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Kim Myhr sleep nothing, eat nothing
‘Kim Myhr is an extremely innovative guitarist with an emphasis on using a wide range of extended percussive, harmonic and timbral techniques. He has embarked on an international career with performances throughout Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, China and Japan. His projects include a duo with Sebastien Roux (electronics/FR); a duo with dancer Orfee Schuijt; the trio MURAL with Denley and Ingar Zach; the group “Silencers” with Benoit Delbecq (piano/FR) as well as a piece (CD release) for Trondheim Jazz-orkester featuring Sidsel Endresen, Christian Wallumrod and many others. He has also performed with Martin Tetreault, Anthony Pateras, Toshi Nakamura, Tetuzi Akiyama, Robbie Avenaim to name a few.’ — collaged

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ULVER with MG_INC Orchestra Messe I.X-VI.X, Part 2 (live)
‘An overarching feeling of decadence permeates every single note on Messe I.X–VI.X, and the listener is left with the same unavoidable yet near imperceptible sensation once the album’s last note has ceased reverberating. This project was originally put together by Norway’s Tromsø Kulturhus, who commissioned Ulver to create new music in collaboration with the Arctic Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra. The band was aided by composer Martin Romberg, whose penchant for folk and fantasy is hinted at by the orchestration during various sections of the album, like the beautiful crescendo in ‘Glamour Box (Ostinati)’ or the faintly audible interaction with the band’s electronics in ‘Noche Oscura del Alma’. The pieces were originally performed live in September 2012, but this finished recording is not a live album in the literal sense, as the music has been reworked and altered by Ulver in the time period since.’ — The Quietus

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The Notwist Kong
‘The word “Kong” tends to conjure images of angry, confused giant gorillas rampaging through Depression-era New York, or of dogs frantically attempting to extract peanut butter from rubber toys. “Kong,” the new song from the proggy German electro-pop group the Notwist, sounds like neither. Instead, it’s a very pretty, very hooky piece of Krautrock tunecraft, shot through with a deep sense of longing. Driven by its beat and anthemic guitar chords, the song is The Notwist’s homage to ’90s indie-pop. The lyrics are a true story about a young Markus and his family trapped in their home by a flood, dreaming as hard as he could about being saved by superheroes as the water rose around them.’ — collaged

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Holly Herndon Chorus
‘Now that you probably live much of your life in the virtual sphere — tweeting, texting, chatting, Skyping, emailing and working — it might just be a matter of time before everything about your life becomes digital. And you actual desktop becomes a virtual one… The song “Chorus” consists almost entirely from real-time samples taken from composer Holly Herndon’s online life, collected via YouTube, Skype and other online tools. The video takes a similar artistic slant with director Akihiko Taniguchi building upon his earlier “Study of Real Time 3-D Internet” where you slide into an enveloping online life.’ — Videostatic

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Ahnnu Your Light
‘Presentations of diversity seem to be becoming increasingly apt: whatever Frederic Jameson says about postmodernism, the fact is that our cultural world is phenomenally fragmented into thousands of diverging, idiosyncratic pieces. I imagine it like looking at a membrane through a microscope: the endless discovery of parts moving inside parts — individuation ad infinitum. You get a feeling for this constant kind of modification and fertile variety in the tapes of Ahnnu who strings together myriad shards of social and cultural noises, culminating in a spectacular, compelling barrage of the diverse. As curator and persuader of sound, as opposed to (mythical) Creator of music, Ahnnu makes sound tapestries of a socially objective character: here, subjectivity is transfigured from the momentary divine to the capacity to situate oneself acutely in the manifold of personal and social time.’ — tiny mix tapes

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Pain Jerk live at LUFF
‘Pain Jerk (Japanese; ペイン・ジャーク) is a NOISE music project run by Japanese musician Kohei Gomi. Pain Jerk was one of the more prolific and influential noise artists of the 1990s, and is one of the leading figures in the “dynamic” style of Japanese noise, alongside acts such as Merzbow and Kazumoto Endo. Gomi is also the owner of the noise label AMP, and a member, along with T. Mikawa and F. Kosakai of Incapacitants, of the noise supergroup Gomikawa Fumio. He has also edited split albums with others NOISE artists such as: John Wiese, Armenia, Bastard Noise, Endon, etc…’ — last.fm

