Comments on: na: swayzak, fiery furnaces

By: qwynwyn

qwynwyn — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:57:51 +0000

Oh nos! That One Little Indian sampler isn’t available in the US! I’ll check out the electronic discs you recommended.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:30:06 +0000

Guhhhhhh, I loathe the Fiery Furnaces.

By: Tom Hilton

Tom Hilton — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:12:46 +0000

Judging from the tracks I know from elsewhere (Shriekback, James White, Material), the Disco Not Disco looks awesome. Straight to my save-for-later list.

By: micah

micah — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:57:55 +0000

a swayzak “best of”? without tracks from _snowboarding in argentina_ * and _himawari_ **, it’s merely an ” of”. ***

* “speedboat” and “fukamachi” are essential.
** “state of grace”, featuring the incomparable kirsty hawkshaw, and “illegal” with legendary dub poet benjamin zephaniah would do a much better job of showing their vocal work than “in the car crash” and “i dance alone”, which haven’t aged well at all. they even felt like “flavour of the moment” at the time, largely due to adult’s presence.
*** and if they wanted to include an old obscurity (”ease my mind”), “goose” would have been a much better choice.

oh, hell, here’s a real swayzak “best of”:
“speedboat”
“fukamachi”
“goose”
“illegal”
“state of grace”
“make up your mind”
“ping pong”
“another way”
“then there’s her”
“the long night”
“distress and calling”
“smile and receive”

1hr22min, but no problem editing down to fit a cd.

sorry, i’ve been in love with swayzak for years…push button issue of mine, i suppose.

By: yancey

yancey — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:05:34 +0000

the team robespierre record? rly rly good.

By: Daniel, Esq.

Daniel, Esq. — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:18:08 +0000

That Disco Not Disco disc sounds great. Is it a partial disc? This review — from Dusted Magazine — appears to mention tracks I don’t see on the eMusic version:

http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4042

By: Mr B

Mr B — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:47:14 +0000

Are One Little Indian going to put their back catalogue on eMusic? I would love to get hold of some Kitchens of Distinction!

And while I am requesting, when can we expect Adele on eMusic?

By: WJPurdy

WJPurdy — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:17:37 +0000

Oh my… “Guitar Voodoo” from All that Noise is one of my favorite all time instrumental rock pieces. It is one of about eight early-90s / late-80s tunes that (because I finally could afford a stereo that would play loudly) I determined was appropriate for just about any audience at high volume (others included Jane’s Addiction’s “Mountain Song” and Soundgarden’s “Big Dumb Sex”) — songs that inspired nearly everyone in the room to scrunch their faces and jam to invisible air guitars, even if they’ve never heard the song before (”Guitar Voodoo” in particular is shamelessly reminiscent of any number of vaguely psychedelic classic rock bands). The rest of the CD is good enough — but it’s “Guitar Voodoo” that keeps me coming back to the album, a good ten years after I last listened to Louder than Love. Still… one of my all-time faves of that era & one I am damned thrilled to see here.

Pretty sure, though, the band is mislabeled “Dark Side” at eMu, when it should have its own entry as a one-word name with an article (i.e., “The Darkside”).