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guerrilla-operator · 1 year

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WIRE AT THE F-CLUB. LEEDS, 1978.

#wire #colin newman #graham lewis #punk rock #post-punk #art punk #experimental rock #robert gotobed #bruce gilbert #alternative rock #electronic #punk #UK punk #rock

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the-hottest-band-tournament · 16 days

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Round Two

Poison

Defeated opponents: Foghat

Formed in: 1983

Genres: Glam metal, hard rock and heavy metal

Lineup: Bret Michaels- vocals and rhythm guitar

C.C. Deville- guitar

Bobby Dall- bass

Rikki Rockett- drums

Albums from the 80s:

Look What the Cat Dragged In (1986)

Open Up and Say... Ahh! (1988)

Propaganda:

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Wire

Defeated opponents: N.W.A.

Formed in: 1976

Genres: Post-punk, art punk, punk rock

Lineup: Colin Newman – voice, guitar, various

Graham Lewis – voice, bass guitar, various

B. C. Gilbert – guitar

Robert Gotobed – drums, various

Albums from the 80s:

The Ideal Copy (1987)

A Bell is a Cup (1988)

Propaganda:

#round 2 #poison band #poison #bret michaels #c.c. deville #bobby dall #rikki rockett #colin newman #graham Lewis #B. C. Gilbert #Robert gotobed #the hottest 80s band tournament #the hottest 80s band tourney

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rastronomicals · 28 days

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Robert Gotobed

#Wire

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trustmatrix · 2 years

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Wire hang redux

With Lewis emerging as a vocalist alongside Newman, the result was an expansive, textured album with a more pronounced melodic orientation. If Chairs Missing saw Wire exploring the possibilities offered by the recording studio, on 154 they took fuller advantage of that environment. Indeed, Wire often bewildered live audiences by playing unrecorded tracks rather than the numbers people expected to hear. Although Chairs Missing had been released only months before, live sets included a significant amount of material that would appear on 154. for the first time and, in March 1979, toured Europe with Roxy Music. Songs were being written and jettisoned at a considerable rate and Wire were gigging relentlessly. Wire albums usually feature one near-perfect pop song and Chairs Missing's "Outdoor Miner" almost became a hit, until it was scuppered by a payola scandal at EMI. With Thorne playing keyboards and producing, this was a more complex, multi-dimensional record that supplemented Pink Flag's harsh minimalism with dense, occasionally unsettling atmospherics. Although the phrase "early Pink Floyd" was uttered dismissively in some quarters, it was well-received. The album met with critical acclaim and a follow-up was recorded in spring 1978.Ĭhairs Missing was a radical departure. Pink Flag's 21 highly original tracks (each averaging just over a minute-and-a-half) compressed and twisted rock into often jagged, taut shapes. Produced by Thorne, 1977's amphetamine-paced Pink Flag found Wire taking punk to extremes while also keeping an ironic distance from it by introducing elements of tension and abstraction. By then, with Newman writing most of the music, they were eager to record before they lost interest in material, abandoned it, and moved on a pattern that would come to define the group. Thorne included two Wire tracks and was then instrumental in bringing the band to EMI in September. Wire met EMI's Mike Thorne, who was recording groups for a live punk album, The Roxy, London WC2. A gig at the Roxy in early 1977 proved auspicious. Wire began playing dates in London and, having ousted Gill, started from scratch, writing new material and taking a more pared-down, experimental approach. Subsequently, the three recruited bassist Graham Lewis and drummer Robert Gotobed (aka Robert Grey), and the first Wire lineup was in place. At Watford Art College in 1976, guitarists Colin Newman and George Gill formed Overload with audiovisual technician Bruce Gilbert (also on guitar). Like many punk contemporaries, Wire had roots in the art school tradition. Their restlessness paved the way for hardcore punk, post-punk, and goth, and influenced artists as diverse as Minor Threat, Guided by Voices, Helmet, and Lush, as well as the many post-punk revivalists of the 2000s and 2010s.īy the time punk arrived, British art schools had long been a hotbed of musical activity, spawning some of the nation's most innovative rock acts from the '60s onward. Through it all, Wire have never sounded exactly the same twice. Later works such as Mind Hive (2020) reflected the moody guitar pop they purveyed in the 2010s and 2020s. The group returned from hiatuses in the '80s and '90s with renewed creativity on the electronic leanings of The Ideal Copy (1987) or the ferocious noise of Send (2003). This capacity for self-reinvention, and their willingness to stop recording when ideas aren't forthcoming, is crucial to Wire's longevity and continued relevance. Pink Flag (1977) found them twisting punk's simplicity and rawness to their own arty designs on Chairs Missing (1978) they added frosty atmospheres and more melodic songwriting, both of which they heightened on 154 (1979). Their first three albums alone attest to a startling evolution as the band repeatedly - and rapidly - reinvented themselves. Focused on experimentation and process, Wire's musical identity constantly changes. Emerging from the British punk explosion, Wire resisted easy categorization from the start, and would for decades to come.

