let's get things going - listening thread 2006!

[earl grey]

the old one was impressive, but alas it had an expiration date.

arthur russell - another thought
grateful dead - fillmore west 1969 (discs 1 + 2)
optimo - psyche out
we love yura yura teikoku (disc 1)
gary panter - YLT hanukkah mix
DJ cam - mad blunted jazz
love is all - 9 times that same song

seeing as i can't remember when i last listened to them, i really didn't expect to start the year with the dead. but those fillmore west discs are killer ... taken from the same shows as 'live/dead,' and i'm realizing that the grateful dead recordings that i most enjoy seem to all be from a small sliver of 1969.

[johansen smith]

you son of a bitch, I thought about making this thread and then said "Nah, I'll do it later, it's not like earl grey is going to make it or anything" BUT CLEARLY I WAS MISTAKEN.

[earl grey]

you son of a bitch, I thought about making this thread and then said "Nah, I'll do it later, it's not like earl grey is going to make it or anything" BUT CLEARLY I WAS MISTAKEN.

indeed. it was close to midnight for us east coasters, action was needed!

[tinobeat]

Small Factory - For If You Cannot Fly CD
Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask CD
Akron/Family - 2005 Tour CD
Os Mutantes - A Divina Comédia Ou Ando Meio Desligado CD
Lilys - A Brief History of Amazing Letdowns CD
Archers of Loaf - Vee Vee CD
Part Chimp - I Am Come CD

[Brushback]

Guided By Voices Get Out Of My Stations
Big Star In Space ("High Priest"-kinda bad)
Guitar Wolf Golden Black
The Dirtbombs If You Don't Already Have A Look
Dead Meadow Shivering King And Others
Dinosaur (Jr.) s/t
Early Man Closing In

[Paul]

I would've started the most popular thread in RMBB history all over again, but I thought I'd give someone else a chance. Congrats, earl grey!

Killing Joke Hosannas From the Basements of Hell
Dolly Parton The Essential Dolly Parton (2xCD)
The Brimstone Solar Radiation Band Solstice
Bic Runga Birds
Neil Finn One All
The Jai-Alai Savant Thunderstatement (EP)
Graham Coxon Love Travels at Illegal Speeds
Blur Think Tank

[Lukas]

whoa, this is a new year! It isn't like JS to retract his statements.

[johansen smith]

whoa, this is a new year! It isn't like JS to retract his statements.
my original comment was detailed instructions on how to reach my house, but then I realized "Wait a minute, that's probably not a good idea, what with me finally having an internet stalker and all" so I re-edited it to give even better directions to my house, then I realized what I had done and just deleted the entire post.

[TheSadDebaser]

Tiger Trap - Tiger Trap
Jeffrey Lewis and Diane Cluck/Jeffrey Lewis and Kimya Dawson - "Anti-Folk Collaborates Volume 1"
Japanther - Master of Pigeons
The Mae Shi - Heartbeeps
The Mae Shi - Terrorbird
Rye Coalition - Hee Saw Duh Kaet

[Futureman]

Weathergirls "its raining men"

Let me guess. Sober_id just can't stay away.

[9000]

the feelies - crazy rhythms
chain gang - perfumed
sons and daughters - the repulsion box
luomo - vocalcity
michael meyer - touch
cherrystones - entertaining the unobvious mix
senor coconut - coconut fm, legendary latin club tunes

[yovan]

Dirty Faces - Superamerican
Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
Oneida - Secret Wars

Pavement - Brighten the Corners, S&E, CR/CR
Always good to ring in the new year with the classics...

[vesper]

the hold steady, separation sunday
antony the johnsons, i am a bird now
yo la tengo, prisoners of love (disc 3)
grateful dead, anthem of the sun
white heaven, out
sly and the family stone, anthology

i keep trying to revise my opinion on the hold steady, but as soon as it starts to click i find something else to dislike. not bad as a soundtrack for room-cleaning, which ultimately was inspired by the rotting mouse that is tucked away behind some closed off kitchen cupboard. ugh.

[Futureman]

Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers


So, has this album grown on any of you? Last time I checked, most of you were pretty down on it.

[Patrick]

Jutta Hipp - Live at the Hickory House, Vol. 1
Jutta Hipp - Live at the Hickory House, Vol. 2

Patrick

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Hope for Agoldensummer I Bought a Heart Made of Art in the Deep, Deep South
The Findells Finland
White Boy Kissing at Midnight EP ← pretty bad but I needed it to complete the collection
Boredoms Super Roots 8 EP
Mahjongg RaYDONcoNG 2005
Gang Gang Dance God's Money
Iva Bittová ~ Bang on a Can Elida
Annie Anniemal
The Fugue Mysterious Animals EP
The Hidden Hand Devoid of Color EP
Peter Schärli Quintet with Glenn Ferris Tomorrow
Sum 41 Does this Look Infected?
The Art Ensemble of Chicago Salutes the Chicago Blues Tradition ← disc two
Strapping Young Lad Alien
Erasure Nightbird
YOB The Unreal Never Lived
Van der Graaf Generator H to He, Who am the Only One
Albert Marcœur L'apostrophe
A Five and Dime Ship Sketchbook ← disc two
Sleater-Kinney The Woods

[johansen smith]

Lambchop Nixon
Lambchop Thriller
Feathers s/t
Pink Mountaintops Axis of Evol
B. Fleischmann the Humbucking Coil
Ms. John Soda Notes and the Like
the Original Sins Big Soul
Devendra Banhart the Charles C. Leary
Arab Strap Singles (Japanese Comp)
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Broom
Jason Forrest Shamelessly Exciting
Feist Monarch
Half-Handed Cloud We Haven't Just Been Told, We Have Been Loved
Essex Green the Long Goodbye
Band of Horses Everything All the Time
Do Make Say Think s/t
Camera Obscura Rare UK Bird
Thanksgiving the River

[Maximo]

Sum 41 Does this Look Infected?


I haven't heard anything about them since fat lip aside from recently hearing the frontman was dating some big celebrity. Aren't they poppy punk with lyrics mostly about being dumped, and other angsty teen problems? I hope I don't come off as bashing them-- I have nothing really to base my assumptions on but please enlighten me!!


Also, I just heard a song last night: Smoke and Mirrors by RJD2, anyone feed me some background about them? I listened to some of their other stuff and it all seems pretty up in the air as for what their backbone sound is like.

[vesper]

rjd2 is a single, pretty hit or miss hip-hop dj. if yr familiar with prefuse 73 and undie-hip hop stuff (a la def jux, rhymesayers, lex) in general, you have a pretty good frame for what to expect. prefuse 73 and mike ladd are probably the best reference points, because they all work in that clicky, glitchy aesthetic, but rjd2 is more soulful. since i haven't listened to him in awhile, i can't tell you about any particular songs, but since we last spoke is pretty good and deadringer is okay. overall fun stuff.

-edit-

i guess that isn't a very enthusiastic reco, but you could start worse places if yr looking to get into this stuff.

[tinobeat]

In re: Serena Maneesh, referenced near the end of the '05 listening pile.

I listened to it a coupla times today, and I hate to be this guy, but jesus, buy a My Bloody Valentine record or the Black Tambourine discography CD instead. sounds great, but they have absolutely NOTHING new to bring to the table, and don't do the homage charmingly enough to make it their own in any way.

[Futureman]

In re: Serena Maneesh, sounds great, but they have absolutely NOTHING new to bring to the table, and don't do the homage charmingly enough to make it their own in any way.

really? "absolutely NOTHING"? I realize some of the tunes are pretty derivative , but c'mon. If you like the genre, this album may be a real treat, says I. But then again, I'm not hip enough to be hatin'. nyah.

[Patrick]

Lyvia Rev - Chopin - 17 Waltzes (Ducretet-Thomson LP)
Thomas Beecham - Haydn - Symphonies 99 and 100 (EMI ASD W/G LP)
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman (A&M brown label LP)
Janos Starker - Bach - Cello Suites (Speakers Corner reissue LP box)

Patrick

[earl grey]

re: RJD2, he actually did the YLT hanukkah mix CD for 12/31. and cornelius handled 1/1. i'm really curious to hear either one, in case anyone would be up for trading (for the gary panter mix, which is a lot of fun) or sharing...

re: serena maneesh, what i found odd was how they briefly seemed to be pitchfork's new favorite band, but it didn't register anywhere else and seemed to do nothing for them. (PFM was all about love is all recently as well, who i think rule ... hope the same doesn't happen to them.) anyway, serena maneesh are playing a gig here in a week or two w/ asobi seksu, i may check em out ... asobi just finished up their new album and apparently it's awesome.

[Maximo]

Speaking of Pitchfork, I just saw Wolf Parade is #8... Why?

[johansen smith]

because those kids on WOXY are wild about it.

[Thor]

seeing as i can't remember when i last listened to them, i really didn't expect to start the year with the dead. but those fillmore west discs are killer ... taken from the same shows as 'live/dead,' and i'm realizing that the grateful dead recordings that i most enjoy seem to all be from a small sliver of 1969.

You're right... 1969 was *the* year for the dead. Live/Dead is clearly their major work, imo. I'm convinced that people who are into the era/genre but have some sort of preconcieved, ungrounded distaste for the grateful dead would perhaps reconsider upon hearing these shows. They went through this 6 month period of being invincible... alas, I have to hear these new releases.

Sigur Ros -Takk (it's good... but they frustrate me, because I feel they could be so much more. terrific live, however..)
The Perfumed Garden Vol 1 - John Peel's 60's Radio Show Comp
Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to The Music
The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday LP
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
Sun Ra - Fate in a Pleasant Mood LP

[Thor]

but since we last spoke is pretty good and deadringer is okay. overall fun stuff.

I really liked "Deadringer". It has some really wonderful tracks on it... a great album. I saw RJD2 spin live around the time of it's release and it was a good show. Patrick, I think it was one of the records Phil & I gave you in 2003 upon leaving... do you like it?

[tinobeat]

really? "absolutely NOTHING"? I realize some of the tunes are pretty derivative , but c'mon. If you like the genre, this album may be a real treat, says I. But then again, I'm not hip enough to be hatin'. nyah.

oh no you didn't drop the "hip" bomb! I'm not tryin to score points here! :)

I love the genre, and I guess that's why I was so let down. Its not that I don't think there's room for new bands in the shoegaze realm, but I guess I think of bands like Psychic Ills who are really bringing life to the proceedings, rather than sounding like they studied a textbook and repeated the answers.

[Maximo]

Those bands always have a song that will find it's way onto a mix somewhere though.

[Electromud]

Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures
Stephen Malkmus and the Jix - Face the Truth
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Cake - Pressure Chief
Quintron and Miss Pussycat - Swamp Tech

[My Friend Goo]

.....this ain't the planet of sound!!!!!!!!!

[Miss Tasty Princess]

I haven't heard anything about [Sum 41] since fat lip aside from recently hearing the frontman was dating some big celebrity. Aren't they poppy punk with lyrics mostly about being dumped, and other angsty teen problems? I hope I don't come off as bashing them-- I have nothing really to base my assumptions on but please enlighten me!!Deryck (sp?) is dating, and may have married, Avril Lavigne. Sum 41 are somewhat poppy but throw in a lot of metal riffage and some stinging lead guitar, two things the majority of the MTV punks wouldn't (and probably couldn't) dream of doing. Blink 182 sing a lot about relationships (I may be wrong as I'm not a fan as every song of theirs sounds the same to me) but Sum 41's lyrics run the usual punk rock gamut from teen suicide to politics to relationships to who's an asshole (that'd be Anna Nicole Smith, BTW). They come off as a lot more honest than the rest of the mall punk bands and they write catchy tunes.

