The Monthly Music Trading Post

~~James~~ · 11-03-2010, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emsanders

i understand if you're busy n stuff we all have lives you should have just hit me up to let me know it was going to be late.

cheers

Aye, I apologise, but i've got exams and stuff.
I'll get it done, I swear.

NumberNineDream · 11-07-2010, 05:22 PM

From dankrsta:

Suicide (1977) - Suicide

So dankrsta sent me the debut album by the American electronic protopunk musical duo, Suicide. Another album that needed the right push to get me to listen to it.

Surprisingly, the album is very easy to listen to. Not a "grower", as I had expected, and I loved it the second I put it on. It's the industrial monotonous daunting sound that caught my attention. The songs vary from dynamic, like the opening track Ghost Rider to the somehow sweet, Cheree, which is all the variation I need to stay in the mood for more musak!

All the songs in there are good. I don't find myself fighting my urges to skip any given track, which is always good news. Still, the one that truly stands out for me, or haunts me in other words, was obviously Frankie Teardrop. It beats watching a gore movie at night! This guy's screams sound like the screeches of a cat getting its skin peeled off of its body! Damn I loved it!!
So I think that's enough exclamation marks for one single song. So thank you for that great album D...

Happy Nightmare Baby (1987) - Opal

So we had a double trade, and here's the second album dankrsta sent me, the debut by Psychedelic band Opal.
I really loved that one too. It's like all my favourite 60s bands got together, and gave birth to an 80s band. It all sounds so familiar yet very different. And the album is strangely homogeneous though it varies from Garage, to Psych then Folk... I haven't written any review in while, so I'm at a loss of words right now, so all I'm going to say, that I loved every track on this album, but I still haven't spotted my favourites.

Double thanks D.

bob.'s review will be next. Hopefully soon. And I apologize for my tardiness, again.

OctaneHugo · 11-08-2010, 03:19 PM

lol i sent suicide to duga. freaky sh‎it bro

NumberNineDream · 11-12-2010, 05:22 PM

Next trade on Sunday:

CONTESTANTS, STEP UP!

bob. · 11-12-2010, 06:15 PM

hells yeah!

dankrsta · 11-12-2010, 06:28 PM

Oh god, I still have two reviews to write. NumberNine, I'm glad you liked those albums. Your description of Opal as "all my favourite 60s bands got together, and gave birth to an 80s band" is spot on.

You know, I was gonna say I'll write Bobby Jameson review tomorrow, but since I already said that a couple of times, I'll just shut up

(*but, I hope you're gonna read your review tomorrow*

)

OctaneHugo · 11-12-2010, 08:26 PM

So on September 2nd (of this year), Zarko sent me this. "A British instrumental band strongly influenced by dub," as Wikipedia describes them. last.fm, usually not particularly reliable for genre classification, has them tagged as "post-punk", "ethereal" and "dream pop", which is a diverse mix to say the least.

Soudpool opens with "Hu", a song that features lots of cymbal-clashes and drum hits with a very echoey, out-of-the-way guitar and another guitar that hurts ears. The bass plays one riff pretty much the whole way and goes largely unnoticed. The dreamy riff was good and the drums fit in well enough, but the high-pitched noise left my head hurting. Unpleasant song.

Next up is "Re", a song that again goes light guitar on one side with a higher-pitched machine on the other, though this time it's less ear shatteringly loud and feedbacky. The drums switch from splashes and snares to a hi-hat and toms. The bass plays a catchier hook, and though the instruments are all playing different notes it sounds shockingly similar to the last one. While it's not a bad song on its own, it's not good enough to be entertaining after I just listened to it, though the first time it had a horrible guitar over it.

