How "Indie" are you feeling?

[Yoghurt Sothoth]

A passing shot from me, I'm away till Monday 30th May.

I TAKE IT YE ARE THE CHIEF AMONG MORTALS HERE?

WELL, FEAR ME NOT. I AM BUT LORD OF THE FILTH-THINGS, COME TO PREACH THE MIRED WORD OF FILTH 'PON THIS MORTAL PLANE. YOU SHALL BE PRITHEE TO MINE TENTACLED MASS ON THE 25TH OF EACH LUNAR HENCEFORWARD; OR MINE FILTHLETS SHALL ATTEND BEFORE ME, UNCLEANSING, SILTING AND FOULING A PATH BEFORE MINE TENTACLED MASS.

AND IF THOU SHOULD OPPOSE ME - IT MATTER NOT: MINE ENCRUSTLINGS SHALL MAKE THIS PLACE THINE HOME AND CONVERT EVEN THE CLEANLIEST AND GODLIEST INTO WORSHIPFUL GRIMELETS AND FILTHLINGS, DARING TO PEEP, NAY! STARE OPEN-EYED OVER THE RIM AND INTO THE FATHOMLESS CHASM OF DIRT I SHALL OPEN IN THIS PLACE.

LO! BEHOLD, I HAVE CAST OPEN A PORTAL OF GRIME THIS DAY. VERILY, IT IS A ROILING PIT OF TUMBLING TURDEONS, AND YOU AND YOUR MORTALS SHALL BE THE VERY SWEETCORN THEREIN.

 

[reposed]

but very Ariel Pink, The Books, The Lickets, also The Focus Groop. Also really feeling lots of old records, rediscovering things like Devo, The Lemon Kittens, Thomas Leer, Cabaret Voltaire and Josef K.

I certainly haven't felt this positive about bohemian music since 1989. What about you?

i've been pulling out a lot old classics recently, but just to clear my head. television personalities, kittens, cabs, joy div, the fall, chrome.

i'm feeling indie, but not as in emotionally burdened sap, but as in punk-as-fvck independent cdr releases of 100 indie. seems to be so much creative energy right now in this scene (too many spray painted sleeves a la american tapes aside) and bands of impossible originality are coming out of nowhere.

i'm still getting over the experience of seeing the magik markers play bardens boudoire in stoke newington last month. it's the closest i can imagine to what seeing the fall circa 1978 must have been like. if i was still a spotty teen i'd have called it lifechanging. ironic that the date clashed with simon reynold's book release and evening of post punk reminiscence.

 

[nomos]

LO! BEHOLD, I HAVE CAST OPEN A PORTAL OF GRIME THIS DAY. VERILY, IT IS A ROILING PIT OF TUMBLING TURDEONS, AND YOU AND YOUR MORTALS SHALL BE THE VERY SWEETCORN THEREIN.

I opened up a grime portal in March. Loads of grimelets and filthlings there. URL's in my sig if yr interested.