Primer: 10 Essential Albums

[cutterbutter]

I'll leave this hear...
http://grooveshark.com/#/playlist/To...kater/50050707

Prepared to be nostalgia'd hard.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

AHA I just remembered where i was talking about Leftoever Crack, there's a ska thread in the rumors section
http://coachella.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49936

Also, the Might Mighty Bosstones were mentioned in there. Fuck I miss that band.

[VigoTheCarpathian]

I miss youth and money

[TallGuyCM]

Also, I'd love it if someone were to do a Drone metal list.

bump

This.

[TallGuyCM]

The Germs-GI

The Germs were the biggest band early on in the LA scene. They were insane, they were dangerous, their lead singer did drugs and started a cult of personality. They also ramped up the anger, nihilism and distortion on the traditional punk sound. They were basically one of the first proto-hardcore bands, and you can hear the roots of Black Flag in their sound. Darby Crash (the singer) flared out after this, ODing without producing another album. Pat Smear, the guitar player, became the second guitar for Nirvana up until Kurt offed himself. There was a movie made about them recently and the band was so impressed with the guy who played Darby that they reformed with him as the singer and have been playing shows. I haven't seen them but I hear they were decent.

What an absolute blast this album is.

[TallGuyCM]

6. Bark Psychosis - Hex

Now ain't this a little beauty. It definitely mimics a lot of the other selections on this list, I mean the guitar tone of "A Street Scene" and the Laughing Stock opener are just about identical. Even what they are playing may be the same chord, but that isn't the point is it? That is probably a good thing, isn't it? Wouldn't you prefer a musical landscape where artists try to sound like Talk Talk more often than not? I know I would. Back to the album though, this album has a nice pace to it, this is key to it's success. It seems to lure you in, without being overly patient (a constant downfall of modern Post-Rock artists, too often a band will shove a riff down your throat for double digit minutes, shining an ugly light on a misconception on what "dynamics"...it's not that interesting of a riff, man...). A nice understanding of knowing what is too little, and what is too much make these songs flourish with letterhead precision.

Good god...incredible.

[TallGuyCM]

Oh fuck yeah, they cover What Goes On by the VU on this album, and it's 8 minutes long, and it's really well done. Fantastic.

[ods..]

/downloads

[sonnyboy11]

Oh fuck yeah, they cover What Goes On by the VU on this album, and it's 8 minutes long, and it's really well done. Fantastic.

I saw the brothers when they were called... Blackbird, I think? Was at Club Lingerie. Probably around 1995 or so. They were still pretty great. Do enjoy the Dils.

[PotVsKtl]

AHA I just remembered where i was talking about Leftoever Crack

[TallGuyCM]

10 Essential Dub Albums

I've had this list on shuffle for the past few hours. Absolutely fantastic summer music, I'm really loving it!