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The Swollen Ear: AN OLD SCAB: Watching The Paradise Motel play Sirens
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Andrew Harper's cod-Latin music discussions. Sunday, 24 October 2010. AN OLD SCAB: Watching The Paradise Motel play Sirens. I wanted to see if I could like The Paradise Motel now, I think. That could have been it. Or perhaps I just wanted to stand there and judge the fuck out of them. They'd just gotten under way when I strolled into Sirens, threw my money on the table like an arrogant prick (what do I mean 'like'? Yes, she is a pretty good front person, and the songs allowed her to really be. Writes, ma...
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The Swollen Ear: April 2010
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Andrew Harper's cod-Latin music discussions. Sunday, 25 April 2010. FAMILY BAND Blessed Ep (self-released CDR). Family Band is some kind of creepy new folk or maybe new country that has a wee bit of Low, a smidge of Cat Power and other such things, but gropes around in the mire enough to find some strength of character and stand on it's own feet. I tracked this via the Arthur nexus of cultural detritus. Check it all out here. Tell 'em I sent you. THE PAUL KIDNEY EXPERIENCE – Flower Punk. Well, I sure hav...
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The Swollen Ear: a burst of CRUDE
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Andrew Harper's cod-Latin music discussions. Wednesday, 13 April 2011. A burst of CRUDE. Yeah, yeah, I've been bloody slack. Lots of reasons why. The 'good' news is that there's a bunch of stuff cooking. In the meantime, get these blats of sinister electronics from NZ resident Matt Middleton, also known as CRUDE. I dig this guy's shizz a bunch. for a result that the artist in no way intended, and may even dislike, play both clips at once and pour beer over yourself. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Swollen Ear: November 2009
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Andrew Harper's cod-Latin music discussions. Sunday, 8 November 2009. Machines Of Indeterminate Origin 0.5 Presumption. I found, after a very pivotal listen to this EP, which took place heading along a highway to Burnie, that M.O.I.O. was Good Car Music, and that will tell you something about anything. So much springs to mind –the groove-driven throb of lost Australian metal titans Christbait, the controlled glide of Justin Broadrick’s music – as well all I’ve already mentioned. This here is some noise g...
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The Swollen Ear: LOST ANIMAL “demo” Albert's Basement
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Andrew Harper's cod-Latin music discussions. Sunday, 14 August 2011. LOST ANIMAL “demo” Albert's Basement. The pleasure of observing actual careers emerge, grow and change is, to my mind just about the most satisfying thing about being a music fan. Watching a band take those stumbling first steps, seeing them fill with piss and vinegar and really work out what it is they're doing, mature, change, go in new directions, find things out about themselves and apply that to music – hell yeah. This cassette is ...
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The Swollen Ear: June 2010
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Andrew Harper's cod-Latin music discussions. Tuesday, 29 June 2010. The Slugfuckers - vintage footage. Good grief, this has turned up on Youtube, and I am quite blown out by it. I actually recall seeing a Slugfuckers vinyl in Eduardo's the import record store that supplied Hobart in the 70s and 80s. I had no idea what it was and no money, so a life-changing moment slipped through my fingers until Chapter Music. Monday, 28 June 2010. Well, the charmers at Bedroom Suck. Is he a shut in? Overall, this is pr...
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The Swollen Ear: May 2011
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Andrew Harper's cod-Latin music discussions. Monday, 23 May 2011. THE WIZAR'D Pathways Into Darkness (Barbarian Wrath). It's all skilfully blended, with the band's great strength being song writing and arrangement – none of them strike me as being particularly great players, but they have a good idea of what they want to sound like and do it very nicely thank you. Fine live band. Nice and hateful, just the way it should be. Nick off over here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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The Swollen Ear: April 2011
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Andrew Harper's cod-Latin music discussions. Wednesday, 13 April 2011. A burst of CRUDE. Yeah, yeah, I've been bloody slack. Lots of reasons why. The 'good' news is that there's a bunch of stuff cooking. In the meantime, get these blats of sinister electronics from NZ resident Matt Middleton, also known as CRUDE. I dig this guy's shizz a bunch. for a result that the artist in no way intended, and may even dislike, play both clips at once and pour beer over yourself. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Swollen Ear: FOOT VILLAGE lovers with Iraqis
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Andrew Harper's cod-Latin music discussions. Wednesday, 3 November 2010. FOOT VILLAGE lovers with Iraqis. FOOT VILLAGE - LOVERS WITH IRAQIS. Funny stuff from the always amusing Foot Village. I love the daft shouty aspect of this band. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Writes, makes art, has opinions, shares them if asked to or not. View my complete profile. 20 Jazz Funk Greats. 777 And I Am Puking Devil's Blood. Big Business Ventures ( Aaron Wallace and Tom Hall). Like Punk Never Happened.
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