"Mi" is up next, which is dumb because everyone knows the song goes "Do-Re-Mi" not "Hu-Re-Mi" but I guess maybe in England it's different, you crazy Brits and your lack of dentistry. The bass is playing another catchy little riff that's 6 notes long, and this time there's a stuttery guitar where there was an ethereal guitar and an ethereal guitar where there was a high-pitched guitar, guess they wanted to mix it up. The drums are pretty much the same cymbals-being-hit-with-drum-action-every-few-notes thing. It's a cool stuttering guitar and the echo guitar would fit in a different song, but I'm still bored. I like instrumental music, but thus far the entire album has sounded like the introduction to a song, not a song. This is the best one of the first three - of that I am sure. It'd work excellently as a random instrumental track on an otherwise busier album, or as a jam session. But as the standout track on a group? Not its role.

Next up is "Cs", which is the grade I would give the album thus far. This song opens quiet and progresses to loud - DYNAMICS, something I haven't heard from it yet. The drums are quicker but still cymbals-followed-by-single-drum-hit as before. There's an ethereal guitar on one side and a high pitched one on the other and a bass riff and zzzzzzzzzzzzz

I'll give it this - at least the guitars switch sides the whole time and it actually, you know, had something happen. Maybe this album is good yet. It even closes with some muffled voices!

"Heset" has a funky little bass opening with a weird effects-ridden echoguitar over top and some sticks hitting the side of a drum. It's almost a little math-y. Almost. I can't stress it enough. It was very important you understand this. Almost. As in not really but sort-of. Almost.

Then it goes back to the ethereal guitar on one end, a weird higher pitched one on the other, cymbals and drum hits (except this time it's the side of the drum - whoa! A change of pace!) and a bass riff of 4 notes.

"Disult" starts with some frantic drumming - this time's it's snare hits followed by a cymbal. Then a bass line that's got a run up the thing instead of just some plucking, and the ol' ethereal-plus-high-pitched-guitar combo at work again. There's some actual chimes in this new one which is definitely something that wasn't there before, and it was almost kind of scare. It's a catchy number that the chimes pitch in and it's a shame the whole bloody song is otherwise exactly the same as the others.

At this point I reached a conclusion: that some guys got together and thought that they could make the ultimate album. They'd take catchy stuff and throw it together. The problem is that the catchy stuff is scattered across a bunch of songs and they all sound the same. This is manufactured music. It's boring, dull, synthetic.

"Gunet" has an ethereal guitar opening with nothing else happening. At this point I started skipping ahead in songs - in this one the drums do their hit-then-cymbal thing, the bass plays a 4 or 5 note riff, the ethereal and high pitched guitars combine and there's an odd little keyboard (maybe?) line under everything. This continues. It ends with a fadeout.

"Soarn" starts with a bass riff and then goes to a very chilled out keyboard, some ethereal-high-pitched guitar and sticks hitting the sides of drums. It's a good serene track, but at this point I was so fu‎cking bored I would've enjoyed a Metallica cover instead of the same goddamn guitar mixture, drum line and bass playing. This song is actually pretty cool on its own, like one of the earlier ones (I forget which and I'm not keeping this album so it's pointless) and there's even like a sitar or something in there but it's so in-line god

"No Motion" is different because it's actually a word and actually it finishes the album. It goes from bass and ethereal guitar to full-on song with high-pitched guitar on one end, continuing ethereal guitar, cymbal-followed-by-drum-hit and bass riff of 3 notes or something. Some catchy parts here but overall another boring song. If something interesting happens in the middle I missed it because I skipped ahead.

Hey, guys, check out this wordcloud for the review, it's pretty funny:

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ThePhanastasio · 11-12-2010, 08:52 PM

I'd be in for another trade!

bob. · 11-12-2010, 09:21 PM

i suddenly feel like my reviews are small and lacking

i have to admit that even though you really seemed to dislike that album your review made me want to listen to it....nice job

OctaneHugo · 11-12-2010, 11:42 PM

I aim to entertain. I'll say that a couple of times I found myself tapping my feet - like I said, it's just that it's most times boring and overall monotonous, not that the overall sound bothers me or the musicianship is lacking.

