Upon the Occasion of the Royal Wedding...

...I would like to dedicate this footage to the happy couple:



"Sex Pistols, River Thames, London 1977: The Sex Pistols blasting out songs as they sailed down the River Thames to ‘celebrate’ the silver Jubilee. Playing Anarchy in the UK whilst slowly drifting past the House of Parliament a defining moment of punk rock rebellion came as the gig ended with the boat being raided by police."

- NME (UK)

Photo: Photoshot

Added: Oct 2, 2009

May 6th - Aaron Dilloway (ex-Wolf Eyes), John Mannion (Cathode Terror Secretion), Being, Iovae, DJ Pete Fosco

Aaron Dilloway (ex-Wolf Eyes, ex-Couch, ex-Universal Indians and is the guy behind Hanson Records) is playing the basement of the Comet on May 6th for FREE (21+) with John Mannion (of Cathode Terror Secretion), Being (Harsh noise walls artist from Dayton), and Iovae (my favorite noise artist in Cincinnati). DJ Pete Fosco will be spinning between sets.

MIDWEST COAST GRINDVIOLENCE - PART I

Pizza Hi Five at The Eagles Nest (1/3/10) from Bullart. on Vimeo.

Pizza Hi-Five
Powerviolence from Lima, Ohio
http://www.myspace.com/pizzahifive


Check out their split tape with Dayton, Ohio's Hooker Spit Windex (RIP) ( Myspace and Facebook) on Feel Good Grind Tapes (RIP?).  I got it from Scab on My Brain.  So should you!!!

Palindrones - No-Wave Improv'd Creeper Jams

Jon Lorenz (Wasteland Jazz Unit, Art Damage Radio) recorded and uploaded a live set of Palindrones (NSFW) from Cincinnati, Ohio.  The lineup is made up of Chris Adams, Emilie and Brad from Pink Film, and Troy Gallagher.  So what is this like?  Well, just look in the subject line for this, genius!

Anyhoozle, it needs to be said that there's something special about the music that comes from places where the word "cornhole" is used to refer to a game that's a safe version of horse shoes, Christian rock and hardcore are considered cool, there's entire neighborhoods of racist rednecks who attempt to pull off Brooklyn accents, local talk radio is dominated by this guy, and there's nothing to do aside from eating out and going to one of a bazillion multiplexes and crappy shopping malls.  There is nothing to do here (or anywhere in the Midwest, save Chicago).  Which means that if you want to entertain yourself (or simply maintain your sanity), you're going to have to do it yourself.  And the people making it don't simply stare into the abyss... they become it.  So when they find an outlet, you better believe that even a flooded river isn't gonna keep the whole shithouse from goin' up in flames.  'Cuz that's just how it's done in the NO COAST, motherfucker.

You can look forward to the Palindrones making some noi... uh, i mean doing some stuff soon.

Audio from live set (3/11/2011)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W738MDEU

This Just In: JESU SOUNDS GOOD AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It looks like Justin Broadrick (ex-Godflesh, Napalm Death)'s project, Jesu, finally pulled out of the slough of mediocrity that it's been mired in for the past five years. Check out "Birth Day" off the new release, Ascension, on Stereogum.

PINK FILM (New Cincinnati Power Electronics / Harsh Noise)

Emilie and Brad are friends of mine who make power electronics and harsh noise.  I've been catching their sets since their first show and have been really impressed with what they're doing.  The noise scene here has always been very strong and they're just the latest female/male noise project to come out of here.  Last night, I bought their first tape, Seppuku.  It's unusually good for a demo and the lyrics are taken from Jenny Holzer's "Inflammatory Essays" and Valerie Solanas' "S.C.U.M. Manifesto".  Emilie is very interested in Japanese culture (some of you probably caught the reference of the band name), which shows up in the tape's artwork and song titles.  There are a limited number of them left, so get ahold of one while you can.  Their website, where you can download a couple of live sets from, is here:

http://pinky-violence.blogspot.com  (WARNING: Mature Content, NSFW)

My Spoken Word Gig is On the 9th of This Month (Next Friday)

Please come out for this.

And yes, it will probably be recorded in some shape or form.

Some of the best indie rock I've heard recently

The band is called Women and they're from Canada.  Their influences, which don't prevent them from sounding fairly unique, are said to include the Velvet Underground, Swell Maps, This Heat, and the Zombies.  I hear some early Pink Floyd, Beach Boys, and shoegaze in it, too.  Their self-titled album has some total summer jams on it.  They have a new album, Public Strain, coming out on September 28th.

They've worked with the labels Jagjaguwar, Flemish Eye, and Contradrede.

PETS! PERSONIFIED (Drunken Abrasive Noise-Pop from Cincinnati, Ohio

PETS! PERSONIFIED

They just have demos up so far, but holy cow is this stuff good... Download their Spinning Kittens demo in mp3 or FLAC format for FREE!!!  Jacob Levin (CAVES, kasparov) and Casey Backus are behind this project.

I’m doing a spoken word thing on July 7th @ the Mockbee Building

It’s at a hardcore punk show. So far, the bands Lords (Louisville, KY) and I Fail (Cincy) are on the bill.  Kaleb’s looking to put another one on it.  As for the Mockbee Building, it’s at 2260 Central Parkway in Cincinnati (near the neighborhood of Brighton).  For more information about the venue, go here.