Remembering singer/songwriter Scott Walker (1943-2019) with a little help from our followers. https://twitter.com/Iheartnoise/status/1110147810945630208 Cossacks Are (picked by George F Killgoar 3 and The Transmitter Down) Face on a Breast (picked by Petridisch) Bolivia 95 (picked by Martin Clarke) On Your Own Again (picked by Maria JBS and Coupler) It's Raining Today (picked by Gaye…
Six more miles, long and sad… Hardy Fox has died. October 30th, 2018, Hardy died in his home from glioblastoma, a brain tumor. Rumors and news declaring Mr. Fox’s passing had been circulating the internet for weeks prior to his actual death. He himself had sent a few e-mails to fans declaring that the end…
And we just lost another one...talking about Brooklyn label Root Strata, a quiet but intense presence on the experimental scene, that shut its doors after more than a decade of activity. Formed by Jefre-Cantu Ledesma and Maxwell August Croy in 2005, the label was responsible for putting out material by both its founders and countless…
I have not been a fan of Glenn Branca since the beginning… but I have been a fan for a very long time. I discovered Glenn’s work in the late 80’s as an offshoot to my obsession with Sonic Youth… and I quickly realized how important Glenn’s work was not only to Sonic Youth but…
On May 14, the world lost one of the chief architects of no-wave/noise rock as Glenn Branca passed away in his sleep after a battle with throat cancer. Vital part of downtown NYC scene, Branca recorded and produced music for over three decades and was instrumental in putting the likes of Swans and Sonic Youth…
Words: Scott Creney The obituary this week says he was 60 when he died, though if you ask me the bastard didn’t look a day over 80. But then Mark E. Smith (the E stands for eternal), leader & lyricist & lynchpin of UK band The Fall, always gave the impression that he did whatever…
