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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1581 Registered: 05-2005 |
Time for a new one. Little Annie - I Think Of You. Classic forgotten single from 1992. A shoulda been enormo hit. New Yorker Little Annie writing from the perspective of an English woman at home thinking of her man. Bass line "borrowed" from Walk On The Wild Side. I came across it last night while searching for something else. Hadn't heard it in about 10 years. And, as if by magic, Little Axe follows it now that I've loaded it on iTunes. I'm pretty sure some of the Little Axe guys played on the Little Annie single. I've also been listening to the Buffalo Tom album. It's just as good as Kevin has led us to believe. Hope they play here soon. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1582 Registered: 05-2005 |
Living In A Box - Living In A Box. Can you guess which letter I'm going through on iTunes? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1583 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Brilliant Trees - Soup Kitchen (demo). Dublin band (from Finglas I think - same suburb as the My Bloody Valentine blokes) of great promise from the early 90s. Didn't make it though. They sound nothing like MBV by the way. This track is very Smithsy, without being too derivative. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1584 Registered: 05-2005 |
Alex Chilton - All Of The Time. Alex Chilton - With A Girl Like You. Two rarities from the solo years. Well, all his solo stuff is rare really. The latter is indeed the Troggs song. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1585 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bird Nest Roys - Ain't Mutatin'. Awesome NZ pop. Flying Nun of course. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 527 Registered: 09-2006 |
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything Primal Scream - Vanishing Point | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1289 Registered: 03-2005 |
Padraig, there was also a Troggs song called "All of the Time." Where do these come from? | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1470 Registered: 04-2005 |
The Costello Show - King of America bonus disc Can - Sacrilege (remixes) Beth Orton - Trailer Park | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1711 Registered: 05-2005 |
Robert Forster - Intermission. Just strengthens my own opinion that Roberts solo work towers above Grants. The vast majority of Grants solo stuff does nothing for me sorry, far too singer songwriter-ey for my taste. (However,this does not affect my opinion that Grant was as essential as Robert to the magic that was The Go-Betweens.) The Best of Luna. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 233 Registered: 05-2005 |
Crowded House - Time on Earth Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Brian Eno - Apollo Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run David Crosby - If I could only remember my name The Moffs - Psychedelicatessan | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 69 Registered: 10-2006 |
Ryan Adams - Easy tiger Don't know much about Ryan except that he has obviously drunk deep of the blood and feasted mightily on the bone of messers Young & Parsons, but there is a standout track on this, The sun also sets, which is the best recent song I've heard since R Thompson's Guns not tongues - a huge yearning overwrought beast of a song about, um, life and death, with a killer chorus. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1586 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, that probably is the Troggs song. With a Girl Like You is from 19 Years - A Collection. http://www.amazon.com/19-Years-Collectio n-Alex-Chilton/dp/B0000032NO I don't know where All of the Time comes from. A friend emailed it to me. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 97 Registered: 01-2007 |
I think Roberts "Danger in the Past" is the second best go-betweens LP after Liberty Belle.Havong listened to it again alot recently I think it is a true masterpiece on a parr if not better than alot of the GBs stuff. Just bought Intermission but not listened to it yet | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 673 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses + all the singles & b-sides. Hot Chip - The Warning (1st time I've heard this in a while & it sounds a lot like Kid A, on reflection) Green On Red - BBC Sessions Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band... Disc 2 (Adrian Belew really shines on this one) | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1713 Registered: 05-2005 |
Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus. Pretty laid back stuff, only heard it 3 times but so far so good. Spoon - GaGaGaGaGa. Sounds like they just made their best album, they remind me a bit of Squeeze, but with a more edge. Buffalo Tom - 3 Easy Pieces. Good to have them back, sounds like they have never been away. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 757 Registered: 08-2006 |
So the Spoon's good, Kev? I love all their recent stuff, but "Kill the Moonlight" is my hands-down fave. You think it's as good as that? | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1475 Registered: 04-2005 |