[Maximo]

The Fiery Furnaces - EP
RJD2 - Deadringer
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
Silkworm - Lifestyle
Royal Trux - Cats and Dogs
Red Red Meat - Jimmywine Majestic
Hopewell - & The Birds of Appetite
Folk Implosion - One Party Lullaby
Elliot Smith - Either/Or

Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
Chet Baker - It Could Happen to You
Count Bassy & Sammy Davis, Jr. - Our Shining Hour
Erroll Garner - This is Jazz

[Dean]

Thinking Fellers-Mother of All SaintsBeatles-Revolver
Yo La Tengo-Today Is The DayTalking Heads-Stop Making Sense
Tom Robinson Band-Power In The Darkness
Recoys-Rekoys
Lyrics Born-Later That Day
Silkworm-Blueblood
Dave Brubeck Quartet-Take Five
King Crimson-In The Wake Of Poseidon
Chavez-Gone Glimmering

[delgado]

Destroyer- Destroyer's Rubies (Merge)
Amsterdam String Trio- Winter Theme (Winter & Winter)
Galbraith/Karlis- Radiant (Emperor Jones)
The Settler's- Things Have Changed (self-released)
Popol Vuh- In Den Garten Pharaos (SPV)
Clifford Thornton- The Panther and The Lash (Universal France)
Van Morrison- Gypsy Soul (68-71 demos/outtakes, bootleg)
William Basinski- Silent Night & Melancholia (2026)

[Lukas]

Folk Implosion - One Party Lullaby


Please go on.

[Maximo]

Please go on.


? I don't understand senor!

[Salman]

Started the new year with these:

Lydia Lunch - Queen of Siam
Belle and Sebastien- Push Barman to Open Old Wounds
Islaja - Meritie
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
Taraf de Haidouks - Dumbala Dumba
Finishing School - Destination Girl
Rodan - Rusty
Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Bic Runga BirdsWhat'd'ya' think?

Bic Runga Birds ← I think I like it more with every spin.
Early Man Closing In
Daimonji Into a Blind Alley
Dwight Twilley Have a Twilley Christmas ← yeah, Christmas is over but I only just got it
The Findells Finland
Yura Yura Teikoku Sweet Spot

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Tom Robinson Band-Power In The DarknessIf you like that, look for Storm the Reality Studios by Dead Fingers Talk. They're fairly similar, stylistically, and came from the same era of UK punk but I like DFT a lot more. It was reissued on CD a few years ago with a bunch of bonus tracks as Storm the Reality Studios . . . Plus.

[Paul]

What'd'ya' think?

Bic Runga Birds ← I think I like it more with every spin.
It's kind of a sleeper. You're right in that it gets better with each listen... especially the title track.

[yovan]

Lyrics Born-Later That Day

What's the deal with these guys--- I've heard good things but haven't heard him (them?) yet.

[earl grey]

Yura Yura Teikoku Sweet Spot

so mr. HCI, what's the best yura yura teikoku album to start with? i keep on going back to your YYT mix, so many *great* songs ... i think it's time i graduate. (although japanese imports generally scare me off.)

other recent listens:

> max tundra - some best friend you turned out to be
> sons and daughters - the repulsion box. just finally heard this - shorter than i expected and, as with 'love the cup,' i'm picking up (and enjoying) more with each listen.
> the fiery furnaces - EP
> broadcast - tender buttons
> DFA - dance to the underground. their britney spears mix surfaced on ILM (!).
> stephen malkmus + the jicks - pig lib. i like 'face the truth' a whole lot, but i still think this is the better record.

[Lukas]

? I don't understand senor!
I meant whats on it and how does it rate / is it a comp or a band

[tinobeat]

Lukas: Folk Implosion was Lou Barlow of Sebadoh and a guy named John Davis. They made an amazing lo-fi album called Take a Look Inside. Then they wrote much of the score for the movie "Kids", scoring a radio hit with the song "Natural One". It kinda went downhill from there, and then John Davis wasn't in Folk Implosion anymore and it became just another Lou Barlow solo project.

I myself thought One Part Lullaby was a terrible bore, but that could be cos it sounded so straight ahead compared to the amazing shit on the soundtrack and that weird-ass first album.

[Maximo]

edit: listen to tino

[johansen smith]

everyone in the world must be wrong because I loved the New Folk Implosion Album more than anything else Barlow's ever done outside of Natural One.

[tinobeat]

everyone in the world must be wrong because I loved the New Folk Implosion Album more than anything else Barlow's ever done outside of Natural One.

Oh, right, my mistake. The New Folk Implosion Album is the one that's essentially Lou solo. John Davis was still involved in One Part Lullaby, now that I think of it. Its just that Lou toured for that record solo, with a minidisc player.

I just liked it better when they were fucking around with tape decks, before they bought ProTools.

[Lukas]

EDITED TO TINO'S REGULATIONS - sounds wykkid [sp?], I've never gotten into any over Lou's work so this might be the missing link to bring it all together.

[tinobeat]

sounds wicked [sp?], I've never gotten into any over Lou's work so this might be the missing link to bring it all together.

I've never been a big Lou Barlow-related projects fan outside of those two Folk Implosion records (Take A Look... and the material on the "Kids" sdtrk)

also, everyone knows its spelled "wykkid"

[rhoops]

lukas, listen to tino. Take a Look Inside is definitely worth checking out.

[TheSadDebaser]

now playing: Melvins - Gluey Porch Treatments reissue

Excuse 17 - Excuse 17
Flaming Lips - Finally the Punk Rockers Are Taking Acid discs two and three (Oh My Gawd... The Flaming Lips and Telepathic Surgery)
Silkworm - Firewater
Sonic Youth - Sister
Palomar - Palomar II
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque

I really need to start buying more new records.

[earl grey]

re: folk implosion, i agree it started going downhill after the 'kids' soundtrack but i think 'dare to be surprised' holds it own. i never got into 'one part lullaby' though.

[Dean]

Was it just me, or did anyone else think folk implosion's name was a riff on Jon Spencer Blues Explosion?

While the Kids soundtrack is, I think, the best thing Lou Barlow has ever been involved in, a lot of his other stuff is worthwhile if you don't mind listening past filler.

I really liked one part lullabye. It's got some awful songs on it, like EZLA, but more great ones than the average sentri-folk-seba-doh-plosion record, and I think the cut and paste production works really well for the most part.

Still, if the only thing Lou ever wrote was "Spoiled" the world would still owe him a debt of gratitude. That is one hell of a song--The percussive guitar, the twisting melody, and how'd he do all the string orchestration on his 4-track? I'd be really surprised if he had a mellotron back then, so was it sampled and cut up some how? Or was he playing along with a recording?


And thanks Mr. HCI for the reccomendation, I'll keep my eye out for it.

[johansen smith]

I really don't understand the overwhelmingly underwhelming response to the New Folk Implosion Album, it's so good.

[Paul]

I really don't understand the overwhelmingly underwhelming response to the New Folk Implosion Album, it's so good.
I've never heard it, so I'll be on your side in this war! Suck a nut, tino!

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Still, if the only thing Lou ever wrote was "Spoiled" the world would still owe him a debt of gratitude. That is one hell of a song--The percussive guitar, the twisting melody, and how'd he do all the string orchestration on his 4-track? I'd be really surprised if he had a mellotron back then, so was it sampled and cut up some how? Or was he playing along with a recording?I don't know "Spoiled" but the hit ("Natural One," was it?) from the Kids soundtrack was built on a looped Silver Apples sample.

And thanks Mr. HCI for the reccomendation, I'll keep my eye out for it.You're welcome! I forgot to say that they shared lyrical concerns, as well. Though, in the liner notes for the Dead Fingers Talk reissue, the guitarist claims none of them were gay but that is contradicted by statements in interviews printed in the booklet. And, interestingly enough, Tom Robinson ended up marrying a woman. I bought his Love Over Rage CD a year or so ago after reading some rave reviews (best since PitD, they claimed) and really hated it.

[Maximo]

B.B. King - Live in Cook County Jail


this recording is -amazing-

(from the introduction)

Announcer: I'd like to acknowledge the presence of the man that made and named Mr. Winston Moore, Director, our own beloved Sherrif Woods.

Prisoners: Boooooo! hahaha! booooo!

Announcer: Now, another dear friend of all yours out there, is the chief justice of the criminal court, judge Joseph Palmer who is present.

Prisoners: hahahaha! booooooo!

[otto midnight]

Was it just me, or did anyone else think folk implosion's name was a riff on Jon Spencer Blues Explosion?




it was, according to lou.

as far as listening piles go, it's back to the future at my place:

their satanic majesties request lp- rolling stones (london)
here are the sonics lp- the sonics (norton re-issue)
fake can be just as good cd- blonde redhead (touch n go)
soul twist with king curtis lp- king curtis (enjoy records)
the young mods' forgotten story lp- the impressions (custom recordings)

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Yura Yura Teikoku Sweet Spotso mr. HCI, what's the best yura yura teikoku album to start with? i keep on going back to your YYT mix, so many *great* songs ... i think it's time i graduate. (although japanese imports generally scare me off.)Well, my favorites are probably III, 『ゆらゆら帝国のしびれ』 (or, phonetically, as you'll find it at most English-speaking sellers, Yura Yura Teikoku no Shibire) and Sweet Spot.

If you prefer the over-the-top garagy stuff to the weird, tripped out stuff, though, you might want to go with 3X3X3 or Me No Car.

If you want all new stuff, www.Mesh-Key.com had copies of Sweet Spot on CD for $18, last I checked. Since I made that comp before SS came out, you might want to start with that one. BTW, Matador Recording artist James McNew listed Sweet Spot as his #1 album of the year on Billboard's website and our own Dave listed it his year-end favorites list in the last news update. You'll also find it in my top ten for the year in the best of 2005 thread (though I need to update my list, YYT will still be in the TT).

Since last list:

Modey Lemon Predator EP
Puka Puka Brians Pet Cemetary Sounds
Nick Drake Pink Moon
The Styrenes In C
The Mothers of Invention We're Only in It for the Money
Manitoba's Wild Kingdom . . . And You?
Snakefinger 1949 - 1987
Volcano Volcano ← Curt Kirkwood's post-Eyes Adrift, pre-solo band and quite good
Richard Thompson Front Parlour Ballads
Television Personalities And They All Lived Happily Ever After
The Best of RKL Keep Laughing
Savina Yannatou & Primavera en Salonico Sumiglia

[earl grey]

Well, my favorites are probably III, 『ゆらゆら帝国のしびれ』 (or, phonetically, as you'll find it at most English-speaking sellers, Yura Yura Teikoku no Shibire) and Sweet Spot.

If you prefer the over-the-top garagy stuff to the weird, tripped out stuff, though, you might want to go with 3X3X3 or Me No Car.

If you want all new stuff, www.Mesh-Key.com had copies of Sweet Spot on CD for $18, last I checked. Since I made that comp before SS came out, you might want to start with that one. BTW, Matador Recording artist James McNew listed Sweet Spot as his #1 album of the year on Billboard's website and our own Dave listed it his year-end favorites list in the last news update. You'll also find it in my top ten for the year in the best of 2005 thread (though I need to update my list, YYT will still be in the TT).


i kinda like the garagy + weird stuff equally, actually, at least on the mix. from what i've read elsewhere, it seems '3x3x3' was their breakthrough release, so i might start there. but you make a strong case for 'sweet spot' as well. thanks for the info!

[Miss Tasty Princess]

i kinda like the garagy + weird stuff equally, actually, at least on the mix. from what i've read elsewhere, it seems '3x3x3' was their breakthrough release, so i might start there. but you make a strong case for 'sweet spot' as well. thanks for the info!They all mix both but things have gotten weirder as time has passed. 3X3X3 was the breakout in that it was their first for a major label (fifth album overall, though) and the first to have really great, in-your-face production. I love it but, then again, I love all of them.

One warning: 『ゆらゆら帝国のめまい』 (phonetically: Yura Yura Teikoku no Memai), the companion piece to 『ゆらゆら帝国のしびれ』, is devoted totally to their lush, mellow side. It's a great bedtime album but not one to spin if you want to kick out the jams, motherfucker.

[earl grey]

One warning: 『ゆらゆら帝国のめまい』 (phonetically: Yura Yura Teikoku no Memai), the companion piece to 『ゆらゆら帝国のしびれ』, is devoted totally to their lush, mellow side. It's a great bedtime album but not one to spin if you want to kick out the jams, motherfucker.

i love that these titles both show up as 12 identical white boxes on my screen.

