Wire

 Check out thier Daytrotter session also.

i posted about Colin Newman last Friday and couldn't pass up the chance to remind everyone of Big Black's noise rock cover of Heartbeat, one of my favorite Wire tunes, from the 1978 album Chairs Missing. original in the mp3, cover on video. sorry if this post has been done, i didn't have time to check. so many artists have covered Wire, my head hurts just thinking about it but, notably, My Bloody Valentine got back together (!) to do one and you can bet i'm posting it jus... MORE

Wire is preparing for a new wave of tour dates while details of their upcoming new album are trickled out on the band's website. Object 47 is the band's 11th studio album, but it's actually the 47th release in Wire's full discography! According to the news page on Wire's website:

[Object 47] finds Wire utilising the core writing partnership responsible for Pink Flag, Colin Newman and Graham Lewis. The latest release is described by the band as having "tunes with zoom", a

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Culminating a long MOG absence, and after a summer living out of a suitcase, I've just moved to a new country and city. I'm still in the process of getting my life, both working and personal, going. Just last night, I spent 5 hours unpacking and organizing CDs. I'm trying to find out where to get good bread, good cheese, fresh herbs. And so on. Hopefully more regular MOGging will also resume. I've also somehow managed to amass 7 shows to attend in the next month, many o... MORE

I was talking this weekend with a classmate about how much we loved to play Scattergories, when I brought up the distinct advantage we had when the best scattergory ever came up ... band names. That's an automatic 2-3 points in the bank for me, because my RL friends aren't going to guess the band names I know. More likely, they're going to challenge me. A foolish venture, especially if the host has Internet access. So, being bored and kinda geeky, I sat around this weeke... MORE

"Anyone brave enough to leave the tourist gulag of Midtown Manhattan knows that New York is to pretentiousness what the Vatican is to Catholicism, what Washington, DC is to politics, what South Baltimore is to crack, and what Sylvia's is to chicken and waffles. Can't count how many conversations like this one I've had since I matriculated a couple years ago: "friend: __ just opened/is playing tonight. Wanna go? Me: Fck that ***. I saw __ like, four months ago." Followed by... MORE

I think I'd like to learn the "Three Girl Rhumba"...you?

The new Wire music is great and I've fallen under the spell of their whole catalog this week. Whatever Wire have been in the past [angular punks, uneven synth-poppers] they are now a driving, buzzing, popping and cooly aestheticized machine with newfound shamelessness in thier simple pop-hooks. They always had a catchy and harsh side, willing to engage with melody and then discard it to play with structure, narrative or irritant. Since their third incarnation took shape... MORE

September 9: Wire, "Practice Makes Perfect" Although I may consider the Minutemen my #1 band, Wire is #1A. Not only did they form the creative precedent for the Minutemen (short, idea-based songs, constantly changing directions), but they did it earlier and quicker than any punk band with the possible exception of Pere Ubu (more on them some other day). No sooner than they come up with the tightest, most disciplined expression of punk's sound with their classic debut "Pi... MORE

I know, I know, spelling . Geez, gimme a break. It's late. Wire. I can't say enough. One of my faves is "I Feel Mysterious Today" from 154. I liked so much I painted the words (in acrylic paint) on a white T shirt. Wife made me throw it away. That old thing. (Insert awkward moment and tears). Man, Did I fall for them good. Salute!