| Author | Message | ||
     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7526 Registered: 05-2005 |
Protomartyr – The Agent Intellect. I imagine this would be too straight ahead rock for most folks here, bar me and Rob. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7528 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Volume 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7529 Registered: 05-2005 |
Loose Pills – RX. Australian power pop. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7530 Registered: 05-2005 |
All Bob, all day. | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1036 Registered: 04-2005 |
Which version did you get Pádraig ? The songs I've been listening to on the net have been stunning; incredible that a song that you have known for so long can sound so different in an earlier version. And the idea that some people had that he couldn't sing! The older I get the more I find in his phrasing from that period. Amazing. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7531 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, the double CD. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7532 Registered: 05-2005 |
The new You Am I album. Many great songs. It sounds like they were really engaged with the recording in a way they haven't been for years. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7533 Registered: 05-2005 |
Nick Piunti – 13 In My Head | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7534 Registered: 05-2005 |
Olafur Arnalds – Broadchurch soundtrack | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7537 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Nines – Ghost Town Sunday | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7538 Registered: 05-2005 |
Otis Redding – The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7539 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Proposition - Edge of the Dancefloor. The promo bumf that came with it said it was Big Star-ish power pop. Well, the first two tracks certainly aren't. Hmmm... OK, the third track is, a little. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7542 Registered: 05-2005 |
My Bloody Valentine. The disorientating haze of their sound fits well with this blisteringly hot spring day in Sydney. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7545 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Aints – Autocannibalism. Years since I've played this. I usually find albums from the past poppier than I'd remembered (I'm sure this is a function of musical fashion progressively incorporating what was once considered "way out" by mainstream audiences). But Autocannibalism is an exception. It rocks even harder than I'd recalled. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7549 Registered: 05-2005 |
Michael Sherwood & Christian Nesmith – Groovy Lemon Pie. The latter is indeed the son of the only other person called Nesmith you can think of. He sounds more like Peter Gabriel though, and the music is like XTC at their Beach Boysiest. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7551 Registered: 05-2005 |
Microdisney - The Clock Comes Down The Stairs. I'm no vinyl purist, but I love the sound of the Microdisney records I have on vinyl. Horse Overboard/Birthday Girl/Past are as good an opening to an album as just about anything. Sean O'Hagan is glorious on Past. It's like a Beach Boys song. Just read on the back of the cover it was recorded 30 years ago... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7552 Registered: 05-2005 |
Crooked Mile is the other Microdisney album I have on vinyl, by the way. I bought it from a bargain bin in Andorra in 1988. Onto side two of The Clock Comes Down The Stairs now. And what a wonderful start to side two Loft Holdings Wood is. That's something you don't get with a CD. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 869 Registered: 03-2007 |
At Sea - Listening To Some Other Songs About That Australian band formed by Richard Moffat ( Disaster Plan.) They released the above in 2002 and followed it up with a second album ( Malfunctioning Teleprompter ) in 2004. A very similar sound / style to that of Disaster Plan. I am currently waiting for their second album to arrive. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3580 Registered: 03-2005 |
Wow, Hugh finds more things for me to listen to! No surprise there. Chills -- Silver Bullets I waited to get a vinyl copy and it arrived yesterday. What we have here against all odds is an authentic Chills album! Not an old-guy club band workout like Stand By. Not a stripped down modern record like Sunburst. We have the Brave Words Martin Phillipps intended in the first place. The 60's era British Wharfedale speakers I picked up recently are just lapping up this sound. I will get a CD copy as well. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 871 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, Happy hunting. Both albums were released on the Unstable Ape Record Label which was founded in Tasmania and operated out of Melbourne from 2001 until 2013 when it folded. Copies are hard to find. I like the band's debut very much. Still waiting for the second album to arrive. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7556 Registered: 05-2005 |
Public Service Broadcasting - The Race For Space. Has anyone else here heard this? It is utterly astonishing. The use of samples from JFK, NASA and the Russian space program is mind blowing. I've had it for a while but played it for the first time last night. Now, Saturday morning in Sydney, I'm listening again. It's mostly electronic, but there are some guitars too. The whole trip, and it is a trip, is powerfully emotional. I think I may have found my album of the year. Randy, Hugh, Stuart, I think you would all love it. Actually, I can't imagine any of the regulars here not liking it. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 872 Registered: 03-2007 |
