current favorite albums

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:37 pm

make believe - shock of being
make believe - s/t
u.s. maple - long hair in three stages
u.s. maple - talker
death - human
carcass - symphonies of sickness (did the right thing and bought this)

I've been enjoying the first three A LOT; the last three less so.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:30 pm

FRO wrote:

Metal bands really need to stop with the computer graphics. It's rivalling rap covers.

(Yay, post 1111.)

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Mon May 21, 2007 3:03 pm

Had a good day at the wreck-chord store the other day:

Smithereens - 11, $1, cassette tape lol
Shonen Knife - That Christmas 7" for only a dollar! The clerks gave me some shit for getting 'a Japanese Christmas album' but don't knock the 'Knife till you try 'em
Public Image - forget which, nice coverart (12" record) and $3. They had Never Mind the Bollocks for $10 but I passed, the cover on that isn't that great
Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped

But failed in my goal of finding 12" Dinosaur Jr. albums

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:34 pm

Went to a pawn shop in Albion, Michigan and found some killer shit.

Cal Tjader "Soul Sauce"
v/a "Great Blues Guitarists - String Dazzlers" The tapeworm song is awesome!
Motorhead "Live - Blitzkrieg on Birmingham '77"
Vivaldi (bunch of concertos 'n stuff)
Chopin (see above)

Neon, you've heard Never Mind the Bollocks right? I'd just hate to think someone let a good record slip through and chose to buy anything by PIL instead.

Pa

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:50 pm

Oh yeah, I bought it on cassette in 7th grade. One of my very favorites. I usually only buy vinyl because it's cheaper than the CD or I like the coverart. Often it's more expensive, so I don't bother.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:52 pm

Ah, splendid

Pa

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Mon May 21, 2007 8:00 pm

small sampling of what i have bought lately, maybe i'll update with opinons

cramps - songs the lord taught us
-how to make a monster

feist - reminder
the horrors - strange house
curtis mayfield - superfly st
beck - guero, midnight vultures
acid bath - paegan terrorism tactics
lou reed - transformer
lovin' spoonful - do you believ in magic
blood brothers - crimes
baby bird - bugged, ugly beautiful
david bowie - low
michael jackson - bad, thriller (had that urge, what can i say)
shiny toy guns - we are pilots

teenage shutdown comps - i cannot stress how awesome these are, i managed to find around 6 of the 15, currently searching for others...

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Tue May 22, 2007 12:46 am

Matching mole - self titled
Renderers - Moon of Jupiter
Roxy Music - Stranded
Richard Youngs - Sapphie

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:16 am

CMoon wrote: Richard Youngs - Sapphie

I don't get why anyone likes/loves this. Wipers-post return fire!

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:11 am

Rob wrote:
CMoon wrote: Richard Youngs - Sapphie
I don't get why anyone likes/loves this. Wipers-post return fire!

Actually my biggest problem with it was hearing it completely ripped by some of the west-coast psyche-folk guys. Beyond that, I guess I have no answer for you--I like quiet beautiful things sometimes (though I don't need 20 albums that sound like this.)

Klatrymadon · Post by **Klatrymadon** » Tue May 22, 2007 10:33 am

Napalm Death - Smear Campaign (Sure, it sounds a tad overproduced, but it's full of top riffs. :p)
Estradasphere - Palace of Mirrors
Nifelheim - s/t
Viral Load - Backwoods Bludgeoning

Looking forward to the new Blood Duster one as well. There's a song on it called "The Kids Can Get Fucked", which pretty much sums up my feelings on metal fans as a social group.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:50 pm

Robbie Basho - The Seal of the Blue Lotus

non-favorite:
Wipers - Is This Real? -- I don't think I'll ever listen to this one again. The sound isn't that different from the other two, but I don't know. Bland. No song nearly as good as "Over the Edge" or "Youth of America".

I should listen to the Zwan album again so the new Smashing Pumpkins album will sound great. The first single is pretty good.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Wed May 23, 2007 4:05 am

Rob wrote: non-favorite:
Wipers - Is This Real? -- I don't think I'll ever listen to this one again. The sound isn't that different from the other two, but I don't know. Bland. No song nearly as good as "Over the Edge" or "Youth of America".

Kind of a shame, I guess I haven't actually heard that one yet since the CD I have has Youth of America, Over the Edge, etc. I'm definitely getting that box set. Good thing about indie rock is it's cheap and awesome, the Cath Carroll 7" from Unrest cost me like $4 new

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Wed May 23, 2007 10:18 am

Rob wrote:Robbie Basho - The Seal of the Blue Lotus

And where did you get that from? Did you download it?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed May 23, 2007 10:36 am

CMoon wrote:
Rob wrote:Robbie Basho - The Seal of the Blue Lotus
And where did you get that from? Did you download it?

I NEVER download

(more than 10 albums a day). It was on some dirty MP3 blog.

eight · Post by **eight** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:46 pm

Pink Martini - Hey Eugene

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:18 pm

Just bought the Howlin Wolf Chess Box. I had to, it was calling to me. It's fucking AWESOME.

