Non Metal Now Listening

[astfgyl]

Listened to the new one by The Smile.

I like it

[91/30]

June Tabor - 1st album, brilliant,  what a voice,  stop you dead in your tracks
June Tabor / Maddy Prior - Silly Sisters, good album, not a patch on the other one though.

[Carnage]

The Cure: Mixed Up (deluxe edition)

Not one I ever gave much attention to, I've never been too bothered with remix albums.

[astfgyl]

The Cure: Mixed Up (deluxe edition)

Not one I ever gave much attention to, I've never been too bothered with remix albums.

I bought the regular version of that and I wasn't impressed. There was just no need for it. What's on the deluxe, out of curiosity?

[Carnage]

Another 2 discs of remixes - one disc of remixes done after the original and a new one from 2018 remixed by Smith (released separately as Torn Down). The blurb was: "The Mixed Up 3-CD set includes Mixed Up, a second disc of rare remixes from 1981 through 1990, and a third disc of brand new remixes by Robert Smith. All the material has been remastered in 2018, or, with respect to Torn Down, mixed in 2018."

All hit & miss, as such things are. All unnecessary.

Jane's Addiction: Ritual De Lo Habitual
My Bloody Valentine: Isn't Anything
Ride: Nowhere

[ochoill]

Have been absolutely hopping off this lately on and off, Fabric presents Sama' Abdulhadi:

https://samaabdulhadi.bandcamp.com/album/fabric-presents-sama-abdulhadi

Seriously good collection of busting trance.  It's not mixed as a full set, individual songs, that's the only downside for me but they are all still great.  Sort of minimal, high on repetition and slow movements.  Recommended

[Carnage]

R.E.M.: Perfect Square audio rip

[Bürggermeister]

Kool and the Gang - Wild and Peaceful

Quite possibly the funkiest thing ever recorded

The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society & Something Else

Their peaks are just as good as any of their 60's peers but not quite as consistent

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Can.

[91/30]

Aboriginal band from Northern Territory, singing in Spanish

https://youtu.be/fWKRyuhR04o?si=IFK3XjVQxVVE0zvl

[Pentagrimes]

Been a big fan of the great Tredici Bacci for the last few years, and a new single dropped today at last

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4MD2ZNZOeU

amazing band led by Simon Hanes who has worked with JG Thirlwell and Guerilla Toss (his old noise rock/no wave band Shimmer were fucking ace too) amongst many others - orchestral 60s inspired pop that's like something from the soundtrack of an old Italian movie if the soundtrack had been cowritten by Morricone and Bacharach. Particularly worth keeping an eye on if there's a "california"/"Mondo Cane" shaped hole in your life. Actually, they've covered the same Morricone piece as Mr Bungle it seems, so here's that for good measure. Really can't wait for this album, can see it soundtracking whatever bit of a summer we get for me if it's out in time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAEArNiIftw


Also been listening to Jawbreaker's "24 Hour Revenge Therapy" a lot this week cos it's 30 years old this month, and still a fucking perfect record. Everyone here has a record that got them into metal..well this is the record that got me out of metal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY6ejlc8FLI

[Carnage]

The Cure playlist (setlist from their Glastonbury 2019 show).

[Carnage]

3 CD changer: The Frames: Fitzcarraldo, Dance The Devil & For The Birds.

[Bürggermeister]

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll & Heaven Or Las Vegas
Super Furry Animals - Radiator & Guerilla

[Pain Medicine]

Bloc Party, got some tickets for their gig in July.
They're playing Silent Alarm in full but it's their 2nd album A Weekend in the City which I had on CD on repeat for a good part of me teens.