Tunesday time again - show us your dirty laundry

[chrisnz]

Comps by JC and Davey have figured pretty largely in my listening week. Having disposed of Jim I'm working on the resident gloom meister at present. After the first listen through I thought he should be put on suicide watch but the collection is now revealing it's treasures. That Mark Lannegan track has major schwing factor (and we're not talking moose schlong here), but it ends kinda funny. I want the extended remix version.

Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won. Borrowed from the library, 3CD's, 20 minute versions of Dazed and confused, Whole Lotta Love and Moby Dick. I haven't yet dared to explore the extended stuff but the first CD is simply great... to my huge suprise.

Shapeshifter - Riddim Wise. A local Drum and Bass outfit that plays live instruments and is generating a big following here and lots of hype. Had high hopes but it sounds generic and lame to me.

Papa M - Hole Of Burning Alms. If you like David Pajo's music, which I do, you'll certainly enjoy this too.

Mighty Diamonds - Right Time. Burnt copy of a vinyl recording, thanks dude. What a great suprise, what a great record. I may try my software skills and clean this up a bit.

David Kilgour - Frozen Orange
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow.

KEXPMF. I've had The Books - Thought For Food on my wish list at Amazon since Dec 2002 so somebody must have been talking about here. Should I pull the trigger?

Chris.

[Davey]

Hey, that'd be a great name for a band, huh?

Davey...has major schwing factor (and we're not talking moose schlong here)

Hey, and thanks for the kind words. I don't think of you together with moose schlong either, buddy. Well, not usually anyway. Gotta get me that Papa M. Been on my list for a long time. Almost picked up one or two of the singles before it came out, glad I didn't. Heard one of the instrumentals on the sampler from the last Uncut I bought and it sounds great. Kind of surprised that people find my Down the Road.....Again collection so depressing. I mean, the concept was to be a little on the melancholy side since, as the title implies, it is supposed to be somewhat autobiographical as it deals with changes in my life in recent times and some of the ups and downs, but I thought there were enough ups along the way to avoid the quagmire of depression. Maybe not, I guess. Unfortunately, with my own comp I never get to experience that "first listen" since all the songs are familiar and the running order kind of gets worked out in my head when I start picking the songs - so by the time it leaves on a jet plane for its trip halfway around the world to the headquarters of Burnt Offerings, it's already pretty familiar, like an old buddy, but not a depressed old buddy

Curious if you had ever heard that Arto Lindsay stuff before? Thought you might like that. Admittedly, that first song of his does have a pretty depressing sound...but I like it. Very cool album with a very appropriate title - Noon Chill.

Oh yeah, that Mark Lanegan album is very good but he does just fade out some of the songs like that and you know I've ranted about that before. You do get the feeling on that one it should have continued the evolution into something more rousing at the end because it sounds like that's where they were headed. Wonder why they ended it? Maybe it just got screwed up and didn't sound good and nobody wanted to do it over? That song was a very late addition that bumped something else becasue I had just picked up the album and wanted to include it. Didn't really have time to think much about the placement or the transition so just lightly crossfaded it into the following Costello track but not much else I could do to cover the ending without some major surgery. Oh well, he does a couple with PJ Harvey that are pretty cool too. Lots of Tom Waits-type sound on this one, but it is pretty varied. Tentoze really likes it too which is always a good endorsement

[chrisnz]

With a talent like that for taking words completely out of context, perhaps a career in politics is beckoning?

I'm refusing to be stampeded into a premature review so I'll just say it no longer seems that gloomy and no I hadn't heard the Arto Lindsay before and I do like it aaaand I do remember you talking about strange endings but hadn't connected it with the case in point. Sometimes I don't know why I bother having my own opinions at all when yours are perfectly serviceable, well except for The Microphones and probably the Fiery Furnaces with whom I'm wrestling at this very moment...

[Davey]

...I don't know why I bother having my own opinions at all when yours are perfectly serviceable, well except for The Microphones and probably the Fiery Furnaces with whom I'm wrestling at this very moment...

And don't forget our bloody Franz Ferdinand duel around here not long ago. I did feel a little weak after that one

Hehehe, no politics for me. Too many bones banging around in the closet. Been enjoying your comp quite a bit, especially that opening Shadow/Dust/Unkle set. Lots to like but for some reason I keep losing track of what is what after that so next time need to jot down some notes...which coincidentally makes a connection to my brand new avatar, lifted and twisted from the cover of my current favorite CD by Arcade Fire, another one that might have you wrestling - did you hear and like Broken Social Scene? That "Rebellion (Lies)" song is so damn infectiously good that it's been in my head for days. Man, this post sure wandered off topic (again), eh?

Anyway, I wasn't trying to force a comp review out of you or anything like that so don't feel an obligation along those lines. Just making conversation since we don't seem to get the opportunity much anymore and Arto Lindsay is just weird enough so that most people would probably have an opinion one way or the other

[KEXPMF]

KEXPMF. I've had The Books - Thought For Food on my wish list at Amazon since Dec 2002 so somebody must have been talking about here. Should I pull the trigger?

Chris.[/QUOTE]

Hmm. It might be an acquired taste but I really like it. The only thing I don't like is that it sort of sounds like they just recorded themselves messing around in a studio, having fun. I sometimes wish they'd cut that out and just play the music because those parts are great. But I can even see where SOME fans might like their DIY sound. If you get it please tell me what you think.
Their descriptions of themselves are amusing.

[KEXPMF]

re: The Books

But I really don't get what they mean by "food band". I even asked their booking agent. He had no idea either. He told me that one of the guys is from Norway. Well that would be YET another musician from Norway I'm into. Getaway People, Xploding Plastix - both very high on my list of favorites!

[Stone]

Hmm. It might be an acquired taste but I really like it. The only thing I don't like is that it sort of sounds like they just recorded themselves messing around in a studio, having fun. I sometimes wish they'd cut that out and just play the music because those parts are great. But I can even see where SOME fans might like their DIY sound. If you get it please tell me what you think.
Their descriptions of themselves are amusing.

I like The Books a fair amount, but admittedly, their albums are not ones that I'm listening to much now, with a significant amount of time passing since I got each respective one. I don't completely agree with your assessment/opinion of these guys, though. Granted, their style is something that sounds like a collage of pieces put together, especially with their sampled "vocals", and really there's not a lot of layers going on, but I don't get the impression that they just showed up at the studio or their basement one day, started messing around, and what you see on their albums is the result. The stuff just seems to be too well pieced together for me to think that, but to each his/her own. I dig it. Chris, I think you'd like it, but you've surprised me many times before on what you like and don't, so I certainly won't say to you "Run out and get it right now."

But I really don't get what they mean by "food band". I even asked their booking agent. He had no idea either. He told me that one of the guys is from Norway. Well that would be YET another musician from Norway I'm into. Getaway People, Xploding Plastix - both very high on my list of favorites!

I don't get this either, except the titles of both of their albums reference food.