Padraig, Unknown to me but I will give them a listen. I like some electronica but I am not a huge fan. Having said that, my find of the year would probably be 'After The End' by the Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus. It was released in 2013 and collected together everything the band released between 1987 and 1995 on a three disc set. Limited edition release of 500 copies worldwide. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7559 Registered: 05-2005 |
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels... (2015 remaster), and When People Were Shorter And Lived Near The Water - Bobby. Two great albums from 1990 and 1989 respectively. MTV introduced me to the former, but I've no idea what introduced me to the latter. I was living in Boston at the time, so I may have seen a review in the Phoenix. I bought it on cassette and only recently, finally, got a CD copy. Quest is a tape to CD upgrade too. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1176 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us Felt - Poem Of The River The Birthday Party - Junkyard The Fall - Bend Sinister | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1044 Registered: 04-2005 |
Orange Juice - Live at Edinburgh Valentinos 4th April 1982 Edwyn Collins' label (AED Records) Xmas pressie! Think that Malcolm Ross must have just joined around this time and his wife Syuzen sings Josef K's "Heart of Song"... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3583 Registered: 03-2005 |
Helen Shapiro -- Helen in Nashville Still a great album 52 years later. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7560 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sweet Apple - The Golden Age Of Glitter. One of the many albums I bought in Rough Trade East a few days ago. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 873 Registered: 03-2007 |
Breather Hole - Schwa Schwa Schwa Yet another Australian band formed by Richard Moffat and Michael Ruff ( Disaster Plan.) They released a further two albums which I have been unable to source to date. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 874 Registered: 03-2007 |
At Sea - Malfunctioning Teleprompter This one arrived yesterday some 28 days after I ordered it from Rocking Horse Records, Brisbane, Australia. I was beginning to panic a bit as copies are extremely hard to source and I thought it had been lost in the postal system. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7563 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'm having a very Irish afternoon. First up was Smalltime, the brilliant comeback EP from The Blades. It is infinitely better than we had any right to expect. Next was Arms Around A Vision by Girls Names. Thanks to Hugh for introducing me to them a few years ago. And now I'm listening to Oliver Cole's Year Of The Birds. I hope one day he'll make a loud, upbeat rock record again, but right now the introspective Ollie is just fine. One of the joys of being back in Ireland is getting albums I would not be able to get in Sydney record shops, such as the above three. | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 311 Registered: 05-2005 |
You're home for Christmas ... thanks for the warning! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7564 Registered: 05-2005 |
Peter Bjorn And John - Writer's Block | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7566 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm. First time I've ever heard it. It's just as good as I've always read it is. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 875 Registered: 03-2007 |
Gold Class - It's You Debut album by band who formed in Melbourne in 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESqoLtee xAs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve9KjBuk BCw | ||
| David Gagen Unregistered guest |
Horsebreaker Star , actually a 6 song EP from the album I found for 50 cents in 2nd hand shop! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7569 Registered: 05-2005 |
That's a great sampler for the album, David. Welcome back. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7571 Registered: 05-2005 |
Big Star – Jesus Christ EP | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7572 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sufjan Stevens – Songs For Christmas | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7573 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rhiannon Giddens – Factory Girl EP | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 877 Registered: 03-2007 |
Breather Hole / The Ergot Derivative / The Inked Factor - The Elastic Tea Party ( 3EPCD ) I purchased this one for the six Breather Hole tracks. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7574 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hugh, I have an Ergot Derivative track on an Australian compilation from 1991. Is it the same band? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7576 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sneaky Feelings – Send You. Not Flying Nun's finest, but very close. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 878 Registered: 03-2007 |
Padraig, I am pretty sure it will be. They released tracks on two compilations that I know of ( Way Over There Catalogue and Live In Your Lounge Room.) The Way Over There compilation also includes tracks by Breather Hole, Machine Translations and Disaster Plan. They also released two albums ( In Fear Of A Flat Earth and Tube Potato ) in the early 1990s. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7578 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks, Hugh. The compilation I have is called Nu Music. It may have had volume 1 in the title too. There were certainly subsequent volumes. I've never seen anything else by them. More stuff to look for. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7581 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Stones – Dunedin Double | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7582 Registered: 05-2005 |
