ca_gere Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 There was another fella bathroom something who wrote a couple of good reviews. Seemed keen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 In, also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathroom_laughter Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Once this bastard cold disappears I will post reviews of the last batch of albums. All of my spare time outside of work in the last two weeks has consisted of lying down unable to construct cohesive thoughts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I've not been able to do the last couple but I'd like to stay involved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Final list for album selectors! ShowbizCa_GereStroopyLuckyColbNeepheidgirl anachronismMr Owl PhDScottyboyMurrKirstenSoda JerkBathroom LaughterDaveParanoid AndroidI will send out album requests, once my random person selector has selected persons. The topic for this batch is: "An album you love that you don't think other users will have heard" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I will send out album requests, once my random person selector has selected persons. The topic for this batch is: "An album you love that you don't think other users will have heard" Uh-oh, this time it actually is personal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted February 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 We have albums! King Khan and the Shrines - Idle No MorePaul Cary - Ghost of a man (I'm not sure if it's on spotify but you can download it for free from the albums page of his website http://paulcarymusic.com/ ) PC Worship - Social Rust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I have been positively shit at this. I'm sorry. I will be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Whenever you want big man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) Hi, Ryan here. Just wanted to say that the PC Worship album I'm currently listening to is really excellent and whoever picked it I now like a bit more. K, thx, wb. Edited March 3, 2015 by Lemon Raspberry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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colb Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 King Khan - I really enjoyed this, garage rock isn't usually my thing but they seemed to be having a great time and that helped me get into it. I'd love to see them live.Paul Cary - Workmanlike. More Steve Earle or John Cougar Mellencamp than Dylan for me, but done well enough. Nothing stands out really, good or bad. This is a solid average record that I'll never listen to again.PC Worship - There's something about being wilfully bad or tuneless that I usually like if there's a great song waiting to be discovered underneath, these songs aren't good enough for that. Again it's ok rather than great - I'd listen to their next record but this one is too weak to be so badly/lazily recorded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I feel like I need to listen to two of these again. Will review by the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Everyone seems to be dropping hate bombs on PC Worship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I really liked PC Worship. It was my favourite this week. OMG spoilerz! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I really liked PC Worship. It was my favourite this week. OMG spoilerz!Better than Bootu Luv or Freemasons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Better than Bootu Luv or Freemasons?Booty Luv are my favourite. Whoever they are. I dunno. I was listening to a Hed Kandi compilation in bed. It takes me back to that time in 2005 when I went to Ibiza then liked dance music for about six months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) King Khan and the Shrines - Idle No MoreThis is a really forgettable album. I listened to on Tuesday and by the end it had just sort of become background noise, like someone next door hoovering, it's there and you're aware of it but that's it. When I put it on again today I couldn't remember any of the songs, what it sounded like, even what genre it was. It's very 1960s garage rock, like Dave said, made me think of those Nuggets albums. It did very little for me. I like my music with a bit of edge and a bit of attitude, and this had neither. ** Paul Cary - Ghost Of A ManThis was better. A bit of a blend of rockabilly and good down & dirty bluesy country, straight out of the swamp. A few proper, stompy tracks, with ugly fuzzy effects and nice blues guitar. Raw and wonderful. **** PC Worship - Social RustI really liked this, mostly because it took me back to the music I was listening to 20 years ago, lots of 90s grunge and post-grunge, and sloppy noise rock, stuff like Dinosaur Jr and The Melvins, Mudhoney and 7 Year Bitch. it's hard to believe its from 2014 and not 1996. Lots of sludgy riffs. I feel like a 90s MTV slacker again. Beavis & Butthead would love it. Let's listen to Alice in Chains and have really straight long hair and watch The Real World. A few of the songs don't go anywhere, and the two really long ones at the end are unnecessary.