I just got the new Spoon and finished listening a few minutes ago--sounds great; on first hearing, I'd agree it's their best album, even over "Kill the Moonlight." 10 songs, probably about 40 minutes, no filler. Some new developments in the sound (horns, Spanish guitar solo, Motown beats), but very clearly Britt Daniel and company at their (his?) best. But gotta be honest, don't hear the Squeeze comparison... | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1715 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rob, Kurt sums the Spoon album up pretty well, and yes I think its maybe even better than KTM. The Squeeze reference I can hear is in some of the vocal melodies. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1717 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oh, and Pitchfork like it. I didnt think they liked albums as accessible as this. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/re cord_review/43984-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1718 Registered: 05-2005 |
Popmatters like it even more! http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/revie ws/42902/spoon-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga/ | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 69 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rough Trade 25 - a compilation of covers from about 4 years ago, picked up for €5. Really enjoying it. Elizabeth Frazer's cover of At Last I am Free (Robert Wyatt) is gorgeous... | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2103 Registered: 03-2006 |
Bought the new Spoon last night ($8 at Target, for all you Stateside denizens), but haven't listened yet. But man, sounds tasty! You guys got me psyched. I'm a fairly big fan of theirs, bought their last 3 records and enjoyed 'em all. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 677 Registered: 08-2004 |
Roxy Music - Avalon Bauhaus - The Singles 81-83 Buffalo Springfield - Boxset disc 2 | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 239 Registered: 07-2006 |
avalon has got to be one of the best morning after records....wistful, understated, sweeping. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 529 Registered: 09-2006 |
Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms and In the Mode That new Nick Lowe is growing on me, even more than I thought it would at first...it's much like one of those unfailingly modest, extremely pleasant records he put out in the 80s. Great cover, too. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2105 Registered: 03-2006 |
Sweet Jesus, this new Spoon record is great! Like a shot in the arm to this pop music junkie's veins. Don't know if it's their best, but I gotta say, it's awfully damn good. And Kev, strangely enough, I do hear the Squeeze thing, in songs like "You Got Yr Cherry Bomb"... AB, the Nick Lowe record IS, in its own key way, really really great. Often deceptively so - his ease and sort of natural hipster cool mask the cleverness, soul and profundity of lines like "People change, get used to it, or get bit"...I'd put that up against that bullshit about so much hinging on that little red wheelbarrow any day. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2106 Registered: 03-2006 |
er, that was meant to read "low key", rather than "key", though hmmm, maybe I like it better that way... | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 70 Registered: 10-2006 |
Dear God, who the hell are Spoon?? Another band I've never heard of... but I bet Amazon, unfortunately, have... | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 240 Registered: 07-2006 |
the new marc almond record....some interesting collaborations. he still sounds as sweet as ever, though open all hours remains the definitive later-era marc listen. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 763 Registered: 08-2006 |
LK, Allen: Pitchfork, of all places, gives the new Lowe a nice review this morning: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/re cord_review/44031-at-my-age It, and the new Spoon CD, should be arriving in the next few days. Speaking of the 'Fork, I spend the weekend covering the Pitchfork Music Festival here in Chicago. The highlight for sure will be tomorrow night: Sonic Youth doing "Daydream Nation." But it should be a pleasant weekend all 'round. Have press pass, will travel. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 530 Registered: 09-2006 |
Very nice review, Rob...I like the part about his game of spot-the-classic. I didn't realize that was that intentional, but I certainly remember that as being one big aspect of the last few records - especially on "Dig My Mood" I kept going "Have I heard that one somewhere before?" and checking the credits. Thing is, I often got it wrong, taking the originals for covers and vice-versa... | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2107 Registered: 03-2006 |
Very nice indeed, Rob. Glad to see that that wretched, vile bolus of a movie had at least one salutary effect: providing Mr. Lowe the wherewithal to follow his creative muse. The Pitchfork Fest, as I recall, has an outstanding lineup, lucky dawg! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 765 Registered: 08-2006 |
I think I've mentioned this story here before, but years back, after the bodyguard came out, someone a few doors down from my place at the time played "I Will Always Love You" for about five straight hours, over and over again, and that is not an exaggeration. Now, I love Nick Lowe and all, and I'm happy that movie made him rich, but I've suffered irreversible nerve damage. I don't know that that's an even-up trade for Basher's creative muse. Gearing up for Pitchfork. Packing some Depends in case I snag an interview with Thurston Moore. Very professional sounding, I know. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 72 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oh God, even reading the name of that crap song is making the damn thing wander about my head! Must... hear... some... Go-Betweens.... to take the bad... taste out of my head!!! How did you not kill that person? If I'd had a similar experience, I think I'd barely last 20 minutes! Enjoy Pitchfork - very tasty lineup indeed!! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 766 Registered: 08-2006 |
