current favorite albums

[Rob]

Mastodon - Crack the Skye -- Continuing to listen to and I can't really explain. It didn't seem special, but maybe it's all of the warner bros. production dollars. About tied with Leviathan.
Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief

[CMoon]

Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief

Just sticking in my opinion again; but the two albums before Liege & Lief are much better (Unhalfbricking & What we did on our holidays). Also recently picked up the Fotheringay album (the band Sandy Denny joined after Leige & Lief) and I think it is pretty great. Plus, many people are not man enough to own an album called Fotheringay

[doctorx0079]

Wow, I can't believe no one has mentioned TRS-80 yet.

Does they rage if you call them "'80s Trash?" It's in the name after all

Dunno.

[MadSteelDarkness]

Manikin - Stop the Sirens
The Fresh and Onlys - "Imaginary Friends" 7"
My Disco - Paradise

and I still can't stop rocking:

Hex Dispensers - Winchester Mystery House

Oh! And on Monday there's a Pentagram/Nachtmystium/Outlaw Order/Wolves in the Throne Room/Minsk mega-bill.

Stoked, son!

[sjewkestheloon]

Wouldn't mind seeing that bill MSD. Worth it just for the Wolves set I'm sure. Really like their latest on Southern Lord.

Currently it's Dragnet by The Fall.

Hey you 'orror face!

[CMoon]

Flower Travelin' Band - Satori

[captain ahar]

got my first turntable and stereo a few weeks back

captain beefheart - trout mask replica
charles mingus - mingus ah um
jane's addiction - nothings shocking
mayhem - wolf's lair abyss
chuck jackson - any day now
new york dolls - new york dolls
jethro tull - benefit & thick as a brick

[captain ahar]

posting again. just want to communicate a story.

i work at a convenience store, and the rep for one of our local distros in west michigan knew i was looking for a turntable. he came in one day to take our order and said, "oh, austin. i have something for you." he runs out to his car and returns holding a few records

among them : allman brothers - at the fillmore east
jimi hendrix - some pre-70 greatest hits, experience era songs

can't remember the rest. anyway, he says the others were mostly motown style r&b/soul stuff and that i probably wouldn't be interested. i say bring it on, and he sells me a stack of around 30 for $5

got some standard greatest hits compilations, giving me access to some oddities (paul evans "happy go lucky me"), standards (james brown, little richard, wilson pickett), and (for me) some standouts:

chuck jackson - any day now
--------- didn't know this singer before, but this record is great. i go to kareoke at a VFW near my house and a guy sings "any day now" but its off the country redux from the 80's. some very cool stuff on here. every track doesn't necessarily impress. but it's great, and i have no idea how i would have found it otherwise.

shirelles - hits comp
--------- i'm a big fan of "will you still love me tomorrow" and i've heard a couple others of theirs. but it's interesting how much of an artists catalogue is essentially forgotten after this much time has passed.

thanks for reading even though no one probably did.

[CIT]

Roky Erickson - The Evil One


Holy Crap, this rocks so much! And it's also unbelievably catchy!

[Acid King]

Deathpile - G.R.

Seriously, fucking fierce. Shit gets under my skin everytime I listen to it. It's the perfect soundtrack to insanity. So harsh, so cold.

There's so many questions
How did I get them in my truck?
What did I say?
Where did we go?
Did I fuck them before they knew they were going to die?
Or did they beg me to spare them while gagging on my cock?
Were their desperate tears mixed with my come on their faces?
Or was it blood?
Were their faces pale with fear?
Were their pleading glazed whore eyes seeing that this was the end?
Were their drug ruined bodies trembling beneath my fingers?
Did I torture them?
Did I beat them?
Did I rape them more than once?
Did I come from just choking them?
Or did I have my cock in them at the moment of death?
Did I fuck their dead bodies?
Where did I dump them?
Was it a ritual or was it just taking out the trash?
How long did I stay with them when it was over?

Did I visit them later?
Do I feel remorse?

Do I feel proud?
Do I feel at all?

You will never know and I will never tell.

[charlie chong]

robert wyatt-rock bottom (not as good to my ears as the critics make out.could be a grower tho)
matching mole-s.t (this is more like it.o.g soft machine style)
savoy brown-raw sienna (this is real nice spacey funky psych/prog blues!)

[CMoon]

robert wyatt-rock bottom (not as good to my ears as the critics make out.could be a grower tho)
matching mole-s.t (this is more like it.o.g soft machine style)

Both those albums are fucking great.

Currently listening to Overhang Party's 'Otherside of...' double album. Man I have too many great albums that I can never give enough love to.

[sjewkestheloon]

The opening track on Rock Bottom is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.

[AraraSPAMWitch]

Flower Travelin' Band - Satori

sweet ass album, gotta love the crazy japanese doom bands

some stuff I've been digging lately:
Neuraxis - the thin line between
Gridlink - Amber Gray
Profanatica - Profanatitas de Domonatia
Beherit - Engram

[sjewkestheloon]

Gnod - Gnod

Manchester psych freakout band, one for fans of Sun Ra's cosmic jams and Shit and Shine at their most jammy. Highly recommended.

[CIT]

Hako Yamazaki - Tsunawatari

Possibly my fave 70s j-folk album...

