Hey! It's the rolling 2008 listening pile thread!

[Paul]

Kicking off the year this way:

World Party Private Revolution
World Party Goodbye Jumbo
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Architecture & Morality
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Junk Culture
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Organisation
Times New Viking Rip it Off
Sonic Chicken 4 Sonic Chicken 4
Cat Power What Would the Community Think
Silver Jews Tanglewood Numbers
Bon Iver For Emma, Forever

[johansen smith]

Bill Callahan: Woke On a Whaleheart
v/a: Phil Spector Flips and Rareties
Juno: OST which made me dig out
The Kinks: The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society 3XCD Set

[Paul]

Juno: OST Movie? great. Music? terrible! I hope the dvd comes with the option to turn off all the Kimya Dawson.

[johansen smith]

Movie? great. Music? terrible! I hope the dvd comes with the option to turn off all the Kimya Dawson.
It's sort of funny to hear the songs that are in the movie on the soundtrack and see how whoever edited them for the film cut out the most cringe-inducing lines. I was watching the movie was like, "This is a lot less annoying that I remember Kimya Dawson being"-- and then I heard the whole songs and was like, "Oh right."

[Patrick]

Love the old and new Matador kick-off, Paul.

[tinobeat]

The new year turned as we were playing poker and listening to Marquee Moon, and then the first thing we listened to as we made Huevos Rancheros this morning was Disciples of California by The Skygreen Leopards.

I then spent a lot of time working on fun stuff in silence in my basement, so that's all I've got for now!

[pizzagratis]

Oneida-Happy New Year
Marmoset-Florist Fired
Islaja-Ulual YYY

[Paul]

I then spent a lot of time working on fun stuff in silence in my basement, so that's all I've got for now! Is that code for "meth lab"?

[tinobeat]

dude, I don't go spilling beans about your human trafficking operations, do I? a little discretion for the new year, please!

[Elijah]

Nico - Chelsea Girl
Willie Nelson - Teatro
Drugstore - White Magic for Lovers
Radiohead - In Rainbows (<— I didn't really care about this at first, but it’s starting grow on me, especially after hearing it in full quality. The 160 kbps MP3 files left a lot to be desired, quality-wise.)
Various Artists - Ethiopiques Volume 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale 1969-74

[Futureman]

Silver Jews Tanglewood Numbers

I always hoped this would grow on me. Alas, it hasn't.

Here are the tunes that ushered in Futurefamily's new year:

Pavement - Crooked Rain x 2 (expanded, disc 1)
Public Image Ltd. - Don't Ask Me (imported ep)<--yuck
Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads lp
Jesu - Conqueror
Spoon - Series of Sneaks
Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. One in D Minor (Pierre Monteux conducting the London Symphony) lp <--a great recording, but I can't take the emotionally bloated nature of (most) Romantic music for too long.

[TheSadDebaser]

Jeff Lewis - live stuff and old recordings I just found online
Vomit Launch - Not Even Pretty (been looking for this for a while)

[tinobeat]

I always hoped this would grow on me. Alas, it hasn't.


Tanglewood Numbers did finally grow on me in the sense that I can now actively enjoy it instead of actively hate it like I did when I first heard it. But its still only a B/B+ of an album. A for effort, but the execution leaves something to be desired for me...

Broadcast - The Future Crayon just finished playing.

[Patrick]

Johannes Brahms - Piano Concerto No. One in D Minor (Pierre Monteux conducting the London Symphony) lp <--a great recording, but I can't take the emotionally bloated nature of (most) Romantic music for too long.

Ah, but Futureman, who was the pianist?

[johansen smith]

I've been doing some New Year's Cleaning (anyone want me to send them books for free?) and so I'm pumping some upbeat jamz:

Chromeo: Fancy Footwork
Yo La Tengo: I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
Belle and Sebastian: Dear Catastrophe Waitress
The Clientele: Strange Geometry

[HBSP-2X]

I've been doing some New Year's Cleaning and so I'm pumping some upbeat jamz:

Me too. Feels good to be done with it. What kinda books? Maybe a trade.

Tino what were you doing in the basement? Painting i hope.

Books - Lost and Safe
Duke Ellington - Great Paris Concerts
Fall - Grotesque
Eternals - Black museum
Guided by Voices - Under the bushes

Also saw Juno and Eastern Promises. My GF and I didn't really mind mocking the Kimya Dawson songs by singing them off key and pluralizing every noun and adjective as we were leaving the theatre. I think everyone thought we were retarded. The movie was good though. She was far too cool for a 16 year old. And the first five minutes of dialogue made me skeptical of the movies integrity. Word. d d.

all together-
"I'ms stickinininis with yous. Cause I is made out of glues..."

[Futureman]

Ah, but Futureman, who was the pianist?

D'oh! Julius Katchen.

[johansen smith]

She was far too cool for a 16 year old. And the first five minutes of dialogue made me skeptical of the movies integrity.
The first ten minutes or so really are so bad, it's sort of amazing how quickly it turns everything around. I disagree about her being too cool for a 16 year old and that's been a major thing I've had to defend this movie on-- I was definitely dating this girl when I was in high school, it's not even remotely implausible.

Also I don't know why I thought it was a good idea not to sell back my textbooks. Who wants two hundred pounds of textbooks?

Still going strong
Calexico: Garden Ruin
Jason Collett: Idols of Exile

[Paul]

The first ten minutes or so really are so bad, it's sort of amazing how quickly it turns everything around. I disagree about her being too cool for a 16 year old and that's been a major thing I've had to defend this movie on-- I was definitely dating this girl when I was in high school, it's not even remotely implausible.
Yes, all of this is true. I knew girls exactly like this in high school. As for the first ten minutes being bad, I even reversed my opinion on that by the end of the film. It's really just a crash course in the personality of the character and a blueprint for the bubble world in which the film exists.

[johansen smith]

I'm able to forgive her behavior/dialog at the beginning since she grows and it's intentionally obnoxious, but I think nothing short of a Papal decree can absolve Rainn Wilson's cameo

[vesper]

david axelrod, earth rot happy new year!
lindstrom & prins thomas, reinterpretations
chromatics, iv
glass candy, b/e/a/t/b/o/x
interpol, turn on the bright lights i haven't listened to this in a long time. i think i've forgotten some of the songs!

[Patrick]

D'oh! Julius Katchen.

Could be the problem. His Brahms solo albums are decent, but it's all ultimately a yawn.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Boredoms Live at Sanflancisco DVD
Queens of the Stone Age Make It Wit Chu 7" single ← acoustic version
Queens of the Stone Age Make It Wit Chu 7" single ← edited version
P J Harvey The Piano single
Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno/Je Suis France split
Always August Black Pyramid
R.L. Crutchfield's Dark Day Exterminating Angel
Doctor Nerve Out to Bomb Fresh Kings
Richard Thompson (guitar, vocal)
Arthur Lee Vindicator ← expanded remaster
Zeitgeist Translate Slowly ← later forced to change their name to The Reivers, of course
Young Marble Giants John Peel Session 1980 EP
Young Marble Giants Testcard EP
Inkisitor/S.V.E.S.T. split EP
Unearthly Trance Eleven Are the Voices EP

[dola]

Yes, all of this is true. I knew girls exactly like this in high school.


Huzzah to all boys catholic school h.s.: ten years later and I'm still baffled by women. They're so smart!


Psychedelic Horseshit: Magic Flowers Droned
Leonard Cohen: Songs of Love and Hate

[otto midnight]

picked up another numero group comp, an outsiders import, and the kk/bbq "teabag party" 7" on crypt. i love the outsiders.

[johansen smith]

Radiohead - In Rainbows (<— I didn't really care about this at first, but it’s starting grow on me, especially after hearing it in full quality. The 160 kbps MP3 files left a lot to be desired, quality-wise.)

I saw this for $7 at Target today. I still don't like them but I give them props for continuing to go out of their way to not make money on this

[tinobeat]

I saw this for $7 at Target today. I still don't like them but I give them props for continuing to go out of their way to not make money on this

I wonder if that's a permanent price tag or an "introductory" price that's been pretty common lately (even Matador did it with Interpol when the debut came out, if I recall...)

[johansen smith]

Huh looks like the list price is $13.98-- still cheap for a major label band but I had figured the list price was ~$10. It's $7 on Amazon too, making me think you might be right

[johansen smith]

Also when was the last time this board was so active? Are we all just stir crazy with the holidays or what

[Salman]

Blame the Writers strike?

[9000]

we're blowin' up in '08.

[HBSP-2X]

I wonder if that's a permanent price tag or an "introductory" price that's been pretty common lately (even Matador did it with Interpol when the debut came out, if I recall...)

I think what happens is that these "big box" stores "predict" the massive sales of these albums and tell the record company that they will purchase, say 20,000 copies, but want 22,000 for that price. Thus allowing them to drop their cost by 10% and able to then undercut everyone that isn't able to purchase that quantity i.e. your local indie record store. I kinda wish that they would have only sold to indie stores or as the online download/discobox. I am not sure, but I can't imagine Radiohead making much money from the "big box" sales. I am sure the did, will do better from the online sales in December. Anyway.

[A-Squared]

Jay Reatard - Blood Visions CD
The Black Angels - Passover CD
Bilderine - Split Seconds CD
Raven - Back to Ohio Blues LP <- it's great to finally own this one! but what gives with the horrible new cover art?
The Thai Orchestra - The Thai Orchestra LP
Various Artists - Last Kind Words LP
Various Artists - Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Musics CD
Various Artists - Victrola Favorites: Artifacts from Bygone Days 2CD

Those last two are the latest Dust-To-Digital compilations and they are fantastic! Fans of Yazoo's Secret Museum of Mankind series would really dig them and the packaging for Victrola Favorites is stunning.

[Patrick]

13.98 list means approximately $9 wholesale before distribution fee (which is usually 12-14% for the majors), so when Target sells for $7, someone's losing money somewhere.

[Dave]

I think what happens is that these "big box" stores "predict" the massive sales of these albums and tell the record company that they will purchase, say 20,000 copies, but want 22,000 for that price. Thus allowing them to drop their cost by 10% and able to then undercut everyone that isn't able to purchase that quantity i.e. your local indie record store. I kinda wish that they would have only sold to indie stores or as the online download/discobox. I am not sure, but I can't imagine Radiohead making much money from the "big box" sales. I am sure the did, will do better from the online sales in December. Anyway.

No, they pay the regular amount (This is a simplified version of a much longer answer, but this topic has been covered to death here and elsewhere) and lose $$ on the sale because they (correctly) figure that folks will be walking out of the store with something besides just the new Radiohead record. Also I'd be willing to bet that a significant percentage of Radiohead's sales come from "big box" sales.

[johansen smith]

I know retail does loss leaders, but I guess I always figured there were different approaches for online stores-- after all, if Amazon is selling In Rainbows for $7 too, there seems less a guarantee that the customer will fell compelled to purchase something else-- is there a cheaper wholesale price for online stores/do they pay less anyways... could Amazon have cut a deal with the label for a cheaper wholesale price?

[Miss Tasty Princess]

No, they pay the regular amount (This is a simplified version of a much longer answer, but this topic has been covered to death here and elsewhere) and lose $$ on the sale because they (correctly) figure that folks will be walking out of the store with something besides just the new Radiohead record.
Too true! I bought a tube of Burt's Beeswax Lip Balm at BestBuy the other day when I went in to pick up the new Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings CD for $7.99. The lip balm kicks ass all over Chapstik and Carmex, BTW.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

I know retail does loss leaders, but I guess I always figured there were different approaches for online stores-- after all, if Amazon is selling In Rainbows for $7 too, there seems less a guarantee that the customer will fell compelled to purchase something else-- is there a cheaper wholesale price for online stores/do they pay less anyways... could Amazon have cut a deal with the label for a cheaper wholesale price?
Amazon has the bonus of free shipping if you spend at least $25 (not counting stuff from third-party sellers), so I'm sure they're betting on large numbers of people picking at least $17.01 in other merchandise when buying the new Radiohead for $7.99.

