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Fatalist wrote: King Of The Slums – Barbarous English Fayre. Now here’s a band who are grievously unsung. They were probably at their peak (and enjoying their 15 minutes of NME/MM-endorsed fame) when this compilation of early singles and new tracks was released in 1989, the flipside of the loved-up Madchester scene. The song titles are almost comically Morrissey-esque – ‘Simpering Blonde Bombshell’, ‘Venerate Me Utterly’, ‘Bedevilment’s Favourite Son’ etc – but the music positively seethes with small town violence and frustration, a distorted electric violin constantly needling away in the mix. Really, these guys were brilliant… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAr9M9yOUpE (and also recently reformed apparently)
I often wonder if Luke Haines was a fan. If anything they were even more savage - but there is definitely (IMO, obviously. Subjective value judgements and all that) something of an echo of their stuff in Haines output. If one were to like the Auteurs etc (especially After Murder Park) and were after a similar kick, Barbarous English Fayre and Dandelions would be just the ticket.
Haven't been here for ages, so the fact I listen to the same 20 or 30 albums on repeat will escape your notice. List time! (Yay).
Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste. The album may be all over the place but this is God like genius, 1:50 seconds in, awesome:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Jv9fNPjgk
All together now "I'm going to ruin you cunt..." I have no idea how my partner found this. She listens to Ken Bruce ffs.
Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters - Living Legend. Wonderful psychedelic soul music. This track so obviously penned by Curtis Mayfield.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMIzTh0Lafg&start_radio=1&list=RDEMj-IheTFxZU2AM4GR6kmPww
"Eatin' Spam and Oreo's, drinkin' Thunderbird baby." Eatin' beef flavoured Transformer corn puffs and drinkin' Euroshopper 30p energy drink (still). That's what I call progress.
Dead Meadow - Peel Sessions. Released in 2001 and only just found by me, despite my loving this band... Only Peel session not recorded in this country (recorded in Fugazi's studio apparently). Currently considered (by me) to be their essential album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltkP3l323P4
Cool cartoon bolted to it by whoever uploaded it to YouTube as well.
Grace Jones - Island Life. Curiously dated yet timeless. Suspect every track was a single.
I-Monster - Daydream In Blue (BBC Radio 2 Session). One track stumbled on by accident, but it's so good it demands to be shared. Utterly different to the single.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG8y4f3gA68
Hawkwind - In Search of Space. You Know You're Only Dreaming is a great song. I'd never really noticed it before, despite it taking up a third of the first side - obviously usually concussed by You Shouldn't Do That. Dave actually knew his way round a hook or two.
Scott 4 - Works Project LP. Fell on my head whilst I was rooting around in a cupboard. Loved this at the time and it still sounds great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyt0-DlkEro
Slade - In Flame. Has a hit making pop band ever sounded sadder or as knackered as this? On their feature film as well. Wonderful.
T2 - It'll All Work Out In Boomland. Simply essential.
Various Artists - Country Funk Volumes 1 and 2. Find these if you can. Think they were a vinyl only released by Light In The Attic Records a few years ago but now available as a download and what I've actually been listening to for an embarrassing amount of time now. Every track is a classic (Hoyt Axton being a particular favourite - harmonica impersonating a chicken... what's not to love?). Check out this greatest ever cover of an Elvis track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3fITdfg6nQ
Country Grindcore - wow. Edit - Goddamn, that's Roger McGuinn on guitar!
ttfn.
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