• Shit I want.

    Set 9 2009, 20h07 por timalah

  • 10 Great Underrated Bands...And More!

    Ago 25 2009, 1h28 por MoogleFan

    (this was cross-posted to my music blog A Future in Noise, and here for your perusal!)

    Here, by 'underrated', I'm referring to artists that I enjoy that have a relative lack of mainstream acclaim and appeal in the present, though many (if not all) of the artists below have been critically acclaimed and some even did reasonably well sales-wise in their heyday. Check out the list below of my picks for best underrated bands, suggestions from Tumblr users, and be sure to name your personal favorites in the comments!

    The Cars
    Why They're Great: Ah, where to begin...The Cars are easily one of my most favorite bands ever, and while they've been reasonably respected by critics, particularly for their initial '78 album (one of the rare 5-star getters in my library at Rate Your Music), they continue to be underrated by a great many of those young enough to not have fond memories of hearing these tracks when they first came out. Luckily, I heard The Cars quite a lot growing up, thanks to my Mom playing tapes and later on, the particularly great compilation Anthology: Just What I Needed. Being a keyboardist myself, I always appreciated the innovative use of synths (Greg Hawkes) throughout their music, as well as the seamless melding of the worlds of new wave and straight-up pop-rock. Candy-O (1979) shows off their power-poppy tendencies as well as their darkly ironic side. More hits follow on Panorama (1980), Shake it Up (1981; it contains a hidden gem "A Dream Away"!), and their most commercial endeavor, Heartbeat City (1984). This cool, slick music is perfect where you think it ought to be...in cars.
    What People Don't Get: It could be the ever-present aversion to rock-pop song structures, though it's a puzzler how anyone could have an aversion to Ric Ocasek's lyrical genius!
    Recommended Albums: The Cars (1978), Candy-O (1979)
    Recommended Compilation: Anthology: Just What I Needed (1995)

    Felt
    Why They're Great: Felt are that great, lost jangle-pop group that should have been huge, though appear to be forever doomed to relative obscurity and a cult following. A dreamlike, autumnal haze surrounds much of the work ("Primitive Painters"), occasionally giving way to isolated melancholy ("Crystal Ball"), which is where Felt truly shine.
    What People Don't Get: Lawrence stole Tom Verlaine's voice? Well, Felt were "named after the way Tom Verlaine enunciated the word "felt" in the Television song "Venus", after all. I'd admit that Felt takes some getting used to, which is why I'd recommend going with Absolute Classic Masterpieces to begin.
    Recommended Album: Forever Breathes the Lonely Word (1986)
    Recommended Compilation: Absolute Classic Masterpieces (1993)

    INXS
    Why They're Great: 1987's Kick alone would justify the inclusion of INXS in such a list as this, and yet I rarely ever spot that album, or any other, from the band included in any kind of definitive albums list, be it for the 80s or overall. Anyone who is looking for something to dance to, or that has an interest in 80s music, at least ought to love this. 1984's The Swing (with "Johnson's Aeroplane", one of my favorite tracks!) and 1992's Welcome to Wherever You Are are even more underrated, alas.
    What People Don't Get: The rest of their albums have scattered hits and aren't nearly as consistent as Kick. Listeners often bash the album (and band, for that matter) for sounding dated and/or mainstream...as if everything that was popular for a time must automatically be irrelevant in the present-day!
    Recommended Album: The Swing (1984), Kick (1987)
    Recommended Compilation: The Greatest Hits (1994)

    The Kinks
    Why They're Great: The Kinks deserve just as much props as the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and The Who, and yet they're not always included up on that pedestal of greatness in the same way those bands are. The Kinks could warrant a whole separate future artist feature here on AFIN, surely, so for now I'll simply say that this is music I enjoy immensely, because of Rate Davies' brilliant songwriting, and the lovely, quintessential Britishness that permeates their work.
    What People Don't Get: They have quite a large studio discography, with sharp variations of styles from album to album; compare and contrast Village Green... with Lola..., for instance! Non-UK listeners may also be non-receptive to the Britishisms of The Kinks, and may be disappointed to not hear much else like the proto-punky "You Really Got Me". Many of their best songs are scattered across albums, some of which have more filler than gems.
    Recommended Albums: Something Else by The Kinks (1967), The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968), Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround (1970)
    Recommended Compilation: The Ultimate Collection (2002)

    Orange Juice
    Why They're Great: Now, I'll admit I'm not the biggest fan of Orange Juice myself, but enough people suggested this to me to include that I figured I ought to go back and revisit their material. This band were jangle-poppers ahead of The Smiths (a band people tend to compare them with), frequently playing with a kaleidoscope of sound and a general cheeriness that makes this some of the most uplifting stuff you can expect to hear without the cheeriness getting in the way of musical quality.
    What People Don't Get: Erm...the voice?
    Recommended Albums: You Can't Hide Your Love Forever (1982), Rip it Up (1982)
    Recommended Compilation: In a Nutshell (1985)

    Silver Apples
    Why They're Great: The artists they've influenced are far better known (including Sonic Boom from Spacemen 3/Spectrum, Kraftwerk, and Suicide, a band I'll be featuring momentarily) than this genuinely strange group that came out with a psychedelic-synth sound (the melding of which had, I think it's safe to say, had not been heard before) in their first album, Silver Apples, released in 1968. Sounding like music from outer-space, with unsettling drumbeats and a warbling hum of vocals and electronics, it's little wonder this went over the heads of many and still remains a cult favorite.
    What People Don't Get: It's dang weird.
    Recommended Album: Silver Apples (1968), Contact (1969)
    Recommended Compilation: Just get the albums!

    Sparks
    Why They're Great: Oh my, where to begin...a somewhat-warped, theatrical take on glam/art-rock, with a very European feel about it all (despite the band hailing from Los Angeles) and heavy theatrics - this applies particularly to the Sparks masterpiece Kimono My House. Much zany, over-the-top silliness is to be found in the world of Sparks, in equal measure to some of the most memorable, catchy tunes you can hope to hear ("This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us", "Something For the Girl With Everything").
    What People Don't Get: They can be a bit much to take in, sometimes...?
    Recommended Album: Kimono My House (1974), Propaganda (1974), Hello Young Lovers (2006)
    Recommended Compilation: Profile: The Ultimate Sparks Collection (1991)

    Suicide
    Why They're Great:As the AMG indicates, "Although they barely receive credit, Suicide (singer Alan Vega and keyboardist Martin Rev) is the source point for virtually every synth pop duo that glutted the pop marketplace (especially in England) in the early '80s", and not only that, but they've been cited as being influential by artists as diverse as Bruce Springsteen, U2, and R.E.M. Hearing this band for the first time is probably in the topmost important moments in my musical life (and all from a Last.fm Music Advice Center recommendation!). Oddly enough, it wasn't their seminal debut album that I first heard, but their second released in 1980, and produced by The Cars' Ric Ocasek (a big-time fan of the band!).
    What People Don't Get: I. Don't. KNOW! I think, luckily, Suicide are getting their long overdue props, what with Blast First Petite's series of singles from artists, including The Horrors, Primal Scream, and Sun O))), covering Suicide in honor of Alan Vega's 70th (?!) birthday and the fact that the band are going to be playing, their 1977 album in it's entirety, live at ATP New York 2009.
    Recommended Albums: Suicide (1977), The Second Album (1980), A Way of Life (1988)
    Recommended Compilation: Get those albums! Live 1977-1978, released last year, is no place for beginners, but makes for some seriously intense listening.

