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     Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 164 Registered: 04-2005 |
Ok, I'll have a go at the more difficult Roman Numerals...... Anyway, back to the subject... A brilliant 4CD box set of Stiff Records called "The Big Stiff Box Set" well worth getting it. Cheers Jon | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2246 Registered: 05-2005 |
Sounds great Jon. Cheers for buying the winne album by the way, hope it doesn't grate on your nerves to much!!. The Colourfield - Virgin and Philistines. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 405 Registered: 07-2006 |
i'm not listening to anything of particular interest at the moment, but i do think that XL might just be my favourite roman numeral! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2247 Registered: 05-2005 |
Enders Room - Random Guru | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1124 Registered: 10-2004 |
Okay, I'll parade my massive unhipness by admitting I've been listening to the new Bauhaus. I've been a fan of Bauhaus for eons, ever since I was a sullen 12-year old. As for the new album, well, except for a few decent songs, it's basically crap. Still love their old stuff though.. On the non-crappy end of the spectrum, I listened to the Pale Fountains' "Pacific Street" yesterday (it was my birthday, hence the *perfect* album to listen to) and the Associates' "Affectionate Punch." | ||
| Svein Inge Saether Member Username: Springrain Post Number: 30 Registered: 08-2006 |
Jeff, I just saw a video of Peter Murphy singing "Warm Leatherette" by the Normal, with Trent Reznor and others. It was quite terrible. I too love old Bauhaus, but I'll settle for your verdict on the new record and stay away. I heard the title cut from the new B52s album, "Funplex" today, and it was, well, fun. Don't need to hear it constantly, though. On right now: Nico's "The Marble Index". Is that goth enough for y'all? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1125 Registered: 10-2004 |
Svein, anything involving Trent Reznor is quite terrible to these ears, so I'm not surprised! I'm glad I haven't had to endure his butchering of such a classic. I'll admit I'm vaguely (and cautiously) curious about "Funplex," if only to see if they managed to pull off a listenable pop album. I haven't listened to "Marble Index" in ages, I should pull that one out. If that's not proto-goth, I don't know what is. | ||
| Svein Inge Saether Member Username: Springrain Post Number: 32 Registered: 08-2006 |
It is proto goth, no debate. "Funplex" gets a reasonably good rewiev on http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/re cord_review/49450-funplex, and two songs are on http://www.myspace.com/theb52s. Now: Young Marble Giants - "Colossal Youth", which is perfect. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 139 Registered: 05-2005 |
Vampire Weekend Metric - Grow up and blow away 2008 is a quiet year.... I'm waiting for the Evangelist. One week. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 275 Registered: 01-2007 |
I'm waiting for The Evangelist, in the meantime, Warm Nights | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 101 Registered: 03-2007 |
The Meaning Of 8 by Cloud Cult. Listening to this while awaiting the arrival of their new album ( Feel Good Ghosts. ) | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2252 Registered: 05-2005 |
Leo kottke - Ice Water | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2065 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Black Keys - Attack and Release. Best album of the year so far imo - a melting pot of blues,soul and country produced by the man of the moment, Danger Mouse. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 616 Registered: 04-2006 |
what, a new The Black Keys album? didn't heard anything about that. so, thanks kevin for the info. i like their music. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2066 Registered: 05-2005 |
Unbreakable - Afghan Whigs compilation - next to Joy Division they were probably the most rivettingly intense band I saw perform live. REM - Accelerate. I was as cynical as the next man about how good this would be but it is great - tunes, energy and Stipe sounding like he means it again. Robert - The Evangelist. Better even than DITP? I thinks so, and Jeff while your judgement is normally spot on you should perhaps reconsider your stance on "Let Your Light In Baby", its ace imo Portishead - Third. Where did they pull this from? Have they been listening to Burial? - its not dubstep by any means but it has the same atmosphere and, for want of a better word, weirdness that cloaks his music. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2253 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kev I think I shall take your advice and check out The Black keys they sound and look fun. Ditto Portishead. I have dug out some old classics (IMHO!), I have been promising myself to dig out since last year, rather than just going out and buying new stuff for the sake of it. First up: Tindersticks- Eponymous. A lovely, sweet, close and intimate sounding album. I thik this now sounds like what Joy Division would have sounded like if they's have still been around and signed to el records. Stuart sounds very very similar to Ian Curtis. Lloyd Cole & The Negatives - Lloyd Cole & The Negatives. Its got Robert Quine on, so it should be worth it. Shite cover though. Tuxedomoon - Soundtracks / Urban Leisure. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 409 Registered: 07-2006 |
the hummingbirds - lovebuzz | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2255 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Clash - London Calling. Its the remastered version, I'm not down sounds like it was recorded yesterday. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 359 Registered: 05-2005 |
The first Love album. Freaky Conclusions (still!!) Not listening to the new REM one - sounds like they are unable to jangle anymore. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 114 Registered: 02-2008 |
