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Music Shit / Re: Stooges S/t -- 45 years ago today
« on: August 07, 2014, 01:23:33 PM »
Thanks for the reminder - I'll fall asleep to 'We Will Fall' now. Why don't people recognise this song or talk about it more?
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: August 07, 2014, 01:15:11 PM »
Book talk! Where did you find England's Hidden Reverse? Copies fetch a pretty penny these days.
Libra is great. I never made it through Underworld. The Names is not only my favourite DeLillo but it might be my favourite book overall. I also really loved Mao II and Players. Maybe I should give Underworld another try. Is anything he wrote after that worth bothering with? I think I read the 9/11 one but can't even remember.
Libra is great. I never made it through Underworld. The Names is not only my favourite DeLillo but it might be my favourite book overall. I also really loved Mao II and Players. Maybe I should give Underworld another try. Is anything he wrote after that worth bothering with? I think I read the 9/11 one but can't even remember.
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: July 30, 2014, 04:29:14 AM »
Rocket from the Crypt - Hot Charity : forgot what a great record this is
Crooked Fingers - Forfeit/Fortune : this would probably grow on me if I gave it a chance but I always just want to go back and listen to the self-titled one whenever I listen to any of the others
Bing Selfish - Bringing it All Back Home : this was an odd choice for the day but I guess I'm in an odd mood
The Fall - Grotesque (After the Gramme) : but what comes BEFORE the gramme??
Crooked Fingers - Forfeit/Fortune : this would probably grow on me if I gave it a chance but I always just want to go back and listen to the self-titled one whenever I listen to any of the others
Bing Selfish - Bringing it All Back Home : this was an odd choice for the day but I guess I'm in an odd mood
The Fall - Grotesque (After the Gramme) : but what comes BEFORE the gramme??
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Music Shit / Re: Drag City
« on: July 24, 2014, 08:59:38 AM »
I never thought about them from a business perspective. They keep a lot of their 'classics' in print on vinyl, so I can still buy old Palace and Silver Jews records new and shrinkwrapped. The digital downloads thing doesn't bother me, because I can always find them on Soulseek and I still buy a lot of vinyl. And I think Drag City is my favourite label of all-time, so I give them a lot of leeway.
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: July 04, 2014, 12:44:23 AM »Info on Oroukayo, pls. That cover is great. Found nothing on line.
Seconded, I was intrigued by the cover, even more now that there's zero online presence. How is that possible?
A few of the records in that post have zero online presence; I think we're being 'had'.
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Music Shit / Re: Can anybody school me on Nurse With Wound pls.
« on: July 01, 2014, 02:59:38 AM »
I can't add anything to Whet Bull's post. That nails it.
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: June 21, 2014, 12:58:37 AM »
Refrigerator - Dangerous and Bottles of Make Up - I like these two acoustic/stripped down records; Dangerous in particular is barely there in points. Some songs are frustrating such as 'Sara Carter' because it's so unfinished.
Scrawl - He's Drunk
Arnold Dreyblatt + Megafaun - good, I guess; I loved Animal Magnetism and this feels like a slightly other form of it
Current 93 - Sleep Has Its House - was walking around with this on my earphones when I arrived in Sofia yesterday; something about the Orthodox churches and burned out post-Soviet architecture made this strangely complementary.
Scrawl - He's Drunk
Arnold Dreyblatt + Megafaun - good, I guess; I loved Animal Magnetism and this feels like a slightly other form of it
Current 93 - Sleep Has Its House - was walking around with this on my earphones when I arrived in Sofia yesterday; something about the Orthodox churches and burned out post-Soviet architecture made this strangely complementary.
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: June 04, 2014, 10:40:48 AM »
Miracle Legion's a good band, especially The Backyard and the Me and Mr. Ray records. Solo Mulcahy sounds like it might be a nice slow burner, like when the guy from the Feelies made a solo record a few years ago that few people noticed.
I remember skipping out of class when Brighten the Corners came out to buy it - I think it was my senior year of high school. I had a cassette from a live show they played before the record was finished at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC, which had most of the Brighten songs but with completely different lyrics, and a few songs that never made it to record in any form (one called 'Pipeline' I remember specifically that sounded like Polvo). I remember being shocked when the album finally came out and the lyrics to 'Stereo' were now officially that, which was even more ridiculous than whatever Malkmus extemporised at that live gig. I've always considered it their worst album but it has some real gems - 'Fin' is stunning....
I remember skipping out of class when Brighten the Corners came out to buy it - I think it was my senior year of high school. I had a cassette from a live show they played before the record was finished at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, NC, which had most of the Brighten songs but with completely different lyrics, and a few songs that never made it to record in any form (one called 'Pipeline' I remember specifically that sounded like Polvo). I remember being shocked when the album finally came out and the lyrics to 'Stereo' were now officially that, which was even more ridiculous than whatever Malkmus extemporised at that live gig. I've always considered it their worst album but it has some real gems - 'Fin' is stunning....
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: May 20, 2014, 06:44:45 AM »
Someone mentioned the Puce Moment soundtrack, but did you mean the song from Rabbit's Moon by an Australian band called 'A Raincoat' which sounds a lot like Sparks?