    XTC
    Why They're Great: Their slow transformation from first-rate post-punk (Drums and Wires) to psychedelic-chamber pop (Skylarking), to soundtrack-esque bliss (Apple Venus Vols. 1 and 2) make XTC a truly singular entity in music.
    What People Don't Get: Inconsistent albums - you're better off beginning with a compilation for starters.
    Recommended Albums: Drums and Wires (1979), Skylarking (1986), Apple Venus Vol. 1 (1999)
    Recommended Compilation: Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992 (1996)

    Yello
    Why They're Great: As is the case with The Cars, I know about and like this band primarily due to hearing them quite a lot growing up. I am a sucker for dark, eerie electronic music, and this is what this band excelled at. Yello's music is characterized by otherworldly instrumentation, unique samples, and haunting vocals.
    What People Don't Get: It's a safe bet that the majority of people that have heard Yello and aren't into them have really only heard "Oh Yeah". If that was the only song I heard, I'm not sure that I would've gone any further. Those who have become acquainted with more material and still aren't impressed might be off-put by their hodgepodge sound-collages and arty strangeness in general, particularly on their first release Solid Pleasure. A suspicion of electronics in music may also be responsible, which I believe is a silent, widespread plague among us!
    Recommended Album: Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess (1983)
    Recommended Compilation: Yello 1980-1985: The New Mix in One Go (1986) This is truly the best place to begin with Yello; even though these are remixes, nearly all are superior to the originals, particularly "Daily Disco" and "Pinball Cha Cha".

    ...and More (thanks to the Tumblr users I polled! I still have more investigating in regards to some of these artists, particular faves of mine are bolded):
    14 Iced Bears, a-ha, Black Tambourine, Cheap Trick, The Chills, The Clean, Flamin' Groovies, The Flesh Eaters, Gallows, The Gun Club, Jazz Butcher, Joy Zipper, Magazine, Metal Urbain, Prefab Sprout, The Pretty Things, The Saints, Small Faces, Violent Femmes, Wipers, The Yardbirds
  • Recent Acquisitions

    Ago 18 2009, 15h47 por timalah

    June/July:
    The Knife - Deep Cuts
    The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
    Radio Rebelde - Dibujos Raros
    Röyksopp - Melody A.M.
    Röyksopp - Junior
    Air - The Virgin Suicides
    T.Rex - 20th century boy: the ultimate collection
    Deftones - White Pony
    Radiohead - Amnesiac
    Radiohead - OK Computer
    Radiohead - In Rainbows
    Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
    Radiohead - Pablo Honey

    August:
    The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
    Cat Power - The Greatest
    Silver Apples - Silver Apples/Contact
    Feist - The Reminder
    AT THE DRIVE-IN Acrobatic Tenement
    AT THE DRIVE-IN El Gran Orgo [EP]
    AT THE DRIVE-IN In/Casino/Out
    AT THE DRIVE-IN Vaya [EP]
    AT THE DRIVE-IN Relationship Of Command
    THE BLACK KEYS The Big Come Up
    THE BLACK KEYS The Moan [EP]
    THE BLACK KEYS Thickfreakness
    THE BLACK KEYS Rubber Factory
    THE BLACK KEYS Chulahoma [EP]
    THE BLACK KEYS Magic Potion
    THE BLACK KEYS Attack & Release
    DEFTONES Adrenaline
    DEKKER, DESMOND Black & Dekker
    DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca
    EULBERG, DOMINIK Heimische Gefilde
    FEATHERS, CHARLIE Jungle Fever
    FEVER RAY Fever Ray
    FEVER RAY When I Grow Up [single]
    FEVER RAY Triangle Walks [single]
    FEVER RAY Fever Ray
    HARVEY, PJ Rid Of Me
    THE KNIFE The Knife
    THE KNIFE Hannah Med H [soundtrack]
    THE KNIFE Silent Shout
    MANU CHAO Clandestino: Esperando La Ultima Ola...
    MANU CHAO Promxima Estación: Esperanza
    MANU CHAO La Radiolina
    THE MARS VOLTA Amputechture
    THE MARS VOLTA The Bedlam In Goliath
    MENOMENA Friend And Foe
    MUSE Showbiz
    MUSE Origin Of Symmetry
    MUSE Black Holes & Revelations
    SANTOGOLD Santogold
    SEGALL, TY Ty Segall
    SUBLIME Robbin' The Hood
    SUBLIME 40 oz. To Freedom
    ZU Carboniferous

    September

    Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...
    Portishead - Portishead
    Portishead - Roseland NYC Live
    Cat Power - What Would the Community Think
    Zero 7 - Simple Things
    Fischerspooner - #1
    PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
    Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
    Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot
    Pink Floyd - The Division Bell


    October
    Bat for Lashes - Fur And Gold
    Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
  • Chosen records II: 1960s

