Chris Taylor of Australien Radio ABC presents an hour of music of "alt-country" musicians Wilco Listen here

• Part one
  
• Part Two
  
  Example:
  Paranoid (Black Sabbath cover)

Review from Wire, August 2004:
Normal Music have a very nice take on glitch, as evidenced on Brev (Zero Moon 3" CD), their way of subverting the autonomy of beat regularity, as well as their approach to the dubly layering of various analogue and digital noises, put them far ahead of a largely sleepy herd. The basics here get so cracked at times that I imagine this'd be capable of breaking people's bones on the dance floor if played at the right time and volume. Cool! - Bryon Coley

• More info
  
  Full allbum downloads:
• Brev
  
• Let's Do Really Strange Things And Call Them Normal

Live at Uptown Mix in Nashville, TN September 24th, 2004

dowhload here:
www.agingrapidly.com

Asian Dub Foundation are 21st century MIDI warriors. Their distinctive sound is a combination of hard ragga-jungle rhythms, indo-dub basslines, searing sitar- inspired guitars and 'traditional' sounds gleaned from their parents' record collections, shot through with fast-chat conscious lyrics.

They started off in 1993 at London based organisation Community Music where bassist Dr Das taught music technology. He teamed up with one of his students, rapper Deeder Zaman and civil rights worker DJ Pandit G to form a sound system to play at anti-racist gigs. The following year they recruited guitarist Chandrasonic and started moving further afield. With Sun-J joining in 1995 on live technology and 'radical movements,' the line up was complete.More

Links:

• More info @ allmusic.com
  
• More info, german
  
• Interview from 1997
  
• Reviews
  
• Official homepage
  
  Downloads:
  
• Many downloads at the official download site

FEATURES On the cover: Wilco: Edwin Pouncey hears how Chicago's alt.Country stars cracked the cocoon of success to release the free spirits within. Plus: Phil Minton, Asian Dub Foundation, An abuser's guide to Noise, Hang On The Box, Beth Anderson, Margareth Kammerer and more

REVIEWS SOUNDCHECK: Oren Ambarchi, Mark Applebaum, Bark Psychosis, Biosphere, Ian Breakwell, Dave Burrell, Danny Cohen, Dustbreeders And Junko, Ostad Elahi, Mongezi Feza/Bernt Rosengren Quartet, Jeff Fuccillo, Nick Grey And The Random Orchestra, Brent GutzeiT, CM Von Hausswolff, Lars Horntveth, Percy Howard's Meridiem, Jason Kahn, Jason Kahn & Jon Mueller, Giya Kancheli, Mike Ladd, The Memory Band, Mephista, Merzbow, Mouthus, Max Nagl/Otto Lechner/Bradley Jones, Conlon Nancarrow, The Necks, Jim O'Rourke, OCS, Organum, Pan American, Zeena Parkins & Ikue Mori, Passage, Lee Perry, Der Plan, Horatiu Radulescu, Jack Rose, Kurt Schwitters/Jaap Blonk, Trio Solotarev, Sonic Liberation Front, DJ Spooky, Sunn O))), Susanna And The Magical Orchestra, Akio Suzuki & David Toop, Cecil Taylor & Mat Maneri, Terror At The Opera, David Toop & Max Eastley, Pau Torres, Various: Table Of The Elements Guitar Series, Michael Wertmüller, Wilco, Yulduz and more

PRINT RUN: Minute Particulars by Edwin Prévost; 100 Modern Soundtracks by Philip Brophy; Sounding Art by Kathleen Norman

CROSS PLATFORM: Mark Bain: Rahma Khazam meets the artist who demolishes buildings with sound and makes architectural structures into giant musical instruments. Reviews: Iggy & The Stooges DVD; Chronophotic art from John Oswald; Sounds In Spaces at London's V&A; Sonic Youth videos on DVD. The Inner Sleeve: The Designers Republic's Ian Anderson on Fairport Convention's Unhalfbricking. Go To Our monthly trawl for music on the Net

ON LOCATION: Sonar 2004, Barcelona, Spain; Le Weekend, Stirling, UK; MUTEK Montréal, Canada; Feedback: Order From Noise, London, UK

Hang on the Box were Chinas first all riot grrl band. Nowadays they seem to think more about the music then about the line up and hired a man boy for their band. Due to the "punk" hype in the western countries during the nineties there sound is (at least to my ears) very harmless, but Chinese authorities said the band were "an inappropriate representation of Chinese culture", through the band's live act, and song titles such as ’For Some Stupid Cunts At "BBS"’, and ’Ass Hole, I'm Not Your Baby’ and denied the band visas to travel to the UK in 2003.

Links:

• Official homepage (hosts Downloads)
  
• some sort of interview, german
  
• interview, english
  

Articles about chinese culture:

• Hip Hip China Chicks
  
• Frontline World: Shanghai
  
• Young in China: From Mao to me

The alternative country band Wilco rose from the ashes of the seminal roots rockers Uncle Tupelo, who disbanded in 1994. While Jay Farrar, one of the group's two singer/songwriters, went on to form the band Son Volt, his ex-partner Jeff Tweedy established Wilco along with the remaining members of Tupelo's final incarnation, which included drummer Ken Coomer as well as part-time bandmates John Stirratt (bass) and Max Johnston (mandolin, banjo, fiddle, and lap steel). Read more

Links:

• More info at highroadtouring
  
• Official homepage
  
• More info, german
  
  

Downloads:

• WILCO - DeKalb 2004 Part 1
  
• WILCO - DeKalb 2004 Part 2