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     kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 491 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (his best album?) Hot Chip - The Warning (brilliant hybrid of New Order/Pet Shop Boys/Basement Jaxx/Kraftwerk) Twilight Singers - Powder Burns (up there with the best of the Afghan Whigs - a real return to form) Gram Parsons - The Anthology (the perfect 4am soundtrack) Studio One DJs Vol 2 (vintage toasting from the "University of Reggae", aka Studio One) | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 437 Registered: 03-2005 |
Jimmy Little -- Messenger. Thank you very much to those who tipped me off to this jewel. Keren Ann -- Nolita The Chills--Submarine Bells and whatever my new iPod throws me on shuffle mode which is the only way I listen to it. So far I've loaded about 2,400 songs into it with many more on the way. and, yes, Kevin, it is easy to make a case for "Blood on the Tracks" being Dylan's finest individual album. I still give that award to "Highway 61" but it's really close. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Nemo Post Number: 46 Registered: 07-2005 |
Moonbabies - The Orange Billboard Underground Lovers - Rushall Station Laakso - My Gods Kevin, Blood On The Tracks is probably my favourite Dylan album. That said, I do have a particular soft spot for John Wesley Harding. Randy, I would be tempted to go with Blonde on Blonde as his finest. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 375 Registered: 04-2005 |
After a binge at Seattle's wonderful Easy Street CDs: Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies Neil Young - Living with War The Birthday Party - Hits Kevin, I believe, has been touting the first two very highly--he's right. Great stuff! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 50 Registered: 04-2006 |
listened to neil young and his living with war album which looses a bit of his attraction if you listen to it several times. listened to el perro del mar. el perro del mar is just a sweden girl with lovely tunes. remembers of sixties stuff. the one or other piece has the beauty of brian wilson's work at his best period. listened to the postcard stuff of orange juice and josef k. worthless to say that this stuff is great. i know, you know that. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Nemo Post Number: 50 Registered: 07-2005 |
Punky's Dilemma - Echelon ( EP ) Andreas, if you enjoy Swedish artists/music then try and get a listen to this five track e.p. which was released a couple of months ago on the Junk Label. Beautiful tunes, male/female vocals and harmonies along with a distinct sixties vibe. Wonderful stuff. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 34 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Fall - Fall head roll Scritti Politti - White bread black beer Massive attack - best of Guillemots - from the cliffs the Wrens - Meadowland | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 112 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kevin, Gram Parsons "The Reprise Sessions", a three disc set gets released tomorrow in the states. Disc 1 is the remastered GP, 2 is the remasterd Grievous Angel and 3 is alternative takes from both sessions. Randy, I have had Nolita in my disc rotation at work for the last three months now. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 54 Registered: 04-2006 |
hugh, thanks for your tip. i will check them out. trou, how about the new scritti politti. hadn't the chance to listen to it until now. michael, gram parsons remastered sounds interesting. if they done a good job and maybe with a fine booklet than this box set could be worth to buy. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 35 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hello Andreas, On first listen the new scritti politti seems very fine. Subtle, melodic, simple. With a lot of beach boys smell in it... And Green's voice at its best! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 468 Registered: 05-2005 |
Some of the most interesting things you'll see on a long distance flight - Crepescule complation. Whatever People say... - Arctic Monkeys The Accusation - The Concubines Horsebreaker Star - Grant Mac C! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 58 Registered: 04-2006 |
TROU, this sounds that it good be music that i like. i will check it out. listen to the black heart procession and their new album the spell. the americana version of nick cave or black sabbath. and a fine one to which i listen regulary is the latest motorpsycho double-cd black hole/blank canvas. i don't know if someone of you is familiar with motorpsycho. they are from norwegia and playing now since the beginning of the nineties. started as a sort of guitar/noise/grunge outfit they soon changed there musical direction into a more eclectical direction. they are real muscic lovers. maybe you can call them sort of hippies, and there side project 'the international tussler society' is a fantastic country/bluegrass thing. they know the whole rock history. and you can hear that. but nevertheless they sound unique. the live shows are overwhelming, furious (circa 2 and a half -three hours sets are normal). i can recommend this band. they are one of my favourites. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 61 Registered: 04-2006 |
itoday i ordered the gram parsons reprise sessions box. it looks great. and it should sound great , too. so i couldn't resist (even when i own both lps on vinyl and cd). i am curious and will immediately report about that issue. it surely beats my lp and cd of both albums. and to return to th etopic: listened to the triffids lp 'treeless plain', to 'bsd', to 'in the pines' and to 'the field of glass 12"' until now. a few vinyl is left, but it seems that i don't like them anymore. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 113 Registered: 01-2005 |
Andreas, my Reprise Sessions box showed up in the mail yesterday as well as the BBC DVD documentary on Gram. The DVD is a must buy as well with lots on great interviews from Chris Hillman, Peter Buck, Steve Earle, Mr. Richards and Emmylou. The box has a well done booklet about the seesions with lots of photo's I hadn't seen before. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 62 Registered: 04-2006 |
michael, are you talking about that dvd called 'fallen angel'? this is a film of a german guy and i still could cry tears of dissapointment, because this film was shown last year on german tv. i programmed my video recorder, but the recording failed. how angry i was. now the dvd is released but it seems that this issue is only in english. what a pity! michael, what region code does this dvd have? and is there maybe a subtitle in german? and by the way: does anyone know if the first flying burrito brothers album is available as a good cd- rerelease. i just own the edsel lp, but this is one of my favourites lp of all times and after all the years it shows some cracks. and i think i will feed my ipod with that gem. | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 471 Registered: 03-2006 |
