M/Monade

All City

1996

  Sorry folks.  I ran into some technical difficulties here around the house and it's put me a bit behind on posting.  I'll try to keep things at least somewhat regular around here.  I have a whole stack of records sitting here that are going to have to be re-ripped though.  Damn it.  I'll try to be quick about it at least.

M is Dave Pajo.  We all know who he is, right?  He used to play with King Kong and a bunch of other bands.  Nice cut here that also features Rick Rizzo of Eleventh Dream Day on the traps.

Monade was at this point a solo project of Laetitia Sadier. Her main group, Stereolab, is a pretty adequate point of reference, but the music here is a bit more stripped down and looser in structure.  uh, you know, like a solo project.  

M/Monade

Michael Hurley- National Weed Growers Assoc.

Carnage Press

1993

Ol' Snock's been in high rotation around the house this week so I thought I'd post this- 2 live cuts from '91.  It's a little unclear as to who put this out.  On one hand it appears to clearly have been released by Carnage Press.  However the label on the record itself suggests that it is a W.D.T.C.H.C./Father Yod/Amphinomics/Egon/Shagrat/Carnage Press split release.  Whewww.   Anyways, while the A sides ode to the ups and downs of herbal indulgence is plenty sweet, the real treat here is is when Hurley busts out the fiddle on the flip.  Also includes "Tales of Boone & Jocko Vol. X" mini-comic book.

Hit this, Dude

Sugartime- Awestruck b/w Gemini Enemy

Simple Machines

1992

This is the last of the first records I bought when I first got a record player.  A decent enough record, but, to be honest, I was never super into this type of stuff.  This came out on Simple Machines which was a label that embodied the whole early 90's indie/DIY ethic.  Based out of Arlington, VA, the label existed-geographically and musically-between Merge down in North Carolina and Dischord and Teen Beat up in D.C.  While I wasn't that into everything they did (I never cared much for Tsunami for instance), their insistence on making things happen for themselves and the palpable enthusiasm for the bands and labels they worked with was always pretty right on.  Don't know a whole lot about this band.  I just saw another single of theirs a few months back at a record show, so they had at least a few records out.  I think there was a Nice Strong Arm Connection somehow.  Guitar pop that is a little too clean for my tastes, but it's got a big guitar sound and that very up front bass that gives this record a bit more meat than a lot of bands milking this teat.  This is one of those records that when on the rare occasion that I pull it out it always sounds a little better than I remember it.

Awestruck/Gemini Enemy