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Thanks DC and Machine for subscribing. I hope it meets your expectations. :/

I'd almost forgot. February? See, that's how long it takes me to write about something I find. I'm such a horrible procrastinator.

First Aid Kit do a decent cover version the song, America by Simon & Garfunkel, found on Bookends. And this is the Play with Fire video, I mentioned above, it has a intro in Svensk.

First Aid Kit - America (Cover)


First Aid Kit - Play With Fire (Rolling Stones)

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• band: Deep Time
  • personel:
  • Adam Jones
  • Jennifer Moore
• album title: Deep Time
• track listing:
  1. Bermuda Triangle
  2. Sgt Sierra
  3. Coleman
  4. Clouds
  5. Homebody
  6. Gilligan
  7. Gold Rush
  8. Marathon
  9. Horse

Deep Time - Gilligan


Deep Time - Clouds


"Deep time" is a geological term. I'm guessing "deep" come from law of superposition. The further down the layers of dirt and rocks are, the older it is. Basically the deeper you dig the further back in time you go.

Which applied to indie, or alternative Rock the name would be fitting for this band since they go back time to the formative years of that genre. Their sound are like a missing puzzle piece that fits perfectly between Art Punk, and post-Punk bands of the 70s. What I enjoy about the band is that they're not reproducing another post-Punk band signature sound.There are obvious comparison to other bands like Delta 5, and Kleenex/Lilliput etc. I've seen in a Pitchfork review. Sgt Sierra and reminds me of their take on Wall of Voodoo. Same with Colemanbut slow-down and a bit of Talking Heads thrown in too. The last track, Horse, sounds like Andy Gill made a guess appearance.

Some bands you hear you wondering if they're trying to be another band, especially with bands who want to sound like Joy Division (not that I dislike bands like that). It's also refreshing that they don't go that Joy Division route and draw inspiration from other bands. Despite the comparisons and similarities, I don't get with Deep Time. I feel they are just being themselves.

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tracklist
No Exit
Clockwise
In My Head
No Answer
Those Times
Dead Generation
Lies
Zapomnijmy
Koszmar
Visions Of Massacre

Belgrado ‎– Siglo XXl

tracklist
Sombra De La Cruz
Pałac Kultury
Jeszcze Raz
Świat Jest Nasz
Siglo XXI
Nie
Wake Up
Iluzja
Progress
The End
Automatyczny Świat

members:
Renzo - guitar
Fergu - bass
Jonathan - drum
Patrycja - vocals

Belgrado - Jeszcze Raz (Videoclip)


If I'm From Barcelona are from Jönköping, Sweden, then where do you expect Begrado to be from? (Knowing that Belgrade is the capital of Serbia.) If you guessed Barcelona, Spain ...then you're right.

Belgrado are described as Post-Punk, but there are elements of Punk, Goth, and Bat Cave in their sound. Their style has a lot of similarities between late70s/early80s bands like Bauhuas, Romeo Void, Xmal Deutschland (even early U2) and also with more current Post-Punk revival bands like Soviet Soviet, and Human Tetris. Belgrado play faster some bands and that energy keeps interest in the band going. Jeszcze Raz was the first song I heard by them and it was an oh-yeah-moment I knew I had to look into more of their material.

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bandmembers:
Stanley Vergilis
Brett Miller
Woodbury Shortridge
Frankie Broyles

tracklist:

1. Edita V
2. I Can't Compete
3. Zebra Print
4. Dressed In Black
5. Black Swan
6. Troubled And Done
7. Flowers Everywhere
8. Let You Have It
9. Gergoanne
10. Violent Girls

Balkans - Full Concert - 05/19/11 - Paste Magazine Offices (OFFICIAL)

setlist:
0:00:00 - I Can't Compete
0:02:59 - Edita V
0:05:53 - Georganne
0:10:37 - C++
0:13:19 - Black Swan
instruments:
Brett Miller - gruitar (Gibson Sonex 180)
Frankie Broyles - vocal, guitar (Fender Jaguar)
Woody Shortridge - bass (Fender Musicmaster)
Stanley Vergilis - drums (Gretsch Catalina Club Jazz)

So what do they sound like? Take the sound of The Strokes and inject the raw frantic energy of The Hives and you'll have Balkans.