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Guided by Voices Littlest League Possible
‘Is it time for a new Guided By Voices album? Well, is it time for a new tank of gas, a fresh coat of nail polish, or breakfast? Then sure, it’s time for a new Guided By Voices album. So we’re getting Motivational Jumpsuit, one of many recent Robert Pollard endeavors, in February. Lead single “Littlest League Possible” is short, catchy, and impossible to parse — in other words, it maintains the platonic ideal of Guided By Voices.’ — Stereogum

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Stefan Jaworzyn Two Note Bass
‘Ask noise-heads which musicians mattered in the 80s and 90s, and Stefan Jaworzyn will likely come up. Three of his groups were among the most unique and notorious in the UK underground: power electronics pioneers Whitehouse, who he spent two short stints with; mammoth noise-rock outfit Skullflower, which he co-founded with Matthew Bower; and free-improv duo Ascension (disclosure: they contributed to a 7-inch I released), which expanded into the quartet Descension. Jaworzyn also helmed the consistently excellent Shock label, issuing stellar experimental titles by Current 93, Coil, and the Dead C. All of this activity came to a mysterious halt in the late 90s, when Jaworzyn ceased making music or doing anything else in the public eye (a recent press release claims he stopped to “focus on drinking and cursing.”) His silence persisted until last year, when Shock re-emerged with a flurry remniscent of Jaworzyn’s hyperactive past.’ — Pitchfork

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Burial Come Down to Us
‘Simultaneously dark, light, stereotypical and out of character, ‘Rival Dealer’ is an EP on which London producer Burial outclasses and outmanoeuvres his peers. ‘Come Down To Us’, the 13-minute EP closer, is moving. Its funereal pace recalls the blunted fever of Burial’s Massive Attack remixes, but the layered vocals, Disney-esque strings and synth washes serge with murky and melodic euphoria. Burial’s success has brought with it imitators, but with this EP he’s outwitted them all by introducing a gloriously widened palate to his music that is both instantly familiar and shockingly unlikely. His sound is transformed, yet makes sense within his musical references. Remarkable.’ — NME

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Blevin Blectum Foyer Fire
‘Blevin Blectum is an electronic musician and multimedia composer. Blectum studied the violin during her youth. At Oberlin College she began making electronic music at the WOBC-FM studios. At Mills College, she partnered with Kevin Blechdom to form Blectum from Blechdom, a performance art / vocals, laptops and samplers / electronica duo. In 2001, Blectum from Blechdom won an Award of Distinction for digital music at the Prix Ars Electronica. Blectum has released many solo albums, and released a CD/DVD Unseen Forces on Matmos’s Vague Terrain label as part of Sagan with ex-husband J Lesser, video prouducer Ryan Junell, and Wobbly. Her most recent full length, Emblem Album, was released on Aagoo records in December 2013.’ — collaged

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Compound Eye Foehn
‘Compound Eye, the somewhat unpredictable collaboration between Tres Warren (of Psychic Ills) and Drew McDowall (formerly of Coil), have a new album out, and it’s called Journey from Anywhere, released on Editions Mego. Electronic improvisation is the unstated goal here, and Warren refers to it as an ongoing “recording project,” buoyed by a lack of formula and an impulse to add things as the creative mind warrants. “Journey” is aptly used, in other words. It’s the follow-up to their ‘Origin of Silence’ art edition for The Spring Press and follows its themes of patiently explorative, unfolding composition in eight parts working at a “trasportive blur of dark psychedelic minimalism.” The dissonant tang of Coil’s furthest occult chicanery is clear and present and a beacon for all keener psychonauts throughout the album.’ — collaged

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Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura Christmas In Honduras
‘Desmadrados use three guitars, two basses, drums and vocals to navigate a morass of wah-heavy swamp blues and almost Spectator-label scale thug punk excess. Think Vermonster’s Holy Sound Of American Pipe or the live Baby Grandmother jams given a free-form Fillmore East shakedown or the George Brigman orchestra play Pandit Pran Nath’s sundown raga. There’s definitely a return to heady wasted guitar/psych in the North of England right now – thanks to heads like Nick Mitchell et al – and this is a missive from the goddamn heart of the new free electric sound.’ — David Keenan