(but w/ the phonetics there, i'm still sorted)

[earl grey]

If you want all new stuff, www.Mesh-Key.com had copies of Sweet Spot on CD for $18, last I checked.

hey - you may have already known this, but it says on the mesh-key site that YYT will most likely be back in NYC this summer. hope it happens!

[Lukas]

I don't know "Spoiled" but the hit ("Natural One," was it?) from the Kids soundtrack was built on a looped Silver Apples sample.


How do you know these things?

[Miss Tasty Princess]

How do you know these things?'Cause I'm a huge Silver Apples fan. If you aren't familiar with them, you should change that. :)

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Yura Yura Teikoku 『ゆらゆら帝国のめまい』
Deathspell Omega Kénôse
Early Man Early Man EP
Earl Greyhound Earl Greyhound EP
The Darkness One Way Ticket CD single
Here Come The Selmanaires
Where Will You Be Christmas Day? ← just got it at a 40% off all Christmas music sale
Ramesses The Tomb
Barbara Manning Lately I Keep Scissors
The Mars Volta Frances the Mute
Big Business Head for the Shallow
Sufjan Stevens Invites You to: Come on Feel the Illinoise
Van der Graaf Generator Present

[tinobeat]

'Cause I'm a huge Silver Apples fan. If you aren't familiar with them, you should change that. :)


yeah, seriously, hit that Silver Apples business. The song "wet one" from the Kids Sdtrk isn't that far from some stuff on the first Silver Apples LP either. When I finally heard the Apples (I'd already known FI), I realized how much that soundtrack was indebted to Simeon.

[tinobeat]

Today:

Pearls & Brass - The Indian Tower CD
Times New Viking - Dig Yourself CD <-- totally my new favorite band of the moment, holy shit!
Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark CD

[9000]

wire - pink flag
optimo - bonus beats mix
optimo - what were they thinking mix
the feelies - crazy rhythms
the beautiful new born children - hey people!
spoon - gimme fiction
thomas fehlmann - visions of blah

[tinobeat]

wire - pink flag
optimo - bonus beats mix
optimo - what were they thinking mix
the feelies - crazy rhythms
the beautiful new born children - hey people!
spoon - gimme fiction
thomas fehlmann - visions of blah


I love that Fehlmann record so much. Have you heard the new Orb on Kompakt? Some of the Fehlmann tracks are super nice.

Also, tell me more about the Feelies. I keep hearing how they're a band I should have heard.

[9000]

I love that Fehlmann record so much. Have you heard the new Orb on Kompakt? Some of the Fehlmann tracks are super nice.

Also, tell me more about the Feelies. I keep hearing how they're a band I should have heard.

that is a great fehlmann record. i have lowflow as well, but ain't as crazy about that one. i haven't heard that new orb on kompakt disc or any of the orb releases for that matter. i'm not sure why i've never felt compelled to look into them, but should, i suppose.

i can't speak for any other feelies albums, but crazy rhythms is the shit and you should go get it asap. it's one of those records i feel stupid for not owning sooner--just got it a few weeks back. i'm not very good with the descriptions, but i'll say it's fun, loose, and jangly post-punkish sound. it's fun to hear the bands that influnced the feelies (such as the velvet underground) and then to hear bands were influenced in turn by the feelies (i was like, oh, the ponys basically stole the song loveless love). crazy rhythms is OOP, but definitely worth hunting down. i'll leave it to HCI and crew to drop science on the rest of their story. my question is what happened to these guys?

[Fiona]

I've not heard the new Orb album either (well one track), but I'm told that the it's in two very distinct parts - first half rather uptempo, second half more chilled-out. Might get to hear more tomorrow. I used to have a lot of the early to mid 90's stuff, but unfortunately not any more.

Last couple of days:

Decoration - Don't Disappoint Me Now <--- excellent!
Grand National - Kicking the National Habit
Signaldrift - Set Design <--- still...
Vitalic - OK Cowboy
DJ Koze - All People Is My Friends
Various - Estrus Cocktail Companion
Fabriclive 9 - Jacques Lu Cont
Michael Mayer - Immer
Marc Leclair - Musique Pour 3 Femmes Enceintes
Matias Aguayo - Are You Really Lost
Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
In Motion - The Language of Everyday Life
JSBX - Orange
Heiko Voss - I Think About You 12"
Ferenc - Yes Sir I Can Hardcore 12"
Soulwax - E Talking Remix 12"

[tinobeat]

I've not heard the new Orb album either (well one track), but I'm told that the it's in two very distinct parts - first half rather uptempo, second half more chilled-out. Might get to hear more tomorrow. I used to have a lot of the early to mid 90's stuff, but unfortunately not any more.


yeah, the chilled out stuff sounds a lot like Visions of Blah, and its awesome. the more uptempo stuff I can sort of do without. I like my electronics blurry and slow.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

The Feelies released four albums and you need all of them. All are full of jangly, post-VU/Television hyper-strum with wonderful melodies. Early Yo La Tengo is rather Feelies-esque, IMO. After those four albums, co-founder Bill Million became a locksmith while the other co-founder Fred Mercer started the similar, and very damn good, Wake Ooloo, who released three albums for the Pravda label. Oh, and there are a bunch of A&M-era Feelies promo singles/EPs with non-LP tracks and the standard-issue No One Knows EP with a few nuggets on Coyote. You pretty much need all of them.

Lotsa slightly older stuff today (and a few recent ones):

The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny ← disc one
The Heart Attacks Heart and Scissor Killers
Korog Álmodj makkal
Van der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts
Manoeuvres d'Autumne Un peu d'air!
The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp
Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers Kings of the Robot Rhythm
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Strictly Personal

[Paul]

Ludes - The Dark Art of Happiness
Psychic Ills - Dins
Cat Power - The Greatest <--I've gone from one end of the spectrum to the other on this one (if you weren't paying attention before, I love it now)
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat <--I'm a big time hater on Rilo Kiley, but this is just short of phenomenal
The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control <--Goddamn, that's a lot of rock!
Guided by Voices - Earthquake Glue
The Triangles - Magic Johnson <--The best Aussie band I've heard in at least the last few months... that's a hot music continent right now

[vesper]

what is that psychic ills cd like, paul?

[Paul]

what is that psychic ills cd like, paul?Hard to describe, but I think I like it for the same reasons I liked the Wilderness' cd last year. It's dark, with cool rhythms and guitar lines and it feels like it's from another time.

[tinobeat]

I'll back up Paul's assessment about Psychic Ills. Having seen them twice now, I'll say the record captures the live show pretty well. You should see them if you have the chance...

[jef]

The Verlaines - Some Disenchanted Evening
Robert Wyatt - Cuckooland
The Impressions - This is My Country
The Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
Felt - Stains on a Decade
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
James Carr - You've Got My Mind Messed Up
Silver Daggers 7"

[9000]

dj greg caz - the soul of samba-rock
metro area - metro area
jeffrey safire - menergy
ivan smagghe - how to kill the dj part one
micheal mayer - immer
b. fleischmann - welcome tourist
pole - cd1
tom vek - we have sound

[My Friend Goo]

I've been hearing a lot of Okkervil River lately. I was luke warm at first, but now I'm really starting to dig 'em. I'm gonna pick up Black Sheep Boy tommorrow. Does the Black Sheep Boy Appendix or whatever its called contain any of the same songs that are on the album?

[maroonwalrus]

Talking Heads -- The Name of this Band is... 2xLP
Two Gallants -- Las Cruces Jail 7"
The Chills -- Kaleidoscope World CD
Big Dipper -- Heavens LP
The dB's -- Like This LP
The Unicorns -- Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? CD
Simply Saucer -- Cyborgs Revisited CD <--- this is so awesome...any other fans here?
Guided By Voices -- Propeller LP (from Box)
Os Mutantes -- Everything is Possible! CD
Pavement -- Brighten the Corners CD
Ted Leo + Pharmacists -- Shake the Sheets CD
The Nation of Ulysses -- Plays Pretty for Baby CD
Various Artists -- Yellow Pills: Prefill 2xCD
Various Artists -- The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968 Box

[tinobeat]

Simply Saucer -- Cyborgs Revisited CD <--- this is so awesome...any other fans here?


yeah, I'm a huge fan of this LP. its true, it is SO awesome.

[pabost]

The Smiths - Singles
Twilight Circus Sound System - Horsie
The Clientele - Strange Geometry
The Double - Loose in the Air
The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
Alasdair Roberts - No Earthly Man
Morten Lauridsen - Lux Aeterna
Marc Ribot - Muy Divertido!

[rhoops]

The Feelies released four albums and you need all of them. All are full of jangly, post-VU/Television hyper-strum with wonderful melodies. Early Yo La Tengo is rather Feelies-esque, IMO. After those four albums, co-founder Bill Million became a locksmith while the other co-founder Fred Mercer started the similar, and very damn good, Wake Ooloo, who released three albums for the Pravda label. Oh, and there are a bunch of A&M-era Feelies promo singles/EPs with non-LP tracks and the standard-issue No One Knows EP with a few nuggets on Coyote. You pretty much need all of them.

oh, wow. . . i can't wait to get back to my records so i can listen to those guys. man, i love their music. and you're right HCI all the albums are good. i put off purchasing "time for a witness" but was glad when i finally did. great albums all around. the feelies records and eleventh dream day records are gonna be the first to hit my record player when i return home. . .

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Simply Saucer -- Cyborgs Revisited CD <--- this is so awesome...any other fans here?Yes

Konono N°1 Lubuaku
The Fall Fall Heads Roll
Kate Bush Aerial
Taylor Hollingsworth Shoot Me, Shoot Me, Heaven EP
The Liverhearts Liver Up EP
Fingerprints Vol. 3 ← live comp. w/a half hour of Stag-era Melvins :)
The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny ← disc two
The Malarkies When Every Metal Shines
Angel Rot Unlistenable Hymns of Indulgent Damnage
Cathedral Caravan Beyond Redemption ← Japanese mit bonus trakk
Alex Chilton 1970
Simply Saucer Cyborgs Revisited
P:ano Ghost Pirates Without Heads ← second listen and not really digging it :(
Gi-Napajo Tsantsas

[johansen smith]

purple... I have no idea what that means.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Just my way of indicating the quoted item in my playlist.

[johansen smith]

oh man, that's what I figured but I thought I may have missed a memo or something and it meant otherwise.

[SkagNBone]

The Fall The Complete Peel Sessions

T. Rex The Slider

The Stooges Funhouse

[9000]

the homosexuals - the homosexuals' cd
GBV - demons & painkillers disc
reigning sound - too much guitar
the beautiful new born children - hey people!
the chap - ham

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Escape Artist/Happy Couples Never Last sampler CD
Magicicada Everything Is Everything
The Howling Hex You Can't Beat Tomorrow
Ravi Shankar Presents Native Flute Music of India
An Albatross Eat Lightning, Shit Thunder EP
Tank Still at War
checked dubs of my Matador Mixtrade mixes I made for a friend 'fore popping 'em in the mail

[Fiona]

beautiful new born children - hey people!

Any good? They've a date coming up in Crawdaddy soon, am contemplating going,and it's only a couple of streets away but have heard very little of their stuff.

[Thor]

Ride - Going Blank Again
Sun Ra - Secrets of the Sun LP
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain LP
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Strung Out In Heaven
Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963
Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers - Vol 2

[9000]

Any good? They've a date coming up in Crawdaddy soon, am contemplating going,and it's only a couple of streets away but have heard very little of their stuff.

yeah. if you like guitar-oriented, slightly poppy garage-punk, this should work for you.

[Lukas]

Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints


Always on constant roation over here. have you heard World In A Seashell, it's wondeful. Of course there is Wake Up...It's Tomorrow as well. I think these S.A.C might have possibly made the best psychadelic records ever produced.