I hear you, Catherine. I mean, five hours of, say, "Bye, Bye Pride" would probably sour me on that song for life. But to be subjected to that supernal piece of sentimental crap for that long... the fact that afternoon is still vivid in my memory speaks to the trauma I suffered. I'm looking forward to Pitchfork. It should be good for a few stories. Yesterday I was down recording the sounds of the set-up crews for the podcast (very NPR) and while I was wandering around I came across these grocery bags labelled with each band's name, containing all the food and alcohol stipulated by their contract riders. Lots of Maker's Mark, lots of - get this - wine. Who knew indie rockers were such oenophiles? | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 73 Registered: 05-2005 |
Apparently, the red tastes nice with cola mixed through... You can really tell a lot about someone by their rider. A few years ago Donovan (yes, him, he's not dead!) played in the (small) town where I live. The promoter, a friend of mine, told me the rider included a bottle of Premier Cru Champagne... Who did he think he used to be??? As revenge, I threatened to spend the whole gig screaming 'sing "hurdy-gurdy man"' at him! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1293 Registered: 03-2005 |
One to One -- Robert Forster. LOUD. A nice way to wake up. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2109 Registered: 03-2006 |
I dunno, Rob. You have lots of nerves (assuming you're a normal human). Sacrificing a few to keep Nick in bass strings seems like a fair trade-off! Not sure if it makes a difference, but was it the Whitney Houston or the Dolly Parton version? But it's true - listening to anything for that length of time would be torture and ruinous of one's future relationship with the song... | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 278 Registered: 01-2006 |
My favourite rider is one from Iggy Pop's crew....here it is, all 18 pages of it, hilarious stuff.... http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/100 4061iggypop1.html | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 769 Registered: 08-2006 |
LK, as you probably suspected, it was the Whitney version. Mawkishness taken to heights unimagined by the author, who didn't exactly skimp on the mawkishness in her own version. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1294 Registered: 03-2005 |
When I was a kid, both of my older brothers were Byrds fans. This was in '65. I would have been 8 or 9 years old. They played the "Tambourine Man" and "Turn Turn Turn" albums incessantly all day long, using one of those old automatic record changers with the arm that you put in a raised position if you want it to keep playing the same record over and over. To this day, however much I respect those two albums, I find it really hard to actually sit down and listen to them. (Except for the Gene Clark songs whose power simply transcends anybody's aversion therapy). Prior to discovering the Byrds they did the same thing with the Beach Boys which is why I can't listen to their old surf-era records. I've always had the idea that someone who needs to hear the same bloody thing so many times in a row has an IQ deficit but that won't explain either of my siblings. Rob, lovely words: supernal, oenophile. I have a good friend who is an oenophile but I never knew this word. I just call him le wine snobbe. Catherine, love the champagne/"Hurdy Gurdy Man" story! I wonder if he even knows what rubbish that song is. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 74 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks XY!! I'd read an excerpt of it in this month's uncut, but this is great!! I'll have to borrow some Depends from Rob, I'm laughing so much!! | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2113 Registered: 03-2006 |
I like that word, "oenophile", too, cuz something about the way it's pronounced, "EEN-o-file", makes it sound like something way nastier than it is..."Oooh! Tom's an eenophile! Lock up the children!" Wine snobbery is the state disease of California. I was delighted to read that Two Buck Chuck won some big wine award the other day. I'm sure that put a twist in a lot of folk's knickers... Actually, to me, Rob, the Dolly Parton version is sublime. It's that f-ing Whitney that ruined it. God gave her great pipes (along with a penchant for a lot of trashy behavior), but in addition to the awful, never-ending melisma, I think she's responsible for one of the trends that's made modern pop music so unlistenable - the vocal gymnastic thing. Instead of waiting for the climax to happen, you know, at one place in the song, typically the end, she goes, vocally, for the high, big note from the very beginning, then repeats it throughout. There are no longer any dynamics when you do that, it's all climaxes, which gives it that "dentist's drill" quality. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 75 Registered: 05-2005 |
Every few months, he phones the rock & roll hall of fame, wondering if his name has come to the top of the list, and every time he's given the same reply: Hurdy Gurdy Man... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 770 Registered: 08-2006 |
I completely agree with you about Whitney's impact on popular R&B, LK. Bobby Brown is her punishment for that seemingly permanent stain on music. Okay, guys, off to the races. Wish my 40-year-old ears (and feet) luck. Since I've got a little studio I'm working out of a couple blocks from the festival, I'll check in with any and all notable occurances during the weekend. Cheers! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 693 Registered: 01-2005 |
