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     Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1710 Registered: 03-2005 |
Ok, I unwittingly killed the last thread. Sorry. And the kind comments of everyone are much appreciated. At the moment I am listening to: Kiki Dee--Loving and Free. This is her first album (1973) with Elton John's Rocket Records and is easily her best including four songs of her own. There are a few of those inevitable tedious 1970s boogie rock numbers and the Egan/Rafferty song "You Put Something Better Inside Me" is embarrasing when done by a woman, but the title song is timeless, as is "Amoureuse." She also does an excellent job with John/Taupin's "Lonnie & Josie" and her other three originals are all worthwhile. Jackson Browne's "Song for Adam" gets a nice treatment. There's a surprise bonus on the 2008 CD reissue in a cover of truckin' country classic "Six Days on the Road" which, unfortunately, suffers from the bad 1970s boogie rock approach. Still, it's her best album and the good definitely outweighs the bad and those with a greater tolerance for 70s-style rock will give it even higher marks than I do. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1206 Registered: 08-2006 |
Via Mr. Christgau: K'naan - "The Dusty Foot Philosopher." One of the best hip hop records I've heard in some time. Christgau's review says it best: http://music.msn.com/music/consumerguide / I played it last night - twice - while getting ready for a dinner party, and as a big fan of both African music and hip hop, I can testify that this guy does both (seemingly not incompatible) genres proud. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2239 Registered: 05-2005 |
The sublime 39 Minutes by Microdisney. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2241 Registered: 05-2005 |
The nearly as sublime Crooked Mile by Microdisney. Jeff, Randy, where do you fall on the 39 Minutes / Crooked Mile debate. (Not sure if there ever has been such a debate, but let's make it one if there hasn't). | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1713 Registered: 03-2005 |
I can't weigh into that Padraig because I don't have "Crooked Mile." I've been stubbornly refusing to buy a vinyl copy and CDs have only gotten more expensive. All of the original Microdisney albums on CD are very difficult to get. People don't let them go. I got "39 Minutes" through sheer beginner's luck. I will say this though: I have a definite preference for their earlier half when the arrangements were more angular. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2246 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Script - We Cry single. I bought it without having heard it but having read some great reviews and because they're Irish (you don't see a lot of singles by new Irish bands in Australia). I played it for the first time on the kitchen boom box this morning. My 6-year-old said "They don't sound very Irish". She's right. They sound American. But they sound great. It's white soul in the New Radicals vein, but with more of a hip-hop influence. The two b-sides, Fall For Anything and Live Like We're Dying are actually far better tracks. Not sure anyone else here would like it though! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2248 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Moffs - Another Day In The Sun. Australian psychedelic. Thanks Geoff. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2249 Registered: 05-2005 |
My Bloody Valentine - Soon (Andrew Weatherall mix). Oh how I love this version. A rare thing to take on a perfect (avant) pop song and do it justice in a remix. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1347 Registered: 10-2004 |
Padraig - I agree with Randy, the earlier pre-Virgin Microdisney releases are better - more inventive sense of melody, a bit more angular, more unique, etc... while the Virgin albums are more polished and a bit more trad sounding. That said, I still think both 39 MInutes and Crooked Mile are excellent albums. They can at times be annoyingly slick, and 39 Minutes in particular has to put up a pretty intense fight against the production gloss. But I actually think the songs hold up, and both albums contain some of Coughlan's most hilarious and scathing lyrics. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 302 Registered: 02-2008 |
Robbie Hitchcock - Fegmania! I'd forgotten what a wonderful album it is. It seems the perfect balance between earlier, more obscure Hitch and the latter, more mainstream stuff. The songs rock, are masterfully arranged and just catchy as hell. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1348 Registered: 10-2004 |
Fegmania is one of my very favorites from Robyn. One of his most cohesive and consistent albums. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2575 Registered: 05-2005 |
I am listening to The Bell Divers - June July. Kiki Dee sounds interesting Randy! Pad, re Microdisney, I tend to fall in line with what Jeff says. As with most things, there are different reasons for loving their early and later stuff. Their early stuff, I loved for its honest songwriting, the claustrophobia you got from listening to the music, and to be honest, the overall originality aspect. Birthday Girl was the first thing I ever heard by them, I think it was on the UK TV programme the Tube in '85 or something, I suppose the factthat this was the firsttime I saw them as well was a double whammy. Visually they looked like I dunno, Magazine, yet they oozed a sincere pop sensibiity, and the lyrics and the front man, well... Later on, as I was becoming more and more of a fan, yes I saw the glossiness appear, but it didn't put me off them. I think the songs were there, if thesongs weren't there then I'd probably of gone off them. Crooked Mile I thinks is teriffic, againgreat words, great music, Sean's arrangements are flawless. 39 Minutes, I was working at Virgin Records. Virgin was being taken over by WH Smiths well, Our Price. Anyway I ended up helping the builders demolish and refit the old shop into the new, and during this phase I was out and about a lot in the removekl vans etc. The rep who dealyt with Micordisney and Virgin left me a 39 Mins tape, I stuck it in the van's tape player and this became the soundtracjk to amonth of my life in early '88. I just loved it because you could sing along to these raging lyrics that would scare your Granny: ("United colours, powder pink, colours of brain rot, shot to hell") at the top of your lungs, whilst the music plodded along in a glossed up Steely Dan stylee. So I suppose for that reason alone, I love 39 Minutes! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1716 Registered: 03-2005 |
