Saturday, November 13, 2010
HOLIDAY FLYER snowballing + roll those eyes over here + her star
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post n°300.
among the five most important 7inches in my collection.
therefore, posted here in its entirety.
found in the mysterious nyc-record-store mentioned here.
i didn't even know about the existence of this 7". that's how essential things happen in life - don't expect, don't look for them.
enjoy. and thanks for reading this.
listen.
.
post n°300.
among the five most important 7inches in my collection.
therefore, posted here in its entirety.
found in the mysterious nyc-record-store mentioned here.
i didn't even know about the existence of this 7". that's how essential things happen in life - don't expect, don't look for them.
enjoy. and thanks for reading this.
listen.
.
DODOS horny hippies
.
maybe the only san francisco-band of the last years i thoroughly love.
an improvised recording the day of their show at the old Magnet, last year in september:
and, more elaborate, in nyc:
listen.
.
maybe the only san francisco-band of the last years i thoroughly love.
an improvised recording the day of their show at the old Magnet, last year in september:
and, more elaborate, in nyc:
listen.
.
THE NOTWIST panama - electric bar
.
for some obscure reasons, it took me a while to open my soul to NOTWIST.
many people i love adore them.
in the end, i've joined them.
Thomas Ott is a genious.
listen.
.
many people i love adore them.
in the end, i've joined them.
Thomas Ott is a genious.
listen.
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THE FAMILY WAY sugar baby love
.
a song to dance and smile, with or without a drink (gin tonic?) in your hand and someone cheek to cheek.
like in the old days.
listen.
.
a song to dance and smile, with or without a drink (gin tonic?) in your hand and someone cheek to cheek.
like in the old days.
listen.
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DEAD SCIENCE make mine marvel (remix) + white mane
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brilliant. they will last.
started as a hybrid Jeff Buckley meets Xiu Xiu visits Anthony & the Johnsons thing, the album they released two years ago on Constellation Rec. is a monolith.
truly essential.
listen.
buy as long as you can!
.
brilliant. they will last.
started as a hybrid Jeff Buckley meets Xiu Xiu visits Anthony & the Johnsons thing, the album they released two years ago on Constellation Rec. is a monolith.
truly essential.
listen.
buy as long as you can!
.
HAVERGAL my heart
.
not much to say on this one.
pleasant to listen to for this post - probably the first time in, hm, 8 years.
bought in 1999 in brighton, at Borderline Records.
ah, the late nineties....!
listen.
.
pleasant to listen to for this post - probably the first time in, hm, 8 years.
bought in 1999 in brighton, at Borderline Records.
ah, the late nineties....!
listen.
.
COSMETICS soft skin
.
M. loves them.
on the overhyped Captured Tracks label.
in its retrochic-attitude quite ephemeral. but who cares on a sweaty dancefloor?
listen.
.
on the overhyped Captured Tracks label.
in its retrochic-attitude quite ephemeral. but who cares on a sweaty dancefloor?
listen.
.
PTTRNS definitions
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cologne has always been one of my homes.
as a teenager, regular record store and show-trips, going there by train (often mentioned in this blog, so i'm not going into details).
later, abroad, my night-dreams often played in that town. i'm serious, i tend to remember quite well my rem-activities.
since january, i live there ~10 days per month. and, beside the deep happiness i feel to share time and space with the woman i love there, i love the city for itself.
there are (for me) at least two musical hemispheres there: the recently, way too late!, discovered ERDMÖBEL, a band that is either loved or hated (i'm on the lover-side), and the punk-guitar-thing, in the last years represented, among others, by Sascha's Parapop label, and, in a trendy way, PTTRNS.
listen.
buy!
.
cologne has always been one of my homes.
as a teenager, regular record store and show-trips, going there by train (often mentioned in this blog, so i'm not going into details).
later, abroad, my night-dreams often played in that town. i'm serious, i tend to remember quite well my rem-activities.
since january, i live there ~10 days per month. and, beside the deep happiness i feel to share time and space with the woman i love there, i love the city for itself.
there are (for me) at least two musical hemispheres there: the recently, way too late!, discovered ERDMÖBEL, a band that is either loved or hated (i'm on the lover-side), and the punk-guitar-thing, in the last years represented, among others, by Sascha's Parapop label, and, in a trendy way, PTTRNS.
listen.
buy!
.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
MOTE stevie
.
belgian openers for SMOG, back in 1995.
Rotten Windmill's second release!
an unfair emphasis, definitely - but that's how (even indie-)history works.
a song worth to close the first side of a moody tape.
listen.
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TIED & TICKLED ain't no sunshine [Bill Withers cover]
.
one of the earliest recordings of NOTWIST's bavarian jazzy soundtrack side-project (actually quoted as TIED & TRICKLED in the booklet).
this label sounds awful to you? so it does to me.
next to the Palace 7" they released , THE milestone in Hausmusik's catalog (in my would-be humble opinion).
listen.
.
one of the earliest recordings of NOTWIST's bavarian jazzy soundtrack side-project (actually quoted as TIED & TRICKLED in the booklet).
this label sounds awful to you? so it does to me.
next to the Palace 7" they released , THE milestone in Hausmusik's catalog (in my would-be humble opinion).
listen.
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
UNREST cherry cherry
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Mark Robinson! Mark Robinson!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bought in a longtime gone record store near the central train station in geneva, back in 1997. very skilled female seller, i remember.
my earliest Teenbeat record (#49!)
listen.
