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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2169 Registered: 05-2005 |
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams. I bought it a few weeks ago in Ireland but just played it finally last night (medicated on cold and flu tablets) and it is stunning. It reaches for several places Weller has not aimed at before (jazz, orchestral, many more) and it hits almost all marks. There was just one song out of the 21 I did not like. Can't wait to see him next month. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2171 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Whitlams & The Sydney Symphony Live In Concert. It came free with a Sunday paper here while I was out of the country but I just picked it up for a dollar at a book fair. Two tracks in and it sounds very good so far. Looking forward to their best of which is out in four weeks. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1206 Registered: 01-2005 |
Padraig, Mr. Weller and jazz? Does he carry it off well? There have been a few other that have tried it recently. I wish EBTG would get back together and explore and expand upon it's jazzy roots. I bought my very first jazz album back in 1975, John Coltrane - A Love Supreme, although it's only been the last 10 years that I have really been on a jazz kick. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1677 Registered: 03-2005 |
Hugh has been sending me the tracks to Disaster Plan's first album. It's quite good. Yesterday evening, as accompaniment to the task of patching a giant hole in one of the outside walls on my house I opened an adjacent window and cranked out "Liberty Belle" and its bonus disc. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2172 Registered: 05-2005 |
The song is a tribute to Alice Coltrane Michael and I definitely think it works. I'm no jazz buff, but I know what I like! | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 153 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've been visited by some burglars yesterday... They've stolen my new laptop, my cameras (with one precious CF card  ), some candies and other things. But fortunately, they weren't music lovers. Even if they had bags and all the time they wanted, it seems they haven't taken a single cd. I would have been broken if they'd left with my Go-betweens collection! Tinderstick - hungry saw Moby - Last night Fleet Foxes - album and EP | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 211 Registered: 04-2005 |
Padraig - I'll have to rummage around to find the whitlams CD over here in the UK (or more likely on ebay). I think it'll be an interesting listen. They're one of the only Aussie bands that trouble themselves to play the UK (though its always London). TROU - I'm really sorry that you've lost your laptop and cameras. I know what its like to loose lots of pictures, and I'm hoping you've got everything backed up (and aren't as lazy as me when it comes to such matters). I've not listened to much recently, but had a quick listen to Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian and Casio Royale by Kid Carpet today. Cheers Jon | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1285 Registered: 10-2004 |
Padraig, Michael - Paul Weller has done plenty of jazz - just listen to some early Style Council. It's poppy jazz, like that song "The Paris Match," which features lead vox by none other than Tracey Thorn, but Mr. Weller has definitely dabbled in jazz before. Also, "The Whole Point of No Return," has some extremely jazzy electric guitar. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2174 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Bell Divers - June July. Very Go-Betweensie throughout, without ever being a pastiche. The singer reminds me of Neil Young though when he trys, and mostly fails, to hit the high notes. No harm in that. Also The Midnight Organ Fight by Glasgow band Frightened Rabbit. I liked it a lot on first listen. It's rock music but with very similar lyrical concerns to Arab Strap. Must be a Scottish thing. Do you know them Kevin? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2175 Registered: 05-2005 |
I must add that on The Bell Divers' record Matthew Lobb's guitar playing on it is teriffic. He's also a lovely fella - I met him at Robert Forster's Brisbane concerts a year ago. But I wouldn't say his playing was great if it wasn't. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2176 Registered: 05-2005 |
You can buy their album for $20 ($25 outside Australia) here www.thebelldivers.com. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2177 Registered: 05-2005 |
And you can also download it for free from there! | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 346 Registered: 04-2005 |
Yael Naim and & David Donatien The big hit here in France was 'New Soul' (video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YUxbDEPF iM)which is wonderfully addictive, but not really indicative of the whole CD. A young Israeli, living in Paris and singing in Hebrew, English and French, the CD is a refreshing mix of soul and folk, quite minimal in instrumentation and truly original... Is she played on the radio elsewhere in the world? | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 385 Registered: 05-2005 |
That Bell Divers album is SO Go Betweens. These guys must have graduated from the Go Betweens Univerity with first class honours!!! Talking about imitation, has anyone heard the Weepies? Sounds like an American Kirsty MacColl. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2180 Registered: 05-2005 |
Talking Heads - Sand in the Vaseline: Popular Favorites. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 112 Registered: 03-2007 |
Geoff, I have the first two releases by The Weepies ( Happiness; Say I am You.) Nice acoustic folk pop music by two fine songwriters ( Deb Talan and Steve Tannen.) Their new album ( Hideaway ) has just been released and I am still waiting to take delivery of it. Currently listening to The Haints of Dean Hall by The Haints of Dean Hall who hail from New Zealand. | ||
| Charles Coy Member Username: Coy Post Number: 78 Registered: 10-2006 |