    Ago 17 2009, 12h48 por samueljeronimo

    - 13th Floor Elevators, The psychedelic sounds of 13th Floor Elevators (Sunspots, 1966);
    - MC5, Kick out the jams (Wrong, 1969);
    - Adriano Correia de Oliveira, O canto e as armas (Orfeu, 1969);
    - Afterglow, Afterglow (Sundazed, 1968);
    - Al Wilson, Searching for the dolphins (Soul City, 1969);
    - Alexander "Skip" Spence, Oar (Sundazed, 1969);
    - Amon Düül II, Phallus Dei (Liberty, 1969);
    - Andrew Hill, Point of departure (Blue Note, 1964);
    - Andromeda, Andromeda (Angel Air, 1969);
    - António Carlos Jobim, Wave (Polygram, 1967);
    - Arcadium, Breathe awhile (Akarma, 1969);
    - Archie Shepp, Kwanza (Impulse, 1969);
    - Argent, Argent (BSO, 1969);
    - Art, Supernatural fairy tales (Fontana, 1969);
    - Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, A night in Tunisia (EMI, 1960);
    - Arthur Brown, The crazy world of Arthur Brown (Polydor, 1967);
    - Arzachel, Arzachel (Akarma, 1969);
    - The Association, Renaissance (Collectors’ Choice Music, 1967);
    - Astrud Gilberto, Beach samba (Verve, 1967);
    - Bakerloo, Bakerloo (Akarma, 1969);
    - The Band, Music from big pink (Capitol, 1968);
    - The Band, The Band (Toshiba, 1969);
    - The Battered Ornaments, A meal we can shake hands with in the dark (Repertoire, 1969);
    - The Beach Boys, Surfin' safari (Capitol, 1962);
    - The Beach Boys, Surfer girl (Capitol, 1963);
    - The Beach Boys, Little deuce coupe (Capitol, 1963);
    - The Beach Boys, Today (Capitol, 1965);
    - The Beach Boys, Pet sounds (Capitol, 1966);
    - The Beach Boys, Smiley smile (Capitol, 1967);
    - The Beach Boys, Wild honey (Capitol, 1968);
    - The Beach Boys, Friends (Capitol, 1968);
    - The Beach Boys, 20/20 (Capitol, 1969);
    - The Beatles, A hard day’s night (Parlophone, 1964);
    - The Beatles, Help! (Parlophone, 1965);
    - The Beatles, Rubber soul (Parlophone, 1965);
    - The Beatles, Revolver (Parlophone, 1966);
    - The Beatles, Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (EMIv);
    - The Beatles, Magical mystery tour (EMI, 1967);
    - The Beatles, The Beatles (Apple, 1968);
    - The Beatles, Abbey Road (Apple, 1969);
    - Bee Gees, First (RSO, 1967);
    - Bee Gees, Horizontal (Polydor, 1968);
    - Bee Gees, Odessa (Polydor, 1969);
    - Bert Jansch, Bert Jansch (Transatlantic, 1965);
    - Big Brother & The Holding Company, Cheap thrills (Columbia, 1968);
    - Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside, 1961);
    - Bill Evans Trio, Waltz for Debby (Riverside, 1961);
    - Billy Nicholls, Would you believe (Castle, 1968);
    - Blind Faith, Blind Faith (Polydor, 1969);
    - Blodwyn Pig, Ahead rings out (BGO, 1969);
    - Blonde on Blonde, Contrasts (Sanctuary, 1969);
    - Blood, Sweat & Tears, Child is father to the man (Columbia, 1968);
    - Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia, 1969);
    - Blue Cheer, Vincebus eruptum (Universal, 1967);
    - Blue Cheer, New! Improved! (Akarma, 1969);
    - Blue Mitchell, The thing to do (Blue Note, 1964);
    - The Blues Magoos, Psychedelic lollipop (Repertoire, 1966);
    - Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1962);
    - Bob Dylan, The freewheelin´ Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1963);
    - Bob Dylan, The times they are a-changin' (Columbia, 1964);
    - Bob Dylan, Another side of Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1964);
    - Bob Dylan, Bringing it all back home (Columbia, 1965);
    - Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisted (Columbia, 1965);
    - Bob Dylan, Blonde on blonde (Columbia, 1966);
    - Bob Dylan, Nashville skyline (Columbia, 1969);
    - Bobby Hutcherson, Dialogue (Blue Note, 1965);
    - The Bonzo Dog Band, Gorilla (BGO, 1967);
    - Booker T. & The MG's, Green onions (Atlantic, 1962);
    - Brian Auger & The Trinity, Definitely what!... (Disconforme, 1969);
    - Bridget St. John, Ask me no questions (Cherry Red, 1969);
    - Buddy Emmons, Steel guitar jazz (Verve/Mercury, 1963);
    - Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield (Atco, 1966);
    - Buffalo Springfield, Again (ATCO, 1967);
    - The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia, 1965);
    - The Byrds, Turn! Turn! Turn! (Columbia, 1965);
    - The Byrds, Fifth dimension (Columbia, 1966);
    - The Byrds, Younger than yesterday (Columbia, 1967);
    - The Byrds, The notorious Byrd brothers (Columbia, 1968);
    - The Byrds, Sweetheart of the rodeo (Columbia, 1968);
    - The Byrds, Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde (Columbia, 1969);
    - The Byrds, Ballad of Easy Rider (Columbia, 1969);
    - Can, Monster movie (Spoon, 1969);
    - Canned Heat, Boogie with Canned Heat (EMI, 1968);
    - Canned Heat, Living the blues (Akarma, 1968);
    - Canned Heat, Hallelujah (BGO, 1969);
    - Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Mercy, mercy, mercy! Live at The Club (Capitol, 1967);
    - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Safe as milk (Buddah, 1967);
    - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Strictly personal (Liberty, 1968);
    - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Trout mask replica (Reprise, 1969);
    - Caravan, Caravan (Verve, 1968);
    - Charles Mingus, The black saint and the sinner lady (Impulse!, 1963);
    - Charles Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (Impulse!, 1963);
    - Charlie Haden, Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse! , 1969);
    - Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority (Columbia, 1969);
    - Chick Corea, Inner space (Atlantic, 1967);
    - Chick Corea, Sundance (Charly, 1969);
    - Chicken Shack, O.K. Ken? (Blue Horizon, 1969);
    - Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan (Capitol, 1961);
    - Clark Hutchinson, A=MH2 (Repertoire, 1969);
    - Climax Blues Band, Plays on (C-Five, 1969);
    - Clouds, The clouds scrapbook (BGO, 1969);
    - Colosseum, Those who are about to die salute you (Fontana, 1969);
    - Colosseum, Valentyne Suite (Castle, 1969);
    - Cream, Fresh cream (Polydor, 1966);
    - Cream, Disraeli gears (Polydor, 1967);
    - Cream, Wheels of fire (Polydor, 1968);
    - Creation, We are paintermen (Repertoire, 1967);
    - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy, 1968);
    - Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crosby, Stills & Nash (Atlantic, 1969);
    - David Ackles, David Ackles (Elektra, 1968);
    - David Bowie, Space oddity (EMI, 1969);
    - Davy Graham, Folk, blues & beyond... (DECCA, 1964);
    - Davy Graham, Midnight man (Fledgling, 1966);
    - Davy Graham/Shirley Collins, Folk roots, new routes (Fledg'ling UK, 1964);
    - Deep Purple, Shades of Deep Purple (EMI, 1968);
    - Deep Purple, Concerto for Group and Orchestra (Warner Bros., 1969);
    - Deep Purple, Deep Purple (EMI, 1969);
    - Deep Purple, The book of Taliesyn (EMI, 1969);
    - Dexter Gordon, Go (Blue Note, 1962);
    - Dexter Gordon, Our man in Paris (Blue Note, 1963);
    - Dizzy Gillespie, Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 1967);
    - Donald Byrd, A new perspective (Blue Note, 1963);
    - Donovan, Sunshine superman (PYE, 1966);
    - The Doors, The Doors (Elektra, 1966);
    - The Doors, Strange days (Elektra, 1967);
    - The Doors, Waiting for the sun (Elektra, 1968);
    - The Doors, The soft parade (Elektra, 1969);
    - Duke Ellington, Money jungle (Blue Note, 1962);
    - Duke Ellington/John Coltrane, Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse, 1962);
    - Duncan Browne, Give me take you (Immidiate, 1968);
    - Dusty Springfield, A girl called Dusty (Philips, 1964);
    - Dusty Springfield, Dusty (Mercury, 1964);
    - Dusty Springfield, Where am I going (Philips, 1967);
    - Dusty Springfield, The look of love (Philips, 1967);
    - Dusty Springfield, Dusty in Memphis (Mercury, 1969);
    - Earth Opera, Earth Opera (Elektra, 1968);
    - East of Eden, Mercator projected (DECCA, 1969);
    - Eire Apparent, Sunrise (Sequel, 1969);
    - The Electric Prunes, I had too much to dream (Last night) (Rhino, 1967);
    - Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera (Repertoire, 1967);
    - The End, Introspection (DECCA, 1969)
    - Eric Dolphy, Out there (Universal, 1960);