**** This week I rate them:1 - PC Worship2 - Paul Cary3 - King Khan and the Shrines - Idle No More It was close between the top two though. They're both excellent albums. Track of the week - "Baby In The Backroom" by PC Worship. Edited March 6, 2015 by Lemon Raspberry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 My reviews tend to be a bit stream-of-consciousness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Everyone cool to post their reviews by the end of the weekend? Then I will get another trio of albums organised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 (edited) King Khan and the ShrinesI neither liked nor disliked this one. It was largely pleasant, but nothing about it stood out. After two listens, I can't even remember a single melody or hook from it. I liked the sound of the vocals, the twangy 60's sounding guitars, and the layers of brass which overlap on the choruses, but as a whole, it's all a little bland to me. It's not a record I can see myself returning to. OK. 2 outta 5. Paul CaryI'd given his recent LP, Coyote, a spin a few months ago and thought it was decent. Hadn't heard this, but I quite like it too. It sounds pretty raw and stripped back, and as if it was recorded in a phonebox, through the handset, where the connecting call is recording it on to an old tape recorder. It's a grimy, charming listen. His voice sounds desperate, and the guitars sound buzzy and twangy. Not half bad. 3 outta 5. PC WorshipFrom Ryan's review, it sounded like something I would very much like. I don't think I do. I don't think it's terrible, but it feels like it goes nowhere. The low notes rumble, and the vocalist barely breaks a whisper. The last two songs on the album are the standouts. Public Shrine just being a noisy drone of squelched feedback, a nasal sounding saxophone and one repetitious booming drum. It was the most interesting that the record has been so far. First Wave Back immediately follows, and has a bit more structure to it, but is equally as down-trodden. A bluesy saxophone swells and the loose doomy chords ring. Again, I find it has more going for it than the rest of the record. Bit of a chore to get through, but not as awful as I was expecting from the reviews on the previous page. 2 outta 5. Edited March 7, 2015 by Soda van Jerk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted March 8, 2015 Report Share Posted March 8, 2015 King KhanI liked this record. It felt like an indie pop James Brown or Booker T and the MGs in places. Lot of fun, a little different, thematically consistent, and well put together. My favourite of the three. Paul CaryI almost liked a couple of the first songs but this record on the whole was just a little bit lackluster for me. I just couldn't get into it. That said, it's a good record. The one I disliked the least of the two I disliked. PC WorshipThis just didn't click with me. It felt like the soundtrack to an indie movie that I've never seen. Just a bit naff, I thought. Trying to be ambient and soundscapey but just not quite having enough depth. Or something. Bottom of the list. Xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted March 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 King Khan and the Shrines - Idle no MoreThis is a hugely derivative album, but you get the feeling of a massive enthusiasm for psych and garage rock. I very much enjoyed this album, however there didn't seem to be a standout track for me, so marks off guys.3.5/5 PC Worship - Social RustCruddy guitar sounds. Cruddy drum sounds. Cruddy vocals. Cruddy. This quite a claustrophobic and oppressive sounding album, which can make a difficult listen to some listeners. I kind of reminded me of The Jesus Lizard, but with a washed out, beaten down feel to it. I got a feel of Thurston Moore's Psychic Hearts album too.3/5 Paul Cary - Ghost of a ManWent into this not knowing anything about Paul Cary, which to some people would be a bit scary (LOL). Non contrived bluesy, fuzzed out, everyone is saying the same thing about this one. I liked it the bested.4/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 King Khan and the Shrines - Idle no More Happy music, plenty of horns in a 60s homage is always appreciated by me. Could imagine having a dance around the place to this. Probably my favourite of the three albums this time, it stays the right side of cheesy and as has been already said by someone, it's well put together and competently done. The instrumental parts of "So Wild" in particular pleased me, I just enjoyed the melody of it. Paul Cary - Ghost of a Man I enjoyed the songs, but I do not care for a whole album which has been made to sound like someone's playing it down the telephone to you from a gigantic marble hall. Sure, do a song like that for effect, but it really starts to get wearing over a whole album. That kinda spoiled it for me. I don't mind things that sound a bit scuzzy or lo-fi but this bugged me. PC Worship - Social Rust Wasn't expecting to make much of this reading what others had to say, so I was quite surprised to find that I got along with it OK. I don't know if "enjoyed" is the right word - "respected" seems more appropriate. It grinds away, doing its thing doggedly, not caring which parts I'm agreeing with and which parts are having me screw up my face. I thought I heard some Diamond Dogs era Bowie in there, and some crazy sax a la King Crimson, which made me smile. Overall, not necessarily something I'd go out of my way to seek out, but not half as bad as I thought it was going to be. I don't do scores, but I guess I could do the order of preference thing: King Khan and the ShrinesPC WorshipPaul Cary But none of them were awful. Good selections this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Is there anyone else who thinks they can manage a review, or should I get the next 3 albums selected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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