#Wire hang redux

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odk-2 · 3 years

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Wire - Options R (1977) Graham Lewis / Colin Newman from: "Dot Dash" / "Options R" (1978 Single) "Pink Flag" (1994 CD Reissue Bonus Track)

Punk | UK Punk | Art Punk

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Personnel: Colin Newman: Vocals Bruce Gilbert: Guitar Graham Lewis: Bass Robert Gotobed: Drums

Producer Mike Thorne

Album Recorded: @ The Advision Studios in London, England UK during September - October 1977

Album Released: in December of 1977 Single Released: on June 16, 1978

Harvest Records (LP) Restless Retro/Restless Records (CD Reissue)

#Wire #Pink Flag #UK Punk #Art Punk #1970's #Punk #Harvest Records #Restless Records #Options R #Colin Newman #Graham Lewis #Robert Gotobed #Bruce Gilbert

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stevenvenn · 4 years

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Wire - Ahead (from The Ideal Copy) Flashback Friday to 1987 with this Wire classic (after they had gone on a hiatus in the 80s after a few amazing albums).

#wire #ahead #the ideal copy #colin newman #graham lewis #b.c. gilbert #robert gotobed #london #uk #mute records #post-punk

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evil-wawe-form · 7 years

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Wire, photo by Eugene Merinov, CBGBs, NYC, 1978

#wire #colin newman #robert gotobed #bruce gilbert #graham lewis #cbgb #wire band #post-punk

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jazznoisehere · 7 years

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Colin Newman, Bruce Gilbert, Robert Gotobed, Graham Lewis.

WIRE (1979).

#bands #punk #new wave #websites #wire #colin newman #bruce gilbert #robert gotobed #graham lewis

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guerrilla-operator · 3 years

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WIRE

#wire #colin newman #punk rock #post-punk #art punk #robert gotobed #bruce gilbert #graham lewis #experimental rock #alternative rock #electronic #punk #rock #UK punk

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rickyshand · 3 years

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FAD GADGET - Spex Fanzine Interview (02/81)

Translated by @manicswitch (Thanks Ira!). Editing and proofreading by @pfurs.

Then Fad Gadget - alias Frank Tovey. Standing at his side were Robert Gotobed (Ex-Wire)/Drums, a bassist, and Daniel Miller (The Normal, Mute Records Boss)/Electronics.

The music was his label's known blend. Electropop: sometimes straight, sometimes playful - with a bit of black humor. Everything went great - only Robert Gotobed struggled to catch up sometimes. Highlights include - unsurprisingly - his singles "Ricky's Hand", "Fireside Favorites", and the new "Make Room".

But even while everything sounded nice, I lost major interest after a third of the performance. His music was too conventional, edgeless, and with not enough surprises for my tastes.

Now, Fad Gadget doesn't see himself as just a plain musician, but as a performer as well. And it was very impressive to see what he was capable of.

He banged on his equipment with a plastic pipe hard enough to get the room to shake. One time he hung himself from the pipes on the ceiling, only to let himself fall all of a sudden. The ending highlight was a tense duel between his head and a rhythm machine. One could almost think he acted in some kind of performance mania - if it weren't for the calculated placement of a break in the middle to gauge the audience's reactions as he told us later on.

And a majority of the audience, especially the audience at the front, was very pleased with what they saw. While they danced, people in the back were less impressed and used the time to talk.

I was under the impression that the stage spectacle was compensating for the missing surprises and intensity in the music. Fad Gadget's actions somehow stood oddly unrelated to the music.

Here the underlying problem of all e-poppers, from Orchestral Manoeuvres to Human League, once more became obvious: Producing pop with synthesizers is nothing new anymore. Once you're acquainted with those sounds, you'll find yourself asking why conventional music, only by the addition of electronic instruments, should be considered unique.