    - Eric Dolphy, Out to lunch (Blue Note, 1964);
    - Eyes of Blue, In fields of Ardath (Black Rose, 1969);
    - Fairport Convention, Fairport Convention (Polydor, 1968);
    - Fairport Convention, What we did on our holidays (Island, 1969);
    - Fairport Convention, Unhalfbricking (Island, 1969);
    - Fairport Convention, Liege & lief (Island, 1969);
    - Family, Music in a doll's house (Reprise, 1968);
    - Family, Family entertainment (See for Miles, 1969);
    - The Five Day Week Straw People, The Five Day Week Straw People (Akarma, 1968);
    - Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (Blue Horizon, 1968);
    - Fleetwood Mac, Mr.Wonderful (Blue Horizon, 1968);
    - Fleetwood Mac, English rose (Epic, 1969);
    - Fleetwood Mac, Then play on (Reprise, 1969);
    - The Flock, The Flock (Sony, 1969);
    - Forest, Forest (BGO, 1969);
    - Frank Zappa,, Absolutely free (Ryko, 1967);
    - Frank Zappa,, Lumpy gravy (Ryko, 1967);
    - Frank Zappa, Uncle Meat (Ryko, 1969);
    - Frank Zappa, Hot rats (Ryko, 1969);
    - Freddie Hubbard, Open Sesame (Blue Note, 1960);
    - Freddie Hubbard, Ready for Freddie (Blue Note, 1961);
    - Freddie Hubbard, The body & the soul (Impulse!, 1963);
    - Free, Free (A&M, 1969);
    - Free, Tons of sobs (Fontana, 1968);
    - The Fugs, The Fugs (Fugs, 1966);
    - Gene Clark, Gene Clark with The Gosdin Brothers (Columbia, 1967);
    - George Benson, It's uptown (Columbia, 1965);
    - George Benson, Shape of things to come (A&M, 1968);
    - George Benson, Giblet gravy (Verve, 1968);
    - George Harrison, Wonderwall music (Apple, 1968);
    - George Harrison, Electronic sounds (Apple, 1969);
    - George Russell Sextet, Ezz-thetics (Riverside, 1961);
    - Giles, Giles & Fripp, The cheerful insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp (DECCA, 1968);
    - Grachan Moncur III, Some other stuff (Blue Note, 1964);
    - Grant Green, Idle moments (Blue Note, 1964);
    - Grateful Dead, Anthem of the sun (Rhino, 1968);
    - Grateful Dead, Aoxomoxoa (Warner, 1969);
    - Grateful Dead, Live/Dead (Warner, 1969);
    - Hank Mobley, Soul station (Blue Note, 1960);
    - Herbie Hancock, Takin' off (Blue Note, 1962);
    - Herbie Hancock, Inventions and dimensions (Blue Note, 1963);
    - Herbie Hancock, Empyrean isles (Blue Note, 1964);
    - Herbie Hancock, Maiden voyage (Blue Note, 1965);
    - The Herd, Paradise lost (Repertoire, 1968);
    - High Tide, Sea shanties (Repertoire, 1969);
    - Holger Czukay, Canaxis (Spoon, 1969);
    - Horace Parlan, Happy frame of mind (Blue Note, 1963);
    - Horace Silver Quintet, Song for my father (Blue Note, 1964);
    - Horace Silver Quintet/J.J. Johnson, The Cap Verdean blues (Blue Note, 1965);
    - Humble Pie, As safe as yesterday is (Immediate, 1969);
    - Igginbottom, Igginbottom’s wrench (Angel Air, 1969);
    - Ike Quebec, Blue and sentimental (Blue Note, 1962);
    - Ike Quebec, It might a well be spring (Blue Note, 1964);
    - The Incredible String Band, The Incredible String Band (Elektra, 1966);
    - The Incredible String Band, 5000 spirits or the cayers of the onion (Elektra, 1967);
    - The Incredible String Band, The hangman's beautiful daughter (Elektra, 1968);
    - The Incredible String Band, The big huge (Elektra, 1968);
    - The Incredible String Band, Changing horses (Hannibal, 1969);
    - Iron Butterfly, In-a-gadda-da-vida (Atco, 1968);
    - Isaac Hayes, Hot buttered soul (Stax, 1969);
    - Jack McDuff, Down home style (Blue Note, 1969);
    - Jackie McLean, Destination out! (Blue Note, 1963);
    - Jackson C. Frank, Jackson C. Frank (Columbia, 1965);
    - Jefferson Airplane, Takes off (RCA, 1966);
    - Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic pillow (RCA, 1967);
    - Jefferson Airplane, Crown of creation (RCA, 1968);
    - Jefferson Airplane, Volunteers (RCA, 1969);
    - Jesse Colin Young, The soul of a city boy (Capitol, 1964);
    - Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are you experienced? (Polydor, 1967);
    - Jimi Hendrix Experience, Axis, bold as love (Polydor, 1967);
    - Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric ladyland (Polydor, 1968);
    - Jimmy McGriff, Electric funk (Blue Note, 1969);
    - Jimmy Smith/Wes Montgomery, The dynamic duo (Verve, 1966);
    - Joe Henderson, Page one (Blue Note, 1963);
    - Joe Henderson, Inner urge (Blue Note, 1964);
    - John Coltrane, Giant steps (Atlantic, 1960);
    - John Coltrane, Coltrane plays the blues (WEA, 1960);
    - John Coltrane, My favorite things (Audiophile, 1960);
    - John Coltrane, Africa/Brass (Impulse!, 1961);
    - John Coltrane, Olé (Atlantic, 1962);
    - John Coltrane, Impressions (Impulse!, 1963);
    - John Coltrane, Stardust (Prestige, 1963);
    - John Coltrane, A love supreme (Impulse!, 1964);
    - John Coltrane, Ascension (Impulse! , 1965);
    - John Coltrane, Meditations (Impulse!, 1966);
    - John Coltrane, A love supreme (Impulse!, 1966);
    - John Coltrane Quartet, Crescent (Impulse!, 1964);
    - John Fahey, The dance of death & other plantation favorites (Takoma, 1964);
    - John Martyn, The tumbler (Fontana, 1969);
    - John Mayall, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (DECCA, 1966);
    - John Mayall, A hard road (London, 1967);
    - John Mayall, Crusade (DECCA, 1967);
    - John Mayall, The blues alone (DECCA, 1967);
    - John Mayall, Bare wires (London, 1968);
    - John Mayall, Blues from Laurel Canyon (DECCA, 1968);
    - John McLaughlin, Extrapolation (Polygram, 1969);
    - Johnny Cash, Ride this train (Columbia, 1960).
    - Johnny Cash, Orange blossom special (Columbia, 1965);
    - Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash at Folsom prison (Columbia, 1968);
    - Johnny Winter, The progressive blues experiment (BGO, 1969);
    - Joni Mitchell, Song to a seagull (Reprise, 1968);
    - Joni Mitchell, Clouds (Reprise, 1969);
    - José Afonso, Cantares de andarilho (Movieplay, 1968);
    - Kaleidoscope, Side trips (Epic, 1967);
    - Karen Dalton, It's so hard to tell who's going to love you the best (Capitol, 1969);
    - Kenny Burrell, Midnight blue (Blue Note, 1963);
    - Kenny Dorham, Whistle stop (Blue Note, 1961);
    - Kevin Ayers, Joy of a toy (EMI, 1969);
    - King Crimson, In the court of the crimson king (EG, 1969);
    - The Kinks, Face to face (Essential, 1966);
    - The Kinks, Something else (Essential, 1967);
    - The Kinks, The Kinks are Village Green Preservation Society (Essential, 1968);
    - The Kinks, Arthur or the decline and fall of the british empire (Essential, 1969);
    - La Monte Young, The black record (Edition X, 1969);
    - Larry Young, Unity (Blue Note, 1966);
    - Laura Nyro, Eli and the thirteenth confession (Columbia, 1968);
    - Laura Nyro, New York tendaberry (Columbia, 1969);
    - Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic, 1969);
    - Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II (Atlantic, 1969);
    - Lee Morgan, The sidewinder (Blue Note, 1963);
    - Lee Morgan, In search of the new land (Blue Note, 1964);
    - Leonard Cohen, Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia, 1968);
    - Leonard Cohen, Songs from a room (Columbia, 1969);
    - Love, Da Capo (Elektra, 1966);
    - Love, Forever changes (Elektra, 1967);
    - The Lovin' Spoonful, Daydream (Buddah, 1966);
    - The Lovin' Spoonful, Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful (Buddah, 1966);
    - Lucky Thompson Quartet, Lucky strikes (Prestige, 1964);
    - Luiz Bonfá, Plays and sings Bossa Nova (Verve, 1963);
    - The Mamas & The Papas, If you can believe your eyes and ears (Dunhill, 1966);
    - Manfred Mann, The five faces of Manfred Mann (EMI, 1964);
    - The Meters, The Meters (Sundazed, 1969);
    - Miles Davis, Someday my prince will come (Columbia, 1961);
    - Miles Davis, ’Round about midnight (Columbia, 1962);
    - Miles Davis, E.S.P. (Columbia, 1965);
    - Miles Davis, Miles smiles (Columbia, 1966);
    - Miles Davis, In Berlin (Sony BMG, 1966);
    - Miles Davis, Filles de Kilimanjaro (Columbia, 1968);
    - Miles Davis, Nefertiti (Columbia, 1968);
    - Miles Davis, In a silent way (Columbia, 1969);
    - Moby Grape, Moby Grape (Sundazed, 1967);
    - The Monks, Black monk time (Repertoire, 1966);