Pa

Post by **Icarus** » Fri May 25, 2007 4:10 pm

Perfume - Complete Best
Mizuki Nana - Hybrid Universe
Mizuki Nana - The Museum
Hamasaki Ayumi - Trance Collection

On a j-pop/j-trance kick this month.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:36 pm

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... 1000017350

I sort of like this, despite all my instincts not to

Start with MissCAMEL

You just know they're the japanese equivalent of Republicans and like to work on cars

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Fri May 25, 2007 9:33 pm

The weather suddenly turned hot, so it is time for happy summer music. I think maybe there are 10 happy albums in my whole collection (is there some correlation between this and my love for milder, even cold weather???)

Anyway, it is time for Dogbowl and Kramer's Hot Day in Waco, maybe one of the happiest, bestest albums for the summer that isn't a piece of shit.

Most happy albums are shit. Why?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri May 25, 2007 9:57 pm

I think the only albums I own that could be described as happy without any doubt are Afrirampo's. Japan does it best.

Most happy albums are shit. Why?

No one wants to hear it. Seriously, I haven't heard many I can think of.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:16 pm

Add Slapp Happy's Casablanca Moon (it seems these happy albums need a heavy dose of irony!)

'keep in line, keep in time with the drum...'

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Fri May 25, 2007 11:19 pm

PaCrappa wrote:Just bought the Howlin Wolf Chess Box. I had to, it was calling to me. It's fucking AWESOME.

Pa

Nice.

Currently:

Coffins - The Other Side of Blasphemy
Boards of Canada - Trans Canada Highway EP
The Sonics - Introducing The Sonics
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Hot Snakes - Peel Sessions
V/A, mixed by DJ Food and DK - Now, Listen!
Jay Reatard - Blood Visions (still!)
Lost Sounds - s/t (still!)
Joy Division - Still

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:16 am

No_not_like_Quake · Post by **No_not_like_Quake** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:29 am

The Pop Group Y

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:50 am

Beat Happening - You Turn me On
Emitt Rhodes - s/t (it's been described as McCartneyesque, it is that good)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Electrelane - No Shouts, No Calls
Beatles - Revolver

Anyone else not get Arcade Fire?

CMoon wrote:The weather suddenly turned hot, so it is time for happy summer music. I think maybe there are 10 happy albums in my whole collection (is there some correlation between this and my love for milder, even cold weather???)

Anyway, it is time for Dogbowl and Kramer's Hot Day in Waco, maybe one of the happiest, bestest albums for the summer that isn't a piece of shit.

Most happy albums are shit. Why?

They all pale in comparison to Shonen Knife (may their name be whispered in reverence).

...except maybe Afrirampo, yeah.

I'm about to check out Joy Division and the Sonics finally. Striking obvious gold, as Rob said. So many good bands, so little time.

No one's talked about the bands the good Dr. listed in the first post of this page, gonna check them out too.

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Sat May 26, 2007 1:15 pm

Neon wrote: I'm about to check out Joy Division and the Sonics finally.

By sonics I assume you mean sonic youth. These bands both fall in the quandry (at least for me) of being influential hence not always the most enjoyable (IE no perfect albums; nothing I'd rate over an 8/10 if that!) Joy division's Unknown Pleasures is my favorite of the lot, but lacks their hit song (perhaps to its credit?)

Sonic Youth is another beast since they have a lot of periods, which seemingly become less and less interesting. Seems like everyone has a copy of daydream nation. For myself, I've always liked Confusion is Sex, but it certainly isn't what I'd really call a pleasant album. Maybe I'm getting old???

You guys are going to think I'm on crack, but I'd even throw Bauhaus into this early 80's period of influential bands that don't have an album I really like to sit down and listen to regularly. Fortunately Bauhaus has that one good comp...

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:14 pm

CMoon wrote:By sonics I assume you mean sonic youth.

You are fucking killing me. Mixing up one of the greatest rock bands of the 60s with some noisy 80s/90s heroin artfags is punishable by death 'round these parts. You just sit and think about that CMoon.

Pa

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat May 26, 2007 6:19 pm

PaCrappa wrote:
CMoon wrote: noisy 80s/90s heroin artfags is

nothing wrong with noise, the 80s/90s, art, or fags, but add heroin to the mix!

Listening to TONS of math-y bands:

uzeda

don cab
aleuchatistas
bullship
cheval de frise
dysrhytmia
fridge
giant brain
rumah sakit
russian circles
the 90 day men
the flying luttenbachers
...

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Sat May 26, 2007 7:55 pm

PaCrappa wrote:
CMoon wrote:By sonics I assume you mean sonic youth.
You are fucking killing me. Mixing up one of the greatest rock bands of the 60s with some noisy 80s/90s heroin artfags is punishable by death 'round these parts.

Reactions to Sonic Youth tend to fall into three groups:

1. Dem be faggitz

2. Hmm, Daydream Nation was OK

3. Pathetic borderline hero worship

I would say I'm in the third group. Not all the music is great, but I like their approach or whatever, and their good songs are really good.

Then again, unmacho wussy faggishness is a good 80-90% of the music I listen to