#ny rocker

[lisamarie-vee]

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

A MALICIOUS DAMAGE RECORDING -- MECHANIZING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE EAST COAST IN '81.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a promo/print advert for English post-punk/industrial rock band KILLING JOKE's 1981 USA Tour, promoting their then second studio full-length "What's THIS for...!." The advert also doubles as a "Tour Dates" flyer -- from the September 1981 issue of "NY Rocker" music magazine.

"This band would not just be a pleasure principle, it would have a social function, rather than something you put on when you get home from work. I guarantee that if you do that with a KILLING JOKE record, you'll lose your job. We knew we were different -- we were articulate and intelligent, yet we were portrayed as thugs, which admittedly there was an element of truth in."

-- JAZ COLEMAN on the ethos and underlying message of KJ

Source: https://amp.cdandlp.com/en/killing-joke/usa-tour-1981-usa-1981-original-promo-type-advert-concert-tour-dates-punk-poster-flyer/poster-display/r118849179.

[nik-nefarious]

[sheena1234]

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[zoekeating]

Dear Listeners, 

Happy 2024 to you, in all its weirdness. 

I’m working on NEW MUSIC and will be sharing little bits of it and my process with you as I go along. For now, I’m putting the videos on Instagram and my Facebook Page and will link to them on my blog (sorry I let that lapse, somehow I managed to forget blogging existed). Here’s the first, a snippet of a song with the working title “Supernumerary”

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What else? There are a few concerts in the immediate future:

March 15 - ArtYard - Frenchtown, NJ

March 16 - Underground Arts - Philadelphia, PA

March 17 - Le Poisson Rouge - NYC, NY

March 21 - Big Ears Festival - Knoxville, TN

The show in Philadelphia is opening up for my old friends, the Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. My connections to members of that band go back 20+ years to my 964 Natoma days. I first encountered Nils Frykdahl in the previous millennium while he was playing amplified flute in the rafters of the warehouse along with Dan Rathburn making noise and sparks with an arc welder that illuminated butoh performer Shinichi Moma Koga contorting himself on a metal grate. Anyway, Sleepytime is a delightful group of very talented avant garde art rockers and this year needs more of their unfiltered catharsis. I immediately said yes when they asked if I would play for one of their East Coast dates to support their new album.

The Big Ears festival is something I’ve wanted to play at for almost a decade, so I am beyond thrilled to be added this year. I’ll be sticking around for the festival to hear as many of the other artists as possible, it’s off the hook, check it out https://bigearsfestival.org/

More concerts dates are coming in the autumn. East, west, middle, as many as I can fit in ;-)

Thank you for listening!

celloly yours, Z

[ourshadowstallerthanoursoul]

The High Rollin’ Rockers - interview to RP

“I’m not exactly a sensible, thoughtful person, but I do love the feeling of being together with people. I love my work - communication on a vast level. My lyrics are more me than anything you’ve heard about me from the waist down.”

- Robert Plant (NY Dnews - May 1974)

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This is weird- it’s an 1885 home in Sharon Springs, New York, currently operating as the Bashful Rabbit Bed & Breakfast, but if it has a pink porch in the photos, it’s listed for $415K. Yet, on other realty sites, it has the porch repainted white and is listed for $530,055- that’s a big jump just for a white porch. It has 10bds. & 9ba. 

They repainted the yellow/pink doorway and made it pink/green. 

And, the pink porch columns are now yellow, but they seem to have kept the pink rockers. 

Everything in the interior is still colorful - here’s the entrance hall. 

B/c it’s a bed & breakfast, they have a huge sitting room with a pool table.

Look at this, an old phone booth.

The large kitchen is homey, but has some industrial elements for cooking for large groups.

Look at the big rabbit in the dining room. Does he convey? He should, if the new buyer wants to keep the business.

Cheery hallway to the bds. 

They’ve got a little exercise area for the guests.