[Lukas]

yeah. if you like guitar-oriented, slightly poppy garage-punk, this should work for you.
checking out for sure


...also has anyone else heard the new Of Montreal song "Psychotic Feeling" - it is gonna be on their next tour cd. Pretty cool alternative to Barnes' otherwise high pitched poppy voice, not that isn't great or anything.

[tinobeat]

I also endorse TBNBC. For a while Domino was selling the CD in stores for $5, and its easily $5 good.

listening for me:

Times New Viking - Dig Yourself LP
Upsetters - Double Seven LP
Lilys - Everything Wrong Is Imaginary CD
Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers LP
Celebration - Celebration CD

[Thor]

Always on constant roation over here. have you heard World In A Seashell, it's wondeful. Of course there is Wake Up...It's Tomorrow as well..

it's a touchy area in psychedelic circles... a lot of hardcore psych fans hate on the Strawberry Alarm Clock for being bandwagon jumpers.. which, let's face it, they were. Their music was tailor made for the charts when psychedelia was all the rage. Suddenly this bland surf band was dressing in paisley shirts and singing about hippies and incense. Poppy and cheesy as can be. So, I never made the effort to get into them. Then it occured to me, fuck it, I love cheesy pop-psych, damnit, I even love the monkees. So I got the album. It's cool..

I think these S.A.C might have possibly made the best psychadelic records ever produced.

In my opinion, nah... you really gotta hear the more underground psych bands who often released only 1 or 2 singles.. psychedelic compilations like Rubble, Nuggets, Chocolate Soup For Diabetics, Hens Teeth, The Perfumed Garden, and so on and so forth. You find tracks on these comps that blow S.A.C out of the poppy, tepid, packaged waters where they resided. You gotta get the "Nuggets II" box set. It has all the greatest underground psych tracks. In a nutshell, look to British psych. And check out these albums/bands for some of the best ever produced:

- Kaleidoscope (UK)
- The Misunderstood
- Tintern Abbey
- The Factory
- The Pretty Things

J.K and Co is like the tip of the iceberg when it comes to amazing, forgotten psych classics. So many out there.... Patrick is the man to ask about these things, too.

[My Friend Goo]

The Smiths Meat Is Murder
The Black Keys Rubber Factory
The Beatles Revolver

[bobbydj]

- The Misunderstood

Big 10-4 on this band. Awesome. Quick caveat though - start with Before the Dream Faded. Then if you like it, try Golden Glass. Side one of BtDF is fucking ace. However, I can't really get into GG. there are parts of BtDF that put the Misunderstood WAY ahead of their time, imo.

[winterversion]

In my opinion, nah... you really gotta hear the more underground psych bands who often released only 1 or 2 singles.. psychedelic compilations like Rubble, Nuggets, Chocolate Soup For Diabetics, Hens Teeth, The Perfumed Garden, and so on and so forth. You find tracks on these comps that blow S.A.C out of the poppy, tepid, packaged waters where they resided. You gotta get the "Nuggets II" box set. It has all the greatest underground psych tracks. In a nutshell, look to British psych. And check out these albums/bands for some of the best ever produced:

- Kaleidoscope (UK)
- The Misunderstood
- Tintern Abbey
- The Factory
- The Pretty Things

J.K and Co is like the tip of the iceberg when it comes to amazing, forgotten psych classics. So many out there.... Patrick is the man to ask about these things, too.

Ever heard of a compilation called Fading Yellow (http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/ADM/GPCSeries/FadingYellow.html) on a label called Flower Machine. I've got the first volume and I think it's excellent if you're into the 60s psych rock.

[Dave]

Ever heard of a compilation called Fading Yellow (http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/ADM/GPCSeries/FadingYellow.html) on a label called Flower Machine. I've got the first volume and I think it's excellent if you're into the 60s psych rock.

Well the merits of the Fading Yellow series aside, but getting any of those CDs would be some serious cart before the horse action. Since we're talking about such a huge amount of music here and, as Lukas keeps reminding everyone, he's just a kid! Here is what I would deem essential listening for the Canadian kid:
Nuggets Vol.1 box (all american) a bit more garage than psyche, but there is not a bad song on here. Absolutely essential.
Nuggets Vol.2 box (the rest of the world) Also absolutely essential.

After you digest those you'll know if you need more or not. If so here are some other comps that should bend or break your mind:
Back From the Grave. Rawest of raw, crudest of the crude. Amazing. eight volumes on LP or 5 CDs
Teenage Shutdown So far there are 15 volumes (of a promised/threatened 30 or so) each one focused musically (Fuzz, Frat, Folk etc.) Lots of stuff that was previously on some other comps, but these are by far the best sounding, most well researched etc.

Lastly, and I think I've said this before, in my opinion the best psychdelic record (or at least darn close) would be Jefferson Airplane's After Bathing At Baxter's. So many, many bands owe everything to this album. An absolute monster. It should be noted that Sundazed has just recently issued a beautiful MONO! LP edition (still not available on CD).
Ok, that's a few hundred dollars worth of music so we'll stop for now.

Dave

[Thor]

I bought all those sundazed mono Airplane reissues recently, they're so awesome. And Nuggets 2 really is the place to start for good, good psych. Then, if you wanna go further, there's a neverending bucket of psych comps and releases from that frighteningly productive 4-5 year period in the late 60's.

[Thor]

Big 10-4 on this band. Awesome. Quick caveat though - start with Before the Dream Faded. Then if you like it, try Golden Glass. Side one of BtDF is fucking ace. However, I can't really get into GG. there are parts of BtDF that put the Misunderstood WAY ahead of their time, imo.

Yeah, they were about 2 years ahead of everyone else, and then the singer got drafted.. have you read the GIGANTIC story on these guys in the magazine Ugly Things? They could (and should) publish it in book form by now.

Golden Glass itself is a great psych song, but the line up of the misunderstood by then only had one remaining original member, Glenn, the incredible pedal steel guitarist.

'Before the Dream Faded' is where it's at.

[tinobeat]

Yeah, they were about 2 years ahead of everyone else, and then the singer got drafted.. have you read the GIGANTIC story on these guys in the magazine Ugly Things? They could (and should) publish it in book form by now.

I haven't yet, because I'm still trying to track down issue #20, which has the first installment. I have the next 4 issues, so I'm 3/4 of the way there, but I don't want to start 1/4 of the way in, y'know? The issue's sold out, as far as I can tell, so its kind of a bummer...

[Thor]

I haven't yet, because I'm still trying to track down issue #20, which has the first installment. I have the next 4 issues, so I'm 3/4 of the way there, but I don't want to start 1/4 of the way in, y'know? The issue's sold out, as far as I can tell, so its kind of a bummer...

I have it, and I've read it cover to cover plenty of times. If you like, make me a comp of your favourite psych (from any era) and send it to me, I'll send you the mag in return.

[Lukas]

as Lukas keeps reminding everyone, he's just a kid!
I do it because everyone is so judgemental around here.

[apeshite]

I do it because everyone is so judgemental around here. um, judgmental (no e)

[Lukas]

I knew that

[tinobeat]

I have it, and I've read it cover to cover plenty of times. If you like, make me a comp of your favourite psych (from any era) and send it to me, I'll send you the mag in return.

you, sir, have got yourself a deal!

I think we should have each others addresses from the mix trade...

[Paul]

um, judgmental (no e)Actually, usage of the "e" in words like judgement or management is acceptable either way. The rule is flexible.

[Patrick]

Judgmental, pedantic, we've got 'em all!

Patrick

[apeshite]

Actually, usage of the "e" in words like judgement or management is acceptable either way. The rule is flexible. No longer for judgmental. Judgemental has been phased out of the Merriam Webster Dictionary (http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/judgemental) . And for the record, I was just being a wise-ass; I wasn't trying to hold anyone on this board (including myself) to any spelling standards. Mere jest.

[9000]

ehem, back to business here.

static - eject your mind
richard bartz - midnight man
cherrystones - unearthing the obvious
that new busta rhymes song
of montreal - the sundlantic twins <--friend suggested. eh, no.
semper satago - a domino compilation <-- not leaving for the dbb anytime soon.

[tinobeat]

ehem, back to business here.
of montreal - the sundlantic twins <--friend suggested. eh, no.


that album isn't a very good representation of what Of Montreal is about at all. I recommend either Cherry Peel, Aldhils Arboretum, or Satanic Panic in the Attic, if you care to peruse any longer...

[johansen smith]

Satanic Panic is the only Of Montreal album I like. the others are abominations against music itself.

[tinobeat]

Satanic Panic is the only Of Montreal album I like. the others are abominations against music itself.

oh, always with the drama! Satanic Panic doesn't even sound that different from the other ones for most of it.

[pabost]

Satanic Panic is the only Of Montreal album I like. the others are abominations against music itself.

Of Montreal is one the five best bands in America and Kevin Barnes writes the most consistenly catchy melodies of anyone since . . . uh . . . Mozart? "Satanic Panic in the Attic" seems to be the across the board favorite, but there really is something for everyone. "Cherry Peel" and the other early recordings have a charming lo-fi quality, "Satanic Panic" and "Adhilis" clean up the sound for more straight forward power pop, and "The Sunlandic Twins" is an ambitious and totally successful venture into dance pop. This is sure to raise Troy's ire, but "The Gay Parade" is an incredibly fun listen and features one of the few songs that upon hearing, I immediately thought, "I would love this in my wedding." By the way, that song is "Neat Little Domestic Life."

They also kick ass live.

[johansen smith]

Of Montreal is one the five best bands in America and
this is where I stopped reading.

[pabost]

this is where I stopped reading.

Yeah, I knew that was a bold statement but I really believe it. Remember, Troy: The Tragically Hip are Canadian so they don't cout.

By the way, I hope all of you have heard the Jens Lekman interview that took place on Weekend Edition this past weekend. So charming. To find it, go to npr.org and search.

Recent listening:

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Gorilla - James Taylor
We Like It Wild - The Impossible Shapes
The New Danger - Mos Def (Paul, "Ghetto Rock" totally got me into this)
The Fast Rise and Fall of the South - The Kingsbury Manx
Grand Opening - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Cherry Peel - Of Montreal (One of the 5 Best Bands in America!)

[johansen smith]

Prussian Blue the Path We Chose
the Delays You See Colours
Lambchop Nixon
Shalabi Effect Unfortunately
Sweek the Unbelievable Cinematic Crash
the Ms Future Woman
v/a A Dirty Shame
Smoosh She Like Electric

[Paul]

the Delays You See Colours
I was a huge fan of their first album (it was even my #1 of 2004), but this one is completely flat. So disappointing.

Delays - You See Colours
The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control <--I don't see myself getting tired of this anytime soon.
His Name Is Alive - Detrola <--I never know what to expect from a new HNIA album... this one's pretty smart.
Ludes - The Dark Art of Happiness <--Yes, there are still good bands coming from Britain in 2006. Who knew?
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan <--I decided today that my all-time favorite Dylan song is "Don't Think Twice..."
Various Artists - One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds [4xCD] <--Simply put, this needs to be heard by everyone everywhere!

[Paul]

The New Danger - Mos Def (Paul, "Ghetto Rock" totally got me into this)A lot of people hate this album for reasons I don't understand at all. It's the best hip-hop album of 2004 in my book (yeah, suck it Kanye).

[Thor]

I really loved the Of Montreal song "penelope", beyond that I wasn't totally into it, but the guy definently knows how to write whimsical pop.

[earl grey]

I was a huge fan of their first album (it was even my #1 of 2004), but this one is completely flat. So disappointing.


huh, that's too bad. (though i gotta say, as much as i also liked 'FSG,' it doesn't completely surprise me.)

[johansen smith]

not surprisingly, I disagree with Paul's assessment of the Delays album.

[pabost]

not surprisingly, I disagree with Paul's assessment of the Delays album.

When does it come out?

[Fiona]

When does it come out?
Release date over here is March 6th.

