I absolutely agree with your Dead Can Dance choice. Their first five albums are timeless, the rest of their discography I can happily live without. On the other hand, my favorite Cocteau Twins record has always been their debut album...
I love your videos because you give me a fun evening of sampling some artists/albums that I probably wouldn't have otherwise found. You're also a natural on camera, very pleasant to listen to. Keep it up. I think you're going to have a growth spike in subscribers soon!
Hi Mike, very nice your son is getting into music. My boys never did, neither ever pulled a single album to listen to. Aliens, I saw the first one and that was enough, too much tension putting me on edge. Great movie, I just like to be relaxed more in a theatre lol
This new Alien movie is tense throughout, with some really crazy scenes, but very entertaining and well done. I hope my kids continue to explore new music, and old music, and enjoy it as much as you and I do. Thanks for watching, Steve!
Classic NIN album. The reissues I bought disappointed me. This one looks interesting with the gatefold. Nice Storm the Studio! Never had that Meat Beat one. I just have their Psych Out single. 808 State had some big hits with Pacific State. I really like their 90 album. Cheers man!
Hosanas is a killer album! Heard it for the first time last year picked it up on CD. I need more Killing Joke on vinyl. Nightime and the debut are faves of mine too and Whats this for! Good Rush picks too - Tom Sawyer is timeless.
Never really got into Goldfrapp or Metric. Love Technique (was my first New Order LP) and Republic is maybe my fave overall by them. I need to pick up more Dead Can Dance. Im more of a Breeders fan than Pixies. Good video! I might hop on this idea too. Cheers man
Really enjoyed this video Mike. Great that you went through so many artists. I was waiting for Stereolab 😁 killing Joke Revelations would be my underrated. Dead Can Dance I definitely agree with your best. Cocteau’s I think my best would be Garlands, and yes as suspected my entry point 😁 Very good video, excellent thread idea. Mike
808 State were pretty huge in the UK between 89-91. When every kid in England was holidaying in Ibiza when rave took over the country their track 'Pacific State' became a Bealeric anthem, they had two other huge top tens 'In Your Face' & Cubik' that are both still iconic over here. New Order are incredible, but if I'm honest I love Technique & Substance..but I'm actually hit & miss with the others, its hard to hear BLT & Perfect Kiss not in 12" versions.
Love that Ninety album by 808 State. And Cubik was pretty cool too (did that have A guy Called Gerald still in the group then?) Technique and Republic are my two fave New Orders LPs.
I really envy people who can enjoy New Order, because they are just not for me. Other than few tracks like Blue Monday and True Faith, I don't find their music convincing enough for my taste. For me they represent a huge drop in the level of songwriting considering the perfection of Joy Division's output. It is like night and day...
Really? You don't like their songs "Leave Me Alone", "1963", "Ceremony", "Dreams Never End", "Paradise", "Vanishing Point", "All Day Long", "Dream Attack".
Hey Mike! As I got into electronic music in the mid 1990’s, I bought ‘Subliminal Sandwich’ because I liked the industrial, dub and trip-hop elements in there. Still have my original vinyl copy but haven’t listened in a long time. I haven’t really checked their other albums, but now I want to 😊
I had the same feeling about getting industrial dance stuff or EBM on vinyl Seemed dum but after getting a couple records I changed my mind. They still sound better than the cd versions, when they are dine decent.
Thank you. I really like that Koi No Yokan album because the whole thing is consistently good, without any one song really standing out to me. I also really like Saturday Night Wrist, the self titles album, Diamond Eyes and White Pony. Great band. I'm liking the Crosses project too.
The Blue Nile albums have been reissued recently. As well as A Girl Called Eddy first album, Riverside's One album. Also The Softies vinyl albums are all available on Bandcamp. And their new album too!
Thank you...off-topic...one thing that confusses slightly...in all the time I have been watching your channel, you never mention McCarthy...they were one of my favourite bands around 1985-87 both musically and politically, founded by Tim Gane, with Lætitia joining near the end. I guess McCarthy isn't your thing...or you don't feel strongly enough to speak about them in depth...
I am Matt from Hastings Sussex In the UK and I love punk metal thrash hard rock in fact anything noisy that pisses normal people off. Now since 1981 when I was in my last year at school, I discovered the WARDANCE AND PSYCHE 7-inch single by the amazing KILLING JOKE and I have all there albums that they have done also a few bootlegs and rare live albums. So now at the young age of 58, I love my music now as much as when I was a teenager and I refuse to change for anyone . P S I also love Dead Kennadys P I L METALLICA GBH SLAYER AND MANY OTHER GREAT BANDS.
Speaking of local bands, were you in Gainesville, FL when Holopaw were around? I caught them play once in that town as I passed through a lifetime ago, John Orth had painted his suit and Stetson hat with white house paint, to give an impression à la Hank Williams. They were a respectable local band to have I think...growing up in Northampton, England when I did, we only had Bauhaus, remember them? Funnily Pete Murphy was not aversed to painting himself white. Lovely Irish family, his granny lived near us, and I worked with his cousin in my first job after leaving school...
The only local Gainesville bands I remember while going to school there were N Dolphin, Big Soul, and Aleka's Attic (River Phoenix's band). Bauhaus would have been cool to go see at a local show back then. Thanks for watching!
