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[Alexander Smith]

Ah -- I used to love that Hair & Skin record, especially "Flat Truck."

Alex in NYC


On Apr 26, 2008, at 12:44 AM, bongo wrote:


> i'm in the same boat - have hardly any idea about m/any good current  

> bands...

> there's always plenty off timeless older stuff out there tho!

>

> been listening to . . .

> John Lydon - Pyschos Path

> Hair and Skin Trading Company - Jo in Nine G Hell

>

> great tunes that for my money wont date that much at all....

>

>

> as for new music, i can only offer up 2 examples...

> Tiki Taane - Past Present Future (EPIC nz dubby reggae sound, a must  

> have!)

> Bedouin Soundclash - Street Gospels (not that fresh, but bloody lovely

> stuff! kinda innocent and friendly - good mellow happy music...)

>

> also just got the new KORA cd, more NZ reggae... love the drum and

> bass in it, but not so keen on the vocals/guitar/horns... some not bad

> tracks tho... these guys are awesome live i have been told (many times

> over the years) but alas i've always been doing other things..

>

>

> =)

>

>

>

> On 4/25/08, Tim Merrill <timmerrill at hotmail.com> wrote:

>>

>>

>> Hey hey. I hate to start sounding like a crusty old curmudgeon, but  

>> I've got

>> a bit of an issue with modern music.

>>

>> Seems anymore I'm always falling back on old standards when I throw  

>> on the

>> stereo.

>>

>> (Kj, Stranglers, The Fall, Wire, Ian Dury).

>>

>> Maybe it's just me getting older, but nothing really kicks me in  

>> the plums

>> anymore. Seems like most 'music' these

>>

>> days is just sterile, unimaginative, and as threatening as a baby.  

>> I don't

>> get alot of this 'Folk Rock', like

>>

>> Iron and Wine, Devandra Barnhart, etc. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm  

>> not a

>> closed minded twat, it's just that there's

>>

>> very little out there that's striking the anvil, so to speak.

>>

>> SO gatherers, I do trust your opinions, and taste, so I ask you,  

>> what's out

>> there anymore? What's new that's been

>>

>> floating your boat? The last few good things i've dug into are:  

>> Mogwai,

>> Thievery Corporation,

>>

>> Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Polysics, and the new Firewater  

>> record (Todd

>> Ashley - ex Cop Shoot Cop)

>>

>> Thanks for letting me ramble..................

>>

>>

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