Tag: underground
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Cheater Slicks – Ill-Fated Cusses LP
Cheater Slicks Ill-Fated Cusses LP (In The Red Records) After the last couple of decades (basically, from 1996 forward) which have seen the release of a multitude of great albums recorded with digital platforms (like ProTools, for example), it’s refreshing to hear a band just plug in, put microphones in front of amplifiers and record…
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Beat-Man & The Underground – It’s A Matter Of Time – The Complete PALP Session LP
Reverend Beat-Man & The Underground It’s A Matter Of Time – The Complete PALP Session LP (Voodoo Rhythm Records) In this era of digital production, rare is the album which feels and sounds dirty. Now, I don’t mean “dirty” in the sense that it was recorded poorly or the sound quality is poor, I mean…
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Chip Kinman – The Great Confrontation 2LP
Chip Kinman The Great Confrontation 2LP (In The Red Records) I confess that I had forgotten about The Dils until the opportunity to review the band’s Live! reissue came up. Not that I was unfamiliar with the band before (I remember discovering the band at the same time I came upon The Weirdos, The Bags,…
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Lou Reed – The RCA & Arista Album Collection 17CD box set
The thing which really set Lou Reed apart from the other stars he was grouped with in the Seventies (including David Bowie, Iggy Pop and so on) is that he never once considered pandering to his audience – he always made them work for their enjoyment of his music. It could be said that making…