    - The Moody Blues, Days of future passed (DECCA, 1967);
    - The Moody Blues, In search of the lost chord (DECCA, 1968);
    - The Moody Blues, To our children's children's children (DECCA, 1969);
    - The Mothers of Invention, Freak out! (Rykodisc, 1966);
    - The Mothers of Invention, We're only in it for the money (Verve, 1968);
    - The Move, The Move (Repertoire, 1968);
    - Music Emporium, Music Emporium (Sundazed, 1969);
    - The Music Machine, Turn on (Repertoire, 1966);
    - Os Mutantes, Os Mutantes (Omplatten, 1969);
    - Nazz, Nazz (Castle, 1968);
    - Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Everybody knows this is nowhere (Reprise, 1969);
    - The Nice, The thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (Immediate, 1967);
    - The Nice, Ars longa vita brevis (Immediate, 1968);
    - The Nice, The Nice (Essential, 1969);
    - Nick Drake, Five leaves left (Island, 1969);
    - Nico, Chelsea girl (Verve, 1967);
    - Nico, The marble index (Sundazed, 1968);
    - Nirvana (UK), All of us (Island, 1968);
    - Open Mind, Open Mind (Philips, 1969);
    - Ornette Coleman Double Quartet, Free jazz (Atlantic, 1961);
    - Oscar Peterson Trio, Night train (Verve, 1962);
    - Otis Redding, The soul album (Stax/Volt, 1966);
    - Otis Redding, Dock of the bay (Atco, 1968);
    - Paul Desmond, Bossa Antigua (BMG, 1964);
    - Pearls Before Swine, One nation underground (ESP-Disk, 1967);
    - The Pentangle, Basket of light (Sanctuary, 1969);
    - The Pentangle, The Pentangle (Transatlantic, 1968);
    - The Pentangle, Sweet child (Transatlantic, 1968);
    - Peter, Paul & Mary, See what tomorrow brings (Warner Bros. , 1965);
    - Pharoah Sanders, Karma (Impulse! , 1969);
    - Pierre Henry, Le voyage, d'après le livre des morts tibétain (ECM, 1962);
    - Pierre Henry, Messe de Liverpool (Philips, 1967);
    - Pierre Henry, Messe pour le temps présent (Philips, 1967);
    - Pink Floyd, The piper at the gates of dawn (EMI, 1967);
    - Pink Floyd, A saucerful of secrets (EMI, 1968);
    - Pink Floyd, More (EMI, 1969);
    - Pink Floyd, Ummagumma (EMI, 1969);
    - The Pretty Things, S.F. Sorrow (Snapper, 1969);
    - Procol Harum, A whiter shade of pale (Repertoire, 1967);
    - Procol Harum, Shine on brightly (Repertoire, 1968);
    - Procol Harum, A salty dog (Repertoire, 1968);
    - Pussy, Pussy plays (Edsel, 1969);
    - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Happy trails (Repertoire, 1969);
    - Ravi Shankar/Yehudi Menuhin, West meets east (Angel, 1967);
    - Renaissance, Renaissance (Island, 1969);
    - Robert Johnson, King of the delta blues singers (Columbia, 1961);
    - The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones (England's newest hitmakers) (Abkco, 1964);
    - The Rolling Stones, 12 X 5 (London Records, 1964);
    - The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones N°2 (DECCA, 1965);
    - The Rolling Stones, Now! (Abkco, 1965);
    - The Rolling Stones, Out of our heads (Abkco, 1965);
    - The Rolling Stones, December's Children (And everybody's) (London Records, 1965);
    - The Rolling Stones, Aftermath (DECCA, 1966);
    - The Rolling Stones, Between the buttons (Abkco, 1967);
    - The Rolling Stones, Their satanic majesties request (Abkco, 1967);
    - The Rolling Stones, Beggars banquet (DECCA, 1968);
    - The Rolling Stones, Let it bleed (Abkco, 1969);
    - Roy Harper, Sophisticated beggar (Sundown, 1967);
    - Sam Rivers, Contours (Blue Note, 1965);
    - The Savage Rose, In the plain (Polydor, 1969);
    - Scott Walker, Scott (Fontana, 1967);
    - Scott Walker, Scott 2 (Fontana, 1968);
    - Scott Walker, Scott 3 (Fontana, 1969);
    - Scott Walker, Scott 4 (Fontana, 1969);
    - Silver Apples, Silver Apples (MCA, 1968);
    - Simon & Garfunkel, Sounds of silence (Columbia, 1966);
    - Simon & Garfunkel, Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme (Columbia, 1966);
    - Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends (Columbia, 1968);
    - Skin Alley, Skin Alley (Akarma, 1969);
    - Sonny Rollins, The bridge (RCA, 1962);
    - The Small Faces, The Small Faces (DECCA, 1966);
    - The Small Faces, From the beginning (DECCA, 1967);
    - The Small Faces, Ogden's nut gone flake (EMI, 1968);
    - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Make it happen (Motown, 1963);
    - Soft Machine, Soft Machine (Probe, 1968);
    - Soft Machine, Volume Two (One Way, 1969);
    - Spirit, Spirit (Epic Legacy, 1968);
    - Spirit, The family that plays together (Ode, 1969);
    - Spooky Tooth, It's all about (Edsel, 1968);
    - Spooky Tooth/Pierre Henry, Ceremony, An electronic mass (Edsel, 1969);
    - Stan Getz, Getz Au Go Go (Verve, 1964);
    - Stan Getz/João Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto (Verve, 1963);
    - Status Quo, Picturesque matchstickable messages from the Status Quo (Essential, 1968);
    - Status Quo, Spare parts (Sanctuary, 1968);
    - Steve Miller Band, Children of the future (Capitol, 1968);
    - Steve Miller Band, Sailor (Capitol, 1968);
    - Stevie Wonder, For once in my life (Tamla Motown, 1968);
    - Stevie Wonder, My cherie amour (Tamla Motown, 1969);
    - The Stooges, The Stooges (WEA, 1969);
    - Strawberry Alarm Clock, Incense and peppermints (Big Beat, 1967);
    - Tea & Symphony, An asylum for the musically insane (Si-Wan, 1969);
    - The Temptations, Cloud nine (Tamla Motown, 1969);
    - Terry Riley, Reed streams (Mass Arts, 1966);
    - Terry Riley, A rainbow in curved air (Columbia, 1967);
    - Thelonious Monk, Monk's dream (Columbia, 1962);
    - Thelonious Monk, Big band and quartet in concert (Columbia, 1964);
    - Thelonious Monk, Straight, no chaser (Columbia, 1967);
    - Thelonious Monk, Underground (Columbia, 1968);
    - Them, The angry young Them (DECCA, 1965);
    - Them, Them again (DECCA, 1966);
    - Tim Buckley, Tim Buckley (Elektra, 1966);
    - Tim Buckley, Goodbye and hello (Elektra, 1967);
    - Tim Buckley, Happy sad (Elektra, 1969);
    - Tim Hardin, 1 (Verve, 1966);
    - Tina Brooks, True blue (Blue Note, 1960);
    - Tom Rush, Circle game (Elektra, 1968);
    - Townes Van Zandt, Our mother the mountain (Tomato, 1969);
    - Townes Van Zandt, Townes van Zandt (Tomato, 1969);
    - Traffic, Mr Fantasy (Island, 1967);
    - Traffic, Last exit (Fontana, 1969);
    - Tyrannosaurus Rex, My people were Fair and had sky in their hair... (A&M, 1967);
    - Tyrannosaurus Rex, Prophets, seers & sages, the angels of the ages (A&M, 1968);
    - Tyrannosaurus Rex, Unicorn (A&M, 1969);
    - Ultimate Spinach, Ultimate Spinach (Akarma, 1968);
    - Ultimate Spinach, Behold & see (Akarma, 1968);
    - Ultimate Spinach, Ultimate Spinach III (Akarma, 1969);
    - The United States of America, The United States of America (Edsel, 1968);
    - Van der Graaf Generator, The aerosol grey machine (Fontana, 1969);
    - Van der Graaf Generator, The least we can do is wave to each other (Virgin, 1969);
    - Van Morrison, Blowin' your mind! (Epic/Legacy, 1967);
    - Van Morrison, Astral weeks (Warner Bros. , 1968);
    - Vanilla Fudge, Vanilla Fudge (Atco, 1967);
    - Vanilla Fudge, Near the beginning (Repertoire, 1969);
    - The Velvet Underground, White light/White heat (Polydor, 1968);
    - The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground (Polydor, 1969);
    - The Velvet Underground/Nico, The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve/MGM, 1967);
    - Wayne Shorter, Speak no evil (Blue Note, 1964);
    - Wayne Shorter, Schizophrenia (Blue Notev);
    - White Noise, An electric storm (Island, 1969);
    - The Who, My generation (Brunswick, 1965);
    - The Who, A quick one (Reaction, 1966);
    - The Who, The Who sell out (MCA, 1967);
    - The Who, Tommy (Polydor, 1969);
    - Wooden O, A handful of pleasant delites (Akarma, 1969).
    - Xhol Caravan, Electrip (Garden of Delights, 1969);
    - The Yardbirds, For your love, heart full of soul & others (Sunspots, 1965);
    - The Yardbirds, Roger the engineer (Warner Bros., 1966);
    - The Yardbirds, Little games (EMI, 1967);
    - Yes, Yes (Atlantic, 1969);
    - The Youngbloods, Elephant Mountain (Edsel, 1969);
    - The Zombies, Odessey & oracle (Repertoire, 1967).
  • Three: Art & text [Thurston Moore, Robert Pollard, Mission of Burma, Chris Knox, The…

