What albums did you listen to today?...continued

Guldbamsen wrote:   Btw seeing as you dig the Ozrics and Gong...any chance you’ve ever heard the “lost” Gong album ‘Obsolete’? Sure it’s listed under some French fella named Dashiell Hedayatt..but it’s pretty much Gong via members AND most importantly the music.

 

Playing tribute to some legends that have passed on recently.

Little Richard— Here’s Richard! (Amazing album. Gold standard of a great 50/60’s recordings. )

The Cars— Heartbeat City (MFSL) ( this album is flat out awesome. The synths are mega suave. Love this album. Why did I wait so long to buy this one on SACD no less? )

Edited by Cosmiclawnmower - May 18 2020 at 13:46

Syd Barrett | Barrett — Love this album. It’s the dark winter of Syd’s mind.

Paul McCartney | Memory Almost Full — first listen and hey! Very good for a late McCartney album. No gimmicks, just Paul doing his thing. Impressed.

Japan | Gentlemen Take Polaroids - just really good synth-based art-rock. David Sylvian is a great singer too.

of Montreal | The Gay Parade — Athens-based psych-pop weirdo. This guy is part of that same Elephant thingamabob that Olivia Trmor Control and Neutral Pork Hostel are caught up in. A kaleidoscopic psych-pop manifesto.

Screaming Trees | Dust — just an incredible album. Track 2 was a big hit in the 90s but every track on this kills. Didn’t even know I was a fan. But I play this every couple of years and DAMN

Oysterhead | The Grand Pecking Order — Trey, Clay, and Stew. Eclecic? You bet. Enjoyable? In spots.

Gumball | Revolution on Ice - Don Fleming, an uncompromising alt-rock icon leading a fairly accessible early 90s manor label band that rocks pretty heartily. Such a release could have only happened in the early 90s.

The Cramps | Songs the Lord Taught Us — rockabilly trash rock that gets by on attitude. And it’s fun. Kinda sh*tty otherwise.

Dinosaur Jr. | You’re Living All Over Me — now we’re talkin’. This 1987 album created the whole melodic 90s sound.

Edited by HolyMoly - May 18 2020 at 21:09

Meltdowner wrote: ^ Viva Boma is a killer album! It's been a while since I spun it. I'm not a fan of DT but I have the box set with most of their albums (bought it really cheap :P) and I thought Six Degrees was one of the better albums. All this conversation about the Ozrics is making me sad for not having much from them in my collection, despite really liking the band. Ooh, I remembered I had a photo of the awesome gig I attended uploaded here There's one synth missing on the right, the Novation died just before the performance but they managed fine without it. At least it wasn't the Roland D-50 with the original 90's sounds This week: Colour Haze - We Are (I didn't know they released a new album last year. They have a full-time keyboard player now and it was definitely a good move.) Zanov - Open Worlds Elder - Omens (I seem to be a minority about them. I thought it was the most interesting album they released yet. Most Stoner fans are allergic to synths ) Rainbow - Rising Salada de Frutas - Crime Perfeito (Another cool example of Prog meets New Wave.) Frédéric Chopin - Piano Concerto no.1 Vinyl Dial - The Flight of the Crown Hawk Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee (I found it through Guy Pratt's Youtube channel and I was quite impressed by it, from a time in Pop music I'm rarely impressed by (late 80's/early 90's))

Viva Boma is a killer album
I totally forgot that you indeed have seen the Ozrics live, lucky b*****d!
I listened to Elder here the other day..Floating World I believe..was a really good spin, although I still have a few reservations concerning the production choices. There are some rather nifty and quite beautiful guitar solos that are way too low in the mix to really be appreciated for what they are...and I’m not all that fond of the somewhat anodyne drum sound..too clean for the music imho.
Yet I still really dug the album
Pretty interested in hearing the new Omen after your description...but then again when have I ever not been excited about adding electronics/synths to bands I already like? Exactly

I’ve been spinning Die Wilde Jagd pretty much incessantly ever since I got my hands on the debut, which I think you’d dig big time....and with the release of the new Haut which basically consists of four 10 min. pieces that both give nods to the old a la Cluster, Neu!, LA Düsseldorf, Kraftwerk and Harmonia..but also manages to sound rather original and contemporary. I’m not at all surprised they were picked up by Bureau B, which also specialises in re-releasing old school Krautrock and Berliner Schule
One of these days I’ll get them on board the PA vessel that’s for sure. I think they’d fit in nicely in electronic

Gazpacho - Demon

Sagichim wrote: Cosmiclawnmower wrote: Sagichim wrote: Maybe a bit more famous than Dashiell Hedayat and you might already know them, if you're looking for more of the same Here & Now are a must. They are the guys who play on the Floating Anarchy album, try their Give & Take album and you won't regret.   Thanks Sagi! I'm a big fan of Here & Now; they are another band I used to bump into a lot on the free festival ans squat party scene in the UK in the 80's and have seen lots of times in lots of different line-ups.. Give and Take is fantastic as is Fantasy Shift, Theatre and of course with Daevid Allen on Floating Anarchy Now I'm jealous  That's the thing  ]  that messed your post.