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     kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1752 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spoon - GaGaGaGaGa New Pornographers - Challengers Cant stop playing these two pop masterpieces just now, both albums bursting with choons aplenty. The new SFA album, Hey Venus, is also pretty good, but its a safe listen compared to their earlier days - hope they're not blanding out. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 563 Registered: 09-2006 |
Saint Etienne - Tales From Turnpike House Tom Waits - Mule Variations, Beautiful Maladies and Used Songs 1973-1980 (in order of quality) Raekwon - Only 4 Cuban Linx | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1685 Registered: 05-2005 |
Microdisney - The Peel Sessions Album. Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day Cherry Ghost - Thirst for Romance Pere Ubu - Cloudland Cowboy Junkies - At the end of paths taken | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 73 Registered: 10-2006 |
A cornucopia of Board-inspired stuff to listen to as Italy goes up in flames around me (we need to get some kind of water-sharing thing going with Northern England obviously.) Definitive Monkees: 60 tracks of supreme pop & weirdness. Nesmith tracks seem to drawl in from another universe though. Best of Crowded House: lots of lovely tunes but desperately lazy words. “Blood dries up like rain fills my cup…” What kind of chemical process is that, then? And where do the commas go? Intermission: Don’t have all the solo albums, so there’s new stuff on this for me: particularly love Looking for somebody & Dark side of town. Feist, the Reminder… only heard it once, no great immediate impression, maybe have to wait for Autumn. Wilco: Ghost is born. Excellent guitar wig-out, as I believe they’re called, at the start counterbalanced by weary electronic noodling near the end. Wilco sounds like a different band with every CD and despite listening to almost everything I still can’t hum one of their songs in the shower. But then, as Peel once said, neither can you hum a Jimi Hendrix guitar break. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 241 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bjork "Vespertine"...OOO!!!!...AAHHH!!!!(not Glen McGrath) McCartney "Memory almost full" - is this guy really 65? Apart from the voice this sounds very contempory but a bit on the Robbie Williams side for my liking. Not as good as the last I'm thinking. Crowdies newy - People are like Suns is the classic Regatta de Blanc - Andy Summers guitar!!!!! Belles will ring "Mood Patterns"- a bit disappointing on first listen so far - too mannered and formulaic and WAY too much reverb (even for me!)There's a vibe in Auz about them and they tick all the right boxes (Byrds, 60's psychedelic, Fireglow Rics, op art covers etc)but I'm more excited by a 'Gurus and Stems night coming up (with Radio Birdman) | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 104 Registered: 05-2005 |
Howard Devoto - Jerky versions of the dream. Not very cheap with Amazon but I couldn't wait anymore and my finger slipped on the mouse. Rainy season fits very well with what happens in UK. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 566 Registered: 09-2006 |
Not sure what it is but over the past weeks I've been leaning heavily toward old favorite artists, swimming through the twists and turns of their back catalog. Tonight it's been Neil Y. & Crazy Horse's "Sleeps With Angels," which I just played twice straight through, and might just go for three. Elegiac, clear-eyed, sad, achingly beautiful, really strange, with a groove that changes tempo but never loses you. One for the ages. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 718 Registered: 01-2005 |
Just bought: Spoon - GaGaGaGaGa Spoon - Gimme Fiction I need to get: New Pornographers - Challengers Grinderman - Grinderman Crowdies newy | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 121 Registered: 01-2007 |
Listened to half of the Spoon gaga, this is great they've passed me by until Kev's pronouncements, really like this | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 809 Registered: 08-2006 |
Spoon's one of my fave bands working right now, Frank, so congrats on the discovery. I think everything they've released since "Girls Can Tell" are winners, but "Kill the Moonlight" is my vote for their high-water mark. The new one's pretty damn close, though. If you get a chance to see 'em live, don't pass it up. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2140 Registered: 03-2006 |
This one reminds me of something said about Dylan's "Love and Theft" - that it was like a greatest hits album with all new songs. And that's what this one seems like - it seems to neatly encapsulate everything great about Spoon, so to me it's emerging as their best. I've been listening to something weird but satisfying by Dr.Dog, called "We All Belong" - sort of artsy and Beatlesque and Beach Boysy.. Also, "Your Town Tonight" by the great milkmaid, Eliza Gilkyson, who opened for Richard Thompson when I saw him... | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 123 Registered: 01-2007 |
Thanks Rob, I thought I kept my ear to the ground but obviously not. Sometimes you find something and wonder how it passed you by Spoon are one them, The Decemberists I'm enjoying I'd decided not to get it at the time as so much else was on offer, but it is nice to go back and get these things after the dust has settled. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 813 Registered: 08-2006 |
It's a great pleasure to discover something you missed, Frank. It happens less and less as I get older, but at least once a year I buy a CD by an established artist I'd overlooked and have that "d'oh!" moment. I seem to remember it happening with a little band called the Go-Betweens... | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2142 Registered: 03-2006 |
But Rob tell us the GBs are more to you than another passing Spoon or Decemberists! You haven't wandered off the path, have you? | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 814 Registered: 08-2006 |
Rest assured, LK, the GBs reside in a very special pantheon, far above those assigned to other bands. My fanatisism remains intact! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 568 Registered: 09-2006 |
"We're just like spoons that pass in the night" Wasn't that an Ian Hunter song? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1312 Registered: 03-2005 |
Home from Brisbane. I bought a number of nice things at Rocking Horse but the CD I came home with that I value the most (and am listening to right now) is the unreleased 13 song album "June July" by the Bell Divers. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1700 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hope you had a good trip back Randy, what's the flight time in hours? Bell Divers any good? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1314 Registered: 03-2005 |
Spence, there is one advantage to Los Angeles besides the weather. It is nearly equidistant from Europe and Australia. The flight back here from Brisbane was only 12 hours. I'm pretty good at hibernating on a plane so the flight wasn't bad. The Bell Divers are quite promising. Be on the lookout in your mail. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 127 Registered: 01-2007 |
Spence do mp3s tranfer easily from email to Mac just (hypothetically speaking)? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1315 Registered: 03-2005 |
Frank, I tried sending something to the mail address shown for you on this website but it was bounced back. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 129 Registered: 01-2007 |
