An Archive of Incendiary Magazine 2002 – 2017
…the overnight drive with a friend from Hamburg to Frankfurt to connect with a 7am flight and in work in Oldham by mid-morning still ranks fairly high on my personal list of things I actually can’t believe I got away with.
Continue reading “Letter from Oldham (and Arnsberg) – The Last Days Of The Chameleons”
It is not the ideal time for a half drunk Incendiary member to stumble into the dressing room and interrupt your ironing but this was exactly the situation that Cody Chesnutt and I found ourselves in. He was armed with an iron and a half de-creased red cardigan. I was armed with a memo recorder and a brain that was beginning to lose its faculties
Continue reading “Incendiary iron cardigans with Cody Chesnutt”
The olive oil, the holy water, the milk in the goat’s horn are all part of a ritual to protect me and the musicians on stage from going insane, some of sort of African voodoo I don’t believe in.
Continue reading “Incendiary interview Wally van Middendorp”
It feels as if it’s being informed on another level at times, and that gives this recording a sort of unique space, one you can get sucked into.
Continue reading “The Luyas – Animator”
When the opening rush has been beaten off so to speak, and things settle down, we can get to grips with what is a very good LP.
Continue reading “Ringo Deathstarr – Mauve”
There are plenty of dreamscapes, like Endless Shore and Is That What You Said, tracks that just need some freak to drop ink onto a stretch condom to make everything just so
Continue reading “Melody Prochet – Melody’s Echo Chamber”
Simple stuff it may be, but sometimes adding just a little bit extra significantly increases the value of the whole.
Continue reading “Homemade Empire – Defenestration”
Dedicating a track to Pussy Riot and pushing the audience on, the gig, band and audience eventually dissolved in a sort of ur-Adventist piss up. Mission accomplished.
Continue reading “Japanther, Those Foreign Kids, Sweet Release of Death, (INDIE INDIE #4.5) Vrankrijk, Amsterdam 14/11/2012”
What we couldn’t handle was the end, where the previously polite and sedate chair donned a rubber face mask: one which was a queasy mix of the features of Silvio Berlusconi and 70’s snooker ace Ray Reardon.
Continue reading “Rosa Ensemble – “Landschap der Nederlandse Volksmuziek (deel 2)” Meet and Greet, Leiden, 9/11/2012”
Rather than some sort of placid, peer-induced demonstration record showcasing all the sounds they listen to, Cokefloat is, in fact, just like old alternative rock records used to be, especially those from the Blast First scene.
Continue reading “Paws – Cokefloat”