I don't get the deal about The Sonics. They don't sound ahead of their time or interesting or anything to me. Good Golly Miss Molly?? Roll Over Beethoven?? Gimme artfags. Monks are another ridiculously praised (similarly upped as "scorching," mid-60s) band that were totally underwhelming to me, so I probably just can't appreciate good ol' rock. I'm glad really!
Right now:
Nirvana - In Utero (Albini mix from that '03 German vinyl issue) -- Scentless Apprentice now forever known as post-rescue/mental breakdown Jack's Theme.
Rob wrote:I don't get the deal about The Sonics. They don't sound ahead of their time or interesting or anything to me. Good Golly Miss Molly?? Roll Over Beethoven?? Gimme artfags.
Why would you list the covers at all? Every rock band, especially the lowball garage ones, did covers in the early 60s. They also did plenty of their own material. Why not mention The Hustler, Cinderella, The Witch, Strychnine, Shot Down, Boss Hoss, He's Waitin, Psycho, Have Love Will Travel? Those are Sonics songs.
Sonic Youth was novel when I was 14 and Evol had just come out. But they had outlived their usefulness by the time Dirty (which has a couple of really good songs) came out. Anything after Dirty is just a waste of time/money/effort/whatever. I like Goo best and still listen to it and Dirty here and there.
I was pleased that Fennesz released something new this month...
"Fennesz, Sakamoto - Cendre"
a collaboration with Ryuichi Sakamoto, check it out if you like ambient music.
I know I have seen that several of you listen to Sakamoto already... if you haven't heard Fennesz I'd also check out "Venice"
Fennesz never really comes into the foreground with his blankets of noise like in Venice, it's always a backdrop to Sakamoto's piano playing. You will want headphones for this album because the sound is constantly moving from one speaker to the other. It works best on tracks like the third and fourth one where the background is a hazy version of the foreground.
PaCrappa wrote: I like Goo best and still listen to it and Dirty here and there.
Pa
Interesting. As I recall, Goo is very light-hearted and comic. I guess I prefer Sonic Youth being more dark and depressing (i.e. Sister and Daydream Nation).
As far as more recent Sonic Youth goes, I can understand the hesitation on the part of Pa and Rob, but I think completely dismissing these albums is a mistake. These guys are older and mellower now-- the teenage angst is gone. So should they just stop making music? I don't think that follows. I think this is the right sort of evolution for the band-- technically sound and catchy. Good for more mellow moods.
Perhaps I just fall into Neon's third category of a die-hard. Sonic Youth's Dirty was the album that helped me transition from my classic-rock upbringing to more indie/punk sounds. Well, Stravinsky and Schoenberg helped there as well. So I owe them respect, and am more likely to see the glass as half full.
I saw Melt Banana Saturday night and they were predictably amazing. Also, day 3 of the Emissions From The Monolith fest was happening in the adjacent room, so I got to see a couple of good Stoner/Doom bands and one good Southern Rawk band (RPG) as well.
And:
Boris with Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
The Master Musicians of Jajouka featuring Bachir Attar - Apocalypse Across the Sky
V/A, mixed by Coldcut, DJ Food, and DJ Krush - Cold Krush Cuts (Been in a mid-nineties downtempo/abstract hiphop mood for some reason lately.)
Six Finger Satellite - Weapon E.P. and Clone Theory
Jarvis Cocker - s/t (The single is 'dont let him waste your time' but I prefer 'fat children took my life')
peel sessions for electrelane and joy division
kraftwerk - minimize maximize
blonde redhead - 23
sonic yewth - dirty (I like the intro to Chapel Hill, why did they have to waste it on a bum song?)
Neon wrote:Six Finger Satellite - Weapon E.P. and Clone Theory
Weird, I just found some songs I was missing yesterday (Severe Exposure bonus 12", Gun Court single, some comp. track - disappointing, none near as good as Massive Cocaine Seizure or Clone Theory, no rock songs dammit). If you liked Weapon check out Green Magnet School's first album.
As far as more recent Sonic Youth goes, I can understand the hesitation on the part of Pa and Rob, but I think completely dismissing these albums is a mistake.
I haven't heard anything post-Murray Street (which I remember being good). I'm most dismissive of grunge-era SY and the early albums are all really spotty outside of DN.
Rob wrote:I haven't heard anything post-Murray Street (which I remember being good).
This is ambiguous. I don't suppose you're saying: ...Murray St., which I remember being good. If you remember Murray St.'s being good, then you'd probably like Sonic Nurse and Rather Ripped as well. Pretty much the same sort of thing.
june of 44 - anahata
don caballero - american don
uzeda - different section wires
black sabbath - s/t
death - human
professor ganson wrote:...Murray St., which I remember being good.
Yeah, that's it. Obviously I didn't have a I must hear more response to it or I would've followed up with the latest albums, but I'll probably check them out eventually.
Gerard Grisey - Les Espaces Acoustiques
Hindemith - Three Piano Sonatas (Gould)
Bartok - Piano Concertos (Anda) -- Above, all great replacement Fire Emblemin' music.
