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Post by rayge on Jul 10, 2023 12:01:39 GMT
Thought Ray would be the one to chime in with Drugstore. Remember him liking them (??). Not me, E. Don't dislike them, but never bought an album - maybe a single, but I don't really remember.
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Post by DarknessFish on Jul 10, 2023 12:20:59 GMT
That's not the one I thought you'd take..Crescent (Even though youtube doesn't seem to have ANYTHING from 'Now'), Flying Saucer Attack, Jarboe, Movietone, Tindersticks, yes..Thought Ray would be the one to chime in with Drugstore. Remember him liking them (??)..("Solitary Party Groover" was on my list) Crescent's Now was from 1996. But yeah, I surprised myself with that pick, it was Movietone all the way. Still, they have a chance at a later appearance. Btw, if you're considering Crescent for 96, the majestic and murky "Sun" is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ypqLL5LEY.
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Post by DayoRemix on Jul 10, 2023 12:55:00 GMT
Thought Ray would be the one to chime in with Drugstore. Remember him liking them (??). Not me, E. Don't dislike them, but never bought an album - maybe a single, but I don't really remember. hmmm..Know there was some Drugstore person..Oh well..Maybe you'll pick Mercury Rev's "Empire State" instead..
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Post by DayoRemix on Jul 10, 2023 12:58:35 GMT
That's not the one I thought you'd take..Crescent (Even though youtube doesn't seem to have ANYTHING from 'Now'), Flying Saucer Attack, Jarboe, Movietone, Tindersticks, yes..Thought Ray would be the one to chime in with Drugstore. Remember him liking them (??)..("Solitary Party Groover" was on my list) Crescent's Now was from 1996. But yeah, I surprised myself with that pick, it was Movietone all the way. Still, they have a chance at a later appearance. Btw, if you're considering Crescent for 96, the majestic and murky "Sun" is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ypqLL5LEY. Damn..My download from the disc slotted it into 1995..Never bothered to look at the actual disc..Technology failure again..Thanks for the "Sun" link..Has possibilities..
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Post by rayge on Jul 10, 2023 13:10:34 GMT
Not me, E. Don't dislike them, but never bought an album - maybe a single, but I don't really remember. hmmm..Know there was some Drugstore person..Oh well..Maybe you'll pick Mercury Rev's "Empire State" instead.. Yes, I will - but I still haven't got around to three earlier years yet.
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Post by rayge on Jul 10, 2023 15:58:35 GMT
1992
I may have mentioned before my fondness for Hoboken's finest, Yo La Tengo, a band created by husband and wife Ira Kaplan (g, v) (rock critic and Lou/Velvets fan) and Georgia Hubley (d, v), but have had a problem representing them because of their tendency to release their finest tracks at the same time as some other bands' greatest, not to mention their extraordinary range of styles. In 1992 they released their fifth or sixth album, May I Sing With Me, which I never owned in physical form - the following year's Painful was the earliest one I bought. It was their first as a trio with bassist/multi-instrumentalist James New, and everything since is in the trio format. It's a varied album, with two long noisy freakouts, a couple of punky tracks and some more poppy ones. I've chosen the first track, written and vocalised by Georgia, with Ira in delicate picking mode. As a song it's insubstantial, almost absent, but it's pretty in a Galxie 500 sort of way, with a lovely tone to the guitar and bass. And no horns to speak of.
Yo La Tengo - Detouring America with Horns
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Post by DayoRemix on Jul 11, 2023 8:52:04 GMT
1995
"Hyperballad" Bjork
1995 is one of my favorite years for music. There was so much variety being offered up on both a popular level and in the underground. Naturally, I have a ton of stuff from the year, but things boiled down to two Bjork tracks and Flying Saucer Attack..Went with Hyperballad because it was a bit quicker of pace than "Possibly Maybe" and Come and close my eyes" (FSA)
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Post by fonz on Jul 11, 2023 9:14:47 GMT
I'm catching up. Sorry.
1993
This group are sooooo important to me. This would be a contender for best bass intros thread as well.
