The Secret History of the Vocoder
July 24, 2019
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Great short produced by The New Yorker a few years back. If you like this, check out Dave Tompkins’ 2010 book How to Wreck a
Mwahaha – “Sundown”
June 25, 2019
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Just like this blog right here…Bay Area band Mwahaha has been fairly quiet for some time. In addition to focusing on some other projects (vocalist
Background Noise, Volume 28: How & Nosm
July 28, 2014
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How & Nosm are identical twin brothers. The duo, consisting of Raoul and Davide Perre, were born in Spain, but raised near Dusseldorf, Germany, and
Fockewulf 190 – “Body Heat”
January 24, 2012
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Fockewulf 190 were a Human League-Ultravox-Kraftwerk-inspired Italian duo who were most active in the ’80s, although as recently as 2010, they released a cover of
Snakefinger – “The Model”
May 2, 2011
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Chewing Hides The Sound by SNAKEFINGER Snakefinger consisted solely of Philip Charles Lithman (1949-1987), a frequent collaborator with The Residents, who gave him the Snakefinger alias.
Q4U – “Creeps”
June 28, 2010
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Early 80’s post-punk from Reykjavik, Iceland. The main riff on “Creeps” is very reminiscent of Kraftwerk‘s “The Model,” which came only a few years before
Takako Minekawa – “Destron”
November 11, 2009
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This song has been a staple on many “mix tapes” I’ve made for people since this came out in 1996. It’s got that head-nodding, yet