[Lukas]

Of Montreal is one the five best bands in America and Kevin Barnes writes the most consistenly catchy melodies of anyone since . . . uh . . . Mozart? "Satanic Panic in the Attic" seems to be the across the board favorite, but there really is something for everyone. "Cherry Peel" and the other early recordings have a charming lo-fi quality, "Satanic Panic" and "Adhilis" clean up the sound for more straight forward power pop, and "The Sunlandic Twins" is an ambitious and totally successful venture into dance pop. This is sure to raise Troy's ire, but "The Gay Parade" is an incredibly fun listen and features one of the few songs that upon hearing, I immediately thought, "I would love this in my wedding." By the way, that song is "Neat Little Domestic Life."

They also kick ass live.

This man speaks the truth. I'm going to see them in March again for sure.

[Patrick]

Getting back to the main point of this thread:

"judgmental" is the US spelling, and
"judgemental" is the British spelling

Doesn't Canada use British spellings in general? ("Labour," "honour" etc.). In that case Lukas was right from the first, so far as he's concerned.

Patrick

[Lukas]

Getting back to the main point of this thread:

"judgmental" is the US spelling, and
"judgemental" is the British spelling

Doesn't Canada use British spellings in general? ("Labour," "honour" etc.). In that case Lukas was right from the first, so far as he's concerned.

Patrick

don't forget "colour", but all of this still does not excuse my generally poor spelling.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Five best (current) US bands:

Jucifer
The Malarkies
Melvins
Queens of the Stone Age
Yo La Tengo

last coupla days:

The Best of ? and the Mysterians ← really the two LPs they released on Cameo Parkway plus a single and two bonus tracks
The Feelies Only Life
Buzzcocks Lest We Forget
Goatsnake 1 + Dog Days
Cathy Berberian Beatles Arias ← just so f'in' bizarre
Sadistik Exekution The Magus
Synapse Raw
Differance Night Crash
Floor Dove
Napalm Death '89 - '05 ← mix courtesy of a friend
The Findells Finland
Ganzmord Monolithic in Darkness
We Love Yura Yura Teikoku ← checking a copy of the "best of" I made before mailing it to a friend
Randy Holden Guitar God
The Bumblebeez White Printz EP ← they need to get off their butts and make a new CD!
Burning Brides Fall of the Plastic Empire ← UK version w/bonus track
Rush A Farewell to Kings ← finally rebought it after selling it around 20 years ago

[Thor]

We have a british influenced system of english here, so we use "colour" and "favourite" and so on. I like colour with a "U" better anyway.

[the Pawnbroker]

purple... I have no idea what that means.

hey, a few weeks back I reserved purple for jazz covers of Matador artists!

It sucks that my work has blocked RMBB, which makes it difficult to keep up.

Frank Sinatra -- The Voice: The Columbia Years (6LP) <--- Primarily the "Saloon Songs" record.
Lou Reed -- The Blue Mask (LP)
Brian Jonestown Massacre -- Her Satanic Majesty's Second Request
Brian Jonestown Massacre -- Take It From The Man
Bobbie Gentry -- Delta Sweet
Bobbie Gentry -- Fancy

Anybody know the name of the Brian Jonestown Massacre song that is played on the main menu of the Dig! DVD?

[the Pawnbroker]

Five best (current) US bands:
Rush A Farewell to Kings ← finally rebought it after selling it around 20 years ago

Cranking a little "Xanadu"?

[tinobeat]

Anybody know the name of the Brian Jonestown Massacre song that is played on the main menu of the Dig! DVD?

its called "Servo" from the album Give it Back. great song...

[the Pawnbroker]

its called "Servo" from the album Give it Back. great song...

Thanks, you scratched the itch I've had for the last two weeks.

I've been sooo obsessed with BJM since seeing the movie. Even my wife loves 'em.

[Futureman]

...in my opinion the best psychdelic record (or at least darn close) would be Jefferson Airplane's After Bathing At Baxter's. So many, many bands owe everything to this album. An absolute monster. It should be noted that Sundazed has just recently issued a beautiful MONO! LP edition (still not available on CD).
Ok, that's a few hundred dollars worth of music so we'll stop for now.
Dave

How does ABAB compare to Crown of Creation and Surrealistic Pillow? I have these albums but, frankly, I can't stand the insipid hippie songs that fall between the great tracks.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Rush A Farewell to Kings ← finally rebought it after selling it around 20 years agoCranking a little "Xanadu"?You know, that one has some decent musical parts but the lyrics make me wanna puke.

I bought it primarily for "Cygnus X-1" as I remember loving that one when I was a teen. Well, the riff that pops into my head often, and that I figured out how to play a while back, is not from "Cygnus X-1." :mad: I guess I was confusing parts of it with "The Necromancer" from Caress of Steel . . . or something else . . . "Bytor and the Snow Dog" from Fly by Night, perhaps? Anyhow, I had sorta fond memories of AFtK but I'd forgotten how wussy a lot of it is. Oh, well. It was used and wasn't too expensive, thankfully.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

I've been sooo obsessed with BMThat is disgusting.

[the Pawnbroker]

You know, that one has some decent musical parts but the lyrics make me wanna puke.

I think you just summed up Rush right there:)

They were about my favorite high school band, and I get nostalgic once in a while, but when I put on one of their albums, it usually kills the feeling pretty quick. Except Side 1 of 2112, which rocks.

If you are thinking of riffs, it might be "Anthem" off of Fly By Night.

[apeshite]

Getting back to the main point of this thread:

"judgmental" is the US spelling, and
"judgemental" is the British spelling

Doesn't Canada use British spellings in general? ("Labour," "honour" etc.). In that case Lukas was right from the first, so far as he's concerned.

PatrickPatrick has brought me to my knees. Despite the fact M-W makes no allowance for judgemental (yet does allow for both judgement and judgment (http://www.geocities.com/rwh5a/judgment/) ), I busted out the OED. I stand corrected -- judgemental is a valid alternative. But let the etymological record show that the word was first used in 1909, spelled as judgmental!

The Canucks may employ British spelling (http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones/differences.htm), but they speak more like Americans. What's that about, ay? ;)

Sorry to hijack this thread. And now back to the regularly scheduled program...

[Miss Tasty Princess]

What's that about, ay? ;)What's that aboot, eh?

[apeshite]

touché, touché

[TheSadDebaser]

all I know is that the British should consider donating some of their extra vowels to the Middle East and Eastern Europe, where they're desperately needed.

[Patrick]

Haha!

Very funny TSD...

So judgmental is listed as an OK alternative by the OED... interesting. So I wonder whether it was always 2 ways in Britain or whether this is a typical modern UK "borrow-back" from the US.

Patrick

[Fiona]

Pernice Brothers - Discover a Lovelier You
Fabric 15 - Tyrant
Magnet - On Your Side
Dance To The Underground mix
Cat Power - Myra Lee
Erol Alkan - One Louder mix
Various - MRG 100
Spiritualized - Royal Albert Hall October 10 1997 (definitely one of my favourite live acts)
Kompakt Total 6
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
Bardo Pond - Lapsed

[mydogcheckers]

Amadou et Mariam-The Best of...Je Pense a Toi
The New Pornographers-Twin Cinema
The Mountain Goats-The Sunset Tree
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness-Fear is on Our Side
Judas Priest-British Steel
Nine Black Alps-Everything Is..
Jimmy Edgar-Color Strip, LP
Thomas Mapfumo-Spirits to Bite Our Ears
Thinker Fellers Union Local 282-Admonishing the Bishops
Dillinger-Ultimate Collection
Horace Andy-Dance Hall Style
King Kong-Old Man on the Bridge
Cristina-Doll in the Box
The Weather Prophets-Diesel River
Edith Frost-Its a Game
Field Music-s/t
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan-The Day, The Night, The Dawn, The Dusk

[earl grey]

Jimmy Edgar-Color Strip, LP


is that the long-delayed jimmy edgar LP? i didn't realize he finally finished it up - how is it?

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Judas Priest-British Steel\m/

Steamhammer Speech
Frasier & deBolt With Pleasure
Dropsonic Insects with Angel Wings
Celebration Celebration
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Talk Engine Talk Engine
Dead Boys Young Loud and Snotty
Attwenger Dog
Evan Johns and the Hillbilly Soul Surfers Moontan
The Mothers of Invention Absolutely Free

[earl grey]

- goldfrapp : felt mountain
- max tundra : remixes and interpretations 1998-2005. some wild stuff on here, like a strokes remix and a version of "so long, farewell."
- talking heads : remain in light
- mike fellows : limited storyline guest
- bob marley and the wailers : kaya
- pavement : wowee zowee
- michael mayer : touch
- matmos : a chance to cut is a chance to cure
- sons and daughters : the repulsion box. totally in love with this. i dunno why i didn't get it sooner.

[pabost]

Tino,

Have you heard Toothbrush: An Introduction to Dr. Dog? I'm listening to it right now. It's pretty good. Fidelity-wise, it kind of reminds me of early GBV.

[mydogcheckers]

is that the long-delayed jimmy edgar LP? i didn't realize he finally finished it up - how is it?


Actually, I had not heard of him before. Its pretty cool although I only gave it one listen.

[earl grey]

Actually, I had not heard of him before. Its pretty cool although I only gave it one listen.

he put out a couple EP's in advance of the album, both over a year ago. i like both, but the first one 'access rhythm' especially. he's done some stuff under other names too, though nothing as good IMO.

[johansen smith]

the Fall Fall Heads Roll
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness Fear is on Our Side
Thanksgiving the River
Smoosh She Like Electric

[tinobeat]

Tino,

Have you heard Toothbrush: An Introduction to Dr. Dog? I'm listening to it right now. It's pretty good. Fidelity-wise, it kind of reminds me of early GBV.

yeah, totally. I think its pretty great, and I like how the songs are sort of more insistently weird than the jams on Easy Beat.

[Squall91]

that new PGMG song
Animal Collective - Feels (i'm so late coming around to this)
Boris - Pink
Earth - Hex: Or Printing In the Infernal Method
Fennesz - Venice
Oren Ambarchi - Grapes From The Estate
Pelican - March into the Sea EP
The Replacements - Let It Be
Shellac - everything
sunn o))) - Black One's bonus live disc
Swearing At Motorists - Last Night Becomes This Morning

[9000]

1000th post. it's official: no life! now if i can only figure out that avatar thing.

andy votel - songs in the key of death
the king khan and bbq show - the king khan and bbq show
can - tago mago
jonas bering - sketches for the next season
sons and daughters - the repulsion box
am/pm - the ends I & II
a friend's mix cd for me

[pizzagratis]

Swearing At Motorists - Last Night Becomes This Morning


How is this?

[Fiona]

The Pastels - The Last Great Wilderness
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not <-- bloody great
Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down (Scummy) 7"
Pell Mell - Star City
The Fall - The Frenz Experiment lp
The Rapture - Out Of The Races...
Mylo - Muscle Car 12" (the one w/ Justus Koehnchke, Tiga, Freeform 5 & Alex Smoke remixes)
Neil Young - After The Goldrush lp
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Superpitcher - BIS guest mix

[earl grey]

andy votel - songs in the key of death


how is this? i've had it on my list of things to check out for the longest time, but i never seem to come across it.

[9000]

how is this? i've had it on my list of things to check out for the longest time, but i never seem to come across it.

on the positive: incredible depth and variety of awesome songs and styles. negative: votel doesn't quite have the best mix flow and tends to cut a lot of songs way too short. oh, and there's and no track listings to help you determe what's being mixed! regardless, it's very good and worth checking.

[9000]

robert pollard - from a compound eye
colder - heat
the king khan & bbq show - the king khan & bbq show <--are the respective solo projects as good as this?
chain gang - perfumed
tiga live at trash, 11.2005 mp3

[johansen smith]

Karl Blau Beneath Waves
Casiotone For the Painfully Alone Etiquette
what a pleasant surprise both of these are!

