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krj
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response 125 of 268:
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Feb 19 05:42 UTC 1993 |
Entertainment Weekly had an entire feature on the Matador label
recently. From their description, I'm now looking for the album by
The Shams. EW also highly recommends Come.
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sandeep
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response 126 of 268:
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Feb 21 16:11 UTC 1993 |
Amherst's Dinosaur Jr has released their album "Where You Been." The critics
are eating it up- I've seen nothing but good to great reviews. Since
Dinosaur is one of my absolute favorite groups going, naturally I picked
it up on the day of release.
The album is slower and less noisy than earlier Dinosaur LPs.
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sandeep
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response 127 of 268:
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Feb 21 16:25 UTC 1993 |
(oops) Anyway, J Mascis has written some charmingly melodic songs and
powered them with a great combination of feedback and acoustic guitar;
strings, keyboards and even tympani come in on some tracks, continuing
the softening prog-rock touches he introduced in 1991's (imo) underrated
"Green Mind" album. His singing is still lackadaisical, which I personally
like, but which may put more technically exacting music fans (like Ken)
off a bit; the closest comparison I've seen (and with which I agree) is
Neil Young.
If you've been curious about "grungy" music but have a liking for swooping
melodies and a broader sonic palette than the typical fuzz-guitar from
the Seattle crowd, this album might be for you. The guitar work on
"Get Me" sounds like Duane Allman himself rose from the ave to
contribute!
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mcnally
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response 128 of 268:
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Mar 15 00:48 UTC 1993 |
After a fairly long spell of not being able to find anything I wanted
to buy I went shopping this week and picked up a bunch of things I've been
considering but didn't feel really motivated to buy. Obviously I went
ahead and bought them anyways.. Here are some first
impressions..
Marshall Crenshaw - "Marshall Crenshaw" Better than I remember it being,
this album has some excellent songs on it. Much better than the other
Crenshaw album I have, this one's enjoyable mostly on the strength of a
few standout singles ("There She Goes Again", "Cynical Girl", "Soldier of
Love") with the poorer tracks on the album being pretty much run-of-the-mill
late 70s/early 80s singer-songwriter stuff.
Stereo MCs - "Connected" Better-than-average sort-of-mainstream house.
First impression is that while it's not brilliant, it's at least enjoyable
Suffers from pretty insipid lyrics for the most part but it's the groove
and the beat that make house worth listening to anyways. Any recommendations
for music in a similar style but a little more interesting would be
appreciated.
Camper Van Beethoven - "Telephone Free Landslide Victory" I think this
is the first CvB album. On the basis of one or two listens I'd have to say
it's not what I was hoping for but hopefully will grow on me. I.R.S. seems
to have picked up and reissued the early CvB material that disappeared, along
with so much other stuff, when Rough Trade's U.S. distribution arm folded.
(Unfortunately the "Vampire Can Mating Oven" E.P. which was tacked onto the
end of one of the Rough Trade issues seems to be absent from the I.R.S. disks.
If anyone is very familiar with CvB and would care to recommend some of their
earlier material I'd be interested in hearing what they have to say about it.
The Rutles - "The Rutles" Picked up as a novelty because I had been
discussing it with some friends the evening before and because I've been
listening to a lot of Beatles lately. Amusing Beatles parodies, some of which
are frighteningly Beatle-like. Still, I suspect that like most novelty
material I'll probably put it away and never listen to it again once the
joke value wears off..
I also bought some sort of Shanachie world music sampler with songs from
a bunch of people I've heard a lot about but who don't appear much (or at
all) in my collection. Off the top of my head, the sampler has tracks by
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Sheila Chandra, Ofra Haza, Nelson (a Nigerian(?)
dancehall musician, not the awful twins with the bad hairdos..), Ebenezer Obey,
the Balafon Marimba Orchestra, and various other acts ranging from well
known to more obscure.. Hopefully I'll find some stuff I like that'll point
me off in some new directions.
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hawkeye
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response 129 of 268:
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Mar 15 17:57 UTC 1993 |
I liked the second Crenshaw album better -- the one with "Whenever you're
on my mind".
And I still listen to my Rutles disk. It has it's own merits beyond
parody, I think.
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mcnally
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response 130 of 268:
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Mar 15 20:58 UTC 1993 |
(btw, a correctin for #128: Nelson is a soca artist.. The soukous artist
I was confusing him with is Loketo, also on the sampler..)
re #129: I haven't heard that album. The other Crenshaw album I have is
"Good Evening", which is rather lame. Picked it up for $1.88 in a cutout
bin and still have mixed feelings about whether it was worth it..
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krj
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response 131 of 268:
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Mar 16 06:23 UTC 1993 |
According to the new release information I've seen, the "Vampire Can
Mating Oven" ep by Camper van Beethoven is to anchor a CD of singles,
outtakes and other miscellaneous stuff.
Anybody have any recommendations for the Monks of Doom albums?
I've heard they are quite a bit like REVOLUTIONARY SWEETHEART-era
Camper.
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mcnally
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response 132 of 268:
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Mar 17 04:09 UTC 1993 |
All I know about them is that there're three of them and that it's
99% likely I'll like them better than any of the material released by
Cracker..
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mythago
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response 133 of 268:
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Mar 17 23:25 UTC 1993 |
Since I've been DJing, I've had to pick up a lot of dance tracks
that I wouldn't otherwise listen to...stuff like C&C Music Factory,
En Vogue, etc. Thank goodness for used CDs.
