As promised my thoughts on the new Hives record, and the current thought is... ehhhh, it's ok. I'm really surprised at that, it seems that most of the recent records from the Nordic Tribes Men (The Hellacopters, The Flaming Sideburns, Turbonegro, Gluecifer) have taken time to grow on me and that's what I want to talk about, my Nordic Brothers in Rock.
I have been listening to the latest from Gluecifer today, it's called Automatic Thrill and It's been out in europe for a while. My main man in Stockholm Klaus picked it up and sent it to my brother in exchange for some Ebay help. At first it just didn't seem to connect, there was somethign missing. In the past Gluecifer had given us Motorhead/Danzig Hi Energy Rock and after a couple of early albums released a pair of real killer discs: Riding the Tiger and Tender is the Savage. Savage was just that a half hour blast of full on rock, the kind of thing that bands release and never match, it's follow up Basement Apes was a bit dustier, a bit more psychedelic... not bad just different. Automatic Thrill wasn't so automatic, and it's still growing. At first it didn't catch my attention and I ignored it, but for some reason I gave a couple of the tunes a spin the other day and got caught up in the thrill of a couple of tunes and their lyrics. 'Shaking so Bad', 'The Good Times Used to Kill me' and ' are all worthy tunes and I for one wish that they were on Klean Khannel radio in place of what ever 5th generation AiC rip off is on the air currently...
In much the same way I find myself thinking of the newest Turbonegro CD. It's been a while since it came out, and I haven't spun it lately, but it's a solid album. All that evil magic that made them so listen-able is still there, but it's always hard to follow up a master work like Apocalypse Dudes. Now you might not have heard that record, but it might have been the second best record of the 1990's (The Forbidden Dimension's Somebody Down There Likes me is, and I'm sticking to that). Still there
is enough gloomy glam and roaring over the top posturing to make it a solid follow up record.
lastly I want to mention that the newest record by The Hellacopters has just gotten released in the USA. I picked it up in Sweden 2 years ago when it came out, and liked it, but didn't think that it touched the record that came before it, Hi Visibility. It was only after several listens that I hooked into the vibe and the message of songs like 'Pride', 'All New Low' and 'Down on Free Street', over the pop accessibility of 'By The Grace of God' (the title track) and 'Carry Me Home'. It's those repeated listens that unlock the layers of the real magic songs, and it's the repeated listener that is rewarded.
It all just reminds me that often times records that I come to love are ones that I don't hook into on the first spin. Now I don't expect that I am going to come to love the new Hives record, I just know that at some point I'll be drawn back to it and hear what ever magic it can conjure.
notes:
One record that I didn't love the first time I listened to it was Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damed. It's now one of my all time favorites, and I think of it as one of the great punk records of all time.
Alice in Chains, I heard the song Grind on the radio the other day and was reminded of why they were so popular and how bright and engaging they sounded. I know it all fades away, but sometimes it's magic to go back and listen for what made it so good then....
Catwoman, don't bother my sister wanted to see it so I sat though it and was offended by how bad it was. I mean 60 plus years of DC comics, and Batman TV and Films and that's the best they could come up with? any time that I sit in a theater and think how I could have made a better film with the same resources it's not a good flick.
what albums have grown on you over time?
***** NEW SECTION ******
This is where I make recommendations for people visiting from various groups I belong to on SG....
Twin Cities: IKEA, come visit, just avoid the weekends... try a weekday evening, and just get coffee and cinnamon rolls in the bistro (come in the front entrance and go past the display on your right and right to the Bistro line... trust me..)
Trash Rock: Songs the Cramps Taught US Vol. 1 - 3. These are must have CDs, filled with the trash classics that the cramps covered, reworked, and reanimated for the punk generation... seek them out, they are well worth your time and your cash.
APU: http://www.hammerlock.net/ Hammerlock have to be one the best unsung greasy outlaw punk outfits around. I have all there of their albums and each one has grown on me, with their mix of noise and swagger, their punking up of country tunes really illustrates how close the two styles can be... which all the 'I like all music but Country' bastards need to learn.
Next time?
