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jim o'rourke fans - YOU SHOULD HEAR THIS '98
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i remember buying that silly red+hot & bothered AIDS compilation for what i thought were obscure builttospill & jay farrar/kelly willis contributions, but came away w/ a far better discovery: Gastr del Sol. formerly comprised of Tortoise components J McEntire & B Brown, the band is probably most recognized as a Jim O'Rourke vehicle-one that invaribly put him on the map. Camoufleur, possibly their most accessibly release, is notably highlighted by O'rourke's guitar-play, his patented meandering style heavily at work. Electronic blips & bleeps now incorporate their sound with little to no affect - feels like a lazy late-90's attempt to keep up with their avant status. whatever the case, there are a few tracks (black horse, puff of dew, seasons reverse) that i'll seek out from time to time and i'd venture to call this essential for o'rourke fans interested in his evolution as artist - a definite precursor to Eureka. believe


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I think I'll go for The Bassholes double album, When My Blue Moon Turns Red Again. Punked out blues, raw, brooding.

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When My Blue Moon Turns Red Again may just be the definitive statement and expression of the Bassholes' fuzzy-boundaried dilemma of blues, punk, noise, and avant-garde rhythm rock. Landing as it does on the hells of the obtuse, experimental subterranean howl of an album Longway Blues, it'd be hard to think that the Bassholes didn't use that album as an exercise in honing their core out-rock, rock-out sound. On its own, this is a double LP of their trademark wail. Singer/guitarist Don Howland barely keeps up with the slinky, demanding freestyle blues improv drumming of Bim Thomas, but they lock into one another and can clearly read their own idiosyncratic roadmap. The LP is best either taken in small doses or consumed complemented by a six of Budweiser. It's a refreshingly bleak affair. Howland does have a knack for getting at the emotional core of the blues while offering just enough of the style's formal trappings to make you believe that he may just be rocking out. That's why the cover of Joy Division's "Interzone" is utterly perfect here. It's bleak emotional landscape and deceptively simple tune is the perfect canvas for Howland's red-blooded, deep cover blues subterfuge.



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Freaking perfect power pop that somehow avoids the cliché.


Yes. One of my favorite albums of the year.

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jim o'rourke fans - YOU SHOULD HEAR THIS '98
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i remember buying that silly red+hot & bothered AIDS compilation for what i thought were obscure builttospill & jay farrar/kelly willis contributions, but came away w/ a far better discovery: Gastr del Sol. formerly comprised of Tortoise components J McEntire & B Brown, the band is probably most recognized as a Jim O'Rourke vehicle-one that invaribly put him on the map. Camoufleur, possibly their most accessibly release, is notably highlighted by O'rourke's guitar-play, his patented meandering style heavily at work. Electronic blips & bleeps now incorporate their sound with little to no affect - feels like a lazy late-90's attempt to keep up with their avant status. whatever the case, there are a few tracks (black horse, puff of dew, seasons reverse) that i'll seek out from time to time and i'd venture to call this essential for o'rourke fans interested in his evolution as artist - a definite precursor to Eureka. believe


Yes - came close to posting this myself.

Not sure I agree with - or really get - your comment about the electronic effects. Those were employed similarly on Upgrade & Afterlife which is nearly as good as this one. This is just sort of how their sound naturally evolved, I think. And judging by what O'Rourke did after this, I'd say those "blips & bleeps" were just as much an integral part of the music as the guitar, vocals, and everything else.

Not here to argue, though. Great album that I'd recommend not only to O'Rourke fans but anyone else interested in hearing something a little different.


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 Post subject: Re: You Should Hear This: 1998
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We've already had Marylin Manson and Lo Fidelity Allstars.


Mechanical Animals is pretty darn good and "How To Operate" was quite fetching as well. I think people who haven't heard them should listen and give both a fair shake. I doubt many will really like them but you never know.


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A love song, and an apology to his young son, as the album title implies.
At times, when I first heard it, it sounded a bit too... soft... lightweight. But, I kept coming back to it. And it kept growing on me, and growing on me. Although a song like "Art Deco Halos", with it's T-Rex riff just kicked my ass from the get-go. Might take a couple of listens to get into, but once you get it... you'll love it.

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We've already had Marylin Manson and Lo Fidelity Allstars.


Mechanical Animals is pretty darn good and "How To Operate" was quite fetching as well. I think people who haven't heard them should listen and give both a fair shake. I doubt many will really like them but you never know.


I was half kidding. I only ever heard the singles from Mechanical Animals, and I'd lost interest interest in Marylin Manson by that time. (I owned Antichrist Superstar.) And I generally just don't like the whole "big beat" thing, but LFA, from what I've heard, isn't that bad. Certainly better than The Propellerheads, I'm sure.


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 Post subject: Re: You Should Hear This: 1998
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Tim Easton - Special 20

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Fine storytelling and a mastery of sounds. Still, the one Easton I reach for most.