Thanks Randy, I don't use this much, but It seems to be working now. Thank for trying | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 107 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spoon : Ga ga ga ga ga. Coolest record of the year! Thank you all for the discovery. There is a link with the Go-Betweens as the Sleater-Kinneys are mentioned in the leaflet. The Jam : The Gift. Fine. Now I can say that Setting Sons was their best. My opinion. Low : Drums and Guns. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1701 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cheers Randy. Glad your flight was good. Jerry, the mp3 should apear in your email as an attachment, i usually throw it onto the desktop then import into iTunes. You need to have a decent sized email account though. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 131 Registered: 01-2007 |
Thanks Spence having listened to Robert++ intermission to balance it out listening to Grants Echo your thought Trou the Spoon is very good,and Setting Sons is their best(IMHO) | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 582 Registered: 09-2006 |
Remmy Ongala - Songs of the Poor Man Fred Neil - The Many Sides of McCartney - Memory Almost Full: Fun, fun, fun. Like the old days, it's a string of irresistable tunes and hooks (I'm on my fifth play already). Not like the old days and a pleasant surprise indeed: the majority of the lyrics evince a good deal of thought, imagination and passion. Even the ones with simpler lyrics seem to be intentionally simple, not because he threw any old thing in there. Also, the real reason for the divorce revealed: "I've got too much on my plate/I've got no time to be a decent lover." Well Paul, you makes your choices... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 818 Registered: 08-2006 |
Allen, that Remmy Ongala album smokes. I haven't listened to it in some time, but it's durable a fave among my not inconsiderable African music collection, which is saying something. Think I'll pull it out tonight as a dinner-making soundtrack. Thanks for the reminder! | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 86 Registered: 02-2007 |
On The Beach - Neil Young | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 583 Registered: 09-2006 |
Indeed it does cook, Rob. Great album for dancing, too. Hope you're enjoying it. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 292 Registered: 01-2006 |
LCD SOundsystem - Sound of Silver (correct title?) getting into this now after a lukewarm first few listens Also other stuff that friends have burned for me and do not register on my richter scale: Arcade Fire - Funeral....Big, bomabastic, busy, boring. Get Cape Wear Cape Fly - The chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager ... Terrible title, only one listen so far, boring to me... The National - Boxer...sounds OK but dunno what all the fuss is about, maybe a few more listens might get me into it.. And still listening to Fuxa's EP - Fuxa Commit Suicide..this is superb... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1623 Registered: 05-2005 |
Listen to me! RTE Radio 1's World Report at 8.10am tomorrow morning. Those of you not in Ireland can listen at www.rte.ie. My piece is on the banning of alcohol in Aboriginal areas of the Northern Territory. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 819 Registered: 08-2006 |
I read about that in the NY Times, Padraig. An interesting story. I'll be curious to hear your report. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 294 Registered: 01-2006 |
Have also read about that over the last few weeks Padraig and also some other troubling stories among the Maori and child abuse. I'm going out for a few pints of Guinness with a friend tonight so don't think I'll be up by 8.30am tomorrow morning unfortunately!! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1625 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rob, XYZ, my report is now archived at http://www.rte.ie/news/worldreport/ The full text of what I said is up at www.myspace.com/padraigcollins If I can figure out how - and RTE give me permission - maybe I'll post an mp3 of the broadcast there too at some point! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1626 Registered: 05-2005 |
The second disc of Augie March's Moo You Bloody Choir. I bought the album when it first came out as a single disc and have copied the second disc from someone else. I'm not shelling out $25 just to get a second CD added to an album I helped make a success in the first place. The second CD is very good though! So if one didn't already have the album it would be wise to buy the two disc version! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 821 Registered: 08-2006 |
Hey, Padraig, that was a very nice report. I liked the way you mixed facts and figures with your own personal experiences. It gave the piece a nice sense of perspective. Added bonus: I learned how to pronounce Padraig! Well done! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1317 Registered: 03-2005 |
Podcast interview with Ed Kuepper about the Pig City Saints show. http://meltingpod.free.fr/?p=141 | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 823 Registered: 08-2006 |
"All My Friends" - LCD Soundsystem/John Cale Haven't decided which version I like better (Cale's has a little more grit to it; Murphy's is a little tighter) but I think it's one of the great songs of the year. It's a brilliant evocation of the inevitable shift toward responsibility and the longing to just hang out with your friends again. It came on the iPod this morning while I was cleaning and stopped me in my tracks. I like the rest of LCD album well enough, but this one's a show-stopper. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1627 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rob, thank you very much! That means a lot coming from an NPR man. I love the NPR programs NewsRadio carries here in Oz. By the way, did you notice that the presenter pronounced my name differently to how I did? My way was correct, obviously! Most people with my name would pronounce it the way she did, but where I come from we say it properly! It's not a common even in Ireland though. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1318 Registered: 03-2005 |
Padraig, until I heard your piece I'd been simply knee-jerk fuming at the Aussie authorities for their patronizing and heavy-handed edict. Now I don't know what to think. I still have a deeply ingrained aversion to across-the-board puritanical bans of the so-called vices. It makes me think of our "war on drugs" which I've long believed to be wrongheaded and counter-productive. I have such a hard time imagining that people can be so utterly powerless against drink, or drugs, or whatever as to require a governmental intervention rather than their own. But maybe they can. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1628 Registered: 05-2005 |
Now listening to Feist's The Reminder. Thank you Kevin and others. It sounds teriffic so far. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1629 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, my original draft of what I recorded had a line in it about prohibition having failed in the US but the only thing certain in Australia was that doing nothing wasn't an option. I took that line out because I wasn't quite comfortable with it. I actually think the ban is worth trying; though I have a hard time accepting that it would have come to this if it wasn't an election year. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1630 Registered: 05-2005 |
This Feist album really is great btw. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 587 Registered: 09-2006 |