We were able to talk to Fad Gadget after the concert. We then immediately asked him if his music had a lot of potential. "I can’t really say. It's something that'll show in the future - if it couldn't evolve, I would immediately stop with that approach." He doesn't see himself reliant on musical activity. After all, he has a performance art degree and being a mime behind him. "Today music is the medium for me to realize my ideas. Rock'n'roll, out of all other art forms, is interesting to me because of its spontaneity. I like the exciting and raw feel and the direct contact to the audience. Everything you do has immediate feedback."

And what was that with the break: "I always do that to test the audience!" But that's something very risky to do: "Well, yeah. I haven't been attacked for it yet. But something unexpected can always happen and that's kind of the point of me doing it."

Suicide isn't his favorite group at the moment for no reason. Just like them, Fad Gadget doesn't just care about the music, but about conveying a concept as well. "I first think of an idea, a concept. Right now, I convey this best through music. But I can imagine myself one day stop doing music - without losing my ideas. Because then, I would still be able to see other means where I would be able to express myself."

#fad gadget #frank tovey #fireside favourites

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rastronomicals · 8 months

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Robert Gotobed

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punkscowardschampions · 3 years

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Names & Faces & BDays

Family

Sue Bevan- Sarah Lancashire- Tess’ Maternal Grandmother- 1939

Bill Baker- N/A- Tess’ Maternal Grandfather- 1934

John Vickers- Matt King- Tess’ Father- 1939-1995

Megan Baker- Erin Doherty- Tess’ Mother- 1959-1981

Kayleigh Baker-Barnett- Victoria Smurfit- Tess’ (M) Auntie- 1962

Bill Baker Jnr- Michael Fassbender- Tess’ (M) Uncle- 1963

Sarah Ahmed- Joanne Froggatt- Tess’ (M) Auntie- 1966

Peter Baker- Marc Warren- Tess’ (M) Uncle- 1968

Chantelle Baker-Barnett- April Pearson- Tess’ Cousin- 1981

Masood Ahmed- Dev Patel- Tess’ Cousin- 1989

Tamwar Ahmed- Avan Jogia- Tess’ Cousin- 1991

Jasminder Ahmed- Anaya Kolvanker- Tess’ Cousin- 1997

Honey Baker- Morgana Davies- Tess’ Cousin- 1999

Daisy Baker- Alyvia Alyn-Lind- Tess’ Cousin- 2001

Poppy Baker- Hattie Gotobed- Tess’ Cousin- 2002

Brendan McKenna- Tom Hardy- Fearghal’s Father- 1942-2003

Brigid McKenna- Orla Brady- Fearghal’s Mother- 1944-2004

Diarmaid McKenna- Cillian Murphy- Fearghal’s Brother- 1962-1990

Angela McKenna- Susan Lynch- Diarmaid’s Wife

Donal McKenna- James Norton- Fearghal’s Brother- 1967-1990

Mary McKenna- Rita Simons- Donal’s Wife

Tara McKenna- Saoirse Ronan- Fearghal’s Sister- 1972

Kaitlin McKenna- Jessica Barden- Fearghal’s Twin- 07/08/1976

Samson Kalu- John Boyega- Kaitlin’s Husband

Eoin McKenna- Charlie Hunnam- Fearghal’s Brother- 1978

Maria McKenna- Cristina Brondo- Eoin’s Wife

Aislinn McKenna- Evanna Lynch- Fearghal’s Sister- 1980

Paddy McKenna- Harris Dickinson- Fearghal’s Brother- 1985

Natsumi McKenna- Shiori Kutsuna- Paddy’s Wife

Eddie McKenna- Finn Cole- Fearghal’s Brother- 1989

Niamh McKenna- Orla Gartland- Fearghal’s Sister- 1991

Sophia Garcia- Ana De Armas- Niamh’s Wife

Brendan McKenna Jnr- Jody Lantham- Diarmaid’s son- 1984

Aidan McKenna- Jack McMullen- Diarmaid’s son- 1985

Cillian McKenna- Johnny Bennett- Diarmaid’s son- 1987

Kearney McKenna- Adam Long- Diarmaid’s son- 1989

Bronagh McKenna- Tilly Keeper- Donal’s Daughter- 1987

Ferdia McKenna- Joe Cole- Donal’s Son- 1989

Malachi Kalu- Franz Drameh- Kaitlin’s Son- 1993

Lee McKenna- Danny Walters- Eoin’s Son- 1998

Liam McKenna- Harry Kirton- Eoin’s Son- 1999

Aoife McKenna- Aisling Franciosi- Eoin’s Daughter- 2009

Caoimhe McKenna- Sophie Borja- Eoin’s Daughter- 2009

Ruari Murphy- Cameron Monaghan- Aislinn’s Son- 1999

Niall Murphy- Gabriel Basso- Aislinn’s Son- 2002

Lennox McKenna- Ezra Miller- Paddy’s Son- 2017

Marvin McKenna- George Miller- Paddy’s Son- 2017

Liv O’Connell- Annes Elwy- Eddie’s Daughter- 2034

Gen One

Tess Vickers- Lily Loveless- 19/11/1976- Scorpio

Fearghal McKenna- Jack O’Connell- 07/08/1976- Leo

Kathryn Houghton- Vega Essermeant- Beeline’s Maternal Auntie- 29/12/1975- Capricorn

Natasha Houghton- Elizabeth McLaughlin - Beeline’s Mother- 17/03/1977- Pisces- 11/11/2000- 23 years old

Admir Dervishi - Azim Osmani- Beeline’s Father- 02/05/1975- Taurus- 11/11/2000- 25 years old