Michael & Andreas, your comments on GP force me to(momentarily) come out of semi-retirement, drop my lurker veil and chime in: The new "Reprise Sessions" set by GP is just phenomenal. No home should be without one. The re-mastering is lovely, crisp and spacious, and all of the additional, unreleased tracks are totally revelatory, including one take of Emmylou and Gram singing "Love Hurts" in the back of a bus somewhere that just KILLS...I can't get enough of this stuff - it is the most beautiful and compelling music this side of the GoBees... And the "Fallen Angel" documentary shook me and moved me beyond all comprehension. It's one of those things that really stick with you - days later I find myself still haunted, still thinking about it. It is, as people say in it, a story straight out of Tennessee Williams, with alcoholism, drug abuse, family dysfunction, suicide and (suspected) murder. Your all-American story, in other words. Gram, in his zest for life, apparently made ol' Keef look like an altar boy! There aren't many parallels between GM and GP that I can see, though, with the exception of this: they were both apparently born to be artists. There was literally no other path they could take in life. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 495 Registered: 05-2005 |
Welcome back Hardin, think I'll buy that GP record, even though I have the Anthology. By the way, I must have missed your World Cup post, can't seem to find one  | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 114 Registered: 01-2005 |
Andreas, yes it's the Gram Parsons.....Fallen Angel DVD that was made by a German guy with BBC backing. I echo Hardin's message of being shook and moved by the tragedy of Gram and his family. I am still not settled on the whole Gram-Keith issue though if Keith was a bad influence on Gram or not. It's pretty easy to deduce where Chris Hillman is on the issue though. I get the feeling Gram would have left us early anyway even if he hadn't met Keith. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 356 Registered: 10-2004 |
ha! spence - nice list!!! i've been listening to some stuff, which to me at least, is really summery: love - da capo haricut 100 - pelican west dexy's - searching for the young soul rebels pale fountains - longshot for your love | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 472 Registered: 03-2006 |
Hey Kev - what is up, man? Only buy the GP set if you're as rabid a fan as me. Otherwise, it's a bit like buying the deluxe GBs reissues when you already have 'em...If you're only a casual fan, then the anthology is all you need. But, knowing you, I think I can appreciate the level of zealotry you're capable of And, if you are a stone fan like me, I have to tell you that it's a lovely keepsake. Btw, when those latest super ultra deluxe EMI Go-Betweens reissues come out, I'll be first in line to plunk down my hard earned cash. Sometimes in life, you're drawn like lemmings to certain things, and honestly, why fight it? You are correct, sir. I am one of those clueless Yanks on whom the charms of soccer, or football as youse guys call it, are completely lost. I just don't get it - that boat left and I wasn't on it. Being a Californian, the only sports I'm really interested in are surfing and judging fake boobs. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 442 Registered: 03-2005 |
and they're ALL fake, Hardin! My latest listen was "15" by Winnebago Orchestra which arrived in the mail today. Attaboy, Spence, I see most of the sound is created by you. How did this project get started? Is Caroline Trettine a full time member of the Winnebagos? I might have to spring for the GP box. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 472 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cheers Jeff! pelican West - cool, a better looking Average White band!! Nick Heyward released a great tune on Creation 10 years ago called The man I used to be, it shoulda been bigger than Robbie's Angels...hey ho! Randy, wow! thanx for ordering the CD, its put a smile on my face! Basically me and Andy had been around playing stuff for fun for a few years with our little label oporto records and 2.5 years ago I had a flurry of musical ideas that became realised through Caroline Trettine. She was in The Blue Aeroplanes whom I have known for a while having supported them many times and been a FAN for years. Her debut album Ten Light Years released in 2000 is an all time beauty and I loved it so much I asked her if she'd like to work with me, thankfully she did. the album would not have been picked up by Andreas at tuition were it not for Caroline, she really expanded my musical ideas. Caroline is a full time meber yes. Lee Beddow engineer is a great guy too, we did it all on 8 track. The album was released originally on our own label but then tuition picked it up and loved us so it was expanded, repackaged and remodelled. I am still surprised in many ways that people rate us, its just the way I am. Copies of the original CD were passed to Robert and Grant in Birmingham last year, so I'd like to think they liked it. There's things that could have been done better etc etc but when we started recording it Spring 2004, money was tight as was the time. As a designer by trade, like most designers I get bored easy, and consequently have started recording the follow up, which is going to be much more focused. Its coming along nicely and will be co-produced by Malcolm Ross (Josef K et al) in Edinburgh, John Langley (Aeroplanes, Strangelove, Witness) will be adding drums that's the idea anyway. oh, and its got lap steel all over it, so I expect Hardin and the boys to love it! Cheers for the comment anyway. Spence | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 36 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've booked it last week in my favourite record shop in Germany. I'll take it next time I'll leave my belgian woods for my usual visit of Aachen.. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 473 Registered: 05-2005 |
DON'T! It may ruin your vacation!! | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 151 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cocteau Twins, especially "Lullabies to Violaine" and "Victorialand". Seems to suite the Australian winter well. Also, the remastered "Tabaran" by Not Drowning Waving. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 474 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spike Priggen on myspace, 'lucky star'. absolutely awesome, this guy deserves to be massive, in a gobetweens way of course!! Nick Drake - Bryter Later Ian Dury - best of Winnebago Orchestra - What does your heart say? Nick Cave - God is in the house dvd (documentary is great!) Glenn Kotche - Mobile Lightspeed Future Lullaby - jackie (on myspace) The Concubines (again!!) - The Accusation, Michael JHackson - Off the wall and Thriller | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 64 Registered: 04-2006 |