[Patrick]

This has turned into "the biz in 2008 thread", but another ingredient is the massive amounts of co-op advertising demanded by all these accounts in return for sale-pricing (and positioning).

[Fiona]

Too true! I bought a tube of Burt's Beeswax Lip Balm at BestBuy the other day when I went in to pick up the new Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings CD for $7.99. The lip balm kicks ass all over Chapstik and Carmex, BTW.
Is that the solid stick? It's lovely and zingy, but I didn't like the coating it left. J&J does a great balm which is you'll find in the sun care range. It's very moisturising, is not sticky and doesn't leave residue. Products thread, anyone?

[mydogcheckers]

Fad Gadget-Fireside Favourites
Dexy's Midnight Runners-Searching For the Young Soul Rebels
Booker T & the MG's-Stax Profiles
Wreckless Eric-Wrekless Eric
Max Richter-Songs From Before
Stereolab-Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Vol. 2)

[vesper]

strategy, future rock
the studio, west coast
chromatics, night drive
glass candy, b/e/a/t/b/o/x
tortoise, tnt
v/a, hall of mirrors disc 1

you people are crazy, the best lip balm is clearly palmer's cocoa butter formula. the only disadvantage is that people occasionally ask if you are applying an elmer's glue stick to yr lips.

[johansen smith]

Burt's Bees for the win

[9000]

you people are crazy, the best lip balm is clearly palmer's cocoa butter formula. the only disadvantage is that people occasionally ask if you are applying an elmer's glue stick to yr lips.

my fat lipped ex swore by that stuff. it looked like she was applying deodorant to her face.

i alternate between burt bee's and caramex depending on mood. and abreva when it's gettin' kinda hectic...

[Elijah]

You guys are all tools of The MAN. I keep it real. I use a pierced vitamin E capsule. Old school. Fight the power.

[Paul]

Es Sateenkaarisuudelma
The Chiara L's Knives/Kate's Kid [single]
White Shoes & The Couples Company self-titled
Times New Viking Rip it Off
The Sundays Reading Writing & Arithmetic
Ramones self-titled
Ramones Leave Home
Ramones Road to Ruin
Los Campesinos! Hold on Now, Youngster...

[Paul]

Turzi A
Nathan Fake Drowning in a Sea of Love
Fairmont Coloured in Memory
Cococoma self-titled
The Honeydrips Here Comes the Future
The Chiara L's Knives/Kate's Kid [single]
Billy Bragg Brewing Up with Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg The Peel Sessions

[HBSP-2X]

These are Powers - Terrific Seasons 2xLP
Dust - Hard Attack LP
Death Set - EP's
Intelligence - Boredom
Blues Control - S/T

[Salman]

Fursaxa - Alone in the Dark Wood
Effi Briest - Pheonix 7"
Euros Childs - Over You 7''
Victor Vaughn - Vaudeville Villain
Need New Body - s/t
Marcos Valle - Mustang Cor De Sangue
Taraf de Haïdouks - Dumbala Dumba
Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman
Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan - Golden Milestones
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Devotional and Love Songs
Neko Case - The Tigers Have Spoken

[vesper]

Effi Briest - Pheonix 7"


eh? old, new? i have not heard of this.

kim jung mi, wind & now
chrissy zebby tembo & ngozi family, my ancestors
monomono, dawn of awareness
prince nico mbarga & rocafil jazz, free education in nigeria
james holden, balance mix
ewan pearson, fabric 35 mix

[Fiona]

james holden, balance mix
Ahh, forgot I have this! Time to dig it out.
Ewan Pearson at Shock in Crawdaddy this Friday - my expectations are so high this is going to have to be one of the best sets ever to deliver. Eep. And a guy I know is bringing over Villalobos AND Dominik Eulberg soon. Yay!

[vesper]

i feel really trashy sayin' it, but "do you what you want (infusion's sky mix)" is unbelievably good, especially in the context of the james holden mix. i'm not usually into house tracks that rely too heavily on vocals- and goddamn does this one ever- but this could rival ewan pearson's goldfrapp, royksopp and cortney tidwell mixes for excellence in vocal incorporation & deployment, if only there were such an award.

[Fiona]

It does have a chart-y feel about it, but it sure is a great example of making a track shine in a mix - definitely one of the highlights of the first disc.

Anyway, great to be home and have music to hand. Today:

Vera November - Red Dream 7"
It Hugs Back - Early Evening 7"
LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great 2x12"
Stars of the Lid - Avec Laudenum
The Speaking Canaries - Get Out Alive: The Last Type Story lp
Burial - Untrue <-- getting there, vesper
Life Without Buildings - Any Other City
Holy Fuck - LP
Jay Reatard - Hammer I Miss You
Fucked Up - Hidden World

[Salman]

eh? old, new? i have not heard of this.


It came out some time last year but I'm not sure if it was before or after the Mirror Rim 7". It's really good, by the way... even more of a Siouxsie & the Banshees vibe.

[vesper]

It came out some time last year but I'm not sure if it was before or after the Mirror Rim 7". It's really good, by the way... even more of a Siouxsie & the Banshees vibe.

ah, actually that was the song that perked my interest in the band. i just went back to the place where i first heard of them (http://www.dustedmagazine.com/features/586) and noticed that "phoenix" is still stream-able. great stuff.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Road trip!

Angel In the Beginning
Ruinzhatova NEONLIGHT / Big city brights night with a vacant look.
Camera Hard Cachou
Demi Semi Quaver Three
Judas Priest Rocka-Rolla
Denki Groove 662 BPM by DG
Nishikawa Kyo Maximum/Paradox
Tetsuo Furudate l'Arrêt de mort
John Cage Freeman Etudes, Books One and Two - Mode Records, Cage Vol. 7
Gult Dep Infinite Polyhedron
Toad Tomorrow Blue ← expanded remaster
Gossip Live in Liverpool
Kazuhide Yamaji Crawl
Harvey Milk The Singles
Lacrymosa Bugbear
DMBQ Resonated
The Red Krayola God Bless The Red Krayola and All Who Sail with It
Cat Power Moon Pix
Kazuhiro Nishiwaki La Forêt
Demi Semi Quaver Golden Animal Head
発狂一直線 Deadnomi CD ← Hakkyo Ichokusen
Faust Od Serca Do Duszy
Sum 41 Chuck ← 2005 Japanese tour edition with three bonus tracks plus the bonus disc with five more

since returning:

Richard Leo Johnson and Gregg Bendian Who Knew Charlie Shoe?
M.I.A Kala
Electric Wizard Witchcult Today
The Effigies Reside
Circle of Ouroborus Streams
One Hand Loves the Other One Hand Loves the Other
Elektro Humangel Hav'a Nice Day
Major Stars Mirror/Messenger
Push the Triangle Repush Machina
Raising the Fawn Sleight of Hand
Toad Dreams ← expanded remaster

[Elijah]

Kanye West - Graduation
Led Zeppelin - I
Led Zeppelin - II
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of dead - Madonna
St. Vincent - Marry Me
LITE/Funanori - A Tiny Twofer EP
Brad Laner - Neighbor Singing

[A-Squared]

Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love CD
Run On - Start Packing CD
Silkworm - Firewater CD
Helium - The Dirt of Luck CD
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes CD
Thee Speaking Canaries - Songs for the Terrestrially Challenged CD
Thomas Jefferson Slave Aparments - Bait and Switch CD
The New Bomb Turks - Destroy-Oh-Boy!!! CD
Dump - International Airport 10"
Versus - The Stars Are Insane CD

[Miss Tasty Princess]

I think you mean:

Thee Speaking Canaries - Songs for the Terrestrially Challenged CD
It was released by Scat when they had a relationship of some sort w/Matador.

[A-Squared]

I think you mean:


It was released by Scat when they had a relationship of some sort w/Matador.

Yeah, I know. But I'm more conservative with my red tags, only artists actually on Matador for me!

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Yeah, I know. But I'm more conservative with my red tags, only artists actually on Matador for me!
It's got a Matador logo and that's enough for me . . .

[Paul]

Wicked Hemlocks Quill of the Mad
Jacob Golden Revenge Songs
The Kills U.R.A Fever [single]
Sia Some People Have Real Problems
Elvis Costello & The Attractions Girls Girls Girls [CD1]
Elvis Costello & The Attractions Girls Girls Girls [CD2]
Nathan Fake Drowning in a Sea of Love

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Bic Runga Lovesoup EP
The Fall Reformation! - The Single CD single
Victimizer The Final Assault
Sterling Cursed
The Amazing World of Arthur Brown The Voice of Love
VRKTM Excess/Defect
Nuit Noire Fantomatic Plenitude
Grinderman Grinderman
Killick Bull****
The Incredible String Band I Looked Up

[A-Squared]

It's got a Matador logo and that's enough for me . . .

You're not going to challenge me to a duel to settle this are you?

[johansen smith]

Sia Some People Have Real Problems
Heh wonder what inspired this

[vesper]

what brought you back to the nathan fake album, paul? i love that record.

[Paul]

what brought you back to the nathan fake album, paul? i love that record. I was listening to something else that wasn't very good, but reminded me of it. Then I remembered, "hey, it's been a long time since I've listened to that Nathan Fake album, so I may as well dig it out and listen to the real thing."

[Dave]

Yeah, I know. But I'm more conservative with my red tags, only artists actually on Matador for me!

I'd say no red, but I'd also say that even though we seem to be off to a good start everyone should be rocking a lot more Speaking Canaries.

[Brushback]

even though we seem to be off to a good start everyone should be rocking a lot more Speaking Canaries.

Holy crud, I was just listening to "Life-Like Homes" on the way in to work this morning.

Thee Speaking Canaries are on regular rotation with me.

[Dave]

Holy crud, I was just listening to "Life-Like Homes" on the way in to work this morning.

Thee Speaking Canaries are on regular rotation with me.

Now that's what I'm talking about!
I've been meaning to bring in a copy of the Mind Cure version of "Songs For The Terrestrially Challenged" but I've got to figure out which box to dig it out of first. I did just listen to the new Head of Skulls 12" which is the new band Noah Leger plays drums for.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

I'd say no red, but I'd also say that even though we seem to be off to a good start everyone should be rocking a lot more Speaking Canaries.
Pink, then?

[johansen smith]

Headlights: Some Racing, Some Stopping I've had a lot of problems with their earlier releases, which never played to this band's strengths. Though it's doubtful they'll ever match their achievement as Absinthe Blind, this is the first thing these former members have done since that that seems like they know what they're doing. There is some irresistible, catchy pop at work here that never overextends itself. I haven't heard the TNV yet (actually waiting for it and Cat Power to be released-- I'm so 90s!), but this is the first great thing I've heard this year.