Panda Bear - Person Pitch -- Love it. The first half. Saving the rest for later. Almost afraid to hear any of it again.
John Lennon - Imagine
Villalobos - Fizheuer Zieheuer
Justice's LP has leaked to soulseek... not out officially til june 11th might be old news but I've had little luck finding it til now, found some other band called justice's lp from 2007 that was totally not dance nor french
Justice is like Daft Punk but louder and dare I say it, consistently better on the whole. Don't get me wrong Discovery is a classic but their other albums struggle with some filler parts... this LP is just so dope I can't even contain it
the album title is a cross, (they have some ironic/bizarro christian theme going on) most people have it labeled as a plus sign, or you can just search 2007
I've wanted to go to that the past few years but still have yet to make the trip. I should start saving for next year.
If they have it here again next year, look me up. I can't put you up, but I'd be more than happy to buy you a beer or three. That goes for the rest of you lot too.
(RPG)
Gooood stuff...
Yes!
And:
Jeep Beat Collective - Technics Chainsaw Massacre
The Legendary Shack Shakers - Cockadoodledon't
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Made it to the metal record store just as they were closing up yesterday, but they let me in to buy it.
March of Mephisto makes me want to headbang from floor to ceiling.
Neon wrote:Six Finger Satellite - Weapon E.P. and Clone Theory
Weird, I just found some songs I was missing yesterday (Severe Exposure bonus 12", Gun Court single, some comp. track - disappointing, none near as good as Massive Cocaine Seizure or Clone Theory, no rock songs dammit). If you liked Weapon check out Green Magnet School's first album.
As far as more recent Sonic Youth goes, I can understand the hesitation on the part of Pa and Rob, but I think completely dismissing these albums is a mistake.
I haven't heard anything post-Murray Street (which I remember being good). I'm most dismissive of grunge-era SY and the early albums are all really spotty outside of DN.
I think I liked one or two songs off Weapon, out of the four (?) indeed not as good as Law of Ruins though. Green Magnet School is cool, thanks. Gotta love Sub Pop
I like this song, the thing thats boring about this and the Ben Gibbard video earlier is that they're so by the book, you know, I mean I could name a million songs that use the same chords they use, and in the same way. Six Finger varies the formula a bit and adds dissonance
Neon wrote:
I think I liked one or two songs off Weapon, out of the four (?) indeed not as good as Law of Ruins though. Green Magnet School is cool, thanks. Gotta love Sub Pop
Supposedly SFS made a "grunge" demo (Weapon) and sent it to Sub Pop as a joke. I'm not sure how true that is, but they completely changed by Severe Exposure. As a joke it could've been funnier. I think GMS did that sound a lot better. They did a split release with SFS at the time and it's almost hard to tell which is which.
Bumped for justice. Listened to this more today with my headphones. It felt like I was wearing a hat made out of fun.
I will now have to check out this album
I listened to Weapon again, I think I still like Nipponese National Anthem. Maybe a Ween style decent-music-but-corny joke? At any rate it's a crime Sub Pap's website doesn't have any tshirts for them. I've been going there to find new bands. If I ever get the opportunity to make tshirts I'll do one with the Law of Ruins cover. It's a 3D cube so I'll be trading shmups.com street cred for indie street cred, lol
Bumped for justice. Listened to this more today with my headphones. It felt like I was wearing a hat made out of fun.
I haven't heard this one. Hyderomastgroningem is amazing and Tzomborgha is the next album I'll actually pay money for once I get a better CD player. I miss quality headphone listening. Symphonica was kinda crap. I'll check this out.
If I ever get the opportunity to make tshirts I'll do one with the Law of Ruins cover. It's a 3D cube so I'll be trading shmups.com street cred for indie street cred, lol
Totally worth it. Such a simple perfect design. I almost went against my no poster rule to buy some awesome SFS concert flier on eBay but I didn't. They inspire me to want to waste money. Here's it:
I'd put it next to a Mars Matrix poster I don't have.
And the Black Math vid was cool. I almost forgot about that song. If only all of their songs were that good.
Rob wrote:
Right now:
Nirvana - In Utero (Albini mix from that '03 German vinyl issue) -- Scentless Apprentice now forever known as post-rescue/mental breakdown Jack's Theme.
Funny, I was reading about that rough mix last night after watching the "Classic Albums" episode about Nevermind. I'd like to hear that mix since I like some of Albini's stark production work. I especially like what he did w/ Failure's Fantastic Planet album.
Wilco's "Sky Blue Sky" for me. I like it better than "A Ghost is Born," as it's far more listen-to-able, feels like it has more direction, and is generally great.
FRO wrote:
Funny, I was reading about that rough mix last night after watching the "Classic Albums" episode about Nevermind. I'd like to hear that mix since I like some of Albini's stark production work. I especially like what he did w/ Failure's Fantastic Planet album.
The difference isn't huge, but especially noticeable for the drums. Just compare the intros to Scentless Apprentice. I think it's kind of pitiful that Kurt went along with the remixing.
My favorite rock band...
