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The Heads (GBR) Under The Stress Of A Headlong Dive

9 jun 06

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Svaripinto, what the hell are you saying? Antmo, I listened to "Relaxing With" and...WOW! I was blown away, it’s an incredibly raw and over-the-top album with intergalactic distortions that definitively puts any other stoner band (if you can call the Heads that) on the planet to shame. I’ve already ordered "Under the Stress" on eBay (CD version because unfortunately I don't have a turntable, nor would I know where to put it). I have high expectations, I imagine some kind of heavy metal-krautrock ass-kicking.

Faust Faust IV [Remastered]

8 jun 06

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Let's say they're "coming back in style." Both thanks to Cope and thanks to the Internet, in my opinion. The Faust from the second half of the 70s until the mid-90s had fallen into oblivion, both in terms of the audience and the critics. It's clear that the majority of people remain unaware of them, but their niche audience has grown significantly lately. Virgin has noticed this trend, and voilà, here we have a stunning remastered version of their most accessible classic. Then again, it's clear that a record label also has to think about money; otherwise, it won't last. But... (Anyway, this double CD is awesome, and I couldn't resist buying it immediately.)

Faust Faust IV [Remastered]

8 jun 06

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I bought it the day it was released. The second album is really awesome, but I wouldn't completely agree with honoring Virgin for reintroducing it. In '73, Virgin was very disappointed with Faust IV, especially because it didn't sell up to expectations (the Tapes, on the other hand, did well) and stopped funding the Faust. After that, the group broke up for other reasons as well. You see, Virgin caused the breakup of one of the greatest bands of all time and now they're bringing them back just because they're trendy again...

Dadamah This Is Not A Dream

8 jun 06

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So, I finally listened to the first Dissolve track, "That That Is...Is (Not)", and it’s truly amazing. We're still on the Dadamah line but there are more distorted guitars and more disorienting atmospheres; I would say it's a cross between Dadamah and Bardo Pond. I almost prefer it to both.

The Heads (GBR) Under The Stress Of A Headlong Dive

7 jun 06

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A rain of fuzzed-out energy that evokes the early Sonic Youth, drifting into a hallucinatory and staggering trip à la Neu!, cranking up the 13th Floor Elevators to the max and turning Spacemen 3 into a black meteorite crashed into a swamp of mud!!!!! The Stooges in the Can's rehearsal room!!!! Holy shit, I'm so hyped. (I’ve already managed to download the first -relaxing with- now I’ll listen to it and I’ll know what to say).

Wipers Over The Edge

7 jun 06

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Wait, I can read your mind: the phrase was --I have it tooooooooooooooo!!!!!-- (I'm a magician)

Suicidal Tendencies Still Cyco After All These Years

7 jun 06

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Suicidal Tendencies Still Cyco After All These Years

7 jun 06

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Yes, I can't disagree with you. The fact is that after listening to Zen Arcade (influenced, yes, by the Black Flag), I can no longer go back to listening to the hardcore of its origins. And after listening to the B. Surfers, all the chaos created by those bands seems a bit uncreative to me. And Big Black, in my ears, are much more violent than the most violent of the hardcore groups from '80-'81. The hardcore scene of the early '80s laid the foundations; the great masterpieces came afterward from bands that managed to break away from those standards.

Suicidal Tendencies Still Cyco After All These Years

7 jun 06

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Yes, the ones you mentioned are the big groups (and indeed they didn't all sound the same), but the post-hardcore (Husker Du, Minutemen, Replacements, Butthole Surfers and so on) completely sweeps them away in my opinion, both in terms of artistic maturity and emotional impact.