http://www.diskull.com/blog DISKULL ON-LINE RADIO Mon, 19 May 2008 04:10:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.diskull.com/blog/2008/05/19/diskull-party-2/ Part swampy juke joint brawlers, part smooth Philly warehouse doo-wop crooners, a sprinkling of wild-eyed, demon-haunted art hustler, and a hint of punky kindergarten playroom Pollyannas, Man Man bring their incomparable vision of "pop music" to bear with Rabbit Habits, their Anti- Records debut. Having honed their legendarily exuberant live ... http://www.diskull.com/blog/2008/05/13/man-man-rabbit-habits/ Meet the new Minutemen! With not a song over 2:24, the Death Set's Worldwide is an amalgamation of lo-fi electronica and old school punk rock a la Minutemen and their cited influences: Black Flag, the Buzzcocks, and Minor Threat. I'm not so sure I heard the Buzzcocks so much as ... http://www.diskull.com/blog/2008/05/13/the-death-set/ http://www.diskull.com/blog/2008/04/21/diskull-party/ http://www.diskull.com/blog/2008/01/23/holy-fuck-milkshake/ 40 years after the Summer of Love (and 30 years after the Summer of Hate), MGMT is celebrating the grand re-opening of the third eye of the world with Oracular Spectacular, the duo's much-anticipated first full-length album, an enigmatic and prophetic collection of hallucinatory sounds and hook-riddled pop tones for ... http://www.diskull.com/blog/2008/01/23/mgmt-oracular-spectacular/ Stephin Merritt has quite openly admitted that his newest offering is an homage to the Jesus and Mary Chain, and indeed this does sound a hell of a lot like Psychocandy. The strings and pianos are still there, but buried under a bed of reverb-drenched distortion and shrieking feedback. Considering how ... http://www.diskull.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-magnetic-fields-distorsion/ It makes sense that a protégé of Girl Talk's Greg Gillis would specialize in pop appropriation and cross-pollination, two things Joe "White" Williams brings in spades to Smoke. But Williams' debut induces tender gasps and organic contractions in its meticulously tweaked songcraft: "New Violence" sounds like Sparks with Euro-pop training ... http://www.diskull.com/blog/2008/01/23/white-williams-smoke/ Parisian duo Thomas Bangalter & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo aka Daft Punk quickly rose to acclaim by adapting a love for first-wave acid house and techno to their younger roots in pop, indie rock, and hip-hop. Formed in 1993 the duo released their debut single 'Alive' on celebrated techno label Soma ... http://www.diskull.com/blog/2007/12/22/discovered/ We all know that 'Acceptable In The 80s' is among the Top Ten best things to happen this year and now here is the full Calvin Harris long player. Living up to the debut single was always going to be hard work but Harris makes a bloody good go of ... http://www.diskull.com/blog/2007/12/22/calvin-harris/ Dear fierceness --can you come out to play? Goth-punk goddess Siouxsie Sioux hasn’t sounded this tough since the Banshees fell apart more than a decade ago. She recently split with husband and musical partner Budgie, who drummed for the Banshees and joined her in the globe-trotting adventures of the Creatures; ... http://www.diskull.com/blog/2007/12/22/siouxsie-mantaray/ Dear DFA, why wasn't there a label like you around in 1990 when me and my friends had about 15 pretentious and arty bands exactly like prinzhorn dance school? If anything, I love this prinzhorn dance school album because it perfectly preserves the memories of skinny black-clad, cheap red wine ... http://www.diskull.com/blog/2007/12/22/prinzhorn-dance-school/ The Balkan Beat Box got the party started while performing at Joe’s Pub in Central Park, Wednesday the 26th. Introducing some of their new songs from recently released alum, Nu Med on JDub records, the BBB were anything but short on great energy. The main band mates Tamir Muskat and ... http://www.diskull.com/blog/2007/10/07/balkan-beat-box/ The Black Lips fifth album, and first studio album for VICE, is titled Good Bad, Not Evil. The title Good Bad, Not Evil is inspired by the Shangri-Las song “Walk Right Up To Him (Give Him A Great Big Kiss). The album was produced by the band in their hometown ... http://www.diskull.com/blog/2007/09/20/black-lips-good-bad-not-evil/ Returning for the first time since it was initially staged in 2004, JOE’S PUB IN THE PARK captures the quality and range of performances that have made Joe’s Pub, now in its ninth year of providing music at its downtown home, one of the most acclaimed and popular clubs in ... http://www.diskull.com/blog/2007/09/11/joe%e2%80%99s-pub-in-the-park/