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Coil. Vol. 1 2007-06-10 01:08:00 Scatology (1984) 01 - Ubu Noir02 - Panic03 - At the Heart of It All04 - Tenderness of Wolves05 - The Spoiler06 - Clap07 - Restless Day08 - Aqua Regis09 - Solar Lodge10 - The S.W.B.P.11 - GodheadHDeathead12 - Cathedral in Flames13 - Tainted Lovelink Coil's first official full-length album, Scatology, is one of the essential landmarks in the group's discography and, moreover, one of the '80s industrial scene's more vital and influential recordings. This is the first part of the essential Coil trilogy that also includes Horse Rotorvator and Love's Secret Domain. The 1984 album exhibits the group at its early industrial stage, in transition to the undefined genre of astral noise psychedelia that Coil would inhabit for the following decades without peer or precedent. The core duo of Peter Christopherson and John Balance are joined by Clint Ruin (aka Jim Thirlwell), whose role in the production cannot be underestimated, as well as Stephen E. Thrower, Throbbing Gristle's Alex Ferguson
Coil. Vol. 4 2007-06-15 00:55:00 Astral Disaster (1999) 01 - The Avatars02 - The Mothership & the Fatherland (re-mixed)03 - 2nd Sun Syndrome04 - The Sea Priestess (redone)05 - I Don't Want to be the One (redone and extended)06 - MUURlink (part_1 part_2) The initial 1999 version of Astral Disaster on Prescription was an ultra-limited release in a symbolic edition of 99 copies on vinyl only. The CD reissue of what must be one of Coil's more collectable cult items has been slightly remixed, and includes an extra track not on the original as a consolation to the fanatics who missed out on the Holy Grail LP version. The tracks featured are "The Sea Priestess," "2nd Sun Syndrome," "I Don't Want to Be the One," "The Avatars," "The Mothership & the Fatherland," and "MU-UR." Not comparable to the sublime brilliance the group achieved on Musick to Play in the Dark, Astral Disaster mines different territory altogether, and is a strong album that features a notable folk influence. With this approach transfigured thro
Public Image Ltd. (PiL). Vol. 2 2007-06-20 00:27:00 The Flowers of Romance (1981) 01 - Four Enclosed Walls02 - Track 803 - Phenagen04 - Flowers Of Romance05 - Under The House06 - Hymies Him07 - Banging The Door08 - Go Back09 - Francis Massacre10 - Flowers Of Romance (Instrumental)11 - Home Is Where The Heart Is12 - Anotherlink As opposed to the axis of throbbing bass and guitar slashings of Metal Box, The Flowers of Romance is centralized on razor-sharp drums and typically haranguing vocals. No dubwise grooves here -- bassist Jah Wobble was kicked out prior to the recording for ripping off PiL backing tracks for his solo material. And growing more disenchanted with the guitar, Keith Levene's infatuation with synthesizers was reaching a boiling point. His scythe-like guitar is truly brought out for only one song. Stark and minimal are taken to daring lengths, so it's no surprise that Virgin initially balked at issuing the heavily percussive record. "Four Enclosed Walls" opens with something of a mechanical death rattle and John Lydon Read more:Public
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Public Image Ltd. (PiL). Vol. 1 2007-06-19 00:55:00 PublicImage
(1978) 01 - Theme02 - Religion I03 - Religion II04 - Annalisa05 - Public Image
06 - Low Life07 - Attack08 - Fodderstompf link (part_1 part_2) Like it or not, Public Image Limited's First Issue (aka Public Image) was an album that helped set the pace for what eventually became known as post-punk. In England a vacuum had opened up in the wake of the breakup of the Sex Pistols in January 1978, and many punk fans and rival groups were impatient to see what ex-Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon aka "Johnny Rotten" was going to roll out next. Disheartened owing to events in his legal proceedings against the Sex Pistols management company Glitterbest, and disgusted by the punk scene in general, Lydon was determined to create something that was neither punk nor even really rock as it was known in 1978. Working with ex-Clash guitarist Keith Levene, first-time bassist Jah Wobble, and Canadian drummer Jim Walker, Public Image Limited produced an album that represented the punk sound a Read more:Public Image Ltd