I don’t know if this is a little apt. that guests can rent, or if everyone can use it. Or, it could be the owner’s private quarters.

On the uppermost level there are more bds.

The rooms are all bright and colorful. 

Each room has a different color scheme and an en-suite bath or shower.

I like this bathroom the best- how come they don’t all have rabbits?

https://www.movoto.com/sharon-springs-ny/110-center-st-sharon-springs-ny-13459/pid_ly7slagrjh/

https://www.trulia.com/p/ny/sharon-springs/110-center-st-sharon-springs-ny-13459--2159146181

[punkrockhistory]

When punk rock / new wave meets hip hop

Tina Weymouth and Grandmaster Flash, pictured for NY Rocker, 1981.

Photo by Laura Levine

#punk #punkrock #womenofpunk #tinaweymouth #hiphop #grandmasterflash #history #punkrockhistory

[garadinervi]

Chief Rocker Busy Bee's Birthday, Bronx, New York, NY, October 25, 1980 [Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.]

[lisamarie-vee]

[fyeahcindie]

Listen/purchase: Performative by Subsonic Eye

The new album from Singapore’s Subsonic Eye is up on Topshelf Records YT, Spotify, and Bandcamp.  =D

Let’s hear a couple tracks!  The rocker Performative opens the album with a hypnotic vocal, and What I Meant is jangly indie guitar pop:

So far after hearing 5 songs, it seems like they’ve continued their gradual evolution in style towards indie pop/rock. Very pleasing!  =D

Nur Wahidah-voc/synth, Daniel Borces-gtr, Jared Lim-gtr (also in Sobs), Sam Venditti-bass (also in CURB), Lucas Tee-drums  

The band is ready to tour:

Sep 30 Esplanade Annexe Studio Singapore, Singapore

Oct 10 The Trunk Space Phoenix, AZ

Oct 11 Knitting Factory NoHo North Hollywood, CA

Oct 13 Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, CA

Oct 14 Little Haus Portland, OR

Oct 15 The Vera Project Seattle, WA

Oct 20 The Sanctuary Detroit Hamtramck, MI

Oct 22 Baby's All Right - Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY

Oct 24 Johnny Brenda's Philadelphia, PA

Links: Topshelf Records YT,  Bandcamp,  YouTube,  Middle Class Cigars YouTube,  SoundCloud,  Instagram,  Spotify

[doomedandstoned]

New York Occult Rockers MAMA DOOM Reveal 'Ring The Bell’ Music Video

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~

By Billy Goate

Here's a track that gets better every time you listen to it. It's a ballade of sorts, a tale told of the longest night. "Ring The Bell" is the first single that emerged from 'Blood Salt Sacrifice' (2023) by MAMA DOOM, which dropped December 15th. Today, it gets the music video treatment and this Gratuitous Productions joint illuminates the story in a dreamlike way, where we are left to ponder its symbolism and puzzle together a meaning.

“Blood Salt Sacrifice," says the band, "tells a story that combines the eerie aspects of death and the undying with the enduring themes of love and power and Gratuitous Productions, led by Anne Terror and Grave Dave, wanted to create a Twilight Zone inspired video with ‘Ring the Bell.’ Most of the video was shot under the shadow of an ancient tree surrounded by several forgotten headstones. We set up a makeshift dreamscape which provided me with my own internal struggles because large spiders kept finding their way onto the sheets. There is always a lot of laughs and a whole lot of fun when making these videos, and we’ve got many more to come!”

"Ring The Bell" begins with a wavy Toolesque bass groove from Chuckie Rumbles, and the bass has a strong presence throughout the 3:34 runtime. This is paired with Anne Terror's vibrant beat and an otherworldly synth that has the feeling of ancient mystery about it. Like her keyboard playing, D.Lolli's vocals are well suited for the storytelling demands of the lyrics, supporting the narrative with a range of styles from serious and focused to dramatic and gnarly.

