[viewtiful alan redux]

Downloaded:

 

Bought:

 

 

[blunderbuss]

A few High Rise related things. Gone a bit mad for Nanjo of late.

[a-p a. niemi]

The Skull Defekts: Mimer Injektion 08

C20 tape, limited edition of 11 numbered copies, mine being 1/11. Neat!

[SONIC GAIL]

Just got this FINALLY...I so love it when I wait so long to buy such a perfect album. Makes life worth livin. I love how "Made in New York" is printed on the disk

 

And this. Had to I just HAD to. They trick you and make the front of the CD cover appear to be the back of the cover so it opens backwards. I was really confused trying to unwrap it

 

[a-p a. niemi]

 

Mats Gustafsson: Needs! LP
Also got the Needs & Deeds bonus CDr with it

[keep poppin pimples]

 

[nicfit]

 

[atsonicpark]

What is that Dubbers vol. 2 album?

...also, NIEMI, you have the best tastes on this board, man. I absolutely love skull defekts.

Anywho, I bought hecq - Bad Karma, which is just unreal techno, kinda IDM-y but without being annoying (in other words, it's not throwing as many different sounds at you at 10,000bpm) -- there is a lot of careful editing and attention to space and stuff... synths rise in, strange sounds fade out/reverberate for many seconds, etc... drums are of the Autechre variety, headscratchingly brilliant. Such a carefully produced album, it's truly brilliant. Bought it for a few bucks on a complete whim and am very happy with it... if you're into electronic music, especially more of the Autechre/3tronik/10-20 variety, check it out, it's a lot better than most IDM.

Also, bought

 

PINK FLAG, my favorite "punk" album of all time. I've worn out 3 (!) burnt copies of this -- I bet I listened to it a million times my high school senior year. So, I finally bought it... god, it's so good. Been such a huge inspiration on me.... I can't even describe what makes it so good. If you've heard it, you know I guess. Or maybe not. The songs are deceptively "simple", there is actually a complexity to it that isn't apparent unless you really pay attention. The "rules" of "punk" -- power chords, short songs -- are a means to no end, in this case, in a way not many other bands have ever incorporated (Swell Maps, Minutemen, Hot Snakes, Rudimentary Peni, early The Fall, Crass, and maybe some early Wipers being some of the few other exceptions) -- also, the guitar tones are lethal, the production is dry and dark, almost like Spiderland in a way.

Just a perfect album -- ADDICTIVE. You just never know where this album is going, really; it starts out in such a confounding, non-obvious way; one chord for a while just drilling into your ears... when it gets to the disturbing "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPE" chant, you'll probably be confused.. and perhaps hooked. Strangely. Then it follows up with a punk song with about 5 changes and 15 stops in 27 seconds. Then, it kinda just goes back and forth between some of the strangest "punk" songs ever written, and some really dark anthems (the "dark anthems" being something they would explore, and take to their limit, on the next two albums -- but they would use synths, lots of effects, and studio trickery... in order to do so; here, they keep the experimentation to a minimum and just let the power of awesome songwriting lead the way)... until about track 15 when they start playing "pop" songs!

Truly a magnificant album. The title track... "Champions"... "1 2 X U"... "Reuters"... "Fragile".... jesus. Doesn't get much better than this.

[Mortte Jousimo]

Originally Posted by SONIC GAIL

Just got this FINALLY...I so love it when I wait so long to buy such a perfect album. Makes life worth livin. I love how "Made in New York" is printed on the disk

 

I think also that that mini-lp is very great start! There is not many eighties band that started that way! I haven´t got the original, I have Goofin´ re-release. The live album in it has not very good sounds, but I think it is also very interesting!

[Florya]

Been on a bit of a splurge recently.
In the last 2 weeks I've bought:

The new Grinderman 12"
'a cassette tape culture' by atelecine
'American Gothic' by Jenks Miller and Nicholas szczepanik
'Sequel' by Jacaszek and Mitla
'Memory' by Animal Hospital
'Mexico' by Murcof and Erik Truffaz
'The Effective Disconnect' by Brian Mcbride
'The Bells of Twelve' by Sol Seppy
'Endless Falls' by Loscil
'The River' by Chihei Hatakeyama
'The Poetry of Decay' by Cindytalk.

[keep poppin pimples]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

What is that Dubbers vol. 2 album?

8bit and digital reggae label
http://www.we7.com/#/album/Various-A...-Dubbers-Vol-2

[atsonicpark]

yayy

[a-p a. niemi]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

...also, NIEMI, you have the best tastes on this board, man. I absolutely love skull defekts.

Ha, thank you sir!
I first saw The Skull Defekts May 27th 2009 in Malmö, Sweden when they were opening for Sonic Youth. Didn't know anything about them, but they blew my mind! Now they're one of my all time favorite groups!
Here's The Secret and Unholy Drums Are Singing from that gig.

[loubarret]

last months...all vinyl:

 

 

 

 

also:
The bugs-the bugs
Godspeed The Punchline-trumans water on cd for a birthday gift for a friend of mine

[Pax Americana]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

PINK FLAG, my favorite "punk" album of all time. I've worn out 3 (!) burnt copies of this -- I bet I listened to it a million times my high school senior year. So, I finally bought it... god, it's so good. Been such a huge inspiration on me.... I can't even describe what makes it so good. If you've heard it, you know I guess. Or maybe not. The songs are deceptively "simple", there is actually a complexity to it that isn't apparent unless you really pay attention. The "rules" of "punk" -- power chords, short songs -- are a means to no end, in this case, in a way not many other bands have ever incorporated (Swell Maps, Minutemen, Hot Snakes, Rudimentary Peni, early The Fall, Crass, and maybe some early Wipers being some of the few other exceptions) -- also, the guitar tones are lethal, the production is dry and dark, almost like Spiderland in a way.

Just a perfect album -- ADDICTIVE. You just never know where this album is going, really; it starts out in such a confounding, non-obvious way; one chord for a while just drilling into your ears... when it gets to the disturbing "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPE" chant, you'll probably be confused.. and perhaps hooked. Strangely. Then it follows up with a punk song with about 5 changes and 15 stops in 27 seconds. Then, it kinda just goes back and forth between some of the strangest "punk" songs ever written, and some really dark anthems (the "dark anthems" being something they would explore, and take to their limit, on the next two albums -- but they would use synths, lots of effects, and studio trickery... in order to do so; here, they keep the experimentation to a minimum and just let the power of awesome songwriting lead the way)... until about track 15 when they start playing "pop" songs!

Truly a magnificant album. The title track... "Champions"... "1 2 X U"... "Reuters"... "Fragile".... jesus. Doesn't get much better than this.

Yes. Totally agree with this. What a fantastic album. I know it's been said over and over, but their first three are pretty much perfect.

I just bought this reissue.

 

[Derek]

Ordered on vinyl:
Black Flag - Slip It In
Black Flag - Jealous Again 10"
Extra Life - Secular Works
Extra Life - Made Flesh

Also ordered some Sweat Lodge Guru tapes and hoping to order some Off Minor LPs soon.

[Genteel Death]

Raw Nerve s/t LP
Condominium - Gag 7''

[a-p a. niemi]

Just ordered few tapes:
Dungeon Acid: Live at Fylkingen
Mats Gustafsson: Into Fleshy Air / In a Breeze of Departed Bodies

[Everyneurotic]

Last one i bought was A Place To Bury Strangers' Keep Slipping Away 7", basically their only song i truly love and the b-side is better than both their full lenght albums.

[krastian]