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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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 Posted - 05/12/2004 : 07:33:14
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I was in San Francisco two weekends ago, and went on a little album shopping spree at the ever-wonderful AMOEBA RECORDS....
this is what I picked up:
Weird War (first album, forget the name)
Hovercraft (an EP, forget the name...really awesome stuff!)
Sebadoh - Bubble & Scrape
Bad Wizard - (forget the name...this is a local band from Jersey who play shows around here in DC. ballsy rawk stuff)
Yo La Tengo - The Heart Beats As One
there were more, but I forget them at the moment. I bought, like, 8 or 9 discs. God I love that place
Has anyone ever heard of Hovercraft? I don't even know if they're still together...it's an experimental-noise band, I guess the bassist chick is Eddie Vedder's girlfriend or something (insignificant fact, really.) They remind me of Sonic Youth at their noisiest...I don't know, this EP really rekindled my love of noise-rock. Makes me want to start recording some like-minded ideas I've had floating around in my head.
Another question for you all (I'm all over the place on this thread)...is anyone here a Royal Trux fan? They put out some awesome albums in their day ('Thank You', 'Cats & Dogs', 'Sweet Sixteen') and Neil Hagerty is actually on the Weird War album I picked up. If you dig RTX, I highly recommend checking out Weird War (also on Drag City Records)
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"I'd rather the stuff I do be half a dozen people's favorite thing, as opposed to 10 million people's ninth-favorite thing." -Ricky Gervais |
Edited by - PsychicTwin on 05/12/2004 07:34:24 |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 07:40:01
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my last pick ups were:
lou reed-new sensations
lou reed-rock and roll heart
patti smith-trampin'
rainer maria-anyone in love with you (already knows)
mott the hopple-super hits
kelley deal 6000-go to the sugar alter
all are good except for the rainer maria. it trash
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 07:57:27
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yeah, I picked up Rainer Maria's "Long Knives Drawn" after hearing an apparently ass-kicking live version of their song 'Ears Ring' on 3wk Internet radio.
I felt dirty the moment I threw it on. Lame emo crap. Even the album version of Ears Ring is kind of lame.
An overhyped band that is really not that special at all....
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"I'd rather the stuff I do be half a dozen people's favorite thing, as opposed to 10 million people's ninth-favorite thing." -Ricky Gervais |
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 09:30:27
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Recently, yhe best album I've heard is Erlend Oye's DJ Kicks.
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 10:37:05
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I'm noy very much into noise, these days. Quiet is the new loud.
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 11:02:38
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Originally posted by PsychicTwin
yeah, I picked up Rainer Maria's "Long Knives Drawn" after hearing an apparently ass-kicking live version of their song 'Ears Ring' on 3wk Internet radio.
I felt dirty the moment I threw it on. Lame emo crap. Even the album version of Ears Ring is kind of lame.
An overhyped band that is really not that special at all....
its a shame cause their album beofre that, A Better Version of Me, was pretty decent
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
1013 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 11:22:16
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Clutch - Blast Tyrant
 The Cult of Frank: Enough of that pixie stuff already, we're just ordinary worker elves... |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 11:46:00
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 11:48:36
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quote:
Originally posted by floop
"buying" albums is so passe.
I know, I spied you downloading the yet to be released Wilco on Soulseek the other day.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 11:50:34
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quote:
Originally posted by offerw
quote:
Originally posted by floop
"buying" albums is so passe.
I know, I spied you downloading the yet to be released Wilco on Soulseek the other day.
wilhelm
don't start with me offerw. i'm not having a good day..
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1058 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 11:53:01
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No money for CDs,being an unemployed student kinda sucks.Last album I "aquired" was kristin hersh - hips&makers
"I joined the Cult of this guy / 'cause they took my other picture away |
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 11:56:09
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Originally posted by floop
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Originally posted by offerw
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Originally posted by floop
"buying" albums is so passe.
I know, I spied you downloading the yet to be released Wilco on Soulseek the other day.
wilhelm
don't start with me offerw. i'm not having a good day..
Still at work then? Must be working hours Wednesday down your way at the moment. My working Wednesday is over already, just watched an episode of the Office and Six Feet Under and had a great pasta for dinner.
Oh dear, that doesn't help. Does it?