Coil. Vol. 5 2007-06-18 00:56:00 Musick to Play in the Dark 2 (2000) 01 - Something02 - Tiny Golden Books03 - Ether04 - Paranoid Inlay05 - An Emergency06 - Where Are You07 - Batwings (A Limnal Hymn)link (part_1 part_2) Two types of records usually have the highest potential for embarrassment: "comedy" records and "scary" records. Unlike an awful pub rock mistake or a tuneless ambient workout, there seems to be nothing more obnoxious than listening to a record that tries -- and fails -- to be either funny or frightening. Coil's Musick to Play in the Dark 2 takes the latter stab into forbidding, blood-velvet territory and consistently bungles it up. "Ether" ends with a magnificently processed, sincerely unsettling chant, but it takes almost 11 minutes of "cats + piano" melodies to get there. Elsewhere, opener "Something" takes a deeply effective, goth Gaia heartbeat and polishes it with cartoonish "menacing" swooshes and sirens that probably could be found on a two-buck "Boo! Halloween Hits!" supermarket CD. The sinc
Public Image Ltd. (PiL). Vol. 4 2007-06-22 02:42:00 That What Is Not (1992) 01 - Acid Drops02 - Luck's Up03 - Cruel04 - God05 - Covered06 - Love Hope07 - Unfairground08 - Think Tank09 - Emperor10 - Good Things link (part_1 part_2) Former Sex Pistol vocalist John Lydon once again unleashed his PublicImage
Ltd. project, this time with a more basic, unrelenting rock & roll attack than ever before. The audio assault of guitarist John McGeoch and bassist Allan Dias perfectly complements Lydon's frenzied, strangled bleating throughout. As usual, Lydon succeeds in being all of satirical and fatalistic, confrontational and self-deprecating. The album's opening words set the tone: "What does it mean/What does anything mean." It's spat out as a statement rather than a question. "Covered" unpredictably tosses sampled vocals, bluesy harmonica, and Tower of Power horns into the mix. That What Is Not can be a difficult PiL to swallow, but the heady side-effects make the effort worthwhile. Commercial Zone (1984) 01 - Love Song02 - Mad Max Read more:Public Image
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Public Image Ltd. (PiL). Vol. 3 2007-06-21 00:26:00 Album/Compact Disc/Cassette (1985) 01 - F.F.F.02 - Rise03 - Fishing04 - Round05 - Bags06 - Home07 - Easelink After the release of This Is What You Want, Lydon assembled yet another touring band. Martin Atkins stayed on, with Jebin Bruni and Mark Schulz joining the band's ranks. While gigging, Bruni and Schulz assisted in writing the material that wound up on Album. Atkins left to spend more time on his own projects after touring, and Lydon again scrapped his associates prior to recording. Anyone's first thousand guesses as to who Lydon would work with next couldn't possibly come close, as the unlisted credits for Album read as a motley crew of established musicians who literally have no business being anywhere near Lydon, let alone in a studio with him or with one another. Well, maybe that made perfect sense, given Lydon's ability to baffle. Bill Laswell produced and played bass, which isn't too much of a stretch. But Steve Vai, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Ginger Baker? Baker's i Read more:Image
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Electronic. Vol.1 2007-06-27 02:34:00 Electronic
