The Wake's Here Comes Everybody is one of the best (and most overlooked) jangle records ever, personally.
First two Dumptrucks are good dark jangle. For the Country would be my pick of their three initial albums, though it's more Neil Young than R.E.M.
And, finally, it's a very pleasant surprise to see an Ocean Blue mention by someone besides me. Those first three albums are definitely personal classics.
One of my favorite jangle records ever is an Ocean Blue-affiliated album by the band Riverside. Their first album, titled One, was produced by Steve Lau and was released in 1992, but still fits right in with this topic.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 01:52 (six years ago) link
No Smithereens on this whole thread!
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 01:59 (six years ago) link
Because the Smithereens were cold garbage.
― bumbling my way toward the light or wahtever (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 08:01 (six years ago) link
Let’s Active - Every Dog Has Its Day has aged well.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 09:59 (six years ago) link
Finally heard 28th Day for the first time this week. So good!!!
― cwkiii, Friday, 19 January 2018 02:23 (six years ago) link
Oh yes. And from there, go explore Barbara Manning's solo catalog, starting with "Lately I Keep Scissors".
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 19 January 2018 16:20 (six years ago) link
Great name! Conjurs thin cheap jackets or people with too much intestinal air.― Gorge, Friday, July 25, 2008 2:03 PM (nine years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Gorge, Friday, July 25, 2008 2:03 PM (nine years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ctrl-f'd 'too much' hoping to find a Too Much Joy reference and this is how I'm rewarded.
― how's life, Friday, 19 January 2018 16:44 (six years ago) link
1978 but you'd be missing out if you never heard this. one of my all-time favourite 7". B-side is excellent too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nml0v-GlHw
― + +, Friday, 19 January 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
"Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever"
never heard them. thanks. just added a video to the aussie jangle/guitar playlist i made yesterday. based on a lot of names i got off of ilm a couple of years ago from someone here.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4uJu4UGWv-Rn0YA53IvBEQTcxQ2E0u1n
― scott seward, Friday, 19 January 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
all 21st century stuff though. not 80s.
― scott seward, Friday, 19 January 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link
Wygals, "Sleep With Angels." I think that's the title.
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, July 13, 2005 RIP, Rickey! He was a good music mag/paper writer, good ilxor too. The Wygals-related Individuals were one of those Hoboken bands, in fact I think they were among the Hoboken 3 (play on name of Frankie Sinatra's noob vocal group), with the dB's and Bongos. Fields/Aquamarine was the twofer reissue this century. Best track: "Asleep in your bed/I'm drunk in the fields/(Janet Wygal chimes in)I walk by your houuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse."
― dow, Friday, 19 January 2018 18:27 (six years ago) link
I like this live version too, though the sound is rougher:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeLXNPfjZVg
― dow, Friday, 19 January 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link
"Wygals-inclusive," I might as well have said, since Doug & Janet were both Individuals.
― dow, Friday, 19 January 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
Oh man, Sick Bug is a good song but they have better. Try The French Press, or my favorite of all, Heard You're Moving. Or maybe Write Back. Holy mackerel they are so good.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 19 January 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
man, one of my favorite hometown bands, Primitons, got a small reissue a couple of years back, I know TWAS was a fan as well:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9kVlsdIsQw
― campreverb, Friday, 19 January 2018 19:07 (six years ago) link
chuck warner put out the first primitons EP so it is everywhere around here.
― scott seward, Friday, 19 January 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
we are throbbing lobster-heavy in western mass.
― scott seward, Friday, 19 January 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
Primitons and The Ho-Ho Men were both descendants of Jim Bob And The Leisure Suits, though I don't remember how well any of them would fit any notion of jangle.
― dow, Friday, 19 January 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
well the ep was produced by Mitch Easter, which is like definition of jangle, right? haha.this is a fun thread.