Gen Two

Ronnie Olufemi- Ruby Tandoh- 09/06/1991- Gemini

Joe Mckenna- Anton Yelchin- 01/01/1995- Capricorn

Fraze McKenna- Will Poulter- 30/04/1996- Taurus

Ray Mckenna- Milly Alcock- 30/04/1996- Taurus- 26/07/2009- 13 years old

Bea Dervishi- Moya Palk- 15/06/1996- Gemini

Tommy McKenna- Bertie Gilbert- 26/12/1998- Capricorn

Ali McKenna- Dakota Fanning- 13/02/2000- Aquarius

Ro Dervishi- Emma Roberts- 11/11/2000- Scorpio- 17/11/2030- 30 years old

Ronan O’Shaughnessy-Jeremy Allen White- 31/08/2000- Virgo

Bartley O’Shaughnessy- Miles Teller- 14/11/1999- Scorpio

Johnny O'Shaughnessy- Frank Dillane- 23/02/1996- Pisces

Moses O’Shaughnessy- Thomas Doherty- 30/09/1997- Libra-

Caleb Cavante- Jaden Smith- 06/12/1999- Sagittarius

Meena Goldsmith- Daphne Groenveld- 17/10/2000- Libra

Carly Walsh- Elizabeth Olsen- 11/06/2000- Gemini- 24/04/2014- 13 years old

Rocky McKenna- Josh O’Connor- 01/04/2009- Aries

Gen Three

Django Walsh- Toby Wallace- 30/03/2014- Aries

Una Gallagher - Jenna Ortega- 26/07/2014- Leo- 22/07/2030- 15 years old

Buster McKenna- Justin Crichlow- 31/10/2016- Scorpio*

Nancy McKenna- Lucy Boynton- 31/10/2016- Scorpio*

Rio Cavante- Antonia Thomas- 03/12/2016- Sagittarius

Liam Foley- Jacob Elordi- 26/08/2017- Virgo

Edie O’Shaughnessy- Billie Eilish- 27/10/2017- Scorpio

Grace Cavante- Sammi Maria- 13/10/2021- Libra

Janis Cavante- Ella-Rae Smith- 13/10/2021- Libra

Ava McKenna- Jessica Alexander- 27/05/2022- Gemini*

Junior O’Shaughnessy - Ethan Cutkosky- 13/08/2023- Leo

James Pemberton-Howard- Nicholas Hoult- 16/01/2017- Capricorn

Chloe Woodall-James- Holliday Grainger

Teddy Pemberton-Howard- Lucky Blue Smith

Gia Pemberton-Howard- Gemma Ward

Jimmy Taylor- Nico Mirallegro- 08/09/2021- Virgo

Casey Taylor- Brenton Thwaites- 25/03/2024- Aries

Gen Four

Violette Rose Borello-Agosti - Bailee Madison- 14/11/2030- Scorpio*

Mattie Pemberton-Howard- Kristine Froseth- 28/08/2035- Virgo

Fi Caldwell- Thea Sofie Loch Naess- 13/12/2038- Sagittarius

Dolly-Blossom Farrington-Stone- Imogen King- 31/12/2039- Capricorn

Lulu-Bloom Farrington-Stone- Abigail Cowen - 31/12/2039- Capricorn

Hathor McKenna- Adwoa Aboah- 20/06/2040- Gemini

Sekhmet McKenna- Khadijha Red Thunder- 20/06/2040- Gemini

Adonis Saint McKenna- Younes Kahlaoui - 26/02/2042- Pisces

Tansy Pemberton-Howard- Lottie Moss- 2041

Maggie O’Shaughnessy- Ella Purnell- 17/09/2031- Virgo

Amber Jackson- Zoe Kravitz- 23/11/2031- Scorpio-Sagittarius Cusp

Libi Foley- Claudia Sulewski- 27/02/2032- Pisces*

Bobby Taylor- Fernando Lindez- 01/07/2032- Cancer

Cosmo Cavante- Arjan Van Hesteren- 23/08/2032- Leo-Virgo Cusp

Sylvie McKenna- Romi van Renterghem- 2032 ish

Jake Cohen- Timothee Chalamet- 2032 ish

Callum Quinn- Charlie Gillespie- 2032 ish

Margot McKenna- Camille Jansen- 2034 ish

Dash Cavante- Nayleye Junior Dolmans- 20/01/2034- Capricorn-Aquarius Cusp

Lux Abernathy- Hunter Schafer- 20/03/2034- Pisces-Aries Cusp

Jac Taylor- Alycia Debnam Carey- 17/09/2046- Virgo

Jameson Taylor- Iris Law- 21/06/2047- Gemini-Cancer Cusp

Savannah Moore- Laura Harrier- 12/05/2047- Taurus

#gen one #gen 1 #gen two #gen 2 #gen three #gen 3 #gen four #gen 4 #faces #plotting

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odk-2 · 4 years

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Wire - 1 2 X U (1977) Bruce Gilbert / Graham Lewis / Colin Newman / Robert Gotobed from: "Pink Flag" (LP)

Punk | UK Punk | Art Punk

