What albums did you listen to today?...continued

Yeah, definitely haven't heard the new album yet, mate. I used to have this t-shirt (probably still got it somewhere, although it wouldn't fit anymore!), my ex-partner HATED me wearing it, she used to get very jealous and angry, so silly!


(sorry, not the best pic, but you get the idea of the sexiness of it!)

As for the gig, frontwoman Cristina Martinez stumbled on stage, looked mighty pissed off and more than a little wasted. She was singing into a microphone that clearly wasn't working, and when a poor roadie raced on stage to try and fix it, she booted him square in the balls from behind. She then took an instant dislike to a poor girl that had clearly been dragged along by her boyfriend, she got down on all fours like she was stalking the girl, singing directly into her eyes for about three minutes straight with this mocking scorn! She then got up and hurled herself into the crowd, starting wildly swinging punches and kicks at everyone (my mate copped a nasty bloody gash from her heels down his leg!), she then got back on stage and called a girlfriend out, and they finished the set in what can only be described as bad drunk karaoke! Despite being the lead act, all up I think they played a little over 45 minutes before heading off?! Oh, and now that I think about it, pretty sure my mate copped a knee to the balls as well! Good times!

Mortte wrote: Boss Hog: Cold Hands

Wow, man, I never heard this one, but I used to be obsessed in their self-titled album from 1995, and I used to think that `Whiteout' was one of the sexiest albums I'd ever heard, used to play it all the time, loved all the vintage electronics on that one. Boss Hog was also the absolute single worst gig I've ever attended when they played in Melbourne many a year ago, but it was hugely memorable for a ton of other reasons!

Guldbamsen wrote: ^I am completely nuts about that Faust album. There's just something there that perfectly echoes the title. It's unique and that is saying something inside a career as far reaching as Faust's. Been listening to a lot of music today: Thy Catafalque - Meta (Prog? Psych? Black Metal? Folk? What? Yeah..and wow.) The Future Sound Of London - Lifeforms The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya Ya's Out! (Mick Taylor is the man!) Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time (Always loved the vocals because they remind me of a romantic Jim Morrison) Secret Oyster - Furtive Pearl deadmau5 - Stuff I Used To Do Now: Heldon - Agneta Nilsson (What if the Faust album IV had been a collaboration between a strangely circular playing French Robert Fripp and extraterrestrial bees on strange metallic instruments?)

I love almost all the Faust records I`ve heard, but have to say Fresh Air really is one of their greatest among Faust Tapes and Faust IV. About your listenings, that Stones live is their best live! And from your earlier list, I really love also Parachute although S.F. Sorrow is little greater to me, but still I think Sgt. Pepper, Revolver and Abbey Road get over any Pretty Things record. But really Parachute was a lot better than Let It Be, but it really hadn´t got much attention in 1970.

HolyMoly wrote: AussieByrd, curious about your take on Le Groupe X, if you’re familiar. (It’s Italian, I got the rec from the RPI team years ago). I love it.

Absolutely never heard them, mate, but will have a look on Youtube for some clips and report back, thanks for the tip-off.

Just a few for me tonight, insanely busy night of nightshift tonight:

The Beach Boys – Carl and the Passions/”So Tough!” – Really quite a good Seventies rock album.

The Beatles – Rubber Soul – Lordy, probably the first time I’ve spun a Beatles album in over ten years!

The Byrds – Ballad of Easy Rider
Santana - Welcome
Steve Roach – Bloodmoon Rising: Night 1

Weather Report – I Sing the Body Electric – Superb! I accidently discovered I had two WR LP’s in my collection that I’ve never listened to, and I was under the (completely wrong) impression they were something of a Mahavishnu Orchestra-type group. Very pleasantly surprised with what I discovered on this one!

Yesterday & Today:

The Eat | It’s not the Eat, it’s the Humidity (disc 2)
Sonic Youth | Sonic Youth EP
Le Groupe X | Out Off
Grateful Dead | Terrapin Station
Thee Oh Sees | Castlemania
Thee Oh Sees | Warm Slime
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti | Mature Themes
Can | Lost Tapes Box Set (disc 2)
Karlheinz Stockhausen | Hymnen
Julian Cope | Skellington 3

AussieByrd, curious about your take on Le Groupe X, if you’re familiar. (It’s Italian, I got the rec from the RPI team years ago). I love it.