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Foetus Kamikaze
‘Because this is a Foetus album, aggression is given a greater amount of space to play around in. If you think muscular drums and bombastic percussion were reserved only for what he’s done in the past, you’re going to be blown out of your chair. Is he still using the tape and razor approach at this stage? I’m sure it still is getting dragged out kicking and screaming to add some of the accents on here, Thirlwell’s work is just too hands-on for it not to be. The idea that this kind of mania came to life purely on a computer screen I wouldn’t buy for all the whiskey in Ireland. For a guy who always looks so calm and sedate when performing live these days, his subconscious is still bordering on explosive. So much raw, brutish power is contained on ‘Soak’! He’s in his 50s by the way, and he’s still composing this kind of madness, showing no signs of slowing down.’ — Santa Sangre

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Form A Log Penguin Time Line
‘With 12 channels available to mix and match between them, Form A Log performances find Ren Schofield (Container, I Just Live Here), Noah Anthony (Profligate), and Rick Weaver (Dinner Music, Human Conduct) overlaying their streams of technoid chaos into a generative mire that pulses enough to occupy your body as it reconfigures your synapses. Spend time with Form A Log, and designations like “primal” or “underground” or “lo-fi” crumble under your complete certainty that these men are doing everything perfectly right and perfectly wrong, feeling their way through new permutations of improvisation and composition, and conjuring a din unlike any you’ve heard before.’ — collaged

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Raum In Held Company
‘Raum is the name of the new project from Liz Harris – aka experimental singer-songwriter Grouper – and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, whose debut EP is due on San Francisco label Glass, house later this month. Their music is simultaneously quite unassuming and overwhelming, putting the onus on the listener to wade through its gauzy textures to hear Harris’s disembodied vocal and the strains of a spectral melody; it might seemed dark at first glance, but you don’t have to walk too far in to find the light. The duo is making ghostly, voice-heavy experimental music that sounds like the filling of a room. While the track itself is ethereal like Harris’s former projects, it feels less impatient, and not as twitchy, like working with another musician has given her a chance to slow herself down.’ — collaged