(1991) 01 - Idiot Country02 - Reality03 - Tighten Up04 - The Patience Of A Saint05 - Getting Away With It06 - Gangster07 - Soviet08 - Get The Message09 - Try All You Want10 - Some Distant Memory11 - Feel Every Beat link Both more and less than what a partnership of Sumner and Marr would promise, Electronic's debut has weathered time much better than might have been thought upon its release, but ultimately only half works. When it does, though, it's fantastic, sometimes shifting from okay to fantastic within the same song. Opening number "Idiot Country" is a bit like that -- the beginning sounds a little too rushed, Marr's heavy wah-wah riff OK enough but Sumner's semi-rap/semi-sung vocals a bit ham-handed. By the time the full combination of gentle keyboards, crisp rhythms, and the gentle, reflective chorus comes to bear, though, everything feels just great. Perhaps understandably Electronic leans much more toward New Order than the Smiths -- Marr had already proven hi
New Order. Vol.3 2007-06-27 01:40:00 Substance (1987) 01 - Ceremony02 - Everything's Gone Green03 - Temptation04 - Blue Monday05 - Confusion06 - Thieves Like Us07 - Perfect Kiss08 - Subculture09 - Shellshock10 - State Of The Nation11 - Bizarre Love Triangle12 - True Faith link (part_1 part_2) 13 - In A Lonely Place14 - Procession15 - Mesh16 - Hurt17 - The Beach18 - Confusion Instrumental19 - Lonesome Tonight20 - Murder21 - Thieves Like Us Instrumental22 - Kiss Of Death23 - Shame Of The Nation24 - 1963 link (part_3 part_4) Substance is a double-disc set collecting New Order
's singles, including several songs that were never available on the group's albums, at least in these versions. While there are a couple of re-recordings of earlier singles, most of Substance consists of 12" single mixes designed for danceclub play. Arguably, these 12" mixes represent New Order
's most groundbreaking and successful work, since they expanded the notion of what a rock & roll band, particularly an indie rock band, could do. Substa
New Order. Vol.2 2007-06-26 01:01:00 Brotherhood (1986) 01 - Paradise02 - Weirdo03 - As It Is When It Was04 - Broken Promise05 - Way Of Life06 - Bizarre Love Triangle07 - All Day Long08 - Angel Dust09 - Every Little Counts10 - State Of The Nation link One of the least-synthesized albums in New Order
's discography, Brotherhood offers the simultaneous peak of the group's hook-filled songwriting (not just on the single "Bizarre Love Triangle") and Peter Hook's trademark bass work, which takes a plaintive, upper-register lead on highlights like "Weirdo" and "Broken Promise." As usual, the lines dividing organic and electronic are quite fuzzy, resulting in stark drum-machine lines for the tender ballad "All Day Long." Sumner's fondness for bizarre, enigmatic lyrics continues apace with songs like the closer ("Every second counts, when I am with you/I think you are a pig, you should be in a zoo"). Technique (1989) 01 - Fine time02 - All the way03 - Love less04 - Round & round05 - Guilty partner06 - Run07 - Mr disco0 Read more:New Order
New Order. Vol.1 2007-06-25 01:58:00 Movement (1981) 01 - Dreams Never End02 - Truth03 - Senses04 - Chosen Time05 - ICB06 - The Him07 - Doubts Even Here08 - Denial link Movement is the sound of New Order
searching for their own musical path after the suicide of Ian Curtis signaled the end of Joy Division. The album paints an extremely vivid picture that the band was struggling to find their own identity. The ghost of Ian Curtis hangs over each song like decaying bark. For starters, Bernard Sumner affects such a deep croon that it could be seen as an attempt to mimic the sad and somber vocal style of Curtis. When his vocals aren't deep enough, producer Martin Hannett steps in with a sound processor, and one is left with the unsettling notion that the band is treading on ground that almost smells of exploitation. Movement's music is strangely non-energized. The sound experimentation of Joy Division, much of it courtesy of Hannett, is everywhere. Tribal beats mar much of the album, as t Read more:New Order
