10/04/2021
Thick Pigeon - Sudan
LTM specialises in re-releasing music originally released by Factory Benelux, Les Disques du Crépuscule and related labels in the early 80s. So it’s totally in my wheelhouse, and I used to buy tons of stuff from them… but then I forgot? For a decade? So I have some catching up to do.
09/04/2021
Peaches - F*** The Pain Away
Twenty years ago, a Toronto musician who used to go by the name Merrill Nisker wrote a jaw-droppingly bold track called F--k the Pain Away.
At the time she wrote that song, Nisker had been kicking about the local music scene for a number of years playing in various folk and indie-rock bands.
When she started to mess around at home with a groovebox drum machine, not only did Nisker's sound change, but her entire persona changed as well. She became Peaches — a foul-mouthed electro-punk rapper in pink leather hot pants.
The myth of what I represent scares people': Peaches on her music and new body positive art exhibition
It was an act that was a bit too hot for Toronto at the time, so Peaches moved to Berlin where her sexually explicit songs found a much warmer reception. The moment she dropped her debut album, The Teaches of Peaches, in 2000, she became an instant icon with a list of celebrity fans that included the likes of Madonna, Pink, Yoko Ono and Iggy Pop.
While Peaches' music and stage shows have become even more outrageous and explicit over the years, at the heart of her work remains a serious critique of the patriarchy, gender norms and the objectification of women. Those themes are on display — literally — in Peaches' new solo art exhibition running now in Hamburg, Germany until Oct. 20.
Accompanying the art show is a touring live show, There's Only One Peach With The Hole In The Middle, featuring almost 40 musicians and performers presenting the past, present and future of queer feminism. It will be staged Dec. 28, 29 and 30 in Berlin.
Peaches joined q's Tom Power from a studio in Berlin to tell us more about the exhibition and to reflect on her musical legacy.
08/04/2021
Ted Leo / Pharmacists Hearts of Oak (2003) - The High Party
Ted Leo / Pharmacists
Hearts of Oak (2003)
Out Hud - Story of the Whole Thing
Out Hud
Formed
1996, Sacramento, CA, United States
Disbanded
2006, New York, NY, United States
Nic Offer (vocals, bass, keyboards, guitar), Molly Schnick [aka Jean on Jean] (cello, keyboards, violin), Tyler Pope (guitar, bass, drum programming), Phyllis Forbes (drums, bass, guitar), Justin Vandervolgen (mixer)
Related Artists - !!!, The Yah Mos
Dance-Punk, Indietronica
Ms. John Soda - Hiding/Fading
I haven't listened to Indietronica, Indie Pop, Glitch Pop fans for a long time
Ms. John Soda is the side project of Micha Acher (of The Notwist) and Stefanie Böhm (of Couch) formed
2002
The group began as a solo project for Stefanie in 1990, during which she composed four tracks that were later released in 1998. During the mid-90s, she and Micha connected through the German label Hausmusik and made two releases under the name Ogonjok. Drawing on Stefanie's solo project, the two joined up again to form Ms. John Soda in the early 2000s, toying with pop and electronica to form a sound often compared to that of Lali Puna.
04/04/2021
Special Friend - Ennemi Commun
Comprised of just guitar, drums, and vocal harmonies, American/French duo Special Friend have an economic approach to indie rock that still manages to make a big noise. The duo of drummer/vocalist Erica Ashleson and guitarist/vocalist Guillaume Siracusa first made a rushed and scrappy self-titled EP in 2019 before stretching out on their still compact but more fully realized first full-length album Ennemi Commun. Special Friend's sometimes delicate, sometimes excitable songs take notes from some fairly commonplace indie influences. The unhurried pacing, simple sing-song melody, and kick into friendly distortion on the chorus of opening track "Motel" are all straight from the Yo La Tengo playbook. The hushed intimacy of "Movement of the Planets" recalls the pristine sadness of bands like Bedhead, cutting deep to an emotional core without ever rising much above a whispe
Major Murphy - Access
2021 In between their full-length debut and, almost exactly three years later, second album Access, Grand Rapids, Michigan's Major Murphy added a fourth member (multi-instrumentalist Chad Houseman), and project leader Jacob Bullard and bandmate Jacki Warren welcomed their first child. The couple's son features heavily on some of the songs here, including singles "Real" (which involves teaching him to breathe through his nose) and the '70s FM radio-friendly "In the Meantime" (inspired by a health scare). Musically, the album adheres to the more wistful end of classic rock influences, showcasing Bullard's way with a moving melody while venturing into a more expansive, rock-oriented palette. Access was recorded in Bloomington, Indiana, with No. 1 (2018) co-producer Mike Bridavsky along with Ben Lumsdaine (Kevin Krauter, Mike Adams at His Honest Weight).
