| Author | Message | ||
     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10885 Registered: 05-2005 |
Volcanoes - Heavy Hands. I came across them through a song from this album, Oil Rainbow, being used in the Mr Mercedes TV show. https://hugevolcanoes.bandcamp.com/album /heavy-hands | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10889 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Shop Assistants - Will Anything Happen (deluxe edition). One of those legendary 80s band I know nothing about other than their status as legends. Until I clicked play, I didn’t even know that their singer is a woman. Three tracks in and so far, so legendary. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10890 Registered: 05-2005 |
Superfluous The above. It’s just Shop Assistants. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10891 Registered: 05-2005 |
Ye Banished Privateers – Hostis Humani Generis. Almost certainly the best Irish folk/pirate music concept album ever made by a Swedish band. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10892 Registered: 05-2005 |
Neneh Cherry - Man. Got it for $3 in a charity shop yesterday. I also got three other CDs at the same price. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4992 Registered: 03-2005 |
Protistas - Las Cruces This is probably the polar opposite of Pádraig's entry above. It's the second album by the Chilean band, very hard to obtain even in South America and thus cost me US$50 for a secondhand copy from an owner in Mexico City. And you don't want to know what I paid for shipping to get it through the gantlet of U.S. customs hassles. All entirely worth it. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_q uery=protistas+las+cruces | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10893 Registered: 05-2005 |
Hot Face - Automated Response. A new to me band who sound a lot like the earlier, punkier Jam. I like this a lot. https://hotface.bandcamp.com/album/autom ated-response | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1499 Registered: 03-2007 |
The Just Joans - Romantic Visions Of Scotland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E3P4EKp x4M&list=RD3E3P4EKpx4M&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQCPrR_6 F9M&list=RDMQCPrR_6F9M&start_radio=1 Two tracks from their latest album. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10897 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Go-Betweens - 1978-1990, Japanese double CD version. How glorious it is. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10900 Registered: 05-2005 |
Pottery - Welcome To Bobby's Motel. A Canadian band who do a very good job of sounding like early Talking Heads. I have the CD, but you can stream it here https://pottery.bandcamp.com/album/welco me-to-bobbys-motel | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10901 Registered: 05-2005 |
Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse (10th anniversary edition). With 23 tracks on one disc it’s 83.43 long. I’m pretty sure that makes it the longest CD I have. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10904 Registered: 05-2005 |
Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars. A beautiful album, though not one you’d want to play a lot of. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1500 Registered: 03-2007 |
Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Previously in The Muncie Girls and The Fairweather Band this is her third solo album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQprplFn EPY&list=RDkQprplFnEPY&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufFuq3AQ O3s&list=RDufFuq3AQO3s&start_radio=1 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10905 Registered: 05-2005 |
Skinny Jean - Dolce Doggerel. One day this 2009 Brisbane band album will be recognised as the lost classic it is. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1501 Registered: 03-2007 |
Silk Cuts - Tell Me It's Not True Debut album by a band from Exeter, England. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toPokquF HUI&list=RDtoPokquFHUI&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9vpKRE2 VYQ&list=RDk9vpKRE2VYQ&start_radio=1 | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1502 Registered: 03-2007 |
Beluga Lagoon - The Lagganberry Man Beluga Lagoon is a Production Company and Musical Project founded by Andrew O'Donnell who is a Scottish wildlife film-maker. They have released six albums as of now. This one dates from 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY--WTrb oN8&list=PLiCBjHFrbsz8Osr2QEnapMZzMrrZNe DO8 | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10910 Registered: 05-2005 |
Stereolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film. It’s up there with almost anything in their extensive back catalogue. And that is serious praise. | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 2408 Registered: 10-2006 |
Praise indeed - I've had it sitting gathering dust on my "To get round to" shelf for far too long, I'd better do that soon. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10912 Registered: 05-2005 |
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - Artorius Revisited EP. I could have sworn this came out five or six years years ago. It's actually from 2013. https://michaelhead.bandcamp.com/album/a rtorius-revisited-ep | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10913 Registered: 05-2005 |
Salif Keita – The Mansa Of Mali... A Retrospective. A brilliant compilation that I got for $3 in a charity shop a couple of days ago. (I also bought three others for the same price each. Two of the four came from the same guy, which I know because his name and address are stickered on the covers. I wish I’d been there when they were donated as I presume there were more, and the guy had good taste.) I googled the album to see how it was reviewed and the first to show up was by Robert Christgau. He gave it an A-, but his words read mostly like a diss. I just didn’t understand it. Christgau seems to be a very pretentious man who takes his job far too seriously. I recall some poster here saying something similar about Christgau in the past, having encountered him while he was reviewing some gig. Here’s my review: If you have any interest whatsoever in Malian and broader northwest African music, this is a great introduction. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 914 Registered: 08-2005 |
Short but sweet, Pádraig, short but sweet! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 10915 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks, Simon. If you ever come across it in a charity shop, don’t hesitate to get it. It’s unlikely to be available elsewhere, except maybe a second hand record shop, as I’m sure it’s long out of print. It came out in 1994. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 1503 Registered: 03-2007 |
The Notwist - Vertigo Days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj2SPhGt L4c&list=RDuj2SPhGtL4c&start_radio=1 A German band who have been releasing music since 1990. Here they are with a cover version of 'Red Sun' by Neil Young which appears on their latest album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffm3uzZs B74&list=RDFfm3uzZsB74&start_radio=1 | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 2420 Registered: 10-2006 |
Robert Forster – Strawberries Lonny – ex-voto Leaning across my desk CD player, I accidentally pressed a rib against “on”, and was pleasantly surprised by a shimmery guitar intro. Took a second to realise who it was and that I hadn’t played it, or indeed anything, for a while. Taking this as a sign, I slumped back into my chair and let it run through, this time focusing on the really evocative instrumental codas to some of the songs. Right next on the pile was Lonny, so, what the hell, that went on too. Also a beautiful listen, her distinctive voice is one of my favourites. That was from 2022, isn’t it about time something else was coming out? Googled a bit and found out she did a gig in Rome a few years ago, dammit. |