Melvins. Part 1 2007-06-29 02:14:00 Gluey Porch Treatments (1987) 01 - Eye Flys02 - Echo (Don't Piece Me)03 - Heater Moves And Eyes04 - Steve Instant Neuman05 - Influence Of Atmosphere06 - Exact Paperbacks07 - Happy Gray Or Black08 - Leeech09 - Glow God10 - Big As Mountain11 - Heaviness Of The Load12 - Flex With You13 - Bitten Into Sympathy14 - Gluey Porch Treatments15 - Clipping Roses16 - As It Was17 - Over From Under The Excrement18 - Echohead (Demo)19 - Flex With You (Demo)20 - Don't Piece Me (Demo)21 - Bitten Into Sympathy (Demo)22 - Exact Paperbacks (Demo)23 - Glow God, Big As A Mountain (Demo)24 - Heaviness Of The Load (Demo)25 - Happy Gray Or Black (Demo)26 - Heater Moves And Eyes (Demo)27 - Gluey Porch Treatments (Demo)28 - Eye Flys (Demo)29 - Clipping Roses (Demo) link The second and last album done with Lukin keeps the Melvins' freak flag flying. Starting with the slow-as-hell "Eye Flys," which, if nothing else, shows off Osbourne's skill at monster soloing while Crover and Lukin play a rhythm that would
Monaco 2007-06-29 01:38:00 Music for Pleasure (1997) 01 - What Do You Want From Me02 - Shine03 - Sweet Lips04 - Buzz Gum05 - Blue06 - Junk07 - Billy Bones08 - Happy Jack09 - Tender10 - Under The Stars11 - Sedona link Monaco
is quite different than Revenge, Peter Hook's previous side project from New Order. Where Revenge was a heavy, occasionally industrial, reworking of New Order, Monaco is a more pop-oriented affair. Hook and his collaborator David Potts still give the music a cool dance underpinning, but the intention of the duo is to marry the tuneful craftmanship of Britpop with modern sonics. Surprisingly, most of their debut, Music for Pleasure, works. Although Potts' contributions tread too close to Oasis territory for comfort, Hook's songs are melodic, concise and catchy -- he hasn't sounded quite so fresh since the late '80s. There are still a few dull moments scattered across the record, yet Music for Pleasure remains a thoroughly enjoyable listen. Monaco (2000) 01 - I've Got A Feeling02 - A
The Other Two 2007-06-28 02:16:00 The Other Two & You (1993) 01 - Tasty Fish02 - The Greatest Thing03 - Selfish04 - Movin' On05 - Ninth Configuration06 - Feel This Love07 - Spirit Level08 - Night Voice09 - Innocence10 - Loved It (The Other Track) link A side project from Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert of New Order, The Other Two & You provides some melancholy, synth-pop kicks for devoted fans of the seminal Manchester group, but it won't appeal to those that were never fond of that sound in the first place. Superhighways (1999) 01 - You Can Fly02 - Super Highways03 - The River04 - One Last Kiss05 - Voytek06 - Unwanted07 - New Horizons08 - Cold Feet09 - The Grave10 - Hello11 - Ripple12 - Wierd Woman link (part_1 part_2) It has been six years since the debut disc by the Other Two (The Other Two & You), an off-shoot band from New Order featuring Gillian Gilbert and Steven Morris. Their first album has a very strong pop music feel; while pleasant enough, it is not a brilliant record. Six years and many strugg
Electronic. Vol.2 2007-06-28 01:20:00 Twisted Tenderness (1999) 01 - Make It Happen02 - Haze03 - Vivid04 - Breakdown05 - Can't Find My Way Home06 - Twisted Tenderness07 - Like No Other08 - Late At Night09 - Prodigal Son10 - When She's Gone11 - Flicker 12 - King For A Day13 - Warning Sign14 - Make It Happen (Remix)15 - Haze (Alternative Mix)16 - Prodigal Son (Star In Your Own Mind Mix)17 - Radiation18 - Prodigal Son (Touched By The Hand Of Inch)19 - Prodigal Son (Two Lonesome Swordsmen)20 - Prodigal Son (Harveys Greatly Deluded Mix)21 - Come Down (Cevin Fisher Mix) link (part_1 part_2 part_3) Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner have a unique musical companionship. Both artists bred the '80s British music scene into pop candy delight thanks to Marr's charming guitar hooks while fronting the Smiths, and Sumner, whose ingenuous lyrical poetry pushed New Order's dance-oriented sound into the new wave mainstream. But since their musical collaboration began back in 1991, the duo cont Read more:Electronic
