folta@yale-comix.UUCP (Stephen Folta) (05/15/84)
Has anyone out there heard any music by Pallas or Twelfth Night? I've seen their records in the import bin at a local record store, and I know that their supposed to be progressive rock bands, but I'm not willing to shell out the cash for an import if I don't know what it's like. I'd appreciate any reviews anyone could send me. Also, is it true that the new Pallas album is produced by Eddy Offord? Thanks in advance. Stephen Folta (yale-comix|folta)
rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (05/16/84)
> Has anyone out there heard any music by Pallas or Twelfth Night? I've > seen their records in the import bin at a local record store, and I know > that their supposed to be progressive rock bands, but I'm not willing to > shell out the cash for an import if I don't know what it's like. I'd > appreciate any reviews anyone could send me. Also, is it true that the > new Pallas album is produced by Eddy Offord? By "progressive", do you mean something new and innovative that we haven't heard yet (like Magazine or Talking Heads were back in '78), or do you mean following in the footsteps of Yes, ELP, & Genesis. If something's already been done, and somebody else brings it back, that's not progressive. Aside from the already well-known (and well-worn) Residents, Throbbing Gristle, et al., are there any really NEW progressive artists around? Anyone out there know anything about Rhythm & Noise, the new group on Ralph? -- Those responsible for sacking those people who have just been sacked, have been sacked. Rich Rosen pyuxn!rlr
gtaylor@cornell.UUCP (05/17/84)
I imagine that the gentleman who's looking for twelfth night and pallas (surprised he didn't mention Marillion) is using the term in the same way that my wife's collegues in German Literature use the term "modern." as opposed to "contemporary." Rich is correct to wonder out loud about what is "new" out there. Lotsa what's going on at present involves either the repackaging of some old sound or style (REM, the Neats, Lyre, Three o'Clock), serious technological upgrading of the same "small is beautiful" approach that gave us the singer/songwriter in the 70's (Dolby, and in some ways Laurie Anderson...the current apotheosis of artist as "troubador") or the "new" as a catchphrase for the record industry's newly filled coffers. Most of the stuff outside of those basic approaches involve a SERIOUS atavism that make the individuals hard to find, and tough going once located (I'm thinking of the new Black Flag, 23 SKidoo (who I've decided I REALLY am interested in), This Heat, SPK, or Einsturzende Neubauten. For that reason, I find that I'm scanning the pages of OP magazine much more seriously these days, searching for that spark of recognition or tickle of curiousity that says there's something out there worth checking out. It looks to me as if the "ambient" school is taking some really interesting twists and turns these days-moving away from some of the german "new-age" stuff into some ethno territories and collage techniques that wind up producing pieces that remind you of the way that Debussy could write those big, dense fogbanks of humid orchestra. The stuff like that that I'm getting these days for review and personal consumption has been more satisfying than any single sort of music I can think of. If anyone is interested, I could post a sort of listing of what of this stuff I'd say is pretty interesting. Drop me a line. gtaylor
sherouse@unc.UUCP (George W. Sherouse) (05/18/84)
You forgot to mention the art-funk-jazz fad exemplified by
Shreikback and Material. My spine is the bass line.
And you also forgot the quasi-folk-understated-jazz fad as exemplified
by Weekend, The Gist, Young Marble Giants, and 10000 Maniacs.
Searching for mister right.
Both these genres have a lot to offer but seem limited to
the bands whose names I've dropped.
I have this theory about music I want to hear coming in 7
year cycles. If it holds there will be an exciting new sound
real soon now. Think about 1963 - The Beatles make a new noise;
1970 - The King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant axis tunes up;
1977 - Talking Heads, The Ramones, Television, Sex Pistols, Magazine,
Elvis Costello;
1984 - ??? It hasn't happened yet. At least not here.
Does anybody else remember Kew Rhone?
Good tunes to you,
George W. Sherouse
<decvax!mcnc!unc!sherouse>
"I wish I was somethin'.
I wish I was good.
I wish I was made of mahogany wood."