The Kills - Midnight Boom. Very good and the girl is sexy lexy. They sound like PJ Harvey if PJ Harvey was still good and didnt do all of that weird Lizzy Borden falsetto shit. In other words interestin. LIttle Big Town - A Place to Land. Goldurn good country music. These cats can really sing. Destroyer - Trouble IN Dreams. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 118 Registered: 02-2008 |
Also, not having any Morrissey, I picked up the new best of comp. Its good, of course, but there's an interesting graphic on the inside of the booklet. There's a big hairy male tuchus with the inscription, "your arse an all" on it. Not that theres' anything wrong with that. If hes not careful people are going to start suspecting that hes gay. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1104 Registered: 01-2005 |
Geoff, Peter Buck can still jangle when he wants to or when the song calls for it. He did plenty of it as part of the Venus 3 on tour with Robyn Hitchcock. I think it's Stipe and Mills who now longer want him to jangle on new REM songs. I'll probably pick up the new REM on the way home tonight. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1138 Registered: 10-2004 |
Colin Newman - We Means We Starts 7" This Mortal Coil - Filigree & Shadow Go-Betweens - Spring Hill Fair *avoids new REM album like the plague* | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2067 Registered: 05-2005 |
REM - Accelerate Spiritualized - Songs in A & E | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 410 Registered: 07-2006 |
when's the new spiritualized due out kev? | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2068 Registered: 05-2005 |
early may joe | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2261 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spiritualized any good kev? I saw him last year supporting Massive and I thought he was pretty crap. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2262 Registered: 05-2005 |
Albert Kuvezin & Yat-Kha - Re-covers. And in particular his cover of Exodus. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2265 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wire - 154. Map ref 41o N 93o W is still in my top 20 songs of all time, wonderful. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1141 Registered: 10-2004 |
I *love* Map ref, Spence. I love 154 too, one of my top 20 albums of all time. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 278 Registered: 01-2007 |
Should I buy the new Raconteurs ?? any advice folks I'm not massively into White Stripes but like Brendon Benson what little I've heard | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2069 Registered: 05-2005 |
i would recommend it jerry. they sound more like a real band now, and this album is a lot more varied. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2097 Registered: 05-2005 |
The Evangelist. Finally got a proper copy. Not that I wasn't grateful for the stream until now. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 140 Registered: 05-2005 |
My record shop has phoned to announce that a copy was waiting for me...... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1142 Registered: 10-2004 |
Wait, I can't remember, did the Evangelist get an earlier release date outside the US? As far as I'm aware, US folks have to wait until April 29 for the Yep Roc version to be available. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2070 Registered: 05-2005 |
jeff, its on sale today in Europe, but not UK http://www.tuition-music.com/shop.html | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 123 Registered: 02-2008 |
The Warner Bros. Years - Ashford and Simpson | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 184 Registered: 10-2006 |
Yeah, well, in SOME parts of Europe. If I'm lucky, mine MIGHT arrive by next Friday. Meanwhile, the Evangelist himself has been spreading the Good News here in Italy with a warm-hearted interview in my favourite music mag. I'll try and translate the interesting bits over the weekend. As usual, he comes across as one of the few musicians you really would like to have the chance to buy a beer for. There are also vague promises of dates here. Fingers & legs crossed. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 281 Registered: 01-2007 |
Thanks Kevin have bought it and enjoying it didn't have the first one as not too certain what to expect--Oh that sounds to safe but you know what I mean | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 618 Registered: 04-2006 |
the new black keys to be a long time coming, the evangelist is on the way. meanwhile i have the pleasure to listen to the new motorpsycho album. great jamming. a really strong album. as i said in a previous posting: if you like the musci of the allman brothers or Gratefuld Dead you must be pleased with MP, too. only the sound of the album is a bit poor. don't know why they done this. strange, this is. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 997 Registered: 09-2006 |
Make 'Em Mokum Crazy Ornette Coleman - Of Human Feelings Magnetic Fields - Distortion | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2101 Registered: 05-2005 |
Robert's version of 2541. It's a very rare case where I love two versions by different people of the same song. | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 124 Registered: 02-2008 |
Lykke Li - Youth Novels George Strait - Troubador Simone and Garfinkle - Live 1969 | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1586 Registered: 03-2005 |
last night: first two discs to the Buffalo Springfield box. And I started listening to a Nazz antho but then time for bed. A sixties night. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2266 Registered: 05-2005 |
welcome back Randy, hope you had an inspirational trip my friend! | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 187 Registered: 10-2006 |
Ride - Going blank again. Had a yen for crunchy psychadelic geetar and, man, what a great album this is. Why weren't they huge?? Now intrigued to hear the band that Robert Forster talked about, Espers...anyone heard them? | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 619 Registered: 04-2006 |