spence, your informations about your new record which will be recorded now sounds interesting. lap steel - i love this sound since the mid seventies. regarding your last album i have listened to the 30 seconds snippets on amazon in germany. and i am not sure if i like it really (sorry, sorry, sorry!!!), so i will go out within the next time to give it a second and more exactly listening inone of my favourite record shops (hope they have it). i listen still with a (partially) good feeling to midlake's van occupanther cd. john fahey with his days have gone album rotated (geoff, this is really recommended). and due to the 'box set' thread i bought the joy division heart and soul 4- cd set - and immediately listened to it (via ipod) on my way to work and back home. i ever refused to buy them on cd. one reason was that at the beginning of the nineties i listened to joy division's closer at on of my friends home. the sound of this cd was so dissapointing that i never waste a mind on joy division on cd. but this box set is really good, even though not really all is included (i can not understand why the whole rca sessions are included). but to me this doesn't matter. i have it all (really all!) on vinyl. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 65 Registered: 04-2006 |
michael and hardin, what about my question of subtitles on the fallen angel dvd? it will influence my purchase decision. thanks in advance. many greetings from berlin andreas | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 444 Registered: 03-2005 |
Spence, was that last item on your last post a test to see if we are actually reading them? | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 115 Registered: 01-2005 |
Andreas, no subtitles on this version that I remember. Have you checked European amazon sites for different versions that might have subtitles? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 357 Registered: 10-2004 |
spence - I know, Haircut 100 are totally silly, but I love 'em anyway. To me they're also a bit like a rich man's Pale Fountains at times. I haven't heard that Nick Heyward tune, but I quite like that song he did in the early-to-mid 90s called "Kite." A band I was in several years ago used to cover it live. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 116 Registered: 01-2005 |
I still have my Pelican West vinyl that must be 13-14 years old. Never did get the CD. I also should invest in some Dexy's. Michael B. NP Conmemorativo: A Tribute TO Gram Parsons Others listened to today: X - More Fun In The New World Caitlin Cary - While You Weren't Looking Thad Cockrell - Warmth & Beauty Wayne Shorter - JuJu Brad Mehldau Trio - Day Is Done | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 476 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, just happened to be a jakko day!!!! Sorry! Andreas, don't apologise if you don't like the CD, that's fine, its not everyone's cup of tea, you don't HAVE to like it, I just thank anyone who bothers to listen to a song from it, that's fine by me. The thing is in my mind its a slow burner anyway, and needs to be listende to in chunks!! The thing is although there's a stream of great influences, and that The GoBetweens are among them, it doesn't mean we sound like em! Also, its not my day job, if I earnt a loving out of it, every negative would be negative!! Jeff, Michael, I love Pelican too, last summer it was on as much as oceans apart! Michael, what are the artists on your list similar too or like? I'd like to maybe sample them given the great titles alone! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 117 Registered: 01-2005 |
Spence, X was a Los Angeles punk band that was in it's heyday from 1980-85. The first four albums are all must gets: Los Angeles, Wild Gift, Under The Big Black Sun, and More Fun In The New World. They had some rockabilly in them as well as excellant vocals from John Doe and his wife Exene. The songs were top notch. Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell have been called the best country duet singers since Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. They recorded one album together, Begonias, which was my favorite album of 2005. Start with that one. Wayne Shorter was a member of the Miles Davis group and took over the tenor sax duties after Coltrane left. JuJu is one of his best, it's from 1964 and it's been re-mastered. It's a great intro to 60's jazz, nore accessable than most of the Coltrane from that period. Brad Mehldau is a great contemporary jazz pianist. He leads a taut jazz trio and that has been around for 5 years or so. Anything Goes is my favorite album, with covers of Radiohead and Paul Simon songs as well as some standards. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 67 Registered: 04-2006 |
spence, there are some songs on your album that i like very much. the more 'atmospheric' like 'alison the swimmer' which is really a gem. or 'spinning wheels' is very fine. i like that 'sprechgesang'. 'the sky aches' is beautiful. and the trumpet on 'bachelor button' put a smile on my face. yes, there are some wonderful songs. what i didn't find so good is that 'different' kind of music on one album. my preferences on albums are that they should sound as of a piece. what i meant with my 'sorry' is that i highly admire all people who can make music and create songs. i can't. and i don't want to offend you with my 'disliking' of your work (it is just very difficult to find the right choice of words to express exactly what i want to express and not to offend someone). with a lot of greetings andreas | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 68 Registered: 04-2006 |
michael, i have checked the german amazon site. only sell the uk-import cd. it is a little bit strange that this film, done by/with a german and shown on german tv - and i am sure that they added subtitles on tv- will just selled in english language. but for all that -i think- i will buy it. your recommendation of Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell sounds interesting. i will check that out. spence, i forgot to ask you if you can explain what the meaning of your sentence 'also, its not my day job, if I earnt a loving out of it, every negative would be negative!!' is. my english doesn't suffice. thanks a lot. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 69 Registered: 04-2006 |
listened to: devendra banhart - cripple crow and to david sylvian - secret of the beehive | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 479 Registered: 05-2005 |
andreas - I don't earn my living fom music... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 480 Registered: 05-2005 |
andreas, don't worry, I know what you mean, thank you for your kind words. Spence | ||
| Matthias Treml Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 92 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've been listening to a bunch of Replacements albums lately. Re-living my high school days. I'm amazed at the depth of their work. I got a hold of some live shows. And they are spotty with their drunkeness but it amazes me that they can rip through a song like The Ledge or I.O.U. and then go into Nightclub Jitters or Kiss Me On The Bus and have everyone sing along. What a great band. I recommend Pleased To Meet Me and Don't Tell A Soul. Or pick up one of their Best Ofs. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 482 Registered: 05-2005 |
