T.S.O.L.: T.S.O.L.
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
T.S.O.L.: T.S.O.L.
18 mar 14
This 12" debut from True Sound Of Liberty is another "milestone" (god what an awful term) of hardcore. Then they started doing the "Sisters of Mercy" thing (referring to the Goths, not that they resembled the SOM) as well...
Tame Impala: Currents
CD Audio I have it ★
Tame Impala: Currents
21 jul 15
Money thrown down the drain. Fuck off. A record as ugly as Ebola...
  • Crazy Diamond
    22 jul 15
    I actually quite like this dischello.
  • Buzzin' Fly
    22 jul 15
    Silas, you bought it too, Ah AH! With that money, you could have had a smoke.. The funny thing is that everyone is hyping it up.
  • SilasLang
    22 jul 15
    God damn it... I found myself face to face with it and like an idiot I went for it. The first two were enjoyable, even if overhyped and overrated. This one... oh my God! What is it... the Bee Gees with auto-tune? Don't believe the hype! sang Public Enemy a few years back... and how can you argue with that. @Crazy Diamond De gustibus :-)
  • Crazy Diamond
    23 jul 15
    Not more than anything, Silas, I still have to listen to it a lot more, but for now it seems to me a nice kaleidoscopic mix. Try giving it a few more listens...
  • hjhhjij
    26 jul 15
    I heard a single on the radio, it was actually pretty ugly. I don't know.
Television Personalities: ...And Don't the Kids Just Love It
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Television Personalities: ...And Don't the Kids Just Love It
18 jul 13
Honor to Dan Treacy and one of the most beautiful works of the '80s
  • GIANLUIGI67
    18 jul 13
    I love the Television Personalities, even though their recent works are terrible. Dan Treacy is a classic example of genius and recklessness.
  • SilasLang
    18 jul 13
    Who are you telling? I bought "My Dark Places" (the comeback album after the years in jail spent by Dan...) and flushed 20 euros down the toilet.
The 13th Floor Elevators: The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The 13th Floor Elevators: The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators
23 mar 15
What is there to say about the first visionary wail of one of my absolute favorite bands? I might slightly prefer the subsequent, colossal "Easter Everywhere," but that’s a matter of minutiae. "You're Gonna Miss Me," "Fire Engine," "Splash 1," "Kingdom of Heaven"... each one cooler than the last. And Roky remains the most badass vocalist in Texas...
  • hjhhjij
    24 mar 15
    Well, in the end this is THE album, alongside "Fifth Dimension" by the Byrds and "Revolver" by the Beatles that said to everyone, "Hello, I am psychedelia."
  • hellraiser
    24 mar 15
    One of my great loves is this album, but Eastern plays it a bit lower for me, just slightly inferior.
  • Buzzin' Fly
    24 mar 15
    The great eye is absolutely one of my favorites.
  • Dragonstar
    24 mar 15
    ...sure that between generators and elevators, the 60s and 70s really had a lot to offer. Ah...the factories of the past are no more...
  • madcat
    25 mar 15
    I have both of them, although I prefer other things from that period.
The Breeders: Last Splash
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Breeders: Last Splash
7 aug 13
One of the records I have always loved the most. The Deal sisters in my heart... forever. And I'm convinced that the pop perfection of songs like "Cannonball," "Invisible Man," and "No Aloha" has made a certain talented chubby guy we all love just a little envious...
The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Give It Back!
Vinile I have it ★★★★
The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Give It Back!
10 feb 15
A delightful fifty minutes catapulted back to full 1967, California. Among stoners wandering the desert playing country rock among the coyotes (and under peyote) in the moonlight, a few brief stops in India and some pop songs that border on perfection. I prefer their more experimental and/or less revivalist works, but 'Give It Back!' remains a pleasure. A hearty 4.5!
  • hornyBBW
    12 feb 15
    My one is coming out with the new one soon. Another, about six months after the previous one.
  • Buzzin' Fly
    12 feb 15
    from the previous one that was moderately crap.
  • hornyBBW
    12 feb 15
    True, disappointing. I couldn't even place it in the top 50 of 2014.
  • SilasLang
    13 feb 15
    I agree. Not a bad album, 'Revelation'...but colorless. Coincidentally, the first album from 'sober'. Anton...I think it's better if you go back to doing drugs.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Take It From the Man!
Vinile I have it ★★★★
The Brian Jonestown Massacre: Take It From the Man!
17 mar 14
The best Stones record that the Stones haven’t made since that fucking masterpiece called "Exile On Main St."... Ancient, but cool. A solid 4.5
The Byrds: Fifth Dimension
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Byrds: Fifth Dimension
18 may 13
One of the masterpieces of Folk Rock. In some moments, the first effects of the future acid hangover can also be glimpsed ["I See You", "Eight Miles High"], which will become more present in Younger Than Yesterday and explode in The Notorious Byrd Brothers, my absolute favorite.
  • madcat
    18 may 13
    my favorite, probably by the Byrds, at first I also preferred The Notorious Byrd Brothers, but in the end it's the one that has stayed with me the most from the "psychedelic trilogy."
The Cure: Wish
Vinile I have it ★★★★
The Cure: Wish
23 jul 15
The last great album from what was once a great band. The curtain falls...
