Tag Archives: Noise Rock

Daily Dots Daily Dots: Liquid Liquid, Peepface, Jalbrak iPad, Sonic Youth, Dylan Denied

by Joshua Glazer
April 5, 2010 - 6:22 pm

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Today’s bloggin best…

- Dance-punk/hip-hop inventors Liquid Liquid made their first ever TV appearance in 30 year career. The Daily Swarm

- Introducing Peepface, the post-Easter drinking game for the kids. Holy Taco

- Sonic youth’s Thurston Moore To Lecture kids (not “the kids”) about avant-noise. Pitchfork

- MGMT coyly announce a coy cover of coy David Bowies’ “TVC15.” LA Weekly

- The jailbreak iPad is coming soon. iHackintosh

- Bob Dylan denied permission to play in China. Guardian UK

- New Big Boi track, “Shutterbugg” is a serious jam. The Fader

- This weeks Beck cover of INXS is much better than last week’s Beck cover of INXS. Rawk Blog

Music HEALTH check

by Jeff Nau
November 10, 2009 - 12:39 pm

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Heavily-distorted Fender guitars with the obligatory amp feedback–check. A layered, piercing synth sound, drenched in layers of haunting, spectral vocals and what can only be described as variations on the sound of white noise–affirmative. Though Los Angeles’ HEALTH might bill themselves as a(nother) noise rock band, it’s a moniker that could also prove that the band is selling themselves short: instead of copy-catting today’s trends, HEALTH digs deep into the abyss of often-overlooked pioneers from the days of yore. And while they have the dexterity to harken back to the beats of D.C. pioneers Fugazi and maybe a touch of Sonic Youth, they still aren’t above embracing the dance sounds of today’s latest and greatest in dance and hip-hop, the chaotic chords of The Mars Volta, or even the 8-bit blips and beeps of your old Nintendo Entertainment System.

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