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 12:03:55
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i just got the new beta band (heroes to zeros), the new br. danielson (brother : son) and i'm hoping to pick up the Unicorns (Who will cut our hair...) before my california excursion tomorrow
-brian
- "I joined the Cult of Frank / And they tried to cut off my nuts and make me put on a blue jumpsuit"
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 12:05:43
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Originally posted by Adnan_le_Terrible
I'm noy very much into noise, these days. Quiet is the new loud.
Tastes vary, as always...but I have to disagree on the "quiet is the new loud" stance.
Both overtly quiet/soft music and overtly loud/white-noise music are extreme, and may even trigger the very same transcendent emotions in the mind/heart of the listener...but one can never replace the other.
the other two albums I bought (now that I left work early and came home to look at 'em)
Spoon - Girls Can Tell
Sonic Youth - Dirty (reissue, double cd)
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 12:08:40
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Silence is sexy
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WolfManMikeLonely
= Cult of Ray =
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 12:09:36
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Great Unicorns album, I can't wait to see them next month in DC. I picked up the new Mission of Burma and the new mclusky single last week. I would have went to the record store today but I'm trying to save money.
"Hey fuck you if you don't like it."
-Johnny Thunders
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 12:13:17
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Let's say that it's not about the noise etc... the fact is that there are too many layers on 99% of the music today. In France, we have a cake called mille-feuille, thousand leaves. Talented musicians don't need that much stuff : that's why I like FB and the Pixies, their music is about ideas, not a superposition of ready-made effects.
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 12:16:57
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"Yo La Tengo - The Heart Beats As One" : I have that one of Yo La Tengo, as well as Painful (or Painless, I don't remember the title), and I really love their music. It's very urban...
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 12:22:08
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1965 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 17:59:51
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An album that I bought not REALLY recently but in the last four or five months was some Sense Field album. I thought they had a good cover of Caribou on the Pixies tribute album, so I thought I'd check out their other music. But it sucks! It's just like that Jimmy Eat World crap. Lame emo shit. I like some of the older Jimmy Eat World, like the Clarity album had some good tracks, but now it's just boring emo shit.
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 18:07:08
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David Bowie-Reality
James-Best Of
The Beatles-Yellow Submarine
Pretenders-Singles
XTC-singles
It takes me a lot longer to get CD's because since it's a used CD store I have to wait for someone to sell it.
you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one |
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TarTar
* Dog in the Sand *
1965 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 18:10:56
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Is that the newer version or older version of Yellow Submarine? You'll know if it's the old one cuz it has a bunch of orchestra/film score music on it.
"(insert clever quote here)" |
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 06:48:15
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The newer one....eh...I can't be picky.
you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 06:55:33
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quote:
Originally posted by Broken Face
i just got the new beta band (heroes to zeros), the new br. danielson (brother : son)
What? Has it been released yet or did you just get an advance copy?
Denis
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Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 08:35:37
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Interpol-Turn On the Bright Lights
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds-Best Of
Velvet Underground-Loaded (Fully Loaded edition) VERY cool.
you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 09:07:08
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quote:
Originally posted by PsychicTwin
quote:
Originally posted by Adnan_le_Terrible
I'm noy very much into noise, these days. Quiet is the new loud.
Tastes vary, as always...but I have to disagree on the "quiet is the new loud" stance.
Both overtly quiet/soft music and overtly loud/white-noise music are extreme, and may even trigger the very same transcendent emotions in the mind/heart of the listener...but one can never replace the other.
the other two albums I bought (now that I left work early and came home to look at 'em)
Spoon - Girls Can Tell
Sonic Youth - Dirty (reissue, double cd)
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"I'd rather the stuff I do be half a dozen people's favorite thing, as opposed to 10 million people's ninth-favorite thing." -Ricky Gervais
I say, Amen brother Adnan, you speak wisely. However, that Dirty reissue is blinding.
The last CD I bought? erm... difficult to say, I've been living off freebies for a while (new Mclusky is on right now).
Maybe Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place.
My next purchases are: the Franz Ferdinand album, I've finally stopped disliking them just for the sake of it and actually realised that its pretty OK stuff; and the Who DVD, the Kids Are Alright.