.
Mark Robinson! Mark Robinson!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bought in a longtime gone record store near the central train station in geneva, back in 1997. very skilled female seller, i remember.
my earliest Teenbeat record (#49!)
listen.
.
MOVERE WORKSHOP second watchung [sic]
.
one of the best hidden All City secrets.
perfect late night-in the cold wet streets-of berlin-in fall-track.
WILCO's Mikael Jorgensen, back in 1995.
listen.
.
one of the best hidden All City secrets.
perfect late night-in the cold wet streets-of berlin-in fall-track.
WILCO's Mikael Jorgensen, back in 1995.
listen.
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JEN WOOD sheltering for the birds
.
discovered thanks to an upbeat sale-review from mr. michael stahl, back in 1997.
recently, she went more and more mainstreamish.
this song gives you an idea how she sounded in the old days.
remember: she's on JOAN OF ARC's Live in Chicago (btw, Tim Kinsella is on this Long Distance Lovers split with her) , BLACK HEART PROCESSION's 1 , and, exactly, POSTAL SERVICE's Give Up.
her first two solo albums will remain as essential parts of my heartbreak biography.
strange enough, i've never been a fan of the TATTLE TALE thing.
listen.
.
discovered thanks to an upbeat sale-review from mr. michael stahl, back in 1997.
recently, she went more and more mainstreamish.
this song gives you an idea how she sounded in the old days.
remember: she's on JOAN OF ARC's Live in Chicago (btw, Tim Kinsella is on this Long Distance Lovers split with her) , BLACK HEART PROCESSION's 1 , and, exactly, POSTAL SERVICE's Give Up.
her first two solo albums will remain as essential parts of my heartbreak biography.
strange enough, i've never been a fan of the TATTLE TALE thing.
listen.
.
Friday, November 5, 2010
SHANNON WRIGHT wish you well
.
her very first solo release.
the last post for tonight, it's 2:22am, gotta get out in four hours.
but, hey, it was worth it.
next posts in a week.
listen.
.
her very first solo release.
the last post for tonight, it's 2:22am, gotta get out in four hours.
but, hey, it was worth it.
next posts in a week.
listen.
.
WHY? as i went out one morning [Bob Dylan cover]
.
these guys are, at times, too smart. to me.
a great split 7" (the supreme discipline!) on Asthmatic Kitty. get any release as long as you can.
listen.
.
these guys are, at times, too smart. to me.
a great split 7" (the supreme discipline!) on Asthmatic Kitty. get any release as long as you can.
listen.
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THE WAVE PICTURES watching charlie's angels
.
ephemeral youth. innocence that abolishes itself with a weary smile.
there's this Robert Crumb sketch book-strip with the old bearded guy mumbling similar wisdom, talking to a young woman:
exactly: i better shut the fuck up.
how can one not love this band? seriously.
listen.
.
ephemeral youth. innocence that abolishes itself with a weary smile.
there's this Robert Crumb sketch book-strip with the old bearded guy mumbling similar wisdom, talking to a young woman:
exactly: i better shut the fuck up.
how can one not love this band? seriously.
listen.
.
SIMON JOYNER veterans hospital song
.
it's a major injustice that Hayfever hasn't got, at least, the alternative nobel prize for great merit during the pre-internet era.
(thinking about it:
nowadays, who really cares about posts on music-blogs?
and, on the contrary: how many times - and with how much commitment! - did we, in the old days, listen to 7inches coming with paper-fanzines?
see?
i'm not flirting.)
besides, WHAT A SONG!
a future classic. again.
listen.
.
it's a major injustice that Hayfever hasn't got, at least, the alternative nobel prize for great merit during the pre-internet era.
(thinking about it:
nowadays, who really cares about posts on music-blogs?
and, on the contrary: how many times - and with how much commitment! - did we, in the old days, listen to 7inches coming with paper-fanzines?
see?
i'm not flirting.)
besides, WHAT A SONG!
a future classic. again.
listen.
.
PLOVER shade for today [Tall Dwarfs cover]
.
it took me more than a decade to discover this hidden treasure in PLOVER's discography - thanks to discogs.
the whole 7inch is beyond belief - BOYRACER, BARTLEBEES and PLOVER covering Chris Knox - on the legendary french Acetone label!
wenn es dat ding nicht gäbe, hätte man es erfinden müssen.
listen.
.
the whole 7inch is beyond belief - BOYRACER, BARTLEBEES and PLOVER covering Chris Knox - on the legendary french Acetone label!
wenn es dat ding nicht gäbe, hätte man es erfinden müssen.
listen.
.
ENON fly south
.
an unintentional coincidence to post this thematically related song straight after BESNARD LAKES' aviation.
really.
listen.
.
really.
listen.
.
THE BESNARD LAKES aviation
.
Alden loves them. and that means something!
this 7inch came out before the buzz started, at a time when they were playing semiprivate shows at Sala Rossa.
if you wanna get an idea of their meanwhile highly distinctive sound, dig this:
they deserve it.
listen.
.
Alden loves them. and that means something!
this 7inch came out before the buzz started, at a time when they were playing semiprivate shows at Sala Rossa.
if you wanna get an idea of their meanwhile highly distinctive sound, dig this:
they deserve it.
listen.
.
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