..I listened to the Bell Divers...I like this, is the CD 'June July' available most outlets..? 29 August at Northcote Social Club, I will be there..buy it there I guess.. Thanks Padraig... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1679 Registered: 03-2005 |
Last night: The Nits--Doing the Dishes McCarthy--The Enraged Will Inherit the Earth I very much like the Bell Divers record and will be glad to purchase an official formal copy. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 246 Registered: 02-2008 |
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis - Two Men with the Blues. Sublime, masterfully played. Full of the jwah de veevruh thing people talk about. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1288 Registered: 10-2004 |
Randy, how are you liking McCarthy? I love I am a Wallet, but have only ever warmed up to a couple of songs on the considerably mellower Enraged. Last night, listened to "Work" by the Nits. Feelings so far on this are very, very mixed. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1680 Registered: 03-2005 |
Jeff, I definitely enjoy "I am a Wallet" with its very pretty guitar sounds. But I am also enjoying "Enraged." Everything is played more slowly and oftentimes a droning groove gets going that reminds me of "Switched On." The lyrics on both albums are mostly clunky and subtle as a hammer. "I'm Not a Patriot But" is just flat-out wonderful. The CD comes with a bunch of additional tracks which I assume are later because there is the occasional female voice on them. So--as of this date anyway--I'm quite satisfied. I'm sure I'll want the third album too but I will wait a bit on that to see if Cherry Red reissues it. The previous issue is super expensive! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1290 Registered: 10-2004 |
Randy, yes the third album is good, too. I like it a little more than Enraged. It's got at least a few standouts with "I Worked Myself Up From Nothing," which features Laetia's vocals along with a sweet keyboard melody, and "I'm on the Side of Mankind as Much as the Next Man," which takes a pleasantly moody, organ-driven excursion that in some ways hints at directions Stereolab would take. One song from Enraged that I've always been thoroughly in love with is "An Address to the Better Off" - it's so pretty the way it unfolds. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1291 Registered: 10-2004 |
The Delmontes - Carousel This is a comp put out by the great LTM a few years ago. Anyone familiar with this band? They were a Scottish quintet from the late 70s/early 80s, 3 girls and 2 guys. What's funny is the singer sounds more Nico-esque and Germanic than Scottish. But anyway - there are some real gems on this comp. I guess the band only released 2 singles, but there was clearly a wealth of unreleased recorded material and demos that filled up this release. Some songs are kind of just so-so 60s-ish garage pop with prominent Farfisa. But others are sublimely melodic, beautiful, psych-tinged pop. It's hit and miss, but I'm really enjoying the good songs. Also listening to Drowning Craze - Simon Raymonde's band before joining the Cocteau Twins. Murky, gloomy post-punk, but with hints of Raymonde's melodic (and heavily treated) style of playing. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2149 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff or Spence, you may be interested in this LTM comp I came across today http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=11291 7 I remember speaking with Simon over 20 years ago and he was amazed that I, or anybody, had bought the first Drowning Craze single. Cant even remember what it was called now! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1292 Registered: 10-2004 |
Kevin - yeah, those LTM comps, particularly the one you link to, are very cool. In my opinion, LTM has, over the past decade, consistently been one of the coolest reissuers of old stuff. That's funny about Simon Raymonde. Actually, from what I've read, those Drowning Craze singles (there were 3 in all) were fairly well received back then. Their first single was "Storage Case," which is probably their best. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2150 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rhythm & Sound - Showcase. Berlin techno in a dub stylee Kode 9 - various 12" on Hyperdub Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue DBT - Brighter Than Creations Dark Tricky - Knowle West Boy | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1210 Registered: 01-2005 |
The Stooges - Fun House This still sounds great 38 years after it was released. The best rock album to be released from my little corner of this small planet. Any Trouble - Where Are All The Nice Girls? Too bad they ran out of ideas after this, their debut, but at lease they hit the nail on the head with this poppy gem. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1682 Registered: 03-2005 |
McCarthy--I am a Wallet | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2152 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse King Tubby - Roots of Dub/Dub From The Roots Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street Plastician - Beg To Differ | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2184 Registered: 05-2005 |
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular. Heard a few tracks in a shop in Ireland and bought it. (And then saw it far cheaper in Sydney when I got home, of course).This is my first time playing it myself though. Does anyone know if you are supposed to pronounce their name as management? Or is it just as it says on the tin - M G M T? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2185 Registered: 05-2005 |
I like it by the way, though the second track sounds suspicioulsy like Flight Of The Conchords doing their psychedelic song on the episode I saw last night. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2510 Registered: 05-2005 |