[baconfat]

I thought the Enemies EP by Headlights was awesome, but was let down by the first full-length. Will have to check this out at some point. I saw them rock a pretty great house party show here a couple of years ago.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

UFO Lights Out
Max's Kansas City presents: New Wave Hits for the 80's
No New York
Yeti The Man with the Lamp EP
Magma Live
Inkisitor Inkisitor EP
The Blech Zip Zip
Scream This Side Up
Outskirts of Infinity Scenes from the Dreams of Angels
Dinosaur You're Living All Over Me ← my copy is so old, there's no stupid Jr. at the end
Black Cobra Black Cobra EP
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Help, I'm a Rock single ← twice in a row!
黒百合姉妹 Lis Noirs Live 3 ~Gnossienne~ ← Kuroyuri Shimai
The Great Concert of Cecil Taylor ← triple-LP boxsets designed for changers SUCK (side combos: 1/6, 2/5, 3/4)
Robyn Hitchcock Mossy Liquor
黒百合姉妹 Special Present CD ← free CD with stamps from any four of the five "Sibylla Classiques" CD remasters
High on Fire Death Is this Communion
Electric Light Orchestra Eldorado ← expanded remaster, coworker loan
Hubcap City (from Belgium) Superlocalhellfreakride
Einstürzende Neubauten Alles Wieder Offen
Alchemist Tripsis
Portal Outre'
The Horrors Strange House
Carla Kihlstedt Satoko Fujii Minamo
Yura Yura Teikoku Dekinai/Sweet Surrender remix EP
Secret Hate Vegetables Dancing EP
Inkisitor/S.V.E.S.T. split EP
ZZ Top El Loco
The Selmanaires Just to Get Yr Love single

[Paul]

Pavement Wowee Zowee
Pavement Brighten the Corners
Pavement Terror Twilight
The Damned Smash it Up: The Anthology 1976-1987 [CD1]
Wicked Hemlocks Quill of the Mad
Ungdomskulen Cry Baby
The Riff Randells Doublecross
The Busy Signals self-titled
The Ettes Shake the Dust
The Chiara L's Knives/Kate's Kid [single]

[vesper]

dj /rupture, special gunpowder
boscoe
ali farka toure
hypnotic brass ensemble/salah ragab - "losun/ole/one tree" 12"
tim hecker, atlas

i've liked dj /rupture's gold teeth thief mix for awhile, but special gunpowder is one of those albums that i wish i'd already been listening to for years.

[Fiona]

Ungdomskulen Cry Baby
I really wanted to go to see Ungdomskulen in Whelan's tonight but had to make a call between that and Ewan Pearson. For better or worse, dancing - over nodding - it is.

[baconfat]

The Landlords - Hey! Its A Teenaged House Party
Marc Maron - Tickets Still Available
Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Yo La Tengo + Kurt Wagner - "Up With People"

[Paul]

Marc Maron - Tickets Still Available Have you heard Not Sold Out? I've probably listened to it 50 times and I still laugh all the way through it. My favorite comedy record ever.

[baconfat]

i listened to both records last week on a drive back from new jersey, but the maron i threw on again today to keep me up on the way home from raleigh. i think it's a little better, but they're both great.

[Futureman]

Black Sabbath - s/t lp
The Rolling Stones - Aftermath lp
The Velvet Underground and Nico - s/t lp <--this is a recent pressing. The vinyl is yellow (get it?) and sounds horrible. The tonearm also drifts as it tracks across the record, too. I thought the problem with with my TT, but spinning some other records proved otherwise. Is it common for recent pressings of classic albums to suck?
Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights cd
Wold - Screech Owl
Deathspell Omega - Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice

[the Pawnbroker]

Miles Davis -- The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions (3CD)
Howlin' Wolf -- s/t / Moanin' in the Moonlight
The Art Blakey Quintet -- A Night At Birdland, Vol. 1
Chuck Berry -- The Definitive Collection <-- This is mastered so loud, it's amazing.
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings -- 100 Days, 100 Nights
Eric Dolphy -- Out to Lunch
Steve Earle -- I Feel Alright
Ry Cooder -- Chicken Skin Music

[tinobeat]

The Velvet Underground and Nico - s/t lp <--this is a recent pressing. The vinyl is yellow (get it?) and sounds horrible. The tonearm also drifts as it tracks across the record, too. I thought the problem with with my TT, but spinning some other records proved otherwise. Is it common for recent pressings of classic albums to suck?

UGH, I'm sorry, man. I've avoided those pressings for that very reason. I don't think its a RULE that recent pressings of classic albums suck, but its a risk you have to deal with. Generally, any reissue that touts itself as a "collectors edition on colored vinyl" is best left on the shelves. They're clearly spending more energy on making it look "cool" or "collectable" or whatever the fuck good colored vinyl does in the world and not getting a good sounding record out of it.

I bought a recent *mono* reissue of VU & Nico and I was skeptical, but I really wanted to have a mono LP version of the LP (until I have the $$$ for an OG copy, this'll do) and it sounds pretty good to my ears. I don't know if its the same people who do the other recent colored reissues...

I tend to only buy LP reissues of albums there's NO CHANCE IN HELL of me getting an OG copy of, otherwise I'll happily spend a little more time and efort to get an original (up to, say $20-30, depending on the importance of the record to me), even if its a little rough around the edges. These Scorpio reissues and other kind of dodgy pressings (like whoever let "Dr. John The Night Stripper" pass on the label of my so-so reissue of Gris-Gris) tend to be overpriced and not up to par, quality-wise, both in packaging and sound. Exceptions tend to be companies I trust, like Sundazed or Plain or something, who are clearly authorized, loving, and fastidious about making the reissues wonderful (and they generally tend to do this to albums I have no chance in hell of getting originals of).

[Futureman]

Very helpful, tino. Thanks.

[Elijah]

recent *mono* reissue of VU & NicoHow stark are the differences between the mono and stereo versions? I've considered getting the 2CD collector's edition of this for a while, because I've heard that the mono version on the second CD is a warmer mix.

[Patrick]

Great post tino, totally on the money. If you can get a slightly beat-up original it will nearly always beat the pants off a new reissue, for all kinds of reasons.

[Futureman]

I got rid of the "collector's edition" VU & Nico LP. I don't think I ever got rid of an album so quickly.

Now, talk about something that sounds *great* on vinyl:

Belle and Sebastian-If You're Feeling Sinister

Also in this evening's early rotation:

Pissed Jeans-Hope For Men lp
Pink Reason - Throw it Away/Slate Train/New Violence 7"

[Dave]

These Scorpio reissues and other kind of dodgy pressings (like whoever let "Dr. John The Night Stripper" pass on the label of my so-so reissue of Gris-Gris) tend to be overpriced and not up to par, quality-wise, both in packaging and sound. Exceptions tend to be companies I trust, like Sundazed or Plain or something, who are clearly authorized, loving, and fastidious about making the reissues wonderful (and they generally tend to do this to albums I have no chance in hell of getting originals of).

I don't know Tino, Scorpio may not be much in the lavish packaging dept, but they certainly are not overpriced, and while I don't think I'd go on record as saying that any of them sound amazing I also don't think any of the ones I own sound too bad to own. Most Scorpio reissues are in stores from the $9/$10 to $14 at the most. When you put that up against folks in the same grey area of reissues like Arkarama, Tapestry, Radioactive (where you're automaticly looking at $20 or more) I'd take a Scorpio pressing any day.

Dave

[tinobeat]

I don't know Tino, Scorpio may not be much in the lavish packaging dept, but they certainly are not overpriced, and while I don't think I'd go on record as saying that any of them sound amazing I also don't think any of the ones I own sound too bad to own. Most Scorpio reissues are in stores from the $9/$10 to $14 at the most. When you put that up against folks in the same grey area of reissues like Arkarama, Tapestry, Radioactive (where you're automaticly looking at $20 or more) I'd take a Scorpio pressing any day.

Dave

Yeah, that was just the first name that came to mind, but you're right about the price, and I should have replaced that with any of the others you listed. I've just come to associate Scorpio reissues with cheapie cover scanning and pressing, so even $10 seems like a lot sometimes, but that's a different sort of thing. But indeed, the Radioactive ones are rough (especially considering how legally tenuous they are in the first place)...

[Paul]

Scott Walker Classics and Collectibles
The New Mastersounds An Introduction to The New Mastersounds
The Sweet Vandals The Sweet Vandals
Pavement Slanted & Enchanted
Damon & Naomi More Sad Hits
Damon & Naomi The Wonderous World of Damon & Naomi
Wicked Hemlocks Quill of the Mad
Boca 45 Vertigo Sounds
Miss Kittin Batbox

[9000]

sic alps - description of the harbor
yo la tengo - painful
yo la tengo - electr-o-pura
dfa - dance to the underground
optimo - poloraid leeds 11.02.07
pilooski – qlint tape

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Metallica Kill 'em All
Yo Good Tidings
The Slickee Boys Here to Stay
SWANS Raping a Slave EP
The Best of The Staple Singers
Thin Lizzy Fighting
Karlheinz Stockhausen Der Jahreslauf
Rip Rig + Panic I Am Cold

lil' tiny pile o' 7"s:

Nuit Noire Furïbond Elegance EP
X Home Is Where the Floor Is EP
Kelley Stoltz With My Face on the Floor EP
Inkisitor Inkisitor EP

Tenniscoats Totemo Aimasho
Kevin Hewick Tender Bruises and Scars

big ol' pile o' 7"s:

Nuit Noire/Circle of Ouroborus Can't You See the Fire? split EP
Magic Bone Faraway single
The Damned Dodgy Demo single ← sadly, my copy's a boot
Kate Bush On Stage EP
(the) Razz Air Time EP ← Tommy Keene ca. 1979
Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire vs. H•O•F split single
H.P. Zinker The Know It All single
The Subsonics I'm Looking Over My Shoulder single
Cows Chow single
Melvins Kevin Willis Is a Fucking Cunt EP
Prisonshake Jimjimmyjimjim single
Fruit Vienna Weirdo single
Crystalized Movements Blown Over single
Crystalized Movements The Lowest Step single
The Selmanaires Standing in Line at an Elevator single
The Raveonettes Dead Sound single

[Brushback]

My Dad Is Dead Out of Sight, Out of Mind LP
Bottomless Pit Hammer of The Gods CD
Clusterfuck/Rat Byte split 7"
Coachwhips Double Death CD
Vertigo Rub 7"
Feedtime/King Snake Roost split 7"
Fucked Up Epics In Minutes CD
The Wailing Ultimate CD
Prisonshake The Nice Price CD EP
Scat 800 label sampler CD
Part-Time Christians Rock And Roll Is Disco 12"
Dredd Foole and The Din Eat My Dust Cleanse My Soul LP

[Salman]

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness
Chrome Cranks - Oily Cranks
Times New Viking - Present the Paisley Reich
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
The Functional Blackouts - The Severed Tongue Speaks For Everyone
Toshimaru Nakamura - No-input Mixing Board 2
The Kinks - Something Else
Black Mountain - In the Future
Oscar Peterson - Night Train
Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Part-Time Christians Rock And Roll Is Disco 12"
:eek:

That record is so f'in' great! I wish they'd done more but at least I have a copy of the demo they did before it. I made my own hand-made PTC t-shirt, imitating the lettering on the demo cover, when I was 20.

[Patrick]

Lester Young and Harry Edison Pres & Sweets (Verve '80s Japan LP)
Dinu Lipatti Chopin - Sonata etc. (Reférences LP)
Ralph Kirkpatrick Bach - Toccatas (Archiv LP)
Amory Kane All The Best Songs and Marches (Uni 7")
Acid Gallery Dance Round The Maypole (CBS 7")
Nirvana Pentecost Hotel (Island 7")

All played on a mono cartridge through mono EQ unit and a single speaker.

[9000]

:eek:

That record is so f'in' great! I wish they'd done more but at least I have a copy of the demo they did before it. I made my own hand-made PTC t-shirt, imitating the lettering on the demo cover, when I was 20.

church on sunday, sin on monday, re-leg-ion on a stick...

good to know i have a couple of hard to find ones in my vinyl collection frozen from 1988 on.

[Brushback]

good to know i have a couple of hard to find ones in my vinyl collection frozen from 1988 on.

Wow-- if you own a still-intact pre-'89 vinyl collection that includes stuff like Part-Time Christians, you must have some top notch hard-to-find stuff in there...

[9000]

Wow-- if you own a still-intact pre-'89 vinyl collection that includes stuff like Part-Time Christians, you must have some top notch hard-to-find stuff in there...

possibly. i really have no idea what's hard to find in that world. someone please tell me i have a mickey mantle rookie card sitting under a pile of dust...

there was a great weekly show on upsala college (WFMU now) that turned me on to some cool stuff. and uncle flloyd. also, J&R records had a nifty punk/other vinyl section way back in the day that i used to randomly pick from. i guess i sort of lapsed on the scene.