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero Always thought this guy was on the way-overrated side, though I've enjoyed some individual tracks quite a bit. This one cooks with gas all the way through...crackling, thwocking, moving like a living thing. Once again, seething rage toward the Bush administration brings out the best in someone. Added bonus is a disc with a label that's pitch black when you put it in the player but (due to something called thermochrome) reveals a design when it gets warm...had me second-guessing my memory the first time I saw it come out... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 824 Registered: 08-2006 |
Padraig, am I wrong or did I read an NY Times article that said, even though the drinking ban came down from on high, it was strongly endorsed by local leaders? Kind of like the earlier ban you mentioned. For some reason, I had the impression the ban wasn't quite as repressive and paternalistic as it sounded. Allen, I've been thinking about picking up that NIN since Christgau gave it props. He seems to enjoy their past work about as much as I (read: not very much) so his thumbs up caught my attention. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 87 Registered: 02-2007 |
Rob, here in Qld there are many communities that already have alcohol bans, or restrictions. Most of these are supported by the communities themselves as violence and abuse has reached alarming proportions in some communities. I am naturally opposed to these kind of bans per se, but it does have strong advocates within the indiginous communities themselves. I haven't read Padriag's piece yet but I am suspicious of this govt's motives. (ie Federal govt) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1633 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rob, in addition to what David said I would add that some prominent Aboriginal leaders I greaty respect, such as Noel Pearson and Warren Mundine, have hailed the ban. There are other Aboriginal leaders who have lambasted it though. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 825 Registered: 08-2006 |
I'm with you, David. I don't think bans work, and I don't believe you can legislate behavior. Prohibition just moves what's being prohibited underground, where it ends up doing far more harm, because it's out of sight. I was just curious if the ban had any local support; the idea of the federal government unilaterally cutting off sales of anything to a minority population is offensive beyond belief, however large a problem is. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 286 Registered: 04-2005 |
Camille - Le Fil This came out a couple of years ago, but I have been recently listening to this highly original recording due to her link with Seb Martel (see Recent Gigs thread). Very little in the way of instrumentation and just her voice mulitracked, the album is almost beyond categorisation. There is a constant note or drone (Le fil = the thread) throughout the CD linking all the songs. But it is an incredibly accessible collection of songs and my children demand the CD in the car. Camille is currently involved in a series of concerts in churches in France where she performs Benjamin Britten hymns. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1703 Registered: 05-2005 |
Josef K rehearsals and Momus demo's both sets from the early 80's. http://imomus.livejournal.com/ You have to scroll down. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1705 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Bell Divers. Various songs. Esp As bad as we can be, beautiful, reminiscent of Robert Forster, and its RF guitar at the end too! its even sounds like mr Wylder on drums too! Also reminds me of Neil Young, and there's some lovely lap steel, which even if there was no other music or vocals would be enough to swing it! The track Lucifer is grand too, its like a poppy Wire, as its short, kinda like The Chills, Camper Van bethoven et al. Nice. Thanks Randy. David Robertson & Orchestre National de Lyon doing Mr Reich's Different Trains. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1320 Registered: 03-2005 |
You're welcome Spence. I'll forward your observations. Currently I am listening to Machine Translations' "Bad Shapes." Next up: Dave Graney & Clare Moore's "Keepin' It Unreal." | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 289 Registered: 04-2005 |
Hey Spence, thanks for the Momus link: will download the Josef K tonight. Re: his comments on rehearsing in the very room where Josef K rehearsed: me too! The first band I played in featured the wonderful Al Ross (wee bro' of Malcolm) on drums and we practiced in that same room on the top floor of the Ross family home. An art college student even shot a video of us playing there: must figure how to put that on youtube! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1709 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cool Andrew! I remember you mentioning this before, get yoo toobing man! Currently listening to Wake up by The Boo radleys. one of the loudest weirdest bands I ever saw. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 735 Registered: 01-2005 |
Warren Zevon - Stand In The Fire. Rhino reissue on cd with bonus cuts that weren't on the vinyl lp that came out oh so many years ago! | ||
| Paul Gallagher Member Username: Paulybell Post Number: 1 Registered: 08-2007 |
Spoon - Gimme Fiction, Ga Ga etc Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday Okkervil River - The Stage Names The Coral - Roots and Echos Hi all btw....new here. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1321 Registered: 03-2005 |
Welcome to the board Paul | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 48 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, I believe we may see a new Machine Translations album sometime this year. You can listen to a few of their songs over on MySpace including what appears to be a track ( Need A Miracle ) from the forthcoming album and the wonderful 'Love On The Vine.' http://www.myspace.com/machinetranslatio ns I just wish someone would re-issue their first three albums ( Abstract Poverty; Halo; Holiday In Spain ) as I have been trying to track down copies for years. Currently listening to 'November' by Azure Ray. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1710 Registered: 05-2005 |
Javiera Mena - Just various songs she has out, superb pop songstress from Chile, real esquisite pop toons, much better than anything in UK and US, she deserves to be MEGA, move over Maddy, bog off banal Beddingfeild and move along old Spices... | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 137 Registered: 01-2007 |
Just been listening to the Stuart Maconie show (who I like) and he has just played Cattle and Cain and gave a nice introduction about the song being voted as one of the 10 best Australian songs and said hoe poignant it was with grants passing. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 591 Registered: 09-2006 |
The Boswell Sisters - That's How Rhythm Was Born Connee Boswell: one of the sexiest unsung singers in pop music history... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1322 Registered: 03-2005 |
Hugh, "Bad Shapes" is my first and only Machine Translations album. I picked it up at Rocking Horse. They had something like four or five different albums there and I had to choose by the time-honored eeny meeny miney mo method. So I know nothing about them. "Bad Shapes" is one of the things I selected that is working for me. Now you make me wonder if any of the others in the store were among the three you are looking for. Probably not. The first Dan Kelly album and the Beasts of Bourbon collection are kind of passing me by. Too mainstream I suppose. Now I'm listening to the Bats' "At the National Grid." I didn't buy this until I got back here to the States because I knew I could get it here. The Bats are reliable. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 592 Registered: 09-2006 |