  • Psychopathia
    23 jul 15
    But just think... I would have never said that you appreciated this album. At this point, I need to listen to it again!
  • SilasLang
    23 jul 15
    I’ll tell you more... I liked this 100 times more than "Disintegration."
  • SilasLang
    23 jul 15
    It's a great album. The latest...ahiloro.
  • Psychopathia
    23 jul 15
    Well, Disintegration is a bit too particular in their discography. Anyway, I don't like Head on the Door either.
  • SilasLang
    23 jul 15
    I’m not crazy about "The Head on the Door" either. But a band that has given us gems like "Three Imaginary Boys," "Seventeen Seconds," "Faith," and "Pornography" can only enjoy my unconditional love! Ah… then there’s an album that really gets me angry, that "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me" that could have been yet another fucking masterpiece and the scarecrow ruined it by throwing in nonsense like "Why Can't I Be You?", "Hot Hot Hot", "Hey You!"… amidst gems like "The Kiss," "Catch," "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep," "Just Like Heaven," etc. etc. etc.… couldn't they do a single LP with 10-11 tracks? No, huh? XD
  • Psychopathia
    23 jul 15
    hey you it's really bullshit, it was in the lp and in the new cd reissue. it wasn't in the old cd version but I knew I wasn't missing anything. anyway, if I had to choose just one, I'd say pornography is fine for me. let's just say the first 4 are perfect, too bad the ignorance of the public has made Robert Smith take that gem killing an arab out of the reissues. which was nothing more than a reference to Camus' The Stranger. whatever.
  • SilasLang
    23 jul 15
    The scarecrow, instead of removing 'Killing An Arab,' should pull all the abominations released since '96 from the market... perhaps starting with that abomination of "Wild Mood Swings."
  • hjhhjij
    23 jul 15
    I have "Boys Don't Cry" the American version from 1980 with "Killing An Arab," which is why I prefer this version to "Three Imaginary Boys" from '79. It's a shame they're removing it, what an idiot he is and morons those who don't even get such an obvious reference to Camus, because they don't even know who he is...
  • De...Marga...
    24 jul 15
    I agree that Wish is the last unmissable album by Robert Smith's band; for me, it's a five-star album just like all their work up until 1992, including that 1987 record that annoys Silas so much (we've discussed it countless times). Then, aside from a few single songs on the few records still produced, it's almost total darkness. They have written memorable pages and are undoubtedly one of my all-time favorite bands... A LETTER TO ELISE...
  • the last
    24 jul 15
    I quite like Bloodflowers too... and The Head On The Door and... basically almost everything they've done... I even forgive them for the post-Bloodflowers production... I mean, I adore them come on! : )
  • SilasLang
    24 jul 15
    @de marga, the 1987 album you mean is 'Kiss Me'? Hahaha... it really annoys me because it’s a missed masterpiece. Packed with gems but ruined by utter crap as explained above... it could have been a single LP with 10 tracks... it would have been yet another masterpiece.
  • De...Marga...
    24 jul 15
    Of course I mean Kiss me.... And I already knew about your little love for an album that I actually like a lot!!! As for the first four records, I think there's little to say: immense.
  • hjhhjij
    24 jul 15
    Not to play devil's advocate for Silas, but look, he likes Kiss Kiss; he said it’s a missed masterpiece, not a piece of shit album :D
  • SilasLang
    24 jul 15
    HJ responded for me... I never said I don't like it. On the contrary... quite the opposite! I said it’s an album that makes me angry ahahahah... like a masterpiece of painting sadistically smeared with shit. What Robert Smith did by smearing a potential masterpiece with crap like 'why can't I be you?', 'Hot Hot Hot', etc...
  • Mike76
    24 jul 15
    Nice memories, which puts me at risk of judging the album better than it actually is. Anyway, here Robert Smith as a singer reaches his peak in my opinion. I'm fine with Kiss Me, there are four or five tracks that should have been used as B-sides, instead they are there weighing it down.
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    24 jul 15
    For me, the curtain had already fallen a while ago, but the worst part is that now I can't even listen to the early albums anymore. It's an excruciating boredom.
  • SilasLang
    25 jul 15
    well...come on Barracù...let's not swear now ;-)
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    25 jul 15
    Listen to them yourself, I’ve already given enough, the Cure were the first band I suddenly rejected, in the mid-'80s, and indeed my discography stops at The Top, consistently. After that, only passive listening. Soon after, even Joy Division met the same fate.
  • Viceroy
    27 jul 15
    And what if I said this is my favorite? Crazy? I don't know, in the end, I see it as their culmination, balanced between their rides and their more pop pieces, even more so than Disintegration. And compared to its predecessor, I like this one more even in terms of production; you can tell it’s a child of the '90s, with that "shoegazer" attitude that stands out in some tracks, like Open and From The Edge. And then there's Friday I'm In Love and High, two of their most successful pop songs.
  • SilasLang
    27 jul 15
    Everyone has their own :-) I've said it and I'll repeat it, Vince... I've always said 1000 times this about 'Disintegration'...
The Cure: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Vinile I have it ★★★★
The Cure: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
17 oct 13
An album that, in my opinion, could have been trimmed down a bit. It could have been a new masterpiece. We find many gems of undeniable beauty ["The Kiss", "Catch", "If Only Tonight..", "The Snakepit", "One More Time"....] It's a shame there are also quite a few duds ["Why can't I be You?", "Hey You!" etc.] oh Robert! What were you thinking?