yes, me. i've mentioned them from time to time here on the board. ''kind'' of fairport convention on much more acid (to say it in my poor own words). i can highly recommend espers ''ii'' and ''the weed tree'' cd with coverversions of , ah, smash hits.... the first espers album is o.k. , but notan album i listen often. and if you like it stripped down i have to recommend also meg baird's (the singer of espers) solo album dear companion. excellent songs, excellent voice. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1109 Registered: 01-2005 |
Frank and Kevin, I've been hearing a lot of great things about the new Raconteurs, it rocks endlessly! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 620 Registered: 04-2006 |
sometimes it must be kind of this: theolonius monk and the giants of jazz, live in budapest 1971 | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1587 Registered: 03-2005 |
Spence, it was a great trip in every way. This morning: Steve McQueen--Prefab Sprout I finally got this album and was surprised how many songs I was already familiar with. They're less unique than the songs on "Swoon" but it's still a great album. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 283 Registered: 01-2007 |
Michael it does rock but not in an over bluesy White Stripes way which is good eh it reminds me a bit of the Zep though | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1143 Registered: 10-2004 |
Randy, glad to hear you're digging Steve McQueen - I know you were skeptical about it. And if you're feeling daring, I'll suggest Protest Songs, which I think is quite good too (and slightly less slick than SM). | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 412 Registered: 07-2006 |
GBA will always be huge in my book stuart! both the lp and leave them all behind went top 10 in the uk, but that was about it. dream away =D | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2267 Registered: 05-2005 |
Its funny this mention of Prefabs. I seem to recall when they first appeared, ('82/'83) along with The Daintees and Hurrah and even the Kane gang, they were cited as the new Orange Juice for thinkers, indeed Kitchenware was the new Postcard. Then, sorta '87 Prefabs became very uncool. I think when they hit the charts. I must admit, they looked shit. They kinda got lumped in with the rest of the dross, such as Danny Wilson, Hue and Cry, Deacon Blue. Which of course is pretty unfair looking back on it, Swoon was a real gem as was Steve McQueen, and Paddy's songwriting was built to last, needless to say that can't be said of the Danny W and the other 2 groups I mention above. Hurrah, Daintes never gained commercial success. Though, their stuff, each group highly individual and different from each respective label mates, still stands strong today. Kane gang, were quite successful in an Orange Juice one hit wonder kinda way. I liked em, they have a retrospective out now actually, they were slick, totally unlike Postcard jangle, save for the fact that they seemed to display the 'soul' style approach to their output, and funny to look at. To look at they reminded me of Windsor and Don from an old English sitcom, It ain't half hot mum. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2268 Registered: 05-2005 |
oh, after my spectral like ramble, i forgot... The Blue Aeroplanes - Warhol's 15 - The Best Of The Blue Aeroplanes 1985-1988 | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 360 Registered: 05-2005 |
Don't get me started on Ride or I'll never stop! The last great pop/rock band????? I used to be in a garage band banging away at Twisterella, Cool your Boots and Mousetrap. The guys kept saying "turn it up" until the guitar played itself and I got a permanent buzz...in my ears! I've got the first Espers and it's a bit disappointing. Some horrendous metal "chunkahs" in one song and some "bee in a box" distortion in others. I was expecting sort of Boston Tea party meets American Gothic meets Donovan! Are they REALLY worth persuing Andreas? Heard the latest American Music club and it's VERY GOOD.....and that was before the wine! | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 189 Registered: 10-2006 |
Well, I've put my faith in the Holy Words of Bob Forster and ordered both some Espers and some, hmmmm, Vashti Bunyan, whatever that might be...Amazon reviewers seem to like them, anyway, though on that basis you'd also end up with the Complete Works of Jethro Tull, I suppose... Lots more Ride today!! Great for translating to... | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 141 Registered: 05-2005 |
Wilco - Summerteeth A great record, a great band I still have to investigate... | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1589 Registered: 03-2005 |
Stuart, I just listened to Vashti Bunyan last night! I don't know if you ordered the same thing that I have but it's really a thing for Andrew Oldham completists (which I might be) and also for folks who liked the Sibylle Baier CD released a couple years ago. While in Buenos Aires I heard an absolutely wonderful Jane Birkin CD in a small cafe. I didn't see WHICH Birkin CD it was and bought an anthology at random at Amoeba upon my return. I listened to it yesterday. Total disappointment. It's all tiresome Serge Gainsbourg novelty stuff. The only thing I like is the still-cheesy 69 Years of Love (or 69 Years of Eroticism or whatever--my bad translation). I have to figure out which Birkin it was that I heard in that cafe because it was perfect. I think it was much newer than the stuff on this antho which runs from about 1969 to about 1985 or so. Spence, as usual I've never heard nor heard OF any of the bands you list. I don't need to hear the ones you slag off, but the Daintees . . . . | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1111 Registered: 01-2005 |
Randy, Jane Birkin cd's I own and like: Arabesque - from 2002. A nice Arab-North African sound. Baby Alone In Babylone - from 1983. A collection of Serge songs that he wrote about their divorce. Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg - from 1969. Their first album together, includes Je T'aime Moi Non Plus which was a big European hit. | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 142 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, I'm not a fan af Jane but in 2004, she has released an album composed with people like Brian Molko, Paolo Conte,Beth Gibbons, Caetano Veloso, etc. Perhaps this is it? You can hear some little parts of the songs here : http://www.amazon.fr/Rendez-vous-Jane-Bi rkin/dp/B0001K62NI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s= music&qid=1207756294&sr=8-1 | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1144 Registered: 10-2004 |
