A 22 year-old Kurt Cobain, finishing up his first album and already thinking about his second, is taking notes...
I can't find any references suggesting Cobain liked or had even heard Hugo Largo. But given his enthusiasm for adjacent bands including REM and the Raincoats, it would make sense
Glam Raiders / Glitter Ravers
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Sampling from *Kenny*'s "The Bump"
(ooh and right at the end a tiny bit of Steppenwolf)
*Space Raiders* almost seem like a belated belch from the bac...
The Avalanches
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*THE AVALANCHES, Since I Left You*
*Uncut, 2001by Simon Reynolds*
You should hear the things people say about The Avalanches: "Basement Jaxx
meets th...
Cale versus Cale
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Flicked past this mellow fellow's elpees in the racks so many times over
the years, always faintly intrigued, but never enough to li...
Hinterlands of Memory
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Here's an interesting book - a specifically Canadian perspective on
hauntology, exploring the nexus of nationality, landscape and memory in
the 1970s...
Naffrofuturist (slight return)
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Around this time, *Sounds* actually had a Futurists Chart in their charts
page. Initially it was compiled by Stevo of Some Bizzare f...
"jumping iz not a crime"
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Kieran Press-Reynolds with a guest piece at Shawn Reynaldo's First Floor,
while the main man takes a vacation. It's a report on "the holy hell of
cursed j...
four favorite riffs
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Not actually my four absolute favorite riffs (Lord alone knows where I'd
start with that) but four *of* my favorite riffs, commented on for The
Wire's *G...
angel delights
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https://rada-ve.bandcamp.com/track/saturn-rings-songs
*Go on* - listen to that gorgeous bubble bath of synthtronica!
Another vintage release, with a vi...
A 22 year-old Kurt Cobain, finishing up his first album and already thinking about his second, is taking notes...
ReplyDeleteI can't find any references suggesting Cobain liked or had even heard Hugo Largo. But given his enthusiasm for adjacent bands including REM and the Raincoats, it would make sense
A real shame that the Hugo Largo albums are out of print and not on streaming services. They deserve to be remembered.
ReplyDeleteThere is a pretty good 1987 show on YouTube, recorded in Hoboken NJ. The cover of Wanted Dead or Alive is fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L79hrhVeGK0
I agree - one of the great lost bands of that era.
Deleteremember the Bon Jovi cover from their live shows - always a treat