[Brushback]

i really have no idea what's hard to find in that world. someone please tell me i have a mickey mantle rookie card sitting under a pile of dust...

My guess would be-- just based on how old the records are (we're talking 20 years ago!), and how few indie/punk records were pressed in the '80s compared to the rate they're released now-- that even if you blindly bought random junk at the time, they're ALL going to be interesting at this point, and at least half of 'em are gonna be rarities on some scale or another, I'd bet.

[9000]

My guess would be-- just based on how old the records are (we're talking 20 years ago!), and how few indie/punk records were pressed in the '80s compared to the rate they're released now-- that even if you blindly bought random junk at the time, they're ALL going to be interesting at this point, and at least half of 'em are gonna be rarities on some scale or another, I'd bet.

even the token entry and "metal" gang green albums..? cool.

[Brushback]

9000: Hell, it's 20-year-old vinyl-- someone's probably out there looking for it, either through some message board or through one of the record-selling web sites like Music Stack or Gemm... I'm almost beyond being surprised anymore when some band or record that I thought was complete junk back in 1987 is being touted nowadays on some MP3 blog as a lost classic...

I'm gonna safely guess that the 7-inchers in your collection are more interesting than the LPs, though.

[vesper]

matthew dear, backstroke lp
hercules & love affair, "classique #2"/"roar" 12"
ekkehard ehlers, harmolodic house ep
young marble giants, colossal youth
lindstrom & prins thomas, reinterpretations
randaberg ego ensemble, "vestamaran" 12"

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adding

dj /rupture, special gunpowder (i thought i might get by a day without it)
v/a studio one rockers: the originals 2xLP

[9000]

9000: Hell, it's 20-year-old vinyl-- someone's probably out there looking for it, either through some message board or through one of the record-selling web sites like Music Stack or Gemm... I'm almost beyond being surprised anymore when some band or record that I thought was complete junk back in 1987 is being touted nowadays on some MP3 blog as a lost classic...

I'm gonna safely guess that the 7-inchers in your collection are more interesting than the LPs, though.

not safe at all. they're all EPs and LPs. at age 13, 14, i really didn't see the point in owning a record for just two songs, and i'm pretty much still of that mindset today. (ducks down)

i'm leaving the murphy's law green vinyl to patrick in my will.

[Brushback]

9000: Any of the Crumbsuckers LPs are listed for upwards of $30 or more on GEMM. I don't know if anyone's actually paying those prices, but that's the kinda crap I'm talking about.

Doesn't seem like you'd have the October Days 12", by the sound of things...

[9000]

9000: Any of the Crumbsuckers LPs are listed for upwards of $30 or more on GEMM. I don't know if anyone's actually paying those prices, but that's the kinda crap I'm talking about.

Doesn't seem like you'd have the October Days 12", by the sound of things...

good to know. assuming it didn't get thrown out, i should have "life of dreams," possibly some other crumbsuckers stuff. don't recall an october days 12". in the event i decide to do an ebay purge, i'll give the word here first. tough to let go of that stuff though.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

I sold off dozens of really bad hardcore 7"s years ago for something like 50¢ a pop. With the advent of eBay, I kick myself hard every once in a while for that. Who knew folks would pay so much for garbage?

[Patrick]

I sold off dozens of really bad hardcore 7"s years ago for something like 50¢ a pop. With the advent of eBay, I kick myself hard every once in a while for that. Who knew folks would pay so much for garbage?

It is absolutely astonishing. I sold about $2000 worth of 7"es in May 1990 to fund a trip through Europe.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

It is absolutely astonishing. I sold about $2000 worth of 7"es in May 1990 to fund a trip through Europe.
Holy crap!

Back to the topic at hand:

Kevin Ayers The Unfairground
Watchmaker Kill.Fucking.Everyone.
The Angelic Process Weighing Souls with Sand
dälek Abandoned Language
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 100 Days, 100 Nights
Dirty Projectors Rise Above
Lou Reed Coney Island Baby ← expanded remaster
Ruinzhatova Liveinsomewhere
Double Duo Crossword Puzzle
Chubby Behemoth Drunk Elephant

[HBSP-2X]

It is absolutely astonishing. I sold about $2000 worth of 7"es in May 1990 to fund a trip through Europe.

Dang...I sold my entire record collection in 2001. Mistake? No. But there are some I wish I had again. Old AmRep stuff specifically. I have since built it back up.

[Paul]

I sold mine all off in the summer of 2002, just to pay rent, car insurance, utilities and buy groceries. Got rid of my turntable too, so I haven't built it back up again. I made a small fortune. I just wish I didn't have to spend it on such mundane things.

[Elijah]

Same here, Summer 2005, the day before I moved from Boston to Florida. And I sold it (well, 80% of it) for a lot less than it was worth. Getting the whole thing into a moving van just wasn't an option, sadly. And yes, I miss a lot of it. Not a week goes by where I don't think of something that I used to have an original vinyl pressing of. As happy as I am to get a used CD copy of Never Mind the Bollocks for $5-, it's not quite the same thing as having the original LP.

[Patrick]

Well, my point was that I got rid of absolute crap - or so I thought. You wait 15-19 years, and stuff starts being cool for just being that old. Or at least it starts being valuable.

[abevigoda]

Lost Sounds - Black Wave lp
Destroyer - This Night lp
Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes - Os Afro Sambas lp
The Undertones - Hypnotised lp

[otto midnight]

busy signals - s/t lp
dwight twilley band - sincerely lp
gentrys - keep on dancing lp
estrogen highs - can't complain 7"
the wrists - mk ultra 7"

[the Pawnbroker]

V/A -- The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 4: 1964 (6CD)
V/A -- The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 8: 1968 (6CD)

[Salman]

Annea Lockwood - Thousand Year Dreaming
Nest - Trail of the Unwary
v/a - Cambodian Cassette Archives: Khmer Folk & Pop Music Vol. 1
Group Doueh - Guitar Music From The Western Sahara
Black Mountain - In the Future
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
The Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly and See [Disc 1]

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Tenniscoats Totemo Aimasho
Buffalo Dead Forever . . . ← expanded remaster
Electric Wizard Witchcult Today
Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities Lucas
Brainworms Which Is Worse
Sachiko Kunado
Luna Slide EP
Black Cobra Feather and Stone
Spoons Spoons ← instrumental bluegrass for spoons, banjo/fiddle and bass fiddle
The Electric Wizard We Live ← dbl-LP + 7" version
ABC Diablo Last Intoxication of Sense
Deathtrip demo
Valvontakomissio Systeemi Tappaa
Comes Power Never Die EP
Disharmonic Orchestra Not to Be Undimensional Conscious
Vinnie Golia Compositions for Large Ensemble trpl-LP box set
Theodorakis - Hadjidakis - Xarhakos I Love Bouzouki!
Gauze 『貧乏ゆすりのリズムに乗って』 EP
Peggy Lee Raindrops
Dwight Twilley Wild Dogs

[Kid B]

the Raveonettes

[Miss Tasty Princess]

the Raveonettes
Could you give us a bit more to go on? After all, they do have four albums, a couple of EPs and scads of singles.

[Brushback]

the Raveonettes
Could you give us a bit more to go on? After all, they do have four albums, a couple of EPs and scads of singles.

Billy Childish


*sike*

[vesper]

times new viking, rip it off lp
throbbing gristle, 20 jazz funk greats
viktor vaughn, vaudeville villain
madvillian, madvilliany

tnv went directly from the UPS delivery person's hands to my turntable. i think i might play "DROP OUT" at the bar tonight.

[tinobeat]

I've been listening to the SHIT out of Vaudeville Villain lately, so fucking good!

Also, stoked on the possibility that RIP IT OFF might be at my house tonight!!

[vesper]

heh, i pulled it out again because i saw it floating around in salman's and yr own respective listening piles. i was kinda surprised at how well both this and madvilliany have held up. damn, i listened to those two records sooooo much when they first came out.

[tinobeat]

yeah, both those records are just so so good. Doom is the king.

[Salman]

yeah, both those records are just so so good. Doom is the king.

For real. He and Ghostface Killah supposedly recorded an album together. Imagine how fucking awesome that album will be.

[jef]

Nick Garrie - The Nightmare of J.B. Stanislas
Fela Kuti - Shuffering and Shmiling
The Clash - Sandanista
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Brian Eno - Before and After Science (Side 2)
Thelonius Monk - Underground
Neil Young - On the Beach
Dead C - Harsh 70's Reality

[tinobeat]

For real. He and Ghostface Killah supposedly recorded an album together. Imagine how fucking awesome that album will be.

I heard that! when the hell is that supposed to drop already? Their song together on the Dangerdoom album is badass.

[johansen smith]

tnv went directly from the UPS delivery person's hands to my turntable. i think i might play "DROP OUT" at the bar tonight.
So are these already shipping out then? I haven't even gotten a email telling me it's shipped.

[vesper]

So are these already shipping out then? I haven't even gotten a email telling me it's shipped.

yeah, maybe the post got it to me early cos they just had to hop over one borough. i never got a confirmation email either, just a UPS person at my door.

[tinobeat]

no confirmation email, mine showed up today.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Motor 76 Plastic Classic
Drudkh Estrangement
Necronomicon Tips zum Selbstmord ← expanded remaster
Psyopus Our Puzzling Encounters Considered
Solace The Black Black EP
Hope for Agoldensummer Ariadne Thread
Elektro Humangel Hav'a Nice Day
Christian Death Only Theatre of Pain
Tenniscoats Totemo Aimasho
Tenniscoats Tan-Tan Therapy
Richard Leo Johnson and Gregg Bendian Who Knew Charlie Shoe?
The Double Loose Crochet
UFO The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent
Cassiber Perfect Worlds
United Mutation Freak's Out
DMZ DMZ!! Live!! 1978!!
Dr. Know Wreckage in Flesh
The Red Crayola Micro-Chips & Fish single
Cool and the Clones Wrong Time of the Month
Scientists The Human Jukebox EP
Basilica theforevervictoriousunfathomablegreatmightyone EP

[Paul]

Several days worth:

I Might Be Wrong It Tends to Flow From High to Low
Times New Viking Rip it Off
Wallis Bird Spoons
Sparks Kimono My House
Sparks Propaganda
Hayden In Field & Town
Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Bogdan Raczynski Alright!
Morgan Geist Most of All [single]
Robert Palmer Riptide
Duran Duran Big Thing
Ramones Ramones
Ramones Leave Home
Ramones Road to Ruin
The Busy Signals The Busy Signals
The Riff Randells Doublecross
Tenniscoats Tan-Tan Therapy ← Thanks for the mention of this, HCI. I really like it.
Ungdomskulen Cry Baby
The Magnetic Fields Holiday
Unrest Perfect Teeth

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Tenniscoats Tan-Tan Therapy ← Thanks for the mention of this, HCI. I really like it.
You're more than welcome! That's their 5th full-length album (and an EP), so there's more to love.

www.Tenniscoats.com

Leader Saya's husband Tagashi leads Puka Puka Brians, who are quite different but also fantastic.

[Paul]

The Glimmers Gee Gee Fazzi ← holy crap, awesome!
Times New Roman Rip it Off ← no need mentioning how awesome this is, amirite?
Dylan Mondegreen While I Walk You Home
Benjamin Biolay Trash Yéyé
Jape Jape is Grape [ep]
Morgan Geist Most of All [single]
Kelley Polar I Need You to Hold on While the Sky is Falling
Scary Mansion Every Joke is Half the Truth
Kylie Minogue X
Khonnor Handwriting

[Futureman]

UFO The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent


Ha! I had this LP way back in the day. It was in constant rotation in 8th grade or so.

