Drunk On The Pope's Blood: August 2008

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Zero Le Creche - Falling EP & Last Year's Wife 12"

Zero Le Creche was mostly known for their 80's Goth Hit "Last Year's Wife". This is all the material they released with original singer, Andy Nkanza. For Fans of Psychedelic Furs.

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Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting

This is "the" album to check out by the 80's/90's alt band, Concrete Blonde. While this is definetly a "rock" album, it has a definite dark/gothic feel to it. Female Vocals. good stuff.

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Abecedarians - The Other Side Of The Fence

LA based 80's band that sounds a lot like if New Order was heavily synth-driven. Abecedarians were actually signed to Factory Records at one point. "The Other Side of the Fence" is a compilation of early demo tracks and such.

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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Sorry for the lack of updates but I'm in the process of moving, I should be settled by tuesday/wednesday so expect some more updates then.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

The Birthday Party - Drunk On The Pope's Blood

The Birthday Party is easily one of my favorite bands, this is Nick Cave's band before the Bad Seeds. It's hard to classify such a ridiculous band but there are somewhere between goth and no-wave. "Drunk on The Pope's Blood" is a live album that is a pretty good introduction to the band(it includes a cover of the stooge's song Loose). Chances are that you listen to a band that cites The Birthday Party as an influence so you should do yourself a favor and check it out...if you don't like this (or at least appreciate it), then you are probably a jerkoff.

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Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Yes, you are seeing a fucking New Romantic album on here. For those of you who are unaware, New Romantic is some awful combination of glam, new-wave and punk. While that seems super terrible and something that you wouldn't like to hear (which it is normally), Adam and the Ants manage to pull it off on their album "Kings of The Wild Frontier", I highly encourage giving this album a chance...if you end up not liking it, feel free to make fun of me for it. You may or may not recognize the song in the video from the movie SLC Punk.

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Bauhaus - Mask

While this isn't "In The Flat Field", it's still Bauhaus which means it's still awesome. Essential Goth that's a little dancier/poppier than most typical goth albums though.

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Bell Hollow - Foxgloves

some more poppier sounding post-punk. For fans of The Smiths, Echo and The Bunnymen and Psychedelic Furs.

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The Comsat Angels - Waiting For A Miracle

Imagine a poppier version of Joy Division with some keyboards thrown in for good measure.

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X - Under The Big Black Sun

I'm fairly certain that X needs no introduction as most are familiar with the album "Los Angeles" (or have at least heard the title track). I prefer this album though, some good 80's rock.

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