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes. I think it was Kev (BIG thanks Kev) who brought them to my attention, and the regular Myspace bulletin posts from his mate Mr Raymonde. Its just a really really beautiful clever, album, the guy CAN sing, the music stays on the right track throughout, not going over the top, and when it does, its this wonderful Spectorish pastoral beauty, (my kids wentto sleep to it in our recent caravan holiday!) its similar to Midlake, yes, its rooted in all things CSN&Y but moving forward to 2008, I couldn't care less, their stuff moves me, the greatest voice of the year. His voice IMHO is so much better than Duffy et al, who people proclaim is the next Dusty, i'm afraid, she's a good Lulu impersonator, who really deserves to stay in-house at Butlins, maybe in Bangor, wheras this guy deserves some hint at stardom. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular. I saw these guys on TV very briefly, it was the tune Electric Feel, it just transported me womewhere I can't explain, wonderful song, I think if I were 19 again, and on some remote greek island somehwhere watching the sun come up at 4am, then this would be the song of my life. Vampire Weekend. A great album, I don't know where they come from, and frankly i like it that way. Good pop songs and lovely feelgood guitar. Reminds me of the Bhundu Boys. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2511 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, I phoned Cherry Red re McCarthy, "they won't be reissuing it", siad the most miserable woman in th world theer, unless there's great demand, Its a shame, as the best of is not good enough, you have to hear all three of their abums, to get it. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2514 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Bell Diver's Randy got me into last year, really nice stuff. you can download their album for free from the site, I shall buy the CD too. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1295 Registered: 10-2004 |
Listening to Suicide's 2nd album again - so good, I can't believe I never bothered to check this out sooner. Also, Delmontes - Carousel again - which also has some truly riveting, awe-inspiring, melodic pop moments. -and- Visage - first album, to satiate my corny, melodramatic new romantic cravings. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 347 Registered: 04-2005 |
Jeff, How did you ever find out that the Delmontes CD existed ? I bought it for a friend as a present (from the LTM site) but have never heard it, although I have 'Tous les Soirs' on good old 45rpm. Both the friend and I used to work with the singer Julie Hepburn (Hogg) in Edinburgh's Filmhouse back in the 1980s. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1296 Registered: 10-2004 |
Andrew, I pay close attention to LTM's releases, via their website. They've reissued A LOT of stuff over the years that I'm a fan of. I read about the Delmontes CD when LTM released it nearly 2 years ago, and I was curious as I hadn't heard them; it just took me a while to get around to actually buying it. But I'm glad I did - they wrote some really catchy/pretty tunes. That's so cool that you worked with Julie Hepburn. The LTM history of the band in the liner notes said the band came to kind of a sad end: they wound up sacking two members at the behest of a major label that had just signed them, only to be dropped altogether by said label shortly thereafter. And then they split up. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2186 Registered: 05-2005 |
Atlas by Battles. It's on a CD that came with Q magazine which was curated by R.E.M. First song I've ever heard by Battles. It's a bit weird! I like it though. I think... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1684 Registered: 03-2005 |
Today my copy of Shack's "Waterpistol" arrived. While the really blatant Beatle-ish stuff doesn't do a lot for me, the wonderful things like "Neighbors" measure up to the standard of the Pale Fountains. Btw, it's the only thing that would temporarily push that Visage song out of skull. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1297 Registered: 10-2004 |
Randy, which version of Waterpistol did you get? The one with the photo of the derelict kid, or the one that's simple and brown? Either way, that's not an easy one to track down! Roughly half of it is great, though. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1685 Registered: 03-2005 |
Jeff, I have the brown one. It should be easy to get. It's a 2007 UK reissue. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1299 Registered: 10-2004 |
Yeah, I simply have Waterpistol burned onto a cd-r, but the collector in me is kind of holding out for the one with the photo of the kid. Currently at work, listening to: Steve Miro & the Eyes - Second Sentence | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2516 Registered: 05-2005 |
Must check out The delmontes, seemed to have passed me by. I got Waterpistol, there were literally hundreds of these Marina versions stacked up in the racks about 8 years ago all over the place, and most of them were only selling for a couple of quid. You don't see it now. I think my cover is the darek greeny blue. I must admit, I wasn't into it straight off. But now, I adore it. There's some unfortunate reverb over some of the tunes, but i love its dreamy feel. Its a very English record (i keep seeing these evocative images of films like Friday Night Saturday morning and Kes and Whistle down the wind in my head) when listening to it, that's for sure. I think Mike Head reached another peak with his high quality of songwriting that he hadn't done sine the Paleys. Standouts are the stop start Mr Appointment, Stranger, Hazy. I want to cover the McGuinnesque Hey Mama at some point. Pad I saw The Battles Atlas on Joolz Holland show and I thought they were brilliant. This intelligent fusion worked well, though I don't know if I should look at the album. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2518 Registered: 05-2005 |
Strangelove - Time for the rest of your life | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 843 Registered: 08-2004 |
ABC - Traffic James - Hey Ma Albert Hammond Jr - Como Te Llama? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1686 Registered: 03-2005 |
Last night: Disaster Plan--Party | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1302 Registered: 10-2004 |
