Robert Johnson & Punchdrunks

I had a very unhappy daughter yesterday, and the only way to get her to calm down was to have her in my arms and move. So I put on this record and started moving to the rhythm.
I always want to start a surf band, when I listen to RJaP. Without a doubt the coolest surf band ever. The Link Wray covers are so much meaner than the original, I mean "Jack The Ripper" on this album is a reason to buy the whole thing.
This may be my favorite album with the Punchdrunks, it's evil in a way, harsh and in-your-face.



I put on this as well, after "Feels Like Buzz Aldrin". The first album, more garage rock than the following albums. Here you have such great tracks as "Hava Nagila", "Misirlou", mostly known for the Dick Dale & The Deltones interpretation in Pulp Fiction, or by others, the people without any sense for real music, famous for the crappy Black Eyed Peas theft. You also got The Rumblers "Boss" and Link Wray's "Rumble". The saxophone on this album is a really great addition to the riffs.

James Chance & The Contortions - Buy (1979)

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It's been a couple of months since I listened to this album. The funky rhythm cloggs up your head with the beats you just feel all the way through your body. And the saxophone, I don't know what to say, it's disharmonic even though it's not. The contortions might also have among the best no wave-guitar play that I ever heard.
Without a doubt one of my favorite No Wave albums ever.
James Chance voice sometimes remind me of the vocal approach of an early, drugged-up Nick Cave, you know the kind of vocals to die for.

Todays huge record tip for those thinking about broadening their musical horizon.

Arab On Radar - Queen Hygiene II

For some reason, I didn't listen that much to Arab On Radar earlier. Even though I should have. It's right up my alley. I started listening to The Locust when I was in 8th grade, and I had the songs of their split with Arab On Radar on my computer back then, but I didn't care that much about the other band on that split. Probably wasn't that anal in my musical interest, investigating every band that's mentioned in the same sentence, "similar artist", label collegues, side projects and reading biograpies. Well, it's easy to say that things have changed.
Anyway, to get back to the subject. This record is in a way all that I want from my own musical career. Hooking bass lines, spastic drums, nonsense no wave-y guitar riffs, repetetive, monotonous and a very personal singing style. Well, The Birthday Party is in every way and aspect what I want to do musically myself. But Arab On Radar isn't that far from it, less evil and dark maybe.
This might be my favorite album with the Arabs and it's a huge tip to you out there who hasn't heard this band yet.

Two nights, five live acts, new items in the collection

On saturday Ominous Recordings unveiled the latest floe fountain release. I had planned on having a releaseparty, and the band were supposed to be playing. But we didn't find a venue to play at, the band have more or less been placed on ice and the mixing delayed the release with a week. So the releaseparty was held together with a friend who has her club, organizing shows in Stockholm and Göteborg.
On stage this evening were Chicken El Diablo and Pistol Disco.
I had listened to both acts on myspace, and felt that Pistol Disco might be a little bit to pop-ish, even though their music could be described as pop/drone. But I really appreciated Chicken El Diablos post-punk-ish songs on myspace.
But live it was completely opposite. Chicken El Diablo was good, but not really that gripping. But Pistol Disco really made my evening. The drones in their pop really stood out when they performed live and it was really good.
I traded a tape with one of the guys working at Kulturhuset:
"Händer Som Vårdar - Korridorblick"

Also got the following from Flacon Recordings:
Gall Bladder - Hypnoskopik Fieldtrix MC
Coca-Cola 3 - Pipkrake MC
Coca-Cola 3 - Moby MC

On sunday, I went back to Kulturhuset igen, to attend the "Ny Musik För Hållbar Utveckling" evening. Three bands were playing, one of them which I'm thinking of releasing on Ominous, so it was like an audition for them.
The first band, Once We Were Wolves, was shit, and I mean that in the purest of all shits. It was an untalented mixture of Kent and U2. The guitar riffs were so cliché than it was almost embarassing, and the vocals and lyrics were in the same vein. And I bet they thought they were really deep and dark and sad. In my opinion it was pretentious crap. But the audience seemed to like it.
After that it was time for Lust For Youth, and it was really mindblowing. Droneish noise, pulsating and with some sort of embedded beat and melody. Unfortunately all their tapes got sold out before I had the chance to get me one, but they are returning in May, and I hope to get my hands on a tape then. Or I might just order some from their label.
After Lust For Youth it was time for Munnen. Munnen is the drummer from Floe Fountain, which I have released on Ominous, the man behind Telephone Melts, which I'm planning on releaseing on Ominous, the guitarist from Discodrift and a fourth guy who previously was in Floe Fountain as well.
It was a awesome mixture of postpunk, funk and no wave and it was really, really good.
I'm thinking about maybe giving them a tape on Ominous this year as well, but it depends on time and funds.
Also got my hands on the 10'' LP "Utmarken" from Release The Bats in Göteborg


It was a really great musical weekend and I've got some really interesting stuff to dig deep into this week.

Floe Fountain Releaseparty

Today Ominous Recordings is releasing the anticipated, new, and possibly last, Floe Fountain recording. "Infinipolar" is released on both Tape (6 tracks) and 3'' CDr (5 Tracks). Floe Fountains well-made mixture of pop sensibillity and Ex Models-kind of fucked-up rock is head turning. The spastic drums, the epileptic guitar riffs, the keys and the vocal twists and turns between soft crooning and hysterical screams is amazing.

The releaseparty is held at Lava / Kulturhuset, in Stockholm, together with Klubb Static. On stage Chicken El Diablo and Pistol Disco will perform. And Ominous will be there to unvail the Floe Fountain-madness.

Visit the website here to get your copy if your not attending this evening!

7 Year Rabbit Cycle - Animal People... And some random thoughts

Wonderfully disharmonic, no wavey and clankering, the album has been spinning all day. Musically it bears a lot of similarity to what Lydia Lunch did in Teenage Jesus and The Jerks. A kind of musical approach that rarely finds a great following, people seem to care more about production, image, and "real music" not the controversial stuff. I've been sucking the soul out of this record today, and it's eating me from the inside out.

Lately I've been heading towards the "noise rock" genre more and more. Been exchanging musical tips with a friend. We've been throwing Ex Models, Black Dice, Pissed Jeans (mostly songs from "Hope for Men", without a doubt the best one), Giddy Motors and Harry Pussy at each other. Also been listening to Suicide, Flipper and Harry Crewes.
Time flies when one is finding new music, and thanks to spotify it's really easy to find "similar artists" without having to do more than searching for an already known band. Unfortunately, it's pretty hard to find the really rare stuff still, and some things you can't even buy, not even used.