Lots of Julian Cope! "Saint Julian" currently as I compose this entry and "Fried" later this afternoon. I just ordered his first solo album "World Shut Your Mouth". | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1722 Registered: 05-2005 |
LK - I'm guessing you have, or plan to purchase Jason Isbells album? Apparently his departure from Drive By Truckers was not as amicable as Patterson Hood would have everybody believe. Whats the reaction to the album been like Stateside? The tracks I have heard I would class as "mature" rock - which is not neccessarily as bad as it sounds, and he probably gets away with it. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1723 Registered: 05-2005 |
Still listening to the Spoon album, its a corker. http://www.tinymixtapes.com/Spoon,3849 Been listening to lots of albums on the sadly defunct Blood and Fire reggae reissue label. They released 50 or so albums in their lifetime and I have 46 of them so I should have played them all before hitting Aus at the end of the month! Buffalo Tom - Three Easy Pieces. Still hitting the spot. Dylan - Bootleg Series Vol 1-3. Worth it just for Blind Willie McTell. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1588 Registered: 05-2005 |
Aliens by Neil Hannon. Quite beautiful. It's from an Irish charity comp called Cake Sale. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1590 Registered: 05-2005 |
Astounding Moon by Tim Finn. Incredible song. Pure Beach Boys, circa Pet Sounds. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1591 Registered: 05-2005 |
No Regrets - Tom Rush. I think this is the only song where both the original and the more famous cover (Walker Brothers version) are amongst my favourite ever songs. It helps, of course, that Scott and the boys completely reworked the song. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1593 Registered: 05-2005 |
I Am Still Here - Damien Jurado. That's how to do a heartbreaker. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 279 Registered: 01-2006 |
Padraig I'm sure you're well aware Luna also do a great cover of No Regrets on Lunafied that came with the Best of Luna. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1600 Registered: 05-2005 |
I had it years before the best of! I had it on some EP in the 90s. Luna's version is good, but it's a pretty straight cover of the Tom Rush original. Do you know the Tom Rush version? | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 282 Registered: 01-2006 |
No I don't Padraig though I like it a lot and it would prompt me to look into other stuff by Tom Rush, any suggestions? I suspected it was a fairly faithful rendition as Luna nearly always do pretty straight covers.... Are you expecting to see property tycoon Robbie Fowler play for Sydney FC soon?? | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 477 Registered: 04-2006 |
a littel bit electronics from warp records: clark - ted e.p. great stuff, that! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 478 Registered: 04-2006 |
god damm, still miss the editing button.... | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 479 Registered: 04-2006 |
tocotronic - kapitulation never thought that this 'old' german indie band touches me so hard once again. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1725 Registered: 05-2005 |
Black Francis - Bluefinger. I was hoping that the change of moniker from Frank Black to Black Francis would mean that ol Frank was gonna get his Pixies hat on again. And to a certain extent he has, especially in the first few songs. Most of the songs, at least on the first coupla listens sound just like the trad rock he has served up through his solo career. Thats not a criticism because albums like Dog In The Sand were great. Cued up for later on. The new album from Thurston Moore. My mate who supplied it says its acoustic and a lot better than recent Youth albums. However, he forgets that I loved Rather Ripped (he says theyre the "underground Status Quo!) so I'm rather looking forward to it. Also got the new one from New Pornographers to look forward to - apparently no Neko Case on this one. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1601 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oh, I'm swooning like 50s movie actress at the prospect of Robbie playing for Liverpool! As for Tom Rush, all the tracks I have by him are on v/a comps. I don't have any of his own albums. But I'm going to have to rectify that now of course! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1727 Registered: 05-2005 |
Well if its not Neko singing the title track of the New Pornographers album I will proclaim that the Richard Thompson album is a work of genius, The Wilco album is a slow burner and history will proclaim it as their masterwork, George Bush is a political genius and Glasgow Rangers will win the SPL next season. ps - only one of these scenarios has any chance of being true  | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1728 Registered: 05-2005 |
So, the New Pornos album is great of course, although not us "up" as the last album, sounds very laid back, at least on first listen. The last track is fantastic, sound like a duet with AC and Neko(or her replacement -sure its her though!) and is a great closer. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 538 Registered: 09-2006 |
The Basher groundswell continues...apparently he's getting a 3-page article in the July 20 Entertainment Weekly, which means I'm actually going to have to break down and buy it instead of checking it out at the library.... | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 539 Registered: 09-2006 |