[vesper]

Times New Roman Rip it Off ← no need mentioning how awesome this is, amirite?

paul, i think you fell for the joke. or wait, did i?

[Paul]

paul, i think you fell for the joke. or wait, did i? Ha! I knew I was going to forget to self-correct sooner or later.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

UFO The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent
Ha! I had this LP way back in the day. It was in constant rotation in 8th grade or so.
I think I saw them on that tour but I'm not positive. I saw 'em four times and the Obsession, No Place to Run and Mechanix tours are definites. I know the other time was also w/Chapman on guitar so it was most likely the TWtWatI tour. They were killer every time, of course.

[johansen smith]

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band: 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons Christ, how long has it been since any GYBE!-offshoot released anything worthwhile? (Cue someone saying "Never" and me replying "Oh you.")
Times New Viking: Presents the Paisley Reich
Forget Cassettes: the Catch CD5
Forget Cassettes: Salt
Forget Cassettes: Instruments of Action

[Kid B]

Forget Cassettes: the Catch CD5
Forget Cassettes: Salt
Forget Cassettes: Instruments of Action[/b]
A fine selection of music there! I've met Beth on two occasions, very sweet and very cute.

[Dave]

Ha! I had this LP way back in the day. It was in constant rotation in 8th grade or so.
All early to mid period UFO is still in constant rotation for me as well. I had it on cassette.

[vesper]

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band: 13 Blues For Thirteen Moons Christ, how long has it been since any GYBE!-offshoot released anything worthwhile? (Cue someone saying "Never" and me replying "Oh you.")

are any of the do make say think members in gybe? if so, the answer is 2007!

[johansen smith]

are any of the do make say think members in gybe? if so, the answer is 2007!
Nope, they share a label but no members. That was a good album though, which should have been your first hint.

[vesper]

fair enough.

yeasayer, all hour cymbals
dragons of zynth, coronation thieves
this heat, live 80/81
matmos, the civil war
yo la tengo, i can hear the heart beating as one
eric dolphy quintet, outward bound
minutemen, double nickles on the dime

[Miss Tasty Princess]

The Darling Downs From One to Another
Anaal Nathrakh Hell Is Empty, and All the Devils Are Here
The Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath
Black Lips & Subsonics Live at The Clermont Lounge split EP
Ur Kaos Ur Kaos
Σακης Παπαδημητριου Πιανοεπαφες ← Sakis Papadimitriou Piano-Contacts
Ruins March - October 1997
Saccharine Trust Surviving You, Always
Henry Rollins/Gore Live split
Billy Synth and The Turn Ups Disorderly Conduct
Johnny Burnette/The Rock 'n Roll Trio Tear It Up
The Boys The Boys ← the punk band, not the boy band
Burning Brides Hang Love ← expandeded vainyl verzyon
Brownsville Station School Punks
Chrome Alien Soundtracks
Phil Ochs Tape from California
The Beatles Rubber Soul ← UK version
Bill Nelson Flaming Desire (long version) single
Bill Nelson Living in My Limousine (remix) EP
黒百合姉妹 Lis Noirs Live 4 ~Lisa Sings~ ← Kuroyuri Shimai
Rwake Voices of Omens
Push the Triangle Repush machina
Salmon Rock Formations
Meat Puppets Rise to Your Knees
Nuit Noire Fantomatic Plenitude
The Amazing World of Arthur Brown The Voice of Love
Stephenhero 57 Stars of the Air Almanac
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band The Gospel Album

[Brushback]

Gore

Holy sh*t, GORE! I'd forgotten all about them... how stupid of me, too..

I had "Hart Gore" way back when, and I remember it being really awesome; brutal, heavy instrumentals, but it came with a lyric sheet-- totally f'ed-up lyrics, too, very descriptive, even though there was no singing on the record. What a great record that was. I think I'm gonna have to try to hunt some of their stuff down now, and re-acquaint myself with them.

EDIT: Someone had Gore "Hart Gore" posted on GEMM for a mere $5.74, so I snapped it right up. I'm a happy puppy...

[Dave]

The Darling Downs From One to Another[
i]

Man, I have got to track this down!

Black Lips & Subsonics [i]Live at The Clermont Lounge split EP
More info please! Is the Clermont Lounge the ultra scary stripper bar? I saw the Subsonics and the Cynics there once. Fantastic show.

Brownsville Station School Punks
They're the Kings of the Party, the baddest people alive!

[tinobeat]

Kelly Stoltz - Circular Sounds CD <-- nice! the guy I think only I love surpasses his last album which, again, I think only I love.
The Misunderstood - The Lost Acetates LP
13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of... LP
Headache City - Headache City LP
Lamps - Lamps LP <-- Holy Shit Holy Shit. Late contender for top 10 of '07
Los Llamarada - The Exploding Now LP
The Beatles - Anthology 3 2CD

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Holy sh*t, GORE! I'd forgotten all about them... how stupid of me, too..

I had "Hart Gore" way back when, and I remember it being really awesome; brutal, heavy instrumentals, but it came with a lyric sheet-- totally f'ed-up lyrics, too, very descriptive, even though there was no singing on the record. What a great record that was. I think I'm gonna have to try to hunt some of their stuff down now, and re-acquaint myself with them.

EDIT: Someone had Gore "Hart Gore" posted on GEMM for a mere $5.74, so I snapped it right up. I'm a happy puppy...
Nice!

Complete discography, in chronological order:

Hart Gore
Mean Man's Dream
split live LP w/Hank Rollins
Wrede
Lifelong Deadline
Mest/694'3
Slow-Death ← this last one was a bonus with some magazine and is a collection of live stuff and remixes

The Darling Downs From One to Another
Man, I have got to track this down!
Yes, you do. Have you heard the Salmon album? Or have I asked you before? It's Kim's instrumental guitar army thing (seven guitars, two drummers, sampler) and is pretty cool.

Black Lips & Subsonics Live at The Clermont Lounge split EP
More info please! Is the Clermont Lounge the ultra scary stripper bar? I saw the Subsonics and the Cynics there once. Fantastic show.
Yes, it is. So scary, in fact, that I've never been there (there's also the fact that they stopped having regular shows there probably close to 10 years ago). I was actually planning on going to the show where this was recorded but ended up going out of town to a weekend family reunion with the would-be-in-laws (I had a great time, so I'm not bitter). Each band gets two songs and the record is limited to 2,000 copies. It's on the ATL label Rob's House Records and they do mail order. http://www.robshouserecords.com/

Brownsville Station School Punks
They're the Kings of the Party, the baddest people alive!
You are correct, sir! We were at the beach for a few days when KotP was a hit when I was a kid and I heard it over-and-over again. It took me a dozen or so years to find out it was on School Punks and I bought it immediately. Actually, now that I think about it, I think the record store manager just gave it to me 'cause I was so excited to find it. He also gave me lyric sheets from a few Beefheart albums in the collector bin, since my copies didn't have 'em.

Kelly Stoltz - Circular Sounds CD <-- nice! the guy I think only I love surpasses his last album which, again, I think only I love.
Yet you don't love him enough to spell his name correctly? :p Anyhow, wrong on both counts. I don't have the new album yet (it's not yet on the streets, right?) but I've got the "Your Reverie" 45 and the chorus pops in my head regularly. I've got several other things, as well, and love 'em all. And I want everything I still don't have (which I think is one CD and one 7", maybe).

[tinobeat]

Yet you don't love him enough to spell his name correctly? :p Anyhow, wrong on both counts. I don't have the new album yet (it's not yet on the streets, right?) but I've got the "Your Reverie" 45 and the chorus pops in my head regularly. I've got several other things, as well, and love 'em all. And I want everything I still don't have (which I think is one CD and one 7", maybe).

Oh come on! Yeah yeah, Kelley not Kelly... haha. But seriously. I've bee sweating this guy hard for a coupla years, since I got the Antique Glow LP (though I haven't been vocal about it on the board) and this new album is just sick. I figured the lack of attention made me that guy privately loving all his shit. I'm bummed that Sup Pop isn't seeing it fit to release a vinyl version of this new record (I have a promo from work, its out in a lovely CD gatefold in a coupla weeks). He just really gets how to write super simple yet deeply interesting pop song, in a way that makes me, as a wannabe songwriter totally insane.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

:D

I'd never heard of him before I saw him play at SxSW two years ago 'cause an old friend of mine was playing guitar with him. I was mighty impressed and have been a fan ever since. I'm very much looking forward to the new one and am hoping he's making some nice coin for the snippet of one of his songs in a TV commercial (don't recall the product but caught it the other night).

[tinobeat]

That's awesome, I still haven't seen him play live, which I hope to remedy by mid-april when he comes through my area with The Dirtbombs (!!).

I have yet to be disappointed by anything I've heard from him, which means I need to hunt down more of those 7"s he's released...

[Paul]

mid-april when he comes through my area with The Dirtbombs (!!).

(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) is more like it. Wow.

[tinobeat]

Yeah, weird bill, and there's an off-chance we're playing a show upstairs from there with Pissed Jeans, so I don't even know what to do with that night.

But seeing Kelley Stoltz and Dirtbombs in one night is enough for me...

[johansen smith]

Bodies of Water: Ears Will Pop Eyes Will Bleed
Black Moth Super Rainbow: Dandelion Gum
I can't believe I slept on these two albums!
v/a: Esopus "Dreams" comp I am in love the High Places song, more of these expensive art and culture mags should be throwing in awesome CDs

[Paul]

v/a: Esopus "Dreams" comp I am in love the High Places song, more of these expensive art and culture mags should be throwing in awesome CDs Look around, um, the internet and see if you can find the High Places demo from last year. It's solid.

[A-Squared]

Religious Knives - It's After Dark CD
Sonic Chicken 4 - Sonic Chicken 4 LP
Lamps - Lamps CD
Philip Cohran & the Artistic Heritage Ensemble - On The Beach CD
Philip Cohran & the Artistic Heritage Ensemble - The Malcom X Memorial (A Tribute in Music) CD
Growing - Lateral CD
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago CD
Black Mountain - In The Future 2CD
Yo La Tengo - Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo 2CD

[Fiona]

Lene Lovich - Flex lp
Vic Godard & Subway Sect - What's the Matter Boy? cd
Minilogue - Orglar 10"
Anni Rossi - "Wheelpusher" 7"
The Cave Singers - Invitation Songs cd
Okkervil River - The Stage Names cd <-- quite a lot
Burial - Untrue cd <-- a lot
Times New Viking - Rip it Off <-- A hell of a lot

[Paul]

Lene Lovich - Flex lp I got on quite a Lene Lovich kick the couple weeks before Christmas. So fun!

El Guincho Alegranza
Hot Chip Made in the Dark
Destroyer Trouble in Dreams ← I give Bejar another shot every time, and every time I remain unimpressed. People love this dude...why again?
Sleater Kinney All Hands on the Bad One
Sleater Kinney The Hot Rock
Envelopes Here Comes the Wind
Envelopes Demons
Eugene McGuinness The Early Learnings of Eugene McGuinness
Lykke Li Little Bit [ep]

[Elijah]

Cat Power - Jukebox (2LP)
Menahan Street Band - Make the Road by Walking (Single)
Tenniscoats - Tan-Tan Therapy (← Certainly one of my better discoveries from lurking in this here thread. Thanks, HCI/Paul)
Times new Viking - Rip It Off
Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
Led Zeppelin - I
Nirvana - Unplugged in NY
Ramones - End of the Century
Willie Nelson - Teatro

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start Worst Band Name Ever
Major Stars Rock Sounds of People EP
The Human Beast Volume One
Zoroaster Dog Magic
Kelley Stoltz The Past Was Faster
Raising the Fawn Sleight of Hand
Villains Drenched in the Poisons
Kevin Hewick Tender Bruises and Scars
The Howling Wind Pestilence & Peril
Burning Witch Crippled Lucifer ← deluxe remaster disc one, Towers

[Salman]

Cat Power - Jukebox [Disc 1]
Rings - Black Habit
Islaja - Meritie
Os Mutantes - Mutantes
Gui Boratto - Chromophobia --> damn, slept on this last year
Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic
These New Puritans - Beat Pyramid
These New Puritans - Zum Kult Film

[vesper]

Burial - Untrue cd <-- a lot

!!!!