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p.s. Hey. ** Tosh Berman, Hi, Tosh. Me too. The only later Resnais films I’ve seen are ‘Smoking/No Smoking’ and ‘Wild Grass’, both of which were very interesting. I need to see more. For some reason, the ‘filmed play’ thing kind of puts me off initially a bit, which is just a knee-jerk prejudice holding his work hostage. It’s truly fantastic that he’s still making films, and apparently very strong films, in his 90s. There’s a new one finished and coming out this year! ** David Ehrenstein, Wonderful, enlightening thoughts and knowledge about Resnais, thank you so much! Of course I’m happy that you like ‘Providence’ so much too. ** les mots dans le nom, Hi. Oh, I’m not sure if I can really speak to why I love ‘Providence’ so much off the top of my not fully caffeinated head. The way it blends internal and external structures, superficial premises with chaotic emotional substance, fiction and ‘non-fiction’, etc. so wittily and yet with such deep melancholy was revelatory for me when I saw it. My novel ‘The Marbled Swarm’ is massively influenced by it. Our weather here is a modulating drear. Very non-dramatic and kind of pleasantly wintery rather than startlingly so. If there was a still in there that wasn’t from a Resnais film, it was a mistake. I’ll remove that one. I’m not sure how it got in there. ** Aaron Mirkin, Hey. Got it. I’ll send you my stuff, and we’ll talk, figure it out today. Thanks for the Radigue link. If I can possibly get away to see that, I definitely will. ** Steevee, Hi. Oh, it’s totally okay to talk about the Farrow/Allen thing here. It’s horrible and fascinating. Good luck getting those maybes turned into nods. It is strange that Resnais’s short films aren’t collected in DVD. Or … are they not collected on a French DVD? The ones I’ve seen are just fantastic. The two I included in the post are really good ones. They, and a few others, are available in full on youtube. Really lively, nice interview with the Canadian guy, Kudos and thanks! ** Kyler, Hi. Cool about your high ranking of ‘Providence’. I did find some stuff about James McDonald, yes. Very interesting. I’m going to investigate further. ** Rewritedept, Hey. You could be right about Antarctica. I don’t know. I just know that they’re quite different, despite their superficial resemblance. Facebook is generating as much grotesquerie at the moment as I have seen it do. My Wednesday was quite okay. Wrote novel, co-wrote a film scene with Zac for Gisele’s movie project, had a great, advancing meeting re: his and my film project, etc. We’ll see about Thursday. I hope yours rocked. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. He’s amazing. I don’t think you’ll be sorry. ** Paul Curran, Hi, Paul. Super weird. Oh, my great pleasure and honor on the blurb. Sweet that Michael is representing you at that incredible sounding reading. And at AWP. I’ve never gone to that. I would love to as well. ** Creative Massacre, I’m good. Right, the last time I saw you, you were about to get those stubborn teeth yanked out of your mouth/head/life. Continuing envy about your snowfall. We haven’t had a single flake here, but I have a strong feeling that, after Antarctica, I will have had more than my fill of the freezing cold white stuff. Really nice to see you, Misty! ** Chilly Jay Chill, Hi, Jeff. Thanks about the Resnais post. Like I said, I’m a bit woefully behind the curve on most of his later films. I did quite like ‘Smoking/No Smoking’. You’ve got me about ‘Four Nights of a Dreamer’. I have no idea why it’s taking so long to be a DVD. I know that the big rights problem regarding it was supposedly resolved years ago, and that its release was supposed to be imminent, but I haven’t heard a peep about that since. I’ll see if I can find anyone here who knows anything about that. Oh, cool, I’m sure I can find the stream if it’s via WFMU. Thanks! ** Misanthrope, Ditto, i.e. me too about the Bieber stuff. ‘All the hypocritical outrage over some minor thing that’s the barest fraction as bad as what I and those complaining about him did at his age’: bingo. ** Armando, Hi, buddy! Oh, man, sorry about my teching up the blog to the point of difficulty. I’ve missed you too! Thanks about my birthday. Lateness ain’t no big. Nope, I haven’t seen ‘Wolf of Wall Steet’. I know, I know. I really want to. I almost saw it a couple of times, but life has been way busy and crazy lately. I will see it though. I haven’t been this intrigued to see a Scorcese film in a long time. Let off Farrow/Allen steam here all you like. Totally understandable. I’m doing good. I hope you’re doing good too, my friend! ** Jonathan, Yeah, the Warpaint didn’t win me over. The Herndon is lovely. In fact, she’s right up there in the gig. The Parisian hood is a little overly wet and damp, but it’s, you know, Paris, so, you know, it’s awesome. Talk soon, I hope! ** Okay. You get a gig curated by me today featuring some of the music I’ve listening to lately and getting a lot out of. Hope you find something or even multiple things that serve you well in there. I will, yeah, see you tomorrow!

‘The topic of preteen rebellion usually triggers some kind of emotional response. It can ignite fear in the hearts of parents who have children on the brink of adolescence; it can prompt both defensiveness and despair in the hearts of parents struggling through the preteen years; and it can inspire a sigh of relief for parents who now have adult children. Whether your preteen is opposing your authority or God’s, rebellion is never easy to deal with.

‘Youth specialist Tim Sanford encourages parents to realize that children always do things for reasons. He explains that many times parents don’t know the real reason behind a teen’s behavior. He says, “God didn’t make us random beings, so our behavior (even rebellious behavior) is stemming from a reason. It’s important to get to the ‘itch’ (core reason) behind the ‘scratch’ (outward behavior or attitude).” Whether dealing with basic issues such as respect or complex issues such as at-risk behavior, parents sometimes struggle to understand the difference between healthy preteen autonomy and blatant preteen rebellion. What looks like rebellion may actually be a preteen’s natural “itch” for greater independence.

‘Your preteen is separating from you and gravitating toward his or her peer group. This process is normal, natural and necessary. Fight it and you’ll lose. The solution is to work with it as well as you can — by understanding what’s yours to control and what isn’t.