  • Psychopathia
    17 oct 13
    smiley disk, for me...I don’t really like the two previous ones either (of The Top, the b-sides disk in the deluxe edition is nicer). I like the early stuff. However, I must say that I’m not a true fan of The Cure.
  • SilasLang
    17 oct 13
    I go crazy for the first 4 [with "Faith" on top], but after The Top something definitely broke for me. And this album, on the other hand, makes me really angry because it seemed like Robert Smith had finally woken up, considering it's filled with beautiful songs. Too bad that to drag out the damn thing unnecessarily [double vinyl, 18 tracks], he included some real trash among the true gems... it could have been yet another masterpiece had he stopped at 10 tracks... ps. I never liked Disintegration. I prefer this 1000 times. Too bad it makes me angry :D
  • pozzo
    17 oct 13
    This is very beautiful and you have fully captured its flaws as well... for me too, 4 balls. Yes, the first albums are magnificent, but I still believe that Disintegration is one of the most beautiful albums I have ever heard and... damn, it doesn't want to age.
  • SilasLang
    17 oct 13
    Damn... there has never been good blood between me and Disintegration, I've never understood it, everyone adores it, but that album has never meant anything to me :)
The Cure: Bloodflowers
CD Audio I have it ★★
The Cure: Bloodflowers
23 jul 15
Uncle Roberto attempted a return to the darkest shores of his better years, but the result was personally akin to an opulent shot to the balls.
  • Psychopathia
    23 jul 15
    I only like the first two songs, including the inconclusive "watching me fall." The next album is going to be really terrible. I can hardly remember the last one. Robert has made his money. Why does he keep at it?
  • SilasLang
    23 jul 15
    I only heard the 2004 self-titled one when it came out, borrowed it. A pile of crap. I didn't care at all about the 2008 one. Anyway, in my opinion, they won't come up with anything more... they’ll just do some tours for summer festivals from time to time and that’s it... and that's just fine.
  • hjhhjij
    23 jul 15
    For me, a quiet passing grade is also achievable; however, it is true that it remains absolutely dispensable. I also belong to the "Wish" party like their last great album, but keep in mind that I quite like "Disintegration."
  • De...Marga...
    24 jul 15
    Robert's idea wasn't bad: to close a sort of trilogy after the undisputed masterpieces of Pornography and Disintegration. But the result is a soft, dull record apart from the endless "Watching Me Fall." Let's hold on to what was done before.
  • pozzo
    24 jul 15
    Well, no, I can’t agree. As a serious admirer of their work, I feel compelled to share my thoughts: it’s true that the whole thing had a bit of a nostalgia operation vibe, but for me, the final result was more than good. Sure, it was on the heavier side, but at least this is an album (unlike their more poppy works) that maintains the same atmospheres and intents from the first to the last track. There’s no risk, like in Wish (which is still a stratospheric album), of having two songs like Apart and Friday I’m in Love too close together; aside from that, there are still great songs (check out / listen to Trilogy if you haven’t already) like The Last Day of Summer and the title track. If we want to find disappointing and useless albums by The Cure, it’s better to think of that crap Wild Moon Swing (aside from Want) and the last two.
  • hjhhjij
    24 jul 15
    But indeed, this isn’t just a load of crap, like the ones you mentioned; it’s more of a "floppy" record, a bit of a crowd-pleaser and soulless; in my opinion, of course. The classic professional record, very much by the book.
  • tia
    24 jul 15
    I quote Silas!
  • the last
    24 jul 15
    I really like this album, I'd rate it three and a half balls rounded up to four for affection.
    Perhaps there aren't any memorable tracks, but I find a strong compactness and coherence... we're obviously not at the highest levels, but I appreciate it.
  • De...Marga...
    24 jul 15
    The problem with this album, like the previous Wild Mood Swings and everything that will follow, is having to be inevitably compared to the fabulous production of the eighties. And so there is no competition at all, at least from my point of view.
  • SilasLang
    24 jul 15
    Hey guys... what can I say? To each their own. In response to dear Pozzo, I quite liked the eclecticism of "Wish." It's precisely the mix of pop wonders like "High" alongside the anxieties of "End" that I enjoy even more... we totally agree on 'Wild Mood Shits.' I bought it as soon as it came out and returned it to the store in less than 48 hours, ahahah...
  • hjhhjij
    24 jul 15
    Wild coso really sucks, it's something inexplicable.
  • De...Marga...
    24 jul 15
    @ Silas: Wild Mood Shits is worthy of a standing ovation!!! The worst album of the band, and I think we're on the same page here.
  • SilasLang
    24 jul 15
    XD
  • Mike76
    24 jul 15
    Well, I don't even think it's a return to the "dark shores," but rather a natural, more mature and measured evolution of them (though I get that it might annoy some). Like others here, I appreciate the overall cohesiveness, and yes, at least "Last Day of Summer," "Bloodflowers," and "Out of This World" are great tracks deserving of the best of The Cure. For me, the last genuinely good album is this one; the 2004 album is adequate, but the 2008 one is indeed a bit weak.
