angelsighs wrote:The Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers.
on a big Stones phase at the moment due to recently finishing Keefs biog. I think this album is my favourite- it's got some amazing songs on there
there are few better opening seconds to a song than Sway in my opinion
nice one...have you got any of the bootlegs from the '72 US tour? theres a very good one called the 'unreleased Decca album'....has an amazing version of Bitch on it.
its about time they got their backsides together and did a mono boxset....lazy fuckers..
How "Pretend" never made it on to the album, I just don't understand.... a simply beautiful track. If anyone has a vinyl transfer of this LP I'd love them to have it to listen to on my i-Pod.
Green Pajamas - 'Summer of Lust' (The 1st GP album originally released as cassette only. Recently released on cd for first time in a ltd. ed. run of 500. First 50 were numbered and initialed by band. My copy is #37 and initialed by Joe Ross).
This wasn't a track that immediately jumped out at me from SHSL, but it has some great lines and the end is a great cross between The Individual and the end of Shine A Light.
I just got a copy of Sonic's first Spectrum album. Doesn't have the pin wheel on the front, but is one of the original Silvertone releases from what I can gather.
Sounds so good LOUD, seems much more layered than what I've heard before on digital copies.
That Skinny Motherfucker With the High Voice -- Dump
Dump is James McNew (aka YLT's bassist).
Yo La Tengo are the kings of covers in my opinion. This album is just another example of one of their member's being rad. It's an album entirely composed of Prince covers recorded to cassette in the late 90s, then redistributed in 01 with a few more tracks. Originally started as an exercise in learning to use a know hard disc recorder after upgrading from a classic tascam 4-track. Captures what I always love about YLT's tone, but also you can hear James' own distinct influence (particularly on 'Erotic City').
Some highlights for me - the looping drum track on 1999, Raspberry Beret (probably my favorite on the album), The Beautiful Ones (reminds me IMMENSELY of something, I just can't quite place it), and When U Were Mine. It can be pretty difficult to find, so if you want it, just PM me, and I guess I will send you a link to a mediafire of it.
Any other YLT fans out there? If so and you like this (and you haven't heard it already), check out the whole band's cover album Fuckbook (recorded under the moniker Condo Fucks, a joke from the inserts for I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)
Flying Burrito Brothers - Live at the Filmore 1970
Green Pajamas - All Clues Lead to Meagan's Bed
Young Flowers - Blomsterpistolen
Happy Mondays - Bummed
Vibravoid - 2001 Love Is Freedom
Hofstadter wrote:
Any other YLT fans out there? If so and you like this (and you haven't heard it already), check out the whole band's cover album Fuckbook (recorded under the moniker Condo Fucks, a joke from the inserts for I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One)
big fan here. I've never investigated any of James' solo stuff (I do really like Stockholm Syndrome though which I believe is all but a James song), or the Condo Fucks either. having said that when I saw them recently on the 'spin the wheel tour', the first half of the set was a Condo Fucks one and it was okay. I've found them to be a rather inconsistent band live whenever I've seen them but the records are largely brilliant
Mother's Day in the USA and we have beautiful weather up here in the Pacific Northwest. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the flowers are in full bloom and the bees are buzzing.
I decided it was a perfect morning to listen to a couple old friends before we start cooking our Sunday roast:
managed to finally pick this up on vinyl over the weekend on a trip to Dublin. It was a bit of luck actually as someone had filed it under "M" by mistake and I was looking for some Mogwai. Also came across 2 copies of the BRMC Howl RSD vinyl but at €34 a pop I had to resist the urge.
listened to all of the beach house albums today.
also-
brmc- 'howl'
sic alps- 'a long way around to a short cut'
cave- 'neverendless'
spiritualized dc stream (and video)
the walkmen npr 'world cafe' stream
lower dens- 'nootropics'
white fence- 'family perfume vol. 1'
radar eye- 's/t'
Listening to Low - C'mon for the first time. "Nothing But Heart" is virtually a note-for-note remake of "Shine A Light". That, of course, is a good thing
redcloud wrote:Brian Jonestown Massacre - Pol Pot's Pleasure Penthouse
Very early BJM (Anton) recordings at his most shoegazey and psychedelic. Glorious stuff.
I was listening to their (supposedly) first demo from 1990 yesterday. Its up on youtube. Posted by a guy who seems to have run a record shop on Haight Asbury across from where Anton was staying. Says anton dropped it in to him back in 1990 when he was first starting and had decided on the BJM name. Was very good, although i don't recognise anything that i heard.
If anyone knows the details of this tape or the tracks on it, i'd be all ears!
Also watch a full show on youtube from 1998, The point in Atlanta if i recall. Good show. Great tunes and some heckling!
Laz69 wrote:
I was listening to their (supposedly) first demo from 1990 yesterday. Its up on youtube. Posted by a guy who seems to have run a record shop on Haight Asbury across from where Anton was staying. Says anton dropped it in to him back in 1990 when he was first starting and had decided on the BJM name. Was very good, although i don't recognise anything that i heard.
If anyone knows the details of this tape or the tracks on it, i'd be all ears!