Matthias, I will go buy tomorrow, thanks, been meaning to get this stuff for a while! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 118 Registered: 01-2005 |
"Kiss Me On The Bus" and The Waterboys "The Whole Of The Moon" were two of my favorite songs from 1985. If I can recall correctly, I heard them back-to-back on the radio once and got both albums quickly thereafter. That was also about the time I bought Fegmania! by Robyn Hitchcock, who has been a favorite of mine ever since. Matthias, I never bought the re-mastered 'Mats discs that came out a few years ago. Are those the ones you have with the improved sound but no bonus cuts? I have been holding out hoping that they release them again with bonus cuts this time. | ||
| Matthias Treml Member Username: Matthias Post Number: 93 Registered: 05-2005 |
spence, PTMM is rougher and rocks with some nicely gentle acoustic tracks mixed in. A favorite of mine. DTAS is much more polished (like 16LL in a sense as it was the record cos. push for commercial success) but has a lot of great songwriting too. Just thought I clarify if you're only buying one. Otherwise, pick up a best of and you'll get a bit of both. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 358 Registered: 10-2004 |
matthias - i quite like the replacements, particularly their poppier tunes. i think that "i will dare" is without questions one of the top 5 best pop tunes ever written! "kiss me on the buss" is awesome too. a band i used to be in covered that when playing live. of course that was always the most well-received song in the sets! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 73 Registered: 04-2006 |
sam prekop - who's your new professor? maybe my band of the nineties was 'the sea and cake'. sam prekop's solo-albums are keep up the fame. and not to forget archer prewitt which made a fabulous album called 'wilderness' last year. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 496 Registered: 05-2005 |
All shook down is my favourite Replacements album, although its a Westerberg solo album in all but name. Closely followed by PTMM which has some of their best ever tunes including Alex Chilton, The Ledge and Skyway. This was their first major label release, it caught them at a time when they still had that "edge", but Westerberg was also at his peak as a writer. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 378 Registered: 04-2005 |
I really like "Pleased to Meet Me" and think it's probably their most consistently good album, if not as occasionally brilliant as, say, "Let It Be." But I have to say I think "Don't Tell A Soul" is a huge letdown, suffering from alternately sterile and overblown production and too much self-consciousness in the songs. Also, Slim Dunlap really added nothing to the band; the guitar sound (all played by Westerberg) on PTMM was far more rockin'. "All Shook Down" suffered from being called a Replacements album; you're right Kevin--it was the first Westerberg solo album, really. But one tiny quibble--wasn't "Tim" their first album on the major label? (I think PTMM is better, though.) | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 498 Registered: 05-2005 |
Youre right Kurt, Tim was the first. I forgot about it probably cos I dont really rate it | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 448 Registered: 03-2005 |
I've been doing a large proportion of my recent listening on my new iPod with it set on shuffle. Because of this I haven't put any entries on here because it's always one song from this and another song from that. But driving back to work today, with the iPod's desperately unergonomic little earbuds stuffed illegally into both my ears, something came on that I was not able to immediately identify. At first I was puzzling "this sounds a bit like Sandy Denny after smoking cigarettes and in a setting too modern to be Sandy Denny." Once the lyrics got to people dressed in black I knew who it was. It was "Angels" by the Winnebago Orchestra and it put a really big smile on my face. It was very lovely indeed. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 77 Registered: 04-2006 |
richard and linda thompson - first light on my ipod without using shuffle. what a pleasure. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 66 Registered: 01-2006 |
neil young - comes a time wilco - kicking television bob dylan - time out of mind sonic youth- sonic nurse & rather ripped washington phillips - the keys to the kingdom | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 78 Registered: 04-2006 |
hah, forgot the way back from work: robert forster - calling from a country phone. cats life is great, isn't it? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 449 Registered: 03-2005 |
Andreas, "Cat's Life" is what got me travelling. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 504 Registered: 05-2005 |
Johnny Cash - American V (the last of the Rick Rubin produced sets, maybe the best) Thom Yorke - The Eraser (if you like Kid A you will like this too) Twilight Singers - Powder Burns (should be in my top 10 this year, cant wait to see them live next week) | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 514 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Sleepy Jackson - Personality.. (very lush pop songs, initial listens say it is very ambitious, (hopefully wrong) gut feeling says it may not be an album that I want too play to often as the high pitched vocals may grate after a while - also very "busy" to use one of Hardins expressions) TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (dont know what to make of this lot, generally like their sound but it sometimes strays in to prog territory, which as everyone knows is a sin against humanity!) Burial - Burial (very deep dubby trip hop style, apparently from a scene which has been coined "dub step". Think a very dark Massive Attack or Roots Manuva - uncompromising stuff) | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 326 Registered: 08-2004 |
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me The Slits - Cut Thom Yorke - Erazer New Order - Brotherhood The Verve - Urban Hymns The Who - Live At Leeds Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 515 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jerry, what do you think of the Thom Yorke album? I like it a lot. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 327 Registered: 08-2004 |
Yeah I like it, first listen so the jury's still out on it to an extent. Like you say very similar to the sound on Kid A. I get the feeling the rest of Radiohead are raring to play loud guitars again, whereas Thom prefers sequencers & studio twiddling. | ||
| Cichli Suite Member Username: Cichli_suite Post Number: 127 Registered: 08-2004 |
Nancy & Lee: Nancy Sinatra and Lee HazelWood Use your Voice: Mason Jennings Volume 1: The Might Sparrow Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-74 vols 1-3 Soul Rush: Nicolai Dunger | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 491 Registered: 05-2005 |
