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Killing Joke Killing Joke

9 apr 06

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Concise yet effective review. Important album, even if it doesn't blow me away. Influential on Big Black and Ministry. There's really no comparison with Pere Ubu, I'm sorry. I find KJ a bit too predictable (for my tastes): they speculated, albeit with undeniable and sometimes captivating effectiveness, on some simple tricks, like the wooden bass and the synth fogs. My favorites: Wardance, Wait, Change. An album worth listening to, in any case.

T.Rex T.Rex (2004; original version 1970)

9 apr 06

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I reiterate: musical sparseness.

The Pretty Things Get The Picture?

9 apr 06

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I miss these too, like the Beau Brummels... I'll make up for it... In the meantime, I've read a tasty review! :-)

Public Image Limited Second Edition

9 apr 06

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Great review (although you could have mentioned and described a few tracks). A perfect chemistry for one of the masterpieces of the new wave. The guitar in Albatross is proto-Albini-esque; Wooble's bass speaks for itself... Overall, a very diverse album. My favorite is Poptones, with its irregular tempo and that guitar that is an acid bath in which Rotten's little voice sinks and melts away: a heart-stopping experience.

Van Der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts

9 apr 06

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Unmissable album. The style is still progressive, the kind of music from KC, Yes, and Genesis. But the atmospheres have nothing to do with the Middle Ages, with fantasy, with romanticism... It's a dark, distressing, cryptic album, capable of making one uncomfortable. The phrase "Van Gogh of the sax," referring to Jackson, is beautifully apt: after all, VDGG’s music is fully expressionist in every sense.

Pere Ubu The Modern Dance

9 apr 06

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Well, of course, the Suicide were great and important... Anyway, just to be picky, the Pere Ubu released their first singles in the mid-'70s, but that's not the point: if we’re going that way, the concept of alienation in rock dates back even before the new wave... The only thing is that I personally believe the Pere Ubu have changed the DNA of rock in a more radical and profound way than other bands of the time. But obviously, much depends on personal taste: I love complex, sophisticated, eccentric things, and the Ubu's songs are that (while the Suicide's are much more essential...). It's obvious that I would recommend listening to both "Modern Dance" and "Suicide." :-)

Blind Idiot God Blind Idiot God

9 apr 06

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Wow, I was actually considering the BIGs: I was thinking of writing the review... and yet, you beat me to it. And you did well, because it's an excellent review. Congratulations! One thing though: where do you hear Fugazi in the BIGs? Anyway, it's a fundamental album for all the instrumental noise-rock of the following decade. The funny thing is that the sounds almost seem black metal! :-D

Neil Young & Crazy Horse Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

9 apr 06

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Perfect album. A classic. Country-rock only by convention: in reality, Neil Young was making "rock." Without adjectives. His guitar (harsh, raw, mournful, tested) would later be felt even in modern times, in noise, in indie, in grunge. A FUNDAMENTAL artist.

Codeine Frigid Stars

9 apr 06

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Yes, a beautiful record, but (who knows why?) it has never fully convinced me. Stunning anyway D, Cave in, Cigarette, 2nd chance, Grevel Bed. Weak and, in some cases, only an apparent connection with Slint (and post-rock in general). More evident, however, are the links to the "tradition": VU, Young, Teenage Jesus, Joy Division. Rather than slow-core, one could speak of slow-noise. Anyway, an important chapter for the disillusioned and exhausted rock of the 90s.

T.Rex T.Rex (2004; original version 1970)

9 apr 06

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uhm... shall we talk a bit about music, maybe...? ;-) I've never been too excited about T-Rex, except for the loud and super cool 20th Century Boy!!! Generally, I'm not a fan of glam (except for the dirty and yankee style of the NYDolls and Alice Cooper, and the sophisticated and British vibe of Roxy Music and Queen); I often find it superficial. Of course, I won't deny that singing at the top of your lungs (maybe in the shower) "Cum on feel the noise" (Slade) gives a certain satisfaction, but after a while, you realize the musical shallowness of that and other tracks in the genre.