I have a handful of Hitchcock albums but have never heard Fegmania. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 305 Registered: 02-2008 |
It's a goodun, for sure. It sounds like Hitchcock momentarily put all of the whimsy aside and just wrote songs, songs with hooks that stick... Listened to big chunks of the Kinks Kronikles last night. The absolute best stuff from the best band ever. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1239 Registered: 01-2005 |
ETW and Randy, Fegmania! was my intro to Robyn Hitchcock when I bought a vinyl copy of it back in 1985 after reading a couple of reviews in Musician and Rolling Stone. Needless to say I was hooked right away. Yep Roc just last week released remastered editions of the Robyn Hitchcock and The Egytptian albums Fegmania!, the live Gotta Let This Hen Out! and Element of Light. You can get them individually, or like I did buy them in a 5 disc set titled Luminous Groove. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 307 Registered: 02-2008 |
I found the Luminous Groove set for $25 at a used shop, so I couldn't resist, despite already having most of its contents in their original formats. Great stuff. The version of "Bells of Rhymney" in the bonus materials is quite wonderful and sublime, too. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1351 Registered: 10-2004 |
Randy, if you like Hitchcock's other stuff, I would definitely recommend Fegmania. It really is one of his best. And it does sound like an album where Hitchcock hunkered down and just wrote a genuinely solid batch of tunes. Lots of nice, understated, melodic pop. My other Hitchcock favs are Black Snake Diamond Role, Element of Light, and Groovy Decoy. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1241 Registered: 01-2005 |
Randy, Solid RH choices from Jeff that are also my favorites of his, with the exception of Groovy Decoy due to the "Ghastly mellow saxophones" in the mixes of some of the songs. The live Gotta Let This Hen Out! has better versions of some of the Groovy Decoy songs. I would subsititute I Often Dream Of Trains for Groovy Decoy. Also Robyn's first band's second studio album, The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight is total gem. The 1980 version of the SB's that created UM included future Egyptian drummer Morris Windsor, Kimberly Rew who wrote Walking On Sunshine and Going Down To Liverpool in later years as the lead guitar player for Katrina and The Waves, and future Thomas Dolby and Thompson Twins bass player Matthew Seilgeman. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 311 Registered: 02-2008 |
Michael, massive Hitchcockian (I'm avoiding the term "Hitchcockhead") that you are, do you follow Kimberly Rew's solo career? Some of it's really good. I got to give big points to anybody who'd write a song called about Phillip Larkin. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2256 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've got Crooked Mile on vinyl. I picked it up in a bargain bin for the equivalent of about $1.50 in Andorra (of all places!) in 1988. (Yours for $1000 Randy, Jeff or Spence. Plus post and packing). | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 312 Registered: 02-2008 |
Dang. I was thinking the above was serious so I checked eBay, because, hell, I'd sell mine for a pittance, a mere fraction of that amount. Alas, you can get a sealed copy for $4.95. Btw, what's the deal with "Bubonique"? 'Zat a Microdiz side project? There are copies for sale.. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 313 Registered: 02-2008 |
Little Richard - The Very Best of. Insanely rockin' stuff that really does seem to jump out of the speakers. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1352 Registered: 10-2004 |
Bubonique was more a Fatima Mansions project - Fatima Mansions being singer Cathal Coughlan's post-Microdisney band. That's the one segment of Cathal's career that I've yet to hear. I read somewhere that it's incredibly silly. Yeah, Crooked Mile is a snap to find cheaply on vinyl - it's made regular appearances in dollar bins over the yearsl. It's the CD that's so elusive. And 39 Minutes is impossible to find on any format. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 314 Registered: 02-2008 |
Considering the Bubonique (ok, that makes me giggle)disc is called "20 Golden Showers", I figgered a certain zaniness might be in evidence. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1144 Registered: 09-2006 |
Lefty Frizzell - Look What Thoughts Will Do Scritti Politti - Early | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2257 Registered: 05-2005 |
There was supposed to be a Bubonique follow up called Trance Arse 4. I don't know if it ever happened. Cathal's partner in crime with Bubonique was Irish comedian Sean Hughes. I think I heard one song and it was awful. Though maybe I just imagined it. I'm sure it was awful though. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2577 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sean is quite popular in our house at the moment as the voiceover on kiddies tv fave Rubbadubbas, he plays a shark, who goes "ra ra ra!" whilst snapping his teeth!! Just tuned into Shack - Here's Tom with the weather. Its absolutely freakin brilliant. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1242 Registered: 01-2005 |