The underground New York trio released their third album on Interstellar Smoke Records, and it is a strange, haunting gem, weaving elements of doom metal with retro occult rock stylings (get it here). Stick Mama Doom on a playlist with Electric Wizard, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Saint Vitus, Castle, and Christian Mistress.

Give ear...

SOME BUZZ

Last heard in 2021 with the release of their sophomore album Ash Bone Skin N Stone; haunting hard-rockers Mama Doom return this month with their devastating new album, 'Blood Salt Sacrifice.'

Originally formed in Newburgh, NY in 2016, since the band’s 2018 debut, 'From Blue to Bone' (2018) the trio have traded in guitars for keyboards and ethereal vocals, and in doing so summoned the deepest of grooves from dominions below.

Blood Salt Sacrifice by Mama Doom

Finalizing that perfect union with crushing bass and drums, their sound might be familiar to fans of doom rock, but it also offers a strangely unfamiliar and unique tone, given its impressive component parts. Newly signed to Polish label Interstellar Smoke Records, 'Blood Salt Sacrifice' is a monumental tale encompassing the eerier aspects of death and the undying.

Traversing a spectrum that spans traditional blues, doom, and ego-death metal, Mama Doom’s 'Blood Salt Sacrifice' is a serious force to be reckoned with.

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[starliteonearth]

Random post but I feel like Clawdeen and Torelai would have similar fashion aesthetics- fierce chic -but they have opposite energies. 

With Clawdeen, because she is a fashion designer, her fits would look more high-end, polished, & right-off-the-runway, though she still experiments a lot with color and textures. Lush fur, statement gold jewelry, avant garde makeup, and collection of iconic designer heels. Her designs are vibrant, bold, & trendy yet innovative. She would give ‘I can spend the night in the East Village, NY with my fellow lgbtq+ & poc creatives putting on a multimedia show for the community to showcase my work AND also look amazing wearing custom in the front-row of a Prada showcase at Paris Fashion Week’ vibes. She would also try to thrift and locally source her materials. 

With Torelai, it’s this grungey, bedraggled, careless-but-not-really vibe. Nana rocker inspired chic. Like I went partying with the girls all night, fell asleep in my clothes and makeup, woke up and came straight to school. Hair and makeup is a mess but it just makes her look hotter; in a leopard print fur coat that has moth holes but it’s fabulously long and dramatic; lots of layered funky silver jewelry; and signature huge black platform boots with tons of spikes. And since the new animated series wrote her as now coming from a rich family, she would wear some Vivienne Westwood & Jean Paul Gautier.

Whereas Clawdeen’s fashion comes at you, Torelai’s is like stay the fuck away from me before I’ve had my three cups of black coffee because these claws aren’t just for show. Clawdeen is also intimidating but that’s because she’s just so effortlessly cool and stylish.

[renerox]

JUSTIN LOVE - Rockola (1984)

JUSTIN LOVE – Rockola (1984)

. “1984 second album by the ultra-cult ’80s NY rocker Justin Trouble. Only once out of a hundred times is the “undiscovered gem” tag appropriate… and this is the one. A lost treasure of early ’80s New York, the perfect blend of Johnny Thunders’s deconstructed raunch ‘n’ roll, the Modern Lovers’ romance rock, Alex Chilton’s twisted productions, and some deranged paisley-pop from an unknown…

[dothedogmusic]

Are you a ska fan who would like to learn more about the bands that the 2 tone movement inspired across the globe from 1979 to 1996? Then grab yourself the 9 fab zines & the super cool A5 art print that make up The Ska Librarian Collection for just £10 post paid in the UK here: http://dothedogmusic.tumblr.com/skalibrarian

The Ska Librarian Collection is THE essential guide to the global ska scene from the 2 Tone explosion in 1979 through to the 3rd wave ska explosion in 1996! It features 9 zines that tell the story of how ska fever spread all over the globe inspired by the 2 Tone movement! It features all the 2 tone bands that you know & love like The Specials, Madness, The Beat, The Selecter, Bad Manners & The Bodysnatchers, plus loads more fab ska bands that you maybe don’t know & need to discover!