I totally agree, do the video in one take and accept all the warts that happen during it lol. I thought about summer tag but I’m just too lazy to pull all those albums and then put them away haha. I am watching yours and living my tag through you!
Excellent update as Always! I just ordered what appears to be the last copy of the Pain Teens LP from Trancesyndicate via Discogs. Watching your channel is becoming expensive!!!
Hi Mike, what’s a love ballon? On second thoughts don’t answer that. Seriously though a great selection shown there. I’m enjoying this summer tag. Andy
Lots to like here. I actually bought 'Isnt Anything' on vinyl week of release & its not a great pressing. I showed that repress & it blows it out of the water. An incredible record imo. I'm sure ive commented before but that Scratch Acid ep is a major grail for me. Owners Lament! I bought all the BH albums on Touch & Go, I think the first four are the greatest run of any band. 'Locust' is insane. Everything you've shown is killer.
Thanks, Owners Lament is a great song, everything on that ep is brilliant. Agreed, Locust is an insane album, wish they were still touring. Thanks for the comments!
Spectacular video! I really enjoyed it! Would you please recommend a few Curve sounding SPCECO tracks please. I totally missed them. Keep up the great content!
I would recommend their first 3-4 albums (they have 17) for that familiar Curve sound. As for specific songs, I would say "fallen stars" and "free fall" off Sirens and Satellites, "break it out" and "give you nothing" off the Don't Say EP, and they actually do a cover of a Curve song on the You Tell Me album, the song "left it out" is a cover of "something familiar" from Curve's Come Clean album. Most of their early stuff sounds a lot like Curve. Another great SPC ECO song is "blame", from the "Static Waves 3" compilation. They are so prolific, check out their Bandcamp page, they have hundreds of great songs on there to download.
I would love to see Men Without Hats. I love Safety Dance and Pop Goes The Wolrd but after that I don’t remember any of their songs lol. What a great vacation.
So great to hear about your vacation- New York is amazing to visit, I went to Bleecker Street record before, it’s not there anymore?!! Melanie Martinez is super creative, she likes that vintage creepy aesthetic . I watched and rooted for her when she was on the voice. I got a chance to see her on her first tour which she just had her acoustic guitar and that was it 😂. Great to hear her career is still growing .
I just wanted to share with you my huge recent discovery (since we seem to have similar tastes in music) regarding the band called 'A Flock of Seagulls'. Initially I thought they were a typical one-hit-wonder with their song called 'I Ran', but I gave a listen to their first three albums anyway, hoping to find another gem, and discovered almost 20 songs (!) that are more than awesome. Some of their stuff is almost as dark as the early Clan of Xymox, even though they are a new-wave band. The sad thing is that after the departure of there brilliant guitarist, Paul Reynolds, they never found themselves again (Their fourth album is nothing but mediocre). So I just wanted to know your opinion, do you own their music on vinyl and whether you ever saw them live...Thanks
I have their first 2 albums on vinyl. Haven't listened to them much, but always loved Space Age Love Song. I'll go give them another listen. Thanks for watching!
Mike,on August 23rd 2024,the album "The Moon And The Melodies" has been remastered by Robin Guthrie and is going to be re-issued on CD and vinyl (Matt)
Agree re top 3, all of those albums are uniformly excellent. Blue Bell Knoll is my personal favourite though. For me, it exists as a complete work - just beginning to end it flows like a single beautiful shimmery organism. Marvellous.
Hey Mike I’ve got that Slowdive 5 drum & bass remix EP. Got it for a quid ..it’s ok but hardly essential. I’ve tried with X...& I’ve given up now..we’ve all got those bands haven’t we? 😊 I was in Brighton Saturday & lots of original 90’s pressing starting to hit the racks. I saw Boo Radleys second & Heaven & Las Vegas amongst a few others....just out of my price range unfortunately!
Would love an original pressing of Heaven or Las Vegas. Sorry X hasn't clicked for you. I feel that way about certain bands too, like The Clash or Nick Cave.
lol, be careful of rabbit holes Mike, they will drain your wallet. Cutting back is not easy, I think I have been, but then maybe I haven’t lol. Hahaha on PF, welcome to the why the hell did I need that club! Too funny
I guess I could justify the DSOTM purchase because it truly is one of my all-time favorite albums. Didn't "need" this copy, but really wanted it, so there you go!
Nice that those Slowdive EP's are available. Love their version of Golden Hair & the " Blue Haired " live video is great. The 2 tracks Ray plays on are my favorites on Los Angeles Nausea & The World's A Mess It's In My Kiss. The 2nd album is my favorite. Saw The Chameleons last week. They did Strange Times ( but not the Ep included on the cd & initially LP ) & a few songs from the debut as an encore .. Monkeyland & Second Skin.
I don't know the Chameleons' music. Wild Gift is a great album, but I think prefer their 3rd and 4th, not by much though. Golden Hair sounded great live, one of the highlights of the show.
I listened to some Stereolab the other day since your music taste made me curious, and I wasn't disappointed, it was a pleasant experience. It is actually sequenced music, some of their songs sound as if Kraftwerk were hired to write a soundtrack for old French movies...
