cs15 wrote:

Like that Rob. Reminds me a bit of Army Of Lovers but in a good way. Some good tunes and interesting vids.

I was racking my mind for the name "Army of Lovers" , thanks for helping an old man out .......what was I saying now ?  .............oh yeah , the album is an  absolute gem , full of tunes , like a tramp with a runny nose

A couple of good music cassette finds for me from the Oxfam bookshop recently…

Apparently one of Gary Numan’s favourites The Mission with their 1988 13 track album ‘Children’ featuring “Tower of Strength”, probably the song for which they are best known.  They certainly have a distinctive, hypnotically engrossing sound with a unique aural soundscape perfectly complementing the emotively powerful mystical lyrics.  For me a great listening experience!

Is it cool nowadays to say that you like the music of Rod Stewart?  Personally I generally don’t mind his dulcet distinctive vocal tones and my second find is a 16 track 1989 ‘Best of’ collection which includes familiar restful ballads ‘Maggie May’ and ‘Sailing’.  Yeah it’s got ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?’, the song where for most people he lost all possible credibility however I think it still sounds like a good up tempo track that you can certainly dance to although how many of would perform it at a karaoke bar, at least without alcoholic inducement!  In my opinion, possibly the best track on the tape is ‘Baby Jane’, primarily for the great saxophone solo but also for the natural self assured lyrical and instrumental flow of the song.  For me Rod’s best known song ‘Young Turks’ also features and you got to admire the energetic verve and pace of delivery he sings the lyrics, something that reminds me of the seemingly tireless leaping around he does in the video.

The new I Monster album A Dense Swarm of Ancient Stars is bloody marvellous! It's on Spotify at:

http://open.spotify.com/album/76DnAQ5DGDGdAb78025u9A

"Songs Remind Me Of You", a brilliant Richard X produced track from Annie's new album "Don't Stop":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y3FFWPBvBs

Seems the poor bloke seems to stress himself out too much. What was it Sparks sang last year? Oh yep:

Lighten up, Morrissey.

Arf!

tall tall tall wrote:

Afront, for super weirdness try Mungolian Jet Set's new album (review and samples on Resident Advisor). Vitalic's new album is also pretty good.

Excellent recs there Steven, thanks! Really like that Mungolian Jet Set. Vitalic a bit hit-and-miss but only listened once.

The new Assemblage 23 album "Compass" is excellent: possibly his best ever.

http://open.spotify.com/album/42jcusYF183bg3X2pQ5Ulj

WTF!! How bad was that? ....and Howard Jones didn't really deserve to be onstage with the others. Awful miming with Thomas Dolby pretending to trigger samples on a TB303 bassline....ewww

They blatantly got paid a load of cash to do it....

Cold Cave: http://www.myspace.com/coldcave

Kinda New Order/League/Smiths to my ears.

Relation - "Fear of Night"

Debut album from Southend synth duo.

http://open.spotify.com/album/4co9LJlsgiiEueFe31O3m8
http://www.myspace.com/relationmusic

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Some great sounding electro on the new Shakespears Sister album:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002TT … mp;sr=8-11

Yeah I was surprised too. Pusatron is something like 6 years old at this stage but it's still great to have them together on 1 album.

Looking forward to getting the Ministry of Sound Electronic Anthems today...good music for the car....


http://www.ministryofsound.com/product/ … ronic_80s/



...even if its only for the excellent John Foxx - Underpass - the best support act the League have ever had!

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Devo = totally fun this week.  They're doing a 2 album/2 night US tour.  I went to the "Freedom of Choice" night, took this picture...

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