One week of holiday has started and I decided to spend monday to friday at my old folks place, which is about 350km from CP of H. On my way I could just as well pay the biggest record store in the country, which is only about 80km from my folks' town, a visit. I had about $120 credit in the record store and here's what I blew 'em away on:
I apologize for the unforgiveable bad picture. Anyway, here's the content in words:
Tom Waits - Blood Money (Anti Records)
Easily his best record IMO... More rough around the edges than Alice and more deep and challenging than Rain Dogs (just to compare with a few)... Blood Money has a finely tuned mix of rough pirat-like hymns, and soft, cotton-like easy tunes... It literally gets me up and down. Massive!
Broadcast - Haha Sound (Warp Records)
Perhaps Broadcast' finest release along with Work And Non Work. The aesthetic production along with the charming 60s-like vocals of Trish Keenan is really a combination that appeals to me. Quite a lot of people say that Broadcast fans must also be Stereolab fans. I disagree on this, because Broadcast has more focus on making their work sound vintage and aesthetic (buzz-word of the month!), where Stereolab has a stronger focus on exploring in the Electronica-world IMO. Track 2 on Haha Sound called "Pendulum" will most likely underline my point.
Touché Amoré - ...To The Beat Of A Dead Horse (6131 Records)
The most promising newcomer on the screamo-hardcore scene have released a solid debut! See, usually screamo does not appeal to me. I couldn't care less for Thursday, Poison The Well or Hawthorne Heights..... But Touché Amoré has a more grooving hardcore vibe to it. I first became famiiliar with this band when a friend of mine introduced me and later showed me some live footage that really caught my attention.
Vision - In The Blink Of An Eye (Tacklebox Records)
As much as I wanted a limited colored copy of this one, as much was I mind-numbingly impatient to get it. So I settled for a black copy. This is, along with the Chain full length and Break Down The Walls, the best hardcore release ever to emerge from the 80s IMO. It is much more melodic than YoT or Chain. Massive!
Count Me Out - Permanent (Indecision Records)
I noticed Count Me Out quite late and at first I didn't really care for them, but then one night, when I was on my way home I had my iPod set to shuffle and it played 3 songs in a row from Permanent, then I was hooked. It's hardcore right down to the core and it's really aggressive and straight forward. With all the revival stuff that are being thrown out nowadays, Count Me Out is... not anything new... but is generic for what it's supposed to be.
Tom Waits - Blood Money (Anti Records)
Easily his best record IMO... More rough around the edges than Alice and more deep and challenging than Rain Dogs (just to compare with a few)... Blood Money has a finely tuned mix of rough pirat-like hymns, and soft, cotton-like easy tunes... It literally gets me up and down. Massive!
Broadcast - Haha Sound (Warp Records)
Perhaps Broadcast' finest release along with Work And Non Work. The aesthetic production along with the charming 60s-like vocals of Trish Keenan is really a combination that appeals to me. Quite a lot of people say that Broadcast fans must also be Stereolab fans. I disagree on this, because Broadcast has more focus on making their work sound vintage and aesthetic (buzz-word of the month!), where Stereolab has a stronger focus on exploring in the Electronica-world IMO. Track 2 on Haha Sound called "Pendulum" will most likely underline my point.
Touché Amoré - ...To The Beat Of A Dead Horse (6131 Records)
The most promising newcomer on the screamo-hardcore scene have released a solid debut! See, usually screamo does not appeal to me. I couldn't care less for Thursday, Poison The Well or Hawthorne Heights..... But Touché Amoré has a more grooving hardcore vibe to it. I first became famiiliar with this band when a friend of mine introduced me and later showed me some live footage that really caught my attention.
Vision - In The Blink Of An Eye (Tacklebox Records)
As much as I wanted a limited colored copy of this one, as much was I mind-numbingly impatient to get it. So I settled for a black copy. This is, along with the Chain full length and Break Down The Walls, the best hardcore release ever to emerge from the 80s IMO. It is much more melodic than YoT or Chain. Massive!
Count Me Out - Permanent (Indecision Records)
I noticed Count Me Out quite late and at first I didn't really care for them, but then one night, when I was on my way home I had my iPod set to shuffle and it played 3 songs in a row from Permanent, then I was hooked. It's hardcore right down to the core and it's really aggressive and straight forward. With all the revival stuff that are being thrown out nowadays, Count Me Out is... not anything new... but is generic for what it's supposed to be.
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