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

Sophie B Hawkins   -     Tongues and Tails.  Also   Timbre

Guerilla Toss | Twisted Crystal - their last full-length so far. Hope they keep it up - it’s been 2-3 years.

Jethro Tull | A - always liked this one, but rarely play it. Considering getting the new SW box set.

Hawkwind | PXR5 — Calvert-era madness. Lots of new-wave edge in this version of the band.

R. Stevie Moore | my own compilation 2CD — I hope to convince RSM to release this compilation as his own some day. I think it’s a pretty damn fine mix myself, and includes some weirder stuff that most of his comps don’t touch (e.g. Apologies to Mr. Gottlieb). But it still hits plenty of his more popular numbers

Passengers | Original Soundtracks 1 — U2 and Brian Eno collab, circa Zooropa. It’s aged well.

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti | Lover Boy — the man, the myth, the MAGA sympathizer. Can’t understand what he saw in Tr**p but I’ll never stop loving his music

Big Boys | The Fat Elvis — Austin TX funky punk band from the fertile 80s.

Television | s/t — classy reunion album from the early 90s that doesn’t sound anything like their 70s albums but serves their legacy well. Couldn’t have asked for a better return.

PFM | Suonare Suonare— a poppier version of PFM. Lovely songs though, and not yet infected with 80s production woes.

Edited by HolyMoly - May 05 2021 at 10:05

Esa Kotilainen - Ajatuslapsi

Zappa/Mothers | Road Tapes Vol 1 (Vancouver, 1968) - pretty exemplary set of the early Mothers. Has an early version of “Holiday in Berlin” that is for some reason still named “Shortly” at this time. The highlight for me is the Black>Harry>orange>OhNo>Orange medley

Mr. Partridge | Take Away/The Lure of Salvage - 1980 solo Andy Partridge. Just remixing/dub-ifying XTC tracks but pretty cool in an historical sense. We’ll see if it grows on me but the general critical opinion classifies this as an indulgent mess. It probably sounds better on weed.

The Raisins | s/t — The future Bears! Found their Belew-produced LP yesterday (along with the Partridge above and Frith below). Great power pop album.

Fred Frith | Guitar Solos — big find yesterday on original LP

Fripp & Eno | Evening Star — for relaxation time today. My 51 year old body gets tired and sore easily.

Art Fleury | I Luoghi del Potere - great abstract avant Italian that helped me get some work done this afternoon

Secret Oyster | Vidunderlige Kaelling (aka Astarte) — honestly one of my favorite prog bands ever. The fact they played ProgDay and I missed it will always haunt me

Spirit | Spirit of ‘76 — spiritual Spirit. Randy and Cass finding the intersection between blissful dream pop and Jimi Hendrix

U2 | Live at the Marquee, London 1980 — a limited edition double 10” LP I got out of luck. My friend got it somehow and just wanted an mp3 copy of it (he has no turntable) and said I could have it if I could make him a digital copy. I did. And this thing is incredible. If you like “Boy” era U2, this should kick your ass.

Last two days...

progbethyname wrote: HolyMoly wrote: Chris Squire | Fish Out of Water — fantastic album every Yes fan should own. Equal quality to the great Yes albums of the mid 70s. You know something my friend. I just bought the blu ray audio of this album. Gonna try and spin it tonight. :)

hoo boy! Bet that sounds choice.
And a nice endorsement from Jim as well. No surprise really. It’s that good.
And David: I would love to return to Denmark - as I described to you in years past, the time I spent there was among the most influential experiences of my life. I even saw my first concert there (Camel, 1982, Oddfellows Palais, at the age of 12). And to visit you there would truly be grand. Likewise if your journeys take you to the US, I can only hope you’d consider the Atlanta area as a visiting spot, despite the risk of getting shot (just duck, it works for me).

Let’s see. A bit weird today:

The Dead C | The White House - grinding amp noise and loony occasional voices setting a lysergic mood only they can provide
Porcupine Tree | Up the Downstair (2004 version) - wow, long time for this one.
Gong | Magick Brother — aw... long time for this one too. Takes me back to my post-college years. Discovering all sorts of music and spending what little money I had on acquiring it

Factrix | California Babylon
Factrix | Scheintot - an early 80s post punk group from San Francisco. Reminds me most of Throbbing Gristle, but with a guitar/bass/drums lineup. Rarely do they sound like a rock band, it’s all dark noise and scary vocals.

Fairport Convention | s/t — always my first choice with Fairport. Maybe I’m not the best fan. This is more rock folk than folk rock, and kinda psych too. But pretty and quiet. Like early Jefferson Airplane perhaps. No Sandy Denny yet but Judy Dyble does more than a good job, as does Ian McDonald (later Ian Matthews I think?)

Edited by HolyMoly - April 30 2021 at 18:04

Shiver me timbers! Several furry PA specimen like Sagi, Greg, Jim, Samuel, Nick and Steve gathered together in a thread and grooving with discs
Very nice to see you lads

I know this is last minute and all this Toyota Corolla business still is fecking this up, but if you’re anywhere near Aalborg you’re very welcome to drop by for some 15 year old rum, hefty tunes and possibly a banana.
I just ate two bananas so bear with me. Bear with me..heh. Grizzly, spectacled or red panda style?

Yesterday:
Gorillaz - s/t
Fleet Foxes - Shore (first spin..and it was excellent. My mind did wander though but not because of the music being tedious, quite the opposite. I went ‘somewhere’ slightly warmer and welcoming than their last effort Crack-Up..which I also love)
The Cure - Faith (I’ve really missed this sucker!)
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (this was such a brilliant revisit. Definitely doing that again soon. I actually remember seeing them live on this tour)
Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
Tears For Fears - The Seeds Of Love
Hatfield and the North - The Rotters’ Club
Aphex Twin - Drukqs (cd 1)

Edith: Steve. I see you tripping the old light fantastic with some beepers of electro albums.
If you dig Campfire Headcase then there’s a good chance you’ll dig the rest. Perhaps start out with Geogaddi
Also nice Klopfzeichen shout out there. Wonderful music to clear out a tupperware party I find.

Edited by Guldbamsen - April 30 2021 at 04:04

Klaus Schulze | La Vie Electronique, Vol. 1 — collection of unreleased stuff from his earliest period - by my ear, his first album. 3 full discs worth. And it’s all really good. Prolific dude.

Boards of Canada | The Campfire Headphase - need more of this band. I’ve had this for years, but nothing else from them. It’s really hit the spot on recent listens

Peter Hammill | The Future Now - one of his best. Love his solo albums, they almost always show a lot of creative fire

Animal Collective | Feels — lovely experimental rock with a folky pastoral slant

Kluster | Klopfzeichen — 1970 debut. Dark avant garde sound paintings

Bill Orcutt & Jacob Felix Heule | Colonial Donuts - improvisational guitar/percussion explorations. Orcutt (guitar) is one of the guys in my avatar actually

Edited by HolyMoly - April 29 2021 at 20:00