Randy, I like some of the early Daintees stuff. They had an early single called Trouble Town which I adore. They were very eclectic, moving from one style to the next with each song. You'd have country sitting alongside blue-eyed soul sitting alongside folk, all done with ample understatement. I'll send you something.... As for Hurrah, maybe I didn't hear the right stuff, but I couldn't get into them. They verged a bit on the generic for me. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1002 Registered: 09-2006 |
The Wrens - Abbott 1138 Also immersing in the adventures of Wire, Mach 1,2, 2 1/2 and 3: On Returning The A List The First Letter Send | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 190 Registered: 10-2006 |
Birkin's Arabesque is great, her best I think, apart from that bloody awful poem her son, I suppose, wrote. Musically reminds me of Cohen's excellent Field Commander live. And Rendevous is pretty good too. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1117 Registered: 08-2006 |
I love "Send," Allen. I think it's one of their best non-compilation recordings. Plus, it's great for blowing the dust out of your speakers. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1004 Registered: 09-2006 |
Agreed, though it does replace it with a new, highly malevolent breed of dust... | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2269 Registered: 05-2005 |
Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't stand me down. One of the greatest albums ever, IMHO. Although this misses the really essential narrative that's on the priginal album and original vid, here's the vid to one of its best songs. Though they are all, the best. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-avJdGnH e0 | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1145 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spence, my favorite song off Don't Stand me Down is "Kevin Rowland's 13th Time," which, ironically, was not included on the original, only on the reissue. Absolutely *love* that tune! | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 413 Registered: 07-2006 |
you know i never got don't stand me down....but i love dexy's (there there my dear off searchin'... is one of my favourite closing tracks ever). the don't stand me down album art is also one of the finest i've ever seen in that it's genuinely rather creepy. bloody hell, why haven't i bought this thing already!?!? | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 415 Registered: 07-2006 |
about bleedin' time!! http://www.amazon.com/All-Over-Place-Ban gles/dp/B000WZAD4Q/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UT F8&s=music&qid=1207787426&sr=8-4 | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1590 Registered: 03-2005 |
Thanks for the Jane tips, all. Michael, the antho I have has Babylone on it. I just can't hack that one at all. Trou, many thanks for the link. I might try picking up that album. I can't play the samples because my Mac doesn't have RealPlayer on it. Many thanks to Jeff and Spence for the Daintees and Dexys samples. I used to ignore the Dexys. The song Spence sent sounds a bit like a reworking of Dylan's "I Want You." Not what I expected at all. It's never a bad thing to borrow a little Dylan. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 285 Registered: 01-2007 |
I loved the daintees for a short period of time and have 3 LPs all good, Boat to Bolivia is the best with crocodile cryer, Salutation Road is very goos as well and there is one which was release between these 2 which I can't remember but bough 2 copies 1 for me and one for my wife then girlfriend. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 286 Registered: 01-2007 |
I think Martin Stephenson is still pougihng his trade in the acoustic hinterlands, he was from Tyneside but I think he now lives in Scotland, Last year the Daintees reformed and played Boat to Bolivia as is the fashion for playing complete LPs | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1591 Registered: 03-2005 |
Last night: Magick Heads--Woody Another very fine tip from Hugh. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2272 Registered: 05-2005 |
A disturbing listen. Throbbing Gristle - 20 jazz Funk Greats. A starnge, way ahead of its time album. Can't explain the music or where it comes from, its on its own. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1146 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spence, you keep listening to totally random, older albums that I know and like! That era of TG was pretty interesting. The roots of industrial. Last night I was listening to OMD's first album. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1115 Registered: 01-2005 |
B-52's - Funplex After listening to Funplex I remember why I liked them so much. Hard to believe it's been 19 years since the remaining 4 members released an album. I wish I still had my 1982 Mesopotamia tour tee-shirt! Too many back packing trips was the cause of it's premature passing. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2274 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jeff, we were seperated at birth (you'd be pleased to know!!) TG was the roots of industrial, and those roots wer way ahead of what was to come. I must look out for OMD fitrst album. Maid of Orleans helped me to learn how to drum! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1147 Registered: 10-2004 |
Spence, I think you're on to something! Yeah, that first OMD record is a classic from start to finish. Their 2nd album, Organization might even be better, in my book. Hell, their first 4 are all pretty darn wonderful. Needless to say, OMD was instrumental in putting the pop in techno pop. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 361 Registered: 05-2005 |
Adding my 2 cents worth to the OMD stuff... I thought the 2nd album was more consistent, moody and real than the first. Apart from a couple of singles, I really lost track of them as the decade moved into jangly pop. A mate of mine reckons Dazzle Ships is fantastic. What do you guys reckon? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1148 Registered: 10-2004 |