Okay, not exactly unsung, as Ella Fitzgerald cites Connee as her biggest influence, but still too little-known today. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1634 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cattle And Cane, live in Vienna 29/07/2000. A brilliant show. Grant's voice sending a chill down my spine. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 49 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, everything from 'Bad Shapes' onwards ( two albums and two ep's ) is readily available and I suspect it was these you saw in Rocking Horse. I have been checking out all the usual places ( Amazon; Gemm; Redeye; Rocking Horse ) on a regular basis for several years and have yet to find any of their first three albums listed for sale. Currently listening to The Great Investigation by Ronderlin. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 829 Registered: 08-2006 |
Prince - Planet Earth. Not as surprising as he once was, but there's some stuff on here I'll be more than happy to hear next week or next year. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 689 Registered: 08-2004 |
I like Planet Earth too. Reminds me of classic Prince/Stevie Wonder/Sly Stone mix of balladry & the funksome.It's refreshing also these days, when anything new is less than 45 mins long. Also: QOTSA - Era Vulgaris - Excellent songwriting & pop tunes JH hits the high notes but doesn't over-cook it. Martha Reeves - Dancing In The Street Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position Lo-Fidelity Allstars - Warming Up The Brain Farm Laurie Anderson - Big Science Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - Down To Kill (Live At The Speakeasy) Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom Barry Adamson - As Above So Below etc etc... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1638 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Godfathers, best of. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1643 Registered: 05-2005 |
Dammit, this pasta sauce has got olives in it. I hate olives. Douse it in Tabasco. And now I've spilt olive laden pasta sauce on my keyboard. (This is the 'What are people eating at the moment' thread isn't it?) | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 110 Registered: 05-2005 |
This is the "off topic" part of the board. You're looking for the "off table" part. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 141 Registered: 01-2007 |
Kicking Television-Wilco--->very good | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2157 Registered: 03-2006 |
2 wimmen: The new one by Suzanne Vega, which is fantastic, and one by a new artist, St. Vincent, called "Marry Me" - also fantastic. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 833 Registered: 08-2006 |
To continue LK's wimmen thought: Lucinda Williams - "West" Summer's been busy and I haven't done a ton of music-listening, at least in terms of delving into new releases. But last night I got a chance to give the new Lucinda a hard listen and I think it's her best since - what? - "Car Wheels"? The music sometimes trends towards the unspecificity of most of her recent releases but the vocals - wow. They take every tune and firmly nail it down in place. I can't say enough about her abilities as a singer. Her writing is superb, but when it comes out of her mouth it's something like a miracle. I'm a little confused why this album received so-so reviews. "Car Wheels" will always be her high-water mark, but I think this is "Sweet Old World" v. 2007. Remarkable. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 495 Registered: 04-2006 |
2 wimmen, too. ruthann friedmann - constant companion (sixties folk) and judy henske - big judy (the rhino handmade collection) both very good, but not as good as my favourite 'wimmen' of the last few weeks (meg baird and basia bulat). | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 116 Registered: 05-2005 |
Two CDs my niece compiled for me. Included for my delight are "bands" such as My Chemical Romance, System of a Down, and others I can't even remember at the minute. I may need psychiatric help in a few hours, but I did promise her I'd listen to the whole lot! She's obviously been brainwashed by her peers, but there's some hope: She likes the Cure, and any Replacements I've played for her. But the Musical re-programming must start soon, before it's too late! | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 252 Registered: 07-2006 |
going back through my collection of fave 1989 cds, i'm currently listening to ar kane's "i" for the first time in a long while. if only i were around to visit discotheques back then....this would have been amazing to hear out. i've been on a bit of a major label rem kick....listening to automatic a lot and also green this morning. i really love both of them, the former in particular. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2163 Registered: 03-2006 |
Fats Domino - Alive and Kickin' | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1494 Registered: 04-2005 |
I'm worried my mind is turning to porridge, as I've been listening to ambient-type stuff all weekend, especially: Brian Eno - Music for Airports Rick Rizzo/Tara Key - Dark Edson Tiger Durutti Column - Domo Arigato Oh, and some brilliant acoustic live Go-Betweens from '99 that a very kind soul clued me into. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 142 Registered: 01-2007 |
Kurt can you be more specific or is that personal email stuff. I tried to get the acoustic version of 16LL form ebay but was outbid before I could bid again and lost it,anybody know if any of these are available? | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2166 Registered: 03-2006 |
Yo Frank, check your inbox for an exciting opportunity coming to your area soon! | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 695 Registered: 08-2004 |
David Byrne - Songs For The Catherine Wheel - A very good colletion of funky instrumentals & odd pop songs from big Dave recorded not ong after RIL. It's really grown on me. The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 604 Registered: 09-2006 |
I like that Byrne a lot, Jerry, probably my favorite of his solo work...I used to have a CD that had the entire score, and liked that one even more. Jocelyn Montgomery - Lux Vivens (The Music of Hildegarde Von Bingen) Saint Etienne - Fairfax High | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 606 Registered: 09-2006 |
Watched "Kill Your Idols," a pretty good documentary history of the New York art-punk scene of the 70s and 80s, with interviews with all the usual suspects. It's put me on an Arto Lindsay kick: DNA - DNA on DNA Ambitious Lovers - Envy Arto Lindsay - Mundo Civilizado and Prize | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1324 Registered: 03-2005 |
The Cannanes -- Tiny Frown | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1657 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Future Is Unwritten. An awesome comp. Don't have it yet? Well then buy it! | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 144 Registered: 01-2007 |
Certain live go-betweens, picked up Calenture in the sale,(have got the LP) but love the 2nd CD of an alternative Calenture without the gloss. Also Spoon is back on rotation and the odd Bell Divers track | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1720 Registered: 05-2005 |
Beatsongs - The Blue Aeroplanes A very underrated classic pop album, and the reason they nver made it huge. They were due to go on Top of the pops with their version of Boy in the Bubble whcih crashed into the top 40, on the day of rehearsal there was a cameraman's strike for 2 days, and 2 days later it crashed out the top 40, and so did the aeroplanes crash too, world dominance denied, what a great army they had, 1,000,000 guitarists and a miming dancer!! | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2174 Registered: 03-2006 |