  • madcat
    24 jul 15
    I've never been interested in the cures, I don't like a single one of the famous ones, so I don't bother. I'm writing because the discussion about wild mood swings reminded me of something I read in a newspaper, it said, "Smith once said he wanted to make an obviously horrifying album sooner or later, just to see who would buy it: now we know for sure, he actually did it with wild mood swings."
  • hjhhjij
    24 jul 15
    Mad, it's impossible that you didn't like "Killing an Arab" or "A Forest" or "Primary" or "The Hanging Garden" (I'm quoting the singles from the first 4 albums), you wouldn't be you anymore, come on, I can't believe it.
  • madcat
    24 jul 15
    I probably didn't listen to those; I couldn't even tell you the titles of the songs I've listened to because I don't remember them. The ones that play on the radio or in videos, I never liked them—not the sound, not the voice, not the melodies, nothing at all; they meant nothing to me.
  • hjhhjij
    24 jul 15
    However, I think you listened to the crap of the crap from the group. You were telling me about the singles, and I mentioned some singles to you, give them a try :-)
  • madcat
    24 jul 15
    I can think of 3: lullaby, pictures of you, and boys don't cry. You know what they told me? Not a thing! I can't even say I hate them, just nothing at all.
  • hjhhjij
    24 jul 15
    Mmmm... So it might be that they won't even take these from you, still give it a try.
  • madcat
    24 jul 15
    Yes hhyhy, as I was saying to Psychopathia, I will try something else, but I actually knew I had stumbled upon something quite "representative" (even if it was just those 3 pieces and a bit more), and since it didn't really say anything to me, I actually avoided it right away. As I wrote to Psycho, there are so many things out there that I don't know that at some point I have to make a selection, even a quick one.
  • hjhhjij
    24 jul 15
    However, maybe a "Faith" or a "Seventeen Seconds" would appeal to you more than a "Disintegration" (Pictures and Lullaby come from there), they are drier and more essential.
  • madcat
    24 jul 15
    Yes, but in fact I repeat, I'm ready to change my mind as always, even if from what you tell me, if I understood correctly, it doesn't really change much, so I see it as difficult.
  • Goldfinger
    24 jul 15
    Adored and listened to until Disintegration, then nothing more.
  • HOPELESS
    25 jul 15
    Well, definitely not a very cohesive album, in my opinion. However, I really like the first three tracks; I particularly enjoy "watch me fall," I love the prolonged screams at the edges of the refrains! 3 tracks out of 9 don't make for a great album, but rather an unsuccessful one. I agree on that. I also agree on WISH, great playlist. On DISINTEGRATION Silas, we don't quite agree, in the sense that it's certainly very sugary and almost embarrassing for the heaps of romanticism it contains, but damn, if only all albums were like that! So for me, it's still among their masterpieces. My favorite is PORNOGRAPHY, no bullshit as you say, he he, but I find myself having to share it equally with FAITH, there's no other way according to my taste. ALL THE CATS ARE GREY already holds this consideration for me by itself. Hula Silas!
The Cure: Wild Mood Swings
CD Audio I have it ★
The Cure: Wild Mood Swings
17 oct 13
Robert, what the hell are you doing?? - Once upon a time, in the 90s, there was a nice little record shop in a small town near my home. It was a tiny hole-in-the-wall, but it had the charm of selling "alternative" stuff and above all, you could trade in used records. This album came out fresh from that shop and came back used within 2-3 days..
  • hjhhjij
    17 oct 13
    For me, the end of the Cure. Of course, some of the later ones are definitely better than this, but they no longer managed to resonate with me.
  • pozzo
    17 oct 13
    Only Want is saved... the rest is more or less ignoble.
  • madcat
    17 oct 13
    I too have fallen for certain flops, during the time when I spent all my money on records practically, and I also had to return an album after just a few days; I read that they actually defined it as the classic "crazy crap." I also read that Smith once stated he would make a terrible album like that, just to see how many people would fall for it, and some journalists want to believe this is what happened.
  • SilasLang
    17 oct 13
    madcat, if only it had gone that way, back then information was mostly taken from certain magazines, and if you stumbled upon a couple of reviews that were positive, that was it; you'd get the package and you had to keep it, ahahah... unfortunately, I fear it ended up being crap without wanting to, but of its own accord, since from now on they won't hit the mark again.
The Dead C: Harsh 70's Reality
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Dead C: Harsh 70's Reality
18 aug 13
The apotheosis of noise. One of the greatest noise bands of all time. Abstain, fans of melody at all costs, progsters and the like. This album (but them in general) makes Sonic Youth's "Confusion Is Sex" sound like the heirs of the Beach Boys...
The Decemberists: The Crane Wife
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
The Decemberists: The Crane Wife
8 jan 15
It's funny that the only album by the Decemberists that I truly liked is essentially a prog record. Because that's what 'The Crane Wife,' from 2006, is. Quite fascinating progressive-pop for me. I was listening to it again this morning. I still like it.
The Fluid: Glue
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Fluid: Glue
8 apr 12
The Fuzztones: Lysergic Emanations
Vinile I have it ★★★
The Fuzztones: Lysergic Emanations
8 jan 14
Cute. But nothing more. Who knows...