    Jul 20 2009, 19h08 por pennyante



    Penny-Ante is proud to announce our third book installment, properly titled Three, featuring interviews, art, short stories, photography, and more by the likes of such indie icons as:

    Billy Bragg, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Roger Miller (Mission of Burma), Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices), Ian MacKaye (Dischord, Fugazi, Minor Threat), Jad Fair (Half Japanese), Mick Farren (The Deviants), Billy Childish (Thee Headcoats), Chris Knox (Tall Dwarfs, Toy Love, The Enemy, The Nothing), Martin Phillips (The Chills), Rob Roberge (Urinals), Silver Apples, Bettina Koster (Malaria!), Sean Bonniwell (The Music Machine), Martin Newell (Cleaners from Venus), Mark C (Live Skull, Int'l Shades), Sharon Cheslow (Chalk Circle), Helios Creed (Chrome), and Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, Partyline).

    Such indie luminaries are met with today's current leaders in music: Phil Elverum (Mt Eerie, Microphones), Matt Valentine (MV/EE), Cassie Ramone (Vivian Girls), John Dwyer (Thee Oh Sees), Honey Owens (Valet), Joe DeNardo (Growing), Wynne Greenwood (Tracy & the Plastics), Finland's CIRCLE, Matt Maust (Cold War Kids), Arrington de Dionyso (Old Time Relijun), Pocahaunted, Robedoor, Sumi Ink Club (aka Lucky Dragons), George Chen (KIT), Stephen McCarty (Dead Meadow), Spires That in the Sunset That Rise, Lora Norton (The Chuck Dukowski Sextet), Naked on the Vague, TV Ghost, Loto Ball (of Loto Ball Show), and Christopher Ilth (Daily Void).


    Also featured: Artists Terence Koh, Maya Hayuk, Julian Hoeber, Gregory Jacobsen, Dawn Kasper, Jed Ochmanek, Liz Haley, Mathew Cerletty, Hanna Liden, Maria Joan Dixon, and writers Larry Fondation (Harvard Business Review, Fiction International, Flaunt), Bett Williams (Out Magazine, Frontiers Magazine), Andrew Pogany (Flaunt), Steven Salardino, Jason Diamond (Impose Magazine, Heeb), and Jason Burke Sutter to only name a few.




    320 pages, squarebound book, in color.

    First 2,000 orders come with a FREE CD featuring music from contributors: Jad Fair, Robert Pollard, Billy Childish, Chris Knox, Bettina Koster, Loto Ball Show, Growing, Naked on the Vague, Lucky Dragons, Robedoor, TV Ghost, Int'l Shades.

    Plus unreleased tracks from Phil Elverum, Book #2 contributors The Moon Upstairs, Book #2 contributor (Quasi's) Sam Coomes' new music project with Spencer Seim of Hella called Crock, and a previously unreleased track from The Chills.



    Preorder are available now here:
    http://www.penny-ante.net/

    Direct link to Three:
    http://www.penny-ante.net/three.html

    (Orders will ship starting August 1st)










    Thurston MooreSonic YouthBilly BraggRoger MillerMission of BurmaRobert PollardGuided by VoicesBoston SpaceshipsIan MacKayeEgg HuntFugaziMinor ThreatJad FairHalf JapaneseMick FarrenThe DeviantsChris KnoxToy LoveTall DwarfsThe EnemyThe NothingThe ChillsBettina KosterMalaria!UrinalsSilver ApplesThe Music MachineCleaners from venus\Live SkullInt'l ShadesHelios CreedChromeBratmobilePhil ElverumMt. EerieThe MicrophonesMicrophonesBilly ChildishThee HeadcoatsMatt ValentineTower RecordingsMV/EEMV & EEMV & EE with the Bummer RoadVivian GirlsThee Oh SeesCoachwhipsValetGrowingTracy + the PlasticsCircleCold War KidsArrington De DionysoOld Time RelijunPocahauntedRobedoorSpires That in the Sunset RiseLucky DragonsDaily VoidNaked on the VagueTV GhostGrowingKITDead MeadowThe Chuck Dukowski SextetThe Moon UpstairsHellaQuasi Cleaners From VenusThe Cleaners from Venus
  • Rawk'n'Roll :: STRDTE 100509

    Mai 11 2009, 12h14 por aeonbeat

  • Laibachkunstderfuge in Helsinki, Finland

    Fev 19 2009, 23h57 por Cthulhu-fi

    So, Laibach came to town.

    Two years have passed since their last appearance. Back then they performed Volk in its entirety. The crowd was split over the more poppish Laibach (they did perform their traditional stompin' hits after a short break), and this time wasn't any different. Now we were confronted by LaiBach. But I guess the signs were out there. To quote Laibach themselves: "We are no humble pop musicians [...] and we're not here to please you." And that's exactly what they did. Flanked by two Moog-synths, laptops, a keyboard and a synth-drumkit, they played the whole Laibachkunstderfuge live - and might I note nothing else - while two video projectors livened up the visual side. It was the most low-key performance I've seen from them so far. Even their charismatic frontman Milan Fras' absence was felt. Not that I fault them for those. It just underlines their philosophy to confound and confront their audiences, whoever they might be.