Van Morrison - Greatest Hits Vol. 3. Despite having a few weird and unnecessary pairings (not sure we needed his duet with Tom "throw me your panties" Jones), it's chock full of beautiful, sublime moments. For instance, his take on "Tupelo Honey" with Bobby Blue Bland has to be heard to believed. Transcendent. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 697 Registered: 08-2004 |
Augie March - Moo, You Bloody Choir Babybird - I Was Born A Man Public Enemy - Revolverlution | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1721 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jerry, Babybird's slagging of of Jamiraquai is amazingly funny on that album is it not!? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1662 Registered: 05-2005 |
Electronic - Raise The Pressure. Picked it up for $5 in Brisbane. Great pop. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1663 Registered: 05-2005 |
Beatsongs - The Blue Aeroplanes. Thanks for the reminder Spence! | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 260 Registered: 07-2006 |
electronic were ace. especially the first one. one could do a lot worse than the first monaco record too! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1723 Registered: 05-2005 |
Strangelove - Love and other demons. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 748 Registered: 01-2005 |
It took me long enough, but I finally bought: New Order - Movement New Order - Low-life How is the sound quality on the Power, Corruption & Lies and Technique cd's? I didn't see and reissues that have been released on these two. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1724 Registered: 05-2005 |
have new order been remastered? | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 107 Registered: 04-2005 |
I don't think NO have been remastered, its only time I suppose. Cheers Jon | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1726 Registered: 05-2005 |
Power as an album, for me, all this time later, still sounds original. The cover was a great Saville sleeve too, combinig the floppy disk imagery and classic art. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 265 Registered: 07-2006 |
i don't think any of them have been reissued. i have both the factory pressing of low-life (fac 100 i think) and also the usual nineties re-release and they sound much the muchness. i've listened to it and pc&l many times, but the only new order albums i consider their true masterpieces are technique and republic. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 698 Registered: 08-2004 |
"Oh. I'm getting into Jamiraquoi territory now man. Fucking stop it dead now" Is that the line you meant, Spence? I rate New Order's Technique as their best, just ahead of PC&L. Really they were the only rock band that had 12" mixes that were better than the album versions, as well as stand alone singles. Belle & Sebastian - Push Barman... Big Runga - Drive Roxy Music - Flesh & Blood The Who - Endless Wire The Byrds - Sweetheart... Depeche Mode - Black Celebration Pretenders - Learning To Crawl | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1674 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Afghan Whigs - Black Love. Man it's great. I didn't like it when it first came out but right now I love it. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 849 Registered: 08-2006 |
I completely agree, Padraig. On the heels of "Gentlemen," which is amazing, "Black Love" seemed lacking at the time. In hindsight, though, it's a worthy successor. I'm not sure why it takes some warming-up to, but it does. I suspect it has something to do with the fact that the songs aren't as tightly constructed as the ones on "Gentlemen." | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 251 Registered: 05-2005 |
Vespertine surrounded Face to Face Deja Vu Regatta de Blanc | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 620 Registered: 09-2006 |
Blue Oyster Cult - Workshop of the Telescopes Beatles - Abbey Road Rounders/Hurley/Fredericks - Have Moicy! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1758 Registered: 05-2005 |
New Pornographers - Challengers. Probably the album I have played the most in the last month (most memorably on the boat trip back from the Great Barrier Reef in Aus). Much like the Wilco album I notice that the reviewers appear to be split right down the middle on this one, loads of glowing reviews including a 5/5 and 9/10, conversely quite a lot of 3/5s and similar ratings. I would give it an 8.5. Caribou - Andorra. Amazing album from another Canadian, Dan Snaith. His previous albums only hinted at this Beach Boys electronica. Augie March - Moo You Bloody Choir. Finally managed to track this down in Cairns, my increasingly frazzled mind remembered Padraig raving about it a year or so ago so I snapped it up. Another record shop I was in in Cairns had a section totally devoted to Australian bands, I would guess there were 2 or 300 CDs in the section. And guess how many GO-Betweens CDs were there? Yep, you guessed it, a big fat zero. Whats that saying about prophets in your own land? | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1736 Registered: 05-2005 |
Just about to buy Rilo Kiley. Heard em on bbc radio 6 and thought, what a pile of shit. However, the album sounds glorious. Are they overrated?, watch this space... A friend's (Bryn) version of Wild is the wind, beautiful, done in the Billy Mackenzie style too. http://www.icompositions.com/music/song. php?sid=70613 If ye wanna listen... | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 52 Registered: 03-2007 |
The End Of Things ( EP ) and Isolation Loops ( Album ) by Bachelorette ( aka Annabel Alpers ) a one woman band from New Zealand. Wonderful stuff. http://www.myspace.com/bachelorettepop | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1680 Registered: 05-2005 |
12 Songs by Neil Diamond. It's sublime (and it has 14 songs on it - two 'bonus' cuts!). The second version, featuring Brian Wilson, of one of the songs is better than the first, but not by much). Jose Gonzalez's Australian tour EP. Features great covers of Love Will Tear Us Apart and some Kylie Minogue song. He's my favourite Argentinian-Swedish folk singer. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 854 Registered: 08-2006 |
Hey, Kev, welcome back, man. Hope your trip Down Under was aces. Pop Matters today encapsulates your take on the split over the new New Pornographers - all in one publication. I wish they'd just taken a stand on the thing one way or another, but whatever. I'll buy it. http://www.popmatters.com/ | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1333 Registered: 03-2005 |
It will be interesting to hear what you think of Augie March, Kevin. Forgive them the blatant Top 40 pretensions of "One Crowded Hour" and focus on the rest of the record. And, yes, they should only put ten songs on each album. The sheer length of the record fatigues. Tim Keegan's new album "Foreign Domestic." I've really enjoyed his Departure Lounge records but, on first listen, this album seems to lack memorable songs. Sigh. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2186 Registered: 03-2006 |
I picked up the Augie March record with high hopes and, try as I might, just couldn't get into it. Fairly tuneless, with lyrics veering between pompous and silly, though there were a couple of decent moments...sifting for them though was like scooping out "clumps of joy" from my cat's litter box, though: lots of tedious searching, and the prize you get is not something you really want... | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 145 Registered: 05-2005 |
