seppukudkurosawa wrote:The Slits. I ain't gonna lie, I was sold by the NSFW cover, but they're more than just a few mud-slinging feministas, the music's sound. I kinda expected to hear some proto-Babes in Toyland style Riot Grrring, but I'm glad I got 12 songs of very wonky punk-reggae instead.
seppukudkurosawa wrote:Man, as an old-school Bjork fan, it's nice to fall in love with her again by hearing her warble all over these super-uncool/cool/uncool tracks. I guess she was a little too sincere to be considered at one with the New Wave crew, but she had the experimental edge down.
seppukudkurosawa wrote:Although Einar's vocals are still a little annoying. It's like having a Kraftwerk robot invade a Sigur Ros record.
TheBaxter wrote:einar annoyed me though. kinda like fred schneider in the b-52s,
TonyWilson wrote:Talking Heads kinda melt into New Wave too I guess, and they are one of my top 5 bands and have been for a loooong time. I should have checked out this stuff earlier.
mistertim wrote:Speaking of Gang of Four, any zoners going to this?
http://www.atpfestival.com/events/nightmare/
HollywoodBabylon wrote:As for PIL, their Metal Box is simply one of the most radical, and left-field LP's I've ever heard. It sounds like little else in rock/pop music. IMO it's John Lydon's finest moment notwithstanding his work in the Sex Pistols.
seppukudkurosawa wrote:I bought about three Birthday Party albums and....well let's just say I was a leeetle suprised. This is the weirdest, scariest shit I've ever listened to, but it's also hella funny at the same time- like the soundtrack to some Aussie punk-rock dance macabre. I REALLY advice anyone to get into them if they're into things like Faith no More and some of the early Bad Seeds stuff.
Tyrone_Shoelaces wrote:Well, if you ever saw The Jesus Lizard live then chances are that Mr. Yow gave you a show similar to goatse. There were deputies all over the Detroit Lollapalooza stop and he dropped trou anyway. Thurston Moore later remarked what a piece of art Yow's scrotum was.
Carolian wrote:Pere Ubu, from Cleveland, just an hour or so from where I live. Frightening and hilarious all at once, funky but totally off-kilter, with some of the strangest vocals I've ever heard. Anything from DATAPANIK IN THE YEAR ZERO or THE MODERN DANCE is great, with TMD's title track as a stand-out. Also great, off of DATAPANIK, is "30 Seconds Over Tokyo", which tries to recreate the sounds in the cockpits of American pilots bombing Japan during WWII. Eerie stuff.
Carolian wrote:I've been listening to a lot of Slint, too, but I don't think that would fit here.
Carolian wrote:I'm about to give a listen to DECEIT by This Heat, one of the early Rough Trade post-punk bands, along with--according to RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN, which I've just consulted--Scritti Politti, Swell Maps, Cabaret Voltaire, Young Marble Giants, and (weeeeeird) the Raincoats and Kleenex. How's that for (accidentally) bringing it all full circle?
Carolian wrote:Oh shit, dude, I was just coming to tell you--on the second listen, it turns into banjos playing "Hava Nagila" for sixty minutes, followed by Walter Cronkite saying "Fuck this shit", and a single Woody Woodpecker laugh fed through a Vocoder.
Carolian wrote:I'm about to give a listen to DECEIT by This Heat, one of the early Rough Trade post-punk bands, along with--according to RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN, which I've just consulted--Scritti Politti, Swell Maps, Cabaret Voltaire, Young Marble Giants, and (weeeeeird) the Raincoats and Kleenex. How's that for (accidentally) bringing it all full circle?
Keepcoolbutcare wrote:Carolian wrote:I'm about to give a listen to DECEIT by This Heat, one of the early Rough Trade post-punk bands, along with--according to RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN, which I've just consulted--Scritti Politti, Swell Maps, Cabaret Voltaire, Young Marble Giants, and (weeeeeird) the Raincoats and Kleenex. How's that for (accidentally) bringing it all full circle?
synchronicity!
I wrote a brief review of the only This Heat box set you'll ever need, Out of Cold Storage. Might be a bit of a double dip since you already have Deceit, but it's got every album they ever recorded plus some live stuff.
tapehead wrote:I remember a Miles Davis interview where he gave props - 'That Scritti Politti's a MotherFucker' or words to that effect.
seppukudkurosawa wrote:Also been listening to a lot of Go-Betweens
seppukudkurosawa wrote:and Galaxie 500, but I guess that's more proto-indie than post-punk, so I'll the one I desire for now. I will just say that I think KCBC would love Galaxie if he hasn't already heard them- Thurston Moore named their first album his favourite album of that year.
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