  • GIANLUIGI67
    8 jan 14
    Among the first garage records I heard, this is a classic. The later ones don’t say anything to me. Anyway, in the garage scene, there are better ones; I think of the Creeps, The Wylde Mammoths, although it’s hard to make comparisons because even though they sound garage, they have different roots and sonorities.
  • SilasLang
    8 jan 14
    You know what, too "clean" for my tastes. Anyway, yes, it remains a good album.
The Germs: (GI)
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Germs: (GI)
30 oct 13
I don't know if it's the greatest punk record of all time, maybe not, but for quite a while in my life, I thought so without a doubt. It is definitely one of my cornerstones. I also have M.I.A. on CD, which collects everything GI plus every burp or fart they have recorded. I love them.
The Gun Club: The Fire Of Love
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Gun Club: Fire of Love
10 aug 14
Every word would be superfluous...
The Heads: At Last
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Heads: At Last
3 dec 14
5 hours per side without any interruption. A hellish lysergic trip, FUZZ on steroids, like the Stooges kicked in the ass by Hawkwind, all in an ultra-noise key. Orgasmic stuff. I repeat, one of the most exciting bands around in the last 20 years. Damn them, they could release more records though... I had to sell my organs to buy them.
  • De...Marga...
    3 dec 14
    And these? Never heard of them, except for your mention a few listens ago. Stooges-Hawkwind-ultra noise...WOW...They could be interesting...Actually, let's remove the "could be" and rush to find out more. Bye Silas.
  • De...Marga...
    3 dec 14
    And these? Never heard of them, except for your mention a few listens ago. Stooges-Hawkwind-ultra noise...WOW...They could be interesting...Actually, let's remove the "could be" and rush to find out more. Bye Silas.
  • SilasLang
    3 dec 14
    They are scary. Not interesting. Really, I love them.
  • SilasLang
    3 dec 14
    Look for at least "Under Sided," "At Last!," "Dead In The Water," and "Under The Stress of a headlong Dive," but they're like the pig. The only downside: they print their works in editions that can only be described as limited.
  • De...Marga...
    3 dec 14
    Already marked everything... and I thank you for your timely clarifications, as always. The problem is that the albums I have to listen to these last few weeks are becoming endless!!! But it's nice that way.
The Heads: Dead in the Water
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Heads: Dead in the Water
15 dec 14
Psycho-fuzz free-form acid trip. It induces dizziness.
The Heartbreakers: L.A.M.F.
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Heartbreakers: L.A.M.F.
9 jul 13
The Heartbreakers. But Johnny Thunders’ ones, to hell with Petty! The result was one of the greatest damn Rn'R albums I have at home. Along with the first by the New York Dolls. With all due respect to Nevermind The Bollocks...
The High Llamas: Hawaii
Vinile I have it ★★★★
The High Llamas: Hawaii
8 sep 13
Beautiful little (oh my, not little, since it's a double) chamber pop record. Teetering between the still fairly sober Brian Wilson of Pet Sounds and the one who went off the rails with the aborted Smile. Relaxing.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    8 sep 13
    I adore the High Llamas; I believe I have their entire discography. I haven’t really enjoyed the electronic turn of their recent works. Anyone who loves Pet Sounds cannot help but love them. The founder (former Microdisney) has handled the string arrangements and orchestrations in Stereolab. An amazing band.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    8 sep 13
    try the Testbild! you might find them interesting; they have atmospheres not too far from some things by the High Llamas.
  • SilasLang
    8 sep 13
    I'll tell you, I only have and know this and the previous one, "Gideon Gaye," which is just as good as this. I’ve never delved into the rest. Should I? Regarding the Beach Boys, I'm not really fond of Pet Sounds. But the sessions of Smile really captivated me... Damn, Stereolab, they were amazing! At least back then :)
  • GIANLUIGI67
    8 sep 13
    .https://www.debaser.it/main/Video.aspx?y=0GU5ub1p3dQ&feature=player_detailpage --Cold and Bouncy might be their best work. Always fully immersed in a Pet Sound trip with period electronic arrangements and plenty of lounge music from the early 70s as a soundtrack.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    8 sep 13
    Since it seems to me that you like lo-fi, if you don't know them, check out the Xinsilisupreme "Tomorrow never come," a completely out there Japanese duo. I shared the album definition with two links maybe yesterday.
  • SilasLang
    8 sep 13
    Oh, thanks for the tips! I'll grab the Xinsilisupreme right away.
The Jesus And Mary Chain: Barbed Wire Kisses (b-sides and more)
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Jesus and Mary Chain: Barbed Wire Kisses (b-sides and more)
5 jan 15
Raw pearls teetering between amiable melodies and tearing feedback.
The Jesus Lizard: Head
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Jesus Lizard: Head
9 aug 13
Masterpiece. Period. The most filthy, rotten, and depraved of the Lizard. Yow spits, vomits, screams, raves, and regurgitates gastric juices and shit: he remains one of my favorite vocalists, in spite of various Freddie Mercury! My favorite of the Lizard, and one of my all-time favorite albums!
  • GIANLUIGI67
    9 aug 13
    The guitarist creates catastrophic atmospheres with just two chords. The rhythm section is terrifying. Live, they're beasts.
  • darth agnan
    9 aug 13
    I don't like them, but for the sentence about Freddie, I respect you.
