Posts tagged Preoccupations
Stef Chura, Preoccupations, & Drummers Interview - I Hate Radio Music News 2/9/2017
Stef Chura, Preoccupations, & Drummers Interview - I Hate Radio Music News 2/9/2017

Stef Chura Preoccupations World Tour, and a trio of drummers from the deep recesses of my mind's 80's memory palace. 

It's your Curated Music News for 2/9/2017

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"I Hate Radio" Music NewsJoshua B. Hoegarage psych, preverb, indie punk, indie garage rock, garage pop, noise rock, post punk, nu gaze, jangle pop, new wave, new romantic, welsh rock, punk, pub rock, uk post punk, uk post-punk, post-punk, gothic rock, dark wave, Siouxsie & The Banshees, stiff little fingers, the alarm, Stef Chura, Preoccupations, Urinal Cake RecordsComment
My Best Albums of 2016: The Gold Medals: 10-1
My Best Albums of 2016: The Gold Medals: 10-1

Here it is, 100's of hours of work, and a whole year of listening to albums has led to these final ten albums.

My Top Ten Albums of 2016 (and a special tribute)

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Best Of 2016Joshua B. Hoeglam rock, art rock, permanent wave, protopunk, rock, singer-songwriter, mellow gold, new wave, classic rock, dance rock, David Bowie, Blackstar, Columbia Records, straight edge, hardcore, fury, Fury, Paramount, Triple B Records, australian alternative rock, deep australian indie, Camp Cope, Poison City Records, folk-punk, indie-punk, folk punk, alternative emo, Jeff Rosenstock, Worry., The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, preverb, brooklyn indie, Mitski, Puberty 2, Dead Oceans, Your Best American Girl, St. Vincent, Lucy Dacus, No Burden, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Nonagon Infinity, ATO Records, Courtney Barnett, Talking Heads, DEVO, garage psych, post punk, post-punk, Preoccupations, Flemish Eye Records, Jagjaguwar, Joy Division, noise pop, neo-psychedelic, nu gaze, indie rock, dream pop, experimental rock, noise rock, dance punk, Savages, Adore Life, Matador, Matador Records, escape room, alternative hip hop, underground hip hop, detroit hip hop, Danny Brown, Atrocity Exhibition, Kanye West, Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Denial, Will Toldeo, Spotify, #SpotifyComment
The "California Street Locator" #Spotify Playlist (#OPS Transmission #24)
The "California Street Locator" #Spotify Playlist (#OPS Transmission #24)

This is the "California Street Locator" #Spotify Playlist.

It includes songs from Wilco, Okkervil River, Kim Gordon, New Order, Swell Maps, and many others.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeLocator, Wilco, Scmilco, Judey On A Street, Okkervil River, Away, Stormy Weather, Reigning Sound, Time Bomb High School, The Return of Jackie and Judy, Ramones, End of the Century, California, Wax, 13 Unlucky Numbers, Cult Boyfriend, Jeff Lewis, A Turn in the Dream Songs, Web in Front, Archers of Loaf, Icky Metal, Irrational, Swearin', What a Dump, Murdered Out, Kim Gordon, Real Shock, Swell Maps, International Rescue, Memory, Preoccupations, Your Silent Face, New Order, Power Corruption and Lies, Icky Mettle, Clowns, Destroy the Evidence, Social Distortion, Sick BoysComment
Pirate Transmission #Spotify Playlist #15: Taste Happiness, Edit Internet Rain
Pirate Transmission #Spotify Playlist #15: Taste Happiness, Edit Internet Rain

Another week, another great Pirate Transmission #Spotify Playlist! This one is called Taste Happiness, Edit Internet Rain

It includes music from Liz Phair, Preoccupations, Violent Soho, Le Tigre, Gang of Four and many others. Enjoy!

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeThe Beta Band, The Three Ep's, Regal Recordings, Dry The Rain, Never Said, Liz Phair, Exile In Guyville, Matador, Train, Mission Of Burma, vs., Ace Of Hearts Records, Sliver, Nirvana, Incesticide, Geffen, Natural's Not In It, Gang Of Four, Entertainment, Warner Brothers Records, Get Off The Internet, Le Tigre, From The Desk of Mr. Lady, Mr. Lady Records, Degraded, Preoccupations, Flemish Eye Records, Felmish Eye, Flemish Eye, When I Was Done Dying, Dan Deacon, Gliss Riffer, Domino Recordings, Domino Recording Company, Burn The Scab, Le Butcherettes, Cry Is For The Flies, Ipecac Recordings, She Will Only Bring You Happiness, Mclusky, The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not On Fire, Too Pure, How To Taste, Violent Soho, Waco, Dine Alone MusicComment
Pirate Transmission #11: Sabotage After Dark Sleep #Spotify Playlist
Pirate Transmission #11: Sabotage After Dark Sleep #Spotify Playlist

Another week, another #Spotify Playlist. 

This week's playlist includes The Beastie Boys, Mick Ronson, Cornelius, Xenia Rubinos, Preoccupations and many others.

Enjoy!

