Swirlies - best MBV / SY crossover you haven’t heard, but way better than that
Biosphere - best ambient techno album of the 90s, great samples
New Kingdom - absolutely awesome fuzzy skate hip hop
Bowery Electric - drone with fuzzy beats
Love that 6x7 album, but my cassette version has a different version of For You (with a better opening) than the CD version and I can’t track down the cassette version as an mp3.
Yes, it’s frustrating that he pops up but that they didn’t record anything else - that said, the two albums they did record were fairly distinct styles (different in each case) and it’s hard to imagine them beating them without going more avant garde.
Several of my favourites have already been mentioned (Prolapse, Madder Rose, Blue Aeroplanes, Ultra Vivid Scene), so here are four that have not yet been mentioned:
Is it the single version of For You that’s on streaming services? If you wanted to buy an mp3 you could send Chris a message via Bandcamp to see if he’d stick it up there.
Bit of a cheat since it sort of a compilation, but worth it for “When I first met your ma” alone. This song will make you cry. Aussie’s best songwriter, whos yet to disappear up his own ass like Nick Cave long ago.
Ween - The Mollusk
Undescribable. Like 10 different bands taking the piss but in a good way.
Absolutely love the Wade album. I bought it because of the American Music Club and Red House Painters connection. Idaho are similarly amazing although Jeff Martin has gone quiet, I think he’s doing a lot of soundtrack work.
Me too. Thought I was the only person that owned a copy I saw Idaho once, around the time of year after year (as a 4 piece I think) and they were brilliant.