar. Mr. Levene seems to be...
Read moreBBC 6Music Saved From The Ax
Sadly, The Asian Music network not so lucky. BBC Trust says that ‘the case has not been made’ for digital station’s closure. Read the full story on the Guardian’s site. This is the best news ever this year for independent music. 6Music has been very nice to Wow...
Read moreThe Jamboyz “Men Don’t Change” Free Download
Yes. Albany, New York’s Jamboyz have released a new Album, their tenth (10th). ‘Men Don’t Change’ contains 14 tracks, including the hit song ‘Mindy’ (or ‘Mindie’). Mike and Nick from nickname: Rebel might have played on some of this. Mike says...
Read moreRest in Peace Rammellzee
Word comes to us this evening via Davey D on his Twitter feed that Hip-Hop pioneer Rammellzee has died at age 49. As originally reported on Consequence of Sound. UPDATE Rammellzee’s death was confirmed by his wife, as reported in today’s New York Times. I was very lucky to see him...
Read moreKTMv2 by Scott Smallwood
No clue what is going on here. “The new version of the KTM – solid state, run off 12-v battery” Yeah. OK. Right. Scott is, of course, half of Evidence.
Read moreRest in Peace Frank Sidebottom
When I first saw a tweet of the news that Frank Sidebottom had left us today, I was pretty sure it could not mean that Chris Sievey, the man behind the enormous head, was actually dead. Maybe just taking a break or retiring the character he’d played for over a quarter century. But, no...
Read moreSound Effect Renditions of Wallpaper Designs
I’ve been deeply mired in what is some fairly obscure bits of research lately. Things like, ‘what did World War One nurses wear?’ and ‘why the hell is HD video not performing on my damn computer?’. I’ve also been digging into some of the more elusive parts of...
Read moreCreature Comforts Get It On
Three quarters of nickname: Rebel also get it on as the band Creature Comforts. They were featured on San Francisco’s Pirate Cat Radio on Saturday, June 12 in the Cheap Hooch Show. It is highly entertaining and you should download and listen to the podcast of the broadcast now. download...
Read moreBusta-mania continues with FTM: Not A Robot
Here is Nao Bustamante’s one-hit wonder band. “Female 2 Male Adaptor” or “F2M Adaptor” or “FTM Adaptor.” I’m not sure which. I heard they only had one gig. what an awesome song, “Not a Robot” !!! Band members: Nao, Tyler Jacobsen, Jesse...
Read moreSteven Cerio in latest Signal to Noise
The newest issue of the excellent Signal to Noise Magazine (#58 – The journal of Improvised & Experimental Sound) features a great spread of several of Steven Cerio‘s concert posters and a good sized interview with the man talking about his history, art and music. Interesting...
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