The new and improved "On The CD Player Today" thread

[lights.out.london]

Shocore - Evilution

Throbbing Gristle - live tape, probably Greenwich/Deptford, early 80s

Front 242 - Headhunter

Bad Brains - To Build A Nation

 

[Dubversion]

Robert Wyatt - Nothing Can Stop Us

Pegboy - Fore

Naked Raygun - Treason

 

[The_Reverend_M]

red snapper - reeled and skinned

 

[killer b]

neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea (underwhelmed, frankly)
clock dva - thirst

 

[lights.out.london]

clock dva - thirst

 

[killer b]

it is rather good. is the rest of their output as interesting?

 

[lights.out.london]

If you can get hold of a copy, Brigade on 7" [along with other bands] is .

Worth checking out is White Souls in Black Suits. It's been re-released a few times. And the 94/95 Anthology does what it says on the tin.

 

[Dubversion]

neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea (underwhelmed, frankly)

it's a grower, trust me

 

[killer b]

maybe... but tbh, when i listen to it, i get the same feeling of indifference i get when i listen to low, the arcade fire and recent flaming lips... sure, it's all well crafted & that, but the music just doesn't interest me that much. i'll persevere though, i don't think any of the stuff i really like struck me as ace on first listen.

 

[The_Reverend_M]

willy mason - where the humans eat

 

[killer b]

throbbing gristle - mission of dead souls.

 

[Dubversion]

but tbh, when i listen to it, i get the same feeling of indifference i get when i listen to low,

<puts killer b on ignore>

 

[lights.out.london]

Bad Brains - To Build A Nation

Heavy heavy rotation chez Lights.

 

[Balbi]

Magnus - The Body Gave You Everything

 

[rollinder]

Echo and The Bunnymen - Everygreen

 

[killer b]

<puts killer b on ignore>

i think i just don't care much for yank indie... i keep trying, but it simply fails to interest me.

 

[Dubversion]

Low are not mere 'yank indie'

 

[The_Reverend_M]

... and neither are The Flaming Lips or The Arcade Fire

 

[killer b]

trust me, they are.

 

[Dubversion]

in fact, Arcade Fire aren't even Yanks

 

[stavros]

Brian Wilson - "Smile"
Ice Cube - "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted"
The 2 Live Crew - "As Nasty As They Wanna Be"
Cypress Hill - "Cypress Hill"
PJ Harvey - "Rid Of Me"
Autechre - "ep7"
Basement Jaxx - "Crazy Itch Radio"

 

[killer b]

ok, 'i just don't care much for indie'.

that do?

x

 

[milesy]

glenn miller and his orchestra - greatest hits

 

[rollinder]

Elton John - Songs from the West coast
Robert Wyatt on myspace (thanks dub etc)
http://www.myspace.com/robertwyatt
Kevin Ayers on myspace (linked from Robert wyatt's friends list)
http://www.myspace.com/whatevershebringswesing

currently Kevin and Robert performing Clarence In Wonderland on a BBC session

 

[ramjamclub]

JOHN LEGEND

http://www.johnlegend.com/index1.html
Some of the tunes stick in your head for days. Great stuff

 

[Orang Utan]

... and neither are The Flaming Lips or The Arcade Fire

They're very easy to be indifferent to whatever they are

 

[Balbi]

Kate Nash - Made of Bricks
The Go! Team - Proof of Youth

 

[The_Reverend_M]

They're very easy to be indifferent to whatever they are

as is house and techno

 

[killer b]

new order - substance
pigbag - pappa's got a brand new pigbag
kid creole -fresh fruit in foreign places
pressure funk - twisted funk

 

[Iam]

tonedeff - underscore