Yes, Dazzle Ships is fantastic. I guess it was poorly received when it came out (it was loosely conceptual, which was totally uncool back then), but I think it's a fine album, bursting with great tunes, both energetic/poppy and melancholy/moody. I rate Architecture and Morality highly too. But yeah, if I was forced to own only one, it'd probably be the 2nd album. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 416 Registered: 07-2006 |
ahhh.....OMD lust, you guys are great. the first i find a bit patchy, but i love the gothic charm of organisation and the reputation that preceds a&m speaks for itself. i really like dazzle ships too, which is pretty much where they lose me....but i love the whole eastern-bloc/radio-waves pop thing about it and it's a shame most of their concepts went out the door with it! anyone that likes moody/aor synths (in the vein of psb's behaviour) might also fancy checking out sugar tax from 91. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2073 Registered: 05-2005 |
African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 3 Portishead - Third The Breeders - Mountain Battles The Triffids - Beautiful Waste etc Dennis Brown - Visions Scuba - A Mutual Antipathy REM - Accelerate Robert - The Evangelist Eek - A - Mouse - Most Wanted The Black Keys - Attack and Release | ||
| Bryce Member Username: Rockandrollfriend Post Number: 44 Registered: 07-2005 |
Dazzle Ships is awesome. The new remaster sounds excellent. I'm especially pleased they put the full length of 66 & Fading on there, as Navigation had a 2 minute edit. | ||
| Bryce Member Username: Rockandrollfriend Post Number: 45 Registered: 07-2005 |
Also, been listening to the new Gary Louris (amazing). Any Jayhawks fans here? | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 417 Registered: 07-2006 |
love the full length 66 & fading bryce....i've got it on one of other bsides comps (the other side of omd?). did i read somewhere it was something played backwards? regardless, sweepingly eerie and beautiful track. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2074 Registered: 05-2005 |
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer Trinity - Three Piece Suit | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1593 Registered: 03-2005 |
Second disc of the Vashti Bunyan set "Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind." | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1594 Registered: 03-2005 |
After losing patience with the spotty indulgences of the overly comprehensive Nazz antho released by Sanctuary, I reached for true quality: Emitt Rhodes--American Dreamer A nearly completely overlooked jewel from the end-of-60s Los Angeles. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1595 Registered: 03-2005 |
Oops. Sorry. That's "American Dream." | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 290 Registered: 01-2007 |
Bryce I love the Jayhawks-but I've not really got in to Vagabonds maybe I'm missing something, I had high hopes but it's in the cd changer so I'll give it another go.My Fvourite of theirs is Hollywood Town Hall, Rainy Day ~Music was also lovely Is the Vashti Bunyon worth it?? Spence, Randy SPent yesterday with some Stones great for a saturday pm | ||
| Jonathan Evans Member Username: Jon Post Number: 166 Registered: 04-2005 |
The Breeders - Mountain Battles (My homework for the gig tomorrow night) The Cribs - The Cribs We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery Cheers Jon | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1596 Registered: 03-2005 |
Frank, see my April 9 entry. I stand by that. Currently listening to the acoustic Steve McQueen tunes. I have some quibbles with Dolby's over-processing of the vocals on the original album. This disc is a nice counterpart. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1149 Registered: 10-2004 |
Randy, how's that Emitt Rhodes album? I only have his eponymous debut, which I love, but never sprung for the others simply because I could never find them used. | ||
| Bryce Member Username: Rockandrollfriend Post Number: 47 Registered: 07-2005 |
Joe, I think 66 & Fading is Telegraph played backwards. That one and 4-Neu are really haunting. Frank, it took me a little while to get into Vagabonds as well, but now I love it. Especially the title track. However, Rainy Day Music II it is not, and that was what I was hoping for. I do think it is an excellent record though, just maybe needed some more of those classic Louris gems like "I'd Run Away." However, we do have the Olson/Louris record to look forward to. They've recorded it and everything, and it should be coming out sometime this year. I'm hoping they both saved their best songs for this project (though I doubt it). | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1117 Registered: 01-2005 |
REM - Accelerate B-52's - Funplex Fun Boy Three - Waiting Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been (Great Neil Young inpersonation on the cut "Not The Same") | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1597 Registered: 03-2005 |
At last! My copies of the new Domino Triffids reissues have arrived. Of course I made a beeline for the "Beautiful Waste" set to which I'm listening now. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 419 Registered: 07-2006 |
michael, i love waiting! those charming, surly scamps.... what do you think of the new b52s? | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 363 Registered: 05-2005 |
Meanwhile, Australia get the Triffids released on 7th of JUNE! Can you believe this???? | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 131 Registered: 02-2008 |
Was (Not Was) - Boo! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1011 Registered: 09-2006 |
My goodness, talk about yet another unexpected comeback...how is that Was (Not Was)? | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 132 Registered: 02-2008 |
Mighty good, sir. Sir Harry and Sweetpea are still fightin the good fight and doin their thing. Its got a co-write with Bobbie Dylan, a Kristofferson cameo on a song called Green Pills in the Dresser and a great song about medicinal waters that babies are baptized in but also taste good with scotch and ice! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1013 Registered: 09-2006 |