Last night: Microdisney - In the World EP Cocteau Twins - Aikea Guinea EP Delmontes - Carousel Isolation Ward - Absent Heart 12" | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1307 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spence - just sent you a few emails but they all seem to have bounced back! Shoot me an email. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2193 Registered: 05-2005 |
Holly Throsby - A Loud Call. First listen and I like it very much (two songs in). Great voice. So Australian too; she does not try to sound English or American or mid-Atlantic thankfully. Pop with beautiful instrumentation and great lyrics. Might be your thing Randy. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2520 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff, got one thanks, Delmontes tune, its really good, I ike em! Cold you resend t'others when you get a min. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 474 Registered: 07-2006 |
jerry - what do you think of the new abc record? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1689 Registered: 03-2005 |
last night: McCarthy's "Enraged Will Inherit the Earth" again. For me this is an awe-inspiring orgy of droning, ringing guitar work. A good chunk of the songs are pretty minimal in terms of their musical substance but the best things just steamroll you with the rhythmic groove underpinning the wallpaper of melting guitar fondue, the occasional surprising juxtaposition of what are still very easy chords and the earnest didactic lyrics with their very English schoolboy delivery. It's unique stuff. Maybe you could describe this incarnation of McCarthy as the dumber kid brother to the Blue Aeroplanes. And I don't mean that as an insult. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2523 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, you have a majestic way with words. I'd go with what you say. Early start today so... Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (reminds me of local rocker metal groups rehearsing in my old school diner hall in '80) Therefore, I love it. The Residents - Residue Deux Richard Jobson - Ten-Thirty On A Summer Night, and his The Ballad Of Etiquette. Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2524 Registered: 05-2005 |
Some Delmotes stuff courtesy of Jeff, really like its monochromatic, yest soft feel, very Factory, Carousel is my cuurent fave, reminds me of an early Jim Kerr vocal delivery, very similar to mid period Setion 25 though with a "pop" sensibility, one song Moondrops and Roses, apart from the vocal could pass for early Gobees, I can see Gorkys Zygoti Mynci in there, wonder if GZM ghad heard the Delmontes?. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1098 Registered: 09-2006 |
Connie Boswell - Heart and Soul 1932-42 Boswell Sisters - Shout, Sister, Shout! Mu-ziq - In Pine Effect Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile Kid Creole & las Coconuts - Doppelganger | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2528 Registered: 05-2005 |
Baden powell and Vincent de Mosaes - Os Afrosambas. Very pretty, and recorded old style. Thanks Jeff. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2529 Registered: 05-2005 |
And now: Jo‹o Gilberto - The Legendary Jo‹o Gilberto Anyone else a fan? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2196 Registered: 05-2005 |
Best Kept Secret - Jack Ladder | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1692 Registered: 03-2005 |
Last night: A CD comp I've assembled for a friend at work of some of the best things by the Searchers from when they first slid off the U.S. charts (1965) through 1982. This excellent group got lost in the oldies circuit (alienating oldies crowds in the early 1970s by doing things like Neil Young's "Southern Man" instead of the old hits) but were recognized by some of the next generation of musicians including Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe. I'll bet it's their version of "Silver" that inspired the Textones' cover a few years later and their version of "'September Gurls" has just as good a chance of having been the inspiration for the Bangles' version as the Big Star original. Anyway it was fun to mix up the material from this span of 17 years and hear it in that context. Wish I could have equalized the sound levels though! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1315 Registered: 10-2004 |
It's Immaterial - Life's hard and then you die (I love how moody, eclectic, and pretty this album is. A cool little record). | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 262 Registered: 02-2008 |
Chemical Chords - Stereolab. Really nifty sounding. Thought I was at the end of my tether with them, but this is pretty fresh stuff. Not sure exactly what's different about it, maybe it's just better tunes. Stay Positive - Hold Steady. Every bit as good as everybody is saying. Finn somehow makes his tales of dead end lives and sad little hoodrats seem incredibly uplifting. Inspirational lyric: "You can tell by his silver earring that he likes to party on weekends". | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1316 Registered: 10-2004 |
Interesting Ewan; I have totally, completely given up on Stereolab. For me, they jumped the shark after Dots and Loops, so it's been a decade since they've done anything I liked. It's like they've been on autopilot, playing a cheap parody of themselves for the past several albums. And yet, I'm pretty darn curious to hear Chemical Chords. Maybe I'm being a little too optimistic, but I'm hoping that it'll wow me like they used to. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2161 Registered: 05-2005 |
Skream - loads of 12" singles - bass armageddon | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 338 Registered: 01-2007 |
Been away with a few choice CDs still like Fleet Foxes and really like the Drive By Truckers latest, and interestingly The Vampire Weekend Spence mentioned -very Bhundu Boys in a good way. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1694 Registered: 03-2005 |