"a lot" meaning that you were trying to figure out the appeal or "a lot" meaning that you like it after all?

[vesper]

yeasayer, all hour cymbals
fleetwood mac, tango in the night
times new viking, rip if off
wire, 154
dragons of zynth, coronation thieves
celebration, the modern tribe

the first three buckingham-nicks period fleetwood mac records come up a lot in the reviews i've read of yeasayer, but to me all hour cymbals seems to have a closer affinity with tango in the night. it also sorta reminds me of that lansing-dreiden record from last year.

[johansen smith]

Cat Power: Jukebox Wow, I'll admit I bought this one blind mostly out of loyalty. I was tremendously disappointed in the Greatest, but this time her sound-reinvention serves her strengths. Yes it's really glossy, but if she wants to make a glossy album, thank God it sounds as good as this.

[Fiona]

!!!!

"a lot" meaning that you were trying to figure out the appeal or "a lot" meaning that you like it after all?
:p
I figured out that I can really appreciate and like it in the right environment. It sounds stunning against the backdrop of the city outside the hours of daylight, particularly in the Victorian and Georgian streets in my neighbourhood when it's cold and wet - ie the walk to and from work most days. Doesn't sound as good in the confines of my home. I'm never going to listen to this come summer! Come to think of it, if we've a repeat of last year's "summer"...

[awol]

I've been listening to Yo La Tengo's 'Ride The Tiger' a lot this week and really loving the 2 Dave Schramm songs! Is there anything that anyone on here would recommend checking out that he did after leaving Yo La Tengo? Quick searches show he's got some band stuff & some solo stuff, as well as playing on a bunch of others records...

[Paul]

Quick searches show he's got some band stuff & some solo stuff, as well as playing on a bunch of others records... I used to have one Schramms album on vinyl that I picked up simply because of name recognition, but never liked it much. A quick internet search reminds me it was called Walk to Delphi.

[vesper]

a lot of things that i've listed the last couple times, plus...

arthur russell, world of echo
pauline oliveros, stuart dempster, and panaiotis, deep listening
tim hecker, atlas

[A-Squared]

I'm bummed that Sup Pop isn't seeing it fit to release a vinyl version of this new record (I have a promo from work, its out in a lovely CD gatefold in a coupla weeks).

hey tino - i just saw that cass records is doing a vinyl version of this.

and while i'm here...

Ron House - New Wave as the Next Guy CD
Mors Ontologica - The Used Kids Session LP <- great Mike Rep LWF work here, much better than their previous output
AFX - Hangable Auto Bulb CD
Mulatu Astatke - Enmete 10"
Various Artists - Last Kind Words LP
The Thai Orchestra - The Thai Orchestra LP
James Blackshaw - Sunshrine CD
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Track 4 (2waysuperimposed) CD
Burger/Ink - Las Vegas CD <- forgot how good this was!
Psychedelic Horseshit - Who Let The Dogs Out 7"

[tinobeat]

hey tino - i just saw that cass records is doing a vinyl version of this.

TREMENDOUS news! thanks for the heads up!

I've been listening to:

El Jesus De Magico - Funeral Home Sessions 7"
Kelley Stoltz - Circular Sounds CD (the promo is good to have, but I'll be getting this LP)
Terry Riley - In C LP
Common People - Of The People/By The People/For The People... CD
Marble Valley - Sauckiehall Street LP
Beach House - Devotion CD
Times New Viking - Rip It Off LP
Times New Viking - Presents the Paisley Reich LP

[vesper]

Beach House - Devotion CD

is this out?

[A-Squared]

El Jesus De Magico - Funeral Home Sessions 7"


I love this record! It was one of the most overlooked singles of last year I think. I really like their self-titled record too, but I seem to be the only one.

[otto midnight]

pointed sticks - pefect youth lp
vashti bunyan - some things just stick in your mind 2xlp
dwight twilley band - sincerely lp
v/a - eccentric soul: the deep city label 2xlp
v/a - 15 tampoffs fans can't be wrong 10"

[tinobeat]

is this out?

Out on Tuesday the 5th, I have a promo that I'm writing about...

[tinobeat]

v/a - 15 tampoffs fans can't be wrong 10"

Shit, I need to get one of these after all these years.

[tinobeat]

I love this record! It was one of the most overlooked singles of last year I think. I really like their self-titled record too, but I seem to be the only one.

I haven't heard anything but this single, but the single makes me want to hear more...

[Red Medicine]

Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device
Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts
Tom Waits - Blood Money
(a stream of) Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash

[Patrick]

pointed sticks - pefect youth lp

Was it an orig?

vashti bunyan - some things just stick in your mind 2xlp

Isn't this great?

dwight twilley band - sincerely lp

Haven't listened to him in about 2 decades, but somehow I bet it sounds awesome today.

[otto midnight]

Was it an orig?

it can't be. nowhere does it say it's a repress but it wasn't sealed and it's in too good of shape to be 27 years old. so between never being told it was a repress, shipping from europe, and the weak dollar (which i forgot about until after) i got hosed.



Isn't this great?

yeah, it's really good, much better than i thought it would be. i pretty much bought it because someone was playing "the coldest night of the year" at a party on new years (when it was in the single digits) and it had been caught in my head ever since. i'm digging it a lot, pretty good for these monochromatic solitary midwest winters.



Haven't listened to him in about 2 decades, but somehow I bet it sounds awesome today.

really does. you can't go wrong with the first two dwight twilley band records.

[Moon Pix]

Cat Power - Jukebox (2 CD version)

After a second listening Im really coming round to it. "Song to Bobby" is great (when I listen to it now I get this picture of a teenage Chan at a Dylan concert in my head) and it reminds me of how I felt when Ive met her in the past. I remember having a similar experience with The Greatest when I first heard it, I wasnt sure what to think of it other than loving a few of the songs. At the moment Im particularly loving "Silver Stallion", "I Believe In You", "Don't Explain" and the new versions of "Metal Heart" and "Naked If I Want to."

Basically I think this is a great new album and given a few more listens Im sure Ill love it even more.:)

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Haven't listened to him in about 2 decades, but somehow I bet it sounds awesome today.
really does. you can't go wrong with the first two dwight twilley band records.
Or any of Dwight's solo albums. There were only two DTB albums, BTW.

[otto midnight]

Or any of Dwight's solo albums. There were only two DTB albums, BTW.

yeah i know but i lump all his stuff together and i don't think the stuff he did w/o phil seymour is as good.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Guru Guru In the Guru Guru Lounge ← expanded reissue
Khanate Capture & Release
Yura Yura Teikoku Hollow Me
Television Personalities Paisley Shirts & Mini Skirts
Tom Cora Live at the Western Front
Caspar Brötzmann Massaker The Tribe
Anthony Braxton The Montreux/Berlin Concerts
Frantix My Dad's a Fuckin' Alcoholic EP
White Boy Spastic EP
Arthur Lee Vindicator
Split Enz Mental Notes ← expanded remaster
Wargasm Why Play Around?
Christian Death Deathwish EP
The Fiery Furnaces Widow City
Nuit Noire Lutina EP
Nuit Noire/Call Me Loretta split EP
Kazuhiro Nishiwaki La Forêt
The Great Unwashed Collection
The Dead C The Sun Stabbed EP
Red Transistor Not Bite single
Inkisitor Inkisitor EP
The Melvins The End
Mötley Crüe Too Fast for Love ← Leathür Records version and it still SÜCKS
Twisted Sister Under the Blade
Nuclear Assault Survive
Thee Speaking Canaries The Joy of Wine
Giacinto Scelsi Canti del Capricorno
Nuit Noire/His Electro Blue Voice split EP
Hayride and Harvey Milk F*#k You Guys split single
(the) Razz You Can Run (but You Can't Hide) single
Wipers Better Off Dead single
The Turn Ups Urban Blight
Coo Coo Rockin' Time Coo Coo Party Time
The Replacements Pleased to Meet Me
Zoetrope Amnesty
Hanoi Rocks Two Steps from the Move
Heiner Goebbels & Alfred Harth mit Dagmar Krause & Ernst Stötzner Bertolt Brecht: Zeit Wird Knapp

[Paul]

Tarnation I'll Give You Something to Cry About
Javiera Mena Esquemas Juveniles
El Guincho Alegranza
The Human League Dare
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Organisation
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Adult. Resuscitation
Adult. Anxiety Always
Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (1980)

[Dave]

Mötley Crüe Too Fast for Love ? Leathür Records version and it still SÜCKS

One of my all time favorite records. They never came anywhere close again, but I think it is fantastic.

[Brushback]

The Replacements Pleased to Meet Me

I was reading a great article about "Pleased To Meet Me" the other day:

Gibson.com - "Torn and Frayed: The Story of the Replacements’ 1987 Classic Pleased to Meet Me" (http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Torn%20and%20Frayed_%20The%20Story%20of/)

“It was the first time they tried to play sober,” producer Jim Dickinson recounts, “and it just wasn’t working. So we gave up. Every day they were like a sine wave. They wouldn’t be drunk enough early on in the day to get anything. Then they’d be good and drunk and it would be great. And then they’d be too drunk and they’d get useless. But at the end of the day Paul would start to feel good and want to play these awful covers, and that was fun, except we couldn’t really use any of them for the album. To this day he thinks he played on a bunch of those where I was really playing guitar.”

“Paul loved Alex. He loved him. But it wasn’t a mutual feeling. I don’t know. I’m gonna leave that one alone. There wasn’t a lot of admiration on Alex’s part, but that’s more about Alex.”

Main engineer Tjohn Hampton: “For the whole record, Paul was playing a black Les Paul with P-90s. Then, one day, they got their artist advance from Warner Bros. Across the street from Ardent was this place called Pyramid Guitars, owned by my friend Rick Rayburn, who was a collector. He sold some really sweet pieces—he had some killer vintage stuff, and Paul went over there and got a clear plexiglas Dan Armstrong with the replaceable pickups, so he came back over with one of those. So the guitar was mostly Les Paul on the tracks, but he picked up the See-Through a few times for coloration. But Tommy went over too, and he got a Thunderbird bass that he loved, so much that he decided he wanted to redo the bass on all the songs! Redo all the bass on all the songs now that he has a Thunderbird? You’re kiddin’ me!

“And I was just beginning to understand about cutting tracks and the importance of keeping that original feel over overdubbing. A three-piece band and you’re gonna take a third of it and redo it? No, you just don’t do that. See, they were all … ah … [stage whispers] drunk! Pretty much all the time. Most of the time it was red wine, though Paul did have a hankerin’ for the Heineken. But mostly it was just jugs and jugs of the red Gallo wine. So Tommy insisted on rerecording all his bass parts, and Jim was like, ‘Whatever you do, don’t lose the bass we’ve got.’

So Jim and I were sitting there, and Tommy was playing the song behind us with this Thunderbird bass. And man is that a boomy bass. Man can those things boom! And then all of a sudden we heard this hell of a noise! Just this huge crash, and man, I just lunged for the monitor knobs to turn it down. And I look and Tommy is on the ground, his Thunderbird bass—brand new—is also on the ground and it has snapped at the headstock. We don’t know what happened. Maybe he was dancing.”

"They'd never had their amps separated in the studio before, which is one reason their first few albums sounded so terrible,” the producer recounts. “When I did it, they complained. ‘We can’t play like this.’ The discussion wasn’t going anywhere so I left the room for 10 minutes and came back, and they were playing. I did that a couple times. Paul said they couldn’t play ‘Nightclub Jitters.’ He said, ‘We need real musicians for this.’ I left the room for 15 minutes and they were playing the song.”