Damn, that does sound good...it's been far too long. | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 10 Registered: 11-2007 |
Just listened to one of my favourite Dexy's Midnight Runners - The Projected Passion Revue. A record full of soul - very lifely... amazon.co.uk offers it for little money! still running are the panics (every record available)! and bob's wonderful new album... also hearing - and also the trees I find them wonderful now. In the 80's I just loved their first single wallpaper dying and thought after their first record they are just a cure-clone. But there is much special to find in their records. have a nice day! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2281 Registered: 05-2005 |
THere's a gothic bast from the past andreas! And also the trees, reminded me of Joy Division, the early music, but the vocals were always very grandeur. Later on like Cocteaus, Deadcan Dance, even more 4AD than 4AD. Theres a lovely newish tune, The beautiful Silence that's right up y street. I used to bump into the bass player a lot years ago, Steven. They were local to me, always on the piss at local Birmingham clubs. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 805 Registered: 08-2004 |
Yes, Andreas S, that Dexy's CD is well worth the cash, passion is the key! Been a little light on new music of late. I managed to knacker my ipod & a new one is still in transit. Coupled with pc problems I've got a whole batch of new tunes to spin in the near future. Just a few of not, of late: Money Mark - Change Is Coming R.E.M. - Accelerate Morrissey - Best Of | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1118 Registered: 01-2005 |
joe, The Tunnel Of Love was one of the songs I played a ton of when I was going through my divorce. Waiting doesn't sound my like The Specials, but it still one of my favs from 1983. The new 52's is a return to form! Cindy Wilson is back, and the songs are a blast. Accelerate is growing on me. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 420 Registered: 07-2006 |
you've sold me on the 52s michael....i might have to pick it up alongside that other athens-related release. i'm afraid i have no class, i'll take fb3 over the specials any day! | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1150 Registered: 10-2004 |
Joe, Michael, I *love* Fun Boy Three, *especially* Waiting. One of my favorite albums. I like the Specials too, but I think Waiting is the best record involving anyone from the Specials camp. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1151 Registered: 10-2004 |
Listened to a range of *not* new things tonight: Stooges - Raw Power (I so needed to rock out to Search and Destroy immediately after work today - was one of those days...) VU - White Light/White Heat Biff Bang Pow - Oblivion (She's Got Diamonds in Her Hair is such a perfect song) and took things down a few notches with New Order's Movement, which I realized I hadn't listened to in ages. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1598 Registered: 03-2005 |
Black Monk Time--Monks | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2284 Registered: 05-2005 |
John Martyn - Solid Air. Jeff, Biff Bang Pow were great, if a little bit shambolic. The Girl who runs the Beat Hotel is a fave of mine. Ionce saw them in '87, I passed Alan Mcgee his guitar after asking me to tune it just before he went on. I was down there to see my friend at that time, Momus, perform his first ever gig. By the way m up the loft (and down the hill!) on a mission for your Daintees this Friday! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1121 Registered: 01-2005 |
A great song, more appropreate now then it was back in 1988: Frank Tovey - From the City To The Isle Of Dogs From the city to the isle of dogs Low life and high rise From the city to the isle of dogs You'd better close your eyes Hey young executive You've moved to the island With your shady deals And your wheeling and a dealing Get a cheap thrill from someone's Home that you are stealing Low life You'd better close your eyes 'Cos this is no life From the city to the isle of dogs Well it's hard to make a living And it's hard to find some loving But with his finger on the pulse And money in his pocket When something's up he nose His shares are gonna rocket To the high life You'd better close your eyes 'Cos this is no life From the city to the isle of dogs East enders Street vendors Money lenders Big spenders Defenders All genders Pretenders Law benders From the city to the isle of dogs Low life and high rise From the city to the isle of dogs You'd better close your eyes Low life and high rise High life Free enterprise | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 623 Registered: 04-2006 |
for sure is fb3's waiting a kind of masterpiece and one of my all time favourite album. terry hall had made a lot of classics and the colourfield and his solo albums are worth to mention. you can consider me as a fan. btw: dexy's don't stand me down is a classic, too. a very great album. as well as abc's beauty stab and soft cell's last effort or microdisney's first one. these years were really great and to mention all that glorious stuff would be like writing off from simon reynolds book rip it up and start again. which i would highly recommend to those who didn't have read it until now. randy, and do you like the monks? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1601 Registered: 03-2005 |
Andreas, I'd heard of Black Monk Time for years but only ran into the Monks on YouTube recently so picked I up the CD. Until last night I didn't realize that "Black Monk Time" Parts I and II from the Fall's "Extricate" were basically cover versions. They're entertainingly trashy. Michael, maybe I should pull out my long-dormant Fad Gadget anthology. Those are great lyrics. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 422 Registered: 07-2006 |
andreas - way to go get my attention! i've never heard anyone level any praise at beauty stab. and which soft cell are you refering to? they're one of my favourites of all time and could rave about any of them if given the forum! | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1016 Registered: 09-2006 |