Balkans were a short lived band, only released one album. They toured with names like Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Atlas Sound (Bradford Cox). In fact after the breakup, Frankie Broyles joined Bradford Cox in Deerhunter, for their 2013 album Monomania. That's before Bradford was hospitalized after being hit by a car in December 2014.

Woody and Frankie were childhood friend, played together since third grade. Stanley joined up with them in middle school. Woody saw Stanley playing drumming on his desk and invited him over to play drums at his [Stan's] house. There were a band without a bass player for the most part of high school till they met Brett, who later switched to guitar. Frankie was into Radiohead, and Brett was into Punk bands like Rancid. They would win battle of the bands in HS. When they won battle of the bands they were given GutiarCenter gift-certificates instead of a cash prize (fearing the band would blow it on drugs). So the band bought an eight track recorder, and used it to recorded all their song.

sound
They use a two guitar match-up of Gibson/Fender like a few bands do e.g. The Knack. The bass is a Musicmaster bass which is generally preferred by guitarist for the short scale (length). They have deeper sound, because thicker strings can be used on short-scale that a regular scale. The drummer is playing a bop drum set and the kick-drum is 14" and has a high pitch thud, which can be noticed on the album.

for?
If you like bands like The Strokes and The Hives, or like Deerhunter and like to explore the member's side projects, or previous bands this is one to consider.

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Model Citizen ‎– Shift The Blame
tracklist:
1. Shift The Blame (0:00)
2. Animal Instincts (1:50)
3. I Am Honest (4:15)
4. You Are What You Wear (6:20)

Model Citizens at Max's Kansas City (1979) - Paul Tschinkel's InnerTube


Suburban Lawns ‎– Suburban Lawns

tracklist:
Flying Saucer Safari 2:12
Pioneers 2:05
Not Allowed 2:16
Gossip 2:29
Intellectual Rock 2:05
Protection 1:54
Anything 1:38
Janitor 2:30
Computer Date 1:06
Mom And Dad And God 1:56
Unable 1:31
When In The World 2:48
Green Eyes 2:53
Jam The Controls 1:06

Suburban Lawns -- Janitor



Lora Logic ‎– Pedigree Charm
tracklist:
Brute Fury 4:00
Horrible Party 3:50
Stop Halt 5:00
Wonderful Offer 4:30
Martian Man 4:20
Hiss And Shake 5:30
Pedigree Charm 4:00
Rat Allé 3:45
Crystal Gazing 4:55

x ray spex - up yours, bondage - early live - Laura Logic


I couldn't find a video of Lora Logic playing songs off her solo album, so I choose to include a video of her playing with X Ray Specs. She played saxophone on the album, but at some point early on left (was fired from) the band. She formed Essential Logic, when the band dissolved she went on to finish the album Pedigree Charm as a solo artist. She was a member in Red Crayola, and she recorded with The Raincoats, Boy George, among others.
My favorite track off the album is Martian Man, it a bit ethereal, dream-like.

LORA LOGIC martian man 1982


(When I make an entry, first I listen to the albums, find pics and videos I want to post, by the time I do all that I have spent all my free time and I never get around to more important part the review. So I have a choice, save the work I did on my computer and eventually forget about it, or post what I did so far. Hopefully I'll get around to explain my picks.)