There are 287 bands featured in total in the Ska Librarian’s Collection: The Specials, The Beat, The Selecter, Madness, The Clash, The Police, Dexys Midnight Runners, UB40, Bad Manners, The Bodysnatchers, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, The Ruts, Cairo, Linton Kwesi Johnson, The Nighthawks, Matumbi, Lou & The Hollywood Bananas, Arthur Kay, The Members, Prince Buster, INXS, Laurel Aitken, Graduate, The Akrylykz, The Equators, The Lambrettas, The BoxBoys, Capital Letters, Blondie, The Puzzles, The Tigers, Box Office, Oingo Boingo, T-Shirts, The Villains, Toots & The Maytals, The AT’s, Swinging Cats, The Rimshots, Des Dekker, Boss, Ska City Rockers, Headline, The Simka’s, Mark Foggo & The Secret Meeting, The Spots, The Hooters, Heavy Manners, The Belle Stars, Fun Boy Three, The Allniters, 21 Guns, EMF, Geier Sturzflug, Dixo Wankers, The Rifffs, The Usuals, The People, Doe Maar, The Reluctant Stereotypes, Madonna, The Terrorists, Kim Wilde, Rico, The Untouchables, Strange Tenants, The Special AKA, The Skadows, Blue Riddim Band, GM49, The Tearjerkers, SLK, The Fabulous Titans, Duck Soup, Ritchie & The Loosers, 004, The Igniters, Fishbone, The Targets, No Nonsense, The Skatalites, The Pressure Boys, Schwarz Weiss Mafia, JB’s Allstars, The Tuners, Gaz’s Rebel Blues Rockers, Os Paralamas Do Sucesso, The Toasters, Top Ranking, The Kyber Rifles, The Dynamics, General Public, Crazy 8’s, Jo Boxers, Soda Stereo, Naughty Rhythms, The Leftovers, Potato 5, The Farm, Kortatu, Bop (Harvey), Off The Shelf, Preceptos Devotos, Redskins, Foxy, Plate O Shrimp, Fine Young Cannibals, Rude Guest, The Squids, Los Prisioneros, Les Gangsters, The Blue Beat, Camper Van Beethoven, Rhyth-O-Matics, Bim Skala Bim, Itchy Feet, Forest Hillbillies, Culture Shock, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Rebel Rockers, The Uptones, Second Step, The Deltones, Mighty Ballistics Hi-Power, Ejectivos Agresivos, Urban Blight, The Internationalists, The A-Kings, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Skaos, Club Ska, Maroon Town, The Trojans, Los Intocables, The Funaddicts, Beat Brigade, Bluekilla, No Sports, Potato, El Bosso & Die Ping Pongs, Kongo, La Ppisch, Skatala, Just Kidding, Korroskada, Los Vidrios, Scram, The Boilers, Babylon Fighters, Mute Beat, Nuclear Device, The Restrictors, Gangster Fun, The Donkey Show, Mr Review, The Busters, Operation Ivy, The Ska Flames, Casino Royale, Desorden Publico, Hotknives, Lets Go Bowling, The Loafers, The Braces, No Doubt, Napoleon Solo, Skin Deep, NY Citizens, The Madness, Les Frelons, Ranking Roger, Blechreiz, Statuto, The Skeletones, The Frits, Little Chief, The Bonediggers, The Hatmasters, Blue Chateau, The Riffs, Skaboom, 100 Men, Mark Foggo’s Skasters, The Bakesys, Natural Rhythm, Clubland, Ska-Per, Pressure Drop, The Nutty Boys, Special Beat, The Liquidators, Bigger Thomas, The Allsorts, The Latenotes, Dance Hall Crashers, Machtoc, Mad Cow, Skaville Train, Tighten Up, Intensified, The Cosmics & loads more!