  • plexy
    10 aug 13
    Sorry, but at this point one wonders what the hell this comparison is... What does Freddie Mercury have to do with this poorly executed copy of Iggy Pop?
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Now I Got Worry
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Now I Got Worry
10 jul 13
I've literally worn this CD out. 5 stars is even too few. My favorite from JSBX, without a doubt. The dirtiest, scrappiest, filthiest, and coolest. Recorded strictly with the ass...Fuck shit up!
  • Psychopathia
    11 jul 13
    It's true... but Orange is no less. I liked Acme less. Now I've been enjoying the expanded and/or double versions of all three for a couple of years. PS: It doesn't really relate much, but... what do you think of the double CD of the Royal Trux B sides and rarities? For me, even though it's not an album, it's one of the most beautiful things in their discography (I have everything by them).
  • ZannaB
    11 jul 13
    "Recorded strictly with the ass" yes!!!!!
  • SilasLang
    11 jul 13
    Orange yes, beautiful, whatever you like, [as well as the first album and Extra Width, they're cool too] but for me, this is the top! I still liked Acme. The problems started with Plastic Fang..
  • SilasLang
    11 jul 13
    I’ve never listened to the Royal Trux you mentioned… in fact, I’m completely unaware of their existence! I adored Cats and Dogs by Royal Trux. I’ll catch up on it, though, thanks for the tip!
  • Psychopathia
    11 jul 13
    Well, Plastic Fang sucks! The one after, for goodness' sake... PS: the double CD I was talking about is: singles, live, unreleased. If you get a chance. Also, Sweet Sixteen is really nice.
  • ZannaB
    11 jul 13
    Excuse me, gentlemen, I see you are well-versed on the topic and I'm shamelessly taking advantage of it: a title (just one, okay!) for the Pussy Galore?
  • Psychopathia
    11 jul 13
    Unfortunately, I don't own any Pussy Galore, but among the first two, you always do well. Anyway, I'll leave the floor to Silas, who is definitely more experienced than I am.
  • SilasLang
    11 jul 13
    I absolutely adore Pussy Galore. Christ, grab records like "Right Now!", the EP "Sugarshit Sharp" and "Dial M" at all costs!
  • ZannaB
    12 jul 13
    Oh no, you got me! I had only written one! :-) I'm adding Right Now to the shopping list... ;-) Thanks!
  • hjhhjij
    12 jul 13
    Yes Zanna, absolutely Right Now! If you want just one. Dial M is very nice but a notch below, in my opinion.
  • SilasLang
    12 jul 13
    "Right Now!" is the most chaotic chaos there is, yes, hj, Dial is slightly below, but just a bit :) Sugarshit, on the other hand, is on par with Right Now.
  • hjhhjij
    12 jul 13
    Look Right Now! is one of my favorite albums from the '80s, it hit me like a train, the perfect imperfect record. Sugarshit for me is already a step down, but it's a 5 too, a fabulous EP (with the cover of my beloved Neubauten as the standout track). Dial M is a fantastic record, but I like it less (a bit like Groovy Hate Fuck and their very early works). Another truly huge one is Live in Rosso from 1989 (released 9 years later but whatever). That would have been the perfect epitaph, if it weren't for Historia.
  • SilasLang
    12 jul 13
    Same for Right Now! Among my favorites from the '80s.
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
18 jul 14
The first, wildly ragged full-length from JSBX picks up where Pussy Galore left off. The first gem of filthy and ultra-crooked Blues-Punk from the label... One of those records I load into the car before hitting the highway. The risk of breaking the speed limit is downright high...
  • hjhhjij
    18 jul 14
    By necessity, one feels closest to Pussy Galore. Finally, I've heard it too, even though I only have it in mp3, it's beautiful. I got "Orange" the other day, another great one, obviously more "purely" Blues Explosion-esque compared to this. Then there’s also the contemporaneous "A Reverse Willie Horton" and the subsequent Crypt Style, all three having more or less the same tracks. Great group, but "Right Now!" is "Right Now!".
  • SilasLang
    18 jul 14
    'A Reverse...' is a demo, there are tracks that are here too... but I miss it. 'Right Now'... oh my! Yes, but also 'Now I Got Worry' is 'Now I Got Worry' :P
  • darth agnan
    18 jul 14
    it's very lovely too extra width, the second one. I just listened to it again today along with orange (a masterpiece). jon spencer saint right away.
  • SilasLang
    18 jul 14
    Absolutely, Darth...perhaps the most black of all, 'Extra Width'...but up until 'Acme', Jon hasn't missed a beat.
  • hjhhjij
    18 jul 14
    "Acme" was already quite a bit less beautiful compared to the previous ones, but still good. Anyway, yes, A Reverse is a demo, basically it’s like this: A Reverse demo, this is the first actual album and Crypt is the compilation with almost all the tracks already included in this and A Reverse; in fact, one could also choose one of these to be in line with the very first JSBX (or JSBE). What can I say, "Orange" is a masterpiece, I agree with Darth, and I give the same label to Now I Got Worry, which, as you rightly say S, is Now I Got Worry :D Great band and great character Spencer, a real beast.
  • SilasLang
    19 jul 14
    Yes, 'Acme' is already on a slight decline... but it has three or four killer pieces in its arsenal...
