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Black Flag - My War (re-issue, year unknown)
Despite arguably being Black Flag’s best known and most influential album I never really listened to My War despite owning it, opting for either Damaged or Slip It In when in the mood. Giving it a proper spin and I really should’ve given it the attention it deserves as unsurprisingly it’s a potent eruption of hardcore punk that bares the seeds of sludge/cossover that would bloom in future bands.
As pressings go this one is fine, nothing spectacular. Black Flag were never known for audiophile-esque recordings and My War is pretty flat and constrained but still enjoyable. Bass is if anything overripe, at times swamping the sound.
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Had a good listen to this in car this morning, great album. A voice similar to Chris Stapleton minus the country twang. Highly recommend.
Teddy Swims I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy
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Bill MacKay - Locust Land
Bill comes from the Steve Gunn, Riley Walker, Bill Callahan camp.
This is a lovely album sounding like it was recorded in England in 1970 - if it were on a label at that time it would have been Island Records.
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Benn listening to the lovely Candy Dulfer over a late breakfast on Mrs Q’s last day of her long bank holiday weekend.
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Another vinyl purchase! Very good.
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The cut-down vinyl version of Andrew Batt’s peerless box set. Gentry, as anyone knows, is one of the greatest figures in Americam music – singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, producer, arranger, costume designer, visual artist, choreographer…
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Siouxsie And The Banshees - Kaleidoscope - CD (1980)
In Memory of John McGeoch 28/05/55 - 05/03/04
John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist, who was a member of Magazine, who had the 1978 UK hit single ‘Shot By Both Sides’. Also worked with Siouxsie And The Banshees, Armoury Show, Public Image Ltd. McGeoch died in his sleep 5th March 2004 aged 49.
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He’s been around a long time. Think his first album was in 2004 or 2005. Some of his earlier stuff is excellent. He recorded an album with Ryley Walker in 2017
Wooden Shjips | West | 2011
Great contemporary psychedelic that manages to take you back to those earlier Bay Area sounds and emotions.
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Time for some music as heavy rain falls (just for a change!)
John Lennon - Anthology, playing a disc I burnt, which comprises the tracks I most enjoy from this box set. Eighty minutes of alternative Lennon. Very much looking forward to the upcoming deluxe Mind Games release.
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