Subject: REVIEWS (short): hover & closedown
Subject: Re: UVS: Where IS he now?
Subject: Re: UVS: Swallow: in the guitar shop with the lead pipe
Subject: Re: Dawn Penn
Subject: Re: Exquisite Nordenstam
Subject: Throwing Muses instore
Subject: Re: UVS... (actually about Ivy)
Subject: Re: Exquisite Nordenstam
Subject: Re: Balil ep desperately wanted
Subject: Re: Bargain Bins in Boston
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 04:43:20 -0800
hover _almost everything_
Another wonderful release from Dewdrops Records. This time around we are
treated to the infectious pop of Vermont's hover. If you like your music
simple and catchy, this is it! hover write great tunes with memorable hooks.
_almost everything_ has been in my CD player non-stop for a couple of days now.
Sarah fans will devour this as it contains many of the same elements which
make that such a fine label. hover's cover of Guppyboy's "North Hyde Park" is
still one of my favorite songs by them. Pop music doesn't get any sweeter than
this without being overly sentimental and that's what makes this so charming.
(Dewdrops Records, 1817 Corinth Ave. #10, Los Angeles CA 90025-5567 / e-mail:
[email protected])
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closedown _nearfield_
The demo I heard in 1992 made me think of one band, Slowdive. With this
release, the guitars have been pulled back in the mix to an eerie, spacious
ambient feel. While closedown continue to craft music that is at once engaging
and transcendental as well, the structure of the songs here seem to lack the
power of their live performances. _nearfield_ crawls along at a slow pace
with the highlights being "Sunangel Summer" with it's flanged sparseness and
"Empyreal" which shimmers with textural soundscapes not unlike those of many
artists such as Aphex Twin, Brian Eno and Robert Fripp. This is an album
which requires your complete attention in order to absorb it's echoed layers.
A fine debut from a band that continues to surprise me everytime I hear them.
(Silent, 101 Townsend St. Ste. 206, San Francisco CA 94107 / e-mail:
[email protected])
Jason
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Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 09:40:47 -0800
*" at Jan 6, 95 03:00:58 pm
>
> anyhoo...did he not produce something for rasputina? i can't find
> info on them either...i know it was posted on a.m.a. a looong
> time ago, but i guess i didn't save it. :( i've been wanting to
> look into their music....being the sucker for strings that i am...
Kurt also produced the debut album by NY's Ivy (not the one from the UK).
That's it really...the release date keeps getting pushed back (because
their label sucks) so its not supposed to be out until February. argh.
Rick
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 09:22:19 -0800
On Sun, 8 Jan 1995, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> vilexile
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 19:58:43 -0500
[email protected] wrote:
>Someone was talking about Dawn Penn back in the fall as sounding like
>Loritta Grahme from Colourbox with a reggae twist. Does anyone have any
>additional info about her? I seem to remember something about her being
>featured on MTV-Europe and someone on this list either knew her, or read an
>interview where she said that she was a big fan of Colourbox.
>Is her music available domestically or just in the UK? Is she any good?
Dawn Penn is a very big star in Caribbean music, and her music is quite
available here in the U.S. I first found out about her from watching
the "Caribbean Beat" show on Manhattan public access TV. A few weeks
later, I heard "No, No, No" being played by a posse of West Indian kids
in the East Village, blasting through their giant boom box . . .
Penn's song "No, No, No" (otherwise known as "You Don't Love Me") is
sensational. Essentially, it's pure blues recorded dub-style, with a
highly danceable reggae beat. I don't know how it compares to
Colourbox, as I don't know Colourbox. But this song would fit in well
with a lot of alternative dance music . . .
"No, No, No" can be found on a popular compilation of dancehall reggae
music (it might be called "Dancehall" or "Sensational Dancehall,"
something like that). Just look in the world or reggae section of
your favorite record store.
The song can also be found on a Dawn Penn album of the same title. I
went and bought the album, but I was very disappointed. Most of it
sounds like schmaltzy soul or r & b to me -- which is fine if you're into
that stuff. Me, I wish I'd bought the compilation -- I'd rather have a
lot of real, dubby d.j./dancehall tunes.
I do kind of like her cover of "The First Cut Is The Deepest," but it
doesn't come close to "No, No, No" . . .
-- Richard Singer
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 21:19:10 -0400
LARS INGEBRIGTSEN WRITES:
>aLFRED dOUGLAS
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 17:44:09 -0600
I've just heard that the Throwing Muses will be doing an instore at Let
It Be records in Minneapolis on 22 January!! However, I don't know the
details as to whether it's a performance or just a signing.
Miel.
[email protected]
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 21:31:25 -0500
The date was 95-01-08.
The time was 12:43:44 EST.
The author was [email protected] (Rick Stone).
The quote was:
> Kurt [Ralske] also produced the debut album by NY's Ivy (not the
> one from the UK). That's it really...the release date keeps getting
> pushed back (because their label sucks) so its not supposed to be
> out until February. argh.
Is that why I haven't been able to find Ivy's album?!? AAAARGH!!! Their
previous release, "Lately" (1994's EP of the year, if such a category
existed), has wormed its way into my every conscious thought since its
release...and I've been looking for that album since September 27, which was
the original release date. The people at the record stores here (Springfield
MO) haven't known anything about it, but that's par for the course, so I
thought nothing of it. Sheesh... Has anyone reading this had a chance to
see them live? Ever since getting into "Lately" (didn't take long), I've
been curious to know if they could pull their material off live.
Oh, and one more thing (from Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen)...
> Not to sound like a certain other Ivo apologist on this list, but could you
> imagine how we'd bitch if Mr. Kurt said in an interview: "4AD wouldn't
> fund the new album. They told me to record it on my lil twee 4-track in
> my bedroom." "GREEDY BASTARDS", says the entire 4ad-l list.
So true! I laughed my ass of when I read that, knowing full well that I
would be one of the first to cry "GREEDY BASTARDS". Thanks for taking the
wind out of my sails. :G)
from jEREMY oRR
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 1995 23:37:45 -0500
Ingebrigtsen" at Jan 8, 95 01:32:29 am
> > can find it, the "Little Star" CD5. The B-sides are unearthly and worth any
> > price!!! Good Luck though, it's quite rare.
>
> I never miss an opportunity to gloat and make other people envious, so
> I just had to say I found that cdsingle on sale for next to nothing.
This is only relevant to people in the Boston area, but Tower Records in
Harvard Sq. is having an import CD single sale. Everything's 99 cents, and
I think they had some copies of the above single that they'd gotten as
cutouts. I know since Rough Trade US's demise, I've seen plenty of bargain bin
copies of G500's "This is Our Music" and Wolfgang Press' "Birdwood Cage" even
though they're theoretically "out of print" in the US. Hey, for 99 cents, you
can't exactly go wrong..