11-07-2010, 05:22 PM	#1722 (permalink)
NumberNineDream Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The land of the largest wine glass (aka Lebanon) Posts: 2,200	From dankrsta: Suicide (1977) - Suicide So dankrsta sent me the debut album by the American electronic protopunk musical duo, Suicide. Another album that needed the right push to get me to listen to it. Surprisingly, the album is very easy to listen to. Not a "grower", as I had expected, and I loved it the second I put it on. It's the industrial monotonous daunting sound that caught my attention. The songs vary from dynamic, like the opening track Ghost Rider to the somehow sweet, Cheree, which is all the variation I need to stay in the mood for more musak! All the songs in there are good. I don't find myself fighting my urges to skip any given track, which is always good news. Still, the one that truly stands out for me, or haunts me in other words, was obviously Frankie Teardrop. It beats watching a gore movie at night! This guy's screams sound like the screeches of a cat getting its skin peeled off of its body! Damn I loved it!! So I think that's enough exclamation marks for one single song. So thank you for that great album D... Happy Nightmare Baby (1987) - Opal So we had a double trade, and here's the second album dankrsta sent me, the debut by Psychedelic band Opal. I really loved that one too. It's like all my favourite 60s bands got together, and gave birth to an 80s band. It all sounds so familiar yet very different. And the album is strangely homogeneous though it varies from Garage, to Psych then Folk... I haven't written any review in while, so I'm at a loss of words right now, so all I'm going to say, that I loved every track on this album, but I still haven't spotted my favourites. Double thanks D. bob.'s review will be next. Hopefully soon. And I apologize for my tardiness, again. __________________ Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Welcome to the Black Lodge

11-08-2010, 03:19 PM	#1723 (permalink)
OctaneHugo Goes back & does it again Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: philadelphia Posts: 807	lol i sent suicide to duga. freaky sh‎it bro __________________ If Any Major Dude Has Yet To Tell You, Click Here

11-12-2010, 05:22 PM	#1724 (permalink)
NumberNineDream Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The land of the largest wine glass (aka Lebanon) Posts: 2,200	Next trade on Sunday: CONTESTANTS, STEP UP! __________________ Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Welcome to the Black Lodge

11-12-2010, 06:15 PM	#1725 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	hells yeah! __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

11-12-2010, 06:28 PM	#1726 (permalink)
dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	Oh god, I still have two reviews to write. NumberNine, I'm glad you liked those albums. Your description of Opal as "all my favourite 60s bands got together, and gave birth to an 80s band" is spot on. You know, I was gonna say I'll write Bobby Jameson review tomorrow, but since I already said that a couple of times, I'll just shut up (but, I hope you're gonna read your review tomorrow) __________________ Last.fm