ETM, I really haven't picked up on any of Mr. Rew's solo albums, and I should. I picked up Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago yesterday and like it on the first pass. I also picked up Nick's latest, Dig Lazarus Dig, and shall be listeninbg to it today. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 316 Registered: 02-2008 |
I truly recommend them to you, sir. The guy has a knack for those indelible, jangly pop melodies and has a flair for offbeat and witty lyrics, though perhaps not as lysergically flavored as his pal Robyn's. I've been listening to the new Alejandro Escovedo, "Real Animal" which is superb, and the last one by Simone Dinnerstein, where she takes on the Goldberg Variations (I'm always reminded of Woody Allen's joke about how that sounds like an old married, Jewish couple trying out new positions in the marital bed). Beautiful performance - every now and then you just gotta rock the classical stuff. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2581 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Blue Aeroplanes - Bop Art the Blue Aeroplanes - Spitting out Miracles | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1145 Registered: 09-2006 |
Due to combination of ETM mentioning it above and then watching them bring down the house on SNL circa 1977, I've got Kinks Kronikles on. Also in the midst of an August Darnell binge: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - first two albums Gichy Dan's Beachwood #9 Kid Creole - Tropical Gangsters, In Praise of Older Women & Going Places | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2582 Registered: 05-2005 |
Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1243 Registered: 01-2005 |
ETW, I got to see Kimberly live on stage with Robyn three times, and they play the dual lead guitar thing like you wouldn't believe. Robyn on a Telecaster and Kimberely on a Stratocaster. When Kimberly is really hitting the note, he looks like a muppett as he is short of stature and his bowl haircut always seems to be in motion. Even though Robyn has close to three dozen albums released, I bet Kimberly had gotten more royalty checks over the years from "Walking On Sunshine". | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2266 Registered: 05-2005 |
Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun. A power pop great. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2268 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Jam - Gold. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1147 Registered: 09-2006 |
Cheers Padraig...that Matthew Sweet is a solid little rekkid gem. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 481 Registered: 07-2006 |
i've been giving the radio dept. another go.....but really, it leaves me rather cold for the most part. great influences and the like, but all a bit dull. listening to calenture around the clock, for weeks on end. just perfect. the only other thing on regular rotation is the mat's let it be....nice reissue earlier on this year. that record really sounds like nothing else. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1212 Registered: 08-2006 |
I know I've said it around these part before, Joe, but if I had to forfeit all my CDs but one, "Let It Be" would certainly be in the running. I haven't picked up the reissue - I should, of course - but my old copy (which has "Androgynous" misspelled on the back cover) is well worn. My weekend playlist: Archers of Loaf - "White Trash Heroes" Tom Verlaine - "Cover" Lucinda Williams - "West" Ornette Coleman - Everything I own Ornette's headlining the Chicago jazz fest tonight. I'm so excited I could bust. I never thought I'd have a chance to see the guy. I missed Sonny Rollins the other night because he played during Obama's speech, so I'm definitely braving the crowds tonight. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2272 Registered: 05-2005 |
Let us know how the Ornette Coleman gig went Rob. Right now I'm listening to disc 2 of The Jam Gold. Oh how I love this band. Their take on James Brown's (I Got You) I Feel Good is an abomination though. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1722 Registered: 03-2005 |
Sudden Sway -- '76 Kids Forever | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 352 Registered: 01-2007 |
Padraig I liked your reviews from Roberts Sydney gigs, It reminds me why I'm a Doctor and not a writer. Finally got the new Paul Weller and really like it, it is so varied yet cohesive ( which is what usually attracts me to an LP) My only problem with PW is the self publicity so getting it a month or two after the release meant I could listen to it with out all that crowding in. Also been playing my vinyl copies of Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 213 Registered: 04-2005 |
Frank Are you aware that the Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver are both playing in Manchester - I'm going to both of them! Cheers Jon | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 353 Registered: 01-2007 |