Madness - Best of. i really think that Madness are one of the greatest bands of all time. They mixed funny, intelligent tunes with a touch of SKA, bossa nova style meanderings and plain old pop sensibility like no other band, quite an original, I have really enjoyed playing their Best of today, oh, and yep, I loved them as a kid, I remember playing football at 9.30 in the evening one time when I was 11 using My Girl picture sleeve as one goal post!! (Don't worry it was ok - the sleeve, it sits upstairs in the loft as we speak! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 363 Registered: 10-2004 |
spence - i absolutely love madness. at their core, they were really a fabulous and extremely talented, versatile pop band who wrote some amazingly catchy tunes. "embarrassment" is one of my all time favorite songs. i have to admit, however, that i think they were stronger as a singles band, so i tend to listen to my "best of" more often than their LPs, although their first few LPs were definitely good, if a bit patchy. a friend of mine caught them on tour when they came through San Francisco last fall and said they were incredible. | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 9 Registered: 06-2005 |
Midlake - The trials of Van Occupanther Mojave 3 - Puzzles like You Guillemots - From The Cliffs and a homemade double Roxy Music compilation "Laughable Loves" Saw them play a small show in Vicar St in Dublin on Wednesday night and they were fantastic. It's odd how their oldest stuff from the beginning of the 70's sounded fresher than the latter day output. I thought I would be missing England and Brazil in the semi-final of the world cup (Roxy would always win out, much as I love soccer) so a real surprise that it was France v Italy..allez les bleus in the final!! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 493 Registered: 05-2005 |
yeah jeff the albums were patchy... there's not an equivelent around today is there?? that's for sure. jerry looking forward to tom yorke cd, is it a slow burner?? I have a work placement at my studio today who is a maximo park freak, its not bad their album, reminds me of the stuff peel used to play, obscure groups from the ron johnson record label from mid 80's. they kinda remoind me of in a roundabout way of a great group who had 3 excellent singles - the red guitars. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 383 Registered: 04-2005 |
Peter, did Roxy play any new songs at the gig on Wednesday? There's supposedly been a new album in the works for awhile now; latest I heard was Eno was participating, at least a little. Is it unrealistic to hope for a bit of a return to the For Your Pleasure/Stranded sound, rather than Avalon Pt. II? | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 10 Registered: 06-2005 |
No new songs to report Kurt, heard that there is an album due next year also but I wouldn't be holding my breath for anything as wild as In every dreamhome a heartache or Mother of Pearl. Eno did the new Paul Simon album don't know what that's like? A bald 20 stone roadie walked across the stage early on and my brother quipped that Eno had really let himself go! When the tour was announced on radio the dj said that Eno was appearing with them. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 37 Registered: 05-2005 |
It's possible to hear this song more than ten times in one hour ! : http://www.paradisegarden.org/?p=186 | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 521 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks for that link TROU. I saw Morrissey in concert a few months back and was gutted when he did not cover A song from under the floorboards,its been one of my favourite songs for 25 years now. he played it at every other gig before and after as a quick squint at the setlists on one of his messageboards proves. The night I saw him he played a New York Dolls song - bah | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 329 Registered: 08-2004 |
It could be Spence, the trouble is I'll probably not listen to it again for 6 months. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 394 Registered: 05-2005 |
Right this very moment; Alejandro Escovedo's A Man Under The Influence. I love that album so much. Have not played it in ages. I was given it by a woman from his record label (Bloodshot) on St Patrick's day 2001 at an Alejandro gig in Austin. It was an awesome show. I was very drunk as I needed to cut loose after working very hard at the South by South West festival (yeah, I know, getting paid to watch dozens of bands from a choice of a thousand, how hard can that be?!). Earlier I was listening to a Suzanne Vega best of I picked up for $10 the other day. Some of the earlier stuff sent shivers down my spine. It was wonderful to hear those songs again. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 453 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thanks, TROU. Not much of a Morrissey fan, but I LOVE Magazine and it's always nice to have someone remember them. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 496 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jerry! Nice one!!! I been mostly listening to The Blue Orchids - Bad Education. Winston Tong - Theoretically Chinese. Dislocation Dance - Tyrannies of fun MOrrissey - Vauxhall and I Shadowplayers - DVD compilation about Factory records (Brilliant and very very funny - Section 25 are like Cannon and Ball!!) You won't get that in the US or Worldwide!! | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 163 Registered: 07-2005 |
Back from hols, and back to work.Unfortunately didn't listen much but did by the Serge Gainsborough compilation by various UK/US artists. to be honest ok if you're driving round France in a citroen but gets very samey. The Cat Power and the Jarvis cocker are the only 2 memorable tracks. Can't remeber the name of it just now. Also Francoiz Bruet,managed to get a CD of hers (the most recent)which Isaw someone had said Grant had raved about several years ago. Anyway for french pop this is great soem sang in engklish and some tracks with Joey Burns from Calexic on. Otherwise BSD (both me and my wife love it-though she couldn't understand why we needed the CD when we actually had the LP) and Richmond Fontain-Winnemucca. Nice to be back | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 330 Registered: 08-2004 |
David Byrne - The Catherine Wheel Go-B's - 78 'til 79 The Lost Album R.E.M. - Reveal Gram Parsons - Reprise Sessions The Beatles - White Album New Order - Technique Doves - Some Cities The Fall - Bend Sinister Inspiral Carpets - Life Dylan - Blonde On Blonde Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World Plan B - Who Needs Actions When You Got Words | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 455 Registered: 03-2005 |
"Bend Sinister" is my absolute favorite Fall album. Thanks for the reminder of Francoiz Breut, Jerry. I've just ordered something from Amazon. It's a good thing I did because then I found that my advance order of BSD had somehow morphed into a mere "shopping cart" entry. So I activated that order too. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 81 Registered: 04-2006 |
