Individual LPD releases are so indicative of the bands mind-set or line-up of that particular time/space, encapsulating that unique moment so well, that their live offerings seem to better span the bands true genius, giving a better overview of their true excellence. Plus they seem to respond best to the vibe of the live audience. Legendary Pink Dots began their live career in a local folk club in Ilford, where they resided at the time in a squat. They only played a few live appearances at folk clubs & a Anti-Nuclear Power CND festival. Their first 'real' gig [...]
"I think something must be wrong with me. I keep seeing Pink Dots." "Have you seen a Doctor?" "No, just Dots." Because I was reminiscing about seeing LPD live, I posted their Live at... first, but I should really go back to the early days now. Most of their earlier material ( Curses , Brighter Now , Basilisk ,etc. which originally appeared in cassette format) have been re-released on cds. The earliest vinyl I have of LPD is Stone Circles (A Legendary Pink Dots Anthology) from 1987 put [...]
After the first of the year, I would visit other blogs around the interweb & read their suggested lists of the Best of 2008. & I'd be scratching my head, wondering what the fuck? Granted, I don't listen to all that much neu musick since the plethora of great musick from the past fills my time, ears, shelves & hard-drive. That being said, tho, I do listen to neu musick when I get suggestions from those whose opinions I give more than a grain o' salts worth of import. I try to be open to the possibility that not all [...]
Angelic Upstarts, Cockney Rejects, Cock Sparrer...always dug their sounds...street punk, working class. Oi Polloi...the common folk. Kinda got out of it when it got associated with the right-wing racist crowd. The general ideology of the original movement was a rough sort of quasi-socialist working class populism. Lyrical topics included unemployment, workers' rights, harassment by police & other authorities, & oppression by the government.The genre became recognized in the latter part of the 1970s, emerging after the perceived commercialization of punk rock, but still before the soon-to-dominate hardcore punk sound. In 1980, writing in Sounds [...]
The Brainiacs were a rarity, a No Wave band from L.A. (maybe they were punk/funk, I'm not very good with the whole labeling/genre thing). They were an integral part of the L.A. punk scene of the late 70s/early 80s. Young Marquis, The Punks, The Brainiacs, Dell & the Sensations, Levi & the Rockats - New Masque, February 3, 1979 The Brainiacs, The Spoilers - Club 88, April 26, [...]
something to listen to while you read The Residents - Mourning the Undead from The Tune of Two Cities , part two of the Mole trilogy in which the musick of the Moles & the Chubs is compared.
In Vitro Veritas something to listen to while you read... The Meatmen - Jerkin' Off from Toilet Slave, 1994.
Blind Blake & his Guitar - He's in the Jailhouse Now , Paramount Records 12565, 1927.
This one has been re-issued by Caroline Records CAR 93398 in 2007, so if you like it, go buy it. The original LP is on wonderfully pee-colored yellow vinyl. P was a short-lived band formed in early 1993 by Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes - vocals, actor Johnny Depp - guitar & bass, actor Sal Jenco - percussion, & songwriter Bill Carter - guitar & bass. Additional musicians: Ruth Ellsworth Carter - keyboards, Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - bass, Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) - guitar, Chuck E. Weiss - [...]
Recently ISKSP posted up Circle X's first release, an untitled four-song EP on Celluloid Records, from 1980. It revealed the talents of raw, manic iconoclasts set on tearing down & reinventing the stuff of rock musick itself with a strong philosophical bent & intense early standards like the relentless "Onward Christian Soldiers" & the blues-tinged terrorism of "Tender." The record's cover - identifiable only by a spray painted circle with an X through it, a symbol the group chose instead of a name - gratingly reflected its content. "Marketeers" inevitably forced a spelled out "Circle X" on them. [...]
Starting off with local Sacramento band Hoods , its... Various Artists - California Hardcore:A Call to Arms , Breakout Records #001, 1998. Enjoy, NØ
Released in 1996, the title track was in response to the Oklahoma City bombings, but seems to be appropriate today, the day after the ousting of the fascist Bush regime. Recorded at Sound Impressions in Portland, Oregon with cover art by famed tattooist Freddy Corbin of Temple Tattoos in Oakland, California. Knuckleheads - Ain't that America , Ransom Note Recordings RNR 012, 1996. Enjoy, NØ
Next, for all you twits, The Twits... Darrin Twit - guitar Nathan Twit - guitar & vocals Fil Twit - bass & vocals Cuddlebear Twit - drums The Twits - The Twits , Dirty Records DR-09, 1999. Enjoy, NØ
Well, its time to circle the wagons. Adams Alcoholics are liquored-up & on the warpath. One of the bands featured on the last post compilation, here's an album from Phoenix' phinest drunx (& they are not using any apostrophes). Adams Alcoholics - Circle the Wagons , Dirty Record DR-666, 1999. Enjoy, NØ
Next up is a battle of the bands pitting seven Denver bands against seven local Phoenix faves. Listen up, & you be the judge. Various Artists - Denver vs. Phoenix , Dirty Records DR-06, 1998. Denver Side: Pinhead Circus - Asking for a Beating 8 Bucks Experiment - American Blue The Gamits - Don't Take Much The Family Men - Signals Substitutes - Beneath the Wheel [...]
I first got hooked-up with Dirty Mike & Dirty Records out of Glendale, Arizona when I was doing EAT POOP! 'zine. A band from my old stomping-grounds in northwestern Pennsylvania called The Assmen sent me their latest, Enema Nation . It was on Dirty Records. From that point on, I got some great musick from some great bands from Dirty Mike. I'm gonna post up some of my favorites (this is punk-as-fuck shit, so get ready for the moshpit, crusties). It's only right that I start at the beginning. [...]
Chameleon Fetish was a bondage, punk, & piercing place in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They put out a compilation of mostly local bands (Michigan, Illinois, & Iowa). Various Artists - Chameleon Fetish presents:Perverts, Freaks, & Weirdos Vol. 1 , Chameleon Fetish 110, 1996. here & here The Bands: CRS - Ann Arbor, Michigan What Have You Done at All Lately? Hard Mary [...]
I'd forgotten about this until friend Jon was looking for it. I sent it to him, then I forgot again. Now I remembered again. [from Wiki] The Mops were formed in 1966 by a group of high schoolers: Mikiharu Suzuki (drums), Taro Miyuki (guitar), Masaru Hoshi (guitar), & Kaoru Murakami (bass). They began as an instrumental rock group similar to The Ventures, but soon after forming, Mikiharu Suzuki's brother Hiromitsu joined on lead vocals. The group began to play psychedelic rock at the suggestion [...]
Here's some smooth cheese. One hit blunders. Try the first track for their faux reggae splash, or the last track for bargain basement Queen of the Meatloaf poo-poo platter. This is what you deserve, boyos. Chris Kay - lead vocals & guitars; Sky - bass; Guy McKeague - drums. Special guests Michael Dawson - lead vocals on "Never Wanna Go"; Ricci Accardi - drums on "Smoke Two Joints". The Toyes - Smoke Two Joints ep 45, Ginger Coffeee Records PK [...]
It's a new year. I'm into different shit right now. The first live recording from the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, 1967. The Charles Lloyd Quartet doing Love-In . What a stellar band. Charles Lloyd on tenor sax & flute, Keith Jarrett on piano, Ron McClure on bass, & Jack DeJohnette on drums. I need say no more. The Charles Lloyd Quartet - Love-In , Atlantic 1481, 1967. Side 1 [...]
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Bison - Quill
Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
Shinichi Osawa – Big Beach Mix 2012