I think they've sold out Jonathon, certainly Fleet FOxes have> I've been to quite a few gigs this year so I'm not certain about more gigs especially with the 2 Robert showsv thanks | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2278 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks Frank. By the way, my review of Weller in Sydney is at www.myspace.com/padraigcollins | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2279 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Evangelist - Robert Forster. Playing it right now. Also listened to it last night. I told my daughter I'd turn it off as it was bedtime, but she said we could listen to it in her room as I put her to bed. So we did. She asked me what evangelist meant, so I told her what the word meant and what the song meant. She also asked me if some of the songs on the album were a bit sad. I told her they are. I'm glad my love of music, and specifically The Go-Betweens, has been passed on. I've said it before though, and I'll say it again; if your kids listen to crap like Britney Spears, IT'S YOUR FAULT! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2282 Registered: 05-2005 |
From the sublime: Robert Forster - 2541, Anytime, I Can Do, Cryin' Love. To the ridiculous: Robert Palmer - Mercy Mercy Me / I Want You. iTunes makes fools of us all. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2283 Registered: 05-2005 |
Robert Plant (with Alison Krauss) and Robyn Hitchcock (with The Venus 3)are coming up! | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 484 Registered: 07-2006 |
this go-b's fan has britney's entire back catalogue. it's a comparitively f*cking cracking set of records....and don't let any zealot try to tell you any different =P | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2286 Registered: 05-2005 |
So it'll definitely be your fault if your kids listen to her then? | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 485 Registered: 07-2006 |
haha....oh it'll be mandatory! they'll soon suss it out if and when she loses it. hell, even i stopped buying madonna records in 1998 and i've been listening to her since the age of two or three. i still get a kick out of the likes of like a prayer, which i listened to as recently as this afternoon. your daughter sounds very sweet. the songs that got to me when i was just a little kid still do now and i'm sure she'll similarly love the go-bs for all eternity - good work! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1251 Registered: 01-2005 |
Got to hand it to Madonna, a solid 25 year track record with numerous hit singles and albums. I can't say anything postive about her movies though. Speaking of Madonna and the movies, I bet there are a number of movies in which the characters discuss Madonna. I can think of two, the opening scene at the diner in Reservoir Dogs. The other being Richard Linklater's first film Slacker with the woman trying to raise cash by selling a Madonna pap smear, played by Butthole Surfers drummer Teresa Taylor. Poi Dog Pondering's lead singer is also in the movie in another funny scene. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1155 Registered: 09-2006 |
It's always wonderful when one can pass along a favorite of one's own to their child...in my case my keed went for things like Harry Nilsson, TMBG (even before they started specifically making children's records), the books of Beverly Cleary, etc.). However concurrently with that (especially when their peers start having more influence) they gravitate towards their own choices as well, and unless the lyrics are grossly inappropriate (which can certainly be more of a problem these days) I don't think it's something to get too worked up about...and of course strong reaction by the parent often breeds even more rebellion. My boy was 9 when Backstreet Boys and N'Sync appeared, and so I got quite the earful of them, and came to enjoy the best of it, like I would any other prime, hook-laden bubblegum pop. And when he passed into his next musical phase I inherited the CDs.  | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 331 Registered: 02-2008 |
Gotta rave about the new one by Bri Wilson, "That Lucky Old Sun". Just beautiful. You could get lost in some protracted, trainspotter debate about whether it's as good as "Smile", as serious a work, etc., but feck that - just enjoy! It's a serious shot of life-affirming, sunny California energy, like spending a day on a not-too-crowded Ca. beach with surfers and blonde, wholesome girls wearing not-so-wholesome bikinis. You have a place in the shade and have managed to smuggle in a beer, and...sorry, got lost in my reverie there. If you liked albums like "16 Big Ones" and "Beach Boys Love You", you'll love this, cuz it's more or less in that vein. 'Course, the singin is much better, since none of the other Beach Boys are on it! Magical, spiritually resonant stuff. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 487 Registered: 07-2006 |
michael, i was actually watching some golden girls reruns last night and even back in 1987 bea arthur (bless!)'s character made some hell freezes over reference in the form of "when madonna has a hit movie!". the only other one that springs to mind at eight in the morning is a jibe uttered in romy and michelle's high school reunion, far from essential....but still makes me chuckle. that and i've always been a little besotted with mira sorvino. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 188 Registered: 02-2007 |
Its when your child, in my case son, goes thru the Metallica and Rage Against Machine phase that you wonder what went wrong. Although I got to hear a lot of good stuff from both bands, it was just overload on them and I feared a sunny pop song would ever emerge from his CD player ever again. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1361 Registered: 10-2004 |
David, if it's any consolation, I was a total metalhead from age 9-12 (this was around 84-87), massively obsessed with Metallica, Slayer, Motorhead, Sabbath, etc... And there's been no shortage of sunny pop coming from my stereo since. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2290 Registered: 05-2005 |
I was also a total metalhead David. It's the ones who still obsess about that stuff in their 20s you've got to worry about. Soon they're burning down churches and whatnot. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2292 Registered: 05-2005 |
