theboyangel Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 This is a lovely slice of sunny retro psychedelic noodling! Bananagun - The True Story of Bananagun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 John Fahey - 'Vol III The Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjmooney Posted July 11, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2020 On 04/07/2020 at 13:55, bickster said: @mjmooneyalt account? He's right though. And I've heard of (like, even) Weyes Blood. Stupid name, mind. What's wrong with Natalie Mering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 11, 2020 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2020 55 minutes ago, mjmooney said: And I've heard of (like, even) Weyes Blood. Stupid name, mind. What's wrong with Natalie Mering? I think a lot of solo artists take Alt names so they can differentiate between different strands of their music, it also means they can sign to different labels for different projects, though that doesn't seem to be the case with Weyes Blood, yet. Bands do it too but less so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 11, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 hour ago, bickster said: I think a lot of solo artists take Alt names so they can differentiate between different strands of their music, it also means they can sign to different labels for different projects, though that doesn't seem to be the case with Weyes Blood, yet. Bands do it too but less so I don't mind that. I don't mind singers changing their names to something slightly more cool than their given one - Harry Webb, Richard Starkey, Robert Zimmerman, etc. It's the pretentious 'titles' that I dislike - The Edge, Fish, Prince, Rag & Bone Man - and practically every rapper, ever. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I don't mind that. I don't mind singers changing their names to something slightly more cool than their given one - Harry Webb, Richard Starkey, Robert Zimmerman, etc. It's the pretentious 'titles' that I dislike - The Edge, Fish, Prince, Rag & Bone Man - and practically every rapper, ever. You mean to tell me Snoop Doggy Dogg isn’t his real name?!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 The best thing about LL Cool J was the name LL Cool J, and to be honest, the absolutely only thing I didn’t think was pretentious about Fish, was the name, Fish. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 15 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I don't mind that. I don't mind singers changing their names to something slightly more cool than their given one - Harry Webb, Richard Starkey, Robert Zimmerman, etc. It's the pretentious 'titles' that I dislike - The Edge, Fish, Prince, Rag & Bone Man - and practically every rapper, ever. I love Fish, and to be honest if my name was Derek Dick I'd probably change it to something fishy as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, rjw63 said: I love Fish, and to be honest if my name was Derek Dick I'd probably change it to something fishy as well Hang on, he changed his name from Derek Dick to Fish Dick? He’s not fully thought that through has he. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 1 minute ago, chrisp65 said: Hang on, he changed his name from Derek Dick to Fish Dick? He’s not fully thought that through has he. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted July 11, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2020 7 minutes ago, rjw63 said: I love Fish, and to be honest if my name was Derek Dick I'd probably change it to something fishy as well Yeah, I'd lose Derek Dick, too. But... Fish? That's like going from Harold Jenkins to Conway Twitty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Yeah, I'd lose Derek Dick, too. But... Fish? That's like going from Harold Jenkins to Conway Twitty. I think it was a nickname he'd picked up as he used to drink like one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 11, 2020 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2020 Anyways, I'm really dragging them out of the depths of the collection now Loved by a few to this day, it's actually not as bad as I feared. (It's not brilliant either though) File under Indie Amusement 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 11, 2020 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2020 Still plumming the depths... Various Artists - Small Hits and Near Misses. Wah!, China Crisis and (early Pre-fame) Dead or Alive together with some alltogether less well known Scouse outfits (including Dalek I Love You) from the Inevitable Label, released in 1984 FIle under mildly interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 11, 2020 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2020 One for all you people that like Oasis, The Las Rain - A Little Taste of... I used to move in the same circles as these guys, they got a deal, thought they'd made it... they even bought new leather jackets... they didn't. Nice enough people to be honest but this album's nothing special. It could be a thousand Scouse bands from the late '80s / early '90s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Various Artists - 'Nippon Girls' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 11, 2020 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2020 Those darlings of Peel, Girls at Our Best! with their only album Pleasure I learned today that even though I thought I was a completist as far as this band go, I'm not, I'm missing a Strange Fruit Peel Session and Thomas Dolby played synths on this (before he was an artist on his own right) My Pleasure bag no longer exists 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 11, 2020 Moderator Share Posted July 11, 2020 Louder now with seminal American Hardcore outfit Big Black, the band that gave the world Steve Albini. Controversial... Oh yes. I doub they'd get away with haldf the stuff they did now. Not exactly PC Big Black - Songs About F**king Includes an excellent cover of The Model (by Kraftwerk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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