‘The realization that your preteen is “in the process of moving away from you” carries with it a blend of panic and relief. There’s panic in feeling a loss of control, and there’s relief in knowing that your preteen is in healthy pursuit of an independent adult life. Recognize that you’re not alone in your struggles as a parent during this process, and be open to seeking outside support or counsel. Focus on finding what hurt motivates the rebellion in your preteen, then commit to prayer and forgiveness as the first steps in restoration.’ — Pam Woody

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Children Medieval Band We are the Robots
‘After two of our videos went viral on youtube (sometimes in April 2012), a lot of people wanted to find out more about this group. An article has been submitted to wikipedia a while ago, but got rejected… Also mass-media has been very quiet about this young band – and this proves something – completely oblivious to important events like, for instance, the great performance of these kids in front of 10,000, when opening for the Rammstein concert in Denver, Colorado. The main goals of our activity are: to promote the medieval music as an alternative in music education, to have a good influence and encourage kids to choose good music as opposed to most of the mainstream, to learn and promote the “good rock” – sincere, rebel, strong and heart-felt – as opposed to “evil-rock” and “frivolous-rock” (drugs-sex & rr, ‘shake-butt’ and ‘aspartame’ mainstream pollution). The line-up: Stefan (11 yo) – voice, guitar, violin, recorder, keyboard, etc… and his two sisters: Olga (9 yo) – keyboard, voice, violin, recorder, and Cornelia (7 yo) – drum, harp, voice’ — CMB

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WJM TNT
‘Vocalist William is 10. He has two dogs and loves lobster! When he isn’t singing or listening to ROCK music, he enjoys strategy games like Chess & Cards, as well as making humorous comic strips & staying active with Tai Kwon Do! His favorite singers are Bono and Robert Plant & his favorite band is U2. Guitarist Jeremy, 10, loves noodles & spending time with his new puppy! When he isn’t SHREDDING or watching music videos, he’s surfing or hosting Youth Texas Hold ‘Em Tournaments. Jeremy plays year round sports, including Football and Baseball. Eddie Van Halen is his favorite guitar player, and he’s actually seen Van Halen LIVE!! Drummer Max is 10. He loves BACON, THE OAKLAND A’S & his crazy cat named “Target.” When he’s not behind his kit or listening to music, he’s making funny movies, writing stories or drawing! Max also enjoys skating all around town with his brothers or buddies & leading his baseball team to victory! His favorite drummer is Jon Bonham.’ — WJM

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Sjövik Childrens Orchestra Knasmusik
‘At a children’s orchestra camp at beautiful Sjövik near Göteborg, Sweden, I did a “contemporary” project with these wonderful young musicians. Every day we tried out playing their instruments according to simple instructions such as “your favourite note”, “a note you hate”, “favourite melody”, “short pitch-less sound”, etc. This is an interesting way to create complex musical textures, with a tradition from the experimental music of the 1950s and 60s. For the concert ending the four-day camp, we put the different ideas and sections together, and called it Knasmusik (meaning something like “wacky music” in Swedish). The children have played their instruments for about a year or two, and are 9-12 years old, with some teachers and older students helping out.’ — Palle Dahlstedt

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Apollo 3 Diabolisch
‘Apollo 3 is a rock-trio formed 2006 when they were nine years old in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Their class teacher became aware of this and established contact with the music producer Niko Raft. Their debut album, “Apollo 3” was published in 2009 by the major label Sony Music Entertainment and contains the song Superhelden (“Superhero”) that was used as the theme song of the movie Vorstadtkrokodile. At the time of publication, the band members were 12 years old (Henry) and 13 years old (Marvin and Dario).’ — last.fm

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Rondas New Stars Universo
‘A partir del año 1998 se replantea la tuna convirtiéndola en RONDA´S BAND SHOW a cargo del Músico Wilson Suárez introduciendo al grupo variedad de instrumentos de percusión mayor y menor, interpretando melodías de la época acompañadas con su piano. Posteriormente en el año 2002, con el apoyo y entusiasmo de toda la comunidad educativa, se introduce al grupo instrumentos armónicos como guitarra, bajo, pianos, instrumentos de percusión mayor como batería, timbales, congas, trabajo vocal, los cuales acompañados de una pista, interpretaban los temas del momento, bajo la dirección del Músico Rolando Lemus, con el apoyo del Músico Jorge del Castillo, Coreografías y Percusión Menor a cargo de Antonio Díaz. Ya en el año 2008 y motivados por la curiosidad, el deseo de mejorar y entendiendo que la música exige una labor especializada, el Jardín Infantil “ La Ronda “ adecua sus instalaciones, optimiza sus elementos de trabajo y amplía su grupo de docentes bajo la dirección del Maestro en Música Javier Llamosa, Educación Vocal a cargo de Luz Karime Guerra, con el Apoyo Instrumental Manuel Vargas, y con la colaboración en percusión menor y coreografías por parte de Antonio Díaz, lo que conlleva a perfeccionar procesos y resultados, reflejados en interpretaciones audaces y completamente en vivo, y el proyecto musical cambia su nombre a RONDA´S NEW STARS.’ — jardininfantillaronda.edu.co

