Crystal Castles live @ Heaven, London 19 May

20May10

Postponed due to Icelandic volcano activity, fans were put on tenterhooks in anticipation of the Crystal Castles‘ live appearance at London‘s Heaven on 19th June. And their fans are very die-hard, to put it mildly, piling up as close to the stage as possible two hours before the set began as if waiting for the […]

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Tags: alice glass, crystal castles, dance, electro, electro punk, electronic, london, noise music, Punk

Lydia Lunch live at Corsica Studios London 4 May 2008 review

05May08

Another year, another project for Lydia. This time around, she teamed up with James Johnston and Ian White of lounge lizards Gallon Drunk to play a few European dates in celebration of her new book The Gun Is Loaded. While in the past fifteen years or so Lydia seemed to continuously get better with age […]

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Tags: experimental music, gallon drunk, london, lydia lunch, No Wave, noise music, post punk, Punk, teenage jesus and the jerks

Noize Punishment: the future of jihad?

17Apr08

  Noize Punishment aka Jindrich Brejcha is a one-man act from the Czech Republic, and as the name suggests, an absolutely punishing experience. Do you remember Atari Teenage Riot? Gabba techno beats, distorted hardcore/metal guitars, shouty political lyrics? Noize Punishment takes the concept a few steps further, mixing grindcore and breakbeats into a infernal racket […]

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Tags: anarchism, atari teenage riot, breakbeat, digital hardcore, grindcore, hardcore punk, metal, noise music, noize punishment, Punk, techno