Melvins. Part 6 2007-07-04 02:23:00 Singles 1-12 (1997) 01 - Lexicon Devil02 - Pigtro03 - In The Rain04 - Spread Eagle05 - Leech06 - Queen07 - Way Of The World08 - Theme09 - It's Shoved10 - Forgotten Principles11 - GGIIBBYY12 - Theresa Screams13 - Poison14 - Double Troubled15 - Specimen16 - All At Once17 - Jacksonville18 - Dallas19 - The Bloat20 - Fast Forward21 - Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings22 - HDYF23 - How && (Harry Lauders Walking Stick Tree)24 - Zodiac link (part_1 part_2) In 1996, the Melvins and Amphetamine Reptile delivered one 7" single every month of the year in quantities limited to 800 worldwide. AmRep handily compiled all 24 sides on the two-CD set Singles 1-12, which was of likewise limited release. The package features alternate mixes (like the intentionally obtuse versions of songs they submitted to Atlantic Records); some swell cover tunes (they manage to speed up the already hardcore "Lexicon Devil" by early Hollywood punks the Germs and slow down the at-a-snails pace "Way of the World" by slow
Melvins. Part 5 2007-07-04 01:50:00 Hostile Ambient Takeover (2002) 01 - Black Stooges0203 - Dr. Geek04 - Little Judas Chongo05 - The Fool, The Meddling Idiot06 - The Brain Center At Whipples07 - Foaming08 - The Anti Vermin Seed link Considering their long history of continuous releases and touring, one would think that their 16th (or 17th depending on how you view their catalog) full length album would show a significant decline in quality. But like few other acts before them, they have managed to maintain their bizarre and endearing sound for almost 20 years. Hostile Ambient Takeover continues their expansion into various musical styles, a habit they developed after signing to infamous genre hopper Mike Patton's Ipecac label. They exercise their rockabilly chops on the complicated and harsh "Little Judas Congo", a song that goes to prove how amazing Dale Crover can be on the drums. "The Fool, the Meddling Idiot" is a thick grunge crawl that brings to mind their Houdini-era material. "The Brain Center at Whipples" is
Melvins. Part 4 2007-07-03 08:00:00 The Bootlicker (1999) 01 - Toy02 - Let It All Be03 - Black Santa04 - We We05 - Up The Dumper06 - Mary Lady Bobby Kins07 - Jew Boy Flower Head08 - Lone Rose Holding Now09 - Prig link Bootlicker, the second installment of the Melvins' 1999 trilogy of albums, displays the lighter, more melodic side of the group's sound. Unlike its predecessor, The Maggot, there are clean and distorted guitar tones and a relatively laid-back feel, as on the song "Let It All Be." While not quite as eclectic as Stag, Bootlicker reaffirms the sonic twists and turns the Melvins have at their disposal. The Crybaby (2000) 01 - Smells Like Teen Spirit02 - Blockbuster03 - Ramblin' Man04 - G.I. Joe05 - Mine Is No Disgrace06 - Spineless07 - Divorced08 - Dry Drunk09 - Okie From Muskogee10 - The Man With The Laughing Hand Is Dead11 - Moon Pie link The Melvins' The Crybaby, the final volume in their Ipecac Recordings trilogy, applies their uncompromisingly dense sound and irreverence to a collection of covers a
Melvins. Part 3 2007-07-02 23:56:00 Houdini (1993) 01 - Hooch02 - Night Goat03 - Lizzy04 - Going Blind05 - Honey Bucket06 - Hag Me07 - Set Me Straight08 - Sky Pup09 - Joan Of Arc10 - Teet11 - Copache12 - Pearl Bomb13 - Spread Eagle Beagle link To essay a concise, surefooted summation of the Melvins' catalog would be reductive at best, and laughable at worst. This is, of course, underground rock's trio of pranksters -- unpredictable and capable of complete musical about-faces in the turn of a measure. That said, Houdini is about as close as one gets to a representative Melvins album, and it vividly captures the band's unreconstructed power, vision, and musical strangeness. During the early-'90s purge of hair rock and candy-footed funk metal, the Melvins, as with many other acts, seemed fair game for a major label in search of another post-Nirvana gold mine. With Kurt Cobain's assistance, the band was snatched up -- and summarily dropped (after three brilliant albums, this being the first) -- by Atlantic. Though Hou