LOL!!!!! Might not quite agree with you on Augie March, but as a fellow cat-owner... | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2189 Registered: 03-2006 |
Someday, someone will have to explain to me why the furry little monsters are so frickin' lovable, given all the hassles of owning them - the litter box, the furniture clawing, etc. Perhaps it's me - I'll have to give Augie another shot. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 759 Registered: 01-2005 |
LK, not very complementary about Augie March. I haven't listened to anything from them yet. So, has anyone seen Augie March? They are in town next month and I was contempalting seeing them, based on the articlke below. The lead singer Glenn Richards is a Grant fan. Aussie quintet tries U.S. again > >The Australian quintet Augie March is hitting the U.S. again this year, >packing a valise full of music awards from its native country and an >album full of lush imagery and harmonies. But as Glenn Richards knows, >all that and a $20 bill won't gas up the tour van. > >"It's very difficult for bands from Australia to come to America and >Europe, because it's so expensive," the band's singer-guitarist says. >"Unless you've been lucky enough to have a hit song, it's basically >pay-to-play. It's a hard slog, but we're up for it. You try to convert >as many people to the cause as you can without losing money and a bit >of your sanity." > >You like Augie March's chances, though. On its earlier ventures to the >U.S., the Melbourne band, whose name was nicked from a Saul Bellow >novel, was on the now-defunct indie label SpinArt; the new album, "Moo, >You Bloody Choir," >has the backing of Jive/Zomba. Its keen storytelling betrays none of >the troubles Richards and bandmates David Williams, Adam Donovan, >Edmondo Ammendola and Kiernan Box were having with their record labels, >both at home and abroad. > >"Many times, I think songwriters have only two or three themes that >they just attack from different angles," says Richards, citing >inspiration from one of his heroes, the late Grant McLennan of Aussie >luminaries the Go-Betweens. "There's no reason you can't write about anything." > | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1759 Registered: 05-2005 |
Napster seem to have had some kind of New Zealand band fest today - in their new releases there are several albums each by bands such as The Bats,The Chills, The Clean and Bailter Space. So, Im relying on our NZ experts such as Randy and Padraig here(and anybody else who feels qualified) to point me in the right direction as regards which are the essential albums to download by The Bats and The Clean in particular, including compilations. Also, any other NZ bands that may be worth checking out. Against my better instincts I downloaded the Rilo Kiley album today, not because of the suspiciously blanket excellent reviews by the UK music mags (there were at least 4 albums of the month, who said payola was dead?), but because Spence gave it the thumbs up. I expected to hate it but its actually ok on first listen. Nurse!! | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 856 Registered: 08-2006 |
Kev, my personal fave by the Clean is a 1990 or so release called "Vehicle." I think it's their most exciting and consistent CD, "Anthology" included. If they've got it, buy it. As far as the Bats, the CDs I've heard tend to sound kind of same-y. I own "Fear of God," which I like, so I've just stuck with that one. Do they have anything by the Verlaines in that Napster NZ bonanza? Behind the Chills and the Clean, they're my favorite NZ band. "Bird Dog"'s great, as are most their Flying Nun releases. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1761 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rob, they have Vehicle, and Fear of God. I just decided to download all of The Bats albums that Napster had (Fear of God, Spill The Beans, Couchmaster and Thousands of Tiny Luminous Spheres), no doubt Padraig and Randy will tell me that they made better albums that Napster do not have  Downloading Vehicle just now, cheers Rob | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1762 Registered: 05-2005 |
Forgot to say, nothing by The Verlaines. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 857 Registered: 08-2006 |
I'll be curious to know what you think of "Vehicle," Kev. Christgau called the Clean "garage Velvets," and it's especially applicable to this record. Speaking of that, I'll think I'll pull it out to listen to tonight! | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2195 Registered: 03-2006 |
Raspberries - Live on Sunset Strip. They're back in all their permed, bouffanted glory. Neither Eric Carmen's voice nor his perm has lost a step in the many years since their last record... | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 54 Registered: 03-2007 |
Kevin, for me at least, The Bats, The Chills, The Clean and The Verlaines are the pick of the bunch in respect of 1980's New Zealand music. That said, most of the early Flying Nun catalogue is worth a listen ( Able Tasmans; Bird Nest Roys; Headless Chickens; JPS Experience also known as the Jean Paul Satre Experience; Straitjacket Fits; Tall Dwarfs.) However, if Napster have nothing by The Verlaines then I think it is extremely unlikely that you will find any of the above on the site. As far as The Verlaines are concerned, Bird Dog ( as recommended by Rob ) is generally deemed to be their best work but my own personal favourite is 'Juvenilia' which collects together all the songs they released prior to recording their debut album ( Hallelujah All The Way Home.) If you are looking for more recent recommendations then have a listen to the Blacks Seeds, Fat Freddy's Drop, Over The Atlantic, Phoenix Foundation, Salmonella Dub, Samuel Flynn Scott, Trinity Roots and Bachelorette. The Black Seeds, Fat Freddy's Drop, Salmonella Dub and Trinity Roots mix dub/jazz/roots/reggae/rock/soul to varying degrees. I know you are a reggae fan but I don't know what you will make of the above. Over The Atlantic have an indie/electronic sound. Sean Flynn Scott is a member of the Phoenix Foundation. His debut album has an alt. country feel. Bachelorette is a one woman band ( Annabel Alpers ) who operates in Panda Bear territory. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1764 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cheers for the info Hugh . I have heard of Fat Freddys Drop before, and strangely they had their CD on the in flight entertainment system on my recent flight to Oz. I say strangely because almost every album was either current British indie crap, or big selling artists such as Dylan, Beatles,Stones,U2,Springsteen etc - they certainly stood out like a sore thumb amongst that lot! Wished I had played it now, but it doesnt matter because I have just checked Napster and they have it so will give it a listen. Rob, must have been delayed jet lag, I got my Clean albums mixed up, they dont have Vehicle it is actually Modern Rock that I downloaded, but still have to listen to it. I thought The Bats comp Thousands of Tiny Luminous Spheres was pretty good on first listen, shades of early REM in there at times I thought. Doing some research on The Bats it seems that their album Daddy's Highway is reckoned to be their best, and sods law Napster didnt have that one. Looks to be a rarity, anybody that is selling it wants crazy money, between £60 and £130 !!. However I had a bit of a result and found it second hand on Amazon for 20 dollars(about ten pounds), either this guy doesnt realise its hard to get or he thinks its a turkey!! | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 55 Registered: 03-2007 |
