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Medúlla is very cleverly crafted. The sparse instrumentation and use of throat singing and (I'm guessing) treated vocals leads to an altogether different type of album than you'd usually be expecting. Björk is one of those artists who isn't afraid to bend and shape her music into myriad directions. Unfortunately, I didn't much care for it, though! Couldn't find myself humming along to anything here, I'm afraid. I don't mind bits and bobs of her other stuff (early Sugacubes and Army of Me is a belter) but I wouldn't be digging this one out again any time soon. 3/10.

Pup Will Eat Itself Veneration X Status Duo Black Flan Bream Shag 69 UK Pubs Jethro Dull Les MI5 Loft Machine The Jim Talc Talk Faith No Bore Kings of Loon Bee Goes The Lamas & the Papas The Smashing Bumpkins The Grifters The Wonder Stiff Atone Roses The Boasters Demo Arcade Fine Gentle Grant Aphrodite's Chili Moody Glues Joe Division Tools and the Maytals Gary Human Soft Celt Men Without Hams Simple Minks Tubeway Arms Britney Speaks That's more than enough. Probably some duplicates here but I can't be bothered to go through the pages again

Sud Cress Logs D'Amour Prince Tabby Peter Posh Water New York Rolls Johnny Chunders

The Fission Peter Wylie & The Mighty WAX! Sonia Youth Henry Now Iggy Pip The Sisters of Merry Blue Cheek Medicine Heal

Fop Fighters Stink Chef

Dad only had four albums. Two Don Williams, a Dolly Parton and a Greatest Hits of 1973 affair. Mum occasionally tuned in to Radio 2. As to influences, I'd go with my elder cousin who, when we were round Gran's house, would slip his collection of punk singles and albums on the turntable. "Turn that rubbish off!" 😀

I gave it more than one minute and twenty seven seconds Listened to it three times, and there's a couple of half-decent tracks but it never really grew on me. I don't mind a bit of jingly-jangly alt-rock but this had a 'much of a muchness' feel about it, it just meandered along and there was a lack of decent 'hooks' to get hold of. The recording sound is good but the whole album didn't leave a lasting impression. Best tracks - Loosen Up, No Say and Wake the Breathing Light. Overall - 5/10

Congrats @SH73, nice one! 👏

I quite liked Clive Dunn's reggae phase. "Permission to Toast, Sir?" and "They Don't Like It Uptown" are dub classics.

Hello, another member of the 'Disappointed With My Vocal Club' here. Tried to sound scary, ended up sounding like Malcolm McLaren 🙃 Our cheeky little heroine is off to school. Dunno how much work she'll get done, what with the mischievous and otherworldly nature of her classmates. They all seem a bit, well, y'know, rapaciously ravenous. She may well fall in with the wrong crowd, if she hasn't already... Recorded with Wavepad, Audacity and a Roland Micro Cube. Unbranded guitar using open C tuning with some delay in places, P-bass copy, Yamaha YPT240 keyboard, MT Drums and a handful of samples for screams and noises. Vox for those that are interested.

Intriguing. I'm in. Looking forward to getting some Slovenian dub psychobilly with hints of samba 👍

Beatles Special Happiness Is a Warm Nun Yelp! Ciggies Paxman We Can Pork It Out Octopus's Warden Why Don't We Do It In the Toad? Dig a Pond In My Wife A Day In the Lift

Yep, same for Walk Like An Egyptian, Walk This Way, The Way I Walk...and don't mention The Walker Brothers.

Next one up is the Professionals at the Craufurd Arms in Wolverton in early November.

Same here. Ordered tickets in January for the May gig in Corby that was then shunted to November and has now been cancelled altogether, got the news from Ticketmaster the other day. Not happy! Is that the reason? That was the excuse last time around. Their facebook page hadn't said anything about it the last time I looked.

Be rude not to, really.

Extreme punk energy from the Irish social commentator Meryl Streek.

Bravo, @MoonBassAlpha, nice one! 👍

Got rid of the 'Privacy' tab but I'm on a Samsung Android phone and can't clear it. Annoyingly, it covers the text I'm trying to read. Any easy way to get rid of it? This whole, shambolic Ezoics business is getting right up the noses of many Basschatters.

And another for the pile. A rinky-dinky, jingly-jangly, plinky-plonky instrumental to soothe your worries and ease your way when you find yourself walking through a lake dressed as Audrey Hepburn carrying a combustible umbrella. As usual. Just a Sherwood solid-body electric mandolin and a Yamaha YPT-240 keyboard used this time. Recorded with Wavepad and Audacity.

Granny takes a trip.

Yeah, I'm hoping my missus will write mine this month, too

Congrats, Doc 👏 enjoyed that, even if it was slightly unnerving in places! "Bubbles?" 👻

So you can have fun doing stuff like this. Loads of extra tones for that Arabic vibe.

Here's mine, just. Holidays really get in the way of the recording process, don't you find? I nearly went down the route that @Dad3353 took with his nod to The Prisoner, seeing as it's one of my faves (see my profile pic). However, I've swerved into a completely different direction. A strange tale of being pestered by an annoying git who, for some reason, wants to ruin your day. 4 string cigar box guitar, 5 string guitar à la Keith Richards, cheapo Spider brand bass and MT drums. Recorded using Wavepad and Audacity.