Sneer's Emporium of Sound

Greydon · 06-18-2009, 11:31 AM

Some pretty great albums in here, I'm glad you decided to continue.

dac · 06-18-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu

Rack & Ruin records

You'll notice i included the incorrect album art in my review, the correct art was hard to find. Just right click on the thumbnails (i strongly recommend you acquire Yykes Basket too)

I listened to it and I must say, I have no idea what I heard. Never heard anything quite like it, so it'll definitely take a couple more listens before I can really pass judgement.

Sneer · 06-19-2009, 05:52 AM

Do, once you get past the quagmire of styles and noise you'll realise they're actually very well crafted songs. It took me a few litens but i love it now, best thing out of Ireland in years.

Rackandruin · 07-15-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Stu

You'll notice i included the incorrect album art in my review, the correct art was hard to find. Just right click on the thumbnails (i strongly recommend you acquire Yykes Basket too)

Thanks for the mention Stu!

Everything on the site is free, and Dublin Duck Dispensary have a number of other albums/EPs on there that you can download.

There are an awful lot of other bands that you may enjoy if DDD are your thing. Perhaps check out "Never mind the brollies", which is a various artists collection.

Cheers again

Dean

Sneer · 10-22-2009, 10:37 AM

Acid Eater
Virulent Fuzz Punk A.C.I.D

Havent updated this for a while, so i'll reconvene with an album i've been rinsing lately.

Now, i don't know too much about this band apart from the fact they're Japanese musicians with a penchant for 60's Garage Rock and Organs. Their influences, coupled with their own approach to musicianship and recording, make this album an enthralling album from start to finish.

As you may be able to ascertain from the album title, this is 40 minutes of acidic, fuzzy punk bordering on dementia, turned up to 11. The songs exude a dynamism, aided by simple yet measured guitar/drum salvos to the relentless drive of a throbbing bass guitar. The added pleasure of an organ mischievously twisting and weaving through, what are essentially straight up punk songs, make it an engrossing, all consuming listen.

Interspersed along the way are glitches, screeches and bleeps, as well as extented psychedelic jams, all of which are executed in the same frenetic, raucous aesthetic. this may to some be the albums downfall. For listeners who love an album to be a work of art; full of texture, mood and swoops and soars this may not appeal. It starts fast and ends fast. The lo-fi, distorted production may as well detract some listeners, it is at times too much. But if you clear your mind of all thoughts, get comfy and just play it the whole way through i believe you'll find it rewarding.

For all the fuzz, aggression and ear splitting noise there are well crafted songs underneath it all, laden with captivating hooks and riffs that will bring a smile to your face. So i dare you to give it a listen (at full volume of course).

music_phantom13 · 10-26-2009, 10:24 PM

And sadly nobody responded. But I will.

I'm terribly sorry I missed this, I love the Feelies, the Unicorns, the Kills, Autolux, Cannibal Ox, and Pavement and intend to look some more of the albums in here. I tried to do a top 100 once. Then I realized it's impossible, by the time I finished a top 100 my favorite 100 albums would have already changed. Sadly, I just stopped writing reviews altogether. Which is not what you should do, although no one's responding. I'm interested to see what else you have to put up

Oh and I think you might be the only on other person on here that likes The Railcars.

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 10-26-2009, 10:44 PM

acid eater sounds pretty sick. a large part of my favourite bands are japanese, so my expectations are high... downloading that album now.

Fruitonica · 10-27-2009, 05:40 AM

Oh man, that organ is too cool. Everything is just slathered in a fuzz groove and brilliantly chaotic but the organ is screechy clear. That instrument is the album's hook.

Really enjoying it, although the production is so low-fi it kind of strips the songs of a unique identity.

Sneer · 11-18-2009, 10:57 AM

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone

Answer Machine Music

Owen Ashworth is, in my view, an overlooked genius, deserving of the highest echelons of acclaim and reverence. Unfortunately he seems destined to skulk along the outskirts of public consciousness, much to the public's loss.

