Bei Rewe lernst du, warum du stolz sein kannst, Deutscher zu sein . Mein Gott ja, Ich habe die Sticker bei Rewe auch gesehen. Daraus so eine dicke Nummer zu schrauben ist dann auch wieder typisch deutsch. Mein Deutschland, das geht ja schon mal gar nicht. Und stolz? Nöö. Deutschland ist nämlich scheiße. Gestern und heute. Morgen wird das Pissnelkenland abgeschafft. Wir wissen jetzt also das der Schreiber bei Vice Deutschland viel Arbeit (hey, sogar Fotos) investiert hat um uns mitzuteilen das er jetzt nicht mehr so gerne bei Reve einkauft, er nicht im mindestens stolz ist ein [...]
The Comsat Angels continue to be one of the most underrated of the crop of post-punk bands who would come to typify the icy detachment and morose beauty of fell under the "goth" banner (i.e. legends such as The Cure, Bauhaus, Siouxsie And The Banshees as well as similarly underrated brethren like The Chameleons and The Sound); their first three albums (re-issued lovingly in the 2000's after years out-of-print by the Renascent label, but now again maddeningly unavailable) are all essential, with their sophomore opus Sleep No More standing as easily one of the most audacious [...]
Anyone reading out there remotely as interested in Post-Punk and New Wave as I am will surely fall hard for these guys. The Comsat Angels were an early 802s band from Sheffield and Doncaster, England, active from 1978 to 1995. Basically, I got into the these guys after listening to The Chameleons first album and making a love for life. I wanted more of that deep, big post-punk sound they were pushing, and I heard that 'Sleep No More' by the Comsat Angels was a similar listen. It's an instant classic. They range from underpolished proto-post-punk [...]
Listening to White Laces first full length Moves, I get the feeling that the band took a step back and and decided to take a slightly different approach. The album isn't hugely different from their previous singles and EP's. It just seems like they are intentionally restraining themselves. Forcing themselves to explore new ideas. We already know they conjure storming crescendos in their songs, but how do they do without the payload of a huge crashing chorus? White Laces still retain their big sound, but bring in some prog elements to make [...]
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Future Unlimited decided to celebrate the Fourth of July not by drinking excessively and barbecuing in their backyard (although it's entirely possible they could have been doing that), but rather by covering The Comsat Angels, one of the band's biggest influences. Their cover of " Sleep No More ," like any good cover, stays true to the original, but in this case, the Nashville duo give the synth-punk track a more dreamy overhaul. Utilizing warm, ambient synths and a percussive set with more of a punch, Samuel D'Amelio and Dave Miller turn the song into four-and-a-half minutes of [...]
While most of us celebrated 'Merica yesterday, Nashville synth-pop duo Future Unlimited used the holiday to pay tribute to one of their biggest influences with a cover of The Comsat Angels' "Sleep No More" . The pair's version is far more shimmery and romantic, utilizing loads of space/ambiance and warm synths for a sultry dream-pop take on the original's post-punk crunch. Stream it below. The pairs'Â debut self-titled EP is out now.
Nashville based Indie-ElectroPoppers Future Unlimited , released one of the surprise EPs of the year. The highlight of their EP, EP , being Golden, an uplifting ElectroPop anthem that got lots of play âround these parts. While we are waiting for a new release the guys have recorded a cover version of Sheffield Post-Punk band The Comsat Angels â 1981 classic Sleep No More . Future Unlimitedâs take on the tune is a breezy Dreamwave opus. Rich and spacious, Sleep No More retains a little of the Post-Punk feel to it, and [...]
Band'its At Ten O'clock is another 101 release that came out the same year as Live Letters . Unlike that album, this record is a collection of studio cuts and not live records. But it's equally, if not more so, impressive and well worth the listen today. The Scene All People Go Mad You like mod music? These guys sure did. This album came out in 1980, but this song sounds like it was ripped straight out of the late-60s. Great stuff, very [...]
From all the way back in 1983 come the Comsat Angels. Another of those middle-ranking, Northern post-punk bands. This track is probably their best known and the choppy guitar is the star. Comsat Angels - Independence Day The version above is the album version. Here's the single version from two years earlier: Buy http://www.comsatangels.net/
One of the more underrated movies of the 802s has to be Real Genius . Â And this song, from the soundtrack, is pure gold. Â Plus the movie includes val kilmer as a teen, giant lasers, and turning your dorm into an ice rink. Â Bonus. The Comsat Angels - I'm Falling (MP3) Happy friday. ( thnx qutter )
Baller. This week's song is from the original soundtrack of the 1985 classic Real Genius . Win for finding the CED cover for it. CEDs were conceived in 1964 by RCA , but their production was stalled for 17 years until 1981. This led to the CED being beaten out by the DiscoVision (LaserDisc) and emerging Betamax and VHS videocassette formats. Retro technology is everything in 2011. At any rate, here's the track. The Comsat Angels: "I'm Falling:" Also, here's a bonus gem from the movie for your [...]
