Taking their ques from John Carpenter, Tangerine Dream, Goblin, and a wee bit of Faith No More thrown in for good messure, Pittsburgh two piece have make the perfect soundtrack to the greatest 70s horror film that was never made. Nice.
Geez I love this band, why did they not become massive. This was my first glimspe into their brillance. The track is taken from their 1999 "The Fidelity Wars" album. The main dude; Darren Hayman as well as solo work now plays with Ellis Island Sounds
Painting : Oliver Comerford A mixtape for the wee hours. Contains 80s pop/post punk, 80s esque Pop/rock, Neue Deutsche Welle and analog melodies. 01 Sketch for Summer- The Durutti Column The first song of his first album. Boy, he sure loves his echoy guitar, and i do to. 02 Drugs In My Body - Thieves Like Us A reworking of the previous song and the vid is a reworking of the "heroes" scene in Christine F. film
03 Lovely Allen - Holy Fuck The cover was enticing enough for me to get their EP. This song is kraut-tastic. 04 Glorious - Captain Great Pop rock with Trevor Horn productions. The vid can be watched HERE. 05 You Got Me - Beta Or Vhs More 80s throwback rock. They sound like "A Folk Of Seagulls" fronted by Robert Smith. Vid viewable HERE . 06 Burning Up - Madonna Of her first album, great stuff.
07 Hong Kong Garden - Siouxsie & The Banshees Love the intro.
08 Tender Object - Orange Juice The greatest song Orange Juice ever recorded and it wasn't even a bloody single. 09 (Ein Jahr) Es Geht Voran - Fehlfarben More jangley 80s guitar this time from Düsseldorf's Fehlfarben. 10 Der Kommissar - Falco Here is a medley of Der Kommissar by Falco, followed by the After The Fire version, which is then followed by Laura Branigan with her version called Deep in the Dark.
11 Morning Sun - Al Murray Got this from the soundtrack of "This Is Britian". Great film and great song. 12 Goodbye Horses - Q. Lazzarus Another soundtrack song, from "Married To The Mob" and the Buffalo Bill dancing with his fella tucked behind his legs scene in "Silence Of The Lambs". My new favourite song. 13 Windows - A Flock Of Seagulls B side to Space Age Love Song, and what a b side it is. 14 In The City - Chromatics Love this track, the metronome beat and lead vocal is super sweet. Vid is viewable HERE. 15 You Make Me Like Charity - The Knife One of my favourite Knife song. Go HERE for a live video. 16 The Past Is A Grotesque Animal - Of Montreal Not sure about these boys, but this song is a deffinate highlight on the album, The urgency of the music and vocals really won me over. 17 By This River - Brian Eno First heard this on the film the great german film"The Son's Room". 18 Echo's Answer - Broadcast Oh i love that sound. 19 Can You Hear the Rain, Love - Richard Hawley Eno esque track of the "Late Night Tales" and no better way to finish the mix.
First became aware of Martin Dosh thought Andrew Bird and then a friend gave me a mix with one of his songs on it, Had to get more and this is a great Ep he released a couple of years back and is a good introduction to the wonderful world of Martin Dosh.
Here some still from a stop motion video piece I'm working on for Oneida and some photographs I took at the Richard Hawley gigs recently. Bobby from Oneida Kid Millions from Oneida Jane and Bobby from Oneida
I got in too Primus though a friend who's birthday happens to be today. Back in 2001 he waited 8 months for this cd to come from america. It wasn't released over here at the time. Eight long months he waited until the record store finally got it in for him. It was worth the wait. Primus first and maybe best album.
Going to see Deerhunter tonight in whelans for €15, I was pity much instantly hooked on them from the 'Sing Swan Song' esque Intro to their Cryptograms album and the Flourescent Grey EP was recorded while their debut album was being mixed and continues where the Cryptograms finished. More fine spaced out krautrock. But here is a free EP that they put up on their blog from Atlas Sound (Side project of Deerhunter's singer, Bradford Cox). this is what they said about it on it orginal post. "Recorded today during a 10 hour drive from Austria to Switzerland, through the Swiss Alps. These are reinterpretations of a few of my favorite doo-wop songs filtered through a thick gauze of motion-sickness and boredom..."
1. come softly (originally performed by the Fleetwoods) 2. you're so fine (originally performed by the Falcons) 3. you belong to me (originally performed by the Duprees)
Nearly two years ago, I was down in Sound Cellar about to buy a ticket to see The National play their first ever Irish show and the girlfriend and I were heading down the stairs of Sound cellar when she seen on the wall a poster for the show and she noticed the date, 19 of November. She quickly informed me what that was the same date that she was born twenty years previous and we will be in Limerick for her birthday blowout. Natural I was gutted since Alligator was up there with "The Woods" and "Tender Buttons" as one of my favourite record of that year. So two years on and another album out, that can only be described as Classic, my second chance on All Souls Day to see for the first time one of my favouite band. Fuck Yeah.
To celebrate here is their first and worst album, "The National", but considering the pedigree of their other albums, it's only ok. I also put up a while ago the excellent "Cherry Tree" Ep which was a bridge between "Sad Songs..." and Alligator. It still available here. Buy It Myspace Link In Comment.
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