"What a writer," Dickinson says simply. "And the chemistry in that band was amazing. They didn't give me an anthem though. If I had gotten a 'Bastards of Young' or a 'Left of the Dial,' we would have had the record of all-time. Still, it's a great record. I'm really proud of that one."

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Mötley Crüe Too Fast for Love ? Leathür Records version and it still SÜCKS
One of my all time favorite records. They never came anywhere close again, but I think it is fantastic.
Yes but you're younger than me. Maybe if I'd heard it in high school I would've dug it but my first exposure was seeing the "Live Wire" video on MTV when I was in college and thinking it was pretty cheesy and a limp imitation of Kiss.

To each his own. :D I can't fault you tooooo much seeing as you released one of the fine records in my last post.

[abevigoda]

Dirtbombs - Ultraglide in Black lp
Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends lp
Kinks - The Great Lost Kinks Album lp
Kinks - Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) lp
Destroyer - Your Blues lp
Wire - 154 lp

[Futureman]

Dirtbombs - Ultraglide in Black lp
I tried to find a cd or lp of this today. Maybe next week...

For me:

Times New Viking-Rip it Off
New Order-Power, Corruption, and Lies
Joy Division-Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division-Closer
Joy Division-Substance
Pavement-Brighten the Corners
Wolves in the Throne Room-Two Hunters

[earl grey]

:: times new viking - rip it off. over and over and over and over again. (and again and again and again.)
:: the orb - okie dokie it's the orb on kompakt
:: japancakes - loveless
:: justus kohncke - safe and sound. YES! only one listen in, this is basically the album i was hoping for with 'doppelleben,' which is to say that it drops the campy vocal pop and just rides the grooves. (his vocals really grew on me, but still...)
:: hot chip - made in the dark. again, only one listen in, but i dunno about this. i like much of it, but the start is way too over-the-top IMO. a bit like "over and over" meets 'kish kash'-era basement jaxx, but i think hot chip do subtlety much better than the kitchen sink. but we'll see, i may come around.
:: cat power - jukebox. i need to listen to this more, but the packaging rules. i liked it online, and pictures don't even do it justice.
:: electrelane - no shouts, no calls
:: escort - singles EP
:: the magnetic fields - distortion
:: dead meadow - old growth. thumbs up.

[Paul]

:: escort - singles EP Is that the one I made? I wish they'd get around to putting out something official.

As for me...

John Lennon Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon
Buzzcocks Singles Going Steady
Times New Viking Rip it Off
Javiera Mena Esquemas Juveniles
Santogold Creator / L.E.S. Artistes [single]
Yo La Tengo Fakebook
Anton Barbeau 17th Century Fuzzbox Blues
Trus'me Working Nights
The Bloody Beetroots I Love The Bloody Beetroots
[B]Envelopes Here Comes the Wind
Sonic Youth Rather Ripped

[earl grey]

Is that the one I made? I wish they'd get around to putting out something official.


indeed it is. yeah, i listen to it so often that i just think of it as a single release.

[bml64]

I've been listening to Yo La Tengo's 'Ride The Tiger' a lot this week and really loving the 2 Dave Schramm songs! Is there anything that anyone on here would recommend checking out that he did after leaving Yo La Tengo? Quick searches show he's got some band stuff & some solo stuff, as well as playing on a bunch of others records...

I am guessing I am in the minority here based on the lack of responses to Awol's question, but I think pretty much anything Dave Schramm does is pretty great. He is an underrated guitarist with one of those well-worn voices that may take awhile to appreciate. I got turned on to _ Little Apocalypse_ after reading one of Gerard's recommendations about 100 years ago. And I still think "Heart Not Within" is one of the all-time great songs. Recently I bought the live cd _ 2000 Weiss Beers From Home_ which is a decent introduction to the band. It has a bunch of their best songs and a few cool covers. For some reason, the Schramms seem to be infinitely more popular in Germany than here in the USA. It sort of reminds me of the situation with Chris Cacavas, another great talent that the Germans love and the US is indifferent toward.

Anyway I think all the Schramms cds can be gotten used at great prices. I don't think you can go wrong with any of them, but I'm guessing others would disagree.

If you do end up grabbing a cd or two, please let me know what you think.

Best Regards,
Bruce

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Carpenters Horizon
The Raveonettes Lust Lust Lust
Art & Language with The Red Crayola Corrected Slogans
Fatso Jetson Live
Terje Rypdal Whenever I Seem To Be Far Away
Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes Marriage on the Rocks · Rock Bottom
Messendger Messendger
Fat Hit
Gang of Four Another Day/Another Dollar EP
Behead the Prophet N.L.S.L. I Am that Great and Fiery Force
Sparks Angst in My Pants
Yamaji Kazuhide Crawl
Circle of Ouroborus Introitus demo
Behold . . . The Arctopus Skullgrid
Major Stars Mirror/Messenger
Demi Semi Quaver Three
Konono N°1 Live at Couleur Café
The Darling Downs From One to Another
Camera Hard Cachou
Gringo Star Gringo Star EP

[A-Squared]

Lou Reed - All Tomorrow's Dance Parties 7"
Lou Reed - Primitive: Pre-Velvets 7"
John Cale - Animal Justice 12"
Times New Viking - Rip It Off LP <- over and over and over...
Psychedelic Horseshit - Magic Flowers Droned LP
Mors Ontologica - The Used Kids Session LP
Guinea Worms - Box of Records 7"
Guinea Worms - Hello from Ohio 7"
Necropolis - Song for a Working Man 7"
TV Ghost - TV Ghost 12"
Guided By Voices - Crying Your Knife Away 2LP

[HBSP-2X]

Guinea Worms - Hello from Ohio 7"


what is this? new/old? i only thought the had the cdr 7"

[Elijah]

Björk - Volta
Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
The Magnetic Fields - Distortion (<—I'm not hearing the JAMC comparisons that I've seen in every single review that I've read. Aside from the obvious — they use a lot of distortion, duh — I don't think it sounds like the JAMC at all. Sounds like the Magnetic Fields.)
Dead Meadow - New MP3s from Old Growth
Esquivel - Cabaret Mañana
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (<—I forgot how awesome this album is)

[A-Squared]

what is this? new/old? i only thought the had the cdr 7"

It's their first 7" on Red Hour Recordings. It came out 3 years ago or so. I don't know where to try to track one down, but you can hear the songs from the record here (http://cringe.com/redhour/catalog.shtml), plus lots of other GW tracks.

[vesper]

the klf, chill out
ekkehard ehlers, songs for william forsythe
the knife, deep cuts
arthur russell, world of echo
pauline oliveros + others, deep listening

[tinobeat]

Black Tambourine - Complete Discography 10"
The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City 2LP
Oneida - Secret Wars LP
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Scared Famous CD
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Underground LP
Sandy Bull - Valentine's Day 1969: Live at The Matrix San Francisco CD

[vesper]

wait a minute, i actually decided that i'm going to spend the entire day listening to the carpenters.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

wait a minute, i actually decided that i'm going to spend the entire day listening to the carpenters.
Excellent idea! Just skip Now & Then and A Kind of Hush.

since last night:

Bic Runga Birds ← Australian tour version bonus live disc
Human Sexual Response Fig. 15
Daughters Hell Songs
Portal Seepia
黒百合姉妹 『天の極み海の深さ』← Kuroyuri Shimai Ten no Kiwami Umi no Fukasa
Retconned Unhappenings
Watchmaker Kill.Fucking.Everyone.
Hope for Agoldensummer Ariadne Thread
Arizona Fameseeker and the Mono EP
The Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath
The Pop Group Idealists in Distress in Bristol ← disc one

[9000]

psychic ills - dins
tnv - rip it off
shocking pinks - shocking pinks
yeasayer - all hour cymbals
spank rock - bump singles
supermayer - save the day
carl craig - sessions
ivan smagghe - choose your way mix

[jef]

Beach Boys - Landlocked
Bevis Frond - Bevis Through the Looking Glass
Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Uniform Choice - Screaming For Change
Times New Viking - Rip It Off
Abe Vigoda - Kid City
This Heat - Deceit
Andrew Hill - Andrew
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch

[Futureman]

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Scared Famous CD


How is this, tino?

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Strapping Young Lad SYL
Satoko Fujii Quartet Bacchus
The Fiery Furnaces Widow City
Subhumans Internal Riot
Egypt Egypt ← MP3s of the forthcoming posthumous release
Borbetomagus Live in Allentown ← expanded remaster
Split Enz Frenzy
No Relax
Senator ƒlux Bake the Candle in the Hall of Her Brain EP
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band The Gospel Album EP
Konono N°1 Live in Tokyo EP
Hope for Agoldensummer Super Secret Compilation
Gossip Live in Liverpool
Bobcrane Technicide
Electric Wizard Witchcult Today ← Japanese version with pointless bonus track
Elekibass Everybody! Come!! Let's get down!!!!

[tinobeat]

How is this, tino?

um, fucking out of control amazing. But then again, over the past couple of years I've become somewhat dangerously obsessed with what a brilliant weirdo Ariel Pink is. But as far as songs go, this might be one of the best albums yet.

[vesper]

be your own pet
coptic light
dragons of zynth, coronation thieves
times new viking, rip it off
magik markers, boss

[HBSP-2X]

had an afternoon off. finally.

lazer crystal - hot pink bmx/national handbag 12" test press
mahjongg - kontpab
times new viking - rip it off
cococoma - cococoma
daily void - identification code
jay reatard - night of broken glass
suttree - in ill repair 7"
billy bao - fuck separation
various - hex
death set - limitations can make you creative
pyschedelic horseshit - magic flowers droned
slicing grandpa - 7"s
thomas function - relentless machines 7"
dan melchior und das menace - madame nhu 7"
fall - hex enduction hour 2xlp
duke and the dutchess - reservoir park 7"
feeling of love - pray for the 90's 7"
busy signals - can't feel a thing 7"
nothing people - hozac - ss - ss 7"s
sic alps - description of the harbor
tv ghost - atomic rain 7" (awaiting new one)
blank dogs - mp3 discography
eat skull - 7"

[johansen smith]

the Dø A Mouthful Best Album of 2008, January Edition
Vampire Weekend s/t
Bowerbirds Hymns For a Dark Horse
Dead Meadow Old Growth
Teenagersintokyo s/t
Kawaii If It Shines, We Have It
Dylan Mondegreen While I Walk You Home
Cathy Davey Tales of Silversleeve
Sargasso Trio Burnin' Burnin' Burnin'

[tinobeat]

sic alps - description of the harbor



this REALLY needs to get repressed for a wider audience. Its not really right that far and away their best release is this weird ltd. 12" so fucking good.

[9000]

this REALLY needs to get repressed for a wider audience. Its not really right that far and away their best release is this weird ltd. 12" so fucking good.

while it's not quite a vinyl repressing, a 26-track CD is coming out this year with description of the harbor and all other previous output on it. very much anticipating that one.

[tinobeat]

while it's not quite a vinyl repressing, a 26-track CD is coming out this year with description of the harbor and all other previous output on it. very much anticipating that one.


That's great, because all the singles and vinyl EPs have all the best stuff, and the Pleasures & Treasures album (the most easily available) is just great, but not mindblowing.

I just want to be able to tell people to get shit by this band but don't want them to start with the only thing that's easy to get!

[otto midnight]

had an afternoon off. finally.


cococoma - cococoma



are you going to the show tonight?
also, have you been listening to VoT radio or something?

[HBSP-2X]

are you going to the show tonight?
also, have you been listening to VoT radio or something?

no, mahjongg.

i am the VoT dj. jk.