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Chaotic Five Crazy Train
‘Chaotic Five is billed as Hawaii’s “youngest classic rock group” and for good reason. All of the songs they sing predate their own existence by at least 15 to 20 years, many songs much older. Chaotic Five consists of five school aged kids less than 15 years old each. The group is fronted by female lead singers Chloe Salacup with lead guitarist Kalliyan Davis filling in from time to time. Rounding out the group are drummer Ethan Salacup, bass guitarist Caramon Ramos and Raistlin Ramos on keyboards and rhythm guitar. The classic rock repertoire include covers of Queen, Judas Priest, Bon Jovi, Journey, Metallica, Blondie, Heart and more. The female singers give the songs a slightly different twist with all of the instrumentation, original and authentic to the way we remember the songs from the records.’ — macprohawaii

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Steklovata Korablik
‘Steklovata (Russian: Стекловата – glass wool) is a boy band composed mainly by Russian singers and Arthur Denis Belkin Eremeev. The producer of the band’s Sergei Kuznechov, which in 1999 led Denis Griffin, until then thirteen years old, his new project. Soon after completion, the band took Eremeev. The group released two albums and has participated in music festivals in Russia , without achieving much success, partly due to lack of sponsors. In 2002, the band topped the charts of Russian Radio Estonia . Later, the music videos were posted on YouTube , as of humor. Perhaps the best known hit is the Steklovata “Nowiy God.” The lyrics in another language and melody made ​​this simple video – four guys singing the song in lively rhythm – known. The low quality of the video production and poorly-made vocalists became therefore the video bizarre.’ — collaged

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Weatherwax Aneurysm
‘Weatherwax is a three-piece grunge band bringing back the raw Seattle-sound of the 90s with original lyrics and music. They have a global following with fans as far as Mexico, Indonesia and the US, and have been asked to play at international events. Weatherwax has appeared on Channel 4’s Alex Zane Pops Out after playing at Alex James’s Harvest festival. Mr Zane himself said: “Rock has a future, my friends, and they are called Weatherwax!” Outside WSOR, Weatherwax has supported tribute bands Nervana (Nirvana tribute) and Faux Fighters (Foo Fighters tribute) at top music venue Fat Lil’s; performed at the Glastalleigh Festival; played at charity gigs; and has been hired as house band for celebration events. The band’s YouTube channel has had nearly half a million views.’ — World School of Rock

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Hotsauceman2 Untitled
‘Kids experimental music.’ –– hsm2

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Hysteria Man in the Mask
‘Hysteria are an extremely talented 5 piece rock band with a difference – they are aged between 10 and 13 years old! Hysteria are Josh Tozer (Guitar & Vocals) aged 13, Maisie Shaw (Drums) aged 13, Zach Cornish (Keyboard & Vocals) aged 12, Ben Cornish (Lead Guitar) aged 11 and Kian Tozer (Bass) aged 10. They have known each other all of their lives as their parents are all good friends and their Dads’ also play in a band together so are a massive support to them. Initially formed for a surprise Halloween party in 2010, the band has progressed to playing many gigs over the last two years including local music venues including The Jolly Farmer, The Spinning Wheel and The Lord Nelson and festivals such as Kingskerswell Summer Moon Festival, Teignmouth Carnival, Fishstock and one of the largest festivals in our area “Lemonfest”.’ — Hysteria

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Osmosis Liquid Tension Experiment
‘- Victor Moreno: Drums & Percussion. – Carlos Suarez: Drums, Percussion & Xylophone. – Jose Jacome: Guitar. – Jorge Villamizar: Guitar. – Miguel Rodriguez (Guitar Teacher): Bass. – Javier Llamosa (Drum Teacher & Band Leader): Keyboards & General Coordination.’ — jawllamos

