Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Ministry very clearly rocks (rocked?)

I am not attracted to industrial rock concerts in general, but I would gladly make an exception for Ministry. Their last stuff is extremely powerful. I do not think it is improving or deteriorating – as far as I can tell, all their albums feature a few very good tracks. Their last one, The Last Sucker, starts with a very good opening.

Here's the Fillmore 2008 live (find the original track first, it's also on Youtube; and obviously, remember the high quality mode in Youtube):



More of the Fillmore live, starting with my favourite Ministry track, NWO:



If you want to see what industrial rock activism looks like on stage:



Thieves (watch from 1m00s onwards, the chorus is crazy):



And the hilarious ad:



The dub version of Rio Grande Blood ends up on an incredibly good remix of “Lies Lies Lies”, check it out: “Lieslieslies (Known Unknown Lies Mix)”. Ministry is the only band to blow my brains out on first hearing; I remember staying dumbfounded after listening to “Unsung” and “Impossible” for the first time.

Apparently The Last Sucker is indeed their last album.

Bonus – Rio Grande Blood cover, with a lot of symbolism to dig out (I find the freemason reference exquisite):

Thursday, 27 March 2008

Surprise Incomprehensible Video of the Week

Cross-linked from practically every blog I maintain:

Monday, 24 March 2008

Venom, “Witching Hour”

From Welcome to Hell, the album usually designated as the starting point of back metal.

Saturday, 15 March 2008

Saturday, 8 March 2008

Links

The sidebar on the right-hand-side now features a few links to some good music websites. Suggestions appreciated.

Friday, 22 February 2008

Black Medicine jazz

Black Medicine has some cool, unidentified jazz this morning, and the sound is good enough to make the bass solo audible. I like this place (both of them, the Nicolson St one and the Marchmont Crescent one; I am writing from the latter).

… And now they're playing one of my Rolling Stones favourites, Midnight Rambler!