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Post by fonz on Jul 11, 2023 9:16:57 GMT
1994
This went down really well in one of our cups. Brutal. Those drums..
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Post by fonz on Jul 11, 2023 9:20:41 GMT
1995
This is a gorgeous instrumental, with a very Holdsworth-like solo. A calm place.
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Post by riggers on Jul 11, 2023 11:26:29 GMT
1995
D*Note-"Iniquity Worker"
I worked in the long gone UK Music chain, Our Price from 1993 to '98 and there wasn't a day when I didn't feel incredibly privileged to be doing what I'd always thought of as the ideal job. I'd applied unsuccessfully a couple of times at different music shops, but when a mate of mine started going out with a girl who was assistant manager of the Market Street store (the smaller of two Our Price stores in the city centre) and was impressed by my musical knowledge, I was finally in.
When I started in the Spring of '93 it was a funny time for music. The arse end of grunge and lots of grim UK indie bands like Kingmaker and Back To The Planet...
Obviously Britpop was on the way and was a much needed infusion of colour and energy in a pretty moribund scene...(this is over simplifying things obviously, there were still interesting pockets, but at this point, I was more excited about Big Star re-issues and Beach Boys box sets, to the point where I was known as 'Retro Riggers' to my co-workers)
In December of '94, the Market Street store closed down and we were all shunted up the road, to the bigger, Piccadilly store, which was inhabited by a much larger contingent of dance fans and aspiring DJs.
Being new, it took us a while to be able to commandeer the shop sound system, so the young lads there were playing a lot of the current dance music and predictably, the Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy were the way in for an old rocker like me and a number of the Market Street crew.
After a couple of months, these sounds just became part of the tapestry and one day in Summer '95, I was working in the back room when a box of new releases came in. We had a little cassette player there, and I put on a compilation cassette from the box of new stuff, which had an interesting cover and title -"Brit Hop and Amyl House".
A lot of it was generic 'big beat' style stuff, which hasn't aged well, but then this came on and stopped me in my tracks.
I'd heard bits of Drum and Bass and I wanted to get it, but it left me a bit cold, sparse, skittery, trebly beats without much going on in the foreground. This changed my perceptions right away. Jamaican style toasting, jazz horn riffs dropped in and an overall filthy sound. It was a real 'Anarchy In The UK'/'This Charming Man/'Smells Like Teen Spirit' moment. I went back to it again and again and continue to do so. It came on my bluetooth speaker on a Spotify playlist when I was sat out enjoying beer and sunshine the other week and it got cranked up, so that my neighbours could experience the 'jungle jazz connection'
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Post by DarknessFish on Jul 11, 2023 14:08:18 GMT
1995D*Note-"Iniquity Worker" Ooh, I quite like that, never heard it before. I love a bit of proper rasta'd up jungle, but drum n' bass was all polite and accessible for accountants and people in cardigans. This is somewhere between the two. You got much else in this vein?
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Post by fonz on Jul 11, 2023 14:45:48 GMT
1995D*Note-"Iniquity Worker" Ooh, I quite like that, never heard it before. I love a bit of proper rasta'd up jungle, but drum n' bass was all polite and accessible for accountants and people in cardigans. This is somewhere between the two. You got much else in this vein? Something for bin men, and people in leather?!
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Post by DarknessFish on Jul 11, 2023 14:52:59 GMT
I'm thinking Neubauten, Test Dept, or possibly some Controlled Bleeding.
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Post by davey on Jul 11, 2023 18:25:32 GMT
1995A personal choice. Regardless of any misgivings towards Corgan's voice or the band in general I think this song is undeniable enough to transcend them. I can't really think of a record from that period that has the same level of bittersweet melancholy and poignancy as this one. A timeless reminder of the ephemeral beauty of youth that's also smart enough to recognise the eternal pain of its passing. Classic video too. Hate to be pedantic- but wasn’t this 1996? Agree that it’s a great track. This band kinda sucks, but they were kinda great for a minute.
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