  • hjhhjij
    19 jul 14
    And that super cool video with Ryder aahahahah :D
  • ZannaB
    21 jul 14
    For me, Now I Got Worry wins above all; I really love that album! Have you listened to the latest Silas?
  • SilasLang
    21 jul 14
    Zanna, absolutely my favorite. Back in the day, I listened to it nonstop. The most raw, filthy, and thrilling of JSBX. When it came out and I got it, I think in '96, I had no doubts since then. I played it on repeat nonstop, of course, I immediately dubbed it onto a cassette for the car XD.
  • ZannaB
    21 jul 14
    I bought it later, when (thankfully) I already had a car radio with a CD player! But I also had the "pleasure" of listening to tapes left in a car parked in the sun. After a few months, the tape expanded so much that the CD played 2 times faster! :-)))
The Kinks: The Village Green Preservation Society
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Kinks: The Village Green Preservation Society
29 nov 12
An album that is pure pop perfection.. Beatles or Stones? The Kinks!
The Lemonheads: Car Button Cloth
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
The Lemonheads: Car Button Cloth
17 jul 13
Between one cover and another, between a pear and a crack rock, between screwing Courtney Love and a still warm Cobain corpse, and other nonsense, Evan Dando also managed to hit a couple of albums. This is one of them. Very nice, fresh, and enjoyable. I've always liked it a lot. The other one is "Lick," from 1989. The rest is fluff…
The Mothers of Invention: Uncle Meat
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Mothers of Invention: Uncle Meat
7 jan 14
It's really hard for me to choose a favorite album by the Mothers from Freak Out! to Weasels. This one competes with Absolutely Free. Right now, it's on repeat. The symphony of chaos.
The Olivia Tremor Control: Music From the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Olivia Tremor Control: Music From the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle
24 aug 12
The perfect Pop album.
The Queers: Love Songs for the Retarded
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Queers: Love Songs for the Retarded
25 sep 13
16 tracks of such idiotic, vulgar, and demented punk rock that it makes me cry with joy. At times, it feels like listening to a drugged-out Brian Wilson leading some rough punk band in a shabby garage. Raw, melodic, vulgar, and incredibly cool. Take that, Green Day. The only "pop" punk I can stand. Because this album is truly punk.
  • gnagnera
    25 sep 13
    Listen to an idiot and also try Screeching Weasel's "Anthems for a New Tomorrow" and maybe the Vindictives' "The Many Moods of..."
  • SilasLang
    25 sep 13
    I really like the first two Screeching Weasel albums, especially the second one "Boogadaboogada..."...I don't know the Vindictives. I'll have to check them out :)
The Raincoats: The Raincoats
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Raincoats: The Raincoats
2 aug 13
Among the coolest works born in the so-called "post-punk" era, this gem from these four ladies anticipates by several years certain slacker and lo-fi sounds that would become popular in the '90s...11 gems of skewed and out-of-tune (in the true sense of the word) guitar pop. Calvin Johnson will be taking notes!
  • hjhhjij
    2 aug 13
    All-female Post Punk? Wow, I’m definitely interested.
  • SilasLang
    2 aug 13
    Yes :) Another one of my favorite albums!
  • macaco
    3 aug 13
    Yes, yes, nice little group even though I've never heard this album.
The Red Krayola: The Parable of Arable Land
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Red Krayola: The Parable of Arable Land
23 jun 13
What the hell do you want to say to an album like that? Too often overlooked when talking about masterpieces of that acid psychedelia that emerged at the end of the sixties. Among the records I love the most, absolutely.
  • March Horses
    24 jun 13
    sign, thank you! :)
  • SilasLang
    24 jun 13
    PLEASE :) Watch out, though! This album is all immersed in an absolutely amazing chaos! Don’t expect any freakbeat or folk rock in the summer of love style :)
  • ranofornace
    24 jun 13
    great album, give it a listen, it won't disappoint you.
The Rolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties Request
Vinile I have it ★★★★
The Rolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties Request
23 jun 13
I don’t know, despite all the criticism, I’ve always liked this album... quite a bit actually. I’ve never understood what the hell it has to do with that baroque mess of Sgt. Pepper's, since it's always described as the ugly copy (?) of it... An excellent and a bit ramshackle psych/baroque pop/blues bacchanal... 4.5, fuck off!
  • ranofornace
    24 jun 13
    "Their Satanic" the only true psych album by the Rolling Stones, a must-have in a collection of the "genre."
The Seeds: A Web of Sound
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Seeds: A Web of Sound
27 oct 14
Deadly essay of supremely ignorant garage-rock with lysergic propulsion. Huge Seeds! And it is quite plausible that Lou Reed listened to the concluding, acid-infused, and kilometers-long "Up In Her Room" for inspiration for the "Sister Ray" of Velvet Underground memory...
The Strokes: Is This It
CD Audio I have it ★
The Strokes: Is This It
31 jul 13
Disk shit, ridiculous "band." A girl gave it to me (who else? "Oh my God, Juliaaaaaaan!!! How coooool!")... Stuff that's as sterile as it is useless. If this was the rebirth of Garage Rock bands like Pussy Galore, Oblivians, and even Reatards were Satan himself. Five idiots more interested in poses and cool outfits than in music. Sold it off in a flash.
