A Sweeping Curve of Sound

Jimmy Page talks sigil magick with Guitar World magazine, and credits Led Zeppelin’s huge successes with the “alchemical process” of magick.

“You mean talismanic magick? Yes, I knew what I was doing. There’s no point in saying about it, because the more you discuss it, the more eccentric you appear to be. But the facts is - as far as I was concerned - it was working, so I used it. But it’s really no different then people who wear ribbons around their wrists: it’s a talismanic approach to something. Well let me amend that: it’s not exactly the same thing, but it is in the same realm. I’ll leave this subject by saying the four musical elements of Led Zeppelin making a fifth is magick into itself. That’s the alchemical process,”

Technoccult finds the bizarre Christian hate-site “God Hates Goths”.

“So let’s be straight here. Goths are the lowest form of human trash that has ever crawled upon this good clean earth. ‘Garbage people’ I call them, and I can assure you that is what they are. Freaks who worship the Devil, who take drugs and molest children, who have pre-marrital sex, who whore themselves, who are obsessed with Vampirism, and abuse handicapped kids, who promote cross-dressing and underaged homosexuality, who behave like wild violent animals that need to be put down, who cut themselves and try to get others to self harm, degrade themselves and attempt suicide and think it is acceptable behaviour.”

Pitchfork clues us in on the lunar-themed new album from A Silver Mt. Zion (coming in March).

Allow me, if I may, to blow your mind just a smidge: 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons, the forthcoming LP from Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, doesn’t start with Track 1 like, uh, every other album ever. No, 13 Blues begins at Track 13, fittingly. (The first 12 tracks are brief continuous drones.) An unlucky omen from the post-rockers, or just a way to confuse the heck out of your iPod? You’ll find out March 25, when Constellation Records releases the album on CD and 180- gram double-LP.

Finally, you want to hear some brand-new Portishead? Here is some recent live footage:

Can’t wait for the new album!

Post-Punk.com, the site devoted to all things, well, post-punk, has started the herculean task of cataloging all the genre-relevant music videos that can be found at YouTube.

“I’m currently starting up a new section for the site that compiles links to an ass load of music videos and decent quality live performances from both classic and current Post-Punk artists. So far I’ve gone from 23 Skidoo to Cocteau Twins. But much more is on the way. Take a look at the link to get an idea of the layout. I do plan on putting the links into a nice clean table too, so they don’t have to run down 30 pages”

Even though the compilation of links only goes up to “C” at this point, you can already find some obscure gems, including videos for the tragically under-recognized band Comsat Angels

I’m looking forward to the compilation growing, and becoming a useful resource.