Edited by HolyMoly - May 04 2018 at 17:23

HolyMoly wrote: “The Prosthetic Cubans” Good old Marc Ribot. What’s that one like?

With first time listening I like it quite much. Cuban music with great Ribot guitar sounds.

Meltdowner wrote: Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: I'm sure you could pick up a CD of that `Little Kix' album dirt cheap, Sam. It's quite unloved, and there was a while I used to see it in bargain bins everywhere. Not sure why it was ordered up in such larger quantities in the first place, but it's definitely deserving of a home. If I come across another one myself I'll grab it to send to you. I've got the first....I guess six Oasis albums? From the Nineties when I was right into all the British indie rock/pop stuff, but I put a bunch of that stuff away in boxes in a cupboard because of not really listening to it anymore. I don't want to get rid of them, but I'd rather my shelves be devoted to the proggy stuff. I seem to think they one you had was called `Standing on the Shoulders of Giants'? I think to recall one track called `Gas Panic!' was almost better than anything else on the disc and was pretty impressive for them. I used to attend weekly indie-pop nights at a club in the city they was big on the great young British bands of that era like Suede (now there's a band you might like, not so far removed from the New Romantic stuff in parts), Kula Shaker, early Verve, etc. Very fond memories of my late teen years in some ways!  Oh, and that particular Roach and Rich album sounds SUPERB! Just picked up an inexpensive second-hand CD listed on local Ebay, so this clip will tide me over until it arrives in a couple of days Cool, thanks! I still have to listen to their debut as well. I never heard any Suede, what do you recommend? Sounds good, I'll have to return to it when I'm in the mood, which I haven't been in a long while :/

From the prime years (because apparently they've reformed and have put out several albums more recently, which I was totally unaware of until quite recently), essentially it's thought that their self-titled debut and especially their second album `Dog Man Star' had more depth and weight (likely because of their guitarist at the time), although they were very fancy and quite pretentious! Then when he left, their third album `Coming Up' kind of reverted to more obvious poppier material. But I seem to recall their fourth album `Head Music' was pretty electronic heavy and a step up again, but the one after it `A New Morning' raced back to glossier indie-pop, and they split soon after. No idea what the newer albums are like. Start with the debut or `Dog Man Star' and see if you dig them...you may hate their glam, androgynous indie-pop posturing!

Did you ever check out the first Verve album? It's a beautiful rambling psychedelic gem.

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: I'm sure you could pick up a CD of that `Little Kix' album dirt cheap, Sam. It's quite unloved, and there was a while I used to see it in bargain bins everywhere. Not sure why it was ordered up in such larger quantities in the first place, but it's definitely deserving of a home. If I come across another one myself I'll grab it to send to you. I've got the first....I guess six Oasis albums? From the Nineties when I was right into all the British indie rock/pop stuff, but I put a bunch of that stuff away in boxes in a cupboard because of not really listening to it anymore. I don't want to get rid of them, but I'd rather my shelves be devoted to the proggy stuff. I seem to think they one you had was called `Standing on the Shoulders of Giants'? I think to recall one track called `Gas Panic!' was almost better than anything else on the disc and was pretty impressive for them. I used to attend weekly indie-pop nights at a club in the city they was big on the great young British bands of that era like Suede (now there's a band you might like, not so far removed from the New Romantic stuff in parts), Kula Shaker, early Verve, etc. Very fond memories of my late teen years in some ways!  Oh, and that particular Roach and Rich album sounds SUPERB! Just picked up an inexpensive second-hand CD listed on local Ebay, so this clip will tide me over until it arrives in a couple of days

Cool, thanks! I still have to listen to their debut as well.

Guldbamsen wrote: Thanks man. It's been a while Tymon. Good to hear from you

Yeah, David, it has been a while indeed. Also glad to see you around!

Meltdowner wrote: Sleep - The Sciences (This album kicks ass!)

Groovy! Knew you would like it.

Larkstongue41 wrote: King Crimson - Live in Hyde Park Cos - Postaeolian Robbery Kraftwerk - Ralf und Florian Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here?

Nice day! How do you like that Emeralds album? I've discovered it around two months ago, had a few listens, then kind of forgot about it, but, to me, it is really pleasant.

Yesterday:
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
The Doors - Strange Days
Popol Vuh - In den Gärten Pharaos
Zacht Automaat - Disturbed Ground