1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 8
People don’t listen to albums any more. This’ll be why.
Song of the day – 244: Arthur & Yu
It’s a little bit Nancy & Lee. It’s a whole load The Mamas And Papas. It’s very Seattle.
1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 7
You care passionately about the music you love, you care passionately about the music you hate. I’ve never understood any other stance.
Song of the day – 243: The Raincoats
We’ve featured The Raincoats on Collapse Board before, right? Please tell me we’ve featured them before. No? Sigh.
Song of the day – 242: Viv Albertine (free download)
The oddest thing about this cautionary tale of Christmas alienation and loneliness with its gently chiding guitars and taut rhythms and repetition, as told by former Slits guitarist Viv Albertine, is that it sounds way, way more like prime Raincoats than it does her former band. There’s the same worrying paranoia and utilisation of vaguely […]
1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 6
How’s about a little ballast to balance up the scales?
Song of the day – 241: Eux Autres
In the main, I’m a sucker for a limp-wristed guitar
1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 5
Who are these people, and why on earth were they ever allowed to release records in the first place?
Song of the day – 240: Milk Kan (free download)
the only band in the existence to sound like a cross between The Streets and Television Personalities
1001 Albums You Should Die Before You Hear, pt 4
Part four already, and the main surprise so far is the lack of singer-songwriters in this chart.
