Swissted New York graphic designer
Mike Joyce takes vintage flyers from punk, hardcore and indie rock shows and redesigns them "into international typographic style posters. Each poster is sized to the standard swiss kiosk dimensions of 35.5 inches wide by 50 inches high and set in berthold akzidenz grotesk medium, all lowercase. Every single one of these shows actually happened."
posted by BitterOldPunk
on Jan 11, 2012 -
36 comments
As a historical document the book is exhaustive and valuable. But I did not come away feeling that I knew or understood Hüsker Dü — the musicians themselves, their music, or any of the people around them — any more intimately than I already did. Earles’ writing is at once densely opinionated and emotionless. He expertly follows the chronology of the band’s tours and releases, but he never makes it understandable why some of us look back on this band so reverently, or why it would be worth somebody’s time to discover Hüsker Dü today. (previously)
posted by Trurl
on Dec 3, 2011 -
52 comments
They came on strong, "sounding like
The Shangri-Las flying through an electrical storm while having a riot in a speed garage club," but only survived for
an album, an EP, and a hand full of singles. They were
Lolita Storm, a trio of female singers (Romy Medina, Nhung Napalm, and Spex), backed by a guy on the noise-makers (Mr Jimmy Too-Bad), recording and touring from 1998 to 2003. Their brief life totaled around an hour of recorded music, available from YouTube user
Darkcore2008 (lyrics often NSFW).
[more inside]
posted by filthy light thief
on Jul 13, 2011 -
11 comments
"The 9:30 Club became the place in Washington where the misfits could go and nobody would judge them. The scene became bigger as MTV opened the doors to this kind of music. But the 9:30 Club was on the ground floor."
Today's Washington Post magazine features an
oral history of the 9:30 Club, in celebration of its 30th anniversary. (Alternate link to
just the text of the article.)
posted by Ike_Arumba
on Apr 18, 2010 -
59 comments
Toronto band
Fucked Up was everywhere at the South By Southwest music festival this year--playing at
official and
unofficial showcases, even once
on the street, but often at unofficial massive advertising areas by, say,
Pepsi or
Levis.
Some might think: How can a hardcore band justify their position in these marketing schemes? The answer, posted on the band blog by Mike the Guitarist, is simply titled:
SXSW WHY? [more inside]
posted by Potomac Avenue
on Mar 26, 2010 -
47 comments
While the clubs of London are rocking to Lady Gaga and Paul Van Dyk, the dancefloor sounds of the capital are shunned in the north-west of England. Why? Because a whole generation of dance music fans are putting a donk on it.
This documentary aims to find out why this genre of fast
MC-led hardcore is
so popular in one corner of the country whilst being completely unknown in others.
[more inside]
posted by mippy
on Feb 19, 2009 -
91 comments
blog to the oldskool, collecting obscure & long forgotten 91-95 oldschool hardcore/jungle gems, live sets, and
more oldies from the golden era of jungle .
posted by geos
on Jan 18, 2009 -
43 comments
Aptly named hardcore deconstructionists Fucked Up are slated to play a
free, 12-hour show in NYC on Tuesday, October 14th. The show will feature appearances from the likes of John Cale, Matt Sweeney, David Cross, Mobb Deep, Akon, Vivian Girls, U2's The Edge, and others.
posted by auralcoral
on Oct 6, 2008 -
13 comments
Something to Hüsker :
Bob Mould,
Grant Hart and
Greg Norton live with
Joan Rivers on the Late Show. Also live versions of the Byrds'
Eight Miles High,
The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill/I Apologize,
Pink Turns to Blue,
Every Everything, Makes no Sense at All, Ticket to Ride,
New Day Rising,
These Important Years, Every Everytime, and a video for
Don't Want to Know if You Are Lonely.
posted by psmealey
on Sep 21, 2007 -
68 comments
Learning to scream safely as a metal, hardcore or screamo vocalist can "take approximately a year", apparently. Handy tips offered here include "practice screaming into a pillow", and "scream along with music, especially songs in which screaming is already taking place." Bizarrely comprehensive, and probably useful, if you're into, uh, screaming.
posted by rhodri
on Mar 13, 2007 -
32 comments
Do you remember Hüsker Dü? No, not that
Husker Du,
this one. This site contains one of
the most complete collections of guitar tabs I have ever seen for any band. It might even exceed my previous favorite band site,
Swervedriver.com, if not in flash, then in content. The owner of the site seems to be more of a
Grant Hart fan than a
Bob Mould fan, as there are tabs for most of Hart's solo stuff and for
Nova Mob, but only a smattering of Mould tunes and none for
Sugar. There is also, suprisingly, a tab of
the Posies' excellent song (and loving tribute to the Huskers)
"Grant Hart".
posted by psmealey
on Jan 15, 2005 -
60 comments