[jef]

The Mae Shi - Don't Forget the Potential
Beach Boys - Landlocked
TFUL282 - Strangers from the Universe
Husker Du - New Day Rising
Pete Ham - Golders Green
Windsor for the Derby - The Emotional Rescue
Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye
New Silver Daggers songs

[Spam]

Sonic Youth- 1,000 leaves
Husker Du- new day rising
Pavement- crooked rain x2
Dresden Dolls- s/t

[Dean]

Townes Van Zandt-Our Mother The Mountain
Mission Of Burma-Snapshot
Moody Blues-A Question Of Balance
Donovan-In Concert
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion-Controversial Negro
Chavez-Gone Glimmering
Adam & The Ants-Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Pavement-Brighten The Corners
A Taste Of Honey-S/T
999-The Cellblock Tapes

[miss understood]

the king khan & bbq show - the king khan & bbq show <--are the respective solo projects as good as this?

Good question. I would also like to know this. (Killer record!)

Recent listening pile:

Walter Gieseking: Mozart Complete Solo Piano Music
Band of Horses: Everything All the Time
18th Dye: Done
The Takacs Quartet: Beethoven Middle String Quartets
John McCabe: Haydn Piano Sonatas
John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard 1961
John Coltrane: Live at Birdland
Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Himself
Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies
Pierre-Laurent Aimard: At Carnegie Hall

[Dave]

robert pollard - from a compound eye
colder - heat
the king khan & bbq show - the king khan & bbq show <--are the respective solo projects as good as this?
chain gang - perfumed
tiga live at trash, 11.2005 mp3

Ok, out of what I have (there's some King Khan stuff and some 7"s I haven't tracked down yet) I would say: almost, but they seem to have brought out the best in each other.
The two BBQ albums are both great, but not quite as good as the Goner album.
I don't have the most recent King Khan full length,"Mr. Supernatural", but I have one called "Smash Hits" that took a while (and the Goner LP too) but it is pretty good. The tracks I've heard from "Mr. Supernatural" are good though. The King Khan side of the Dirtbombs split LP was hot too.

[9000]

thanks, matador dave. will have to investigate as i await their next LP.

[earl grey]

p.g. six - parlor tricks and porch favorites
dead meadow - feathers
howard hello - don't drink his blood
the double - loose in the air
the velvet underground - s/t
warp 10+2 classics 89-92
built to spill - "goin' against your mind" (looking fwd to the new record...)

[Lukas]

The UNCUT CD called John Peel's Festive 15, hey, it had a Pavement song. I really want to get his book now.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

The UNCUT CD called John Peel's Festive 15, hey, it had a Pavement song. I really want to get his book now.This may sound awful, but I want his job.

Last few days:

Jello Biafra with the Melvins Never Breathe What You Can't See
Eastern Youth 「其処カラ何ガ見エルカ」 ← English: What Can You See from Your Place
RuPaul Red Hot
Gossip Standing in the Way of Control 12" single
ProjeKct One Jazz Café Suite
Here Come The Selmanaires
Sim House ← early 9Ts Japanese techno compilation
Can Future Days
House of Freaks Tantilla
Hum of the Druid Societal
Yoko Ono Hell in Paradise remix 12" ← the totally dated 1986 one, not really cool 2004 one
Nuclear Assault Handle with Care
a mix I made for a friend w/Poison Idea, Gordons, Halo of Flies, MX-80 Sound and Angel
The Raveonettes Evil L.A. Girls CD single
Bic Runga Birds
Kate Bush Never for Ever
Shub-Niggurath Les Morts Vont Vite
Puya Puya
Prisonshake* I'm Really Fucked Now ← the CD from the LP/CD/cassette/7" box set of the same title
Lothar and the Hand People Space Hymn: The Complete Capitol Recordings
Doctor Nerve Did Sprinting Die?
Mutantes A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado
Half Japanese Sing No Evil
Robyn Hitchcock Black Snake Dîamond Röle ← Rhino remaster (diff. mixes 'n' bonus trax)
The Avalanches Since I Left You ← I know folks here love this but the first spin did not grab me.
The Nectarine No. 9 Received Transgressed & Transmitted
Cassiber Man or Monkey
Chrome The Visitation
The Hidden Hand Devoid of Color EP
Calamus Highdrive
Decibel El poeta del Ruido plus . . .
The Very Best of The Corries
PainKiller Rituals
Queen Sheer Heart Attack
Eric Hinds Reign in Blood
Equal Vision Records | Spring Sampler 2005 ← I really dig the Fear Before the March of Flames tracks on this.

*one (killer) release on Matador Europe

[yovan]

The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Armed Love
Modey Lemon - Thunder + Lightning
The Apes - Baba's Mountain
The Ponys - Celebration castle
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Gang of Four - Return the Gift

[Thor]

p.g. six - parlor tricks and porch favorites
What a record.

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Bravery, Repetition and Noise
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - A Child's Guide to Good & Evil
Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers - Volume 2
Silver Ray - Humans
The Blues Project - Projections (psychedelic delayed flute? fuck yeah...)
Bruno Walter - Beethoven 6th Symphony, 1958
Them - The Story of Them
Chocolate Watch Band - The Inner Mystique
Country Joe and The Fish - Electric Music for the Mind and Body
The Sand Pebbles - Atlantis Regrets Nothing
The Yardbirds - Roger The Engineer
Peculiar Hole in the Sky - PopSike from Down under

[Paul]

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
I've got a whole new appreciation for that record after finally seeing I Am Trying To Break Your Heart this past weekend. And also a whole new perspective on Jay Bennett... what a horse's ass.

Readymade FC - Babilonia
Copy - Mobius Beard
Cat Power - The Greatest
Remate - On Junk <--This was #9 on my best of '05 list a month ago, but I'd move it way up if I were making the list again
LD & The New Criticism - Tragic Realism
Robert Pollard - Music From Bubble EP
His Name Is Alive - Detrola
Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker, Red Medicine and Instrument (Soundtrack)

[vesper]

how is that readymade fc album? i've heard the song he did with david sylvian, "a fire in the forest," and it has me pretty intrigued. is that one on the album?

[Paul]

how is that readymade fc album? i've heard the song he did with david sylvian, "a fire in the forest," and it has me pretty intrigued. is that one on the album?Yeah, it's on there (as well as a song with Feist on vocals). As an album it's definitely got peaks and valleys, but the good tracks will make you sit up straight and say "damn!"

[earl grey]

I've got a whole new appreciation for that record after finally seeing I Am Trying To Break Your Heart this past weekend. And also a whole new perspective on Jay Bennett... what a horse's ass.


for sure. i dunno how one-sided the editing was, but their tiff over the intro to "heavy metal drummer" (IIRC) is a classic.

[miss understood]

As much as I've soured on Wilco, this will have to be a pretty spectacular decade for YHF not to be one of the 10 or 20 best records released during these years.

Also -- for what it's worth -- Jay Bennett and a few other people claim that that argument and the following scene were edited together from a few different moments. Along with a good chunk of the rest of that film.

[pabost]

As much as I've soured on Wilco, this will have to be a pretty spectacular decade for YHF not to be one of the 10 or 20 best records released during these years.

As much as I like YHF, I really do think it pales in comparison to A Ghost Is Born and Summerteeth. "Pales" is the appropriate word, actually, b/c I find Jim O'Rourke's production on YHF to be so cold and, at time, lifeless. Also, I saw them play the record twice before it came out, and back then, Leroy Bach would play the intro to "Jesus, Etc . . ." on organ. It was much more soulful and, IMHO, better.

Listening to:

Justamustache - Thunderbirds Are Now!
Field Music - Field Music
La Dusseldorf - La Dusseldorf
Akron/Family - Akron/Family
Toothbrush - Dr. Dog

[earl grey]

As much as I like YHF, I really do think it pales in comparison to A Ghost Is Born and Summerteeth. "Pales" is the appropriate word, actually, b/c I find Jim O'Rourke's production on YHF to be so cold and, at time, lifeless. Also, I saw them play the record twice before it came out, and back then, Leroy Bach would play the intro to "Jesus, Etc . . ." on organ. It was much more soulful and, IMHO, better.


i dunno, i really like YHF's production. i see what yr saying but i think it suits the songs well, it gives the record a cohesive feel. 'a ghost is born,' on the other hand, is their most uneven record IMO, but it also happens to be my favorite one. ('being there' could take that slot if it was just one disc.)

[Lukas]

I have a copy of the YHF sessions and I must say the version of Kamera is much better than the one on the actual album. Poor Places was also better during that session.

[Joel]

joe mcphee, "nation time" (unheard music series/atavistic) cd
seefeel, "quique" (too pure) cd
the pin group, s/t (siltbreeze) cd
ethiopiques vol. 3 (buda musique) cd
the howling hex, "you can't beat tomorrow" (drag city) cd
rema-rema, "wheel in the roses" (4ad) cd (!!!!)

[Salman]

LD & The New Criticism - Tragic Realism


Is this any good? I've read/heard mixed reviews for it.

Anyway, the last few days:

Kemialliset Ystävät - Alkuhärkä
Jeff Mangum - Live at Jittery Joes
The Slits - Cut
Songs:Ohia - Axxess & Ace
H.P. Lovecraft - s/t
The Stooges - Funhouse
Taraf de Haïdouks - Dumbala Dumba

[Lukas]

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out

[the Pawnbroker]

Brian Jonestown Massacre -- Their Satanic Majesties Second Request
Brian Jonestown Massacre -- Take It From The Man!
Brian Jonestown Massacre -- Thank God for Mental Illness
Brian Jonestown Massacre -- Give It Back!
Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane -- At Carnegie Hall
Lightning Hopkins -- Anthology (2CD)

[Paul]

Is this any good? I've read/heard mixed reviews for it.
I bought it (LD & The New Criticism) based on a good review, but after listening to it twice, I'd probably only give it a C or C+. Every song just sort of goes nowhere, but sounds nice while it's getting lost.

[rhoops]

joe mcphee, "nation time" (unheard music series/atavistic) cd

how's the mcphee joel? i've been fortunate enough to see the man live twice and both performances were amazing. i've yet to purchase any of his stuff though. . . any suggestions?

[Fiona]

The Nectarine No. 9 Received Transgressed & Transmitted

HCI, Creeping Bent came out with their first release for three years this week, a compilation called 'Popism'. Vic Godard, Nectarine No.9 and The Fire Engines are on it, but it has to be heard for Future Pilot's mental cover of Orange Juice's 'Rip It Up'.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

HCI, Creeping Bent came out with their first release for three years this week, a compilation called 'Popism'. Vic Godard, Nectarine No.9 and The Fire Engines are on it, but it has to be heard for Future Pilot's mental cover of Orange Juice's 'Rip It Up'.Thanks for the heads up! I've got Bentism and 'tis pretty cool.

[pabost]

Elijah's Mix, Volumes 1 and 2

[Miss Tasty Princess]

The last few days:

ProjeKct Three Live in Austin, TX 1999
Alice Texas Gold
Allan Pettersson Symphony No. 4
Pelican The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
Fire Engines Codex Teenage Premonition
Tormentor Anno Domini
Kolossale Jugend Leopard II
Alice Texas Gold ← again
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start Perris, CA EP
Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto, op. 99
Sadistik Exekution We Are Death Fuck You
Craft Total Soul Rape
Daimonji Into a Blind Alley
Nektar Door to the Future
Tom Jones Sings "She's a Lady"
The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan
Question Mark and the Mysterians 96 Tears
Funkadelic Funkadelic ← fancy, new, expanded remaster
k. Goldfish
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start Perris, CA EP ← again
Śmierć Kliniczna 1982–1984
Tormentor Anno Domini ← again
Nazca Estación de Sombra
Ur Kaos Av sprucket ut är valt ett inuti
Negură Bunget Măiastru sfetnic
Dark Round the Edges
coupla comps a friend made for me:
Napalm Death '89–'05
The Best of English and American Crust and Grind

[Keith]

The first new release i've been able to listern to is the new We Start Fires double A side Hot Metal/Hip Shake a bit like Elastica but more glam and plenty of Attitude! Also have the new Cat Power Single and Miss Pain (from Brighton) new seven inch.

[Fiona]

Work seriously imposing on listening time this week - this the lot.