For my road trip up to Fresno this past weekend: Eulogy for a Black Man--Kev Carmody For me, this is the one album of his that is great from start to finish. Triffids--Treeless Plain. This is the record I would use to introduce someone to the Triffids. It's a classic example of a first album by a really excellent gig-hardened band. Lulu -- the Atco Sessions Gene Clark--Silverado 1975 Disaster Plan--Assembly Area #1. All credit to Hugh Nimmo for my introduction to this esoteric most indie of Oz "groups," really just a duo on this first album with a number of other folks helping out, sometimes even with the vocals. The acoustic guitar technique may be inspired by Joni Mitchell but it's applied to very different music. McCarthy--I Am a Wallet Shack--Waterpistol McCarthy--The Enraged Will Inherit the Earth. I'm still loving this album in particular. "The Lion Will Lie Down with the Lamb" is almost illegally catchy! I also listened to a collection of some of my older songs which I've been remixing to see how they sound on the rental car's sound system. Lord, I'm tired of hearing them! Today I received a copy of a late 90s reissue of McCarthy's "I am a Wallet" coupled with their third album "Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today" and listened to it at work. Another winner, IMO. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 266 Registered: 02-2008 |
Still diggin' Hayes Carll's "Trouble In Mind" bigtime. Release of the year, in me 'umble opinion - it makes everything else seem twee, fey and effete. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2204 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Evangelist. First time in a while. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1185 Registered: 08-2006 |
Ewan, my copy of "Trouble in Mind" arrived late last week. I've been out of town, so I haven't given it a spin but I'm lookin' forward to doing so. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 267 Registered: 02-2008 |
It'll change your life. All other music will seem pallid, flaccid, pasty and pale! | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 178 Registered: 02-2007 |
Just listened to Paul Weller's "22 Dreams". As Padraig said, absolutely stunning. A musical journey from the opening "folky" intro, thru pop and soul and soundscape, a spoken word track. Album of the year so far IMHO. It shows just what AN ALBUM of songs can do, not just selected tracks that can be downloaded etc (ie the album is dead mantra) Brilliant! | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 179 Registered: 02-2007 |
Just listened to Paul Weller's "22 Dreams". As Padraig said, absolutely stunning. A musical journey from the opening "folky" intro, thru pop and soul and soundscape, a spoken word track. Album of the year so far IMHO. It shows just what AN ALBUM of songs can do, not just selected tracks that can be downloaded etc (ie the album is dead mantra) Brilliant! | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 20 Registered: 11-2007 |
The Delmontes - Carousel quite o.k., but I expected more ... The Belldivers - wonderful album debut in the beginning they reminded me of the chills but later on I could hear some go-betweenish things ... The Orchids - Unholy Soul and Singles another great LTM release, I haven't known how good these guys have been! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2536 Registered: 05-2005 |
Its been a bit of a Postcard day... Orange Juice - You can't hide your love forever The Fire Engines - Hungry Beat The Jazzateers - Jazzateers (raw and hungry band this lot shame they split early on) Josef K - Entomology Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain Andreas, good spot re bell divers they are quite similar to chills are't they? Josef K - Live at Valentino's | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 221 Registered: 10-2006 |
Happy trails - Quicksilver messenger service Marquee moon - Television I know you're married... - Martha Wainwright Solomon's seal - Pentangle Oceans Apart - GoBs The Evangelist Magic time - VanM Tallulah - GoBs Shearwater - Rook 22 dreams - Paul W ...not much work this week... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1225 Registered: 01-2005 |
Tab Benoit - The Sea Saint Sessions (rockin' telecaster cajun music, and Tab's got a great 'naleans singing voice) Tangerine Dream - Zeit The Church - Seance Nick Cave - The Boatman's Call | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1325 Registered: 10-2004 |
In the car the past day or so, I've been rocking out to a comp I made for myself of the Move's myriad brilliant singles, and some of Roy Wood's early solo girl group and Beach Boy's influenced stuff. I LOVE the Move. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1105 Registered: 09-2006 |
I thoroughly treasure a CD compilation called Great Move! that seemed to appear and disappear in stores very quickly in the mid-90s. Doesn't have anything from their first three albums but contains all of Message from the Country plus excellent singles like "Chinatown" and "Do Ya" and "Tonight." Love Roy's Boulders album, too. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1695 Registered: 03-2005 |
I second all the positive comments on the Move. They were the perfect answer to the late-60s dismissal of "mere singles bands." While getting ready for work--Friday, yes!--Felt's "Me and a Monkey on the Moon." | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2208 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hot New Sounds Volume 1 - a various comp from Hot Press magazine which I picked up in Ireland in June. First time playing it now. Surprisingly good so far I have to say. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 155 Registered: 05-2005 |
Paul Weller - 22 dreams Ting Tings - I started nothing Fleet Foxes - album and ep Spoon - Kill the moonlight Aimee Mann - Smile Burial - Untrue Metric - Sampler | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2168 Registered: 05-2005 |
Box of Dub (Dubstep and Future Dub) - comp on Soul Jazz records. Hayes Carll - Little Rock (thanks for the tip about this guy LK) Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst - best thing he's done imo. Pat Kelly - Vintage Series - prime late 60's/early 70s reggae Pole - Pole 3 - minimalist Berlin techno which probably influenced Kid A | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2169 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bloody hell TROU, I thought my listening habits were varied(bi polar?  ) but that selection of yours takes the biscuit. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1698 Registered: 03-2005 |