    I was well aware of their Bach interpretation beforehand, but the concert was my first actual experience of it. I've liked Laibach's previous reworkings of classical works, for example MacBeth and parts of Krst pod Triglavom: Baptism in Opus Dei. While those were bombasticly pomp, this was a somber work in comparison. Speaking of comparisons, Laibachkunstderfuge has drawn many with Wendy Carlos, but I think it goes deeper than that. I hear bits and pieces of new age synth - as it was called back then, since most artists were hippies - the likes of Kraftwerk (which they've acknowledged years ago), Tangerine Dream, Bruce Haack, Silver Apples and the likes - most of whom had classical music training backgrounds. Coincidence?

    It also brings up memories of when I first started listening to serious electronic music in my youth with the likes of Computer Music Series I borrowed from the local library. Even if most were just over-the-head stuff for me back then, it was a start of a deep affection for abstract electronic music, so Laibachkunstderfuge was pretty much down my (memory) lane.

    High art from Laibach, then. Like I might have pointed out earlier, I'm not allergic to it, so I was able to enjoy the offering. One would question however Tavastia's selection as the venue of choice: People don't usually stand around in a concert hall while listening, not to mention having a bar open during performances. (Unless they privatized music halls lately.) Whatever the circumstances were, hopefully a better venue is found next time Laibach offers something else than just circus acts and bread for the masses.
  • Jeffrey Lewis's A History of Punk on the Lower East Side

    Fev 5 2009, 16h09 por stalactite

    One of my very favourite songs is Jeffrey Lewis's The History of Punk on the Lower East Side. From the early folk compiler Harry Smith through to New York Dolls he brilliantly runs through the story of the development of the music that eventually led to punk with little renditions of some of the standout tracks.

    Here I've set out Jeff's words and included a download of as many of the songs or songs by the artists mentioned as I can - including, of course, a download of A History of Punk on the Lower East Side itself. Check out Jeff's site here


    "OK. This is August 26th 2004. We’re gonna try and go through this in one live take.
    The Complete History of the Development of Punk on New York's Lower East Side from 1950 to 1975.
    We start with Harry Smith in 1950, a beatnik weirdo living in New York City
    His huge collections were insane, of Easter eggs and paper airplanes
    And rare records, he had around a million and sixty
    to change America through music was his hope
    and to make some money because he was broke
    he compiled a triple decker collection of songs from his records
    released as the Smithsonian anthology of American folk
    ....... On Monday morning just about 9 o 'clock the great ship Titanic began to reel and rock husbands and wives, little children lost their lives wasn't it sad, wasn't it sad, when that great ship went down?
    >>> there's downloads here of a following tracks either featured on Harry Smith's Anthology or by artists featured :
    Dock Boggs - TocarCountry Blues
    Carter Family - Worried Man Blues
    Richard 'Rabbit' Brown - James Alley Blues
    Buell Kazee - TocarThe Butcher's Boy (The Railroad Boy)

    Smith's plan began to work as foretold.
    This weird music began to take hold
    that sparked an interest in these forms of life underground from the norm
    and soon millions of folk records were being sold.
    By the early sixties, Dylan ,Baez, Phil Ochs
    were doing intellectualized copies of the old folks
    get downloads here of:
    Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm live Newport Folk Festival 1965 - 1st electric performance
    Joan Baez - Dona Dona
    Phil Ochs - Cops of the World
    Then one strange folk band downtown called The Holy Modal Rounders
    Began to make it more anarchistic, with weird voices and drug jokes.
    ..... Mom's out there switchin in the kitchen and Dad's in the living room, fussin' and a-bitchin' I'm out here, kickin' the gong for euphoria Euphoria - when your mind starts reelin' and a-walkin' Inside voices start squealin and a-squawkin' Floatin around on a belladonna cloud. singin' euphoria.
    there's a download of the Holy Modal Rounders - Boobs A Lot here

    In '64 that was, then in '65, Lou Reed and John Cale in a Ludlow Street dive
    Had a similar musical spin, also on acoustic guitar and violin
    with even more New York street drug jive
    ..... Hey white boy, what ya doing uptown Hey white boy, you chasin' our women around? 'Pa-pa-pardon me sir, nothing could be further from my mind Im just waiting for a dear dear friend of mine Im waiting for the man'

    In '65 the Rounders met other beatnik intellectuals thugs on East 10th Street
    who call themselves The Fugs
    In April, they were recorded by Harry Smith doing the punkiest songs yet to exist
    Lo-fi noisy shit about poetry, sex and drugs
    . ....I don't have a bad time, I don't need to cum for I have become an amphetamine bum. If you don't like sleeping, and don't want to screw then you should take lots of amphetamine too.
    downloads of Fugs - Nameless Voices Crying for Kindness and Fugs - I want To Know here

    Smith recorded two live Fug sessions including Tuli Kupferberg's amazing nihilist song Nothing
    ..... Monday nothing, Tuesday nothing Wednesday and Thursday nothing Friday for a change a little more nothing Saturday once more nothing Fucking nothing, sucking nothing Flesh and sex, nothing Church and Times Square, a whole lot of nothing Nothing, nothing, nothing
    The Fugs were real poets with real topics to speak out
    and through the underground scene this crude music could leak out
    Beginning the punk idea that anyone could do it
    without need much musical ability to it
    and this new crude music was labeled Freak Out
    In '66 The Fugs signed to New York label Esp
    The same label put out a band called The Godz, with a 'Z'
    The Godz accomplished the feat of making even The Fugs music sound sweet
    With the least musical folk-rock racket in history
    ..... mrrrrr---ow meow

    downloads of Godz - Riffin' and Godz - Where? here
    Far from the West Coast hippy scene, New York underground music was far from mainstream
    It was intellectual but noisy and hectic, and then The Velvet Underground went electric
    and made folk-punk even more beautiful and more extreme
    ..... I'm waiting for the man, twenty-six dollars in my hand Up to Lexington 125, feel sick and dirty more dead than alive Im waiting for the man.

    download Velvet Underground - Waitin' For My Man (from lost 1966 “demo”/acetate version of the their first album) here

    Nothing could stem New York’s strange folk-punk tide
    In '68 came David Peel and The Lower East Side
    He recorded an album on the streets, screaming and sloppy
    Danny Fields signed him to Electra
    sold almost a million copies
    With songs like "I like marijuana"
    and "Up Against the Wall, Motherfucker" inside
    ..... Mother, where is my father? Where is my brother? They're at war, theyre at war. You made them join the dirty U.S. Army You told them all a filthy white lie You gave them all the bullshit and baloney And now my brother and my father are gonna have to die

    Strangest of all on East 10th Street in '68
    where the duo Silver Apples, who managed to create
    two futuristic albums of noise, rhythm and poetry
    creative to the point of underground obscurity
    it doesn't sound like punk or anything else but it sounds great
    .... Isolation Isolation (?) Electronic evocation The sounds of reality Spinning magnetic fluctuation Wave on wave configuration that dance between the balls of sound And find my world to saw (?)