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The Mini Band Enter Sandman
‘A rock band aged 9 to 12, from Berkshire UK. They have received worldwide media attention, including from the BBC, ITV and Sky. They also received a video response from Metallica praising them, and spent time with Dream Theater at Wembley Arena. They got through to the grand final of Britain’s biggest music contest ‘Live and Unsigned’ playing at the O2 in London after beating over 10,000 acts! Their videos have had over 20 million views on You Tube. They have endorsements with Pure Tone Music, Daisy Rock Guitars, Storey Guitars, Hiwatt Amplification, Spaun Drums, Scymtek Cymbals, Los Cabos drumsticks, Wampler FX, DigiTech and Elixir Strings.’ — theminiband

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Little Phatty Witches and Vampires
‘Little Phatty is a project of Think Jar Collective, a website that explores what creativity and innovation is and how people and organizations can enhance it. We provide opportunities through our content and events for people to practice the essence of creativity which is to connect and bash together seemingly disparate ideas, to see what novel creative action emerges.’ — TJC

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Ryan “SpYke” Watson Rotten
‘He’s already being called the Justin Bieber of punk but if you ask 12 year old Ryan Watson he’ll say “that’s cool I guess but I like Greenday, Good Charlotte, Sum41, Ozzy, Metallica… I hope they say I’m like them one day but I get it, I’m 12 and Justin has a pretty cool career. I wouldn’t mind that.” Ryan was born in Westminster, MD, a suburb 45 minutes outside of Baltimore City. He started playing drums on anything possible before he could walk. By age 3 he was singing and playing melodies on the piano like “bah bah black sheep”. For his 6th birthday his parents, Todd and Pam, bought him Rock Band and he became obsessed, beating the entire game on every level in a month. “This brought on an obsession for him to learn how play the real version of every instrument in the game”, Pam recalls. “His uncle, who has since passed away from cancer, gave him his 1st guitar which he learned on and still plays to this day. He started playing full songs in a few months and we quickly learned that this wasn’t just a hobby and he was actually pretty good.”‘ — spykenation.com

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Still Pending Argus
‘Still Pending was formed by a group of classmates in the fall of 2005. During a performance at a school’s assembly, having not yet decided on a name for the group, the band was introduced by a student who stated, “the band’s name is still pending.” During a short discussion amongst the band members after their performance, they spontaneously decided to call the band Still Pending. Shortly thereafter, the band got its first break as the on-stage band in the Oregon Children’s Theatre rock musical production, Alexander, Who is Not, Not, Not, Not, Not, Not Going to Move. In September 2006, the band released its first EP-length CD entitled, Innocent Days. The CD is made up entirely of original material and was recorded by themselves. On the CD, the band showcases its typical punk pop style. All three musicians take part in crafting the music.’ — Wiki

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Atoms Teen The Golden Death
‘the golden death – experimental music piece i made for videos i took from the movie “the bridge”.’ — Atoms Teen

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The Grizzlys Wake Me Up
‘The Grizzlys are a kid garage band who are from the greater St. Cloud area. They were formed in 2010 and have been playing for parties, events, and other get-togethers ever since. The Grizzlys cover various artists, and even have a couple originals.’ — The Grizzlys

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The Suckshits! Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
‘It is of me and my friends at school we had to do a song for music class it is weird!!! SUBSCRIBE please and hopefully i make more like this and like.’ — tUwHakAiTi bLaAH

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Чернила Для 5-го Класса Золотой укол
‘Группа «Чернила для 5-го класса» была организована в Оренбурге осенью 1992 года и стала третьим (после «Ласкового мая» и «Мамы») подростковым музыкальным проектом композитора Сергея Кузнецова. Первоначально в состав группы вошли двенадцатилетний солист Игорь Веряскин, гитарист Юра Прибылов, клавишник Лёша Касимов, барабанщик Дима Ярмолюк, звукорежиссёр Олег Андреев, костюмер Елена Дроздова, постановщик света Сергей Дядюн, пиротехник Геннадий Андриевских и сам Сергей Кузнецов — автор всех песен, исполнявшихся коллективом. Запись первой песни — «Возвращение» — состоялась 24 марта 1993 года, а 4 апреля группа впервые вышла на сцену концертного зала и приняла участие в телемарафоне в помощь детям-сиротам, транслировавшемся в прямом эфире Оренбургского телевидения. В том же 1993 году был (неофициально) выпущен первый альбом группы — «Побег», начались гастроли. С 1997 года группа, по предложению администратора Сергея Лысова, работала в Москве, однако из-за «некоммерческой» направленности проект не получил достаточной материальной поддержки для того, чтобы оставаться в столице.’ — http://vk.com/chernila_5