[CMoon]

CIT> Thanks for the heads up; I did a little googling and found this fantastic WFMU compiled anthology:

Anthology of Japanese New Folk Music 1960-1976

Apparently a song is omitted here (Songs of Pig Slaughter). Not going to pretend I know what I'm talking about here; though it's nice to see some really old material by Kan Mikami.

At the moment pretty underwhelmed by Cope's take on the Japanese underground of the late 60's/early 70's (Japrocksampler). Listening to this comp, one is left wondering if he rather missed the boat.

[emphatic]

Ozric Tentacles - The Yumyum Tree (2009)

I would really like a shump with some of their music. Awesome stuff.

[TLB]

Undertow - Tool
AEnema - Tool
Lateralus - Tool
STG soundtracks galore - lawts & Shinji Hosoe
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere OST - Tetsukazu Nakanishi

[Dokken]

Breaking the Chains,
Back for the Attack,
Tooth and Nail,
Under Lock and Key

[sjewkestheloon]

Pulled out some 7"s

Buzzcocks - What Do I Get / Oh Shit
Ali and Frazier - Uptown Top Ranking
LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (pulled out for the John Cale cover)
Bio-Muse - Occasionally In A Way

[captain ahar]

friend loaned me some awesome stuff.

Unholy Grave / Taste of Fear split 7"
----unholy grave seem to be a japanese grindcore act and if this split is any indication, they are amazing.

Left Back / Let Down split double 7"
----only listened to the Stapled Shut / Crom split at this point but it sounds very promising

Subhumans - The Day the Country Died
----like it quite a bit, only gotten through side 1 yet. friend mentioned side 2 stands taller.

he also loaned me both volumes of Reagan Youth's new red archives reissue (LP)

also been listening to:
Camel - Rain Dances --> I can see your house from here
john coltrane - crescent
mayhem - wolf's lair abyss
x ray spex - germ free adolescents
others

[sjewkestheloon]

Pulled out for listening today:

Einsurzende Neubauten - Strategien Gegen Architekturen
Gnod - Gnod
Can - Soundtracks
Neil Young - Time Fades Away
Bilge Pump - Rupert The Sky
Big Black - Songs About Fucking
Slint - Spiderland

[charlie chong]

Pulled out for listening today:

Can - Soundtracks

one of my favourites ..all about soul desert ,mother sky and she brings the rain for me!!

for me

saafir-boxcar sessions ( a long lost oakland hip hop classic!abstract yet gansta at the same time)

[jonny5]

lodeck-derived from empty bottles

you would like this charlie

[Acid King]

magrudergrind - s/t
commit suicide - human larvae
benumb - withering strands of hope

[MOSQUITO FIGHTER]

Yuzo Koshiro - Best Collection Vol 1

I've had Space Fight on repeat for way too long: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEw0Qe_p2Bw

[CStarFlare]

I didn't read your post as well as I should have and was really disappointed when that youtube link didn't lead to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rKv0G6mLes

[CMoon]

Neil Young - Time Fades Away

Just discovered this one yesterday. The history of this album is pretty interesting as is trying to second guess why it hasn't seen a CD reissue. Fortunately it isn't hard to hear the album if you know where to look--now owning the album, that's another matter. Obviously fans of Tonight's the Night and On the Beach (yes, Zuma too) need to check this lost album out. Did any of this end up on the Archive box?

[freddiebamboo]

Good mix by the fabric resident Ali b got uploaded recently, lots of old motown, soul and other nice stuff. No real surprises in it but good for some summer listening.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dzmicmwe0w4

Tracklisting

1. Fred Wesley – House Party
2. Dawson Smith – I Don’t Know If I Can Make It
3. Boca 45 – Air Drums
4. The Osmonds – One Bad Apple (U-Tern’s Bucket Mix)
5. Mark Ronson – Just – Mark Ronson
6. Aldo Vancucci – Nieve
7. The Chordettes – Mr Sandman (Squeak E Clean Edit)
8. KW Griff – Respect (Russ Cuban Edit)
9. Simtec & Wylie – Bootleggin’ (Fuzzbox Edit)
10. Jackson Sisters – I Believe In Miracles (Fort Knox Five Edit)
11. Howard Tate – Glad I Knew Better (Fort Knox Five Edit)
12. Stevie Wonder – Positivity (Mark Ronson’s ‘68 Mix)
13. Street Punx – Shake Ya Ass
14. Victor Menegaux – Prominxs Girl
15. The Cure vs K-OS – Crab Cats (Disoriental Mix)
16. Unknown Artist – Moving On
17. Pharrell Williams – I Got It Like That (Fort Knox Five Edit)
18. Jackson 5 – ABC (A-Skillz Edit)
19. Buffalo Springfield – For What It’s Worth (Fort Knox Five Edit)
20. Johnny Cash – Ring Of Fire (Team Canada Edit)
21. The White Stripes – My Doorbell (Alex Rage Edit)
22. U2 – Bloody Sunday
23. John Farruggio – Beats In The Wall
24. Latryx – Lady Don’t Tek No
25. Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop [That Thing] (Fort Knox Five Edit)
26. MTUME – Juicy Fruit
27. The Temptations – My Girl (DJ Solarz Edit)
28. Aretha Franklin – One Step Ahead (Featurecast Edit)
29. Etta James – Piece Of My Heart (Greg J Edit)
30. Marlena Shaw – California Soul (Diplo Edit)
31. Kool & The Gang – Summer Madness