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Personnel: Colin Newman: Vocals Bruce Gilbert: Guitar Graham Lewis: Bass Robert Gotobed: Drums

Produced by Mike Thorne

Album Recorded: @ Advision Studios in London, England UK September–October 1977

Album Released: November, 1977 Harvest Records / EMI (UK)

CD Reissued: 1989 Restless Retro Records (US)

#Wire #Pink Flag #Punk #UK Punk #Bruce Gilbert #1 2 X U #Robert Gotobed #Colin Newman #Graham Lewis #Art Punk

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noloveforned · 4 years

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no love for ned on wlur – july 15th, 2020 from 4-6pm

artist // track // album // label hovvdy // runner // (bandcamp mp3) // (unreleased) beabadoobee // care // fake it flowers // dirty hit yucky duster // elementary school dropout // duster's lament cassette // infinity cat th'sheridans // i don't wanna be dismembered // i don't wanna be dismembered ep // eatery slow pulp // new media // big day ep // citrus city pozi // 176 // 176 ep // prah ohmme // flood your gut // fantasize your ghost // joyful noise * lucy and the rats // real thing // got lucky // stardumb the gotobeds // blazing sun of youth // have you checked the tapes ep // subpop the exbats // funny honey (live at home for wfmu) // revolution all the time (plus size) ep // (self-released) becky and the politicians // if boys got pregnant // be gay, do crime! compilation cassette // girlsville all hits // men and their work // men and their work // iron lung siglo xx // after the dream // answer ep // onderstroom ike yard // m. kurtz // ike yard // factory félicia atkinson // everything evaporate // everything evaporate // shelter press tashi dorji and thom nguyen // ah! the waving lespedeza // manas iii // feeding tube henry grimes trio // fish story // the call (1965) // esp disk' michael foster and claire rousay // stay outside // mail and tool and turmoil cassette // personal archives salim washington // jamila // dogon revisited // passin thru eddie gale // the rain // eddie gale’s ghetto music // blue note terrace martin, robert glasper, 9th wonder and kamasi washington featuring phoelix // freeze tag // dinner party // empire jenna camille // state of a nation // the time is now // (self-released) standing on the corner // g-e-t-o-u-t!! the ghetto (pt.i) // g-e-t-o-u-t!! the ghetto ep // creative mysteries arts jeff parker featuring ruby parker // blackman // blackman 7" // international anthem sink ya teeth // stella // two // hey buffalo new fast automatic daffodils // fishes eyes // pigeonhole // mute kraftwerk // antenne // radio-aktivität (remastered) // parlophone ai aso // i'll do it my way // the faintest hint // ideologic organ christian lee hutson // northsiders // beginners // anti *

* denotes music on wlur’s playlist

#wlur #radio shows

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dustedmagazine · 4 years

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Wire — Mind Hive (Pinkflag)

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Bullet point or bulletproof? Wire continue to defy categorization on Mind Hive, effortlessly expanding without losing their quintessence. Fearless innovators, who, like sharks, keep moving, never slow down, elude pigeonholing by being ahead of their own and everybody else’s game. Ironically the go-to comparison for every new angular post-punk newbie, Wire long since bolted. They produce consistently changing and challenging music, always different, ever Wire.