Magneto – Resistance Is Futile. There's a touch of the Go-Betweens to what these guys do, but a whole lot more of the Byrds and Beach Boys. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 879 Registered: 03-2007 |
The Suncharms - Sparkle Next up in the Cloudberry Cake Kitchen Series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8BnYv59 vvU | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1046 Registered: 04-2005 |
My Christmas present to myself... The Nectarine No.9's "Saint Jack" Heavenly reissue on vinyl...sounding great. "Couldn't Phone Potatoes" is a long lost cousin of the Velvet's "Foggy Notion"...nonsensical lyrics and just the most unremitting groove! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3587 Registered: 03-2005 |
Glad to hear there's a new Cloudberry release Hugh. Very shoe-gaze. Being a big song guy, I have only so much appetite for that sound but I'll probably get it anyway. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 880 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, I am not a shoegaze fan either but, like you, I do plan on purchasing a copy. It has been quite a long time since the last release in the series and I was beginning to think we might not see another one. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7587 Registered: 05-2005 |
Oxford American: Southern Music Issue No 17 (Georgia) | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 882 Registered: 03-2007 |
Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell ( The Collected Works of Robin Gibb 1968 - 1970 ) Sixty three track compilation released by Rhino Records ( Three Disc Set ) of the songs recorded by Robin during his brief hiatus from the Bee Gees. Of the 63 tracks, forty six have apparently never been released. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7592 Registered: 05-2005 |
I've seen that set and wondered about it, Hugh. How is it, and how does it compare to the Bee Gees? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7594 Registered: 05-2005 |
Grant McLennan – Live Last Monday EP | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1234 Registered: 10-2006 |
Culture - On the front line 4 Culture albums on 2 CDs for the price of 1. A very skankin New Year. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7595 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jon Anderson – The Deseo Remixes | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 883 Registered: 03-2007 |
Padraig, It is a wonderful collection. A four panel digipak containing three cds and a lovely 22 page booklet. It includes his first album Robin's Reign, the legendary second album Sing Slowly Sisters the release of which was shelved when the Bee Gees reformed, BBC Sessions plus numerous other rare tracks and demos. There are a few mono / stereo versions and alternate takes of some songs. The sound quality is what one would expect of a Rhino release from that era. I think it compares very favourably with anything the Bee Gees recorded up until that time. No surprise really as he was one of the three songwriters in the band and had the most distinctive ( best? ) voice of the three brothers. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7597 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks, Hugh. Another for my list, then. David Bowie – Blackstar | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7599 Registered: 05-2005 |
Bowie, Bowie and more Bowie. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7600 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sweet Apple - Love & Desperation | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3589 Registered: 03-2005 |
Side Two of the vinyl version of The Chills' "Silver Bullets." | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7604 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Bangles – Hazy Shade Of Winter (12") | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7605 Registered: 05-2005 |
Fools Face – Tell America | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1048 Registered: 04-2005 |
Kanye West - FACTS https://soundcloud.com/kanyewest/facts-e xplicit Maybe someone out there will tell me this isn't a great representation of his talents (?), but this is the first time I have tried to listen to anything by him. God I'm going to sound old, but this is music ? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7606 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andrew, I edited a story on this release and thought the same. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7609 Registered: 05-2005 |
Tim Finn – Persuasion | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7611 Registered: 05-2005 |
David Bowie – Blackstar. Sure, much of it is influenced by avant grade and jazz, but it's still a David Bowie rock album, albeit one your average Adele fan isn't going to be interested in. It doesn't reach greatness as often as The Next Day does, but it's not far behind. There is no-one of his age – at least no one I know of – still making music this vital. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3590 Registered: 03-2005 |
