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snowth
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response 28 of 77:
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Jul 14 02:52 UTC 1997 |
Relevan? Is that anything like sudsies?
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orinoco
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response 29 of 77:
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Jul 14 15:21 UTC 1997 |
More like relevancy.
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snowth
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response 30 of 77:
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Jul 14 15:35 UTC 1997 |
Aw, man! That's no fun!
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orinoco
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response 31 of 77:
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Aug 12 16:09 UTC 1997 |
My latest obscure music fixes:
Boom Crash Opera - fairly 'mainstream' poppy stuff, but very good. Bob and
I bought it because it came in a cool box - kind of a big chinese-looking
octagonal cardboard thing - and had a tape and a CD in it and was only 94
cents. It's been sitting on the counter in Encore music for ages.
Moodswings - Part techno, part pop, part new-agey, part electronic weirdness.
It's actually better than that description makes it sound - really. And the
album's title is Psychedelicatessen, which makes it worthwhile.
Poignant Plecostomus - And you thought I was bad at describing the other two.
I'm not even going to try. It's a *very* cool five-piece local band - bass,
drums, guitar, keyboards, electric violin. Fun stuff. See them live, if you
can.
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mcnally
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response 32 of 77:
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Aug 12 18:08 UTC 1997 |
If you like "Psychidelicatessen" you'll probably also like the Moodswings'
first album, "Moodfood." I actually ran into one half of the Moodswings,
Grant Showbiz, at a concert in Detroit (he was doing the soundboard for
Billy Bragg..) Introduced myself after the show and congratulated him
on their excellent "Moodfood" album and he was amusingly thrilled to learn
that someone (anyone!) in America had heard the album and knew who he was..
He was so nice, in fact, that he promised to have his agent send me a
couple of promo copies of the Moodswings releases I didn't have, which they
did -- a few weeks later a package from London arrived in the mail..
Very nice guy!
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orinoco
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response 33 of 77:
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Aug 13 02:54 UTC 1997 |
How many albums do they have out? This is the first anything of theirs that
I've seen. Not that that's saying much...
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mcnally
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response 34 of 77:
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Aug 13 05:44 UTC 1997 |
There's the earlier album ("Moodfood") and a live album ("Live at Leeds")
as well as an alternate, promo version of Moodfood with different track orders
well as a track or two that didn't make the final release of the album.
Also received a 12" single of a related project that doesn't strictly count
as a Moodswings release.
When they're not releasing albums as the Moodswings they spend most of their
working time producing albums for other people as Hood and Showbiz.
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orinoco
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response 35 of 77:
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Aug 15 01:34 UTC 1997 |
At discount records today I saw a whole heap of Moodswings stuff. If only
I had money...
<breaks into a stirring rendition of 'if I had $1000000'>
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mcnally
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response 36 of 77:
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Aug 15 05:12 UTC 1997 |
Hmmm.. Interesting, do you recall what was in the heap?
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orinoco
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response 37 of 77:
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Aug 15 15:30 UTC 1997 |
About ten billion copies of Psychedelicatessen, a copy or two of moodfood.
No variety, but heaps of it...
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snowth
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response 38 of 77:
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Aug 20 02:41 UTC 1997 |
orin, I have money again, I can lend you some... if we ever get around to
seeing each other (blat.)
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goroke
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response 39 of 77:
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Aug 20 08:20 UTC 1997 |
The Holly Cole Trio.
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orinoco
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response 40 of 77:
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Aug 20 16:02 UTC 1997 |
(Yeah, but I'm already deep enough in debt)
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snowth
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response 41 of 77:
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Aug 23 01:12 UTC 1997 |
When are you not? Besides, I went shopping with Ruth today, I'm broke again.
Missed your chance.
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violator
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response 42 of 77:
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Nov 21 08:23 UTC 1997 |
the dismemberment plan
the verve
suede <the london>
Greta
the autumns
Triplefastaction
Fig dish
Nada Surf
Fountains of Wayne
Moist
Fretblanket
Cause and Effect
God Lives Under Water
The Ghandarves
Seed
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orinoco
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response 43 of 77:
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Nov 23 17:33 UTC 1997 |
What is God Lives Underwater like? I keep hearing about them.
(Oh, and welcome, Melissa)
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stonney
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response 44 of 77:
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Jun 20 04:13 UTC 1998 |
Try John McLaughlin, though it might not be as obscure as what you're looing
for. Broadcast has put out some of the most interesting sampled / loop based
musics. The R.L. Burnside albums with Jon Spencer are refreshing in their
experimental, humoruos but bluesy approach.
I better start using some spaces here.
