Astronomer

You've convinced me to get into electronic music more, something I'd never really given a chance. This is an amazing song, very intense. I like it.

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jackhammer

Once you have heard Mezzanine you will be instantly smitten. Anyone who says it's a bad album regardless whether they like it or not are tone deaf as far as I'm concerned.

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jackhammer

A part of the British Hardcore Punk scene from the early 80's that was as influential to crossover punk and thrash bands as the more lauded American bands of the time. Formed as an offshoot of the seminal band Discharge, Broken Bones sound incorporated the ferocity of punk with the Metal orientated sound of early Thrash bands.

What do you mean you have never heard of them? now you have and if this genre is your bag, then this 12" E.P is essential.

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Schizotypic

That was some seriously awesome guitar. Is most their stuff like this or is this song just really good? I gotta check these guys out.

jackhammer

This particular bunch of songs are of the same sound. I will get a link to you!

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Terrible Lizard

Consider me a believer.
A link would be greatly appreciated.

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Rainfall

Well, I havent got the chance to check out all of these, but hell, Fat Freddy's Drop IS kickin'. Agoraphobic Nosebleed was mind-melting, but somehow amazing at the same time.

Thanks for the recommendations

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jackhammer

During one forty-hour period in 1973, folk musician Gary Higgins and his band of five -- guitarist Jake Bell, cellist Maureen Wells, keyboardist Terry Fenton, mandolin/flutist Paul Tierney and bass player Dave Beaujon -- laid down one of the saddest, loveliest acoustic recordings you'll ever hear, the now semi-legendary Red Hash. Time was tight because Higgins had recently been arrested on drug charges and was facing years, maybe decades in jail. Money, too, was in short supply. The entire album was recorded on four-track, giving it the warmth and immediacy of live performance, but making it hard to hear instruments like bass and drums. Even so, its haunting harmonies and wistful mood are amazing; in addition to being an absolute distillation of 1960s and 1970s folk, it hints at the skewed purity of contemporary psyche folk.

Higgins disappeared after Red Hash was released, first serving out his sentence and later marrying, having a child and spending his time as many of us do, making a living rather than pursuing his dreams. Although Higgins and his friends recorded a few more songs together -- two of them appear on the Red Hash reissue as bonus tracks -- there was never another record. The whole unlikely experience seemed likely to drop into the black hole of lost albums.

Then, during the 1990s, word began to spread about Red Hash. Pirated copies appeared for sale on the Internet. Tracks were played on influential freeform radio stations like WFMU. Musicians, most notably Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance and Comets on Fire, cited the forgotten disc as an influence; Chasny even covered "Thicker than a Smokey" on his 2005 album School of the Flower. Zach Cowie, then negotiating to bring Comets on Fire to Sub Pop, received a burned copy from Chasny and immediately became fascinated with the album. He embarked on a quixotic quest to find its author, mailing off hundreds of letters and calling every Gary Higgins he could find in Connecticut phone books. Finally, he located that Gary Higgins -- still in northwest Connecticut, still writing and playing songs in his spare time, still holding the master tapes to his one and only full-length album. The album was remastered and reissued on Drag City in 2005.

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Engine

I like that song! Also a great story - I had never heard of Gary Higgins before

beszpilman

Oh, yeah, great preview and story behind the album! Definitely will be checking out, I love folk and love those decades as well.