Here is some background detail on this very interesting band, taken from the wiki on them: Negativland is an experimental music and sound collage band which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970s. They took their name from a Neu! song, while their record label is named after another Neu! song. The current core of the band consists of Mark Hosler, Richard Lyons, Don […]
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Night Sun – Mournin’ : Kraut / Prog / Doom / boogie cool.
posted by lisathatcher
Any regulars to this blog know that I have a very very soft and welcoming spot for prog and krautrock. Maybe its a gen x thing. I’m not sure where it comes from. Like absolutely every other musical genre without exception, the truly great prog music was hidden and acting as influence to the […]
Jin Sangtae – Sacrifice 2 : Sounds stretched to a parallel sequence in me.
posted by lisathatcher
I first read about this great little disc on Matthew Revert’s blog, Trash Complex. The review had me compelled so I ordered the disc from Erstwhile immediately. In the act of listening to everyday objects, slowly one is able to transform the relationship from a ‘glob-of-object’ into a complex system within itself, a series of […]
Wire’s 100 Records that set the world on fire while no one was listening.51-55
posted by lisathatcher
I chose the above album cover (HOW cool is Johnny Watson?) to give you a very subtle impression of what today’s collection of music does to me. Yes – even the Glen Glould solitude trilogies. The artists on today’s list of five all play with sound in a unique way, and all are the very […]
Karen Cooper Complex – ShinJukub Boardwalk
posted by lisathatcher
What a DAMN fine and ultra cool album this is! For readers of my blog who are new to the music I add here, you are in for a real treat here. For readers who are familiar with the NWWL and with the classics – enjoy this stroll into memory lane. This is a snazzy […]
American Weekend : Waxahatchee – the dark night of the soul in song.
posted by lisathatcher
There is something awkward about women singing tales of failed love. When a man does it we immediately imagine him swamped by strings of adoring female groupies now, because his album is a huge hit. We giggle behind our hand at that stupid woman who let him go – just before he hit the big […]
Henry Cow – In Praise of Learning: Art is not a mirror, it’s a hammer.
posted by lisathatcher
In Praise of Learning was Henry Cow’s most overtly political album. Printed on the back of the album cover is filmmaker John Grierson’s quote “Art is not a mirror – it is a hammer”, and the Tim Hodgkinson 16-minute composition, “Living in the Heart of the Beast” made explicit Henry Cow’s left-wing political leanings, with Dagmar Krause’s powerful voice adding […]
The Joe Harriott Quintet: Abstract – Free Jazz was never so free
posted by lisathatcher
This album is famous for having received the first ever five-star review for a jazz album from Harvey Pekar in Down Beat. Harriott was always keen to communicate his ideas, be it on stage, in interviews or album liner notes. In 1962, he wrote in the liner notes for his Abstract album, “of the various components comprising jazz today […]
Heins Hoffman-Richter – Music to Freak Your Friends and Break your Lease.
posted by lisathatcher
Another rare one for your listening pleasure today. Heins(z) Hoffman-Richter – real name Rodney Marvin McKuen but also travelling under the alias of Rod McKuen – is an American singer/songwriter, composer, musician and poet. he was born in Oakland California. he is one of the pioneers of futuristic music, and pops up occasionally here and there, getting some […]
Patrick Farmer and Dominic Lash – Bestiaries
posted by lisathatcher
I have been so fortunate to hear so many beautiful pieces of music in the past couple of weeks. I am still reeling from my “Necks Exposure” and there have been many beautiful soundtracks I have added to my collection. One that I have had for a few weeks now, is the beautiful Bestiaries by Patrick farmer and Dominique […]
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