I know free downloads aren't news, but a lot of the Ddevils stuff never came out on CD and thus isn't so easy to find. Head Ddevil Michael Duane resurfaced recently and has posted most of the band's catalog for download here: http://mog.com/dustdevils.
He's also put up a pretty good album by Cha Cha Cohen, the post-Dustdevils group formed by his former bandmate/girlfriend and a guy from the Wedding Present...not sure if he has permission for that one.
Anyway, fans of 80's guitar skree might want to take advantage while the getting's good. Highlights are the cover of The Fall's "Hip Priest", the cover of "Mobo" (originally by Rick Rubin's old old old band Hose), and the not-on-CD "Gutter Light" album. "Struggling Electric & Chemical" is the classic album that (for my money) renders SY's entire career disposable, but it may take years to appreciate this.
― dlp9001 (dlp9001), Sunday, 22 October 2006 21:51 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 22 October 2006 21:54 (nineteen years ago)
― dlp9001 (dlp9001), Sunday, 22 October 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)
― Login Name consigliere (consigliere), Sunday, 22 October 2006 22:09 (nineteen years ago)
― Login Name consigliere (consigliere), Sunday, 22 October 2006 22:10 (nineteen years ago)
― dlp9001 (dlp9001), Sunday, 22 October 2006 22:13 (nineteen years ago)
― sleeve version 2.0 (sleeve testing), Sunday, 22 October 2006 22:55 (nineteen years ago)
Cliched rock-crit hyperbole in this vein is a pet peeve of mine. I fall for it 1/2 the time and am usually quite disappointed. One of the reasons I like ILM is that the participants are more lovers of music than critics, and so I'm not usually sold a false bill of goods on a band. (I'm not saying that you don't sincerely love SE&C, but there's a Hoover hawker somewhere in th' house.)
However, in this case, I bring a solid familiarity with the DDs to the table: I bought SE&C when it was released -- I had and still have the other DDs releases on vinyl -- and while it's a good record, it's inferior to most Sonic Youth albums prior to its release (i.e., SE&C is better than Evol). In my estimation, a better target for comparison would be Live Skull, but regardless, taking a cheap shot at the big kid on the block for the sake of critical puffery is transparent and annoying.
― Shoes say, yeah, no hands clap your good bra. (goodbra), Monday, 23 October 2006 01:56 (nineteen years ago)
Not sure ILM needs any more discourse on SY, especially given the number of different eras of fans of that band, but I find that SY's impact continues to diminish over time, while SE&C doesn't. No doubt production and drumming are large factors, but not the only ones.
Live Skull is definitely there, esp. on the pre-Gutter Light stuff, but I've never much liked Live Skull, so go figure.
― dlp9001 (dlp9001), Monday, 23 October 2006 11:03 (nineteen years ago)
― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Monday, 23 October 2006 12:48 (nineteen years ago)
― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Monday, 23 October 2006 12:49 (nineteen years ago)
After all these years, video finally surfaces on youtube:
Appropriately enough, its hard to make out much of anything. Ok, I have heard their stuff enough that I can pick out the songs, but realistically its unwatchable for any normal person. I'm trying to figure out if that is Wharton Tiers studio, which I've only been in once.
― dlp9001, Friday, 20 March 2009 20:00 (seventeen years ago)