We'll see what I am moved to write....
I have been listening to the latest from Gluecifer today, it's called Automatic Thrill and It's been out in europe for a while. My main man in Stockholm Klaus picked it up and sent it to my brother in exchange for some Ebay help. At first it just didn't seem to connect, there was somethign missing. In the past Gluecifer had given us Motorhead/Danzig Hi Energy Rock and after a couple of early albums released a pair of real killer discs: Riding the Tiger and Tender is the Savage. Savage was just that a half hour blast of full on rock, the kind of thing that bands release and never match, it's follow up Basement Apes was a bit dustier, a bit more psychedelic... not bad just different. Automatic Thrill wasn't so automatic, and it's still growing. At first it didn't catch my attention and I ignored it, but for some reason I gave a couple of the tunes a spin the other day and got caught up in the thrill of a couple of tunes and their lyrics. 'Shaking so Bad', 'The Good Times Used to Kill me' and ' are all worthy tunes and I for one wish that they were on Klean Khannel radio in place of what ever 5th generation AiC rip off is on the air currently...
In much the same way I find myself thinking of the newest Turbonegro CD. It's been a while since it came out, and I haven't spun it lately, but it's a solid album. All that evil magic that made them so listen-able is still there, but it's always hard to follow up a master work like Apocalypse Dudes. Now you might not have heard that record, but it might have been the second best record of the 1990's (The Forbidden Dimension's Somebody Down There Likes me is, and I'm sticking to that). Still there
is enough gloomy glam and roaring over the top posturing to make it a solid follow up record.
lastly I want to mention that the newest record by The Hellacopters has just gotten released in the USA. I picked it up in Sweden 2 years ago when it came out, and liked it, but didn't think that it touched the record that came before it, Hi Visibility. It was only after several listens that I hooked into the vibe and the message of songs like 'Pride', 'All New Low' and 'Down on Free Street', over the pop accessibility of 'By The Grace of God' (the title track) and 'Carry Me Home'. It's those repeated listens that unlock the layers of the real magic songs, and it's the repeated listener that is rewarded.
It all just reminds me that often times records that I come to love are ones that I don't hook into on the first spin. Now I don't expect that I am going to come to love the new Hives record, I just know that at some point I'll be drawn back to it and hear what ever magic it can conjure.
notes:
One record that I didn't love the first time I listened to it was Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damed. It's now one of my all time favorites, and I think of it as one of the great punk records of all time.
Alice in Chains, I heard the song Grind on the radio the other day and was reminded of why they were so popular and how bright and engaging they sounded. I know it all fades away, but sometimes it's magic to go back and listen for what made it so good then....
Catwoman, don't bother my sister wanted to see it so I sat though it and was offended by how bad it was. I mean 60 plus years of DC comics, and Batman TV and Films and that's the best they could come up with? any time that I sit in a theater and think how I could have made a better film with the same resources it's not a good flick.
what albums have grown on you over time?
***** NEW SECTION ******
This is where I make recommendations for people visiting from various groups I belong to on SG....
Twin Cities: IKEA, come visit, just avoid the weekends... try a weekday evening, and just get coffee and cinnamon rolls in the bistro (come in the front entrance and go past the display on your right and right to the Bistro line... trust me..)
Trash Rock: Songs the Cramps Taught US Vol. 1 - 3. These are must have CDs, filled with the trash classics that the cramps covered, reworked, and reanimated for the punk generation... seek them out, they are well worth your time and your cash.
APU: http://www.hammerlock.net/ Hammerlock have to be one the best unsung greasy outlaw punk outfits around. I have all there of their albums and each one has grown on me, with their mix of noise and swagger, their punking up of country tunes really illustrates how close the two styles can be... which all the 'I like all music but Country' bastards need to learn.
Next time?
We'll see what I am moved to write....
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saw them live with Mudhoney back in college-solid show so I picked up the (at the time) debut......thought it sucked...low and behold -about 6 years later I played it and was fucking blown away by how ahead of its time it was......I will also say the same thing for the band Skeleton Key-I recommend both of those bands to anyone who likes music.....later chum and thanks again!