ETM, does your use of the word feck come from being a fan of Father Ted? Was that shown on TV in your Appalachian shack? | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 333 Registered: 02-2008 |
Appalachian shack? You really pulled that one out of your arse, didn't you? | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 853 Registered: 08-2004 |
That'd be a log cabin, ETM. Bunnymen - Albert Hall 1983 No-Man - Radio Sessions Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 335 Registered: 02-2008 |
That'd REALLY be painful! Avalon Sunset is, to me, one of the very best latter period Van albums. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1219 Registered: 08-2006 |
I'll second that, and throw in "Too Long in Exile." | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1724 Registered: 03-2005 |
P.F. Sloan--Here's Where I Belong (The Best of the Dunhill Years 1965-1967). | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 344 Registered: 02-2008 |
"Raising McCain" - Rich of Big N'Rich's oh-so-clever campaign song for the titular candidate. It is ear-bleedingly, nauseatingly awful. I'd rather pierce my eardrums with popsicle sticks than ever hear it again. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 159 Registered: 05-2005 |
Anna Domino - self-made sampler. My preferate Crepuscule artist. Brilliant voice and music! Some photos of A.D. with Alan Rankine during an unforgettable concert in 1986 : http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7746/ dsc0984fo5.jpg | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2299 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement. I really like it, as I've said here before. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2301 Registered: 05-2005 |
Doctor Millar - Always Coming Home | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1158 Registered: 09-2006 |
Santogold - eponymous Stacy Dean Campbell - Lonesome Wins Again Funkadelic - Motor City Madness | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1259 Registered: 01-2005 |
joe, I've always like Mira Sorvino as well. She was great in Beautiful Girls, one of my favorite Winter movies! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1729 Registered: 03-2005 |
The Moles--Untune the Sky The Triffids -- Early Singles | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 488 Registered: 07-2006 |
tears for fears - the hurting excrutiatingly boring monday really. all too suitable. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 354 Registered: 02-2008 |
Ximena Serinana - Mediocre. Great new Mexican songstress. Since my Spanish is a little, er, rudimentary, I'm not really sure what she's singing about in a lot of the songs. She may be singing, "kill all the gabachos", for all I know, but it sure sounds beautiful! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2315 Registered: 05-2005 |
I thought yoy were saying she was mediocre at first ETM! That's a brave name for a record. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 357 Registered: 02-2008 |
Very brave, indeed. Being insecure, I think I would've opted for something like, "Pretty Good". | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1261 Registered: 01-2005 |
Or "Nicht Schlecht" if it was Ute Lemper. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1368 Registered: 10-2004 |
The Scars - Author! Author! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2320 Registered: 05-2005 |
Stump - A Fierce Pancake. A genuine lost classic. Jeff, I think you might like it. Maybe Randy too. I bet Spence and Kevin already do. It's from 1988. I found a cassette copy in a bargain bin in Madison WI in 1994! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2321 Registered: 05-2005 |
Not so lost as I thought... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fierce-Pancake-B eyond-Complete-Anthology/dp/B000U0TAS8/r ef=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1221133687 &sr=8-1 | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 856 Registered: 08-2004 |
Cimarrons - People Say Martha Wainwright & The Vandellas - I Knew You Were Right............ etc | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 364 Registered: 02-2008 |
What, Ms. Wainwright dug up the Vandellas to sing with her? Hmmm - maybe her Da' provided an introduction... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1375 Registered: 10-2004 |
Eric Random - Time Splice | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1377 Registered: 10-2004 |
Robert Forster - The Evangelist | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 161 Registered: 05-2005 |
Gang of 4 - Hard | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1735 Registered: 03-2005 |
Beau Brummels--Volume 2 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2323 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pugwash - Jollity (Irish power pop / orch pop loveliness). | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 404 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Moffs Collection. Oh to be 22 again......... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1273 Registered: 01-2005 |
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1737 Registered: 03-2005 |
Triffids--Treeless Plain | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1275 Registered: 01-2005 |
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1739 Registered: 03-2005 |
Robert Scott -- Songs of Otago's Past | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 373 Registered: 02-2008 |
Rodney Crowell - Sex and Gasoline. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 216 Registered: 04-2005 |