woven hand - mosaic scritti politti - white bread black beer jenny wilson - love and youth johnny cash - american V a hundred highways the fall - perverted by language the fall - complete peel sessions (first disc) savoy grand - people and what they want regarding the fall i am not sure which one of their eighties albums i like most: perverted by language, this nations... or bend sinister. maybe i tend to bend sinister, too. | ||
| Eke Member Username: Ekewebb Post Number: 75 Registered: 05-2005 |
I still can't stop playing the "Striped Sunlight Sound" and "Live in London" albums. They're beautiful mementoes of one of my favourite bands and a source of nagging regret that I kept putting off seeing the reunited Robert and Grant in concert. I love Joan As Police Woman's "Real Life" and the Pink Mountaintops' "Axis Of Evol". Also someone on the Triffids forum ignited an interest in digging out my old copy of the Gun Club's "Fire Of Love" and it immediately became one of the most exciting albums I've listened to all year. How can I have left it gathering dust in the loft for so many years? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 456 Registered: 03-2005 |
My latest purchase and therefore listen: Keren Ann's "I'm Not Going Anywhere." Eke, since I bought an iPod I've been loading into it CDs grabbed at semi-random from my collection and the best tracks from all of my Gun Club discs went in. The alleged "shuffle" mode seems to hit up something of Jeffrey Lee Pierce's on each and every listen and it has been great to hear them again. If you have it, pull out "Mother Juno" again; that's another classic. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 128 Registered: 01-2005 |
Randy, I have "I'm Not Going Anywhere" as well. It's been at my office in my regular rotation stack of cd's for over 3 months now. I am listening to The Dream Syndicate - "The Complete Live At Raji's" at the moment. others I have been listening to today: Lyres - "On Fire" Green on Red - "Green on Red/Gas,Food & Lodging" Art Blakey - "Paris Jam Session" Maria Muldaur - "Love Wants to Dance" | ||
| Ian C. Thomas Member Username: Ian_t Post Number: 3 Registered: 06-2006 |
Josh Pyke's "Feeding the Wolves" CD - some fine songwriting! Anyone else listening to this? | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 83 Registered: 04-2006 |
the handsome family - the last days of wonder and tv on the radio - return to cookie mountain ian, josh pyke is unknown to me. never heard or never recognized. what music makes this guy? gun club: only have the old vinyl. do they have remastered that stuff on cd? and if some reissues exist, are they worth to buy? | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 165 Registered: 07-2005 |
Johnny Cash-American V, both me and the missus Love Mr Cash.Actually its great to have music both of you like. Similarly she loved the GBs/triffids/handsome family etc. Just bought the 1st Neil Young cd,Andreas having rated it really highly.Have given it a couple of listens and it is a grower but whether i'll prefer it to my other Neil favourites time will tell. Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell-Begonias gets better each listen | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 457 Registered: 03-2005 |
I confess I've always liked Neil Young's first album better than anything he did afterwards. Even "Last Train to Tulsa." It remains the only Neil Young album I have. Michael, I think Keren Ann is going to end up owning a substantial bit of shelf space in my music closet. I haven't listened to Green on Red in aeons and never did have their first album oddly. Think I'll pull out "Gas Food Lodging" for a listen. I remember liking "Here Come the Snakes" too. I've never heard the Handsome Family. Great name. Any comparisons? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 398 Registered: 05-2005 |
Handsome Family are great Randy. It's a husband and wife team. The story is that they met when both patients in a psychiatric hospital. Having seen them live a couple of times I tend to believe that story (they were great in concert by the way; really funny and engaging and played terrific versions of their great songs). Start off with Down in the Valley or Through the Trees Randy. | ||
| Ian C. Thomas Member Username: Ian_t Post Number: 4 Registered: 06-2006 |
Andreas, I only recently discovered Josh Pyke myself, but this CD (EP) is doing a lot of rotation at my house. I think some Go-Betweens fans would find things to like about it. This site is the place to start: http://www.joshpyke.com | ||
| Eke Member Username: Ekewebb Post Number: 77 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andreas, my tale of Gun Club albums in the loft was a bit misleading - in truth they used to be in the loft but disappeared in one of my purges so I actually bought a CD copy of Fire Of Love. The CD is a nice clean copy but unfortunately with a new sleeve design - otherwise wholeheartedly recommended. Copies of most of their albums were in the racks where I bought that. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 155 Registered: 05-2005 |
My new mp3 playing phone! Have even downloaded some songs from iTunes like; Split Enz - most of the hits OMD - Enola Gay Fantastic Day - Haircut 100 (After that discussion elsewhere I can actually admit to having an original vinyl version of Pelican West!) Philip Glass - 4 songs from "Einstein on the Beach" that I haven't heard in 17 years or so - that is REALLY stuff that does your head in..."these are the days my friends and these are my days my friends..it could be frankie, it could be very fresh and clean!!!!" Also the usual - Younger than Yesterday, Yoshimi, Rubber Soul, America (self titled debut), Blue Bell Knoll, some Joy Division etc. I'm after the new Sleepy Jackson and the new Youth Group album too. Any commentary on either? | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 335 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Sleepy Jackson's new one is pretty good, go for it Geoff. Recent listens: Yo La Tengo - I'm Not Afraid Of You & I Will Beat Your Ass! Electronic - Electronic Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit (Their best?) The Doors - Strange Days | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 167 Registered: 07-2005 |
Lambchop-Is A Women Neil Young-After the Goldrush Lloyd Cole-Rattlesnakes (still great) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 402 Registered: 05-2005 |
Born Sandy Devotional (original version). In The Pines. Scott Walker's Drift (as difficult a listen as everyone says it is, but I really liked it. Honest. I'm not just trying to be all avantgarde!). | ||
| Eke Member Username: Ekewebb Post Number: 78 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'm with you on The Drift, Pádraig. An astonishingly marvellous album. I'm with you on the Triffids' albums as well, mind... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 460 Registered: 03-2005 |
I should pull out "The Drift" again but I literally laughed in a few spots the first time I played it. Considering the type of music it is, I regarded that as a bad sign. Jimmy Little--Resonate. Not as subtle and delicate as "Messenger" but still pretty good and the version of "Bury Me Deep in Love" is a delight. Francoiz Breut--Une Saison Volee. I'm still deciding what I think of this. At times it makes me think of the Bertrand Burgalat-produced April March, which I enjoy quite a lot. I'm going to get a second Breut album to help me decide. She's definitely not shit. | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 168 Registered: 07-2005 |