Various - Pop Ambient 2006
Various - Popism
MFA - Coffee Shop Rules 2lp
Hot Chip - Coming On Strong
Schneider TM - Zoomer lp
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
Cat Power - The Greatest 7". Have to wait 'til next week for the album. Hrrmph.
Lindstrom & Prins Thomas - s/t
The Delays - Faded Seaside Glamour
Pavement - Brighten The Corners lp <--- getting on for 9 years later, I'm finally coming around to this album.
Spiritualized - Come Together remix 12"
Justus Koehncke - Doppelleben
Jamie Lidell - Multiply 12"
Optimo - set from Plastic People 09/04/04 <--- This is probably my favourite mix of theirs, combines best elements of HTKTDJ and Psyche Out. The segment where they go from Sweet Dreams to Be My Baby laid over Whorehouse New Process - jaysus, it's only mighty. Actually, from there right up to Out of the Races is killer stuff.

[earl grey]

Various - Pop Ambient 2006
Optimo - set from Plastic People 09/04/04 <--- This is probably my favourite mix of theirs, combines best elements of HTKTDJ and Psyche Out. The segment where they go from Sweet Dreams to Be My Baby laid over Whorehouse New Process - jaysus, it's only mighty. Actually, from there right up to Out of the Races is killer stuff.

how's the pop ambient? i only have 2005, and i love it ... need to decide which volume to go w/ next.

you have that optimo set on MP3?

[Fiona]

how's the pop ambient? i only have 2005, and i love it ... need to decide which volume to go w/ next.

you have that optimo set on MP3?

I think it's superior to 2005. 'Baghira', the Markus Guentner & La Grande Illusion track is gorgeous. Can't imagine you'd be disappointed with it, though certain other patrons may need to add extra bubbles to their bath.

I do have that Optimo set on mp3, tho am pretty sure it's still up on the Our Disco site. Let me know if it has disappeared.

[earl grey]

I do have that Optimo set on mp3, tho am pretty sure it's still up on the Our Disco site. Let me know if it has disappeared.

oh OK, i totally know that set. yeah, it rules ... maybe my favorite as well. (i didn't catch the plastic people reference or remember the date.)

[Brushback]

Lightning Bolt Hypermagic Mountain
Modey Lemon Thunder + Lightning
Fu Manchu In Search Of...
The Hellacopters High Visibility
The Dirtbombs Dangerous Magical Noise
Government Issue Joy Ride/The Fun Just Never Ends top 10 all time
Interpol Remix
Les Savy Fav Inches
The Gories House Rockin'

[Patrick]

Government Issue Joy Ride/The Fun Just Never Ends top 10 all time


Absolutely! These records are among the most underrated records from the 1980s, or any decade actually. And these 2 in particular catch G.I. at the peak of their existence. The ones directly before and after are good, but 'Joy Ride' and 'The Fun Just Never Ends' are supreme...

Patrick

[Futureman]

Edan--Beauty and the Beat
Galaxie 500--On Fire
Galaxie 500--Uncollected
Elijah's mix
V/A--Nuggets, Vol. 2: Original Artyfacts From the British Empire & Beyond<--I just got this and I love, love, love it. I debated about whether I should get Vol. I instead, but I just don't enjoy the early American garage stuff as much as the more brit/pych stuff. I'm glad I made the choice I did.

[tinobeat]

V/A--Nuggets, Vol. 2: Original Artyfacts From the British Empire & Beyond<--I just got this and I love, love, love it. I debated about whether I should get Vol. I instead, but I just don't enjoy the early American garage stuff as much as the more brit/pych stuff. I'm glad I made the choice I did.

Though you really really really should also get Vol. 1. just 'sayin. I do enjoy 2 a hair more tho.

Also, how do you like that Edan album? its slowly been taking my mind over.

recent listenings:
DNtel - Life is Full of Possibilities CD
Edan - Beauty and the Beat CD
Times New Viking - Dig Yourself CD
The Impossible Shapes - Tum LP
Early Man - Closing In LP
Lilys - Everything Imaginary is Wrong CDr hated it on first listen, but it seems to be a grower. weird fuckin record
Mum - Finally We Are No One CD
Destroyer - Destroyer's Rubies CDr
Pants Yell! - Recent Drama CDr

[Futureman]

Also, how do you like that Edan album? its slowly been taking my mind over.

It's the first hip-hop album I've bought for myself. Ever. I have plenty of hh mp3s and CDs given to me as gifts, but this album is. the. shit.

[9000]

konono no1 - congotronics
this heat - this heat
colder - heat
robert pollard - from a compond eye
twenty miles - s/t
the king khan and bbq show - s/t
various - the legendary sun records story, disc 3
art brut - bang bang rock & roll
kool keith - matthew
james murphy and juan maclean - dfa radio mix mp3s
various trash club mp3s

[Thor]

Also, how do you like that Edan album? its slowly been taking my mind over.

I *love* "I See Colors", and the overall production is nice... but there's something about the way he raps that drives me crazy... he over-enunciate's his words in a way that just... shits me. It's like there's no subtlety to his style or something...

are you familiar with Quasimoto?

Mum - Finally We Are No One CD
music from another dimension... such a great album.

[tinobeat]

I *love* "I See Colors", and the overall production is nice... but there's something about the way he raps that drives me crazy... he over-enunciate's his words in a way that just... shits me. It's like there's no subtlety to his style or something...

are you familiar with Quasimoto?.

I know what you're saying about his enunciation, but I love that shit. I guess it sounds so much like Boston/Cambridge to me. Its not really a Boston accent at all, but it reminds me of a bunch of hip hop heads I knew growing up, who all sort of affected their speech like that, and its really endearing to me. "Leh-ttuce and Tomay-toe, add a dab of May-yo.."

Quasimoto/Madlib is a monster, fucking genius. I need to bust out The Unseen more often.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Lotsa music this weekend and today:

Nick Drake Five Leaves Left
Jimi Hendrix The Baggy's Rehearsal Sessions
Erehía Manuzkritoz • Ze
Craw Craw
King Crimson Live in Philadelphia, PA 1982
Audio Sports 3•6•9 EP
Kevin Ayers As Close as You Think
Agitpop Feast of the Sunfish
Be Bop Deluxe Live! In the Air Age
The Creepers Rock 'n' Roll Liquorice Flavour
Pussy Galore Pussy Gold 5000 EP
Big Black Racer-X EP
Horslips Aliens
The Joneses Criminals EP
John Cage One8
Subsonics Die Bobby Die
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start Perris, CA EP
Art Ensemble of Chicago Reunion
Th' Faith Healers Peel Sessions
Funkadelic Tales of Kidd Funkadelic
Ruts Grin & Bear It
Ruts The Crack
Faust Ravvivando
The Raveonettes Pretty in Black
Renaissance Prologue
Tank Honour & Blood

[Lukas]

The Bats - Couchmaster

So far so good. I really like this kind of stuff a lot.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Have you checked out any other Kiwi rock yet, Lukas? The Bats are excellent but one of many!

[Paul]

Have you checked out any other Kiwi rock yet, Lukas? The Bats are excellent but one of many!I worship at the altars of Neil Finn and Martin Philipps in my spare time. Lukas, get thee some Split Enz/Crowded House/Neil Finn albums and some Chills albums right now!

Current listening now (and likely for the next 72 straight hours):

Sparks - Hello Young Lovers <--The Maels haven't made an album this brilliant since Indiscreet 31 years ago.

[tinobeat]

Listening today on the brand name portable digital player:

The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms < whoa! yeah! fuckin a! shouldn't have slept on this
Torche - Torche
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - House Arrest
Caribou - Tour CD
Death - Individual Thought Patterns

[Paul]

Listening today on the brand name portable digital player:

The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms < whoa! yeah! fuckin a! shouldn't have slept on thisI'm pretty sure I put their cover of "Paint It Black" from that era on one of my mixtape circle tapes all those years ago. I guess it never made it far enough to get to you... haha.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

I'm pretty sure I put their cover of "Paint It Black" from that era on one of my mixtape circle tapes all those years ago. I guess it never made it far enough to get to you... haha.That cover was actually recorded in 1990 (check the band member credits in the CD booklet) then tacked onto the reissue of the first album by A&M as a bonus.

[Keith]

Cat Power-The Greatest(of couse)
Forward Russia-Twelve
BrightEyes-Lifted or the story is in the soil keep your ear to the ground
Sleater Kinney-The Woods and Dig Me Out
Pavement-Zewee Wowee

[redheaven]

My first listening post! Here goes:

Pernice Brothers - Yours, Mine & Ours
Lifter Puller - Fiestas & Fiascos
The Cure - Join The Dots
Talking Heads - Fear Of Music, More Songs... & 77 (all Dualdiscs - damn, the remasters sound good!)
Labradford - Mi Media Narajna
Sun Kil Moon - Tiny Cities
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Fear Is On Our Side

[Lukas]

Essex Green - Everything is Green - Best album I have heard in atleast 5 months.

[Salman]

Essex Green - Everything is Green - Best album I have heard in atleast 5 months.

That's probably the best E6 related album not by the Olivia Tremor Control or Neutral Milk Hotel.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Fear Is On Our SideWhat're they like? With a name like that they sound like they're most likely dance punk or emo. Anyhow, they're playing here soon; should I go?

Last coupla days:

Billy Synth and The Turn Ups go Off the Deep End
Win Uh! Tears Baby (A Trash Icon)
Andrew Barker/Charles Waters Duo Dialogues in Now!
Bang on a Can/Philip Glass Music in Fifths/Two Pages
Detachment Kit As If You Weren't Cold EP
DevilDriver The Fury of Our Maker's Hand
Kim Salmon & The Surrealists Sin Factory
Syzygys Eyes on Green ← disappointing on first listen :(
Kim Salmon & The Surrealists St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP
Decibel Fortuna Virilis plus . . .
Agalloch The Mantle
Equal Vision Records | Spring Sampler 2005
Black Crowes Lions ← I like to think of this as their Pavement album
Genesis Archive 1967–75 ← disc three
The Pentangle The Pentangle
A Fir-Ju Well Absolutely A Fir-Ju Well
King Crimson Live in Warsaw, 2000 ← disc one
Thralldom Beast Eye Opened to the Sky
Hal Russell NRG Ensemble + Charles Tyler Generation
Last Days of May Last Days of May
Decibel In Concert plus . . .
Tarantula A.D. Book of Sand
The Replacements Inconcerated

[Paul]

What're they like? With a name like that they sound like they're most likely dance punk or emo. Anyhow, they're playing here soon; should I go?They're not a big whoop, really. If you were to rank all the bands who've ripped off the Chameleons/Joy Division/The Cure/Echo & the Bunnymen/etc. over the past 4 years, ILYBICD would be somewhere right about in the middle. Better than hangers-on like The Bravery surely, but not as exciting or deeply genuine as... well, I can't think of any who fit that description. They've got great basslines, though.

[tinobeat]

That's probably the best E6 related album not by the Olivia Tremor Control or Neutral Milk Hotel.

really? better than Bablicon or Music Tapes or Beulah?

we'll agree to disagree...

[pizzagratis]

really? better than Bablicon or Music Tapes or Beulah?

we'll agree to disagree...

I'll do the semi-unpopular thing and I guess add Elf Power to this list. Yeah, they never really stuck out from the pack in the same way as many of their weirder cousins, but, in this man's opinion, they put out some really interesting guitar pop in their hey-day (my favorite period: Winter is Coming to Nothing's Going to Happen, which holds the possibly dubious distinction of being one of my favorite covers album)

What have I been listening to anyways, you don't ask?

Mixtape my friend made me of some old-timey Greek music.
Mp3s of some oldtimey Cajun music I found on the interweb.
Raekwon- Built for Cuban Linx
Tom T. Hall, "That's How I Got to Memphis" (I just ordered Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher...am I gonna like this? Is this good? Should I have just purchased some actual albums, no matter how uneconomical that would be?)
A-Frames- Black Forest
Mixtape of homemade recordings made by friends. Some is really funny.

I gotta say...I'm really, really enjoying the listening to my old walkman.