This time out they move from English pastoral psychedelia to Eno-esque ambience via stomping experimental rock and some of the prettiest melodies of their career. Bassist Graham Lewis remains an oblique, elliptical lyricist but also writes some of his most pointedly polemic poetry shot through with the nervous edge characteristic of much of his output. Colin Newman is a compelling vocalist equally comfortable with staccato declamation and understated crooning. Drummer Robert Gray (the artist formerly known as Gotobed) swings from motorik barrage to atmospheric background fizz and Matthew Simms’ guitar playing fits seamlessly within the range.

Mind Hive opens with a trifecta of hard hitting mid-tempo deconstructions that both meet and play with expectations taking familiar elements — Gray’s metric beats, Lewis’s serpentine bass and sarky paranoid words, Newman’s off hand delivery, the choppy guitars – and combines them into classic off kilter gems. Thereafter, the album gets really interesting. “Off The Beach,” driven by acoustic guitar, strings and brass, references inter alia, the Khashoggi murder (“People praying, disappearing/CC cameras, knives and hammers.”), refugees and public apathy. Newman’s vocal is at the center of a pop melody as direct and poignant as the lyrics. It’s followed by the swirling psych-folk of “Unrepentant” and “Shadows” with echoes of early Pink Floyd, a riposte perhaps to the “Punk Floyd” moniker tossed at them after Chairs Missing and 154 confounded fans of the ur-post punk Pink Flag. “Oklahoma” bristles with exasperated energy with Lewis on vocal duty over a wall of electronic and guitar buzz. The ambient, organ backed “Humming” is a dystopian vision of betrayal and pained nostalgia for times before “Russians brushing scandals under oligarchy rugs.” The Orwellian coda — “I can’t quite remember/When it went wrong/Someone was humming/A popular song” — is an eloquent elegy to the good slipping away in these days of sorrow.

Mind Hive is concise yet full of restless intelligence, musical ideas and willingness to push boundaries. Taut, tense, not a wasted note, moments of great beauty, 35 minutes of Wire contains enough to fuel a multitude of pretenders.

Andrew Forell

#wire #hive mind #pink flag #andrew forell #albumreview #dusted magazine #punk #post-punk

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daggerzine · 4 years

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Lots of lists! DAGGER’s favorites of 2019 (and more lists to come)

TIM’S LISTS

MY 20 FAVORITE RECORDS OF 2019 (in no particular order)

Jeanines- S/t (Slumberland)

Purple Mountains- S/T (Drag City)

Monnone Alone- Summer of the Mosquito (Lost & Lonesome)

Mick Trouble – Here’s the Mick Trouble LP (Emotional Response)

Pernice Brothers- Spread the Feeling (Ashmont)

The Resonars- No Exit (Trouble in Mind)

Rocket 808- S/T (12XU)

Thigh Master- Now For Example (Goner)

Seablite- Grass Stains and Novacaine (Emotional Response)

Ex Hex- It’s Real (Merge)

Versus – Ex Voto (Ernest Jenning Record Co)

Nots- 3 (Goner)

Rocketship- Thanks To You (Darla)

Dream Syndicate- These Times (Anti)

The Paranoid Style – A Goddamn Impossible Way of Life (Bar None)

Business of Dreams- Ripe for Anarchy (Slumberland)

The Safes- Winning Combination (Bickerton Records)

The Gotobeds- Debt Begins at 30 (Sub Pop)

The Black Watch- Magic Johnson (ATOM Records)

Comet Gain- Fireraisers Forever! (Tapete)

WAIT! HERE’S 20 MORE!