Pavement was everything to me at age 15 so it's hard to separate my adolescence nostalgia from a critical view now. Probably my favourite band ever still, or at least tied with the Velvet Underground and GbV 1992-1997. It's nice to hear some fresh perspectives on them.
Pavement was everything to me at age 15 so it's hard to separate my adolescence nostalgia from a critical view now. Probably my favourite band ever still, or at least tied with the Velvet Underground and GbV 1992-1997. It's nice to hear some fresh perspectives on them.
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: April 21, 2014, 03:06:23 AM »
Ah Eardrum Last Light! What a great and underrated and forgotten record. I never knew where to fit them 'culturally' - the whole Leaf label was actually pretty OK, I think, or at least was staking out worthwhile territory. Thanks for bringing them up, I will pull it out today and give a spin.
Nikki Sudden - Texas: Loving the lush reverb guitars and strings even if none of the songs leap out and grab me. It's just a nice 80s world to lose yourself in.
Loud Family - Interbabe Concern: I think it's time to give the Loud Family as much respect as they deserve; these records are as brilliant and inventive as the best Game Theory stuff, or at least this one is. More to come as I dig into the rest. The shorter fragments are the best but 'Top Dollar Survivalist Hardware' can't be beat.
Mike Gangloff - Poplar Hollow: I need to check back in with what Mr. Gangloff has been working on lately.
The Frogs - Starjob: 'Weird on the Avenue' is just perfect today.
Nikki Sudden - Texas: Loving the lush reverb guitars and strings even if none of the songs leap out and grab me. It's just a nice 80s world to lose yourself in.
Loud Family - Interbabe Concern: I think it's time to give the Loud Family as much respect as they deserve; these records are as brilliant and inventive as the best Game Theory stuff, or at least this one is. More to come as I dig into the rest. The shorter fragments are the best but 'Top Dollar Survivalist Hardware' can't be beat.
Mike Gangloff - Poplar Hollow: I need to check back in with what Mr. Gangloff has been working on lately.
The Frogs - Starjob: 'Weird on the Avenue' is just perfect today.
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: February 25, 2014, 04:49:32 PM »
back in America, mostly listening to my parents talking. but.
Joel RL Phelps/The Downer Trio - Blackbird
Nashville West - s/t
Bill Orcutt - new one of standards
Joel RL Phelps/The Downer Trio - Blackbird
Nashville West - s/t
Bill Orcutt - new one of standards
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Music Shit / Re: Bands/Musicians With HUGE discographies and the best starting point
« on: January 29, 2014, 01:27:21 AM »
I also would love a recommendation for Legendary Pink Dots. Similarly, Current 93 is a band I never have decided how I feel about and could use some guidance (though I have heard a few).
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Music Shit / Re: Artists you have the most records by.
« on: January 29, 2014, 01:16:42 AM »
Richard Youngs (counting collaborations)
Mekons
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Mountain Goats
Mekons
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Mountain Goats
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: January 29, 2014, 01:10:42 AM »
I loved Superchunk when I was 16 and thus can't separate some of it from those turbulent adolescent years. About once a year I listen to them. Here's Where the Strings Come In is the balancing act between their early 'Slack Motherfucker' era and their later more "sophisticated" era of getting into Bacharach and having O'Rourke produce their records (by which point I had checked out of the game). I still LOVE a few songs on that one: 'Detroit Has a Skyline', 'Sunshine State', 'Silver Leaf and Snowy Tears', but my god is the production bad on that album. Incidental Music has some great cuts too: 'Ribbon', 'Cadmium', and their cover of Magnetic Fields '100,000 Fireflies'. Off the top of my head I could probably still make a pretty good mix from the first half of Superchunk's career.
Trying to be objective, I can't see why they'd be any more horrible than other pop/indie/"punk" acts. After all, people, we are living in an era where Smoking Popes albums are getting reissued. And I would agree to avoid Portastatic at all costs; caught him live once by accident about a decade ago and it made me ashamed to be a white person.
Trying to be objective, I can't see why they'd be any more horrible than other pop/indie/"punk" acts. After all, people, we are living in an era where Smoking Popes albums are getting reissued. And I would agree to avoid Portastatic at all costs; caught him live once by accident about a decade ago and it made me ashamed to be a white person.
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: January 24, 2014, 01:05:20 PM »
Glad to see some love for Olimpia Splendid - they're pals and I've been following them since the beginning. The 7" is cool but really different from some of their best live shows, which at times resemble White House-era Dead C but chasing it's own tail more. I suspect when they release an LP it will really kill, if they can get the live sound. At least the 7" tries to do something different.
I used to work with a Scottish guy who loved Dexy's Midnight Runnners, but especially solo Kevin Rowland - the first solo LP was my coworker's all time favourite album, which was almost enough of an endorsement to get me to check it out, but I never bothered. Am I missing anything?
I used to work with a Scottish guy who loved Dexy's Midnight Runnners, but especially solo Kevin Rowland - the first solo LP was my coworker's all time favourite album, which was almost enough of an endorsement to get me to check it out, but I never bothered. Am I missing anything?