Billy Cobaham put down some good drums on several Fusion albums.
Jean-Luc Ponty fused jazz-eastern along side Joun McLaughlin
GooseCreek Symphony is still playing at their ripe old age, and their music
keeps getting better. However, their albums aare virtually impossible to
obtain. GooseCreek fused bluegrass-gospel-rock and roll.
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cloud
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response 45 of 77:
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Jun 22 04:13 UTC 1998 |
Well, I suspect that a number of you already know my obscure musical
obsesions, but I'll tell you again.
First and formost is Fish, who used to be the lead singer for the band
"Marillion," but split away from them some 10 years ago and has been (barely)
living off of a solo carrier, in which he has made some brill stuff like
"Sunsets on Empire," his most recent album, which was co-writtain and produced
by Steve Wilson, who is the big cheese in another fave band called
Porcupine Tree. This band is a recent addition to the prog rock scene (yes,
it still exists) and breaths some fresh air into the genra with it's
prog/psyc/ambiant mix. No, I'm not reciting the press release. I only have
their album "Signify," but from what I've heard it's their best one yet, and
I'm inclined to believe it.
Another favorite is Black 47. What can I say? This band isn't for everyone,
because, well, their lead singer's voice is somewhat lacking. Despite that,
what we have here is an Irish-american political/whatever Celtic Rock/Rap/Ska?
band. I really love their stuff, such as the way they turned "Danny Boy,"
into a song about homosexuality. I have all three albums released so far
(their now working on a 4th one, huzzah, huzzah), and my favorite is their
second, "Home of the Brave." Mostly this is my favorite because of the
overallproduction is superior, and it has some truely kick-ass songs, such
as the 'Danny Boy' mentioned above. They are based in New York City, and if
I ever go down their, I will make it my mission to go see them "Playing
Reilly's on a Saturday night...".
And those, gental folks, are my three favorite preformance folks. It just
so happens that they are somewhat obscure also, so hey! This seems like a
good place to plunk 'em down.
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cwb
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response 46 of 77:
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Aug 6 21:47 UTC 2000 |
The Self-titled album by the New York Voices is a very nice addition to
the collection of those who are into jazz vocalise. These studio
musicians do a fine job on standards such as "Desert Caravan" and "round
Midnight," and have some good original material, some of which will
remind you of the Swingle Singers or the Manhatan Transfer, some of
which is suigenerous.
Unless you're in to folk music you probably don't know about Stan
Rodgers and in particular his fabulous album called "Between the Breaks
Live," a live album that avoids all the pitfalls of the usual live album
and delivers some apparently unique performances of his music. Circa
1981, this one may be hard to find.
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brighn
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response 47 of 77:
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Aug 7 16:17 UTC 2000 |
Heh. Interesting item. I have so many obscure albums that I think everyone
should have a listen to that I wouldn't quite know where to begin...
Right now I'm listening to Shona Laing, who flirted with the charts with
"(Glad I'm Not a) Kennedy" (or whatever it was called).
A perenniel favorite of mine is Liberty Horses, whose major claim to fame is
being related to Kirsty MacColl, whose major claim to fame (I think) is her
duet with The Pogues, "Fairytale of New York", wwho are (unfortuantely) the
least obscure of the lot.
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eeyore
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response 48 of 77:
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Aug 18 05:20 UTC 2000 |
My most obscure at the moment is The Finn Brothers. Its a really odd album,
though, even for them.
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orinoco
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response 49 of 77:
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Sep 8 16:03 UTC 2000 |
My current obscuremost is a disk by Loren Wilson, who's this one guy who lives
in Hyde Park. He sent out email to the school mailing list saying that anyone
who can prove that they've met him gets a free copy, so I sent in and claimed
mine. It's pretty damn good for "that one CD by that one guy I met at a party
once."
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ashke
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response 50 of 77:
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Sep 13 19:48 UTC 2000 |
Just heard "Atom and his Package" an 80's esque type that also reminds me of
Blink 182 and Goldfinger. Very odd. I can listen to it some of the time,
but other than that, it gets on my nerves.
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goose
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response 51 of 77:
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Sep 22 17:24 UTC 2000 |
He's still around? Damn, that's cool. I had some clients bring some of
his stuff in a few years ago.
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patchie
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response 52 of 77:
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May 16 13:43 UTC 2001 |
Obscure music? I'm well into Nick Drake who was a singer/songwriter that only
released 3 albums and died young. He really deserved to make it big. I'm also
into a lot of experimental stuff, like Coil, Nurse with Wound and Current 93.
I'm a metal head at heart tho <g>
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