And I will say that "At My Age," just grows better the more I listen, opening like a flower. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 481 Registered: 04-2006 |
basia bulat - oh, my darling young canadian lady. singer-/songwriter. if you like feist, you will like basia. oh, my darling was released on geoff travis' rough trade label. http://myspace.com/basiamyspace | ||
| John B. Member Username: John_b Post Number: 116 Registered: 10-2006 |
Yes Andreas, the new Tocotronic album is fabulous and I am playing it at least once every day. The Aussies here on the board may have a chance to hear it, as I vaguely remember that Triple-J plays German music every now and then. The new Interpol album disappointed me, apart from a few songs it has no soul. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 696 Registered: 01-2005 |
As far as Tom Rush, his "No Regrets" is a must buy! A classic 60's album that any fan of the G-B's will love. It's by far his best album, not including the various collections. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 540 Registered: 09-2006 |
Jim Kweskin's Jug Band - Greatest Hits!! Great, goofy fun from the mid-60s, like the happier side of R. Crumb's drawings come to life. I'm reading a very good history of the rise of folk-rock that has members of the Lovin' Spoonful claiming them as a big influence, which I didn't know. What I did know was that member Maria D'Amato went on to bigger things under her married name of Muldaur and sounds absolutely aces here. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 285 Registered: 01-2006 |
Thanks for the info Michael... Michael Holland - Tomorrow's American Treasures | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 680 Registered: 08-2004 |
David Bowie - Earthling Calexico - Garden Ruin Talking Heads - More Songs... The Clash - Sandinista | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 484 Registered: 04-2006 |
gene clark - under the silvery moon now - after a long time since my order - the cd arrived. first listening thoughts: some songs are great, some songs are cruel resp. sounding more like that music called aor. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 541 Registered: 09-2006 |
Neil Young - Decade And this is just his first ten years...damn, I feel another binge coming. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 542 Registered: 09-2006 |
And yes, the binge has begun....first "Comes a Time," to continue the chronology. As lovely and transcendent as ever. But now I want to dance, and compulsion takes me straight over to "Weld." I still have a small fear that this one might finally disappoint, but each time it only confirms and amplifies my original feelings upon hearing it: A-fucking-plus. Unrelenting to the point of meditative. As cleansing to the soul as prime Al Green. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2120 Registered: 03-2006 |
Crowded House - "Time On Earth". Good to bring that name up again, eh? I don't know if it's a classic or not, time will provide the perspective to determine that, but it's awfully damn strong, awfully solid. Maybe a few too many ruminative songs, too many wistful meditations on mortality - perhaps this record could have used a "Chocolate Cake" for balance. But still, it's abundantly clear that, 14 years down the line, Neil Finn hasn't a lost a step and has retained all of his melodic and lyrical gifts. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 237 Registered: 05-2005 |
If you have only heard the Crowdies albums Little Keith, Neil Finn's solo stuff and work with his brother are WELL worth looking out for. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1649 Registered: 05-2005 |
Must get some Gene Clark Andreas! You have just reminded me! Thanks. I have been on a caravan holiday with my wife and twins and played a mixture of 6 cd's on rotation. The twins' faves are The Feeling - 12 stops from home. The Waterboys - Room to Roam. Massive Attack - Best of. 2 compilations of trax I complied on iTunes. The stand out track being a track Randy sent me The Monkees - You Just May Be The One. Its wonderful, even though the quality of the recording is simlar to what you would hear on a 300 year old hearing aid with a broken speaker! Its really passionate and simple, the chorus sends shivers down my spine, I love Nesmith's delivery, a truly unique voice. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 487 Registered: 04-2006 |
pere ubu - ray gun suitcase a great band is a great band is a great band ...... | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2122 Registered: 03-2006 |
Geoff - though it's not necessarily clear from what I wrote above, I have kept up with Neil's solo work and have enjoyed it thoroughly. In fact, his concert DVD, "Seven Worlds Collide", is one of my alltime favorites. Something tells me you have it, too, and agree with my take on it! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1655 Registered: 05-2005 |
Gabrielle by The Winnebago Orchestra mk1. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2125 Registered: 03-2006 |
Tom Waits et al. - Healing the Divide. T. Waits backed by the Kronos Quartet in a live charity benefit thingy for the Dalai Lama. What's not to like? T-Bone Burnett - Proof Thru the Night/Complete Trap Door. As beautiful and life changing as it ever was. I owe you a solid, Rob, for pointing out that this was available. Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather. This, upon reflection and repeated listenings, is every bit as good as "Interstate Managers". Fantastic, instantly catchy pop melodies, coupled with great lyrics, about real things and real people, with that finely filigreed detail LK craves, like some post-modern combination of Squeeze and the Kinks. Something about hearing words like "Schenectady", "Subaru" and "Dockers" makes me happy, and how could you not love songs with titles like "Seatbacks and Tray Tables" and "Revolving Dora"? | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 101 Registered: 01-2007 |