Kevin, most of the early Flying Nun stuff has been unavailable for many years hence the reason for the high second hand prices ( your guy definitely does not know what he has.) I don't see them being re-released any time soon so, if there is anything you want to hear, feel free to get in touch. As far as The Bats are concerned, they have never strayed far from their initial sound/style so Rob's comment of 'same-y' is fair. 'Daddy's Highway' is excellent as is 'Compiletely' which collects together all the songs they released prior to recording their debut album ( Daddy's Highway.) 'Compiletely' contains a couple of weak tracks and the recording is fairly basic to say the least but I like it a lot. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 623 Registered: 09-2006 |
Terence Trent D'Arby - Neither Fish Nor Flesh This guy's big fat ego kept me away from him at the time, but I think he's paid for it karmically many times over by now. Removed from that, his first two albums are pretty darn good, especially this one. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1340 Registered: 03-2005 |
Grrr! I can't believe you got a cheap copy of "Daddys Highway!" I'm still trying to get a copy. Amazon weirdly put it up as available for special order so I ordered it and am waiting for Godot. At the time that I looked the secondhand ones were all expensive. The only real criticism I have for the Bats is that they are a bit monotonous in total effect. I suspect that one or two albums is sufficient but I have six. Make of that what you will. The Clean are more varied, but I only have "Anthology" and "Getaway" so I'm definitely not an expert. From these two, however, I infer you cannot go wrong with the Clean and probably not with anything by David Kilgour. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 667 Registered: 10-2004 |
I'd second (or third) the opinion that "Daddy's Highway" is the Bats' best. "Compiletely" is good too: I love that song "Jeweler's Heart." | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1739 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Associates - Sulk. An unbelievable album, sounds like no other music or artist on Earth. Although you could say that about a lot of avante garde music. | ||
| XY765 Member Username: Judge Post Number: 313 Registered: 01-2006 |
Sparklehorse - Albuquerque (Neil Young) http://www.chromewaves.net/mp3/radio/Spa rklehorse-Albuquerque.mp3 | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 56 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, I know what you mean about crazy prices. There are four copies ( one new; three second hand ) of Daddy's Highway up for sale on Amazon.co.uk at the moment ranging in price from £54.33 ( US$109.00 ) to £64.40 ( US$129.00.) Flying Nun is now owned by Warner Music who seem happy to release 'best of' compilations by the early FN bands rather than re-releasing the actual albums. Get in touch if you would like to listen to any of the early albums by The Bats. Jeff, 'Daddy's Highway' is probably the best album by The Bats but 'Compiletely' is my favourite. :-) 'Neighbours; Chicken Bird Run; Jeweller's Heart; Claudine and the sublime Joe's Again' are some of my favourite songs by the band. The original release of 'Daddy's Highway' only contained twelve tracks. The cd version contains five bonus tracks. Three of these songs also feature on 'Compiletely' although I believe one of them ( Trouble In This Town ) might be a slightly different version. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 169 Registered: 05-2005 |
While we're on the subject of expensive records - a while back on another thread, Flipper were mentioned. I'm intrigued to sayy the least, and I'm hoping to get Generic. I've seen it on Amazon for $60 US, but I'm a bit apprehensive to fork out that sort of money on a cd that might become just a novelty item in my collection. I read on wikipedia that there's been talk of a re-release in 07. Anyone hear anything about it? American Grafishy is available for about a fiver... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 859 Registered: 08-2006 |
I hadn't heard that, Catherine, but I wouldn't be surprised. It's been out of print for a while now, and it's very tough to get used because it doesn't sell particularly well when it's in print. So it's kind of ripe for reissue by some small or specialty label that'd be happy if it moved 5,000 copies. BTW, "American Grafishy" isn't very good and I wouldn't recommend it as a starting point. If you see "Sex Bomb, Baby," kind of an outtakes collection, I do recommend that. But it's even harder to locate than "Generic." | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 171 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks Rob, I did wonder at the dramatic difference in price. That explains it then! The rights to Generic are owned by American Recordings, formerly Def American. I think rick Rubin has something to do with the label? Failing a re-release, I might have to get all cyberhyperspatial, and finally figure out this downloading lark... | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 860 Registered: 08-2006 |
I think American had a sub-label called Infinite Zero, which re-released a bunch of really great recordings, like Flipper, the first two Gang of Four records and Tom Verlaine's "Dreamtime." I had high hopes for it, because their catalog was choice, but they didn't last long, alas... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 670 Registered: 10-2004 |
I agree with Rob - go with "Generic" first, if you can find it for a reasonable price. And I would avoid "American Grafishy" altogether. Their second album, "Gone Fishin'" is good too, although it might not quite make sense without having first heard "Generic." Their blistering live album "Blow'n Chunks" is recommendable too, but I don't know how hard it is to find. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 177 Registered: 05-2005 |
If all else fails, I'll probably get Blow'n Chunks. Now there's an album title that doesn't mess about!! No-one could be fooled into thinking it's an album full of heart-felt love songs!! Gone Fishin, doesn't seem to be available at all. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1683 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kevin, what Hugh said is good for me too mostly. I love Compiletely, and Thousands of Tiny Luminous Spheres is a great compilation. My favourite of their regular albums are 1 Silverbeet (power pop brilliance), 2 Couchmaster (a very difficult to listen to break up album; not least because I was going through the same thing myself when the album came out. After getting over the girl I came to love this album. The only Bats record I have on vinyl). 3 Fear of God (my introduction to them. A rough diamond. Kind of a garage band feel to it). I don't agree at all that The Bats are samey. No two albums of theirs are that much alike. It's not they do experimental jazz and dub reggae, but within they confines of white boys and girl making pop indie pop music they hit a lot of bases. I had a good chat with one of the Kiwi guys in Brisbane for the Robert shows and he rates Daddy's Highway as the classic too. I must dig it out again and see if I can see it for the classic that most others seem to see it. The Spill the Beans EP is also one worth getting. Good luck finding it though! Add Garageland to your Flying Nun list too Kevin. And Bike. And Straitjacket Fits. But especially Bike. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 627 Registered: 09-2006 |
Yo La Tengo - Prisoners of Love (2-disc edition) | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 111 Registered: 05-2005 |
Fine choice Allen, they are in BXL in two weeks. Hope I can go. Morrissey - Maladjusted Marc Almond - Stardom road | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1744 Registered: 05-2005 |