I also just ordered a Monoshock cd, Running Apelike or something. Was this a wise move? Anyone have this?

Have been considering purchasing:


Bobby Bare's Greatest Hits
a Mummies album
Furry Lewis cd
Numero Group Eccentric Soul stuff
Folkways Music of Indonesia stuff
the Thalia Zedek album Matador released a couple years ago
New Bomb Turks- Destroy-O-Boy

I really, really want the American Folk Archive thingy, but, not enough dollarz.


People...feel free to dissuade me on or endorse any of the above?

[tinobeat]

I'll do the semi-unpopular thing and I guess add Elf Power to this list. Yeah, they never really stuck out from the pack in the same way as many of their weirder cousins, but, in this man's opinion, they put out some really interesting guitar pop in their hey-day (my favorite period: Winter is Coming to Nothing's Going to Happen, which holds the possibly dubious distinction of being one of my favorite covers album)


you're totally right, I spaced on Elf Power. I'd easily put them above Beulah in a heartbeat too.

I also just ordered a Monoshock cd, Running Apelike or something. Was this a wise move? Anyone have this?

nope, definitely a wise move. I love the shit out of that CD.


Numero Group Eccentric Soul stuff
Folkways Music of Indonesia stuff
the Thalia Zedek album Matador released a couple years ago
I really, really want the American Folk Archive thingy, but, not enough dollarz.

I endorse these things. Also, the Folk Archive thing is somewhat expensive, but is more than worth it. You're clearly intending to buy 6-7+ CDs in the next month or so, why not just make it that set?

[Futureman]

Nuggets vol. II
Judas Priest-Unleashed in the East
The Action-Action Packed
Spaceman 3-Perfection Prescription

just downloaded The Action's "Something to Say" off of Rolled Gold, which I have not been able to find. Great tune.

[vesper]

i also fully endorse that monoshock cd. so wonderfully dirty and heavy.

[Salman]

really? better than Bablicon or Music Tapes or Beulah?

we'll agree to disagree...

I never really thought Beulah were anything special, and I don't think Bablicon were really part of the E6... at least Jeremy Barnes said he never considered them to be part of it. I forgot about The First Imaginary Symphony For Nomad... it's pretty sweet; top 5 for sure.

Oh, and, I'll second Monoshock.

[Keith]

Dig Me out by Sleater Kinney

[earl grey]

mouse on mars - autoditacker
PG six - parlor tricks and porch favorites
the homosexuals' CD
small change - yo la tengo hanukkah mix
dominik eulberg - springborn mix 11.25.05 <- this is really good, vesper
gallopierende zuversicht - live at kontrol 6.18.05
toledo - fishnets and cigarettes

[Fiona]

dominik eulberg - springborn mix 11.25.05 <- this is really good, vesper

Absolutely, I've been travelling for the last few hours and had it on - really enjoyed it.

Modeselektor - Hello Mom!
Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink 12"
Cat Power - The Greatest
TBNBC - Hey People!
Dr. Dog - Easybeat
Fairmont - Gazebo/Gazelle 12"
Villalobos - Alcachofa
Various - Kompakt Total 3

[vesper]

i've been listening to this joakim track, "i wish you were gone," ALL DAMN DAY. holy shit, fiona, 9000, earl grey, probably even paul and salman, you guys would love this! big rubbery bass and loose drums, kinda like a dfa track with a tighter freak-out around the 6.5 min mark. plus the synths sparkle something like new order and the guitar bit sounds like it escaped from "age of consent." hunt it down!

also, i've been listening to silver jews' tanglewood numbers in the car. i really like it a lot, which surprises me as much as the rest of you.

[earl grey]

i've been listening to this joakim track, "i wish you were gone," ALL DAMN DAY. holy shit, fiona, 9000, earl grey, probably even paul and salman, you guys would love this! big rubbery bass and loose drums, kinda like a dfa track with a tighter freak-out around the 6.5 min mark. plus the synths sparkle something like new order and the guitar bit sounds like it escaped from "age of consent." hunt it down!


oh, i actually think i maybe heard this tonight. the name rings a bell, i think my friend pointed out. he mentioned it's on ewan pearson's recent mix, if it's the same song. yeah, definitely dug it.

(was seeing nightmares on wax. fun set, nothing crazy though. this was during DJ language, beforehand.)

[Paul]

i've been listening to this joakim track, "i wish you were gone," ALL DAMN DAY. holy shit, fiona, 9000, earl grey, probably even paul and salman, you guys would love this! You were right. I do love this... not for the big bass and percussion, but for the tingly sequencer loop that runs the entire length of the song. That shit's golden!

[Fiona]

i've been listening to this joakim track, "i wish you were gone," ALL DAMN DAY. holy shit, fiona, 9000, earl grey, probably even paul and salman, you guys would love this! big rubbery bass and loose drums, kinda like a dfa track with a tighter freak-out around the 6.5 min mark. plus the synths sparkle something like new order and the guitar bit sounds like it escaped from "age of consent." hunt it down!


Groooaaan, another Eur13 import 12"! Did you get the 12? The dub version on the b-side apparently has less guitar, more synth and an even greater degree of punk and funk.

Oh, Vesper I meant to ask if you had the Trentemoller remix of What Else Is There? Haven't heard it yet but it supposed to be eh, "the shit". The ep it's on has other remixes by Vitalic and Chicken Lips (not TWD - that remix is stunning, ta v much) so wasn't sure if you'd got wind of it.

[vesper]

yeah, i have that trentemoller remix. i'm not as sold on it as the rest of the internet apparently is. the really dark, brutal techno (a la black strobe) doesn't click with me as much as the sparkly, whooshing stuff (why i'm such a geek for stuart price and ewan pearson), but the song is definitely worth checking out. each time i listen to it, i'm actually a little surprised to here that it's only 7 minutes long. he covers A LOT of ground in that song -- so much that i'm not really sure how well it would work in a club.

-edit-

i also haven't heard the chicken lips mix, but the vitalic one is pretty good. i also heard jacques lu cont's radio mix of "what else is there?" (not the twd one), and didn't really like it at all. his thin white duke mix though, jesus, i really don't understand how anyone can give a shit about "mr brightside" after that.

[9000]

i've been listening to this joakim track, "i wish you were gone," ALL DAMN DAY. holy shit, fiona, 9000, earl grey, probably even paul and salman, you guys would love this!


i'm falling behind. is it on a comp or mix yet?

[vesper]

no, the 12" just came out on jan 23 though.

[rhoops]

VU - Sad Song
YLT - President
The Kinks - Gotta Get The First Plane Home
EDD - Tartantula
EDD - Coercion
French Toast - Bugman EP
Lyrics Born - Asia's Verse
APC - human shield
Latyrx - Lady Don't Tek No
Flake Music - Deluca
Ugly Cassanova - Parasites
UC - Things I Don't Remember
Pavement - The Sutcliffe Catering Song

[Fiona]

The Bats - The Law of Things
Various - Fig. 428 Racket to Stardom
Crowded House - Woodface
Darcy Clay - Jesus I Was Evil
Lush - Split
Radial Spangle - Birthday ep
Olympic World - Hot Wheels
...AYWKUBTTOD - s/t
The Great Unwashed - Collection

[Paul]

Fuck-Off Machete - If Gold Was Silver and Silver Was Gold EP <--I've listened to this about 12 times today, no lie.
Ellen Allien and Apparat - Orchestra of Bubbles
The Posies - Dear 23
Material Issue - International Pop Overthrow
Guided By Voices - Earthquake Glue
Guided By Voices - Isolation Drills
Tiga - Sexor
Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Metric - Live It Out

[bitterfruit]

Metric - Live It Out


Are you coming around on this one? It's a good listen if you ask me. I seem to remember you and Emily Haines being on opposite ends.

[Paul]

Are you coming around on this one? It's a good listen if you ask me. I seem to remember you and Emily Haines being on opposite ends.Yeah, actually I've been listening frequently over the past 2 or 3 weeks. The song that really hooked me was "Monster Hospital," and then everything else just fell into place. If I had the chance to see them live now, I don't think I'd turn it down.

[winterwooskie]

I Am The World Trade Center: Out of the Loop
Eugenius: Mary Queen of Scots
The Big Bands of the 30's: Compilation
Abe Froman: Self Titled
Rachel APP: Fire In My Head
Lost On Purpose: The Ultraviolet Effect ep
The Crabs: Jackpot

[Keith]

Lo Ya Tengo - The Crying of Lot G
Joy Division - Sister Ray
Xinlisupreme - All you need is Love was not true
Erase Errata - Other Animals
Eastern Lane - The Last Except
Aphex Twin - drukqs
Persil - She cuts a dash
Twig - I Sweat Tabasco
Pram - The Archivist
Camera Obscura - biggest bluest hi-fi
Cat Power - Empty Shell

[Salman]

Yeah, actually I've been listening frequently over the past 2 or 3 weeks. The song that really hooked me was "Monster Hospital," and then everything else just fell into place. If I had the chance to see them live now, I don't think I'd turn it down.

They're pretty entertaining live, but there records just don't hold up for a long period of time with me.
You should see the video for "Monster Hospital"... it's kinda cool.

[Moon Pix]

So far this year Ive been listening to -
Cat Power - The Greatest
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Pavment - Slanted & Enchanted
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico

[winterversion]

On the turntable the last couple days:

New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Best of the Carpenters
Arlo Guthrie - Shenandoa
Mouse on Mars - Idiology

[Thor]

The Beach Boys - Today!
Alan Stivell - Renaissance of the Celtic Harp
The Chocolate Watch Band - Melts in your Brain, Not on your Wrist
Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black LP
David Axelrod - Songs of Innocence LP
The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Bringing it all Back Home Again
The Beatles - Please Please Me

[mydogcheckers]

Broken Social Scene-s/t
Constantines-Tournament of Hearts
Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers (Impulse)-s/t
Wilco-Summerteeth
Mudhoney-Under a Billion Suns
The Double-Loose in the Air
Cat Power-The Greatest
Tortoise and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy-The Brave and the Bold
Gina X Performance-Nice Mover
Yo La Tengo-Electr-O-Pura
Medium Medium-Hungry, So Angry
Konono No.1-Congotronics
Jens Lekman-Oh You're So Silent Jens
Felt-Absolute Classic Masterpieces
Delta 5-Singles And Sessions 1979-1981
Arctic Monkeys-Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Magazine-Real Life
Howling Wolf-20th Century Masters
Deerhoof-The Runners Four
Sparks-Indiscreet
Terry Reid-Superlungs
Phosphorescent-Aw Come Aw Wry
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder-s/t

[Miss Tasty Princess]

The last several days have been busy!

Penance Alpha & Omega
Roxy Music For Your Pleasure
Slade Slayed?
Yo La Tengo Summer Sun
Earthride Vampire Circus
The Mothers of Invention Freak Out!
The Darkness One Way Ticket to Hell . . . and Back
King Crimson Live in Warsaw, 2000 ← disc two
The Avalanches Since I Left You
Sadistik Exekution The Magus
The Findells Naked & Blue
The Malarkies 1
Orthotonics Wake Up You Must Remember
Discharge The More I See extended version 12"
Śmierć Kliniczna ASP 7"
Rush Caress of Steel
eePiL eePiL 2
The Malarkies Best Map EP
Faun Fables Mother Twilight
King Crimson EleKtriK
The Malarkies Andiamo
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start Perris, CA EP
Man Sized Action Claustrophobia
Brian Eno Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)
A Fir-Ju Well What's Coming for You EP
Suicide Why Be Blue CD single
Be Bop Deluxe Drastic Plastic
Bert Jansch Edge of a Dream
Dog Faced Hermans Every Day Timebomb
Question Mark and the Mysterians Action
Question Mark and the Mysterians Do Something to Me single
Sadistik Exekution We Are Death Fuck You
Skid Row Slave to the Grind
Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies
Attwenger Dog
Starz Starz
The Findells Finland
George Brigman Jungle Rot
Stone Poneys Stone Poneys
Me and Him Call It Us Loss