You can use a gate on anything Kevin. The snare is the most obvious place it was used. It made regular drum kits sound like electronic ones. Spence will probably know how much it was used on other things including other parts of the drum kit. The Conor Oberst rates high marks from Kevin? Ok, I'll bite once it's out here. I liked about one-half of Cassadaga. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1700 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thanks to one of Spence's more unusual suggestions I am currently listening to Sudden Sway's "'76 Kids Forever." No info on the Cherry Red reissue except that the reissue date is 2003 and I think this recording was about 20 years old at that time. Think of Heaven 17 cross-bred with "Trains"-era Robyn Hitchcock (mostly the vocals) in the service of the politics of McCarthy, Gang of Four and the Housemartins. Clearly not intended for the hit parade. Fascinating! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2549 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Concubines - many various songs on my iTunes. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 273 Registered: 02-2008 |
Randy Newman - Harps and Angels. I bow down, I genuflect, I sing praises and shout Hosannas to the heavens over this record. What I'm saying is, I really really like it. God bless Randy Newman! No home should be without this record, and if you don't have it, can't afford it, whatever, you should forego all supposed "necessities", like food, drugs and ESPN until it is proudly resting on your music shelf or residing in your iPod. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1191 Registered: 08-2006 |
Mine's supposedly on the way from Amazon, ETM. Randy's right up there with my all-time faves. Can't wait... | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1112 Registered: 09-2006 |
Was completely unaware of its existence until right now...count me in. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 274 Registered: 02-2008 |
Even given his usual lofty standards, it really stands out as a work of particular excellence. Most of it is in that great American songbook style he's used to such great effect in the past, existing in that sweet spot somewhere between Aaron Copland and New Orleans second-line. I'd rate it just a notch, a smidge, above "Bad Love", which was no slouch, either. The songwriting, above all else, I think shines most brightly. "A Few Words In Defense of Our Country" is an instant classic and one that'll come to be regarded as one of his all-time great political songs, up there with perennials like "Political Science" and "Sail Away". This sucker is real cause to celebrate for Newman fans, I tell ya. In case you're wondering, I like it, I really like it, and I mean it, man. Inspirational line: "Nobody gives a shit but Jackson Browne". | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1113 Registered: 09-2006 |
Well, Randy's just stating the obvious with that last line... | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 275 Registered: 02-2008 |
True, but not necessarily obvious... | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 477 Registered: 07-2006 |
the replacements - let it be | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1114 Registered: 09-2006 |
Jackson is He Who's Coming Has Been Foretold. He will either save the world or destroy it...he forgets which sometimes. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2552 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Enemy - We'll live and die i these towns. A really good pal bought me this, I'd never heard them before. They sound like old punks, like Disorder and Anti Nowhere League and I dunno, Sham69. Don't know if I like it. Just about to play a CD called Wait for me by The Pigeon Detectives. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 349 Registered: 04-2005 |
Las Ondas Marteles «Y después de todo» CD from a trio who played in our village back in June: their tribute to a friend, the Cuban poet Miguel Angel Ruiz. A beautiful recording from 2004 with a fascinating but sad history. Find the full story here http://www.label-bleu.com/artist.php?art ist_id=122&lng=e | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2212 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Underbelly soundtrack and the best of The Whitlams comp. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 342 Registered: 01-2007 |
ETM you've raved about a few recently Hayes Carll and the Randy Newman. What's that Hayes Carll stuff like then. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 276 Registered: 02-2008 |
Frank, hard to describe - he's pretty rowdy and wise-ass, fairly country. If you like people like John Prine, Todd Snider, Jerry Jeff Walker, et al., you'd probably love him. This version of "It's a Shame", one of his more straightforward and plaintive love songs, is the best thing I've found by him on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhvMWmL4l bs | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1192 Registered: 08-2006 |
It's a great CD, Frank. Cheers on the rec, ETM. It IS pretty country, though (the good rowdy kind, of course), so it helps if you've got a penchant for that sorta music. Still waiting for Randy N. to arrive. Damn USPS. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1115 Registered: 09-2006 |
I just ordered mine, Rob, so I've got even longer... | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 277 Registered: 02-2008 |
You guys'll love it - even subtracting the excitement factor about just having new Newman, it's a keeper. 2 more points about Hayes: a) Given our lame and pious country, it's a miracle he hasn't been either assassinated or hauled off to Gitmo for "She Left Me for Jesus", and b) Given his last name, Go-Betweens fans should automatically love him! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2553 Registered: 05-2005 |
