Oct 25, 2008
A few recent records and shows I sadly missed. . .
I’ve done very little record shopping the past few months, due to both schedules and poverty, but here’s what I’ve been enjoying lately:
- Washington Phillips What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? LP (Mississippi Records)
Other-worldly Christian blues, recorded between 1927 and 1929, played on what sounds like a toy piano. - Bone Awl Not For Our Feet LP (Klaxon Records)
Really powerful, not gimmicky, American black metal. (A Chris Brokaw recommendation.) - Kylesa Time Will Fuse Its Worth LP (Prosthetic/Havoc)
Missed them opening for Pinback, twice! - The Wax Museums s/t LP (Douche-master Records)
For a lot of bands like this, singles seem to be a better format, but fuck me if a whole LP of these guys isn’t entertaining through and through. - Vivian Girls s/t CD (In The Red)
The opposite of the Wax Museums, for me anyway — I think I prefer Vivian Girls in 45 rpm doses. Really great, idiosyncratic recording.
It seems like every band in the world was on tour this Fall. We constantly joked about a festival of all the bands who played across town from the New Year. A few: Future of the Left (w/ Ted Leo), Kylesa (w/ Pinback), The Dead C, Mission of Burma, Les Savy Fav, the Residents, Deerhoof. Yikes.