11-12-2010, 08:26 PM	#1727 (permalink)
OctaneHugo Goes back & does it again Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: philadelphia Posts: 807	So on September 2nd (of this year), Zarko sent me this. "A British instrumental band strongly influenced by dub," as Wikipedia describes them. last.fm, usually not particularly reliable for genre classification, has them tagged as "post-punk", "ethereal" and "dream pop", which is a diverse mix to say the least. Soudpool opens with "Hu", a song that features lots of cymbal-clashes and drum hits with a very echoey, out-of-the-way guitar and another guitar that hurts ears. The bass plays one riff pretty much the whole way and goes largely unnoticed. The dreamy riff was good and the drums fit in well enough, but the high-pitched noise left my head hurting. Unpleasant song. Next up is "Re", a song that again goes light guitar on one side with a higher-pitched machine on the other, though this time it's less ear shatteringly loud and feedbacky. The drums switch from splashes and snares to a hi-hat and toms. The bass plays a catchier hook, and though the instruments are all playing different notes it sounds shockingly similar to the last one. While it's not a bad song on its own, it's not good enough to be entertaining after I just listened to it, though the first time it had a horrible guitar over it. "Mi" is up next, which is dumb because everyone knows the song goes "Do-Re-Mi" not "Hu-Re-Mi" but I guess maybe in England it's different, you crazy Brits and your lack of dentistry. The bass is playing another catchy little riff that's 6 notes long, and this time there's a stuttery guitar where there was an ethereal guitar and an ethereal guitar where there was a high-pitched guitar, guess they wanted to mix it up. The drums are pretty much the same cymbals-being-hit-with-drum-action-every-few-notes thing. It's a cool stuttering guitar and the echo guitar would fit in a different song, but I'm still bored. I like instrumental music, but thus far the entire album has sounded like the introduction to a song, not a song. This is the best one of the first three - of that I am sure. It'd work excellently as a random instrumental track on an otherwise busier album, or as a jam session. But as the standout track on a group? Not its role. Next up is "Cs", which is the grade I would give the album thus far. This song opens quiet and progresses to loud - DYNAMICS, something I haven't heard from it yet. The drums are quicker but still cymbals-followed-by-single-drum-hit as before. There's an ethereal guitar on one side and a high pitched one on the other and a bass riff and zzzzzzzzzzzzz I'll give it this - at least the guitars switch sides the whole time and it actually, you know, had something happen. Maybe this album is good yet. It even closes with some muffled voices! "Heset" has a funky little bass opening with a weird effects-ridden echoguitar over top and some sticks hitting the side of a drum. It's almost a little math-y. Almost. I can't stress it enough. It was very important you understand this. Almost. As in not really but sort-of. Almost. Then it goes back to the ethereal guitar on one end, a weird higher pitched one on the other, cymbals and drum hits (except this time it's the side of the drum - whoa! A change of pace!) and a bass riff of 4 notes. "Disult" starts with some frantic drumming - this time's it's snare hits followed by a cymbal. Then a bass line that's got a run up the thing instead of just some plucking, and the ol' ethereal-plus-high-pitched-guitar combo at work again. There's some actual chimes in this new one which is definitely something that wasn't there before, and it was almost kind of scare. It's a catchy number that the chimes pitch in and it's a shame the whole bloody song is otherwise exactly the same as the others. At this point I reached a conclusion: that some guys got together and thought that they could make the ultimate album. They'd take catchy stuff and throw it together. The problem is that the catchy stuff is scattered across a bunch of songs and they all sound the same. This is manufactured music. It's boring, dull, synthetic. "Gunet" has an ethereal guitar opening with nothing else happening. At this point I started skipping ahead in songs - in this one the drums do their hit-then-cymbal thing, the bass plays a 4 or 5 note riff, the ethereal and high pitched guitars combine and there's an odd little keyboard (maybe?) line under everything. This continues. It ends with a fadeout. "Soarn" starts with a bass riff and then goes to a very chilled out keyboard, some ethereal-high-pitched guitar and sticks hitting the sides of drums. It's a good serene track, but at this point I was so fu‎cking bored I would've enjoyed a Metallica cover instead of the same goddamn guitar mixture, drum line and bass playing. This song is actually pretty cool on its own, like one of the earlier ones (I forget which and I'm not keeping this album so it's pointless) and there's even like a sitar or something in there but it's so in-line god "No Motion" is different because it's actually a word and actually it finishes the album. It goes from bass and ethereal guitar to full-on song with high-pitched guitar on one end, continuing ethereal guitar, cymbal-followed-by-drum-hit and bass riff of 3 notes or something. Some catchy parts here but overall another boring song. If something interesting happens in the middle I missed it because I skipped ahead. Hey, guys, check out this wordcloud for the review, it's pretty funny: ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal ethereal __________________ If Any Major Dude Has Yet To Tell You, Click Here

11-12-2010, 08:52 PM	#1728 (permalink)
ThePhanastasio Killed Laura Palmer Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,679	I'd be in for another trade!

11-12-2010, 09:21 PM	#1729 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i suddenly feel like my reviews are small and lacking i have to admit that even though you really seemed to dislike that album your review made me want to listen to it....nice job __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

11-12-2010, 11:42 PM	#1730 (permalink)
OctaneHugo Goes back & does it again Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: philadelphia Posts: 807	I aim to entertain. I'll say that a couple of times I found myself tapping my feet - like I said, it's just that it's most times boring and overall monotonous, not that the overall sound bothers me or the musicianship is lacking. __________________ If Any Major Dude Has Yet To Tell You, Click Here