January 12, 2015Finally that month of the year where we start to catch-up on the pile of records we ordered before the holidays, digging in to those plates that got slept on for a few weeks. No better place to start than with Moon Wiring Club aka Ian Hodgson, and the thus far underrated masterpiece that is Leporine Pleasure Gardens. That’s right,…
January 7, 2015Debuted in 2013 and doing the rounds now with city screenings, festivals and TV broadcast is the awesome documentary The Punk Singer: A Film About Kathleen Hanna. This is old news to many no doubt, but having only just had the chance to check it out properly I’ve walked away delightfully shocked at the creative force that is Kathleen Hanna,…
January 2, 2015Mad delay getting this up here, tradition does dictate first of the New Year but what can we say…it’s been a crazy series of events lately. Simply put, 2014 was freaking awesome. So much good music, new labels and strange directions for wax and cassette labels that kept us interested for the full twelve months, if consistently broke at the…
December 30, 2014Merry Festivus and all the rest, hope it was a nice airing of grievances. But it’s time for us all to get back to work soon, infinitely poorer, so here’s some free radio from Paul Ackroyd, the last Awkward Movements on NTS for 2014. Two hours of epic goodness, loads of post-rave goodness as well as the obligatory electronic weirdness…
December 28, 2014For those that haven’t yet checked, the digital output of Mixmag, specifically Mixmag TV, has properly taken off in the last 12 months. And this series here, though only four episodes deep, has been a definite highlight. Kicking off back in July with Mr. Scruff, the 100% Vinyl series is a selected deejay spinning all vinyl in a store of…
December 23, 2014Christmas is cool and all, but sometimes around this time of year it really is best to start looking forward to things that will bring you joy as well as those around you, especially if it’s something that you missed out on getting under the tree last year. I’m pretty sure that my wife, parents, siblings etc. aren’t on the…
December 20, 2014It was only a few weeks ago when I first hear of Mad Nanna, a group out of Melbourne actively releasing from 2010, occasionally toted as a four-piece but also, and in this instance a duo. And while I’m yet to dig through their catalogue at all, I’m totally smitten by this live album that I picked up on a…
December 18, 2014On a more positive note than what you’re about to read, we highly recommend you checking out Michael Chandler’s documentary Stay Sailing, which is a brilliant piece of film making on pirate radio: https://awkmo.co/stay-sailing-pirate-radio-documentary Got sent this in response to the quality DJ Slimzee mini-doc we posted last week. Jimmy Monsta Funk was quick on response as always, sharing the downside…
December 15, 2014Very big cassette drop here that we had to get straight in to the headphones the second it arrived in the post. Glad we held out for the physical format of Level Up! before listening, as this is a heavy heavy mix, based around selections from one of the finest catalogues in dub that features some of the most amazing…
December 13, 2014Funny how you get attracted to some records by timing, sleeves, labels or whatever reason. I was going through a Dirty Three revival – in particular 1996’s Horse Stories album – when I first flipped through the tracks on the self-titled debut for Horse Lords. Not sure it had anything more than an animal connection initially, but nonetheless I was…