Melvins. Part 2 2007-07-01 23:55:00 Eggnog (1991) 01 - Wispy02 - Antitoxidote03 - Hog Leg04 - Charmicarmicat link Eggnog delivers on the goods, an EP that supplies what Bullhead failed to give. This record serves as a centerpiece for the Melvins, showing what they've accomplished in the past and what they intent to execute in the future. The future lies in the 12-minute opus "Charmicarmicat." A holiday recording not recommended for the kids, or adults for that matter. Dale Crover (1992) 01 - Hex Me02 - Dead Wipe03 - Respite04 - Hurter link Joe Preston (1992) 01 - The Eagle Has Landed02 - Bricklebrit03 - Hands First Flower link King Buzzo (1992) 01 - Isabella02 - Porg03 - Annum04 - Skeeter link Whether conceived as a well-crafted musical prank, homage, or method of seeing what each member could cough up, the Melvins mirrored Kiss in endeavoring solo albums by everyone in the band. And, like Kiss, the Melvins employed the same cover art style and lettering. Hmmm? Perhaps an homage, or jo
The Legendary Pink Dots. Part 2 2007-07-07 00:45:00 The Tower (1984) 01 - Black Zone02 - Break Day03 - Tower One04 - Vigil-Anti05 - A Lust for Powder06 - Poppy Day07 - Tower Two08 - Astrid09 - Rope and Glory10 - Tower Three11 - Tower Four12 - Tower Five link Floating in with the perfectly titled ominous synth groans of "Black Zone," The Tower finds the Legendary
Pink Dots really starting to gel as a conceptual effort all around, with increasingly involved arrangements and all the more harrowing performances. The Tower is in many ways an album of striking moments suddenly surfacing in excellent songs -- the violin parts on "Vigil-Anti," the sudden keyboard sparkles on the drifting, building moodout "Poppy Day" -- prettiness turned brutal at the stop of a dime. The use of hollow electronic percussion detracts a bit from the atmospheres the group tries to create, but the emphasis on the rhythms often comes courtesy of mostly keyboards and synth bass, suggesting waltzes and horror movie settings at the same time. Even when things get a bi
The Legendary Pink Dots. Part 1 2007-07-04 23:25:00 Apparation (1982) 01. God Speed 02. Pay To Be Alone 03. Spontaneous Human Combustion 04. The Blessing 05. I'm In The Drill 06. Powder Crowd 07. Strychnene Chaser 08. Alive! 09. Believe! 10. The Plague 11. Premonition 3 link Brighter Now (1982) 01 - Red Castles02 - Louder After 603 - The Wedding04 - Apocalypse Then05 - Legacy06 - City Ghosts07 - Hanging Gardens08 - Soma Bath09 - Premonition 4 link The first official Legendary
Pink Dots album was actually a re-release of an early cassette, but it's as convenient a starting point as any for the lengthy, ever-evolving collection of releases the band would embark upon. The sound is certainly among the roughest and sparest of any LPD release, and in many ways is a tentative effort that is more a product of its time than anything else. Songs like the jaunty synth-box swing of "Louder After Six" and the almost flamenco-tinged "Legacy" bespeak little of the tension and threat of immin
Classic Rock. Vol.6 2007-07-12 07:44:00 Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won (2003) CD 1 01. LA Drone02. Immigrant Song03. Heartbreaker04. Black Dog05. Over The Hills And Far Away06. Since I've Been Loving You07. Stairway To Heaven08. Going To California09. That's The Way10. Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp link (part_1 part_2) CD 2 01. Whole Lotta Love (Live, L.A. Forum, 25th June, 1972)02. Rock And Roll (Live, Long Beach Arena, 27th June, 1972)03. The Ocean (Live, L.A. Forum, 25th June, 1972)04. Bring It On Home (Live, L.A. Forum, 25th June, 1972) link (part_1 part_2) CD 3 01. Dazed & Confused, Walter's Walk, The Crunge [live at Los Angeles, CA. 25.June.1972]02. What Is and What Should Never Be [live at Long Beach, CA. 27.June.1972]03. Dancing Days [live at Long Beach, CA. 27.June.1972]04. Moby Dick [live at Los Angeles, CA. 25.June.1972] link For years, Led Zeppelin fans complained that there was one missing item in the group's catalog: a good live album. It's not that there weren't live albums to be had. The Song Remains the Read more:Classic