Psych Furs - All of This and Nothing Was (Not Was) - Boo! Thanks for the heads up on that second one L..I mean E. It's like they've never been away. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 423 Registered: 07-2006 |
i listened to talk talk talk the other night allen, i forgot how terrific it was. the first one i always found a little bit tired, but the three following it are brilliant. mirror moves is due for a suped up rerelease! | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 424 Registered: 07-2006 |
i got the new james record last night. at first listen it sounds like they've picked up right where pleased to meet you ended - couldn't be more chuffed really! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 2286 Registered: 05-2005 |
Joe i'll look forward to hearing new James album. What little I'd heard it sounded far removed from Pleased.., more like the days and times of Born if Frustration, what with Andy Diagram back onthe trumpet and Glennie on guitar, with the other two guitarists now gone too. Michaelyes Fad's lyrics are great, like Strummer/Jones in many wways. Did he die Frank Tovey? | ||
| Andreas Severins Member Username: Andreas_severins Post Number: 11 Registered: 11-2007 |
Coming back to my eighties favorites: The first two albums of the sound - jeopardy and from the lion's mouth (both outstanding) and comsat angels - waiting for a miracle beginning with missing in action; 'baby'; total war and all of their other outstanding songs! It is still as good as it was on the first day! I had two buy me the vinyl twice because the first vinyl I heared that often those days  ) | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 425 Registered: 07-2006 |
my flatmate left out m83's "saturdays=youth" for me to listen to tonight, as she thought i might like it. don't want to oversell it or anything, but i found it magnificent! too many references to note, all of which handled with the utmost of taste. no idea who they are or anything, but they sound incredible. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1124 Registered: 01-2005 |
Spence, Frank passed away 6 years ago of the Bobby Darin syndrome (heart problems since childhood). | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 195 Registered: 10-2006 |
Darned if I can get past the Evangelist at the moment...if I don't listen at least once a day to the whole thing I get a bit jittery. However I have tried Vashti Bunyan, a little of whom I think goes rather a long way, and Espers 2, which is mysteriously difficult to describe, sort of laid-back prog-rock with Sandy-Denny-on-a-mountaintop vocals... pretty nice, all in all. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1018 Registered: 09-2006 |
Indeed joe (way up there in the thread), though I do like the P-Furs debut as well...any record that has R. Butler intoning the word "stupid" (excuse me, "styupid") 785 times has something to recommend it... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1156 Registered: 10-2004 |
*Finally* (I know...) managed to track down a copy of Winnebago Orchestra's "Born in the Sun." I'm listening to it right now, and it's beautiful. Great songs, beautiful sounds, lush textures, and classy arrangements, especially with the trumpet and lap steel. Loaded with cool ideas. Very sophisticated and tastefully moody, too! I'm really digging it. Spence, speaking as a musician and writer of songs, I am thoroughly humbled by your abundant talent (and of the talent of those you surround yourself with)! This is a fabulous work. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1602 Registered: 03-2005 |
A CD I've compiled of McComb/Triffids things that tilt toward the more country end of their sound. I'm trying to come up with something to give to my uber-conservative oldest brother to show him that great songwriters did not cease to appear by the end of the 1970s. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1127 Registered: 01-2005 |
Randy, From the City To The Isle Of Dogs was on Frank's 1988 album Civilian. I'm not sure if it showed up on any subsequent comps though. I've been listening to all my 1988-90 cassette tapes of the Dimension radio program that was on the Detroit NPR radio station WDET. WDET was right up there with KCRW for numerous years as far as great programs. Sadly, it has gone to mostly news these days. And yes, Dimension did introduce me to the G-B's back on a Sunday night in October of 1988. I was just listening to that tape the other day. "Love Is A Sign" was the track that did it, and I bought 16LL on cd the following week. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 624 Registered: 04-2006 |
joe, i meant soft cell's third album 'this last night in sodom'. meet murder my angel, soul inside, oh, all that great, intense songs. what an album. dave ball and marc almond were favourites of mine - like so many others. a really enthusiastic time that was. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 625 Registered: 04-2006 |
yes, randy, mark e.smith is a big 'the monks' fan. i think it was last year when a 'monks' film was released in berlin. guests were the monks themself and the played for the first time since countless years and also mark e.smith. i liked to go, but decided to go to bed. such events just starting always very, very late in berlin and if you have to go to work you can can go directly from the event to your workplace. it seems i am getting old.... i for myself didn't really felt in love with the monks until now. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2108 Registered: 05-2005 |
Primal Scream - Dirty Hits. Great songs, even if some of them are bowdlerised versions. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 428 Registered: 07-2006 |
hear hear andreas...sodom is great. it's got that charmingly abrasive thing which would secure the mary chain a legion of devotees the following year with psychocandy. the 12" of soul inside is one of THE absolute soft cell moments. where was your heart is fab too. love the primals padraig - vanishing point is great catching the train music! not bad for the other type of landing either... | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 138 Registered: 02-2008 |
Air - Moon Sefari. Good music to munch Freedom Fries to... | ||