 "I joined the Cult Of Joey and Iggy/Cos they can hypnotise chickens" |
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bedrock_barney
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
871 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 09:40:23
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quote:
Originally posted by Coldheartofstone
Interpol-Turn On the Bright Lights
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds-Best Of
Velvet Underground-Loaded (Fully Loaded edition) VERY cool.
you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
That's a pretty cool trio of albums.
I've just bought the new Divine Comedy album. Not bad at all although not quite reaching the heights of some of Neil Hannon's earlier work. Also purchased a signed copy of The Martinis smitten ep from some bloke in the USA via ebay. I await with much anticipation for that one. Anyone heard it yet??
 "I've rejoined the Cult of Ming / Star of favourite childhood movie of 1980" |
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The Calistanian
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1342 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 09:43:21
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"The Pixies - Live at Burton Cummings Theatre 4/14/04"
I am a man with 3 fingers...but that doesn't count my index finger nor my thumb. |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 09:45:16
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Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Boycott cults and t's |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 11:21:33
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quote:
Originally posted by Coldheartofstone
Velvet Underground-Loaded (Fully Loaded edition) VERY cool.
you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
Really? I've always seen that around, but I already had Loaded, so I never picked it up. Is it worth it? Are the demos decent?
warm....warmer.....disco! |
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klikger
= Cult of Ray =
693 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 11:47:48
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| Broken Face, how is the Br. Danielson album? The last album I bought was Pet Sounds. I want to get the new Loretta Lynn and some Johnny Cash sometime soon. And I'm waiting eagerly for my live Pixies CD's to come in. |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 12:02:32
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Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
Maybe Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place.
this is a pretty damn decent album.
but they were boring live the other night....
well my most recent purcahse will be the best of, but i have had a flurry of live cd's arrive in the mail over the last week, and my pixies ones haven't even arrived yet!
One's i've receieved:
Pixies - Town & Country 1988 DVD rip
Pixies - 21.09.90, Le Zenith, Paris
Pixies - 18.03.92, Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford
Radiohead - 26.11.03, Earls Court, London
Mogwai - 23.02.98, Black Session, Paris
Mogwai - 26.03.04, All Tomorrow's Parties, Camber Sands
Mogwai - 09.04.00, All Tomorrow's Parties, Camber Sands
Isis - 26.03.04, All Tomorrow's Parties, Camber Sands
Isis - 23.09.03, Fillmore, San Francisco
Shellac - 30.03.04, Melkweg, Amsterdam
Shellac - 28.03.04 (early), All Tomorrow's Parties, Camber Sands
should keep me busy for a while.....
 "I joined the Cult of Frank / I think that man deserves a DB!" |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 13:48:56
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I have bought both albums by The Shins and albums by The Vaselines, Dios and Incubus recently. Plus a debut mini album by yourcodenameis:milo and the Pixies Minneapolis Live CD.
I also have on order, the Kill Bill Vol 1 soundtrack, The Zutons debut album, The Stills debut album and the Franz Ferdinand debut album.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 14:28:19
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I've been in a CD-buying frenzy.
Mostly older stuff. Trying to play catch-up or make good on downloaded albums.
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God Speed You Black Emperor - f#a# (Infinity)
Can - Tago Mago
David Bowie - Alladin Sane, Low, Heroes
Einsturzende Neubauten - Kollaps
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Well, it's a frenzy for me.
I open up my wallet
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 14:55:24
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Franz Ferdinand :
First I didn't want to like this new old Television-Talking Heads band. Then I bought the album, and liked it a lot. After listening it a couple of times, I am now pretty bored with it.
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rockmusic84
= Cult of Ray =
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2004 : 17:36:51
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Great to see so many Lou/Velvets fans on here! SoundofAtaris, The "Fully Loaded" edition of Loaded is more than decent. The demos/outtakes/alternate versions are of very high quality, and could've been released on an album. There are some versions of songs that Lou would later record himself (Oh Gin (Which would become "Oh Jim"), Sattellite of Love, and Love Makes You Feel, among others). Great sleeve notes, too. And as usual, Rhino makes a killer package design!
Recent albums I've purchased:
C.D.'s:
The Martinis - Smitten
Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie
Badfinger - Head First
L.P.'s
Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation
Velvet Underground - Squeeze
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