Vivian Girls- Memory (Polyvinyl)

Bob Mould- Sunshine Rock (Merge)

Modern Nature- How To Live (Bella Union)

Robert Forster- Inferno (Tapete’)

David Kilgour- Bobbie’s a Girl (Merge)

Piroshka- Brickbat (Bella Union)

The Armoires- Zibaldone (Big Stir Records)

Dark Blue- Victory is Rated (12XU)

The Persian Leaps- Electrical Living (Land Ski Records)

Sasha Bell- Love Is Alright (Both Sides Now)

Frankie Cosmos- Close It Quietly (Sub Pop)

USA/Mexico- Matamoros (12XU)

Moving Targets- Wires (Boss Tuneage)

Red Sleeping Beauty- Stockholm (Matinee)

Redd Kross- Beyond the Door (Merge)

The Treasures of Mexico- Everything Sparks Joy (Shelflife)

In Deed- Everest (Big Stir Records)

The Catenary Wires- Til the Morning (Tapete)

Foxhall Stacks- The Coming Collapse (Snappy Little Numbers)

The Vandoliers- Forever (Bloodshot)

WAIT!! EVEN 20 MORE…

Tiny Ruins- Olympic Girls (Bada Bing!)

Bruce Springsteen- Western Stars (Columbia/ Sony)

Sebadoh- Act Surprised (Dangerbird)

Le Superhomard- Meadow Lane park (Elefant)

James Clarke Five- Parlour Sounds (The Beautiful Music)

The Boys with the Perpetual Nervousness – Dead Calm (Pretty Olivia)

Tennis Club- Pink (Elefant)

Parsnip- When the Tree Bears Fruit (Trouble in Mind)

The Muffs- No Holiday (Omnivore)

The Kyle Sowashes- I Don’t Know What To Tell You (Anyway Records)

The Vapour Trails- See You In the Next World (Futureman Records)

Jason Hawk Harris- Love and the Dark (Bloodshot)

Trip Wire- Once & Always (Big Stir Records)

Lloyd Cole- Guesswork (EAR Music)

Mike Krol- Power Chords (Merge)

Bubblegum Lemonade- Desperately Seeking Sunshine (Matinee)

The Silent Boys- By the Light of the Moon (Bossy Lil Thing Records)

The Pearlfishers- Love and Other Hopeless Things (Marina)

Spray Paint- Into the Country (12XU)

The Ocean Blue- Kings and Queens/ Knave and Thieves (Korda)

I also really enjoyed records by……Unhappy Fly, I Was a King, The Hussy, 75 Dollar Bill, Snail Mail, Apex Manor, Mike Gale, Rob Laufer, Richard X, Heyman, Skull Practitioners, Todd Herfindal, Young Guv, New Pornographers, Scott Gagner, The Memory Fades, Mudhoney, The Well Wishers, Golden Pelicans, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Lucille Furs, The Umbrella Puzzles, Westkust , Mondello , Johnny Couch, Weyes Blood, Spearmint, Corridor, Joy Cleaner, Elva, Possible Humans, Blue Jeans, the BVs, etc .etc.

COLLECTIONS/ REISSUES

The Springfields- Singles, 1986-1991 (Slumberland)

The Victims- S/T (In the Red)

Dream Syndicate- The Days of Wine and Roses (Fire)

Stephen Duffy- I Love My Friends (Needle Mythology)

Human Switchboard- Who’s Landing in my Hangar (Fat Possum)

The Dum Dum Boys- Let There Be Noise (In the red)

Soul Asylum- Made to be Broken & While You Were Out (Omnivore)

Holiday Flyer- The Rainbow Confection & Try Not To Worry (Darla)

Metz- Automat (Sub Pop)

The Toms- The 1970 Sessions (Futureman Records)

SOME LISTS BY DINA HORNREICH

In a not-so comprehensive (mostly desultory) manner I have thrown this list of current zeitgeisty kinds of things that I encountered in one way or another that had various compelling bits, chunks, and other substantial nuggets (if not their complete entirety) of a musical persuasion that provided something engaging, amusing, enlightening, challenging, discordant, or otherwise worthwhile for my freaky mind, body, and soul to chew on in this last year of 2019. There are always tons and tons of things that I missed and/or never got to (but always meant to) so not exhaustive whatsoever. More a reflection of where I’ve been these days and how I’ve gotten here... (and will try to remain, if circumstances allow.)