― campreverb, Friday, 19 January 2018 22:47 (six years ago) link
like a lot of these comps it's certainly not all essential stuff but there's some good stuffhttps://capturedtracks.com/captured-tracks-announces-strum-thrum-the-american-jangle-underground-1983-1987/
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 December 2020 23:39 (three years ago) link
Will definitely co-sign that. One of my favorite releases of the year.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 5 December 2020 00:13 (three years ago) link
yup yup
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 00:14 (three years ago) link
I like both kinds of music, early Byrds and early REM!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 5 December 2020 00:40 (three years ago) link
jangle is just a good sound, love the jangle
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― xzanfar, Saturday, 5 December 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
I see no recommendations for The Hummingbirds so I will make one here
― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 5 December 2020 01:02 (three years ago) link
https://www.discogs.com/The-Vulgar-Boatmen-You-And-Your-Sister/master/259070
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
Good interview here with the Captured Tracks guy.
https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2020/12/03/strum-thrum-the-american-jangle-underground-1983-1987/
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 5 December 2020 01:12 (three years ago) link
xpost, You & Your Sister from the Vulgar Boatmen is always a good recommendation
― that's not my post, Saturday, 5 December 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
Seconded or thirded.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 December 2020 03:04 (three years ago) link
IMO their earlier Indiana-only post-Gizmos iteration Right To Left is even better:
https://musicalfamilytree.com/band/right_to_left
(6-track studio recording not on Discogs or released aside from demo tape, which kills me)
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 03:05 (three years ago) link
Also no mention of the Field Mice or any of Bobby Wratten's other endeavours yet. That's being rectified right now.☺
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 5 December 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
(to be clear the Right To Left link I posted is a live show from 1988, the studio demo tape remains unreleased)
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 03:45 (three years ago) link
Had not heard of Right To Left, Field Mice, Bobby Wratten! Have just now skimmed this review of the recent Captured Tracks comp cited upthread: once past "Proustian" and some other attempts at pre-summary, there are appealing descriptions of tracks, which range from shiny happy people to shadow patrols, apparently:https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-strum-and-thrum-the-american-jangle-underground-1983-1987/
― dow, Saturday, 5 December 2020 04:36 (three years ago) link
This is the "pitchfork sucks" topic, so I feel like it's okay to admit that I (Andy, to be certain) have actually liked some of their features and their twee one is kind of a classic, as far as I'm concerned: https://pitchfork.com/features/article/6176-twee-as-fuck
(It's Nitsuh, so of course it's great.)
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 5 December 2020 04:52 (three years ago) link
Sorry, that should read this is NOT the "pitchfork sucks" topic.
dow here's the only official recording with the Right To Left band:
https://www.discogs.com/Various-Black-Brittle-Frisbee/release/3668588
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Saturday, 5 December 2020 05:03 (three years ago) link
saw the link about the captured tracks anthology and thought "i bet they don't have crippled pilgrims" but looky there, they have crippled pilgrims!
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 5 December 2020 05:17 (three years ago) link
this is a good comp ... the R.E.M. imitation is sometimes fierce, but it sounds fine now
― Brad C., Saturday, 5 December 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, December 4, 2020 10:43 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
"Bobby"??!! Sorry but no way can Robert Wratten pull off "Bobby" :)
― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 5 December 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
Not even ironically
― Deflatormouse, Saturday, 5 December 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
It's what he prefers.☺
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 6 December 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
Sundays have loads of jangle but should probably technically shelved under 90s
― that is how it crumbles cookiewise (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 6 December 2020 01:03 (three years ago) link
There are some great recommendations and discoveries on this thread. How did the Vulgar Boatmen pass me by? I second The Hummingbirds, a fantastic band - so sad that Simon Holmes is no longer with us.
― Grantman, Monday, 7 December 2020 11:03 (three years ago) link
Vulgar Boatmen so good. Like a Motorik Everly Brothers.
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 22:54 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRP5_sLI6Lc
― Robert Gotopieces (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 December 2020 23:03 (three years ago) link
^^ yeah that one is all time, so good
― howls of non-specificity (sleeve), Friday, 11 December 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
dude sounds a bit like Neil Finn there
― Dr. Dreidel (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 11 December 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
The little pause before the cymbal hits in the 'chorus' are the very best thing.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 12 December 2020 14:08 (three years ago) link
Wow, wow, wow.
I used to have the mp3's of this Brazilian band. So excellent, you have to hear it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP0mbHEz0kk
― Totally Insane Police State, 90210 (I M Losted), Monday, 18 January 2021 15:39 (three years ago) link