Tin Huey - I'm a believer
How post-punk in the 1980s transformed from the 1970s with an eye on the emerging alternative proto-scene of ... Akron, Ohio, famous for being both the birthplace of Chrissie Hynde's Pretenders, home of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron (also known as "Rubber City". Interesting bands emerged in the late 70s, for example, Devo, the Rubber City Rebels, and Tin Huey. Led by Chris Butler, and saxophonist Ralph Carney, Tin Huey was a postpunk group for Zappa / Beefheart fans who played (sometimes Arty) punk-pop with free-form jazz touches. "by Pere Ubu than pop by Monkees.
Rubber City Rebels - Rubber City Rebels.wmv
Akron, Ohio, famous for being the birthplace of Chrissie Hynde's Pretenders, home of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron (also known as "Rubber City". Interesting bands emerged in the late 70s, for example, Devo , the Rubber City Rebels, and Tin Huey, led by Chris Butler, and saxophonist Ralph Carney, Tin Hue
THE WAITRESS - Hanggover 1/1/83
one more of my fav band ... New wave cult band The Waitresses had great musicians, who later formed other good projects, founding member was Chris Butler (Tin Huey, and The Clerics) a sex appeal Patty Donahue, Billy Ficca (future TELEVISION) Dave Hofstra (played with Elliott Sharp Terraplane) Ariel Warner, Mars Williams (future The Psychedelic Furs, The Vandermark 5, Peter Brötzmann Tentet) Dan Klayman.
LIKE THIS TRY THIS: Holly & the Italians Romeo Void Holly Beth Vincent Polyrock Toni Basil The Knack The Only Ones The Raincoats Blondie The B-52's Talking Heads
Jarboe | A Woman's Dreams (feat. Monica Richards, Paz Lenchantin)
Paz Lechantin Member Of A Perfect Circle, Zwan, Pixies, The Entrance Band
03/04/2021
SLAPP HAPPY - Casablanca Moon
albums to hear before you die
SLAPP HAPPY Casablanca Moon, IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS ALL TIME ....
PART OF MY PRIVATE COLLECTION .. MY TOP
02/04/2021
Cheer-Accident Track 29
Originally formed in 1981 by Chicago-based pianist and drummer Thymme Jones, Cheer-Accident has maintained an impressively eclectic approach to music-making throughout their lengthy career, releasing a slew of albums that range in style from noise rock to avant-prog to pop. Unsurprisingly for a band that has been active for well over twenty years, the line-up has shifted on more than one occasion (including the tragic and untimely loss of their then-guitarist Phil Bonnet in 1999), but throughout their career Cheer-Accident have continued to produce challenging and unique music; constantly refusing to pin themselves down to a single genre.
2009 saw the release of Fear Draws Misfortune on Cuneiform Records. A punchy, dark and consistently challenging slice of avant-prog, this album alone more than justifies their inclusion in these archives. Other albums of particular interest to avant-prog fans include 1988's Sever Roots Tree Dies and the more recent Introducing Lemon.
Comparisons to Thinking Plague and other American RIO-tinged avant-prog bands are justified but they do little to capture the utterly unique spirit and sound of this band. Highly recommended for fans of complex (but uncluttered), highly-composed and unpredictable avant-prog.
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