Late afternoon and the sun is shining here for a change!!
The Myrrors - Arena Negra is going down a treat

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Forgot to add this was a 'High Fidelity' moment, was browsing in a record shop in Madrid and this came on, as my Spanish is sadly lacking I asked my brother to ask what it was and the rest is history so to speak.....BVCP206 wrote:The Memories - Hot Afternoon LP - Short but oh so sweet slice of west coast pop with a belting version of True Love Will Find You In The End thrown in for good measureThink already gong to be part of my summer soundtrack
yeah remember seeing them tweet a little while back that they'd split. not surprised to be honest. they were writing fairly anthemic music but for some reason were getting nowhere.spunder wrote:Coming late to the news Exit Calm had split, been spinning the first album alot. what a lovely wash of noise that is with some great great lyrics.
i wouldnt be surprised if the 3 musicians continue as another project. there is a couple of decent tunes on the second album, but i agree its not as good as the first which is perfectly soundtracking my state of mind at the mo, that opening track is an utter monster.angelsighs wrote:yeah remember seeing them tweet a little while back that they'd split. not surprised to be honest. they were writing fairly anthemic music but for some reason were getting nowhere.spunder wrote:Coming late to the news Exit Calm had split, been spinning the first album alot. what a lovely wash of noise that is with some great great lyrics.
first album was excellent..
2nd album... left me very cold.
runcible wrote:Andrew Weatherall - A Pox On The Pioneers.
This album is a totally unexpected gem. I really find it amazing that a man associated with dancier beat-driven music can have produced an album that sounds more like 70s glam rock and pop than anything else.
Can't fault it and it's been on rotation in the car for days now. Fantastic!
big Television fan here, but never really checked out Veraline's solo stuff. this sounds just the ticket!spzretent wrote:Tom Verlaine- A Millers Tale 2 CD.
One of those CDs I bought years ago. Just filed away. Played it last night and never realized the first CD is a live show from London in 1982. Holy shit is his guitar on fire on this. I realize not everyone likes Tom Verlaine but if you do this is well worth searching out.
I have religiously bought everything Dom releases on DD, GPS and Polytechnic Youth. I quite often shelve the LPs without playing them, which turns out to be a huge mistake. I fully agree with your views on the Violet Woods and I am Ampersand LPs. However, the recent LP Dom released by Zone 6 is an absolute monster. Two sides of superb guitar drone! It is my favourite LP of the year thus far, and by quite a distance. In second place (and also released by Dom) is the Sula Bassana LP Kosmonauts on Deep Distance. This is a more electronic take on drone by a member of Zone 6. Anyhow, not being a believer in coincidence, I looked up Zone 6/Sula Bassana and ended up buying a couple of Zone 6 of CDs directly from Dave Schmidt, 'Live Wired 2004' and '10 Years of Aural Psychedelic Journeys'. Suffice to say they are feckin' amazing. I'm now trawling the usual suspects for Zone 6 vinyl. Please do yourselves a favour and chase these LPs down!!spzretent wrote:I decided to go and give some of these Great Pop Supplement releases I have accumulated over the past few years another play
Violet Woods- S/T is amazing. Teetering between Byrdsy pop and Sarah Records but so good.
The big surprise of the evening is the 2012 I Am Ampersand LP. Holy shit is this record amazing. Neo/Psych/Folk or whatever label people want to give it.
you can listen to for free here.
https://i-am-ampersand.bandcamp.com/track/grave-goods
Stand out tracks are:
The Hired Hand
and the fucking amazing title track
Grave Goods.
I have no vested interest in this other than to urge you to check these tracks out.
I agree, an unholy racket right enough, but half a dozen listens the last 2 days and I`m in, crazy energy flying around,johnnyboy wrote:For those that like it dark, heavy and trippy then there's a new Destruction Unit song on the loose ahead of their next album http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2 ... ni_10.html . As always it sounds an unholy messed up racket on first listen but a few more and I'm addicted. I love this band.
Welcome aboard! I've been playing it over and over at my work desk the past couple of days. Highly recommend their last album Deep Trip and seeing them live too, over here in Sept at the Liverpool Fest and a date in London as well, which I'll be at. They're insane live, best described here http://www.castlefacerecords.com/collec ... ction-unitniamhm wrote:I agree, an unholy racket right enough, but half a dozen listens the last 2 days and I`m in, crazy energy flying around,johnnyboy wrote:For those that like it dark, heavy and trippy then there's a new Destruction Unit song on the loose ahead of their next album http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2 ... ni_10.html . As always it sounds an unholy messed up racket on first listen but a few more and I'm addicted. I love this band.
Ah...you can't beat the aul 'Joyride'Stuart X.Hunter wrote:Blogariddims 40 - Grime in the Dancehall
Especially 27m39secs to 35m13secs which is a madhouse records mash feat. baby cham, buju, lady saw etc
good isn't it! they played Maggot Brain as an encore when I last saw them in Birmingham, it was an amazing surprise "it can't be, can it?... it is!!"niamhm wrote:Listened to the trilogy all the way through, never bought the vinyl, but the CD`s are being ordered sounded totally frazzled and brilliant,angelsighs wrote:Bardo Pond's cover of Maggot Brain is pretty fine!
they are releasing this compilation rounding up all the cover versions they've done for RSD
http://thequietus.com/articles/18191-ba ... ogy-stream
My Bloody Valentine -mbv, still sounding disorientingly weird in a good way, its like the batteries are running out but everything is still in time an tune, quite a feat.
The lovely coloured vinyl of this is back in stock for a while at Castle Face Records http://castlefacerecords.co.uk/products ... -mutilator grabbed a copy last nightshalloboi wrote:the new oh sees is up on soundcloud- it can be downloaded for free for today only. my initial impressions are that it follows on nicely from 'drop' with the return of brigid as a huge bonus.
https://soundcloud.com/castle-face-1/se ... -at-last-1
funny! listened to The Church's Untitled #23 last night myself. really enjoying it, it's been a grower of an album. quite tuneful but like you say there's a slight psychedelic shimmer to it too.runcible wrote: Also The Church 'Further/Deeper', which I think is something like their 24th album. An unexpected psychedelic treat.
I put 'Seasons of your Day' on last night on my way home from work and I agree with you- I've noticed it's become the go-to when I want to listen to them.spzretent wrote: Mazzy Star's last record- Seasons Of Your Day is my favorite by them. That is saying a lot. It seems it never really got its fair share of praise. Perhaps I am wrong. Prior to Seasons... Among My Swan was my favorite.