    The Stooges were a Freak Out band
    in Detroit and folks ignored them
    until Danny Fields brought them to New York
    and had John Cale from the Velvets record them
    Almost all acid rock was turning into progressive
    The Stooges, instead, pushed the raw and aggressive
    And Iggy Pop sang about degradation and boredom
    .... Well 1969 okay, all across the USA Another year for me and you Another year with nothing to do another year for me and you Another year with nothing to do

    In 1970, David Peel's second album came
    with some amazing songs and some a little lame
    In most pre-punk histories, Peel gets forgot
    coz he was a hippy singing songs about pot
    but his second album was the first album
    with the real sound that electric punk rock became
    ..... We are from the Lower East Side We dont give a damn if we live or die We are from the Lower East Side We dont give a damn if we live or die

    And even though it was seven years before
    it was something The Clash would do
    Peel mixed punk with reggae
    and the amazing song "I Want To Kill You"
    ..... We call the people of the future generation You call the people in a world of aggregation You call the people in a life of demonstration We gotta change the world before annihilation Gonna get a rifle and I'm gonna get a gun I am out to kill you and I'll have a little fun I am out to murder you, I'm going to attack I'm going kill you Your the monkey on my back I wanna kill you Kill, Kill, Kill I wanna kill you Kill, Kill, Kill

    >>> here's the Clash covering the classic Pressure Drop

    In '71, Lester Bangs first writes the word 'punk'
    to describe '60s enthusiastic teenage rock junk
    72, Lenny Kaye puts out the '60s Garage comp. Nuggets
    and coins the phrase 'punk-rock' in the liner notes of it
    Though punk-rock would soon come to mean something different
    from what Lester and Lenny thunk
    (They meant raw 60s punk songs)
    ..... I feel depressed, I feel so bad Coz your the best girl that I've ever had I can't get your love, I can't get affection O little girl, psychotic reaction

    Lenny Kaye was also a guitarist who began playing music
    with an East Side poet named Patti Smith who would use it
    to mix wild poetry with simple rock stuff
    like The Fugs in a way, but less rough
    A postmodern way to take high art and low art and fuse it
    ..... Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine
    Gloria
    >>> you probably have just about everything by our Patti so I stuck this of her doing a Poem for Jim Morrison and Bumblebee here
    72, '73 was when the New York Dolls start
    mixing trash and drag fashion
    with a pure rock and roll heart
    That David Johansen and Johnny Thunders sound
    mixed old-style simple rock
    with the new New York underground
    And sorta defined the moment when
    stupid on purpose became the new smart
    ..... You're a prima ballerina on a springtime afternoon
    Change on into a wolfman howlin at the moon
    All about that TocarPersonality Crisisyou got it while it was hot
    But now frustration and heartache is what you got
    download New York Dolls - Personality Crisis here

    The Lower East Side began punk fashion as well
    with ripped clothes and spiked hair
    worn by a poet named Richard Hell
    Hell was in Television, The Neon Boys
    The Heartbreakers, The Voidoids
    And he wrote the song that gave the new
    70s punk generation it's first anthem yell
    ..... I was screamin get me out of here before I was even born, it's such a gamble when you get a face
    It's fascinating to observe what the mirror does but when I die it's for the wall that I set a place
    I belong to the blank generation but I can take it or leave it each time I belong to the _______ generation but I can take it or leave it each time

    Richard Hell - Don't Die here

    74, CBGB's starts having punk shows
    With Television, Patti Smith and The Ramones

    Jemima Pearl & Thurston Moore - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker here

    75, punk fanzine begins and the whole thing moves over to England
    England steals all the credit
    That's how it goes
    The End
    This is Jeffrey Lewis, Jack Lewis, our friend Tyler
    Thank you "
  • Extended Playlist 260109 - www.2ser.com 107.3FM

    Jan 27 2009, 1h00 por Lars_ollo

    Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - Departure
    (“NYC” - 2008, Domino)

    Silver Apples - You And I
    (“Contact” - 1969, Kapp)

    Giant Paw - Alarm Clock
    (“The Stars Are Ours” - 2009, Feral Electronics)

    Kevin Blechdom - Interspecies Love
    (“I Heart Presets” EP - 2002, Tigerbeat6)

    Aboriginal Voices - Le jour l'ennuie
    (“Aboriginal Voices” 12inchEP - 1982, R.F.)

    Know-U - Like Horse For Comfort
    (“Kabuto” 12inchEP - 2008, Frequency Lab) #

    Harmonic 313 - No Way Out
    (“When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence” - 2008, Warp)

    Silver Bone Tone - When It Runs Out
    (“Current Climate” demo - 2008) #

    Grace Jones - Devil In My Life
    (“Hurricane” - 2008, Wall Of Sound)

    Ursula Bogner - Punkte (recorded 1984)
    (“Recordings 1969-1988” - 2008, Faitiche)

    Liebe ist cool - Schäfchen zählen
    (“Du und ich” - 2003, self-released)

    Psapp - Fix It
    (“The Camel's Back” - 2008, Domino)

    Coconot - Polen Muchacha!
    (“Cosa Astral” - 2008, Bcore/Mistletone)

    Gang Gang Dance - Vacuum
    (“Saint Dymphna” - 2008, Warp)

    Mira Calix - Roundabout (feat. The Young Danish String Quartet)
    (“The Elephant In The Room: 3 Commissions” - 2008, Warp)

    Robbie Avenaim - Bodyrocking
    (“Rhythmic Movement Disorder” - 2008, Room 40) #

    Susumu Yokota - Suture (feat. Casper Clausen & Anna brønsted)
    (“Mother” - 2009, Lo)

    WOW - Future Ghost (pink frost Remix)
    (“No Aspirations + Remixes” - 2008, Levity) #


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  • "Born To Be Precious" Metal Special - Extended Playlist 120109 - www.2ser.com 107.3FM

    Jan 13 2009, 4h25 por Lars_ollo

    This week we open the doors to our secret METAL workshop. Busy hammer sickle anvil clang clang!
    Think iron filings and silver linings, think lead feet and SOLID GOLD!

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    More themes at your leisure, please, to extendedplay@2ser.com.
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    Die Krupps - Stahlwerksinfonie
    (“Stahlwerksinfonie” 12inch - 1981, Zick Zack)

    Monkey - Iron Rod
    (“Journey To The West” - 2008, XL)

    Kelpe - Silver Nutkin
    (“Ex-Aquarium” - 2008, D.C.)

    Qua - Silver Red 2
    (“Silver Red” - 2008, Someone Good) #

    Die Welttraumforscher - Herz aus Blei
    (“Gold vom tiefen Himmel” - 1993, Monif)

    Stereolab - Golden Atoms
    (“Aluminium Tunes” 2xCD - 1998, Warp) (recorded 1995)

    Silver Apples - A Pox On You
    (“Contact” - 1969, Kapp)

    Mikkel Metal - Pheno
    (“Cassini Pieces” web release - 2004, Thinner)

    Thomas Fehlmann - Goldhaar
    (“Lowflow” - 2004, Plug Research)

    Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish
    (“Los Angeles” - 2008, Warp)

    T.Raumschmiere - Pedal To The Metal (feat. gene serene)
    (“I Tank U” - 2008, Shitkatapult)

    Cabaret Voltaire - Golden Halos
    (“The Covenant, The Sword And The Arm Of The Lord” - 1985, Virgin)

    The Flaming Lips - The Wizard Turns On…The Giant Silver Flashlight And Puts On His Werewolf Moccasins
    (“At War With The Mystics” - 2006, Warner Bros.)

    DJ Ironbelly - Ironstep
    (“Amped” web release - 2008, Dubmatix)

    High Places - Golden
    (“High Places” - 2008, ThrillJockey)

    Isolée - Schrapnell
    (“We Are Monster” - 2005, Playhouse)

    LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
    (“Sound Of Silver” - 2007, DFA)

    Holger Hiller - Ein Hoch auf das Bügeln
    (“Ein Bündel Fäulnis in der Grube” - 1984, Ata Tak)

    Einstürzende Neubauten - Stahlversion
    (“80-83 Strategien gegen Architekturen” - 1983, Mute)


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