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Soundtracks Of Our Lives w/e 25 April 2010 CE
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Sin Agog
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Edited Apr 25, 2010, 11:56
Re: Soundtracks Of Our Lives w/e 25 April 2010 CE
Apr 25, 2010, 11:15
Stevo wrote:
Sin Agog wrote:

MX-80 Sound - Out of the Tunnel/Crowd Control


pretty great band. A couple of live sets from about '78 turned up on Dime last year from a guy who was upping a lot of left field material at the time.
The Forcedexposure article on them was pretty classic. was the first time I'd read the history of a smalltown avant garage swimming-against-the-tide group.


I love all of those whacked out, guitar-heavy Post-Punk bands from the U.S. Chrome, Flipper, MX-80. If a mental patient heard a Blue Cheer song and was told to do his best imitation of what he just heard, I'd imagine it'd sound something like those bands.

I wasn't really into MX-80 at first, for some reason. The vocals were too flat, the riffs too heavy metal. But I really dig their stuff now- the CD with Big Hits/Hard Attack is also worth hearing.

I'll look out for those live recordings.

Stevo wrote:

White Heaven - Out

I found the record far more pedestrian than the Forcedexposure etc reviews had led me to believe. Reminded me far more of Galaxie 500 than the QMS meets Black Sabbath it had been described as. I still like it though & live material I got from dime early on does veer much closer to the hype.


I agree. I kind of expected something more along the lines of Mainline, and what I got is an Engrish Stones/V.U. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, just not essential. Their live stuff was released on an LP called Electric Cool Acid (Live 1987) and it definitely matched more with my mental image of the band.

I honestly think non-English speakers tend to be the most poetic with their leftfield takes on the English language, and that's one of the things I dig about this band. Rock poetry just seems way more palatable when translated to Japanese into Korean into Swahili and finally back to English. There are still dozens of Japanese psyche bands I'd check out before them, though. Listen to Marble Sheep's Old From New Heads, which features the guitarist from this band, for the real shiznit.


Stevo wrote:

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul


I found a live '73 dvd on Demonoid that I've got to sit and watch. Had been hoping for some footage of him at his peak for ages. would have thought people would rush to release stax of his stuff on his death. I think there is a series of cd reissues trickling out but haven't heard much on the dvd front.
I think he also appears in Wattstax which again for some reason I've yet to watch.


Yeah, it's a pretty essential movie. That music is best appreciated when you can see the musicians' huge haircuts and bright pink zoot suits.

And I, uh, made a little correction to your post there... Hope you don't mind.

Stevo wrote:

Spyrogyra - A Canterbury Tale

Spirogyra were a great band. I saw that compi going dead cheap in FOPP a while back but don't know if that'd repeat.
Singer sounds a lot like early Bowie in places. & lyricism is great.
As is the other, female singer.


Definitely one of my favourite bands. I kind of wish we got to hear more of Barbara Gaskin's ridiculously gorgeous voice, but there are a lot of great female singers out there, and I think the thing that makes her sound so beautiful is the waiting game between Martin Cockerham's nasal Roger Chapman/Roger Woottony vocals and the next time you get to hear her sing. And I just realized I meant to type "Spirogyra." The less said about the other Spyro Gyra the better...
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