Red House Painters- Down Colorful Hill
I'm a big fan of depressing music, and Mark Kozelek may be the most talented of the bunch that write these things (and I am not overlooking Elliott Smith). This is not the best thing Kozelek's ever put out; that honor goes to either Rollercoaster or Songs for a Blue Guitar. Sun Kil Moon, his current band, has also released some stuff that rivals this. Still, there are some real winners here, including the awesome "Lord Kill the Pain" and the title track. First RHP album I heard was Rollercoaster, and I think that one's easier to get into right away, but this is really good stuff.
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I'm a big fan of depressing music, and Mark Kozelek may be the most talented of the bunch that write these things (and I am not overlooking Elliott Smith). This is not the best thing Kozelek's ever put out; that honor goes to either Rollercoaster or Songs for a Blue Guitar. Sun Kil Moon, his current band, has also released some stuff that rivals this. Still, there are some real winners here, including the awesome "Lord Kill the Pain" and the title track. First RHP album I heard was Rollercoaster, and I think that one's easier to get into right away, but this is really good stuff.
buy
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Pygmy Lush- Live CD-R
I don't know how these dudes want me to write their name. Pygmy Lush? Pygmylush? Pg.99 had the same problem. No matter. Five or six guys (who happen to make up the best band in existence right now) going into a studio and laying down some quiet jams, including the then-unreleased "Proud King of the Doomed." Everything here could pass for a Pygmylush studio album, but the real treats are two covers: first, a "cover" of Pg.99's "Lonesome Waltz of Leonard Cohen" which totally rules, then an even better cover of the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" which totally sounds like a Pygmylush song. Any collection without Pygmylush is incomplete.
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Witch Hunt- Blood Red States
Witch Hunt play serious punk rock and you should know 'em if you haven't heard them already. Not a whole lot else to say, except that the artwork rules hard.
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I don't know how these dudes want me to write their name. Pygmy Lush? Pygmylush? Pg.99 had the same problem. No matter. Five or six guys (who happen to make up the best band in existence right now) going into a studio and laying down some quiet jams, including the then-unreleased "Proud King of the Doomed." Everything here could pass for a Pygmylush studio album, but the real treats are two covers: first, a "cover" of Pg.99's "Lonesome Waltz of Leonard Cohen" which totally rules, then an even better cover of the Ramones' "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" which totally sounds like a Pygmylush song. Any collection without Pygmylush is incomplete.
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Witch Hunt- Blood Red StatesWitch Hunt play serious punk rock and you should know 'em if you haven't heard them already. Not a whole lot else to say, except that the artwork rules hard.
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