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago Robert Forster - The Evangelist Glasvegas - Glasvegas The 1st two as I'm in the middle of gig-season so I'm trying to know a few songs, and the Glasvegas as they're the new media darlings in the UK. First listen and its a good album, not sure its worth all the hype, but maybe a few more listens will change my mind. Cheers Jon | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 376 Registered: 02-2008 |
Ratatat - LP3 Calexico - Carried to Dust Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 358 Registered: 01-2007 |
Glasvegas, Jon can't decide if they are good or a bit Proclaimerish if you know what I mean.Suppose to be this year JAMC I don't know too much hype | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2589 Registered: 05-2005 |
the proclaimers are great frank, whaddya mean!!!! glasvegas, one album band, they're yesterday's papers tomorrow... poxy quiff too, its all soft and crappy | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2590 Registered: 05-2005 |
now, this is a quiff, quiffs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z3RgoukU Ek | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1741 Registered: 03-2005 |
Great crooning version, Spence. The comments people posted on there are funny. This evening so far: Modern Giant--Satellite Nights Knievel -- The Name Rings a Bell . . . until the terminal blandness made me take it off. I made it to track four. Panics -- Sleeps Like a Curse | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2328 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Vampire Weekend. Bought it a few weeks ago. Finally played it a couple of nights ago, and again yesterday over breakfact. I was genuinely blown away by it. Like a poppier version of Remain In Light. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 364 Registered: 01-2007 |
Spence I do like the Proclaimers but they are not cool in my eyes but good for a singalong feeling on heartfelt emotions etc, Glasvegas are the latest thing and suppose to be all cool, i think they don't know what there identity is and they come across as confused. Padraig I really like the Vampire Weekend so fresh energetic intelligent, one of my favourites of this year. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1281 Registered: 01-2005 |
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress One of the great albums of the decade for sure and a nice return to form. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1233 Registered: 08-2006 |
Lindsey Buckingham - "Gift of Screws." I haven't heard boo about this one, but I think it's one his better solo records. Great pop tunes, and less acoustic than the last one, which felt tentative to me. The song "Love Runs Deeper" is like a great, lost Fleetwood Mac number. I know there a couple Mac fans around here: I recommend this one. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2335 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks Rob, I'll check it out. Listening right now to Robert Forster live at Joe's Pub in New York. A wonderful recording. I wish such tapes existed of the Sydney Opera House nights. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1235 Registered: 08-2006 |
Once again: The Buckingham record. Played it maybe three times yesterday, and it has a distinct "Tusk" quality to it. Sure, you miss Stevie and Christine, but it's Lindsey's show. This one is really growing on me. If you get it, throw open the windows and play "Love Runs Deeper" and "Wait for You" really, really loud. My neighbors probably love me. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1745 Registered: 03-2005 |
Blue Aeroplanes--Bop Art & Tolerance Robert Forster -- Joe's Pub show | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 501 Registered: 07-2006 |
loving the lindsey buck record too rob! tusk is by far and away my favourite mac album and i completely agree with you on the sound and feel here. speaking of 1983, i'm listening to the new cyndi lauper album. it probably wont appeal to anyone round these parts, but i think it's great. the only consistent (and brilliant) record she ever came up with was her first.... but i'd say this is the closest she's managed since. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 386 Registered: 02-2008 |
Still really diggin' the new Calexico record - a pretty stellar return to form after the relative misfire of their last, more straightforwardly poppy one. But, this time, they really mean it, man. They've got the whole deal, the full monty, whatever, going - the mariachis, the steel guitars, a great Latino singer, the desert and the mystery are all back and beautifully blended into that great atmospheric sound. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2340 Registered: 05-2005 |
Vampire Weekend. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2341 Registered: 05-2005 |
Mercury Rev - Senses On Fire. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 858 Registered: 08-2004 |
TV On The Radio - Dear Science Sofa Head - Acres Of Geeses Robyn Hitchcock - Luminous Groove Bjork - Selmasongs David Byrne - Big Love Hymnal | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2342 Registered: 05-2005 |
Mississippi - Bob Dylan, from Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2343 Registered: 05-2005 |
Mississippi - Bob Dylan, from Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8. It's great. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2344 Registered: 05-2005 |
Don't Talk To Strangers - The Beau Brummels (thanks Randy). Lost Cause - Beck. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 162 Registered: 05-2005 |
Shearwater - Rooks. It could be my album of the year. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1386 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spherical Objects - Further Ellipses | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 859 Registered: 08-2004 |