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone is his solo project, and you realise the aptitude of the name after only one listen of this 1999 debut. Answer Machine Music is stark, intimate, raw and strangely ethereal. Literally utilising only a casio keyboard and drum machine, Ashworth delves deep into the human condition with tales of moribund, day to day occurences, swathed under the glow of the melancholic midnight moon. Loneliness, alienation, aspiration and despondancy are all prevalent features of the piece, told to the tune of twinkling casio parts exuding atmosphere and mood as confrontaitonal, 80's drumbeats propel the songs forward.

Interspersed with the poignancy of the lyrics is a wry humour that effectively connotes the mundaness of what Ashworth is documenting. Yet, conversely, he has the fantastic ability to conjure up a magical sentimentality, freezing the most intimate, persoinal instances of human existence like the capture of a still, black and white photograph.

If you like your music to be deeply affecting and personal, this will surely titillate. It's an album so raw and rudementary in one way, yet so melodious and beautifully atmospheric at the same time. With songs that sound like they've come from an answering machine, i defy anybody that doesnt in some way identify with what this genius of a songwriter is saying.

Do it.

Sneer · 11-19-2009, 03:55 PM

The Exploding Hearts
Guitar Romantic

The Exploding Hearts are a real tragedy. Almost immediately after releasing their one and only album, Guitar Romantic, three of the four band members died in a horrific car accident. Judging from the legacy they left behind, one can only dream of what they could have acheived. Alas, all that is left is this gloriously rambunctious album.

Clocking in at just under 30 minutes, this a rip-roaring, effortlessly energetic piece full to the brim with some of most joyous hooks and choruses you'll ever hear. Drawing influences from The Buzz****s, The Only Ones and New York Dolls, the band plays a brand of Punk Rock bordering on Power Pop with absolute abandon. There is no fear, no holding back - just the sound of sheer enjoyment and excitement.

This isnt to say the album lacks any discipline or measure. These four young guys were evidently masters of the pop song as an art-form. There isnt a wasted note as the band go straight for the gonads, pummelling the listener with distorted hook after distorted hook as lead singer Adam Cox howls licentious tales of adolescence.

Songs such as Modern Kicks and Rumours in Town are, to me, pop perfection, taking you back to the best material the Buzz****s and New York Dolls could muster.

This album will make you feel alive. There is no better way to put it.

06-19-2009, 05:52 AM	#113 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	Do, once you get past the quagmire of styles and noise you'll realise they're actually very well crafted songs. It took me a few litens but i love it now, best thing out of Ireland in years. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

10-22-2009, 10:37 AM	#115 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	Acid Eater Virulent Fuzz Punk A.C.I.D Havent updated this for a while, so i'll reconvene with an album i've been rinsing lately. Now, i don't know too much about this band apart from the fact they're Japanese musicians with a penchant for 60's Garage Rock and Organs. Their influences, coupled with their own approach to musicianship and recording, make this album an enthralling album from start to finish. As you may be able to ascertain from the album title, this is 40 minutes of acidic, fuzzy punk bordering on dementia, turned up to 11. The songs exude a dynamism, aided by simple yet measured guitar/drum salvos to the relentless drive of a throbbing bass guitar. The added pleasure of an organ mischievously twisting and weaving through, what are essentially straight up punk songs, make it an engrossing, all consuming listen. Interspersed along the way are glitches, screeches and bleeps, as well as extented psychedelic jams, all of which are executed in the same frenetic, raucous aesthetic. this may to some be the albums downfall. For listeners who love an album to be a work of art; full of texture, mood and swoops and soars this may not appeal. It starts fast and ends fast. The lo-fi, distorted production may as well detract some listeners, it is at times too much. But if you clear your mind of all thoughts, get comfy and just play it the whole way through i believe you'll find it rewarding. For all the fuzz, aggression and ear splitting noise there are well crafted songs underneath it all, laden with captivating hooks and riffs that will bring a smile to your face. So i dare you to give it a listen (at full volume of course). __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

10-26-2009, 10:44 PM	#117 (permalink)
~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: VAN Posts: 2,530	acid eater sounds pretty sick. a large part of my favourite bands are japanese, so my expectations are high... downloading that album now. Last edited by CAPTAIN CAVEMAN; 10-27-2009 at 08:55 PM.