The Legendary Pink Dots. Part 6 2007-07-11 08:54:00 All the King's Men (2002) 01 - Cross Of Fire02 - The Warden03 - Touched By The Midnight Sun04 - Rash05 - The Day Before It Happened06 - Brighter Now07 - Marz Attacks08 - Sabres At Dawn09 - All The King's Men10 - The Brightest Star link (part_1 part_2) The companion album to the more cohesive and slightly more aggressive All the King's Horses, All the King's Men is a much more murky puddle of psychedelia if you don't get the back-story. Early in 2001 the Dots' main man and lyricist Edward Ka-Spel started working on his "Unlikely Event" piece. The story was of a man on an airplane about to crash and his attempt to reach his wife's cell phone, only to get voicemail. The events of September 11th of that year had his sometimes too hardcore following declaring him a prophet once again. Regardless, All the King's Men is chilling without the synchronicity and a pensive, confused triumph. This is a more personal view of disaster with a "what can you do?" message. On "The Day Before It Read more:Legendary
The Legendary Pink Dots. Part 5 2007-07-10 02:12:00 A Perfect Mystery (2000) 01 - Lent02 - When I'm With You03 - When Lenny Meets Lorca04 - Skeltzer Speltzer05 - Mood 15906 - Pain Bubbles07 - Blue08 - Condition Green09 - Death Of A King10 - Godless link (part_1 part_2) Firmly in their psychedelic- goth period, A Perfect Mystery is one of the more conventional and enjoyable releases in Legendary
Pink Dots' extensive discography. The album settles into a pattern where songs begin with a slow, atmospheric start and then increase instrumentation, which turns up the musical tension and explodes in a trippy fury of mad, whirling, musical dervishes, with Edward Ka-Spel's foreboding lyrics wavering over everything. It all comes together perfectly on "Pain Bubbles," where the Silver Man's swirling keyboards and Niels Van Hoorn's sax dance around each other over a pulsating beat. A gentle exception to the pattern, and a standout track, is the gentle groover "Blue," a spacey guitar-and-drums ballad that mutates into ambient dub that evokes
The Legendary Pink Dots. Part 4 2007-07-09 03:40:00 It's Raining in Heaven (1996) 01 - Puppets Apocalypse02 - Poppy Day03 - A Lust for Powder04 - Only When I Laugh05 - La Cazza Nova06 - Lyriex07 - Premonition 11 link A slightly curious release, this is actually the retitled American version of an Italian-issued album, Greetings 9, from 1989, along with a bonus track that surfaced on a re-release of Greetings 9 two years later. Discographical oddities aside, It's Raining in Heaven is a nice little bit of music for the hardcore LPD fan, consisting for the most part of live recordings from 1988-era concerts. Given how the band really seems to come to life in concert -- a pity no recording can really capture the sense of disorienting swells of sound that Ka-Spel and cohorts cook up on a regular basis -- it's always nice to hear some further examples of the same. Ka-Spel's occasional spoken introductions amp up the mood even more; they are wry, threatening, and calm all at once. The first three tracks are from a French date, starting w Read more:Legendary