Is my computer the only showing a bunch of "n"'s with tildes over it in the middle of people's sentences? I finally received the CD version of the Chills' "Silver Bullets" which means I can listen to it in the car. I resisted downloading the digital copy I'm entitled to with the vinyl because I wanted to be sure to buy a CD copy. This record continues to unpeel for me. I was already aware that Martin's lyrics were putting forward a definite viewpoint which I greatly appreciate. I still haven't read the lyric sheet because I tend to object to them but I'm probably going to have to break down and do so. Songs like "America Says Hello" are important reality checks for folks in my country. We just don't think about how even our friends look at us and we definitely should. (I suppose Mr. Obama does; he's been quietly doing our business with competence right along while the neighborhood dogs bark at him from all sides.) Frankly, people in my country also need to hear songs like the wonderful "Underwater Wasteland." One of the things I love about Martin is that he's not lost his fundamentally idealistic engaged frame of mind. I'm not generally one to put a lot of focus on lyrics in the music I listen to; oftentimes they aren't worth it. With "Silver Bullets" there's a musically great album and a timely cri de coeur from someone from our Western/European culture who is trustworthy but with a geographically unique vantage point. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7613 Registered: 05-2005 |
No problem with view on any of my devices, Randy. I'm enjoying your critiques of the Chills record. Going to see them next week. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7614 Registered: 05-2005 |
David Bowie – Blackstar. It gets better with every play. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7616 Registered: 05-2005 |
Roger McGuinn – Rock And Roll Time. In which, Roger invents The Clash. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3591 Registered: 03-2005 |
Lucky you Padraig. Which reminds me that I'd better check to see if they might come up to this hemisphere. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 1237 Registered: 10-2006 |
Julia Holter - Have you seen my wilderness A bunch of stuff just arrived from a friend includes this majestically imaginative piece of work, packed with ingenious melodic tricks, Uncut's album of the year, apparently, and as brilliant a re(in)statement of the joys & beauty of music as you can get... | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 885 Registered: 03-2007 |
The Ergot Derivative - The Last Archeopteryx | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 886 Registered: 03-2007 |
Dustin Tebbutt - Home ( Mini Album ) Third release from this Australian singer / songwriter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeqjFJqe AlM | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7617 Registered: 05-2005 |
Various Paul Weller EP and single tracks I downloaded from iTunes last night. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 887 Registered: 03-2007 |
Emily - Stumble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS6Mu2p5 hbM Looking forward to the release of their retrospective on Firestation Records later this month. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3592 Registered: 03-2005 |
Hugh, I knew you'd be able to find a video of them! I couldn't figure out a suitable search. "Emily Firestation" didn't work. I suppose you wen to discogs and got some song titles. I didn't get around to that; I just ordered the release and left it at that. Instead of horn we get flute! | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3593 Registered: 03-2005 |
Sax too! And my youtube matching page included others. (Assuming this is the same band, it sounds like it is): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4eYkiay fBM This next one is almost Pale Fountains-like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA4rb9hQ 5zw | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 888 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, Same band. Both songs are from the Irony EP which was released on Creation Records in 1988. The first one ( What The Fool Said ) is not listed as being on the compilation which is a shame. I have not been able to find any videos by Hipflasks or Spy. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3594 Registered: 03-2005 |
Hugh, I thought Hipflasks would be easy but struck out also. I knew a word like "Spy" would be a problem though I tried. I decided to just order everything and not worry about. Most of Uwe's reissue offerings appeal and I'm OK with getting a few that fizzle for me. Now that I know about it I'll probably be on the lookout for a copy of the sold-out Nivens CD. (I ordered the vinyl.) In the meantime I also lodged my order for the next Cloudberry CD comp. Thank you for making that known because I haven't gotten onto Cloudberry's general mailing list yet. Since I have a turntable I also bought a copy of the vinyl-only My Favorite comp which is worthy even if a bit more electronic than is my usual. I'll shoot you a few of the downloads when I get back to the correct computer. Roque also sent me a couple of 7" singles as gifts (which I didn't realize so I sent him some more money via Paypal). My recollection is that one of them was pretty good and the other ho-hum. He sent me download links for those songs too and once I get them I'll send a couple of them to you. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7620 Registered: 05-2005 |
David Bowie – Dollar Days. The lyrics take on a whole new meaning now I know he knew he was dying. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 889 Registered: 03-2007 |
Randy, RMBooks is selling a used copy of The Nivens CD on Amazon MarketPlace for Ł96.07!!!! Try Tonevendor who are advertising a copy for sale for US$18.99. I very rarely purchase music from the U.S. these days due to the crazy shipping prices but I did use Tonevendor a lot in the past and they were very reliable. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 7625 Registered: 05-2005 |
David Bowie – iSelect. A compilation chosen by Bowie himself, which digs deep into his catalogue. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 1182 Registered: 08-2004 |
The Cramps - Psychedelic Jungle Wild Beasts - Present Tense PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 3616 Registered: 03-2005 |
The Suncharms Very shoe gaze. From Sheffield. |