Hmm, a friend of mine gave me an old His Name Is Alive tape from 1990, and I
really really loved it. Not so much anymore, but worth a mention I think.
Sleepy, dreamy, overly-sweet vocals, kind of in the vein if the Cranes, Bask
Math, My Bloody Valentine on some heavy, heavy sedatives (see footnote). But so
I'm checking out some of their recent stuff on CDNOW and there is a thing from
2001 that is different enough that I'm tempted to think it might be a diffeent
group. But I don't think so. The vocals have come out of the traditional
western melodic straightjacket a bit, and this thing sounds kind of
portis-headish. Ok, so they're still about 7 years late on the bandwagon, but I
think some of you into the neo-soul stuff would dig it. check it out.
(footnote) My Bloody Valentine...now THAT's a band!! I HATE nostaligic rehash
especially when it comes to music, but Loveless is a masterpeice that I still
enjoy listening to, and i still get guilty pleasure from "Drive It All Over Me".
It misses the 80s by 2 years, but WOW what an impressive wall of sound. back
when i played a little 'lectric guitar, they were my favorite stuff to jam out
to. Well, as much jamming out as you can do with a roommate's amp about as big
as a loaf of bread. I also really liked Bettie Servert back in those days. Also
not 80s, Palomine was 1993, (wow i'm off of the off-topic!) but worthwhile for
being pop-ish. what can I say, all I had access to in the 80s was the nuclear
wasteland of pop radio. I will give no energy to trying to justify some of
those atrocities that I listened to for lack of really *anything* else. If a
crappy song plays in the forest and there is no good music to compare it to, a
desperate 12 year old is bound to think it's cool.
Thank you to those people who have posted about some of the lesser-known
currents at the time. It's always interesting to hear about the underground,
undiscovered stuff of decades past. I have always had some interest in the
post-punk, post-prog rock stuff from vaguely around that time, the whole exene
cervenka / diamanda galas / etc scene, although I don't know much about it. I
know very little about the Raincoats, but I remember a cd from them from the
mid-90s, and I think i rememeber reading it had something to do with a trip to
India? I'm reading now that members had spent time living there, but this was a
specific project. anyone got a lead for me?
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