Well in England, That sunstriped sound is back! We missed it in June, July and the early part of August, but no its here, apart from London, servesLondon right!! Anyhoo, I am playing The Go-Betweens - Live at the Tivoli, its a grand CD! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 498 Registered: 04-2006 |
the perfect album for the night: mickey newbury - looks like rain anyone who loves TVZ must like this, too. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 628 Registered: 09-2006 |
Good luck, TROU...agreed, Prisoners is a very well-selected and -sequenced comp. And what's also great is that I find myself thinking that they could easily have come up with another 26 songs just as excellent as these. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 290 Registered: 04-2005 |
Superbus - Lola My children (8 + 11) discovering their own tastes in contemporary popular music and insist on listening to it in the car. And it ain't bad! The music that is, not the idea that discovering your own taste in contemporary popular music would in anyway be a bad thing...shut up Andrew. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 272 Registered: 07-2006 |
nice picks trou! (the new marc is so much better than i ever would have thought) | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 185 Registered: 05-2005 |
Neil Young - Harvest Moon. Gorgeous way to end a day spent with my family, at a bluegrass festival, dancing with my nieces and nephews. Driving home, the almost full Harvest Moon appeared from behind the clouds, and what else could I do when I got home, but dig out Neil? Tonight will be the full harvest moon (northern hemisphere anyway), so I intend to do similar, along with a few other "moony" songs. So far I've got Bye Bye Pride and Haven't I been a fool. I thought of B52s Theres a moon in the sky (called the moon) but I think it might wreck the mood. Any other suggestions? | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 631 Registered: 09-2006 |
Blue Moon - Big Star Slightly dark lyrically, but a beautiful song. Almost too obvious but I'll say it anyway: Moondance- Van Morrison | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2200 Registered: 03-2006 |
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra. "In other words", Frank implores, "please be true"... Downtown Train - Tom Waits. Its opening line, "Outside another yellow moon has burned a hole in the nighttime mist" is not unlike a line from a great song by a certain Brisbanite. Tom's song came first, but I think GM's song was just a case of two great minds thinking alike... | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 188 Registered: 05-2005 |
Never thought of Downtown Train, thanks. I've a nice few there, to keep me going at least. And I won't have to resort to the awful few that have popped into my head during the day.(new moon on monday - Duran Duran? Naw, thanks!) | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 189 Registered: 05-2005 |
Echo and the Bunnymen! Killing Moon | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 766 Registered: 01-2005 |
Catherine, What version? I like the longer All Night version. I've been listening to all three albums by my favorite krautrock band, Neu!, over the weekend. Highly influential and years ahead of the pack. Stereolab based a lot of their sound from the stuff that Neu! was doing 20 years earlier. Their last album from 1975 was a primer for much of the punk movement. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 1774 Registered: 05-2005 |
Michael - Neu 75 was also a big influence on Bowie, I guess the earlier albums were too. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2205 Registered: 03-2006 |
Catherine - three more to assist with your "mooning" (not because I'm obsessive, just because I love these tunes): Havana Moon - Chuck Berry. Kiko & the Lavender Moon - Los Lobos. Rodney Crowell - Shame On the Moon. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 701 Registered: 08-2004 |
Oh dear! A Bunnymen CD was free with yesterday's Sunday Star. Sacrilege & against the bands wishes. As for Killing Moon, I much prefer the original album version. In the last week: Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight New Pornographers - Challengers Finlay Quaye - Maverick A Strike Animal Collectve - Strawberry Jam Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is E.P. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 767 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kevin, Yep, right you are on Neu 75 being a big influence on Bowie. I couldn't imagine the Berlin Trilogy without it. Jerry, An ep from 1983 containing the All Night version of Killing Moon (and a great live version of "Do It Clean") actually proceded the 1984 album Ocean Rain. It's the first version I heard, so it stuck with me. I used to play that ep and Chronic Town like you wouldn't believe in the Summer of 1983. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 702 Registered: 08-2004 |
That sounds like a Striped Sunlight spell, Michael. The Killing Moon has a great sleeve too. Right now: Various Arists - Burt Bacharach & Friends Gold - If this is wrong, why does it feel so right? (camp as Butlin's at Christmas, with bells on. But the tunes & words hit the spot so often) | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 633 Registered: 09-2006 |
Continuing the YLT binge: Painful, Summer Sun, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 191 Registered: 05-2005 |
Ah, that was cool! I’ve got to do that more often - if not every full moon, definitely every Harvest Moon! Neil Young - Harvest Moon Haven’t I Been a Fool Bye Bye Pride Echo - Killing Moon Moon River – Had to dig out the Breakfast at Tiffany’s DVD for this one! Neil Young - Harvest Moon (again) Some others I thought about, but decided to leave out as not “harvesty” enough: Man on the Moon, REM; Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd; Once in a very Blue Moon, Nanci Griffith; Bad Moon Rising, Creedence; Moon over Bourbon St, Sting; Walking on the Moon, Police. One I’m disgusted with myself I forgot: Nick Drake, Pink Moon. Killing Moon was just the album version from Ballyhoo – I don’t have that other version. I’m not familiar with the Chuck Berry or Los Lobos songs, LK, but I think I know the Rodney Crowell one. My brother's a huge RC fan, so he'll set me straight. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 771 Registered: 01-2005 |
Catherine, I don't know if your a fan of Everything But The Girl, but their 1988 album Idlewild has a cut that should be included for sure, "Shadow On A Harvest Moon". | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 200 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks Michael. How could I not like EBTG? I don't have that album, but will get it, if not in time for the next full moon, definitely in time for the next Harvest one!! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 776 Registered: 01-2005 |
Catherine, It's a perfect album to listen to durring the Fall season. It's full of childhood memories, some regret and very nostolgic. It's my favorite album of theirs. I bought it right around the same time I got 16LL and 'Til Tuesday's Everything's Different Now. All three have been staples in my life for almost 19 years now. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 281 Registered: 07-2006 |
idlewild is lovely. i was at a party the other week and "these early days" (my fave) was on the playlist, oddly enough. beautiful stuff. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1694 Registered: 05-2005 |
And of course I subsequently discovered the reason I don't rate Daddy's Highway at highly as other people is ... because it's the only Bats album I don't have! A wrong that's in the process of being righted. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1699 Registered: 05-2005 |
Right now, Over The Hills And Far Away. (Zep, of course). |