What are you listening to and what do you have to say about it? Part IV

[julia n]

earlier, new Naked on the Vague 7", Mayfair Set 7". pretty, pretty good.
Leonard Cohen now. Mayo Thompson next, then Scott Walker. bummerville.

[Jared]

these guys just sound blown-out and In-The-Red without any production enhancement, and in a way that sounds like every fucking band in the last five years.

Nice try.

[albondigas]

I'm sifting through all my records figuring out what to get rid off, and I made a "listen to then decide pile". 

New editions to the chopping block:

Unwound- A single history
(Shades of) Deep Purple- I thought I liked a song on here once, but I couldn't find it this time.  The seven minute intro didn't help me. All I could hear was  the ting- ding- ting - ding of the cowbell. 

You can leave the Unwound and the Deep Purple with Kitty for me. We love Deep Purple. Flippy thinks they're okay.

i've been listening to the rudi 7" on sing sing and getting excited for the next rudi 7" on sing sing.

Will do. You want my unwound seven inches too?

[albondigas]

I'm currently listening to The Standells- Why Pick on me?/ Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White. It's not fairing well either. 

That's odd. Standells are great. Maybe you're in an odd mood? Or maybe you're maturing. Turning over a new leaf, as they say.

I still like them ( I think?) but this one's a lot of covers. Paint it Black, My little red book, etc. And some of the songs remind of a certain DJ.  (you know who)

[lacey underall]

Will do. You want my unwound seven inches too?

Although your 7 inches sound appealing, I think I have all of them. Email me what you have/wanna get rid of and I'll chk when I get home tonight.

[Guy M.]

chandra - transportation

really glad I got the reissue of that, it's so cute and the booklet is ace
the music is even better than the dance, more fun and, exhilarating even
get it!

atom - liedgut

superb stuff and an atom record you can actually get anywhere
just pissed off that the sleeve looks way cheaper than the images of the sleeve
maybe there are 2 editions ?

the company - third side of the moon

very entertaining and funny
couldn't find it when it was released
this record cracks me up

magnetix - positively negative

less of a mindfuck than the last one, still brilliant cause it manages to transcend the genre in a different way
some lyrics in french too, is that the first time ?

[Whet Bull]

^I love the Company record.  Ordered it from the label when it was still available, never got it (Italy, figures.)

[sgo shocks]

Teenage Head w/ Marky Ramone....  Uhhhhh not really digging this.  What's up with all the crooning and weird pauses? Teeeeeaaaarin me apart. rrrrrrripin up my heart.  well... OKaaaaaay... alriiiiight-- it keeps getting worse..   NEXT!!

[Sonic Jett Records]

Just picked up this Obits "I blame You" Lp not knowing anything about it. (Liked the Cover art) I am really digging it. I like that the song writing is all over the place. Nice to hear a good rock album amidst all the bedroom recording drivel.

I am also digging the Short Rabbits Lp for the same reasons.

[chrizow]

gun outfit - "dim light" - great songs, spacious production, 1988 indie rock vibe. 

jack rose - "kensington blues" - wholesome, kick-ass blues/ragtime/raga guitar playing.  mesmerizing.

dead c - "sun-stabbed" EP - picked this reissue up and listen to it often.  droney but concise. 

black dice - "repo" - it has its moments, but overall i find this to be disappointing.  it's more like the queasy junk-shop vibe of eric copeland's solo stuff than i would like.  there are a few classic BD moments scattered throughout, and i keep listening to it, so maybe it'll grow on me.  i just hope they get back to the long-form mind-melters.

[vulture]

Old Time Relijun - Witchcraft Rebellion
Tree of Snakes - I Am The Lion 7"
Forbidden Tigers - Colonial Freakout 7"

[Whet Bull]

Acapulco, Jr. has discovered the record player.  When he's not fucking with the "radio" function on our weird TV/VCR/FM unit, he demands that we put on a record.  As soon as the music stops, he walks over to me, tugs on my pantleg, points to the record player and goes "Nah!," which means, "Pick me up and let's go change the record."  He watches with rapt attention as I take the record out of the sleeve, put it on the mat, press PLAY and drop the needle. 

Lately the little guy's taken pulling records out of the more loosely packed lower shelves of the Expedit and bringing them over to me.  His latest pick?  LAMF.  So that's been in heavy rotation the past few days.  What a great record.  I hadn't listened to it in nearly ten years.  Mrs. Acapulco had never heard the Heartbreakers' version of "Chinese Rocks," which she now prefers to The Ramones'. 

Before that it was Fleetwood Mac's Tusk, which has grown on me though I don't think I'll ever be a Fleetwood Mac fan.  If you put together all the Lindsey Buckingham-penned songs on the record you'd wind up with a really interesting, kind of dirty-sounding new wave pop record, but generally their records leave me cold.  Do YOU like Fleetwood Mac?  Seriously?

This morning before work, father and son gave a hurried first listen to two new acquisitions, the Homosexuals' Love Guns and the Onna 7" on Holy Mountain.

The Homosexuals 10" has its moments and I suppose you can hear the kinship between this record and the band's original output, but seriously, it's kind of disingenuous to call this band The Homosexuals, dontcha think? 

As to the Onna record: okay!

[Guy M.]

  Do YOU like Fleetwood Mac?  Seriously?

rumours is one of my fave albums of all time, from the cover to the tunes it's perfect
beyond that, I don't know, I briefly listened to tusk at my gfriend's brother's place and it did not strike me that much
he also had a michel colombier "wings" lp and that sucked real bad
well, don't start me on him

my 4 year old likes sangue puro by les georges leningrad a lot and it's his
and me too, I like it, but I would never have listened to it THAT MUCH

[Whet Bull]

Ha ha.  I think my son is too little at this stage to really have strong preferences for one kind of music or another -- he just wants to hear MUSIC, whatever it is.  He responds to anything with a beat, basically.  If I try listening to, say Luc Ferrari or some obtuse noise record, he protests because it doesn't register as music to him.  Otherwise, Paul Van Dyk on the radio or Paul McCartney or the Pagans on the stereo -- it's all the same to him right now.  For the same reason, we sometimes end up listening to the same record over and over and over.

[albondigas]

Last night i listened to Bauhaus's Mask Lp for the first time in...... 5 years maybe.  I can't believe how much I enjoyed it.  I think it's going back into regular rotation ( and not in the sale pile)