Interestingly LK the 2 I've got on constant play are the National_ Boxer and the FOuntains.I'm still getting in to this and love it, but i feels the forst 4 songs don't flow so well and I'm not so keen on the Traffic and Weather track but generally like it. I'm going to did out my T Bone Burnett LPs of those you mention not heard them in a decade. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1605 Registered: 05-2005 |
Some disco classics. Wild Safari by Barrabas, Love Is The Message by MFSB, Donna Summer's I Feel Love and Chic's Everybody Dance. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1295 Registered: 03-2005 |
You are nothing if not eclectic Padraig. I enjoyed your Chuck E. Weiss review btw. I never actually heard him but I met him once, and loved the name of his band ("The Goddamn Liars"). I assumed he'd be a novelty act. This was back in the mid 80s, when he and my ex were both involved in the same--ahem--self-improvement club. Last night, Sneaky Feelings' "Positively George Street." Another of many Jeff tips. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 779 Registered: 08-2006 |
LK, I'm down with your assessment of "Traffic and Weather." It took me a while to get into, too, as did "Interstate Managers," largely because both sound so slick. But the quirks and charms come to the top the more you listen. I'm also digging the new Spoon to the nth. Britt Daniel actually visited the Pitchfork Music Festival last Friday even though he wasn't playing. He turned down my request for an interview, saying the fest "wasn't about him" (they played last year), but he seemed genuinely pleased when I told him how much I liked the new album. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 681 Registered: 08-2004 |
Microdisney - Big Sleeping House Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith... The White Stripes - The White Stripes VA - Mute Audio Documents Rareities Justice - † | ||
| Mark Leydon Member Username: Mark_leydon Post Number: 132 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kings of Leon 'Because of the Times' I'd heard bits and pieces of their first two albums and thought they sounded like a sludgy mess. I'd pretty much written them off as another US outfit who'd been over-hyped by the UK press. So this new album has been a real revelation. It's tremendous. Almost sounds like a different band. The songs, the arrangements, the musicianship is on a whole other level. The terrrific opening (7 minute!) track 'Knocked Up' sets the agenda - and it goes on from there. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 549 Registered: 09-2006 |
Wonder Boys soundtrack Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation Deluxe | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1296 Registered: 03-2005 |
Last night: Bright Eyes -- Cassadaga Fire Engines -- Codex Teenage Premonition | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 683 Registered: 08-2004 |
Tricky - Angels With Dirty Faces Pulp - We Love Life Nick Cave - Henry's Dream The Icicle Works - The Icicle Works Dexy's - Don't Stand Me Down The Who - My Generation Babybird - Between My Ears There's Nothing But Music | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1484 Registered: 04-2005 |
What do you think of "Codex Teenage Premonition," Randy? I found it in a used bin last year thinking I'd uncovered a gem, but was disappointed by the crappy demo sound. I have a feeling if I'd work a little harder at it, I'd hear a lot to like on the CD, but it isn't a great way to introduce newbies to the band. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1297 Registered: 03-2005 |
Kurt, I have a fairly high tolerance for crappy sound. It would be great if the sound was on the level of, say, the Josef k recordings but no matter, the Fire Engines are great. I was sold on the first listen. They have a perfect spikey two-guitar, bass and drums sound that the northerners seemed to excel at back then. All four instruments are performing essential functions. They look skinny in the photos and their music sounds skinny. In fact, listening to them reminds me in a weird way of listening to the best obscure Merseybeat and other northern beat-era records from '63 and '64. Checking Amazon I see a 1992 vintage antho on Rev-Ola (called "Fond") but it's out of print and no one's selling it. I wonder if any of the recordings on it are from a conventional studio. Spence? | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1738 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, the mini LP called Lubricate your Living Room is the one to get, but I guess you would pay top dollar for it. The 7" single Candyskin is pure genius. Its also on Fond if you can track it down, if I recall Fond is all studio tracks. Check your mail. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1660 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jerry, how great i sosnt stand me done, what an underrated calssic, really. My wife's best mate Bernie went out with ol Kev years ago he a;ways said it was the best. Randy, you are an englishmen in american's body!! By the way, I like american's, though some of them can scare me! PS I had a pissed up coversaiopn with russel the drummer form the fir engines, in april, he's lovely,and it really is , ok! | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 241 Registered: 07-2006 |