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cwb
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response 134 of 268:
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Apr 10 20:38 UTC 1993 |
I just got my hands on Stan Ridgeway's "The Big Heat" which I had
been seeking for months now. It has been re-issued, and the cd now
contain six tracks that weren't on the original album including live
versions of two songs on the album itself.
It wasn't quite as glorious as I remembered, but "The Big Heat",
"Pick it Up", and "Drive she Said" are neat songs. The better cuts
feature an insistency and a driving movement that is hidden under an open
structure. When he tries to do ballads, this quality disappears and the
music is lessened.
Over all, this album is worth getting, even if none of the six
additional tracks are worth the space they take up. I'm told that the
ideal way to hear this album is in a car, on a good stereo, at night while
driving through the Mojave or any other convenient desert at high speeds.
While I've neve had this pleasure, I can understand the appeal.
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raven
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response 135 of 268:
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Apr 13 02:00 UTC 1993 |
A couple of tapes i have picked up that are worth listening to are
"GreeK Fire" by Annabouboula and "Free" by Concrete Blonde. Greek
Fire is an intersting mixture of of tradational eastern euuropeon
instruments like ouds and fiddle with African percusssion. While
this could be pretensious the production is rough enough that it
it doesn't sound overley contrived. The Concrete Blond is just
great, I have been listening to it over and over again. Johnette
the lead singer of the band actualy writes decent lyrics which seems
very rare in most recent music I have heard. I have not headr the most
recent Concrete Blonde album. Is it any good?
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cwb
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response 136 of 268:
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Apr 13 02:25 UTC 1993 |
I am very fond of "Bloodletting" and I think it's "Walking in
London." My intro to CB was "Tomorrow Wendy" which left me speechless for
quite some time.
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hawkeye
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response 137 of 268:
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Apr 13 12:54 UTC 1993 |
My intro to CB was "Still in Hollywood" off their first, great, album.
Really good stuff there.
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raven
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response 138 of 268:
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Apr 15 07:06 UTC 1993 |
I heard an album that totaly blew me away today, the band is called
(I think) The Dog faced Mervins. It's kind of like punk rock with
horns, though the level of muscianship is closer to early material.
Best of it's possible they are coming to the Heidelberg this friday.
If they do come I would recomend the shw vey much from the album I heard
today.
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mcnally
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response 139 of 268:
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Apr 15 17:12 UTC 1993 |
Has anyone heard the new Mouth Music album, "Mo Di"?
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krj
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response 140 of 268:
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Apr 16 06:05 UTC 1993 |
I played it once and thought it was pretty forgettable. Leslie liked it
a bit better, I think, and Twila Price over on M-net liked it even
more. You're welcome to borrow our copy if you want a free audition.
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raven
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response 141 of 268:
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Apr 17 05:54 UTC 1993 |
I just saw the Dog Faced Hermans at the Heidleberg, and thet indeed put
on an amazing show, very hard to describe but if you can imagine
Ornette Coleman crossed with late Crass that is about as close as I can
come. They actualy covered an Ornette Coleman song, according to a friend
of mine after the show. They are from Scotland & have a women lead singer
who is from the punk rock tradation, yet she also plays horn in a jazzy
sort of way. Good stuff Maynard...
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morel
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response 142 of 268:
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Apr 18 17:00 UTC 1993 |
re #139: I really like the first Mouth Music album, but find the new one,
like Ken, pretty forgettable. I haven't heard the whole album, but I've
heard quite a few cuts from it on WDET.
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katie
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response 143 of 268:
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Apr 18 19:12 UTC 1993 |
Ken's not all that forgettable. I remember him, anyway.
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danr
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response 144 of 268:
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Apr 19 00:37 UTC 1993 |
Ken hasn't been on Grex all that much lately, though. So, I'm not sure
if I really remember him. :)
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mcnally
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response 145 of 268:
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Apr 19 00:44 UTC 1993 |
I think I'll put it on my "try before you buy" list.. I wasn't even
all that wild about the first "Mouth Music" album.
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mcnally
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response 146 of 268:
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Apr 20 22:46 UTC 1993 |
Just bought the new Crash Vegas album, "Stone", yesterday. On first
listen it didn't strike me much. The band lineup has changed a bit --
Michelle McAdorey and Colin Cripps are the half of the band that's left,
and the songwriting has changed considerably. The band seems to have
traded in its sound for a harder edged more mainstream-alternative sound
that I don't like as much as the wistful musings of the first album.
I tend to be overly critical of music when I first hear it, though,
it almost always takes quite a while for an album to grow on me; can't
tell whether this one will but the last one took a while for me to
grow accustomed to so I guess I'll just have to give it time.
Finding it in the store kind of took me by surprise.. I've asked
the staff at Tower and Schoolkids' about release dates several times
and the only responses I got were blank stares. Sprockets in Wyandotte
picks up a few bonus points for having it -- when I asked the clerk
if he'd heard of it or knew when it was due out he reached into the
stack of new releases sitting next to him and pulled out the jewel box.
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krj
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response 147 of 268:
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Apr 23 05:01 UTC 1993 |
Good heavens. I'd heard on the net that the release date for STONE had
been bumped two weeks to April 20, but Tower still showed no sign of
having it when I stopped there Thursday night. Moomph. It's nice
to know it's out, at any rate, at least for some stores.
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krj
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response 148 of 268:
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Apr 25 05:14 UTC 1993 |
Mike, I'll be looking for a review of the new Nicky Skopelitis CD.
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mcnally
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response 149 of 268:
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Apr 26 03:05 UTC 1993 |
I have to listen to the "Manifestations" collection I bought some more
(it's an Axiom sampler..) I've heard one track from his new album but
can't remember how it goes..
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