I have the same Breut album Randy and like it not love it, A bit like a french Beth Orton. I've just ordered another one on Amazon which on snippets sounds great (vingt a trente) | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 525 Registered: 05-2005 |
TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (album of the year? much better than the debut album) Thom Yorke - The Eraser (A continuation of the legacy of Neu 75, Another Green World, Low and Man Machine, I think this is the best thing he has ever been involved with . Then again I only like Kid A and parts of Amnesiac from the Radiohead cannon) Mary Margaret O'Hara - Miss America (an album at least 10 years ahead of its time) Gram Parsons - The Complete Reprise Sessions (Genius, pure and simple) | ||
| Eke Member Username: Ekewebb Post Number: 82 Registered: 05-2005 |
How is that Gram Parsons set kevin? I had a look and thought I didn't really fancy having an interview at the end of each album and would find them a bit annoying after listening to them once. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 526 Registered: 05-2005 |
Its fantastic Eke, however if you have GP/Grievous Angel you probably dont need this unless you are a fanatic like me. The interviews are interesting enough, eg Gram talking about how he hooked up with Emmylou. I found the radio adverts a bit annoying/unnecessary. The songs have been remastered, so if you let this kind of thing sway you I would go for it, theres always the program button to edit out the interviews/adverts. | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 169 Registered: 07-2005 |
Alejandro Escovedo-A man under the influence, also whilst listening to the Ipod it through up Dive for Your Memory the acoustic version live on Snap. Nearly brought tears to my eyes it was so beautiful. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 532 Registered: 05-2005 |
In Dub - Sandoz. (This is an album by Richard Kirk, founder member of Cabaret Voltaire. Heavy heavy roots in a rub a dub stylee, as i believe the kids say ) Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca (now why wasnt this band in the Observer 50 albums that changed music- truly original and groundbeaking) Mountain Goats - Get Lonely (fantastic folk/new country album) | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 88 Registered: 04-2006 |
once again to the cookie album of tv on the radio. one hit after the other. really impressive album. and maybe due to the circumstance that i listened to the album last night in the darkness it reminds me of a.r.kane and their 69 album. or i am totally wrong? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 467 Registered: 03-2005 |
My Handsome Family order arrived today. I got "Through the Trees" and "Singing Bones" because Amazon didn't list Padraig's second recommendation "Down in the Valley." On first listen . . . . well, let's just say they are about to go onto the second listen. They sound like Cowboy Nation on LSD. I love them. Thank you Andreas and Padraig. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 94 Registered: 04-2006 |
randy, that's one of the reason this forum is good for and that we should still continue. listen to a cd accompanying a mucic mag. camera obscura - if looks could kill heh, this sounds great. killer tune. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 95 Registered: 04-2006 |
now, the pipettes with their 'we are the pipettes'from their forthcoming album. nice. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 97 Registered: 04-2006 |
iFORWARD, RUSSIA! - twelve hey, this is good. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 99 Registered: 04-2006 |
another fantastic track on that cd: cortney tidwell - la la | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 100 Registered: 04-2006 |
now, a track -cracker- from the forthcoming new lambchop album. it seems that after my return from holiday in the midst of august i had a lot to buy... | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 102 Registered: 04-2006 |
now it is silence. but i just want to say to spence that in this a.m. german music mag (SPEX) his winnebago orchestra album is discussed together with the new roddy frame album. and they liked it! good news for you, spence! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 516 Registered: 05-2005 |
thanx andreas, its had great reviews all round seemingly, i am bored with it but love the fact that its new to everyone. we are doing things differently this time around with the new album we are currently recording, its gonna be much more cohesive. although people seem to cherish the schizophrenic leanings!! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 409 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, Down in the Valley was an Irish only compilation now that I think about it. Robert Christgau once reviewed an import version of it and said it was a great introduction to the band. It's still available if you can find it. I looked for my copy last night but could not find it. Must be in a box still or something. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 108 Registered: 04-2006 |
woven hand - mosaic. after the first listening i was dissapointed. in the meantime iam fascinated. joy division - unknown pleasure. still fantastic. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 69 Registered: 01-2006 |
Rather Ripped - Sonic Youth, still listening to this and it's great. Today - Galaxie 500, their first and best album. At War with the Mystics - Flamimg Lips, their first dodgy album in quite a while. Keys to the Kingdom - Washington Phillips, great gospel from the 20s and they're not even sure exactly what instrument he's playing! | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 343 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Who - Wire & Glass Chuck D - The Autobiography Of Mistachuck The Zombies - A's & B's VA - Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man OST Hot Chip - The Warning | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 118 Registered: 04-2006 |
the go! team - thunder, lightning, strike beautiful eclectic, powerful. i love it. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 425 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bob Dylan's coffee themed radio show on XM as I type. Keep That Coffee Hot by Scatman Crothers right now. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Nemo Post Number: 55 Registered: 07-2005 |
The Grass Roots - Where Were You When I Needed You P.F. Sloan - Child Of Our Times ( The Trousdale Demo Sessions 1965 - 1967 ) P.F. Sloan - Anthology | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 475 Registered: 03-2005 |
