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tasty 2004 review
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If someone had told me
that thered actually be a year 2004 in 1986, Id have told them to bugger
off out of the 2nd Year Common Room, and never to darken our
doors again. Back then, quite frankly, 2004 was far too far into the future
to even think about writing about.
But, strap me back,
here we are. And Im still listening to The Smiths at least once a day. But
2004 has been much more than that. Thank heavens. Weve had another great
year from Matinee Records, for example, as well as some great stuff from
Track and Field, and much enjoyment from the ace Norwich scene.
This is, of course,
without mentioning the way tasty has embraced a whole range of new music
over the last year. This can be put down to the excellent contributions and
tireless work of Shane, Drew and Luke all of whom have made 2004 the best
by far for the fanzine. A succession of great shows in Leeds mean that this
year has meant that weve all probably listened to more new music than ever
before. Hurray!
But enough about us.
Lets ask some of our favourite people who theyve loved this year. So,
after a big rambling e-mail to a few people in my address book, this is what
some of tastys
bestest friends have been listening to this year.
See you in January, pop
kids
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Lightning Bolt "Wonderful Rainbow" (Load Records)
Metal so hard and fast it'll rip your ears off but leave you with one hell
of a smile. Possibly the best live band of the year as well.
Interpol "Antics" (Matador)
Beautifully crafted hypnotic 80s indie pop in the style of The Psychedelic
Furs and The Chameleons.
James Summerfield "Hailah, Hailah" (Bearos)
Sorry for the self promotion but this is the best record I've released all
year! The jaunty country of The Grateful Dead meets the dark introspection
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On/Off/On - Mission of
Burma
Flashlight Seasons - Gravenhurst
Pockets - Karate
More Deep Cuts - Thee More Shallows
Micah P. Hinson and The Gospel of Progress - S/T |
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Ooof! three is a
dangerously low number (albeit the magic number...) - here goes,
buddy! These are the three that made me grin from ear to ear the most
when I first played them:
1) The Bad Plus - "Give"
2) Brian Wilson presents "SMiLE"
3) Various Artists "DFA Compilation #2"
(bubbling under: Wilco "A Ghost Is Born", Animal
Collective "Sung Tongs", Mystic Chords of Memory CD,
Tom Waits "Real Gone", Rufus Wainwright 'Want One"
........).Yeah, I know you said three!
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Herman Dune - Mas Cambios
Sodastream - A Minor Revival
Daniel Johnston - Covered/Discovered |
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TV on the Radio - Desparate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly
Lali Puna - Faking the Books
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Chase The Meeting Places
Interpol - Antics
Autolux - Future Perfect
Morrissey - You Are The Quarry |
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That Fucking Tank - A Document of the First Set
Pinback - Summer in Abaddon
Thee More Shallows - More Deep Cuts
Mission of Burma
- On Off On
Castanets Cathedrals |
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I
don't buy many new records but I'm going to give this a bash:
The Aislers Set - How I Learned To Write Backwards (was that 2004?)
Nouvelle Vague - Can't remember the name of it! You know don't you?
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes (20yrs re edition) |
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The self titled Hala Strana album.
The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom.
Surprising Sing Stupendous Love by Scatter. |
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Sparta -
Porcelain
Mclusky - The Difference Between Me and You is That I'm Not on Fire
Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs |
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The Silent League - The Orchestra, Sadly, Has Refused (File 13)
Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting (Picnic)
The Blue Nile - High (Sanctuary) |
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James McMahon - Mavis
The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
The Dears - No Cities Left
Aberfeldy - Young Forever |
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Mark Hibbett MJ
Hibbett & the Validators
RIGHT! To be perfectly honest I haven't bought many records at ALL this
year, and most of my favourites have been ones AAS have released! I have
decided NOT to be embarrassed about this any more, cos after all surely the
POINT of having your own label is that you get to put out things that are
GRATE? Actually i did a show on Kooba Radio (er...
www.koobaradio.co.uk if you fancy it) playing all AAS stuff, and I was
quite MOVED by how much I liked them all!
Anyway, here's my list then, DISCIPLINED enough to only put three in, but if
there was four i would just CRACK and put Johnny Domino in too... I'll put
comments in as well, if you want them, feel free to delete if not!
1. Frankie Machine - ReUnmelt My Heart. Beautiful, heartfelt, musical, and
extremely funny songs that grow and grow every time you listen to them.
Harrowing genius CAN be fun!
2. Bjork - Medulla. RAMPANT imagination, taking one simple rule and then
extrapolating ASTOUNDING sounds and SHACKLING them to wonderful tunes that
MEAN something. Experimentalism CAN be fun!
3. John Otway - Ot-Air. 45 minutes of LOVE. Otway sings about LOVE, his band
PLAY with LOVE, and God help any listener who doesn't love this wonderful
warm generous, open-hearted HERO when they've heard it. A true Godhead of
the Indie Ideal, doing it ALL his way and doing it all with, and i may have
already mentioned this, FUN. Fun CAN be fun!
... and as I say, the other record I've listened to most is "Solid Ground"
by Johnny Domino. Also "London Is Sinking" by Chris T-T, A LOT, but that
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Shirley Lee Spearmint
"Minimum Listening Guarantee" by HOST
"The Futureheads"
"Uh Huh Her" by PJ Harvey |
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Shane Blanchard tasty
Penalyn TEAM
As if by Ghosts Dreamend
We Make Beginnings - The Je ne sais Quoi
Optimism is not a Curse Viva Stereo |
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Steven Drew (Track and Field) futureheads -
futureheads
wilco - a ghost is born
joanna newsom - the milk-eyed mender
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