SilasLang

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Vinile I have it ★★★★

27 dec 12

A very good baroque pop album from the late '60s. But please, let's not bring psychedelia into it. I don't hear much that's psychedelic in here.

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CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Theoretical Girls: Theoretical Record

16 sep 13

What an amazing collection! Essentially, these recordings from between 1978 and 1980 paved the way for certain noise rock to come, and especially for Sonic Youth. In a way, this album INVENTS Sonic Youth before their birth. The guitarist was one Glenn Branca...

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Psychopathia
17 sep 13

good album but I prefer the solo branca. do you like rys chatam?
SilasLang
17 sep 13

Alright, The Ascension!! Anyway, no, I don't know Rys Chatam. I'll look for something..

Vinile I have it ★★★★★

These Immortal Souls: Get Lost (Don't Lie!)

13 nov 13

God or whoever is in glory Rowland S Howard

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hjhhjij
13 nov 13

The "beautiful" is for Howard in the Birthday and in the Crime, unfortunately I haven't listened well enough to Queste anime immortali yet.
SilasLang
13 nov 13

As soon as you can, I recommend you do it, it's a beautiful album ;)
hjhhjij
13 nov 13

You can bet I'll do it, I have a lot of respect for Howard.
SilasLang
13 nov 13

Then, as a guitarist, he remains one of my "inspirations"...

CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Thinking Fellers Union Local #282: Bob Dinners and Larry Noodles present Tubby Turdner's Celebrity Avalanche

8 sep 14

Another one of those rare occasions when a band in its career has almost gotten everything right. Year 2001, these wacky geniuses of the more 'crooked' and experimental noise rock release what will be their swan song. And so we have skewed and limping rhythms, dissonances, split voices, TSO-like chants, out-of-tune guitars, and bursts of genius coming down like rain... Another band that deserved so much more visibility.

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De...Marga...
8 sep 14

Definition of an anthology work!!! With absolute genius in the "cantilene da TSO". Unknown band.
SilasLang
8 sep 14

As soon as you can, get them. Start with what I believe is perhaps their masterpiece, as well as one of the most beautiful records of the '90s and of the whole noise scene... namely "Lovelyville" from 1991. Amazing album! Or "Strangers From The Universe" from '94, perhaps their most 'palatable' work, which even features 'My Pal The Tortoise', an irresistibly POP song... But I reiterate, they haven't missed a beat.
De...Marga...
8 sep 14

By now, our conversations are turning into a continuous exchange of musical recommendations; and it's lovely for me to still discover so much great Music that I don't know yet. As always, I would like to express my gratitude to you.
Buzzin' Fly
8 sep 14

I know "Mother Of All Saints." Great band, but as far as I'm concerned, it's best taken in small doses; their offering is so rich in ingredients that it becomes hard to digest.
ziltoid
8 sep 14

I have their 1992 album, which includes "Hive," a song I've probably listened to thousands of times!
SilasLang
8 sep 14

Buzzin'....they drive me crazy. "Mother of all Saints" is stunning, of course! Indigesti? I find them incredibly cool and sometimes even fun. Anyway, if you haven't listened to it, try to check out "Strangers From The Universe"...their most "pop" album...it contains what might be the only pop song they've ever written
imasoulman
8 sep 14

to their production, like a Greek for Metaxa, ... Five Stars!!! (spastic hybrid of - one for each decade: beefheart+red krayola+fall+guided by voices+brainiac ending up in the asylum)

Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Thinking Fellers Union Local #282: Lovelyville

19 aug 13

An album that should be counted among the greatest masterpieces of noise rock. Maybe in a better world... Anyway, 5 stars are even too few for this record. One song above all: "More Glee."

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Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Tim Buckley: Lorca

21 nov 13

Dark disk like black death. Masterpiece, of course.

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hjhhjij
21 nov 13

What am I even saying :)
ranofornace
21 nov 13

"Without words by ranofornace"
hellraiser
22 nov 13

My favorite of the baclei, without a doubt (even though I like all of them..)
SilasLang
22 nov 13

Well, I'm not crazy about the first ones, just like the last two, but this one, "Blue Afternoon" and especially "Starsailor" are mind-blowing masterpieces. My absolute favorite is "Starsailor," no doubt about it.
hjhhjij
22 nov 13

On the latter, it's mandatory to agree; they're not much, for various reasons. "Goodbye and Hello" and "Happy Sad," however, are for me among the peaks of '60s singer-songwriter music, especially the latter. Gypsy Woman, jesus.
SilasLang
22 nov 13

oh yes...great albums without a doubt, I was just speaking based on my personal tastes, but about the last two I must say they are objectively quite poor...
hjhhjij
22 nov 13

Yes, they had clipped their wings. Undoubtedly a bit lacking. Ps: this is Starsailor, also my favorites of Tim.

Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Tim Buckley: Starsailor

30 mar 14

This album is the work of the Devil. No doubt about it. Terrifying and hallucinatory.

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hjhhjij
30 mar 14

Oh aliens, to whom this person probably gave some tips, in 1970.
hjhhjij
30 mar 14

How did we say once while discussing it? Free-Jazz for Voice?
SydBarrett96
30 mar 14

Simply God. Did you manage to find it in CD format, Silas? I can't find it.
Mr. Money87
30 mar 14

I agree that the album is the work of the Devil. But surely the voice is that of God!
hjhhjij
30 mar 14

For me, the voice and album are by Tim Buckley, then it's up to you :)
Izo
30 mar 14

This album is exactly what happens when a sensitive and tormented folkie simultaneously indulges in heroin and the Avant-Garde. Fucking genius...
SilasLang
30 mar 14

@syd I have it on vinyl, for about 15 years.
hellraiser
30 mar 14

Magnificent record, with Lorca his most visionary work... chills.
SilasLang
30 mar 14

Indeed, this is perhaps the zenith for me, after the stunning "Blue Afternoon" and "Lorca." Three albums I would take with me to the Moon.
hellraiser
30 mar 14

True, even Blue Afternoon... anyway, everything from great to excellent up to Starsailor, from there on a sad decline.
GIANLUIGI67
31 mar 14

an Angel possessed by the devil.

CD Audio I have it ★★★★

Tim Hardin: Tim Hardin 1

26 feb 22

Great album. Not my favorite, that remains the underrated (in my opinion) "Suite For Susan Moore...", delightful like a sonata before a noose.

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Tom Waits: Real Gone

22 oct 15

In a hypothetical ranking of preferences, this 2004 work ranks in my top 5 (alongside "Bone Machine" and "Swordfishtrombones") when it comes to Uncle Tom's discography. Ugly, raw, with skewed hip-hop inspired rhythms, and the usual sandpaper voice rambling nightmares and who knows what else is going through his mind.

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hjhhjij
22 oct 15

And, to innovate a little more, no piano. He called it "cubist funk"; indeed, it's all about rhythm, even the voice. A masterpiece. But damn, this cover has taken off too.
SilasLang
22 oct 15

Artwork that's incredibly cool....in my opinion.
bluesboy94
22 oct 15

The latest work where he tries to innovate, however, doesn't make it into my top 5 of his discography ("Frank's Wild Years," his ultimate masterpiece for me, "Swordfishtrombones," "Rain Dogs," "Bone Machine," and "Alice," which beats "Blue Valentines" by a hair).
bluesboy94
22 oct 15

The latest work where he tries to innovate, however, doesn't make it into my top 5 of his discography ("Frank's Wild Years," his ultimate masterpiece for me, "Swordfishtrombones," "Rain Dogs," "Bone Machine," and "Alice," which beats "Blue Valentines" by a hair).
hjhhjij
22 oct 15

Not even in the top 5 for me, in sixth place, tied with all his other albums behind Sword, Black Rider, Bone Frank, and Rain :-D
hjhhjij
22 oct 15

And anyway, I LOVE Closing Time, there you go...
j&r
22 oct 15

Bone Machine is a blast, but Rain Dogs remains my favorite, even though I have a soft spot for Frank Wild Years.
Loconweed
23 oct 15

but what about adding the covers?
hjhhjij
23 oct 15

Unfortunately, the problem is that it can't be added here; it's like it got deleted but it was there, so it doesn't let you add it. It would be an issue to resolve, although I wouldn't say it's particularly urgent.
madcat
24 oct 15

Cool disco

CD Audio I have it ★★

Toy: Toy

14 oct 13

The umpteenth of the umpteenth so-called next big things pumped up by good old NME in 2012, but by 2013 no one knew anything about them anymore. It's the usual "cool" little pop act from Albion disguised as watered-down shoegaze. I still remember some idiot on OndaPROT insinuating that this stuff is superior to LOVELESS. Oh well... I got the album as a gift, then I used it as a frisbee...

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GIANLUIGI67
14 oct 13

I prefer "Crocodiles" from "Endless Flower" in the long run, shoegaze that is hyped by the press but much more substantial. This, upon a second listen, you forget.
SilasLang
14 oct 13

even at the first. really trendy and commercial, people who care more about their look and hairstyle to pose on the cover of nme than about the music itself. I don't know the Crocodiles :-)
GIANLUIGI67
14 oct 13

they're a bit better, nothing thrilling...

Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Tricky: Nearly God

13 feb 14

Even darker and more claustrophobic, Tricky, in this second work under the pseudonym Nearly God, year 1996. Much lower fidelity compared to "Maxinquaye," with elongated, paranoid, drugged atmospheres. The second masterpiece of the (once) genius from Bristol. The cover of "Tattoo" by Siouxsie & The Banshees that opens the album has haunted me for years... morbid like few others.