01-06-2019 FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 1987-1982

Suzanne Vega

01-06-2019 FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 1987-1982  >>Suzanne Vega, Melvins, Peter Gabriel, David Sylvian, Talking Heads, Greg Sage, Felt, Redd Kross, Sonic Youth, Bauhaus, X<<

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1987-1982

Her literate, artful, and intellectual brand of troubadourism rescued the singer/songwriter tradition from the clutches of sentimentality. 
Suzanne Vega
Tom's Diner (Suzanne Vega) 2:11
Luka (Suzanne Vega) 3:51
Ironbound/Fancy Poultry 6:20
from Solitude Standing 1987
The songs on Solitude Standing, Suzanne Vega's second album, had years listed beside them on the lyric sheet, so you could see that some of them dated back to 1978. But that bold admission heralded the album's triumph -- its diversity was what made it so good... On Solitude Standing, however, they became part of an album of story songs set in a variety of musical contexts; many had band arrangements, and in fact, members of Vega's touring band often were credited as co-writers. Additionally, Vega had developed more as a singer without losing the focused intonation that had made her debut -- one of many compelling elements which helped make "Luka," a character song about domestic abuse, a fluke hit.

Pacific Northwest doom-grunge gods who were legendarily Kurt Cobain's favorite band.  The Melvins weren't the first band to acknowledge the heavy metal influences that most left-of-center bands had been trying to shake off since punk rock broke in 1977 (that honor would go to Black Flag on their polarizing 1984 album, My War)...
Melvins
Eye Flys (Buzz Osborne) 6:16
Heater Moves and Eyes (Buzz Osborne) 3:52
Happy Grey or Black (Melvins) 2:01
from Gluey Porch Treatments 1987
The second and last album done with Lukin keeps the Melvins' freak flag flying. Starting with the slow-as-hell "Eye Flys," which, if nothing else, shows off Osbourne's skill at monster soloing while Crover and Lukin play a rhythm that would be too slow even for funerals, Gluey Porch Treatments is, to a large extent, more of the same. Then again, with the possible exception of St. Vitus, not many other bands out there were embracing the love of sludge metal monstrosities as the threesome was (just compare it what Ozzy Osbourne himself was doing at the time)...

Theatrical leader of '70s-era Genesis and a bona fide pop star by the '80s despite his experimental, often exotic, material. As the leader of Genesis in the early '70s, Peter Gabriel helped move progressive rock to new levels of theatricality. He was no less ambitious as a solo artist, but he was more subtle in his methods. With his first eponymous solo album in 1977, he began exploring darker, more cerebral territory, incorporating avant-garde, electronic, and worldbeat influences into his music.
Peter Gabriel 
Red Rain (Peter Gabriel) 5:40
Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel) 6:34
Sledgehammer  (Peter Gabriel) 5:13
from So 1986
Peter Gabriel introduced his fifth studio album, So, with "Sledgehammer," an Otis Redding-inspired soul-pop raver that was easily his catchiest, happiest single to date. Needless to say, it was also his most accessible, and, in that sense it was a good introduction to So, the catchiest, happiest record he ever cut. "Sledgehammer" propelled the record toward blockbuster status, and Gabriel had enough songs with single potential to keep it there...  Even so, those songs are so strong, finding Gabriel in a newfound confidence and accessibility, that it's hard not to be won over by them, even if So doesn't develop the unity of its two predecessors.

25-04-2019 FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 1991-1986

The Jesus Lizard

25-04-2019 FAVTRAX:MiX ~ 33 FAVOURiTE tracks 1991-1986  >>The Jesus Lizard, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Mark Lanegan, David Byrne, Jack Bruce, Cowboy Junkies, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Suzanne Vega, Melvins, Peter Gabriel, David Sylvian<<

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1991-1986

Chicago noise rockers who mask the proficiency and precision of their musicianship with the ravings of their maniacal frontman, David Yow. 
The Jesus Lizard
Then Comes Dudley 4:23
Nub (Duane Denison / The Jesus Lizard / Mac McNeilly / David Wm. Sims / David Yow) 2:30
from Goat 1991
The Jesus Lizard's second album followed in the vein of the first with little immediate variation: loud, excellently produced by Steve Albini, plenty of space in the recording to emphasize the sheer force of McNeilly's drums and Sims' bass, and more besides... The whole album seems like a party in hell, not to mention demonstrative proof that there's still plenty of fun to be had with a basic rock lineup; it's all in the matter of how it's handled.

Eclectic and powerful post-punk band that's steadily evolved under the leadership of one of rock's most celebrated songwriters. 
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Foi Na Cruz (Nick Cave) 5:40
The Good Son (Nick Cave) 6:03
from The Good Son  1990
Losing Wolf, aside from the final reprise of "Lucy," but otherwise making no changes in the line-up, the Seeds followed up Tender

Nick Cave

Prey with the equally brilliant but generally calmer Good Son. At the time of its release there were more than a few comments that Cave had somehow softened or sold out, given how he was more intent on exploring his dark, cabaret pop stylings than his thrashy, explosive side. This not only ignored the constant examples of such quieter material all the way back to From Her to Eternity, but Cave's own constant threads of lyrical darkness, whether in terms of romance or something all the more distressing...

and the Bad Seeds