Ah, the wonders of myspace. The rest of the world has now fully bought into the site, allowing for limitless exploration of the sounds of other nations.
I particularly enjoy listening to hip-hop when the primary language isn’t English. Now, there’s definitely a lot of great English rap out there, but it can often [...]
Entries from March 2008
MCKlIcKKlAcK a.k.a. ALKAN
March 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Music from the Archives
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URGH! A Music War - The Album - 1981
March 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Movies, Music from the Archives
The concert film, URGH! A Music War, is a great little time capsule of the art rock scene in 1980. Punk had flung open the door to the underground and new-wave, post-punk, synth pop, hardcore and no wave, among others, were ready to burst out onto the world.
The film is shot documentary style, but [...]
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