Remodel From: London, United Kingdom With a sound that would have been de riguer when the Jam were at the peak of their powers or at the height of the Oasis -v- Blur wars, London four piece Remodel are perfectly named. In 2010 they sound like a relic of a different age, an age when British bands knew how to write intelligent pop/punk songs that engage the brain and stir the blood. Unfortunately it's a sound that seems doomed to gather dust [...]
Eine Coverversion ist kein Zitat oder Plagiat, sondern der Versuch einer Neuinterpretation. Geht nach meiner Einschätzung all zu oft gründlich schief. Das Orginal ist selten zu toppen, aber es gelingt dennoch. Beispiele einer schönen Coverversion gibt es, und sie werden unregelmässig in meiner Radiosendung vorgestellt. Von wem ist das Orginal? Ein Frage, die spezialisierte Datenbanken klären wollen. Ich möchte Euch einige Seiten vorstellen und an Hand einer meiner Lieblingsband ihrem Datenbestand überprüfen. Kurz, dafür aber heftig wird auf den Zahn gefühlt. Ich mache es schwierig und suche Coverversionen der unbekannten Post-Punker [...]
The Hundred Days From: San Francisco, California, United States San Fran indie quartet The Hundred Days sound like The Killers if Brandon Flowers had been force-fed the entire back catalogue of The Comsat Angels . It's widescreen moody indie like your grandad used to tell you about when you were a kid. MP3 - The Hundred Days - Red Bucket [...]
A bandâs name is often one of its most important and identifying characteristics. The name might represent the roots of the group such as the Rolling Stones, a tribute to Muddy Waters; anarchy against the establishment with monikers like the Sex Pistols or Dead Kennedys; a place of origin â Boston, Kansas, Chicago; or the boringly obvious band name being that of the frontman, i.e. Dave Matthews Band (at least J. Geils was the guitar player in his band!). Despite how great, accurate, or brazenly outrageous a bandâs name might be, there is one thing that it may not be â [...]
To be honest, I would like to take about 300 albums with me to this proverbial island, which, like Gilliganâs, must have a professor on it whoâs rigged up some electricity so I can actually play recorded music at all! But if youâre only giving me five, then here is what is coming with me: The Kinks - Arthur, or the Rise and Fall of the British Empire (1969) There will never be a better rock album than this: Ray Davies at the absolute height of his inexhaustible songwriting powers on [...]
So, I donât come to the record store thing just out of the blue. To be fair, Iâve worked in TWO record stores to date. Both were Record Worldsâthe corporate varietyâwhere it was mandated that all of the employees, except for the managers, sport blue polyester vests. Yâknow â to differentiate you from the other riff raff browsing through the import bins or what have you. Record World, both based in malls at the time, wasnât the type of place that would buy used LPs howeverâit was purely new stuff and catalog items. Which didnât bother me [...]
I was at the excellent SESAC CMJ showcase last night at Cake Shop , and got in a conversation about songs that "just sound great". Not because of brilliant songwriting, great production, or amazing playing...but because they just have that "magic". The woman I was talking to is a huge student of '80s pop & new wave, and used the example of Comsat Angels' "Stay Tonight" as such a song. As soon as she mentioned that song, which I hadn't heard or thought about in years, I knew exactly what she was talking about. [...]
Unglaublich, aber war. Meine ewigen musikalischen Helden aus Anfang der Achtziger sind auferstanden von den Toten. Gewissermassen. Nicht umsonst steht eine Zeile aus dem Song "After The Rain" im Titel dieses bescheidenen Blogs. Ich hatte das Vergnügen, die Band zweimal live zu erleben. Auf Zuruf haben sie für mich "Our Secret" gespielt, wir haben Backstage geklönt und an meiner Wand hängt ein handsigniertes Tourplakat von 1986. Ich habe jede verdammte LP und Maxi von ihnen als Vinyl (und zur Sicherheit noch als CD). Will sagen, ich bin ein [...]
This post is a couple of weeks late, but considering I was very ill last week, I think you'll forgive me. Whatever coldette I had a few weeks ago was nothing compared to this all-out attack on my immune system. It just stopped short of the lung searing bronchitis of a couple years ago. Nonetheless, I only allowed myself to miss roughly one day of work (the illness guilt my mother instilled in me as a child is still there). I'm really starting to believe I have an immunodeficiency disorder what with my chronic allergies and seemingly high risk of [...]
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