boo radleys - giant steps i love this beautiful bastard | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 552 Registered: 09-2006 |
Daydream Nation new bonus disc: crunchy and exciting from start to finish. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2127 Registered: 03-2006 |
Kev man, you there? A few days ago, you mentioned the Jason Isbell and I meant to respond, but forgot. Which allowed me, in the interim, to finally snag a copy. It's great, I think. I realize, hearing it, that he sang a lot of the Drive By Truckers stuff. It's a little less crazy, Skynyrd-y energy and more laid back, Muscle Shoals rhythm section soulful, than the Truckers are, but geez, the songwriting is top notch. "Dress Blues" stands out for now, apparently about a pal of the singer's who was killed in Iraq - it is hard to listen to without getting a lump in the throat. Very strong material, in general. Say, do you know if he quit on his own accord? Or, was he pushed out by Patterson Hood? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 634 Registered: 10-2004 |
I love Candyskin, but at the risk of committing heresy, I should confess that none of the Fire Engines' other material that I heard reached that high. It was all manic, discordant noise with no tunes. I used to have "Lubricate Your Livingroom" on vinyl but sold it for a large sum of cash on ebay. Right now I'm listening to Modern Eon's "Fiction Tales." Funny band - the music is all dark and moody, like early 4ad, but the singer sounds like the guy from Ratt or something. Weird but strangely compelling. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1298 Registered: 03-2005 |
I love the manic, discordant noise. It's "Get Up and Use Me" that originally hooked me in. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1664 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bush scares me by the way. I think the thing with the Fire Engines was that, they were kind of on their own at that time, they were nowhere nearly as refined as groups like Josef K, Orange Juice, although these groups were rough around the edges. i think they took the Subway Sect train a step further. SS were pretty discordant. My fave was the song Meat Whiplash. I never really liked Nectarine No 9. though, I adored Win, and in particular their singles. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 706 Registered: 01-2005 |
The Whole Of The Moon, so majestic it takes my breath away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ10VlP5G wc | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1665 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Sneetches - Blow out the sun. Anyone else ever heard these? I bought an album from the legendary Joe Foster 20 years ago for Ł3, entitled Lights out with the sneetches, a really wonderful pop album. Dare I say Bubblegum Pop!? | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1739 Registered: 05-2005 |
LK - I think Jason probably left of his own accord. I read a review from, I think, Harp Magazine that said he had split with Shonna Tucker so I guess it would have been hard to continue being in Drive By Truckers with his ex wife. Make what you will of this quote from him in Uncut "Most of it was beautiful. I made some friendships and music that changed my life. Some of it was hell, but thats how it goes when you deal with creative people. I deeply love those folks and their band, and I dont see that ever changing. Fuck 'em though. Tell 'em I said fuck 'em" Been listening to Challengers by New Pornographers. Must have heard it roughly 6 times now and the songs still havent totally registered, even though I know they are good songs. That to me is a good sign, too many albums these days you hear 3 or 4 times and you hear everything you are ever going to, which to me is the sign of thin, weak songwriting. Buffalo Tom - Three Easy Pieces. These songs will be great live, hope they tour soon. Spoon - GaGaGaGaGa. Album of the year so far (although theres not been much competition) Fire Engines - Candskin. One of the greatest singles of the 80s | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1740 Registered: 05-2005 |
....also an album by Bishop Allen called Charm School. I have never heard of them (they are from Brooklyn apparently) and just stumbled across a review of their new album (released on Monday, called The Broken String)and liked the description of them. So I found Charm School on Napster and its great. It was released in 2003 and sounds like a mixture of The Shins, early Talking Heads, and (vaguely) Belle and Sebastian. Well produced lo-fi is another description if thats not a contradiction in terms. Anybody else heard them? | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1485 Registered: 04-2005 |
Hey, Kev, thanks for the early report on the New Pornographers album. They're one of my faves, so I'm hopeful it'll be good. I've found all their albums to be growers, so that's probably true of the new one as well. And I've read that Neko Case is on it, but in a more subdued roll than usual--I recall you posting before that you weren't sure she was involved this time. So, Spoon has climbed ahead of LCD Soundsystem at the top of your best-of list? I'm definitely with you on that. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 789 Registered: 08-2006 |
They put on a hell of a set at Pitchfork, Kurt, maybe one of the strongest of the weekend. The new stuff sounded great; it's a definite buy for me. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2129 Registered: 03-2006 |