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The Accidentalz Birthday Show
‘The Accidentalz is a Kid Rock & Roll Band based in Los Angeles that includes Orion – 12 (lead singer), Matthew – 12 (lead guitar), August – 11 (drums), Seabass -11 (Bass) Our Mentor and Musical Director is Devin -16’ — Jason Askinosie

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p.s. Hey. ** David Ehrenstein, Hooray, the Robbe-Grillet box set is finally coming out! It’s been in-process and promised for a decade at least. Of course I’ll be super interested to read your review. Great! His final novel is finally being published this year too, courtesy of the great Dalkey Archive. As per your question, hm. Bondage in itself is not a staple of my fantasy life. I guess it would depend on who was the bound captive, and why he was bound by the binder, and what were the binder’s motivation and intentions, and whether he was willing, and why/why not he was willing, and other details like that. ** Zach, Hey there, Zach! Welcome back, man. It’s great to see you! Why did you medium quit the internet, and why have you happily returned? Obviously, it would be great to have you around, if that idea feels good to you. ** Steevee, 4MASTERMANIAC’s come-on was one of the most suspiciously devised and written ones I’ve seen lately, yes, I agree. Very cool about the Isaac Florentine interview! ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. I’m glad the Generator opening was big fun. Everyone, why not go look at photos of the Generator Project’s Members Show, which opened last night in the Scottish hometown of our own _B_A aka creative wunderkind Ben Robinson, who has a work of his own in the show, whose visual evidence he and I hope you will peer at? Thanks a bunch for the behind the scenes explanation for your piece. That’s really interesting, and its vibes were kind of already there even without your IDing them. And I will go catch up on Sophiel Aurora. What a name change. What’s up with that? Or maybe the interview explains. Lovely weekend, man. ** Rewritedept, Hi. I’d be really surprised if he could still scream like that. His Jehu voice was one of the most self-destructive to the throat voices ever, to its great credit. Your mix is on board for today. The blog calendar is basically okay up until the 11th. It’s the immediately post-return period that’s going to be the killer. If you have guest-posts and don’t mind if they don’t appear for about a month, I would ever so grateful to have them. Oh, by the way, your very fine Mark Linkous post will launch here on Saturday, the 8th. Huge gratitude for it. I hope your weekend will be easily as wonderful as the one you wished for me, and I’ll be doing my best to illustrate that wish. ** Kyler, Hi. So, today is your birthday? Happy birthday! Everyone, today is Kyler’s birthday! Wish or at least think him up a great one! Oh, gosh, you were in a very sweet mood, thank you, and please take much appreciation from me for your presence and existence too. Love back, in other words. Eat a bite of cake or of cake-like substance for me. ** Bill, Hi. I know, I’m tempted to take him on as a slave just for the comedic possibilities. ‘The Act of Killing’ is intense, right? Great, stress-free, sublimity-producing weekend to you. ** Sypha, I believe you. Those bosses sound positively hideous. Heck, even Donkey Kong is a demonic force to me when he’s in boss mode. I think bosses should offer players two options. One would be a complicated, puzzle-like conceptual thing to figure out, and the other would be to try to defeat them physically. I think that would only make all games better for everyone. ** MyNeighbour JohnTurtorro, Hi, pal. Gash was good, or his text was, which I guess makes him good since he thought it up. Yeah, the new novel goes well and steadily. The hardest novels of mine to make work and finish have been, yes, ‘Period’, which practically killed me to get right. Getting that finished and fulfilling its structural obligations was nightmarish. And ‘The Marbled Swarm’, which, even though it maybe doesn’t seem so on the surface, is the most incredibly complicated novel I’ve ever written, and the only novel of mine that I think is wholly successful. Its insides are like meticulously organized frozen explosion or something. Anyway, yeah, thank you a lot for wondering and asking. I found some new music I like. I’ve made an ‘of late’ gig post out of it, so you’ll see what I found here soon. You have the weekend to end all weekends, okay? ** Okay. ‘Nuff said. I’ve got a gig for you this weekend featuring the varied sonic stylings of a whole bunch of alternately talented or ambitious or clueless or sympathetic pre-teens and very early teens. It’s chockfull of reasons to attend. I hope you will enjoy it. I will see you on Monday.