Mogwai - Young Team. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2215 Registered: 05-2005 |
Abba - More Gold. Got it for my daughter, who loves Abba Gold. Don't think she'll like this one more though. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1702 Registered: 03-2005 |
I finally got my official copy of the Bell Divers' "June July." I'll now have to pull out my unofficial copy Matthew gave me last year. I'm pretty sure it's remixed from the version I already have, the songs are resequenced and there seem to be some edits. Interesting. Glad I have the unofficial one too. I've liked this record from the first time I heard it. Also received today: Noel Harrison's 1966 album with his cool Anglocized cover of Charles Aznavour's "A Young Girl." | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2555 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Byebye Blackbirds doing apology accepted. Its almost exactly the same, it could've been approached differently, Its so boring doing covers that are so verbatim. It sounds like Soul Asylum doing Spike Priggen doing Gobees. Their other stuff that came with a free download is very 60's mersy beat, which is quite nice, kinda like Jasmine Minks, whilst leave a light on is like one of my fave bands ever, The Sneetches, nice stuff... | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1118 Registered: 09-2006 |
Dayom, that was superfast...my Randy Newman arrived already, and I'm just about to take off the shrinkwrap. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2221 Registered: 05-2005 |
Ed Kuepper Live, a self-released disc I picked up for $10 at his gig last night. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1195 Registered: 08-2006 |
Damn, Allen, mine STILL hasn't shown up. Got a report? | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1119 Registered: 09-2006 |
Hm, it must be due to my proximity to Amazon Central in Seattle - we get preferential treatment around here. I'd go along with Mercy's assessment, pretty much, and add that Randy sounds more at peace than ever - the actual and/or fictitious near-death experience described in the title song seems to have put him at just the right distance from things, and his yearning-heart side and his cold-eyed reporter side blend perfectly...rather like in my very favorite of his songs, "Marie." At the moment I'm in love with the one called "Potholes," a love song to those gaps in our brain and heart in which painful and difficult memories disappear. It's a perfect illustration of his method...begins by praising women (and especially the ones in life) to the skies before going on to say that he's had his share of heartaches with them and hasn't always been sure about their ethics...but it's OK, because the potholes have taken that pain away. What's never said in that verse but which by it's very omission sits there like an 800-lb gorilla is that he's been guilty of plenty of shifty ethics in the past too (which of course we know from following the adventures of the Randy character over the years) but at that moment of self-pity, the potholes have made that fact disappear too. He then goes on to tell a hilarious story of his dad deeply embarrassing him in front of his new flame, which points out the positive side of potholes (Randy's) and the negative (his dad's: "And when he saw her again he told her the same goddamn story!!"). Looking forward to future spins. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 345 Registered: 01-2007 |
Waiting for The Glasvegas to come out having been excited by them on the Jools Holland show | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1704 Registered: 03-2005 |
Last night: The Bell Divers--June July Jimmy Little--Life's What You Make It | ||
| Dr Girlfriend Member Username: Doctor_girlfriend Post Number: 58 Registered: 10-2007 |
Glenn Branca - Symphony #1 (Tonal Plexus) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2225 Registered: 05-2005 |
The new Alejandro Escovedo album. Superb on first listen. Only one track that I didn't like. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 347 Registered: 01-2007 |
Drive-By Trucker-Brighter Than ( I really love thisrecord) Dirty South ( a slow grower if I honest) The Hold Steady-Stay Positive Still the Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes and the new Silver Jews Still hesitating over the Paul Weller despite excellent reviews, probably because I've been disappointed with everything since Stanley Road and Wildwood | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 391 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've got to say I think Wellers "Illumination" from a couple of years ago seems better that the new one, although the raga-ish first song is growing on me. I'm seeing him next Thursday in Sydney. Has he been doing ANY Jam or Style Council??? | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2558 Registered: 05-2005 |
Nice Cave - Abattoir Blues disc 1 My fave songs from this CD being Let the bells ring and Nature Boy. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2559 Registered: 05-2005 |
Mikey Dread - African Anthem Dubwise: The Mikey Dread Show | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2562 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Proclaimers - This is the story. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 852 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1338 Registered: 10-2004 |
Nice one, Jerry. Vic Godard & the Subway Sect - What's the Matter Boy? | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2565 Registered: 05-2005 |