Some Recorded Albums:

● Sneaks: Highway Hypnosis (Merge)

● The World: Reddish (Microminiature)

● Sacred Paws: Run Around the Sun (Merge)

● Trash Kit: Horizon (Upset the Rhythm)

● A-WA: Bayti Fi Rasi (BMG)

● Sleater-Kinney: The Center Won’t Hold (Mom + Pop)

● Ex Hex: It’s Real (Merge)

● Angel Olsen: All Mirrors (Jagjaguwar)

● Vagabon: s/t (Nonesuch)

● GRLwood: I Sold My Soul to the Devil When I Was 12 (sonaBLAST!)

● Girl Friday: Fashion Conman EP (Hardly Art)

● Tacocat: This Mess is a Place (Sub Pop)

● Karen O/Danger Mouse: Lux Prima (BMG)

● Cherry Glazerr: Stuffed and Ready (Secretly Canadian)

● Habibi: Come My Habibi single (Muddguts)

● Haim: Hallelujah EP (Columbia)

● Grimes: “We Appreciate Power”/”Pretty Dark” demo/”4AEM”/”Violence”/”So Heavy I Fell Through The Earth” various pre-album release singles (4AD)

● Madame Gandhi: Visions EP - Extended Versions (self-released?)

● Chai: PUNK (Burger)

● Kero Kero Bonito: Civilisation I single (Polyvinyl)

● Solange: When I Get Home (Columbia)

● UT: Conviction reissue (Mute)

Some Live Performances (mostly in Denver, CO):

● Hadgaba/Hal Aqua and the Lost Tribe (Denver Klezfest 2019 at Mercury Cafe)

● Jonathan Richman (Swallow Hill)

● Kristen Hersh (Hi Dive)

● Ex Hex/Moaning (Bluebird)

● Sleater-Kinney/Joseph Keckler (Ogden)

● Angel Olsen/Vagabon (Gothic)

● Holygram (Oriental)

● Cellista (Mercury Cafe)

● The Beths/Girl Friday (Globe)

● GRLwood (Globe)

● Tacocat/Paranoyds (Larimer)

● Short Shorts/Potty Mouth (Lost Lake)

● Nots (Lost Lake)

● Spiritualized (Gothic)

● Breezy Porticos (Chez Hinely)

● Church Fire/Glitter Vomit (Rhinoceropolis)

● FemmeFest 2019: Rare Byrds (Museum of Contemporary Art Denver)

● Love Languages/Teenage Fanclub (Bluebird)

● Girls Rock Denver Showcase 2019 (Summit Music Hall)

● Vivien Goldman (in-store at Rough Trade Records NYC)

● Imperial Teen (in-store at Twist’n Shout Records)

Some Books:

● Women Who Rock by Evelyn McDonnell

● Dayglo: Poly Styrene by Celeste Bell and Zoe Howe

● Revenge of the She-Punks by Vivien Goldman

● Why Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson

● Hardcore Anxiety: A Graphic Guide to Punk Rock and Mental Health by Reid Chancellor

● Liz Phair: Horror Stories (memoir)

● Frame of Mind: Punk Photos and Essays From Washington DC (and Beyond) 1997-2017 by Antonia Tricarico

● Girl in a Girl Band by Malia James

Some Film/TV (if not content relevant entirely, for its soundtrack minimally):

● Judy (BBC Films)

● Transparent (Amazon Series, Season 5/Musical Finale)

● Dolemite is My Name (Netflix Original Film)

● 2 Dope Queens (HBO Season 2, Episode 3)

● Trinkets (Netflix Series, Season 1)

● Blinded by the Light (New Line Cinema)

● Shrill (Hulu Series, Season 1)

● The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Series, Season 3)

● Big Mouth (Netflix Series, Season 3)

● A Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu Series, Season 3)

● GLOW (Netflix Series, Season 3)

● Orange is the New Black (Netflix Series, Season 7)

Some Radio/Podcast Outlets:

● She’s A Punk (podcast)

● Indie 102.3 FM (local station formerly Open Air CPR)

● KGNU 1390 AM (local station)

● Radio 1190AM KVCU (local station)

And to go full circle around in the weird miasmic disorientations of blogs/zines, and every tool in between...I could mention the writers at Bust, Bitch, Pitchfork, even… DAGGER. But credit for discoverability also includes the vending platforms of Spotify/Bandcamp/Apple Music/Soundcloud themselves (and their haunted algorithms) as well as musicians’ various social media counterparts (which may or may not include their publicists) on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. (and where does YouTube fit in exactly?) which means the industry will eventually eat itself. Happy New Year, ladies and germs. Who knows what the next decade will bring? Whatever it may be, let it be progress rather than random changes for no apparently good reasons.

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