bubblehead2
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Edited Mar 08, 2010, 16:54
Re: Soundtracks Of Our Lives w/e 7th March 2010 CE
Mar 08, 2010, 16:48
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Have enjoyed these over the last couple of weeks or so...
ENO - Taking Tiger Mountain
801 - Live
PARLIAMENT - Osmium / Mothership Connection
FUNKADELIC - Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On / Hardcore Jollies
DARK CAPTAIN LIGHT CAPTAIN - Miracle Kicker
SUN ARAW - Heavy Deeds
JOANNA NEWSOM - Have One On Me
LOOP - The World In Your Eyes
SYD BARRETT - The Madcap Laughs
V/A - The Madcap Laughs Again ( MOJO freebie )
V/A - In Search Of Syd ( MOJO freebie )
V/A - Pop Ambient 09 and 10 ( Kompakt )
And a track called Shake Baby Shake by the wonderfully named and somewhat shambolic HOTPANTS ROMANCE ( fuck, i'm really getting too old for all this ! )
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Popel Vooje
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Re: Soundtracks Of Our Lives w/e 7th March 2010 CE
Mar 08, 2010, 17:00
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The Gang of Four - A Brief History of the Twentieth Century.
Picked this up for three quid in order to find out if their post-"Solid Gold" stuff was any good. The tracks from "Songs of the Free" are ok, but sadly it seems that they subsequently metamorphosed into Level 42 with lyrics by Latitia Sadier - and that's no more appealing to listen to than it sounds on cold paper.
Oneida - Secret Wars
I have my reservations about all this multiple triple malbum malarkey that they seem to have gotten into now - does the world really need a post-rock "Sandinista"? - but both this and "The Wedding" catch them at their far more economical peak.
Kraftwerk - s/t.
I like the vast majority of what Kraftwerk released up until the patchy "Electric Cafe", but nonetheless it would have been interesting to see how their music might have developed if they hadn't ditched acoustic instruments altogether. This album is the missing link between early Soft Machine, the Velvets and Neu!.
Billy Nicholls - Would You Believe
Britain's answer to the sunbaked harmony pop of the Millenium, Sagittarius and the Association, with a healthy dose of amphetamine-spiked English freakbeat chucked into the stew for good measure. "Feeling Easy" is almost gorgeous enough to momentarily turn into Wimbledon Broadway into Sunset Boulevard if you shut your eyes and ignore the choppy wind. There are a few relatively half-formed songs a couple of cheesy lyrical flourishes here, but hey, he was only 19 when he wrote this stuff.
The Plastic People of the Universe - Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned
Did anyone else sound this dark and vitriolic in 1974? Even without being able to understand any of the lyrics it's palpable that this music was made under strained, oppressive circumstances as it crackles with a degree of biliousness that would rival early Black Flag, despite its obvious roots in the avant/jazz fusion of the Mothers of Invention and Family. Not only that, they seem - bizarrely - to have anticipated the sound of the Fall three years early with "Podivuhodny Mandarin" (although this must be pure coincidence as these recordings weren't circulated outside of Czechslovakia until 1978).
The Troggs - Hit Single Anthology
Intresting how the Troggs envolved from proto-punk snots to romantic psych-pop balladeers within the space of the three years covered by this compilation, and even more interesting that that they covered both styles equally well. Doesn't include "The Troggs Tapes" but you can't have everything.
Sagittarius - The Present Tense
I'm attempting to will spring into an early existence by broadcasting blissed out sunshine-pop vibes into the cosmos from within the rarifed environs of PV Towers, but to no avail so far.
The Russian Futurists - The Method of Modern love
Under-rated and at times utterly brilliant collection of downbeat lo-fi synthpop from Toronto-based Matthew Hart that somehow manages to recall both the Flaming Lips and the Human League in equal measure, with lyrics and hooks that rival the Magnetic Fields' Stephen Merrit in terms of their ability to convey dark sentiments in the guise of bittersweet melodiec confections. Sadly, their subsequent two albums aren't quite in the same league, but this alone should earn them at least a footnote in the annals of subterranean electronic pop.
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keith a
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Re: Soundtracks Of Our Lives w/e 7th March 2010 CE
Mar 08, 2010, 20:38
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Hunter T Wolfe wrote: keith a wrote: LP’s
BRAVE THE ELEMENTS – Lost Idol
If I mention that the opening track is called Lightwerk, with that all important ‘e’, it should give you an idea what it sounds like.
Don't think that opening track is really representative of the whole album though, myself, although it might be the best thing on it! I wondered if it was a deliberate parody, kind of like, "I can do a kraftwerk pastiche with a few early 80s electro touches in my sleep, if that's what's hip at the moment!" The rest had more of an Air / Massive Attack feel I thought.
Yeah, I meant that opening track specifically. Sorry if it didn't read like that. There's one track, can't think what off the top of my head, that definitely had me thinking of Air.
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keith a
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Re: Soundtracks Of Our Lives w/e 7th March 2010 CE
Mar 08, 2010, 20:50
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Popel Vooje wrote:
The Russian Futurists - The Method of Modern love
Under-rated and at times utterly brilliant collection of downbeat lo-fi synthpop from Toronto-based Matthew Hart that somehow manages to recall both the Flaming Lips and the Human League in equal measure, with lyrics and hooks that rival the Magnetic Fields' Stephen Merrit in terms of their ability to convey dark sentiments in the guise of bittersweet melodiec confections. Sadly, their subsequent two albums aren't quite in the same league, but this alone should earn them at least a footnote in the annals of subterranean electronic pop.
I saw them in a really tiny venue (approx 120 capacity) a few years ago, supporting Caribou. I wasn't *totally* wowed - they were something of a one trick pony – repetitive but melodic pop sung by a bearded chap (who occasionally reminded me of Joe Jackson), over cheesy 80’s synths and drum machine, but I enjoyed them and there were some good tunes there, particularly the opening and closing numbers. Wish I'd made a note of what they were called!
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keith a
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Re: Soundtracks Of Our Lives w/e 7th March 2010 CE
Mar 08, 2010, 20:52
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bubblehead2 wrote:
And a track called Shake Baby Shake by the wonderfully named and somewhat shambolic HOTPANTS ROMANCE ( fuck, i'm really getting too old for all this ! )
Oh no, you're not!!
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