Well the blog the youtube video points you to suggests that the demo i was listening to pre-dates. Someone asked if these were the same tracks from the Pol Pot's release and they aren't apparently, hence why i asked. I'll see if i can find the youtube link...
I have mostly been listening to Thee Milkshakes - Out of Control after watching a very old clip from 1984 originally on The Tube called Trash on the Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjqZyEUETZU:
If you are interested enough to have a look you can see a young Tracy Emin grooving around, I believe she was Billy Childish's significant other at the time.
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home, Blood On The Tracks, Highway 61, Blonde On Blonde
Feeling a bit down....my sister passed away two years ago this weekend. Two consecutive shows kept me distracted....grey Sunday morning after and now missing her. Roasting a chicken for Sunday lunch. We'll go for a walk later and spend time in the garden.
spzretent wrote:Teardrop Explodes Kilimanjaro Deluxe 3x CD.
Oft overlooked.
Not around here it isn't. We had Fried on the other night. Kilimanjaro was the next cab off the rank until my mate held up Radio One by The Heads and asked "Is this any good?"
On topic: Low - Drums and Guns. Perfect tunes for a balmy end to a tropical day in Liverpool.....
spzretent wrote:Everytime I put on the Teardrops I think of the bands that became huge from that era/scene. The Teardrops seem like a footnote. Perhaps I am wrong.
You just have to read Cope's books about this period to understand why they went from the front cover of Smash Hits (!) to breaking up in such a short period. Wonderful music, but some seriously dangerous personality traits/habits/egos....
I remember a Julian Cope gig at the TV Club in Dublin in 1983/84 where he ended up covered in his own blood, as did half the front row of the audience. The whole evening was just seriously bizarre. I constantly amazed he is still with us......
On topic again: Perplexa: Perplexa - simply unbelievable. Discovered this band via this board as a result of a Spzretent tip IIRC.....percussion on this album is stunning, almost providing the lead on some tracks.
Olan:
This what precisely makes this forum such a valuable resource. I have learned about so many new bands from this message board. Without it i'd be lost.
I have read both Possesed and Repossesed. Got that two-fer book.
What shocks me is how Fried gets dismissed too. I think that is JC's finest solo album.
Maybe I am marching to a different drummer.
http://www.lilmoxie.com
Detroit, Music, Sports and Other Stuff(including Spiritualized, Spacemen 3)
Various - African Dub Almighty Chapter 3 (Joe Gibbs)
Yabby U and Michael Prophet meets Scientist at Dub Station
Various - The Story of Trojan (CD 2)
Mikey Dread - African Anthem
King Tubby - Dub Gone Crazy (The Evolution of Dub at King Tubby's 1975-79)
Ranking Dillinger - Non Stop Disco Style
Jah Stitch - Original Ragga Muffin 1975-77
...plus various personalised reggae compilations
For me...
Led Zeppelin - Final Rehearsal for reunion show 2007 bootleg
Lee Scratch Perry - Sound System Scratch
Relatively Clean Rivers s/t
Various Asteroid #4
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Vietnam Veterans - Green Peas
Jimi Hendrix - Story Of Life Italian 8cd bootleg set. lots of treats therein.
Anywhere - S/T . the female vocalist from Sleepy Suns new super group. seriously funky drumming on this!
Verve - Copenhagen '93
Amon Duul 2 -Tanz De Lemminge.
Disappointing but maybe this will be a slow grower, but I suspect not.
What the hell has happened to Mark Kozelek? He seems like such a bitter guy these days. The songs seem to deliberately push the idea that he's a total dick and hates the audience and making music in general. Tongue in cheek or not, it's still a pretty bad move to make a whole album about it.
listening to a bunch of vinyl today. decided to do a mini sonic youth marathon-
sonic youth- 'evol,' 'sister' and 'daydream nation'
the cure- 'entreat plus'
just put on 'show.' probably shouldn't listen to my vinyl copy, but i think this is only the second time i've listened to it.
Albums:
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Aufheben
Sigur Ros - Valtari (a very pleasant surprise)
The Walkabouts - Travels In The Dustland
Dead Sea Apes - Lupus (fans of Labradford, take note)
Singles:
Health - Tears
I Ching - It's Me
Wolf & Cub - All Through The Night
Doctor Dru - The Voice Of Dru (best dance track I've heard in ages, cool video too)
I found Royal Trux's Accelerator on vinyl at a record store I hate and haven't been to in 4 years.
Such an incredible album. Really doesn't sound like anything else and it's because of the band lineup. This is from almost 15 years ago and that seems pretty ridiculous.
Why didn't more bands follow Royal Trux???
I'm listening to an album from 1998 and it feels like I've just discovered the future of music. I get the kind of same effect with Spiritualized and Ladies and Gentlemen....
I guess that's what makes all of us here special...
Low - Things We Lost In The Fire. My first exposure to Low. All the talk of Codeine over in the ATP thread had my finally going for this (it seems like I can never hear my friends mention Low without mentioning Codeine). A friend suggested this is where I should start.
Fucking hell this is KILLER!!! Pretty much three version of the same basic song, but building into badder, heavier and naster versions as it plays through the three tracks. If someone can tell me where to find a better bass sound than on Soy Dios II, i want to know about it!