DOWN UNDERGROUND: December 2009

Thursday, December 31, 2009

For you...I rock the Leprechaun Hand of Death lol :)

(My funny pic of the night)

From all of us here at DU to all you hungry ears out there

Have a Happy & Safe New Year

Top 25 of the decade

As a bit of fun, I thought I'd publish my top 25 albums of the decade. Feel free to chip in with your own/disagree/agree whatever.

Reza

1. Javier Escovedo - City Lights
2. Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal
3. Dead Meadow - Old Growth
4. Witch - Witch
5. Sunn O))) - Black One
6. Boris - Smile
7. At The Drive-In - Relationship In Command
8. Fugazi - The Arguement
9. Gary Louris - Vagabonds
10. Gary Heffern - Consolation
11. Ray Brandes - A Matter Of Time
12. Peter Case - Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John
13. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
14. The Shins - Shutes Too Narrow
15. Grant Hart - Hot Wax
16. Brendan Benson - Lalpalco
17. Son Volt - The Search
18. Jim O'Rourke - Eureka
19. The Stems - Heads Up
20. Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things
21. Elliot Smith - Figure 8
22. Evan Dando - Baby I'm Bored
23. Frances McKee - Sunny Moon
24. Juliana Hatfield - Beautiful Creature
25. Jesu - Conqueror

CRANES - Self-Non-Self '89

Indie/Dream Pop From U.K.

Info Here: Cranes

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V/A - Genève Soif LP '84

Punk Compilation From Switzerland

SIDA/DISKOLOKOSST/YODLER KILLERS/VITRIOL/OSSB/BOUILLONS KNOR/BRUET

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Case - Wheat From The Chaff 7" '83

Punk/Oi! From U.K.

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

THE FACTORY - Smile! 7'' '82

Punk From U.S.

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Roky Erickson - Don't Slander Me '86

Psych/Garage-Rock From U.S.

Info Here:Roky Erickson

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J.F.A. - Mad Garden (EP) '84 & Nowhere Blossoms '88

H/C Punk From U.S.

Info Here:J.F.A.

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Mad Garden
Nowhere Blossoms

Poison Idea - Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes '84

H/C Punk From U.S.

Info Here:Poison Idea

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Husker Du - Metal Circus (EP) '83

H/C Punk/Alt-Rock

Info Here:Husker Du

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The Tell-Tale Hearts - Now sound of...'85

The Stench - Salt Air LP '89

The Rose of Avalanche - In Rock. LP '88

The Rock Stars of Love - Best 3 Out of 2 - '88 LP

The Othermothers - No Place Like Home '85 LP

The Left - Last Train To Hagerstown LP '85

SIXTY-NINE TRIBE - ...last supper relief LP '85

SEX EXECS 12" EP '82

Longshoremen - Walk The Plank LP '86

EXIL - Das Wort Muss Würgen EP '96

Punk From Germany

(former Members Of TURBOSTAAT)

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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton '93

Shoegazing/Dream Pop From U.S.

Info Here:The Swirlies

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(Rather Like a Lo-Fi My Bloody Valentine and one of my favourites of the genre)

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Naz Nomad & The Nightmares - Give Daddy The Knife Cindy '84

Garage-Rock Revival From U.K.

Info Here:Naz Nomad & The Nightmares

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(Side-project of The Damned)

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The Lemonheads - Fan Club Promo '97

Alt-Rock From U.S.

Info Here:The Lemonheads

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J.F.A. - My Movie (EP) '86

H/C Punk From U.S.

Info Here:J.F.A.

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Circle Jerks - Gig (Live) '92

H/C Punk From U.S.

Info Here:Circle Jerks

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Bad Religion - Into The Unknown '83

H/C Punk/Prog-Rock From U.S.

Info Here:Bad Religion

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(Controversial 2nd effort, weird but an intriguing listen nonetheless)

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AKTION SÄGEWERK - Kotz Die Welt An! '98

Punk From Germany

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V/A - We Won't Be Your Fucking Poor 2 LP '85

International Punk Compilation

POST MORTEM/POLITICAL ASYLUM/KULTURKAMPF/DISTRUST/STAGNANT ERA/CORPSE/A.R.A./CONFLICT/DIRGE/THE ASSASSINS/VERTICAL HOLD/KC & THE MOONSHINE BAND/THE FIEND/TOXIC REASONS/SHRAPNEL/REVULSION/NICK TOCZECK/STONE THE CROWZ/DEATH SENTENCE/CLASSIFIED PROTEST/FALLOUT/D.O.A./MIASMA/INDIAN DREAM/SACRILEGE/VIRUS/
ABREACTION/THE WASTE/DIATRIBE/OI POLLOI

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Monday, December 28, 2009

CONSUMERS - All My Friends Are Dead '77

Punk From U.S.

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BASH! - Die Schwierigkeit Ist Das Problem EP '97

Punk From Germany

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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead - The Unreleased Live Album (Bootleg) '87

Folk-Rock/Hard-Rock From U.S.

Info Here:Bob Dylan

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V/A - Where The Pyrmaid Meets The Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson '90

Psych-Rock From U.S.

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The contributors are the people,you and me.
This is the peoples blog (in a non-commie way lol).

It was a choice made due to lack of time on my part and I never believed one mans way should ever be shown for too long.

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They do it for the love ;)
Variety is the spice of life.I hope you enjoy the NEW Down Underground,Your Down Underground.

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