You're having a VERY P.F. Sloan time, Hugh. You might next pull out some Turtles records and cap it off with the Searchers' "Take Me For What I'm Worth." I haven't gotten any of the Sloan reissues. What do you think of "Anthology" and "Child of Our Times?" | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Nemo Post Number: 56 Registered: 07-2005 |
Randy, I can see that happening before the end of the week as I have albums by both bands in my collection. I also have 'Anywhere the Girls Are' by The Fantastic Baggys on order and hope to take delivery of it soon. Although I was already familiar with the songs he wrote for The Fifth Dimension, The Turtles and The Searchers, it was only after I heard P.F. Sloan by Jimmy Webb that I checked him out as an artist in his own right. 'Anthology' is very good and contains a lot of his better known songs ( Eve Of Destruction; Take Me For What I'm Worth; What's Exactly The Matter With Me; Upon A Painted Ocean; Sins Of The Family. That said, it's a pity they did not just release both his early albums rather than a compilation. I picked up a copy on its release ( along with 'Anthology' by Barry McGuire ) and I am glad I did as it now somewhat difficult/expensive to source. I have only just taken delivery of 'Child Of Our Times.' Don't be misled by the term 'Demo Sessions' as the quality of the recordings is very good. It is very much 'of it's time' and althought it has none of the hightlights of 'Anthology' it is still a very good album. He is due to release a new album on Hightone Records within the next month or so containing new versions of some of his old songs ( Sins of The Family - duet with Lucinda Williams; Eve Of Destruction - with Frank Black and Buddy Miller; Halloween Mary - with Frank Black; Where Were You When I need You - with Felix Cavaliere ) plus several new songs. Altogether now:- I have been seeking P.F. Sloan But no one knows where he has gone No one ever heard the song that boy set winging Now you might sigh and you might moan And sweat about the skin and bone Yeah but you just smiled And read the Rolling Stone while he continued singing Oh yeah now, listen to him singing Na na na na na na na na na na na don't sing that song Oh don't sing that song Na na na na na na na na na na na don't sing this song It belong to P.F. Sloan Oh, from now on | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 182 Registered: 07-2005 |
Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint The River in Reverse. The best songs are by Allen.Have been reading some rave reviews Stateside any of you (Hardin ) seen him. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 479 Registered: 03-2005 |
Somebody mentioned the Velvets' "1969" on another thread. Thank you. It inspired me to pull it out. The vinyl version of this album used to be a regular listen back in the mid-70s. I only have Volume 2 of the CD version for some reason but the thing that always worked for me on these performances were Lou Reed's fabulous crappy guitar solos, a great inspiration to all of us folks clumsy on the fretboard. Right now I'm hearing "White Light/White Heat." It's flowing straight into my veins. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 490 Registered: 03-2006 |
Jerry, I love that Costello/Toussaint disc, in fact, think it's quite f-ing magnificent. It's one of those instances of putting two things you love together (like chocolate and peanut butter) that actually work in tandem splendidly... Sadly, I've not managed to see the duo in action. I understand from a friend of mine in N.O. that they will be playing the House of Blues there, so maybe they'll make their way to L.A. or OC...I'll have to get off my happy arse, though - in So Cal it's starting to seem like you practically have to be related by blood to the artist or friends with the mayor to get decent tickets to the big shows... Rand, you seem far too erudite and lofty-minded to enjoy this kind of thing, but if you like reading nasty details about your favorite artists, you might get a kick out of the book, "Please Kill Me", by Legs McNeil. It's a history of punk and has tons of scabrous, horrid dirt about Lou...which dim my admiration of him not one whit...trust the art, not the artist, right? More stuff I've been listening to: Despite my (I'm sure) insufferable and pretentious overanalyzing music and explanations of why I like certain things, I honestly have no earthly idea why some things grab me and some don't - it completely bypasses the rational, intellectual processes... Two things that have really grabbed me over the past few months and haven't found their way out of my CD player are: Gnarls Barkley and Rather Ripped by SY. Can't get enough of 'em! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 579 Registered: 05-2005 |
LK, Rather Ripped is in a four way tie with albums by Hot Chip, Thom Yorke and TV On The Radio for my album of the year. Every time I put one of them on its "right, this is the best thing I've heard all year". Suppose I'm gonna have to make my mind up in the months ahead | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 551 Registered: 05-2005 |
I am mostly listening to 2 Richard Jobson albums, The Ballad of Etiquette and Ten thirty on a summer night. They are spoken word albums, but are very beautiful and funny in places. There are musical backings from members of Tuxedo Moon. He did these in the early eighties after splitting up The Skids. its nothing like The Skids so beware, but I would recommend them, they are quite relaxing. Rufus Wainwright - I want The Cathode Ray - Paul Haig's new group. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 422 Registered: 04-2005 |
Currently listening to some folk/blues woman singer with a band who's playing in the park across the street from my office (summer concert series). It's drowning out Gang of Four's "Entertainment!" playing on my computer, which is saying something. Wow, Spence, Richard Jobson...hadn't thought about him in years. I kind of liked the first couple of Skids albums ("Working for the Yankee Dollar" yeah!), but Big Country sort of swept the Skids into historical footnote status, didn't they? | ||
| Stephen Reader Member Username: Stephen_bat__reader Post Number: 1 Registered: 08-2006 |
Sonic Youth....Rather Ripped. Massive Attack....Best of Widespread Panic....Earth to America and Paul Nini and his Orchestra....Life in these United States which contains ,much to my suprise, a cover of "King in Mirrors" which is not as bad as you might expect. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 581 Registered: 05-2005 |
I remember seeing(and hearing about)the Skids for the first time when they supported The Clash at the (in)famous Glasgow Appolo in 1977 - or was it The Stranglers? Anyway, this was just after they had signed to Virgin and as such had no records to promote. I remember being completely blown away by them, particularly Jobson. He was all over the stage, scissor kicks the lot - he must have been knackered at the end of the gig. History has not been very kind to The Skids, but for that one night I thought they were ace. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 445 Registered: 05-2005 |
I have the Working For The Yankee Dollar 7", which also has a comic within it's gatefold sleeve. I always liked the package a bit more than the single! |