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeThe Clash, This Is Radio Clash, Captain Beefheart, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Anxiety, Preoccupations, Yu Mountain, Plaid, The Digging Remedy, Ball Of The Dead Rat, The Teeth, You're My Lover Now, You and I, Margaret Glaspy, Emotions & Math, Sabotage, Beastie Boys, Ill Communication, Lonely Lover, Xenia Rubinos, Black Terry Cat, Danger, Vic Mensa, There's Alot Going On, White Lies, Dirty Fences, Too High To Kross, Wicked Man, Smog, Time For The Blues, Count Five Or Six, Cornelius, Fantasma, Only After Dark, Mick Ronson, Slaughter on 10th Avenue, People Who Died, Jim Carroll Band, Catholic Boy, Black Helicopters, Lungfish, Artificial Horizon, Sleep Comes Down, The Psychedelic Furs, Forever Now, MCAComment
April Band Roll: What Bands Were on #OPS Playlists In April
April Band Roll: What Bands Were on #OPS Playlists In April

I wanted to see how many bands I covered in April on the blog and this is just the bands from my playlists. All the bands, with links to their pages, the playlists they were on, and their record labels.

Not sure I can do this every month (took HOURS) but I will try.

Enjoy!

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeSpotify Playlist, #Spotify, #SpotifyPlaylist, YouTube, #YouTubePlaylist, #YouTube, A Place To Bury Strangers, Straight Tripping Witch Playlist, Mute Records, Acid Baby Jesus, Ha Magic Tomboy Playlist, Slovenly Recordings, Beastie Boys, The Beastie Boys, Blues Rock Rap Playlist, Def Jam Records, Black Francis, Bad Teeth Island Playlist, Cooking Vinyl, Black Mountaiin, Haunted Faith Attack Playlist, JaJaguwar, Blondie, Chrysalis Records, Buke and Gase, Houdini Trash Rash Playlist, Brassland Records, Cannibal Ox, Definitive Jux, Captain Beefheart, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, A&M Records, Chain and the Gang, Chain & the Gang, K Records, Clorox Girls, Explore This Playllist, Burger Records, Cloud Nothings, Wichita Recordings, Cosmic Psychos, Normal Records, Cypress Hill, Colombia Records, Dalek, Ipecac Recordings, Dead Milkmen, Blog Mischief Playlist, Restless Records, Deposit Man, Deposit Man EP, Destruction Unit, Rock Ain't Dead Playlist, Sacred Bones Records, Downtown Boys, Don Giovani Records, Dread Zeppelin, IRS Records, Drive Like Jehu, Interscope Records, Elvis Presley, RCA Records, Fear Of Men, Kaninie Records, Frankie Cosmos, Double Double Whammy, George Clinton, Parliament, Capital Records, Gleaming Spires, Scotti Brothers Records, Greys, Carpark Records, Guerilla Toss, DFA Records, Hallelujah the Hills, Hallelujah The Hills, Misra Records, Honduras, Black Bell Records, HTRK, Blast First Petite, Hunx and His Punx, Hardly Art, Institute, Jay Reatard, In The Red Records, Julien Casablancas, Atlantic, Kweku Collins, Closed Sessions, L7, Slash Records, La Misma, Toxic State, LCD Soundsystem, Lil' Yachty, Lilys, Manifesto Records, Love and Rockets, Haunted Faith Attack, Makthaverskan, Run For COver Records, Meatbodies, Minor Threat, Dischord Records, Mojo Nixon, No Age, Sub Pop Records, Not On Tour, Diner Junkie, Parquet Courts, Rough Trade Records, Patto, Vertigo Records, Personal and the Pizzas, Personal & The Pizza's, Go! Records, GO! Records, Preoccupations, Viet Cong, Flemish Eye Records, Prince, NPG Records, Public Enemy, Radiohead, XL Recordings, Reverend Horton Heat, Sub Pop, Run DMC, RVIVR, Rumbletowne Records, Sheer Mag, Katorga Works, Sports, Father/Daughter Records, Smashing Pumpkins, Virgin Records, Stars, Soft Revolution, ATO Records, Stepsisters, Palaver Records, Sudakistan, PNKSLM Recordings, Summer Cannibals, Kill Rock Stars, Tacocat, Tenement, Grave Mistake Records, The Autumn Stones, Immediate Records, The Bad Plus, EmArcy Records, The Clash, Epic Records, The Coathangers, Suicide Squeeze Records, The Courtneys, The Darkness, Atlantic Records, The Meanies, Poison City Records, The Rolling Stones, Decca Records, Queen, EMI, The Rentals, Maverick Records, The Saints, Fatal Records, Total Widow, Relapse Records, Wilco, Nonesuch, Wire, Pinkflag Records, Youth Code, Dais RecordsComment
This Band Name Has Gone to Heaven (Viet Cong)
This Band Name Has Gone to Heaven (Viet Cong)

This is round 2 of the controversy around the band formerly known as "Viet Cong" recently changing their name to "Preoccupation" as the result of criticism they received last Fall.

My question for the critics of the name change, why is this so different than Pearl Jam pulling out of their concerts in North Carolina? 

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeViet Cong, New Republic, Ryan Kearney, The Internet Outrage Machine, Preoccupations, Joy Division, Gang of Four, Gang Of Four, Dead Kennedys, Andy Gill, Political Correctness, Juno Awards, Japandroids, National Liberation Front, Vietnam War, Vietnam, Asian Culture, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, LGBTQ, North CarolinaComment