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IS THIS IT - THE STROKES

i’m really late to this party (it was made 9 years before i was born) but what a good album

@killcharlie

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on this date in 1981, the psychedelic furs put out "talk talk talk" and my whole world turned upside down

Acoustic guitars! What?!? I’m pretty sure that very early teenage me thought this intro was amazing. So when the Electric Guitar and Drums enter, they do so with Aplomb. To put it mildly. The guitar is HUGE. The riff is HUGE. All Of This And Nothing - the band’s most ambitious piece, at that juncture. 6 minutes 23 seconds. A phonebook full of accidents A girl to drive your car A suit to wear on Mondays And a coat a magazine A heavy rain a holiday A painting of the wall A knife, a fork and memories A light to see it all You didn't leave me anything That I can understand It’s pretty great, really great, and then, well, it doesn’t *quite* deliver the money shot. Hey, I never meant that stuff I want to turn you round But then the final, excellent conclusion Now I'm left with all of this A room full of your trash Maybe a touch too much sax, but lovely. The band that refuses to be a rock pop band makes an almost perfect rock pop album. I'm pretty sure my first band started almost right after this. I couldn't play for shit, but then, I didn't NEED to.

@coreydubrowa

Jun 6, 2025

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released on this date 1989: the stone roses, "fool's gold"

aka the best "plenty of time to put this one on, leave the booth, go to the bar, get back for the next" track of all time. your favorite DJ's favorite deep cut, all nearly-ten-minutes of it.

@coreydubrowa

Nov 13, 2024

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“We had to let you have it” - Noir

This is one of the greatest proto-psych rock albums of all time. 1971. Bunch of 1st generation black British dudes from former colonies. Crazy album and crazy story. They disappeared as the album was nearing completion. There was no follow up album, no nothing, they never reappeared. The name of the album comes from the fact that the label decided to put the music out after not being able to find them for a while because it was so good that “We Had To Let You Have It”. I know this because I have an original copy on vinyl and there is a handwritten note printed on a piece of paper inside the sleeve. The track “Rain” is for my money one of the best songs written in this genre from that era. If they had been a popular band, I think it would be considered a classic. Also, I dare you to listen to the song “The System” and tell me Lynyrd Skynyrd didn’t lift the main lick of the Free Bird solo from it. Yeah, I said it.