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band:Middle Class

album title: Homeland

year of release: 1982

band members:
Jeff Atta - vocals, synthesizers
Mike Atta - guitar
Mike Patton- bass
Bruce Atta - drums

from: Santa Ana, California

tracklist:
00:00 The Call
04:09 A Skeleton At The Feast
08:23 Out Of My Hands
11:59 Listen
15:04 Shaken
17:55 Mosque
20:39 Restless Young Men
23:24 Ritual And Deceit
26:52 Everything

I was stoked when I first found this album on YouTube. Going from one track to the next I knew I found a hidden gem. The album is impressive as it is relentless. By maintaining energy and a sense of urgency throughout I'm sure it keeps you invested from beginning to end. The music epitomizes all that's best of Post-Punk. If colored glass could be bits of sound then it's a mosaic that would made of pieces from Joy Division, Gang of Four, Modern English, REM, and even Sonic Youth (or vice a versa). However as for the last two bands, I am not too certain who influenced, because they were Middle Class contemporaries. It would be interesting though to know if there were any bands that looked to them as an influence. I suspect they could be had been an influence to Post-Punk revival bands. Because Middle Class approach seems to be that more of a band from 2010s. Maybe their music is just timeless.

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band: Kosmonautentraum

album: Juri Gagarin

released: 1982

language: German

personnel:
E. K. T. - Drums, Synthesizer, Mellotron, Guitar, Voice [Effects], Percussion
Kai May - Guitar, Harp, Electric Piano, Percussion, Effects [Wasserspiele]
Süsskind - Bass, Synthesizer, Piano, Trumpet, Melodica, Xylophone, Percussion, Pedalboard Bass
Ziggy XY - Vocals, Synthesizer, Melodica, Lyrics
information from Discogs

tracklist:

1. Kosmonaut 3:40
2. Stolze Menschen 3:51
3. Schattenboxen 3:14
4. Gierig 1:19
5. Juri Gagarin 2:32
6. Epilog 0:05
7. Hoffnung 3:22
8. Du Bist Nicht Gut 3:19
9. 1971-1976-1981 3:34
10. Deutsche Nacht 2:38
11. Süßes Leben 2:16
12. Neugier 7:51

Schattenboxen - An intro consists of a bass, snare and xylophones. Behind that is what sounds like spaceships taking off. It seems only natural to me to link xylophones and spaceships together from watching Looney Tunes and hearing Raymond Scott tune Powerhouse be the score some character in space. Halfway through it sounds like a singer struggling to breathe. It ends with a classic 50s sci-fi sound effect of a spaceship taking off.
Juri Gagarin It begins with a piano that fades, and then slowly makes a reprise with a ever increasing sound of a bass drum, thumping like a heartbeat. Then a soupy high hat underscores the vocals which sounds from distant, as if Juri Gagarin is singing to himself in his spacecraft, and then there are massive sounding synths switching back and forth from the left channel to the right, giving the impression of the spacecraft in orbit.
Du Bist Nicht Gut - The rhythm guitar and the bass sounds very similar to Boogie Oogie Oogie (1978) by A Taste of Honey.

I believe it is safe to say that Kosmonautentraum was part of the Neue Deutsche Welle. It is place in music history of Germany is after 70s German Rock, which had moved away from Rock and Roll and R&B music idioms. NDW is also inspired by British New Wave and Post-Punk which to some accounts was inspired by 70s German Rock. Not knowing very much about the band influences, it seems Kosmonautentraum gives a nod to Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft. But they do more than than DAF, or Post-Punk bands, at times Kosmonautentraum can be abstract.

I don't know how venturesome the lyrics are, tbh I don't understand them since it's sung in German. But by the delivery there is a bit of personal revelation emotionally. He reveals his mood by the expression of voice. There are times he seems calm, and other times there he seems stressed. In some cases almost to the point of desperation, as if he is struggling to maintain his sanity like at the end of the songJuri Gagarin and in Epilog.

Considering title as the theme of the album, one can assume the singer is exploring the emotional state of a person. Using the cosmonaut in his spacecraft as a metaphor for a person being alone. There different different experiences for being alone. There are times when one finds solace in being alone. Other times where there's that sad feeling of loneliness, and at worst a person anguishing in isolation.

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