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Richard Buckner (#1 record of 1998)

a couple others not mentioned :
Vic Chesnutt - Salesman and Bernadette
Pernice Brothers - Overcome by Happiness

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I mean, if anyone hasn't heard Mermaid Avenue by now then I don't know what to tell you.


I haven't. Not really sure why, I like Billy Bragg and Wilco so probably because of the Woody Guthrie songs.

Outside of many of the '98 albums already mentioned, these are still in regular rotation,

Esthero Breath from Another
Frank Black & The Catholics
Gomez Bring it On
Johnny Cash Unchained
Mercury Rev Deserters' Songs
Mojave 3 Out of Tune
Pearl Jam Yield
Saint Etienne Good Humor
Stereolab Aluminum Tunes
Tragically Hip Phantom Power

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 Post subject: Re: You Should Hear This: 1998
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Richard X. Heyman - Cornerstone


One of Jersey's unheralded finest...he used to swing by the record store where I worked from time to time. Beeg...have you heard any of The Doughboys? It's his original band from the sixties, reunionized some 45 years later...solid 3CG stuff.

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 Post subject: Re: You Should Hear This: 1998
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Pretty sure I was neck deep in Bob Dylan, Elephant 6 stuff, and the motherfucking Stones.


Picked this one up that year after seeing them on SNL and being really impressed...

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What's weird is, because of abject poverty and the world moving slower, I bought most of the albums associated with 1998 (Moon Safari, Deserter's Songs, etc.) in 1999.

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One of Jersey's unheralded finest...he used to swing by the record store where I worked from time to time. Beeg...have you heard any of The Doughboys? It's his original band from the sixties, reunionized some 45 years later...solid 3CG stuff.


Nope, never heard. It sounds interesting though.

I only have Cornerstone, Actual Sighs and the Rooks "Encore, Echoes." The later two are ok but I really like Cornerstone a lot.


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One of Jersey's unheralded finest...he used to swing by the record store where I worked from time to time. Beeg...have you heard any of The Doughboys? It's his original band from the sixties, reunionized some 45 years later...solid 3CG stuff.


Nope, never heard. It sounds interesting though.

I only have Cornerstone, Actual Sighs and the Rooks "Encore, Echoes." The later two are ok but I really like Cornerstone a lot.


Youtube is a lot of amateur live deals recorded in various NJ bars (damn I miss the Brighton Bar)...this one came through pretty good:


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I mean, if anyone hasn't heard Mermaid Avenue by now then I don't know what to tell you.


I haven't. Not really sure why, I like Billy Bragg and Wilco so probably because of the Woody Guthrie songs.


Damn. That thing has long achieved classic status in my book. There are times when I think it's the best thing that either artist has ever been involved with.


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The Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty

I see this album get dogged all the time, but I think it's pretty great. The party instantly got better when we threw this on back in the day.

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I mean, if anyone hasn't heard Mermaid Avenue by now then I don't know what to tell you.


I haven't. Not really sure why, I like Billy Bragg and Wilco so probably because of the Woody Guthrie songs.


Damn. That thing has long achieved classic status in my book. There are times when I think it's the best thing that either artist has ever been involved with.


I put it high on my Remedy list and got it downloading.

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I mean, if anyone hasn't heard Mermaid Avenue by now then I don't know what to tell you.


I haven't. Not really sure why, I like Billy Bragg and Wilco so probably because of the Woody Guthrie songs.


Damn. That thing has long achieved classic status in my book. There are times when I think it's the best thing that either artist has ever been involved with.


Can't speak definitively about Billy Bragg, but I'm with you here where it concerns Wilco.

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...and this would be my other 5-star album from 1998. Love this record.

Ocean Songs is great, too.

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Squarepusher - Music Is Rotted One Note

More "IDM". Like that Autechre record from this year, this is one of the very best things that genre had to offer. This is still probably Squarepusher's most "jazz" record to date (aside from possibly the last couple of "solo bass" things he's put out that I haven't bothered with) in that it consists mostly of live instrumentation all played by Tom Jenkinson (Squarepusher) himself, cut up and layered together. It's a pretty weird and, I guess, difficult record depending on where you're coming at it from, but I think it's one of his most rewarding, if not his very best. It bears some resemblance to electric Miles Davis (the more heavily edited and spliced-together stuff like Jack Johnson) and early Weather Report in addition to having some pretty clear ties to late '90s drum 'n bass, IDM, and DJ stuff.





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µ-Ziq - Brace Yourself EP

And yet more. The title track here is a remix of sorts of the track "Brace Yourself Jason" from µ-Ziq's Lunatic Harness album. This version is particularly nutty and fun, with an Aphex Twin-like flair for buoyant melodies and crazy spastic rhythms. This EP is one of my favorite µ-Ziq releases and another definite high point of the whole IDM thing.




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Don Caballero - What Burns Never Returns

Another sort embarrassing genre, math rock, was pretty big around this time, I guess. But it's not embarrassing because of albums like this. This a total tour de force, a truly engaging instrumental rock album by some incredibly talented and creative musicians.

This is my favorite track on the album, and this is the only Youtube video I could find of just this song (and not this song as part of a larger mix):


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