Ooh another episode in Dylan's bootleg series. Will that man ever run out of rarities. A quick google tells me some of these have been released before. So Padraig, is this the sound of barrel-scraping, or not? Flat Duo Jets - Two Headed Cow | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1748 Registered: 03-2005 |
What's the Matter Boy?--Vic Godard and the illusory Subway Sect. Jeff sent me "Stand Back" and some other numbers a few weeks ago and I was hooked. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 387 Registered: 02-2008 |
Re: Dylan rarities: the cut I heard from the new collection, "Dreaming of You", I think it was called, was outstanding. Fascinating because it contained lyrics that later came to be included in "Standing in the Doorway". I'm always intrigued by things like that, that show insight into the songwriting process. But that said, it really stood up as a great song, in its own right. I don't know if, otherwise, he's scraping the bottom of the barrel with this new one, but I will be having it, nonetheless. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1388 Registered: 10-2004 |
The Chills - a slew of miscellaneous stuff, including songs from Sunburnt The Cure - Head on the Door David Bowie - Scary Monsters | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 506 Registered: 07-2006 |
i've been listening to scary monsters too jeff! and the associates' fourth drawer down....which was playing as i went to sleep (somewhat hammered) last night. the combination of those tracks and a lot of beer lead to some some pretty creepy dreams. all good fun! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1389 Registered: 10-2004 |
Joe, nice! That really is an effective cocktail for creepy dreams. And the Associates' wonderful Fourth Drawer Down is one seriously creepy, druggy collection of tunes. I love it. Just finished listening to: Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 507 Registered: 07-2006 |
hehe.....i've been a shattered man all day as a result! weirder still, FDD didn't quite rip right onto my ipod, so it's kind of mangled in parts - making it sound all the more unnerving. it probably goes without saying, but BH makes for great late night listening too. the kind of saturday nights when you know you should be out with actual people, but aren't....electing (having no option but) to lie in bed alone, staring at the ceiling instead. only speaking for myself here, of course! | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 76 Registered: 08-2005 |
Jeff, ah the Chills - probably the only band other than The Go-Betweens that I have every official recording of (even the only 2,000 made Secret Box which just happened to be on sale in a Christchurch, NZ, record shop when I was there a few years ago). I probably listen to Submarine Bells most (how come that wasn't a massive hit?), while Kaleidoscope World and Brave Words both have cracking songs on them, though there's some pretty dodgy sound quality at times. It's just a shame that Martin Phillipps has had health and personal issues over much of the last decade, though The Chills are at least playing again in New Zealand. And Head on the Door - another great choice. I'm still going through a big Laura Veirs phase - who I've probably been listening to more than anyone this year. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 862 Registered: 08-2004 |
Looks like I'll have to give thos Chills a try. Mystery Jets - Twenty One Burning Spear - Jah Is Real Yazoo - In Your Room | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 391 Registered: 02-2008 |
Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue. Wonderful. Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby. Meh. | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 230 Registered: 04-2005 |
Sarah Blasko - The Overture & The Underscore. I'd never heard of her before the go-betweens tribute, a real talent. Cheers Jon | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 371 Registered: 01-2007 |
Snap ETM-Jenny Lewis on rotation with VU-VU and Talking Heads-Sand in the Vaseline. The track Carpetbaggers is the business | ||
| peter ward Member Username: Peter_ward Post Number: 73 Registered: 06-2005 |
The Gaslight Anthem - "The '59 Sound", fans of The Replacements/Hold Steady/Springsteen should like this one. The Little Ones - Morning Tide Robert Forster - Live at Joe's | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2348 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jerry, I doubt it's scraping the barrel yet for Dylan. The tracks that were released before are still very rare. I don't have them anyway. I'll be getting it, though not the $140 three disc version. Simon, I reviewed Secret Box in The Irish Times. The only time I had to pay for a record I reviewed! (I wanted to pay as I figured Martin Phillips needed the money). I emailed the review to their website and it's up there somewhere. Right now I'm listening to The Magical World Of The Strands by Michael Head & The Strands. It's Harvest Time (the track that's on now) is such an incredible song. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1179 Registered: 09-2006 |
Caught Up Still Caught Up Live and Uncensored Three by Millie Jackson, one of the quasi-forgotten women of soul. Funnier than hell, and boy can she belt... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1288 Registered: 01-2005 |
Blue Train - John Coltrane | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 115 Registered: 03-2007 |
In The Blinding Sunlight - The Aerial Maps Sift The Noise - Skipping Girl Vinegar Surf City - Surf City | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2608 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Railway Children - Reunion Wilderness Beachfield - Brighton both ways Kiki Dee - various. (thanks Randy) Luis Bonfa - O Violao E O Samba (thanks Jeff this rocks my bossa world!) | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 235 Registered: 04-2005 |