[vesper]

since last night:

seefeel, quique
dj /rupture, special gunpowder
the knife, deep cuts
dinosaur l, 24-24 music
pop group, y
this heat, made available: john peel sessions

and that invisible conga people song over and over again. great tune. i also gotta get that mahjongg album, cos i really like the 2 or 3 songs i've heard from it.

[HBSP-2X]

mahjongg album

It is fantastic. They just played Chicago last night and were amazing. I could be biased cause they are friends of mine, but they (mahjongg, waterbabies, lazer crystal) are all doing really great things. They are heading out west next month. See them live if you can. Buy their merch too. The shirts and posters were made by yours truly. Also check out golden birthday and the chandeliers. They opened and are more local chicago goodness.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

See [Mahjongg] live if you can. Buy their merch too.
I've seen 'em twice and wear the shirt I bought the second time fairly often. Can't wait to snag the new album; it's been too long since the last!

[Miss Tasty Princess]

黒百合姉妹 Lis Noirs Live 1 ~The Winter Solstice~ ← Kuroyuri Shimai
Egypt Egypt
Doug Knight Third Release EP
Yo La Tengo Live Session EP
Olekranon Necropolis EP
Sun-Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra Strange Strings ← expanded remaster
Emperor Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
Paradise Alley Native
Houseside Mindwar
RTX Western Xterminator
Alchemical Rowdies Trans-Idio
Parliament Mothership Connection ← expanded remaster
Blue Öyster Cult Spectres ← expanded remaster
Deep Purple Stormbringer
One Hand Loves the Other One Hand Loves the Remix
Unsolved Mysteries Lost Love
Alchemist Lunasphere
Faust Od Serca Do Duszy
Demi Semi Quaver Golden Animal Head
Tetsuo Furudate MacBeth
The Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath
Satoko Fujii Quartet Bacchus
Van der Graaf Generator Time Vaults
The Saboten The Saboten
Television Personalities Are We Nearly There Yet?

[the Pawnbroker]

Matador vinyl order in the house:

Cat Power -- Jukebox (2LP)
Dead Meadow -- Old Growth (2LP)<--- This kicks ass.
Times New Viking -- Rip It Off (LP)<--- I can only enjoy this if I'm not in the same room as the stereo.

Streaming a ton of Vampire Weekend at work -- I love a few songs right now, but I sense that after a month, I'll never listen to them again.

[johansen smith]

Ruby Suns Sealion
El Perro Del Mar From the Valley to the Stars
Disc Two of my just-completed Girl Groups Mix
the Dø A Mouthful Can't wait for my copy to arrive from France!
Joanna Newsom the Milk-Eyed Mender
Thanksgiving Welcome Nowhere reissue

[tinobeat]

The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of... LP
Simply Saucer - Cyborgs Revisited LP
Los Llamarada - The Exploding Now LP
The Beatles - Rubber Soul (Capitol) CD
The Original Sins - Self Destruct LP
The Stapler - Metaphysical Haircut CD

[Futureman]

Espers - s/t
Howard Hello - Don't Drink his Blood
Radiohead - In Rainbows<--this one went cold after a few listens, but I'm really enjoying it again
Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
Times New Viking - RIO

Which reminds me, Pawnbroker said the following about the new TNV:

I can only enjoy this if I'm not in the same room as the stereo.

I'm not sure why this is the case for you, but if it's the harsh low-fi aesthetic, I certainly understand. The songs themselves are some of the best they've done, but they're not headphone-friendly. Too abrasive!

[HBSP-2X]

Too abrasive!

I believe you mean awesome.

[Futureman]

I believe you mean awesome.

Awesome indeed. Great anthemic garage rock. I just need a little distance from those speakers!

[Salman]

Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
The Fiery Furances - Widow City
Slint - Spiderland
Rings - Black Habit
Viva Voce - The Heat Can Melt Your Brain
Alela Diane - The Pirate's Gospel
Tobin Sprout - Moonflower Plastic
Pole - 3
Jónhann Jóhannsson - Englabörn
The Dreadful Yawns - Rest
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
v/a - One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found [Disc 1]
v/a - Dream Girls [Disc 1]

[vesper]

gang gang dance, god's money & rawwar ep
sun city girls, multiple hallucinations of an assassin
dj /rupture, special gunpowder
v/a run the road vol 1
strategy, future rock
mouse on mars, idiology

i heard that gang gang dance recorded with tinchy stryder last time they toured in england. i really hope that material comes out soon!

[awol]

Metabolismus- Social Club No. 7
Suttree- In Ill Repair
The Proper Nouns- Birds & Butterflies
Miss Alex White & The Red Orchestra- Space & Time
Longmont Potion Castle- 6
Destroyer- Trouble In Dreams
Ladyhawk- Shots
David Kilgour- Sugarmouth (I love this record front to back!)
David Kilgour- Here Come The Cars
Sic Alps- Description Of The Harbour
Sic Alps- Strawberry Guillotine
Television Personalities- Yes Darling, But Is It Art

[Fiona]

David Kilgour- Sugarmouth (I love this record front to back!)
Definitely one of the albums which contributed to 1994 being such an amazing year for music.

Times New Viking - Rip it Off lp
The Move - Hits, The Singles A's & B's & Rarities Discs 1 and 2
Ivor Cutler - Jammy Smears
XTC - Skylarking
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
Merle Haggard - The Very Best of… lp
Cat Power - Jukebox 2xcd
Burial - Untrue
The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Sic Alps - Description of the Harbour
Richard Hawley - Lady’s Bridge
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

[Futureman]

British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?

How is this, Fiona?

[Miss Tasty Princess]

The Pop Group Idealists in Distress from Bristol ← disc two
Cole Marquis Treasure Island Serenade
Chrome Chrome Box ← CD version
Light Pupil Dilate Snake Wine
Goodthunder Goodthunder
Kevin Hewick Such Hunger for Love
Nishikawa Kyo Maximum/Paradox
発狂一直線 Deadnomi ← Hakkyo Ichokusen
Wizzard Main Street
Art Ensemble of Chicago Eda Wobu
Harvey Milk bonus EP from the Anthem DVD
Pig Destroyer Prowler in the Yard
The Human Beast Volume One
Arto Lindsay O Corpo Sutil - The Subtle Body
Rodrigo y Gabriella Rodrigo y Gabriella
Rope Heresy, and Then Nothing but Tears
Elektro Humangel Hav'a Nice Day
Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat An Interlude to the Outermost
Lacrymosa Lacrymosa EP
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum In Glorious Times

[Fiona]

How is this, Fiona?
It's a big step up for them. The Decline Of... and Open Season are good, and occasionally brilliant, but the new album is much more consistent. At their best I think BSP are such an exciting band, and this time around there are so many more songs that are like adventures or taking a deep breath. It's familiar - great tunes, offbeat and intelligent themes - just better.

[Fiona]

Rodrigo y Gabriella Rodrigo y Gabriella
I remember when this pair used to busk in town!

[HBSP-2X]

These Are Powers - Terrific Seasons

CDR SHIPMENT
Guinea worms - 7"
Tommy Jay - Tall Tails
Necropolis - 7"

TV Ghost - 12"
No Age - Weirdo Ripers LP (It is nice to have it on one piece of wax instead of five different ones)
Liars/No Age - Chicago Split 7"
Saw them last night. No age was great as usual. New songs are fantastic. Liars, with Angus seated, were amazingly tight. I think I have seen them maybe 4 times, and this was their best sounding show. However, not a single song from trench. Cheers to memories.

[A-Squared]

Times New Viking - Rip it Off LP <- I haven't been this addicted to an album in years
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat LP
Talking Heads - Remain in Light LP
Talking Heads - Fear of Music LP
Grateful Dead - American Beauty LP
Guinea Worms - Box of Records 7"
Necropolis - Song for a Working Man 7"
The Terminals - Cul-de-Sac CD
Brethren of the Free Spirit - All things are from Him, through Him and in Him CD
Moby Grape - Moby Grape CD <- it's a shame these reissues are already out-of-print
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder CD
Jimmy Smith - The Sermon CD
Miles Davis - The Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings 6CD
Harmonia - Live 1974 CD
Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair MP3s

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Niklas Billström/Chris Cutler/Lars "L'achn" Jonsson/Sten Sandell Songs Between Cities and Waterholes EP
Starz Starz
Trouble Psalm 9
Misfits Walk Among Us
Toad Tomorrow Blue
Sir Lord Baltimore III Raw
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Part One
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Help, I'm a Rock single
Burning Witch Crippled Lucifer ← deluxe remaster, disc two: Rift.Canyon.Dreams.
黒百合姉妹 『天の極み海の深さ』← Kuroyuri Shimai Ten no Kiwami Umi no Fukasa
Goodthunder Goodthunder
Ocean Ocean ← 80s French hard rockers, not the current band
Lynyrd Skynyrd Gimme Back My Bullets
Die Kreuzen October File
Public Image Ltd. First Issue
Kevin Coyne and Dagmar Krause Babble
17 Pygmies Hatikva EP
Poison Idea War All the Time
Sly & The Family Stone Greatest Hits
The Leather Nun Alive
Krzysztof Penderecki Te Deum

[pabost]

Karl Blau - Dance Positive
Mystic Chords of Memory - S/T
The Clientele - Suburban Light
Bardo Pond - Ticket Crystals
Young & Sexy - Life Through One Speaker [I missed these guys the first time around; I'm really enjoying their entire ouevre]
Kanye West - Graduation
Vampire Weekend - S/T
Evangelicals - The Evening Descends [maybe too much going on? Time will tell]
The Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
The New Pornographers - Live From the Future
Abba - Gold

[Ruairi]

Gultskra Artikler - Abtu
Devin The Dude - Waitin' To Inhale
Boris - Smile (Japanese Version)
Point Blank - N Tha Do
DJ Screw - Thangs Done Changed
Clipse/Re-Up Gang - We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 3 (the version without DJ Drama shouting all over it)
Syclops - Where's Jason's K? 12"
Evangelista - Hello, Voyager!
Odd Machine - We Brought Our Friends
Times New Viking - Rip It Off
Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair

[johansen smith]

Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree Hayley Stark was right
Baby Dee: Safe Inside the Day
the Whitsundays: s/t
Black Mountain: In the Future 2XCD
and Bodies of Water: Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink + the Dø: A Mouthful over and over.

[Kid B]

Husker Du- everything falls apart
the Pixies- come one pilgrim and surfer rosa
echo and the bunnymen- ocean rain
the seedy seeds- change states
De Novo Dahl- Shout ep (can't wait for the new album next month!)
the raveonettes- whip it on ep
jesus and mary chain- automatic

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Tenniscoats Totemo Aimasho
Gang Gang Dance Rawwar EP
Old Hold on to Your Face
Houseside E.S.P.
Randy Holden Population II
Univers Zero Heresie
Alex Chilton Dusted in Memphis
The Cannanes The African Man's Tomato
Electric Blue Peggy Sue and The Revolutionions from Mars But When You Talk About Destructionion
Grateful Dead Two from the Vault
Parliament The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein
The Bevis Frond Valedictory Songs
Angel Live Without a Net

[otto midnight]

the seedy seeds- change states



the cincinnati seedy seeds?

[Paul]

the cincinnati seedy seeds? It would have to be, as that's the name of their record.

[Fiona]

Baby Dee: Safe Inside the Day

What do you think of this? Over the last few days I've listened to it a lot and am growing very fond of it.

[Kid B]

the cincinnati seedy seeds?
yup, some good ol' homegrown queen city folks.

[Paul]

yup, some good ol' homegrown queen city folks. Do you know Erin? She used to be a Seedy Seed.

[Brushback]

Alex Chilton Dusted in Memphis

God, I loved that record!! I wish I still had it.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

God, I loved that record!! I wish I still had it.
As a rule, I almost never buy bootlegs but I got this one through someone who knew the person who did it, so I got it cheap. Pretty damn fantastic record, huh? Shame most of it's not legally available.