11-18-2009, 10:57 AM	#119 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	Casiotone For The Painfully Alone Answer Machine Music Owen Ashworth is, in my view, an overlooked genius, deserving of the highest echelons of acclaim and reverence. Unfortunately he seems destined to skulk along the outskirts of public consciousness, much to the public's loss. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone is his solo project, and you realise the aptitude of the name after only one listen of this 1999 debut. Answer Machine Music is stark, intimate, raw and strangely ethereal. Literally utilising only a casio keyboard and drum machine, Ashworth delves deep into the human condition with tales of moribund, day to day occurences, swathed under the glow of the melancholic midnight moon. Loneliness, alienation, aspiration and despondancy are all prevalent features of the piece, told to the tune of twinkling casio parts exuding atmosphere and mood as confrontaitonal, 80's drumbeats propel the songs forward. Interspersed with the poignancy of the lyrics is a wry humour that effectively connotes the mundaness of what Ashworth is documenting. Yet, conversely, he has the fantastic ability to conjure up a magical sentimentality, freezing the most intimate, persoinal instances of human existence like the capture of a still, black and white photograph. If you like your music to be deeply affecting and personal, this will surely titillate. It's an album so raw and rudementary in one way, yet so melodious and beautifully atmospheric at the same time. With songs that sound like they've come from an answering machine, i defy anybody that doesnt in some way identify with what this genius of a songwriter is saying. Do it. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

11-19-2009, 03:55 PM	#120 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	The Exploding Hearts Guitar Romantic The Exploding Hearts are a real tragedy. Almost immediately after releasing their one and only album, Guitar Romantic, three of the four band members died in a horrific car accident. Judging from the legacy they left behind, one can only dream of what they could have acheived. Alas, all that is left is this gloriously rambunctious album. Clocking in at just under 30 minutes, this a rip-roaring, effortlessly energetic piece full to the brim with some of most joyous hooks and choruses you'll ever hear. Drawing influences from The Buzz**s, The Only Ones and New York Dolls, the band plays a brand of Punk Rock bordering on Power Pop with absolute abandon. There is no fear, no holding back - just the sound of sheer enjoyment and excitement. This isnt to say the album lacks any discipline or measure. These four young guys were evidently masters of the pop song as an art-form. There isnt a wasted note as the band go straight for the gonads, pummelling the listener with distorted hook after distorted hook as lead singer Adam Cox howls licentious tales of adolescence. Songs such as Modern Kicks and Rumours in Town are, to me, pop perfection, taking you back to the best material the Buzzs and New York Dolls could muster. This album will make you feel alive. There is no better way to put it. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show**

06-18-2009, 11:31 AM	#111 (permalink)
Greydon Groupie Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 24	Some pretty great albums in here, I'm glad you decided to continue.

10-26-2009, 10:24 PM	#116 (permalink)
music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	And sadly nobody responded. But I will. I'm terribly sorry I missed this, I love the Feelies, the Unicorns, the Kills, Autolux, Cannibal Ox, and Pavement and intend to look some more of the albums in here. I tried to do a top 100 once. Then I realized it's impossible, by the time I finished a top 100 my favorite 100 albums would have already changed. Sadly, I just stopped writing reviews altogether. Which is not what you should do, although no one's responding. I'm interested to see what else you have to put up Oh and I think you might be the only on other person on here that likes The Railcars.

10-27-2009, 05:40 AM	#118 (permalink)
Fruitonica Pale and Wan Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Aus Posts: 917	Oh man, that organ is too cool. Everything is just slathered in a fuzz groove and brilliantly chaotic but the organ is screechy clear. That instrument is the album's hook. Really enjoying it, although the production is so low-fi it kind of strips the songs of a unique identity.