A couple of Damaged Goods samplers. Cheers Jon | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1753 Registered: 03-2005 |
The Evangelist. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 865 Registered: 08-2004 |
Peter, Bjorn & John - Seaside Rock Blancmange - Mange Tout Sigur Ros - Takk Robin Hitchcock & Egyptians - Fegmania | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1754 Registered: 03-2005 |
Monkees--Headquarters. The one with their own clunky musicianship. My favorite. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2353 Registered: 05-2005 |
Metallica - Remember Tomorrow (an Iron Maiden cover). | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1394 Registered: 10-2004 |
I know that Maiden song, Padraig. Last night: The Smiths - Strangeways Dalis Car - The Waking Hour Go-Betweens - self-made collection of b-sides | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2612 Registered: 05-2005 |
Gag of Four - A brief history of the twentieth century. Go-Betweens - Spring Hill Fair. Bloomin eck Jeff, Dali's car?! Wher you dig that ol monster up from? Did you ever like Raintree Crow, I thought Blackwater was exquisite. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1395 Registered: 10-2004 |
From the bowels of my record collection, Spence. That Dalis Car record has been close to my heart ever since I first bought it when I was about 14 years old, for better or worse! It sounds so much like Peter Murphy fronting Japan; the kind of thing that probably sounds absolutely atrocious to anyone but me! | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 406 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've got Dalis Car too Jeff though I haven't played it for ages since it's on vinyl and I don't have a record player anymore. I always liked the backwards fretless bass on it - quite amazing. I was disappointed by Raintree Crow but I have been listening to the exquisite Secrets of the Beehive lately. I'm building up to see if I can listen to Blemish in one sitting once more! In the meantime - The Moffs Collection (and some early companion piece Floyd) has been stuck in my cd players over the last couple of weeks. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 407 Registered: 05-2005 |
by the way..... Where's Kevin? | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 195 Registered: 02-2007 |
Died Pretty- Doughboy Hollow | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 866 Registered: 08-2004 |
Yer right, Kick should be top! Saturday Night Fever second! Then I was distracted by the voluptuous vixens. Monica Belluci everytime. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 867 Registered: 08-2004 |
Shite right words, wrong thread! | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 869 Registered: 08-2004 |
Anyway Willie Nelson - Stardust - A substandard album of bogstandard covers! Patti Smith & Kevin Shields - The Coral Sea Sade - Diamond Life | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1759 Registered: 03-2005 |
I needed a mental escape so I'm listening to the UK pop folk of Unit 4 + 2. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 116 Registered: 03-2007 |
The sidewalks in the street The concrete and the clay beneath my feet Begins to crumble But love will never die Because we'll see the mountains tumble Before we say goodbye Currently listening to We Are Soldiers We Have Guns ( aka Malin Dalhberg from Gothenberg, Sweden.) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2356 Registered: 05-2005 |
I thought you might alright Jeff! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2618 Registered: 05-2005 |
Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting. One of the most mellow and beautiful evocative albums I have heard in a long time. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 381 Registered: 01-2007 |
Bit of Blue Nile "Hats" not certain if I prefer this now to Rooftops. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 414 Registered: 02-2008 |
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory. I picked up one of the reissues, basically because it was cheap ($8) and Good Lord, what a tremendous album. Not sure I'd ever heard it before in its entirety, though I'm well familiar with all the hits. They've done a beautiful job of remastering it, too. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1765 Registered: 03-2005 |
I'm off to the forsaken center of California's Big Valley again. For this occasion I've put together one well-filled CD of my favorite McCarthy songs. As the current economic situation unfolds, McCarthy's lyrics seem more and more appropriate. I will also be bringing Bettye LaVette, Modern Giant, Chills, Triffids, Cannanes, Subway Sect, Biff Bang Pow, Microdisney, P.F. Sloan, Nick Drake and Blue Aeroplanes. These lengthy trips are great opportunities to listen to albums with the minimum of distraction. And the sound is nearly always great in these rent cars. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2622 Registered: 05-2005 |
Have a great time Randy!! Spence x | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 513 Registered: 07-2006 |
i love hats, frank. sure it has a slight AOR/simply red feel to it, but it's just such a sensual feast...who are us mere mortals to deny it?!? i read somewhere once that record feels more like being in love than love itself (i'm sure it was articulated better than that) and played at just the right moment, i'd say that call is spot on. on a similar note, today on a sunny train ride i listened to EBTG's "amplified heart". i never ever understood the appeal of missing....it still irks me a little now...but the rest of the album is one of the most deliciously lovelorn laments i've ever been privy to. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1186 Registered: 09-2006 |
Nilsson - Personal Best: The Nilsson Anthology Girl Talk - Feed the Animals Li'l Bobby Dylan - Great White Wonder |