I just read the Pitchfork interview of Malkmus by the weird, creepy guy from Deerhunter, who humorously, keeps trying to steer lil Stevie to the homoerotic. Also saw your pic, Rob. Nice work. It looks, judging from the crowd views and the performer pics, like it had a great vibe, which can't be said about all festivals. Some people have all the fun! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 555 Registered: 09-2006 |
The Lovin' Spoonful - Anthology Perhaps the undisputed masters at capturing honest sweet-naturedness and joy and putting it on record. Funnier than hell, too. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1607 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks for the props Randy. Do check out that Chuck E. Weiss album Extremely Cool. It's extremely cool. Yes, I do have a very eclectic taste. Right now I'm listening to your LA homeys: Up From The Catacombs: The Best Of Jane's Addiction | ||
| Alfredo L Soto Member Username: Alfred_soto Post Number: 17 Registered: 05-2005 |
The New Pornos album is their first mediocrity; I've been playing it for about a month and have yet to find more than a couple of hooks sinking in. They're not "growers" at all -- their hooks come thick and fast, mercilessly, sometimes regrettably. "Twin Cinema" was their very best: they'd learned to mitigate their obscurantism with great musicianship and slight deceleration of tempos, which allowed Neko Case and Colin Newman to project and signify beyond expectations. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1744 Registered: 05-2005 |
Time will tell Alfred. Significantly, you dont mention Dan Bejar, I find that his songs are the ones that are shining the most for me at this early stage. I agree it has a lot to live up to in Twin Cinema, lets hope it does eventually. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 792 Registered: 08-2006 |
I'm sorry to hear that, Alfred. I suppose the Pornos were due for a slump. They still give good live performance, though, even without Bejar and Case. LK, I met Bradford from Deerhunter earlier this year doing an interview for one of our podcasts leading up the fest. He's actually a really nice guy, very smart, and he was a ubiquitous presence backstage the whole weekend. I was walking by him on Saturday and he pointed to me and said, "I know you." We started chatting and he observed that I looked stressed. I said I was, a little, and he started giving me a backrub, right in the middle of everything! A friend of mine who was manning the ice truck drove by in a golf cart and just started howling. So I wasn't surprised to see where he took the Malkmus interview. What a character. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1671 Registered: 05-2005 |
Whilst my wife and kids were out, I turned up the hifi up to 50 and played Audoslave's eponymous. Blew me away. They sorta remind me of clasical music, they play their stuff very well, very well thought out and seamless. Though their guitarist does look like a nonce, I adore Cornell's voice. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1745 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hey, hold on a minute here Rob. Just because Alfred writes about music doesnt mean to say his ears work any better than mine, or his opinion is more valid. I'm crushed!! I've just been on to the New Pornos website and from what I can see the band are excited by it, and on the forum people think its a change of direction but a good one. Maybe not the place to get the most subjective of opinions, but I'm a massive Wilco fan and anybody who reads this forum knows that I didnt hold back on my disappointment of their new album, so I'm sure these good people dont just say they like it when they really dont rate it. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 794 Registered: 08-2006 |
Hey, sorry, Kev, but your review wasn't exactly a huge thumbs up! It sounded kind of wait-and-see to me. You know I rate your opinions right up there with the best of 'em! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1672 Registered: 05-2005 |
Playing a variet of Gene Clark songs, thanks Randy. never heard him before. Lovin them big time! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1746 Registered: 05-2005 |
Point taken Rob. I have heard the album a good few times since I last posted about it on here and now think its a winner. How you were expected to know that,short of being a mind reader, is a moot point - doh!! Alfredo - from opinions I have read about the album you seem to be in a minority about the view that this album isn't a "grower", and to me if "their hooks come thick and fast" is a criticism then I cannot agree with you. Surely hooks are at the centre of what the NPs are all about. Still, its all about opinions and yours is as valid as mine or anybodys. But I have a hunch we wont see many references to the word "mediocre" in the forthcoming reviews on the record, certainly not by admirers of the group anyway. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1677 Registered: 05-2005 |
Been listening to Glenn's Beachfield songs on their MySPace. http://www.myspace.com/beachfield Very nice stuff. Kinda reminds me a bit of Grant you know. I think its the style of the lyric writing. Come Down, sounds like a RF solo song, no bad thing eh? After the intro, I keep imagining RF coming in with the lines, "here comes a girl, with a twirl in my world" or something!! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1679 Registered: 05-2005 |
Paul Haig live webcast 6pm Sunday 22 July if you wanna tune in! http://worldart.com/?page=paulhaig | ||
| Fredrik Andersson Member Username: Fredo Post Number: 4 Registered: 08-2007 |
My statistics don't lie. I should pass the GB detector. http://www.last.fm/user/AboynamedSue/ |