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Psychedelic Bullshit

Just another reason why folks from Ohio kick your ass. Psychedelic Horseshit might not really matter in ten years, but the interview in the Washington Post with head horseshit Matt Whitehurst is just short of knee slapping hilarious.

He sounds pretty ignorant at times – that happens when you disagree with yourself – but much of what he figures about Wavves is truth to power. Don’t let the following quote discourage you from reading the ENTIRE post. It’s pretty repugnant.

I wanna make “OK Computer.” You know? I wanna sound like Radiohead. I don’t give a [expletive] about lo-fi. [Expletive] that [expletive]. It’s stupid. It’s a cop out.

Horace Andy x False Setto

If you disregarded “Skylarking,” which wouldn’t be a good idea, Horace Andy still has one of the deepest catalogs of any Jamaican singer. The fact that he was associated with Bullwackie and his New York stable of players is all the more impressive, important and more over, entertaining.

BLOGLOAD: Dance Hall Style | Exclusively

Kooley High x Everywhere

Kooley High put out a pretty decent mix tape a few weeks back and apparently they’re already workin’ on another. The video included here really isn’t indicative of the production work off of Kooley is High and really, I hope that this isn’t some sort of new musical direction for the group. But Star Trek is hilarious.

BLOGLOAD: Kooley is High

Guitar Trio Is My L(Oi!)fe

If I was able to make my guitar sound like one dude, it’d be Rhys Chatham. Somewhere between the Velvet’s drone and that first Sonic Youth disc, Chatham expounds tone, not technical solos. And sometimes that’s all you need.

BLOGLOAD: Guitar Trio Is My Life

Dancehall vs. Junior Murvin

Of course as Jamaican culture changed, the music did as well. Dancehall has it’s moments and even Junior Murvin’s got a cut on The Story of Jamaican Dancehall Culture. As to be expected, though, it doesn’t get near “Police and Thieves” territory.

BLOGLOAD: V.A. – The Story of Jamaican Dancehall Culture

RIP Uriel Jones

Bunk, but they cranked out the funk. Even if you don’t know who the Funk Brothers are, you’ve heard ‘em a lot.

Tha Connection x Love

At some point, Tha Connection is gonna be a pretty common name to hear. I can’t say why that hasn’t happened yet, but when this disc comes out, it’ll count as another step towards that….check x Osmosis.

Dennis Bovell x the 4th Street Orchestra

Dennis Bovell never really worked too much under his own name. The roots group he first gained notriety in was Matumbi, but he wasn’t credited with his surname. And eventually, when that band wanted to do some dub albums, they just changed their name to the 4th Street Orchestra. He may have produced the Slits and the Pop Group, but the three dub discs posted at YaMoaJ are probably some of the best Jamaican based music to come outta England. And that trombone? It’s Rico.

BLOGLOAD: 3 LPs x 4th Street Orchestra

Dead in the Suburbs

Living in Seattle I was able to randomly stumble upon stuff like Steve E. Nix and the Cute Lepers playing. And even if they didn’t cover Los Reactors, the Briefs did. It’s just dumb fuck punk, but at the same time it’s pretty void of any bull shit.

Via isksp:

Rip Off Records has scored its first archival band of our history, putting out the legendary 1980 Oklahoma band LOS REACTORS for the first time ever on CD. Their catchy keyboard sound has been stolen and copied by numerous bands, and many bands like THE BRIEFS frequently cover their songs, like “Dead in The Suburbs”. LOS REACTORS put out a vinyl version of this release out on the Italian Rave Up Records, but this CD has additional songs, enhanced video footage of news clips & interviews of Los Reactors and hilarious footage of the “punk scene” of Oklahoma in the early 80’s. The video also has the band performing “Dead in the Suburbs”, and a previously unreleased song, “It’s a Wonderful Life”. The CD has both the classic singles and hits, “Dead in the Suburbs”, “Culture Shock”, “Laboratory Baby”, along with a live set from the band. If you want to hear what the original new wave of bands sounded like, instead of the current crop of imitatation “keyboard” bands buy this enhanced CD of a truly legendary band.

BLOGLOAD: Los Reactors – Dead In The Suburbs

The Melodians x The Inspirations

The Harder They Come turned folks on to some late ’60s rock steady and made the Melodians considerably more famous than they would have been otherwise. And even if that sound track didn’t include “Sweet Sensation,” that track’s still an integral part of the canon. Since I’m a dullard, though, I really had no idea that another band – the Inspirations – recorded the track as well…

BLOGLOAD: The Melodians | The Inspirations