Nomeansno. Part 2 2007-07-15 01:58:00 0+2=1 (1991) 01. Now02. The Fall03. 0 + 2 = 104. The Valley of the Blind05. Mary06. Everyday I Start to Ooze07. When Putting It All In Order Ain't Enough08. The Night Nothing Became Everything09. I Think You Know10. Ghosts11. Joyful Reunion link Nomeansno is an odd band from Vancouver, Canada, who sound like they're from San Francisco. Virtuoso musicians (old guys too), they play their own invented form of punk rock, which features choppy rhythms, bass slapping, avant-garde noodling, and wacky lyrics. 0 + 2 = 1 is among their most far-out records. The songs here are incredibly long and somewhat repetitive. They don't necessarily need to be as long as they are, but this is the band's style, and listeners will either dig it or not be able to stand it. Nomeansno counts many musicians among their fans, and plenty of punks. The opening song "Now" has a fine acoustic guitar riff, and "The Valley of the Blind" is maybe the punkest song on the record, and also a winner. "0 + 2 =1" is pre
Nomeansno. Part 1 2007-07-13 09:18:00 Mama (1984) 01. Living is Free02. My Roommate is Turning into a Monster03. Red Devil04. Mama's Little Boy05. We Are the Chopped06. No Sex07. Rich Guns08. No Rest For the Wicked09. Living in Detente10. Try Not to Stutter11. I'm All Wet12. Approaching Zero13. Forget Your Life link (part_1 part_2) **************************************************** Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed (1988) 01. Dark Ages02. Junk03. And That's Sad04. Small Parts Isolated And Destroyed05. Victory06. Teresa, Give Me That Knife07. Real Love08. Lonely link Though less aggressive than the preceding EP, Small Parts is nonetheless vintage Nomeansno, with tight instrumentation which is informed both by punk and by jazz. "Dark Ages" and "Teresa, Give Me That Knife" make for a fun time, but the unfortunate lack of zip to much of the material makes it slightly less interesting over the course of a whole album. Wrong (1989) 01 - It's Catching Up02 - The Tower03 - Brainless Wonder04 - Tired Of Waiting05 - Sto
Nomeansno. Part 3 2007-07-17 03:04:00 Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (1993) 01. The Land of the Living02. The River03. Machine04. Madness and Death05. Happy Bridge06. Kill Everyone Now07. I Need You08. Slowly Melting09. Lullaby10. Cats, Sex and Nazis link (part_1 part_2) A concept album of sorts -- the question posed by the title isn't answered until the final line of the album -- Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?, like nearly everything else the band has released over the years, is clear and definite proof of the group's inspired, creative energy. More than once the trio hits amazing rock epic heights that have more sheer lift and charge than most anything that laid claim to the title -- about the only North American band at the time who had a similar feeling (if slightly different approach) was Drive Like Jehu. Songs like "The River," with a brilliant, powerful vocal matching the surging, rising riffs, and the constantly time-shifting prog/metal/punk master-stomp "Kill Everyone Now" sound like they're about to burst ou
The Tear Garden 2007-07-16 03:23:00 Last Man to Fly (1992) 01 - Hyperform02 - The Running Man03 - Turn Me On, Dead Man04 - Romulus and Venus05 - The Great Lie06 - Empathy With The Devil07 - Circles In The Sand08 - Love Notes & Carnations09 - A Ship Named Despair10 - White Coats and Haloes11 - Isis Veiled12 - Last Post13 - 3-D Technicolour Scrambled Egg Trip Down The Hell-Hole (With Canary)link (part_1 part_2) Sheila Liked the Rodeo (1992) 01 - Blobbo02 - Sybil the Spider Consumes Himself03 - Sheila Liked The Rodeo04 - The Strong and Whining Toad05 - Do It Yourself From A-Z part 106 - Do It Yourself From A-Z part 207 - suneV dnA sulumoR08 - Keep the Bomb Under Your Coatlink While sustaining a stance in the Canadian industrial trio Skinny Puppy, cEvin Key also maintained several side projects such as Tear Garden
and Hilt. Not as chaotic as Skinny Puppy, Key's ambient side work began in the mid-'80s when he and Legendary Pink Dots' Edward Ka-Spel teamed up to form Tear Garden. Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (1987) mar
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