February 19, 2002
-
The Bobbyteens
CD / Not So Sweet / Estrus
Tina and Danielle were in the Trashwomen, Lisa was in the Spastics, and Russell was in the Mummies *and* the Phantom Surfers.
[read more] ---Peter L -
Plastic D'Amour
CD / debut / Siesta
A six song e.p. on the Siesta label, with beautiful artwork and beautiful melodies. This cd reminded me a lot of the first Autour De Lucie album.
[read more] ---Patrick R -
The Runaways
CD / P.E.G. Recordings
One thing I know for sure is that the band fuggin' rocked! (And let me clarify -- not 'they rocked, for teenage chicks,' they rocked PERIOD.)
[read more] ---Peter L -
Sagittarius
CD / Present Tense / Sundazed
Originally released in 1967 and reissued by Sundazed in 1997, the Sagittarius album Present Tense is considered a classic of experimental pop music.
[read more] ---Patrick R -
Iggy & The Stooges
CD / Raw Power (Iggy production) Columbia
Twenty-odd year pass and Columbia Records sends word to Iggy Pop: they want to release a remixed version of the album and if he doesn't do the job, they'll find someone else who will.
[read more] ---Peter L -
Tubeway Army
CD / Beggars Banquet
David Bowie's voice, punk's energy, and Liquid Sky fashion came together inside a set of incredible songs that hold full strength today.
[read more] ---Carl -
Wah!
CD / Nah = Poo - The Art Of Bluff / Castle Music
. Wah! have a great guitar based sound, and this record sounds even better with the 7 bonus tracks added. Four songs from early singles, an NME tape, and two Ian Broudie (Big In Japan, Lightning Seeds) mixes.
[read more] ---Carl -
AGF
CD / Head Slash Bauch / Orthlong Musork
Antye Greie-Fuchs is the vocalist of the Kitty-yo band Laub. Each of these tracks have Antye's voice prominent, accompanied by sounds that remind me of a cyberpunk novel where the heroine has to live in a hacked together safehouse in an inhospitable environment.
[read more] ---Carl -
Louie Austen
CD / Only Tonight / Kitty-Yo
Louie Austen is a 66 year old Viennese Man who croons like a rat pack singer, but who is backed with dirty lounge electro by Mario Neugebauer and Patrick Pulsinger of Vienna's Cheap Records.
[read more] ---Carl -
Berlin 2001 Compilation
12inch / various / Bpitch Control
Part 1
[read more] ---Carl -
Berlin 2001 Compilation
12inch / various / Bpitch Control
Part 2
[read more] ---Carl -
Berlin 2001 Compilation
12inch / various / Bpitch Control
Part 3
[read more] ---Carl -
Berlin 2001 Compilation
12inch / various / Bpitch Control
Part 4
[read more] ---Carl -
VERTICAL FORMS
CD / various / Vertical Forms
The Vertical Forms compilation is hands down the best of this type that I've heard (in at least a very long time).
[read more] ---Patrick R