Rolling 2009 Vinyl Thead

Just picked up the Moritz von Oswald Trio LP and the 4 Men with Beards' Vinyl re-issue of Eno/Moebius/Roedelius' "After the Heat".

4 Men with Beards are doing some great reissues.

Alright, well heres some CDs anyway. I went for vinyl but couldn't resist the CD sale.

Aaliyah - Aaliyah
Big star - third/sister lover
Public enemy - fear of a black planet
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$10.00

Recent CD purchases

the beets is one of the only good records on captured tracks imho.

― ian, Thursday, May 21, 2009

an emusic interview with the label's founder got me sampling some of their (digitally-available) stuff. i like it! well, some of it, at least, especially the 80s-homages, e.g., the soft moon's breathe the fire.

dunno about soft moon, but as far as i can tell, the beets is still one of the only good records on captured tracks imho

picked up 3LP A-frames 333 comp today, listening now. so awesome to hear "new" shit from these guys. some of the c. 2007 demos (from aborted 4th lp?) up there with their best. really like the rough, spare feel overall.

i mean rough & spare compared to other a-frames, tho that's a game of inches

dunno about soft moon, but as far as i can tell, the beets is still one of the only good records on captured tracks imho

really? i'm kinda digging a number of this label's titles (at least the :30 samples), e.g., veronica falls; minks; wild nothings; cosmetics; and beach fossils. basically all stuff that taps into a certain 80s memory bank for me (i am old).

upon further investigation, tho, a lot of the other titles are between unmemorable and crappy.

The Beets are actually my least favorite Captured Tracks band! I really like the Dignan Porch LP they did...Fresh and Onlys are great too. Bitters 12" from awhile back is totally worth every penny too. They're very hit or miss though...

yeah, i like what i've heard of that fresh & onlys disc.

The Beets LP was only just OK. This is what I rate as the best stuff so far:

Tim Cohen - Laugh Tracks LP
Wild Nothing - Gemini LP
Beach Fossils - s/t LP
The Fresh & Onlys - August In My Mind 12"
Thee Oh Sees - Dog Poison 12"

doesn't seem like this type of music benefits tremendously from being on vinyl rather than, say, a disc.

i think of the good vinyl stuff as being 70s funk or lush disco or other electronic music. i don't know enough about vinyl, actually.

drunqk posting last night totally forgot about other GREAT captured tracks. fresh & onlys grey-eyed girls LP way up there, better than the beets (much less impressed with their recent 12"). and i like dog poison a lot, though again, it's a small step down from their best recent work. kid romance 7" is cool. haven't liked the bitters, german measles, brilliant colors, mayfair set, gary war, dum dum girls, silk flowers, etc. haven't, at least, liked the stuff i've heard. but there's so fucking much of it! for a label that's only existed for a year, a year and a half, dude's put out an insane amount of shit. and relative to my tastes, quality control is very low. think i just don't quite get sniper's particular 80s fascinations. liked the early blank dogs stuff well enough, but quickly lost interest in keeping up with the onslaught of half-assed material.

didn't know tim cohen has a new LP out. looking fwd to that, as the two sides of tim cohen was one of my favorites of 2009. still bummed that it was received so harshly in certain circles. deserves to be heard by a lot more people.