Momus - The Poison Boyfriend. I knew Momey during this period, it reminds me of a very happy time, '87, lovely summers i UK and love was all around, but not for me! However, there was so much going on in my life it didn't matter, these songs are still as good today as they were then. I recall Nick saying at the time the session percussionist, this guy fro India laughing when ever he played this phallic shaker, sayingit was like masterbating, only better! Oh well, whatever floats your boat! Blue Aeroplanes - Tolerance/Bop art Audioslave - Audioslave. Witness - Under a sun. Gerared Starkey I was fortunate enough to meet and play with at a Blue Aero's BBC radio 2 session a couple of years a go, a truly gifted singer songwriter, like early Stipe. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1341 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spence - did you just throw in that Audioslave to see if we were paying attention? | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2568 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff, no, I really like his voice, Cornell. I bought it on the strength of the tune Like a stone. Some of the music is vastly overrated, samey and boring in an arena rocking type way, but, I'm allowed to indulge in the monster that is rock surely!!?? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1342 Registered: 10-2004 |
Ha! Of course - I'm just giving you a hard time, Spence! I got my "monster that is rock" fix via Thin Lizzy the other day. Pop addicts do need to rock out arena-style, on occasion. I always love your Momus in the 80s stories Spence, by the way. On an unrelated note, this morning I've been listening to a mix a friend made for me of early 80s reggae. I told him it was my understanding that most 80s reggae was to be avoided, so he made this mix in an attempt to prove me wrong. Some of it's actually really really good. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 284 Registered: 02-2008 |
Nice piece about Mista Newman, whose disc is still in heavy rotation at the McEwan's - the story about walking 14 batters, breaking down crying and leaving the mound is apparently true (!): http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/new s/music/la-ca-newman3-2008aug03,0,159151 1,full.story | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1126 Registered: 09-2006 |
Yeah, I thought that tale did have a real ring of truth about it... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2231 Registered: 05-2005 |
Lots of Dan Kelly right now. Some Robert Forster and Rollerskate Skinny earlier. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1130 Registered: 09-2006 |
Also, regarding the Randy N. article, I would've thought his first 100% true song was "I Love L.A." | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1131 Registered: 09-2006 |
K'Naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher I mentioned my disenchantment with much of hip hop recently, but now Xgau recommends one that's right up my alley. Having grown up in Mogadishu, K'Naan's had it harder than you or I ever did or (hopefully) ever will, and in his younger days he did some things he's not proud of. But it hasn't made him shuck his humanity and/or claim he's got no choice but to be hard hard hard. His take on his life and the situation of his people is complex, warm, funny. And the music rocks. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 157 Registered: 05-2005 |
Shearwater - Rook. Some interesting moments on it. I'll look for the older records. B52s - Wild planet (the red one). Their masterpiece... America - Best of. One of my other beloved classics. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 113 Registered: 03-2007 |
Words And Music, And So: On, Letters, Land's End and El Mirage by Jimmy Webb. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2573 Registered: 05-2005 |
Snippets from The Clientele - The Violet Hour, where Alasdair now reminds me more of Green from Scritti Politti, crossed with Davey Jones rather than Davey Jones on his own. The Wolfhounds - Bright and Gulty. God this pisses over most of the newest music made sind '95 to present. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 289 Registered: 02-2008 |
Irma Thomas - Simply Grand. The great queen of N.O. soul is backed by different great pianists well-versed in the style - folks like Henry Butler and Dr. John, and even Randy Newman. Sublime. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1344 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spence - that reminds me - I saw a Wolfhounds 12" EP in the record store the other day. I can't remember the name, but oddly, I do remember the date on the back said 1988 and that it was on Midnight Music. I'd have bought it, but it was kind of pricey and I'm a bit poor this month. If it's still there in a few weeks, I might pick it up. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1708 Registered: 03-2005 |
Less than a month after my last visit I'm back in my hometown in central California again, this time to attend my father's funeral. In deciding what music to bring, I tilted it towards music conducive to crying or soothing to the soul. For example, I brought Judy Collins' high water mark "Who Knows Where the Times Goes." But the single disc that has done the most good for me so far? Disc one of "Horsebreaker Star." | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1133 Registered: 09-2006 |
Lovely choice. And condolences... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1346 Registered: 10-2004 |
Randy, I'm really sorry to hear about your father. And yes, I can totally relate to going to Grant for soothing the soul. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2574 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yes, sorry Randy, I hope you are OK. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1203 Registered: 08-2006 |
My heart goes out to you and your family, Randy. Be well, pal. | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 469 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sorry to hear of your loss Randy. Take care. You're in my thoughts. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1709 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thanks everybody. I don't have "an aphorism for every occasion." Just thanks. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 181 Registered: 02-2007 |
Sympathies Randy. Take care. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2236 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, I hope you're OK and that music is helping you through. I'm sure it is. | ||
| Peter Azzopardi Member Username: Pete Post Number: 165 Registered: 09-2004 |
Very sorry to read of your loss Randy. I hope you're well considering. All the best. |