Basically you have other bands in their niches and genres…and then you have Algernon Cadwallader…who could quite possibly be responsible for world peace in the near future.
25.5.11
The Black Ships – The Kurofune EP
This band seem like a bunch of good guys, they seem to be making the sort of music that makes them smile and I imagine it was fun to play as each instrument gets to flex its muscles but without being all pretentious …oh and they are giving this EP away for free…so you have nothing to loose by giving this a try:
http://www.theblackships.com/music.html
This EP is fairly heavy; I don’t mean 'far beyond driven' heavy…this is darkly brooding head music...there is a lot going on. I think anyone who likes music with space and dynamics will enjoy this…I’m going to see about getting myself a ticket for these guys…
17.5.11
Napalm Death - ICA London June 1990
Back in the day limited editions used to garner my interest even if the band didn’t, I almost bought the debut Radiohead album because it was being sold for under £5, to this day I thank the Lord I didn’t and that my then impressionable ears were not shaped by those pointless fools. Anyway, back to Napalm Death. My first impressions of ND were ‘was that it’ on hearing there 1 second track, but enjoying seeing them on childrens tv:
But, again it was John Peel that hooked me on them as a band. I used to tape his show on school nights and listen to it the next day, one evening he played ‘Circle of Hypocrisy’ from the then new Harmony Corruption album. Something about the songs riff had me playing it again and again and even though at the time I was opposed to growled vocals that song had me thinking about buying the album. So, when I saw an advert for the record promoting a limited edition vinyl edition with a free live record I was sold…or... it was sold. The band have become firm favourites of mine, I like what they stand for and how they stand for it. I’d seen the same bootleg knocking around the Internet at 128kbps; this is a vinyl rip at 320kbps.
5.5.11
coach house sounds Joan of Arc live session
A very nice 21 minute live studio session of Joan of Arc.
Joan of Arc - 3.12.11 from Coach House Sounds on Vimeo.
25.4.11
April Mix
Featuring: Childish Gambino – Be Alone
Lilies On Mars – My Liver Hurts
Milk Music – No Life
Gauntlet Hair – Our Scenery
Talking Heads – Making Flippy Floppy (Jellybean Remix)
Ry Cooder – Soy Luz y Sombra
Maria Minerva – Hagasuxzzavol
Trophy Wife – Microlite
Frodus – There Will Be No More Scum
Scritti Politti – Petrococadoll
The Wedding Present – My Favorite Dress
Suicidal Tendencies – Master of No Mercy
14.4.11
High Circle – Out of Darkness
This was another £1 wonder from Aston at Boss Tuneage. I liked the band name ‘High Circle’, they were from Roma, Italy which scored points with me and also the album title ‘Out of Darkness’ sounded brooding; all in all it was enough for me to part with my pound coin. Released on Subcore in 1986, the album sounds like a band in transition, there are straight forward punk tracks, but songs like opener ‘Throbs’ and the title track are longer and fairly dark; maybe even slightly gothic. The record has that classic 80’s bad production that many hardcore bands in transition went for…but you wouldn’t have it any other way. If you want to hear what they sounded like as a straight forward punk hardcore band check out the http://paynomorethan.blogspot.com which has the bands 6 track EP from 1985. Here’s the link for ‘Out of Darkness’, which is a 320kbps vinyl rip.
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