  • GIANLUIGI67
    31 jul 13
    for me it’s a big debut. The other works suck.
  • SilasLang
    31 jul 13
    Well, to each their own... for me, it sucks. Besides this, I listened to the second one, which was also, unbelievably, worse!
  • aerdna
    31 jul 13
    I recently listened to them again to see if they stood the test of time, and I find myself in disagreement with both! XD This one and the second (which I've reevaluated) are on par: they barely scrape by. Mediocre, but not that terrible. The third one, though, is truly awful. The next one I shelved after two listens and that's it. A group that's easily forgettable, but I believe there's worse even in their "genre" (ahaha), like Arctic Monkeys and Franz Ferdinand, which are much, much worse! Anyway, you did great by reselling it! ahahaa
  • aerdna
    31 jul 13
    How many words have I spent for these guys...
  • Bubi
    31 jul 13
    For me, it's a very beautiful album. Julian Casablancas is a talent; if he attended a prestigious Swiss school and some think he's a spoiled rich kid, I don't care.
  • aerdna
    31 jul 13
    More or less, by the way, I believe he has always written and composed everything himself.
  • ZannaB
    1 aug 13
    But let's talk about the important things: did the girl end up giving it to you?
  • Lao Tze
    1 aug 13
    1 You can judge it only in hindsight, only in hindsight. When this came out and was still the first and only one, regardless of the bullshit you could read in the newspapers but who cares - I don’t read magazines, it was neither a masterpiece nor a terrible album. It was listened to without being transcendent. It's AFTER that the abomination arrived - ah, I reiterate for those who might think that I consider this "rock for girls" or things like that: I don’t care about them as characters, I've always judged the music and from the third album onward there’s nothing, on that front. Period.
  • Belghazi
    1 aug 13
    shitty group, I agree with Silas :-)
  • Belghazi
    1 aug 13
    and the record is equally shit
  • gnagnera
    1 aug 13
    It's a not bad little album, certainly nothing amazing, but definitely not crap. Of course, it has nothing, really nothing to do with the other bands you mentioned, which are on another planet (and obviously much better).
The Vaselines: Dum-Dum
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Vaselines: Dum-Dum
21 jan 14
A little gem of ragged noise-pop in low-to-medium fidelity.
  • Lao Tze
    22 jan 14
    out of sight for a while, these were even from the era of the Jesus & Mary Chain... yet they returned after years, like many from that time thought to be lost and then resurfaced.
  • SilasLang
    22 jan 14
    yeah yeah...they reformed, but I haven't followed their latest happenings much. for example, I don't know if they reformed just for a tour or if they released new material. I had also listened to the guy's project after the end of the Vaselines, Eugenious, but you know. Oh, and the two mini albums by the Vaselines are worth it. I love them...
  • GIANLUIGI67
    22 jan 14
    of the pioneers of noise pop, perhaps before Jesus & Mary Chain.
  • SilasLang
    23 jan 14
    no...after the JAMC
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground
26 aug 14
The Velvet dive into 'song'. But what songs...
  • De...Marga...
    26 aug 14
    I quote... Nothing else.
  • hellraiser
    26 aug 14
    Beautiful beautiful... I’m eagerly awaiting Leccaculati's comment...
  • SydBarrett96
    26 aug 14
    I quote, even though for me the first two remain unreachable.
  • SilasLang
    26 aug 14
    They are different worlds... each album is a world of its own. I really don't know which one to prefer among the 4. I love them all. Maybe at the top I place "White Light", yeah...
  • madcat
    26 aug 14
    I’ve always said that this album is great; I simply put the first Velvet Underground at the top.
The Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Velvet Underground: White Light/White Heat
24 apr 12
Personal opinion, but it also kicks the ass of the much idolized (and beautiful, to be clear) banana record.
The Who: The Who Sell Out
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
The Who: The Who Sell Out
14 jun 13
A little pop gem. I love this album. Then, inexplicably, they won't drive me crazy anymore. In short, my favorite by The Who, period...
  • imasoulman
    14 jun 13
    it’s undeniable that it’s a gem (and how shocking it was for the average fan!) ...but, after...oh god...who's next...
  • SilasLang
    14 jun 13
    I really don't like them anymore since Tommy... now just shoot me :D
  • imasoulman
    14 jun 13
    We’re not exactly in a Goya painting... ;) For Tommy, I will never take to the barricades, but as for who's next, I at least feel entitled to advocate for a second chance, you never know when the spark that ignites the Molotov might just explode...
  • SilasLang
    14 jun 13
    I listened to it years ago. You know what? I'm listening to it again... Who knows...
  • madcat
    14 jun 13
    But do you know Live at Leeds?
  • Lao Tze
    15 jun 13
    Compared to the vinyl, the expanded CD version of Live At Leeds is a gem, featuring a complete live Tommy that could change the minds of even those who didn't appreciate Tommy in the studio. Infinite words could be spent on Who's Next; I will only spend 4: THE SONG IS OVER.
  • madcat
    15 jun 13
    Exactly Lao, live at Leeds complete version with Tommy is fabulous (it's true that it makes people appreciate Tommy even if they weren't enthusiastic about him, it essentially strips away all the bombast he had in the studio, and in reality, they cut him a bit too, they remove the instrumental piece in the middle for example which I also find a bit heavy).
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