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We Fought the Big One

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About Me

Named "Editor's Pick" by WashingtonPost.com in April & Feb. 2007 & voted by SPIN magazine as one of the 101 hottest things to do in the US Aug. 2006 (but don't let that deter you). We are a monthly celebration of moody & off-kilter post-punk, shoegaze and left-of-center underground independent music! We're talking about stuff from the late 70s, the 80s, the 90s, yes, even some new stuff. We're talking about bands from the U.K. and the States of course, but also France, Japan, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland---hell, we've even been known to play bands from places where Kathy Lee Gifford runs her infamous sweatshops!
OUR NEXT EVENT IS FRIDAY, JUNE 6 FROM 10PM UNTIL 3AM! WE WILL BE JOINED BY NEAL BECTON, OWNER OF SOM RECORDS IN WASHINGTON DC! NEAL HAS AN ASTOUNDING COLLECTION OF DIY AND POST-PUNK SINGLES. DON'T MISS OUT!BTW, DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF OUR LATEST MIX CD? AS USUAL, IT WAS LOVINGLY AND PAINSTAKINGLY CURATED FOR YOUR LISTENING ENJOYMENT. STOP BY THE DJ BOOTH AND ASK US FOR ONE. IT INCLUDES MANY OF OUR ALL-TIME FAVORITE GREAT POST-PUNK AND UNDERGROUND INDIE--ALL OF WHICH HAS NEVER GOTTEN THE RECOGNITION SO JUSTLY DESERVED.

My Interests

diy post-punk, art-punk, Belgian beer, avante-pop, minimal synth, Belgian beer, left-of-center indie, shoegaze, krautrock, Belgian beer, post-rock, wall-of-sound stuff, Belgian beer, yadda yadda yadda...

I'd like to meet:

music geeks, club freaks, weirdos, winos and those who are undecided...

Music:

The Tea Set, Metropak, X Ray Pop, Drinking Electricity, The Urinals, Edith Nylon, The Cravats, Faust, The Birthday Party, Joy Division/New Order, The Wake, Crispy Ambulance, The Chameleons, Abecedarians, Cocteau Twins, Lowlife, Disco Inferno, Kitchens of Distinction, Airiel, Pale Saints, STAR, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, The Radio Dept., Ulrich Schnauss, Serena Maneesh, Sonic Youth, Jeff and Jane Hudson, (early) House of Love, The Sound/The Second Layer, Alcian Blue, The Antiques, Five Four, The Organ, The Cure, Shiny Two Shiny, The Passions, Skydivers, No More, Abwarts, Whirlywirld, Gary Numan, Surface Mutants, Fire Engines, The Fall, Gang of Four, Malaria!, Cheveau, Scientists, Big Hair, The Actor, Piano Magic, Mahogany, Unrest, Wan Light, For Against, On!Air!Library!, Pink Industry, The Lines, The Passage, Portion Control, Wire/Colin Newman/He Said, Genders, Limp, The Teardrop Explodes, Public Image Limited, A Popular History of Signs, Cabaret Voltaire, Club Tango, Delta Five, The Mo-dettes, Essential Logic, The Slits, We've Got A Fuzzbox, Yura Yura Teikoku, The Wedding Present, The Wolfhounds, McCarthy, Love Is All, The Violets, The Long Blondes, The Mighty Lemon Drops, The Zarjaz, Glaxo Babies, Transmitters, PragVEC, Au Pairs, Neu Deutsche Welle, lots of bands from Australia and New Zealand...

Movies:

Almost anything from Terry Gilliam (especially Brazil), Blade Runner: The Director's Cut, Donnie Darko, Wings of Desire, Shaun of the Dead

Television:

Dr. Who, The Prisoner, The Office (UK), Battlestar Gallactica (the Sci-Fi series version), Lost, Flight of the Conchords,The British Comic Strip

Heroes:

Zen Master Chris Diamond, Michael Goodstein (Choking on Cufflinks radio show on WFMU), Kevin Pedersen of What's Your Rupture? Records, the inimitable Dan Selzer, the Where to Now? djs, Ned Raggett, James Nice, Simon Reynolds, and the Obi-Wan of independent music, John Peel.

My Blog

setlist March 2008

We were joined by our friend Meg Zamula this month. Meg turned in a killer set, leaving us jaw-dropped... Brandon set 1: Durutti Column  "The Missing Boy" The Wake  "Host" Abecedarians  "Wild Flow...
Posted by We Fought the Big One on Tue, 06 May 2008 07:51:00 PST

setlist Feb. 2008

We were honored to have Acute Records head honcho Dan Selzer with us for our 4-year-anniversary party! Brandon set 1: Harmonia  "Deluxe" Digital Dance  "I Sleep on the Waves" Neon Judgement  "TV T...
Posted by We Fought the Big One on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:43:00 PST

setlist Jan. 2008

This month we were joined by our friend Joi from the band Skies of Ember and Torsion Fields! Brandon set 1:Harmonia  "Deluxe" Silicon Soul  "The Fig" Deekay Jones  "New York, New York" Six Se...
Posted by We Fought the Big One on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:27:00 PST

setlist Dec. 2007

Nick McCarthy spun with us once again (bloody lucky we were!)...   Brandon set 1: Savage Republic  "Marshal Tito" Department S  "She's Expecting You" John Cooper Clarke  "Beasley St." La Fond...
Posted by We Fought the Big One on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:43:00 PST

Big One setlist Nov. 2007

Kevin Trowel from The Fuses was with us for this month... Brandon mini-set: Tiny Desk Unit  "Cous Cous" Fad Gadget  "Back to Nature" Cybotron  "Clear" Ike Yard  "Dancing and Slaving"   Kevin...
Posted by We Fought the Big One on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:29:00 PST

Big One setlist Oct. 2007

We were joined by DJ Jaguar for this month's fun-filled installment...Rick preamble:Faust  "Jennifer" (alt mix)Seefeel  "Polyfusion"Jaguar set 1:Bark Psychosis  "Shapeshifting"Hammock  "What Heave...
Posted by We Fought the Big One on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:07:00 PST

Big One setlist Sept. 2007

It went something like this...Brandon set 1:Simple Minds  "King Is White and in the Crowd"Nash the Slash  "Wolf"Kraftwerk  "Trans-Europe Express"Arsenal  "Factory Smog"Tiny Desk Unit  "Cous Cous"...
Posted by We Fought the Big One on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:25:00 PST

Big One setlist from Aug. 2007

Here's what we spun when we were joined by our friend Nick McCarthy...   Brandon preamble: Tiny Town  "Inside Fire"   Rick set 1: The Long Blondes  "Darts" Swell Maps  "Real Shocks" Josef...
Posted by We Fought the Big One on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:34:00 PST

Big One setlist from July 2007

Here's what we spun when we were joined by the inimitable William Alberque...William's preamble:OMD  "Experiments in Vertical Takeoff"Lowlife  "Missing the Kick" (Black Session demo)Abecedarians  "...
Posted by We Fought the Big One on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:06:00 PST

Big One setlist from June 2007

Here's what we spun last month when we were joined by our good friend Sam Chintha...Brandon set 1:Jackpaw w/Crowbar  "4th World"Die Doraus  "Arriva Dercci"Judy Nylon  "Room Without A View"The Teard...
Posted by We Fought the Big One on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:51:00 PST