#94

Black Love is the greatest album ever made and I will fight* anyone who disagrees

*make empty threats on an internet messageboard to

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#95

Are all you Whigs fans aware of www.allbootsdulli.org? Some incredible live recordings on there. I will dig out some favourites when I’m off the bus.

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#96

Oh yeah, it’s a masterpiece. I think the thing I miss most about oppressively hot and humid summers is driving with that album on.

What a song:

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#97

I had no idea this existed, thank you. I saw him once I think in 2006 with The Twilight Singers and he blew me away, I couldn’t believe how strong his voice was live.

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#98

Black Love is their masterpiece. People will try and tell you it’s Gentlemen, and they mean well, but they’re wrong.

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#99

Still not on Deezer and hadn’t thought to look elsewhere… cos I’m super smart.

Just realised it was your best of that gave me the push to check out Gentlemen and Congregation - cheers. I’ve had a cursory listened to Twilight Singers, off the back of a thread on here (your suggestion too no doubt), but think I got distracted and forgot to go back to it. Need to go back to it and check out Up In It and Black Love too

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#100

I’m glad you’re liking them, it was such a great experience discovering them. Black Love is seriously a masterpiece, if you’re liking Congregation and Gentlemen that’s where I’d go next.

The Twilight Singers albums can be very different from each other but all are excellent.

  • The first one, Twilight as Played By the Twilight Singers, is the most unique and feels like an experimental collaboration - multiple singers, some electronics, a song based on dialogue over a loop, etc. It is brutally sad and amazing, some moments on it are the most intense he’s ever done.
  • Blackberry Belle, feels more like where The Afghan Whigs would have gone next. Lots of pretty, catchy, dark melodies.
  • She Loves You, is an excellent covers record.
  • Powder Burns doesn’t seem to get mentioned a lot, but it’s kind of a masterpiece. If you like In Spades, I think you’ll love this. One of the songs even shares the same piano music as Demon in Profile.
  • Dynamite Steps is harder to describe. Maybe it’s the most dramatic one? It’s also very good.

You really can’t go wrong though. They were quietly one of the top few bands of the past decade.

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#101

It was twilight as played by… I listened to. Thanks for the breakdown. I’ll more than likely listen in chronological order as is (my) tradition

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#102

as promised, some of my favourites off allbootsdulli. These were radio broadcasts rather than illicit taping so the sound quality is decent on all of them

A radio session from 1998
https://www.allbootsdulli.org/shows/211

Stockholm 1996 - features a bit of Housequake and eleven minutes worth of Turn On The Water turning into Gimme Shelter
https://www.allbootsdulli.org/shows/186

Malmo 1999 - Papa Was A Rolling Stone! Faded AND Omerta - The Vampire Lanois in one set!
https://www.allbootsdulli.org/shows/234

and there’s also this, which was a four track promo CD from 1997. Properly amazing, but also frustrating in that you know their label must be sitting on the whole concert and have never released it. Maybe on the 1965 annniversary reissue…
https://www.allbootsdulli.org/shows/206

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#103

Forgot some obvious ones.

Fugazi - The Argument
Underground Lovers - Leaves Me Blind
Self Defense Family - Heaven Is Earth - I’d heard this once or twice before and completely forgot about it, so more of a rediscovery I guess.
Self Defense Family - Indoor Wind Chimes b/w Cottaging
Boris - Feedbacker

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#104

Ah, you’ve moved on to some of the earlier Underground Lovers albums. Good man.

Leaves Me Blind is brilliant, especially if you can imagine it’s 1991 and stil in the early years of shoegaze (though lots of people have expressed surprise when I’ve described them as shoegaze).

Dream It Down is the obvious next step, though that one features much more electronica.

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#105

Midlake - The Courage of Others
Love Tim Smith Midlake and this one didn’t grab me first time round. Maybe its the weather or change of seasons, but it’s really hit home on the revisit

Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
Heard Smoke Signals at the end of some TV Series, and fell in love with this album soon after

Kakkamaddafakka - Hus
Kinda have a soft spot for Scandie bands (MEW, Kent, Mary Onettes etc), so these popped up on my Spotify recommends once upon a time, and their catchy pop quriks are a tonic on a dreary commute - either going or coming from work. Great tuneage

#106

Yeah, it finally showed up on Spotify and I jumped on it, I really liked it right away. Dream It Down is definitely going to be up next. They’ve been one of my favorite discoveries of the past couple years.

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#107

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#108

Got heavily, heavily into Tomorrow’s Harvest this year. Wasn’t a huge fan when it came out but for some reason something clicked. Can’t even remember what made me go out of my way to put it on.

Not even a massive BoC fan, I like them ok but not to the obsessive level that some people get. Just sounds so dystopian to me, I love it. If it was released this year it would be my album of the year no doubt.

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#109

FINALLY I dived into some Cocteau Twins (Treasure/Blue Bell Knoll/Heaven or Las Vegas). I’m a massive Beach House fan and so right up my straße. Think BBK is my favourite.

Also got loads of early R.E.M. too (all records up to Green). Fuck me what a band. The IRS stuff is incredible (as the threads on here are testament).

Oh also rediscovered a load of Prince I’d not listened to for years. Fresh ears give his stuff new perspective…almost like hearing for the first time. My 9 year old son loves him so been rinsing the early stuff at home. Hadn’t realised just quite how much of a jam “Controversy” is.

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#110

Welcome to this most excellent of clubs. Discovered them a few years ago. Might be my best discovery of all time. May I suggest Head Over Heels next

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#111

Yep…will certainly do…have been putting off getting more as want to enjoy these three and not speed myself too thinly if you know what I mean!

#112

One of my all time favourite bands. I endorse @mouth_breather’s recommendation of Head Over Heels - I love the early records when they were still a little bit dark and gothy. Head Over Heels, Treasure and the eps from that period (Sunburst and Snowblind, Pearly Dewdrops Drop, Aikea-Guinea) are some of my favourite ever records.

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#113

Will check out the early stuff thank you. Out of the three I’ve listened to so far, Heaven or Las Vegas is probably my least favourite (still very good mind) but seems to be the most critically
lauded. A bit too…polished maybe?