hsu@UICSRD.CSRD.UIUC.EDU (William Tsun-Yuk Hsu) (10/31/86)
< Richard van Hoesal's long posting on all kinds of stuff > Re: Laibach Nova Akropola is a really gripping album, tho John Hogge said it's pretty similar to the live album. How about a review of the 12", John? Re: Melbourne underground I'm interested in hearing industrial/noize/post-punk/hardcore stuff from anywhere. Where do I send money, etc.? You want reviews? You got them... (Warning: these aren't very new! I haven't seen them discussed here tho.) EXECUTIVE SLACKS '85 LP (cover with guys flailing around in saran wrap) Greg Earle keeps raving about these guys so I checked this out at the library. Guitar noise with drum machines (or monotonous drumming), kind of a relaxed dancey Big Black. First few tracks were really boring, then there was this acoustic guitar track (I'm not kidding) then they kick into "The Park". Yow! Everything else is hot. BOURBONESE QUALK THE SPIKE Old Cabaret Voltaire fans who are mourning their demise (musically) can rejoice: the spirit of the old Cab Volt has been reincarnated in Bourbonese Qualk. Superb rhythmic noise; they work with the same kind of material as Hula and add their own flavor to it. HAPPY FLOWERS two 7"s Write Hofboyy for his interview with these guys. Guitar noise and massive feedback accompany songs about all the things that can go wrong when you're a kid. Example titles: "All my toys hate me", "The vacuum cleaner ate Timmy", "All I got for Christmas were clothes" (on the God's Favorite Dog compilation.) Hilarious, but the music is pretty relentless feedback attack and not for the faint hearted. I was waiting for Hof to rave about them since I got the scoop from him, but looks like he's too busy or sth... NO TREND TEEN LOVE 12" Another oldie. When I first picked this up I was going "where have these guys been all my life?" Superb deranged post-punk with very varied sound and good, ummm, "post-modern" lyrics. So began my quest for more No Trend... NO TREND YOUR LOVE 10" with Lydia Lunch Actually I've already No Trend before getting Teen Love, thanks to Doug... Lydia Lunch doesn't really make such a strong impression here. The title song is great, but the rest is not terribly outstanding. NO TREND THE BEAUTY OF DEATH The nadir. The best songs on this are already on the 10". The trademark growling vocals with tasty guitar is still here, but again something is missing. So what other No Trend things should I try? Bill Hsu
hogge@P.CS.UIUC.EDU (John Hogge) (11/02/86)
> Written by hsu@UICSRD.CSRD.UIUC.EDU in uiucdcsp:mod.music.gaffa >/* ---------- "You want reviews? You got them" ---------- */ >Re: Laibach >Nova Akropola is a really gripping album, tho John Hogge said it's >pretty similar to the live album. How about a review of the 12", John? "Pretty similar" is an understatement--The "Live 85 Tour" album, or whatever it is called, *is* a live recording of every cut from the Nova Akropola album--you are listening to a recording of a recording. There are no extra songs, just some minor additional vocals and drums. Get Nova Akropola and ignore the live album, despite what Option says. The Laibach 12" is good, spooky, less polished material similar to N.A. worth while if you like N.A. >BOURBONESE QUALK THE SPIKE >Old Cabaret Voltaire fans who are mourning their demise (musically) can >rejoice: the spirit of the old Cab Volt has been reincarnated in Bourbonese >Qualk. Superb rhythmic noise; they work with the same kind of material as >Hula and add their own flavor to it. Also excellent are their other LP's, "Hope" and "Preparing for Power." Today I picked up Controlled Bleeding's new LP, "Headcrack" on Sterile Records. This is a *great* meld of industrial noise with yuppy meditative "jazz"--so call it Yuppy Noise, of the highest quality. Similar to a'Gruhm...'s Rebearth LP with more machinery and equally good melodic work (but with noise underneath). --John