| Svein Inge Saether Member Username: Springrain Post Number: 34 Registered: 08-2006 |
Andreas, Motorpsycho is on stage here in half an hour! I'm in my office upstairs from the concert hall, listening to... The Evangelist! Here' the MP European tour: 2008-05-17: Berlin - Postbahnhof 2008-05-18: Cologne - Live music hall 2008-05-20: Munich - Backstage werk 2008-05-21: Lausanne - Le Romandie 2008-05-22: Firenze - Viper 2008-05-23: Rome - Alpheus 2008-05-24: Rimini - Velvet 2008-05-25: Milano - Alcatraz 2008-05-27: Antwerp - Hof ter Lo 2008-05-28: Eindhoven - Effenaar 2008-05-29: Utrecht - Tivoli 2008-05-30: Bremen - Schlachthof 2008-05-31: Hamburg - Fabrik 2008-06-01: Copenhagen - Lille Vega Hope you can catch a show! | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 627 Registered: 04-2006 |
svein, i saved my ticket weeks ago. how was the show you were? joe, all that 12'' of soft cell were great, but i agree with you. soul inside is fabulous. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2076 Registered: 05-2005 |
andreas - do you stay in berlin? I'm just back from a 4 day mini trip - its a fascinating city. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 807 Registered: 08-2004 |
Soft Cell are masterful in the angsty synth soul thing. Memorabilia & Torch are 2 of my favourites, miles apart in style but perfect nods to the past while embracing the future. Angelou - Automiracles The Animals - Best oF... The Jam - The Gift | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 628 Registered: 04-2006 |
kevin, yes i live in berlin. you should have asked before your trip. what shall i say about the city? yes, itwas fascinating and it still is - but as always when you live in a town you didn't recognize it right.... | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 629 Registered: 04-2006 |
jerry, well done said, really! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2077 Registered: 05-2005 |
Andreas, we stayed near Alexanderplatz so we were reasonably central. Yesterday the city was taken over by supporters of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, I assume it was the Cup Final? I wanted Dortmund to win but they lost 2-1. I had quite a few pints of Berliner Pils, it seems to be the most popular beer. I just had to try Knuckle of Pork, sauerkraut, red cabbage and potatos, doesnt sound too appetising but it was.We visited some great buildings - Berlin Cathedral, Checkpoint Charlie(and museum), the parliament building and went up the TV tower for a spectacular panoramic view. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1604 Registered: 03-2005 |
The TV tower is great! It gives quite a view of the center of the city. I remember when we were up there we asked for pretzels with our beer, thinking "pretzel" is a Deutsche word, right? It took a bit of explaining before the waitress understood what we were asking for and turned out they didn't have any. Did you wander down the Karl Marx Allee, Kevin? I realize it probably has some bad memories associated with it for residents of the city but to this outsider it's an impressive array of mid-century modern architecture. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2112 Registered: 05-2005 |
A Lucksmiths EP, A Hiccup In Your Happiness, I picked up (along with 19 other CDs) at a record fair on Saturday. It is so great. Another band whose archives I'm going to now have to dig deep into... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2113 Registered: 05-2005 |
Any further Lucksmiths recommendations people? This was my introduction to them. | ||
| Hugh Nimmo Member Username: Hugh_nimmo Post Number: 102 Registered: 03-2007 |
Padraig, the track 'A Hiccup In Your Happiness' first appeared on the album 'Warmer Corners.' If you like the song then you will probably love the album. Fabulous band with a substantial back catalogue. Have fun digging. Currently listening to Feel Good Ghosts ( Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes ) by Cloud Cult. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2114 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks Hugh, I'll check it out. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 810 Registered: 08-2004 |
The new Portishead has been worth the 10 year wait. They ooze class & are still just as good at the un-easy listening that's so listenable. The Clash - The Clash | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1131 Registered: 01-2005 |
Padraig, someone made me a Best of 2001 comp six years ago and the Lucksmiths song Synchronised Sinking was on it, prompting me to buy their 2001 album Why That Doesn't Surprise Me. I've been hooked since. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 2078 Registered: 05-2005 |
Randy, we didnt knowingly wander down Karl Marx allee but given that we did a power of walking in our 3 days there we must have,it was all a bit of a blur at times. Other landmarks we visited were The Topography of Terror and an underground Jewish memorial exhibition. The Lucksmiths sounded intriguing so I downloaded Warmer Corners from Napster. A lazy description would be Tallulah era Go-Bs crossed with Belle and Sebastian and a dash of latter day Triffids,although on first hearing the vocalist lacks the character of those groups vocalists. Quality stuff though. | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1021 Registered: 09-2006 |
Chic - Definitive Groove (2-disc best-of) Bowie - Heroes Go-Bees - SMAL, album and bonus disc Todd Snider - The Devil You Know Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 631 Registered: 04-2006 |
yes, kevin i also wanted dortmund to win, but as nearly always the luck was on bayern münchens side... i don't know if berliner pilsner is really popular, i for myself don't like it really. to find a good beer in berlin isn't very easy. i am coming from a german area with a lot of good small, regional breweries. but not only the music taste differs.... randy, brezel (inenglish : pretzel) is a german word. and it is nearly impossible to find a good pretzel in berlin. maybe padraig have ate one as he was in stuttgart two years ago (world cup). there you have the chance to find some really good ones (even when the times have changed and the bakery handcraft isn't the same as years ago). |