P.O.D.- The Fundamental Elements of Southtown (1999) Best song: Freestyle44. No Knife- Fire in the City of Automatons. Brandtson- Fallen Star Collection (1999) Best song: Summer in St. Rage Against the Machine- The Battle of Los Angeles. This way more great albums are mentioned, and my favorite artists don’t dominate the list.' Raspberry Jam- Oceanic (1995) Best song: Easter49. So I made a rule than an artist can only have one album in the top 50. As originally mentioned in my best of the 2000's post, here are the rules:'When I decided to make a list of my 50 favorite albums of this decade, I needed some way to narrow the field. Then of course there was that amazing find a couple weeks ago. Just this week I found that and his band has much of their back catalog up. I am having trouble keeping track of all the great old stuff I am finding on there. The is essential if you are familiar with that band.Lastly, let me just say that Bandcamp is tremendous. Bands include Sometime Sunday, the Clergy, Pep Squad, The Five O'Clock People, and another compilation called Songs from the Rain Factory that has songs from Poor Old Lu, Don't Know, and others.
I took pictures of this show but the quality is pretty poor (someday I'll scan them anyway).On this same Bandcamp page you can listen to or download a ton of music that only previously was available on cassette. The Ace of Clubs show is notable because that same night at the same location I saw Poor Old Lu, Mortal, Seven Day Jesus, Dimestore Prophets, PlankEye and Black Eyed Sceva. Not only are all the lyrics inspired by Star Wars, the band members (many of whom were also in Sometime Sunday) dressed as Star Wars characters for every show.I was fortunate enough to see Twin Sister in concert twice in 1996, once at the Crush Warehouse in Birmingham, and once at the Ace of Clubs in Nashville. The tracks most intriguing to me are from Twin Sister, and the entire Twin Sister album (which I couldn't even find myself in the 90's) is also streaming or downloadable for 99 cents (and I am about to buy it):Twin Sister by Twin SisterAs you can see, Twin Sister is a Star Wars band. I think maybe I owned this comp at some point, but it has been 15 years since I have seen or heard it.Bronzspondi: Push Compilation - Volume One by Various ArtistsNot only is the Bronzspondi compilation online, that Bandcamp page has dozens of obscure releases from the 1990's Portland underground scene. The search quickly led me to, which has the entire Bronzspondi compilation streaming or you can download all 14 songs for 99 cents. One of the comments I got today mentioned the Bronzspondi compilation, and how it was relevant to my list.I had to Google 'Bronzspondi', as it seemed familiar, but I couldn't place it. I published my last week, and it's been a popular post. Surprisingly, very little about faith so far or at least explicit faith and belief.The present. Writing mostly about memory and understanding of the past, the problems of repeating the past, etc. Wrote these in more or less a month and hope to push on toward five or six more soon. 'Parallel Love', 'The War on Women', 'Courage, Courage', 'Don't Feel Bad If You Don't Feel Better Right Away', and 'You Must Change Your Life'.Ĭame together remarkably quickly. I have written and worked out five songs for what might be a new Luxury record, if it gets funded. Three days, more of less, of loud music and then the quiet and simplicity of liturgical services.
Hard to push those worlds together at times but we managed. Spent the last week in Atlanta with a dual purpose: playing some new Luxury songs and attending a clergy conference. See you soon.2013:From :Tuesday, February 12. You just never know how these things will go. Sorting through a lot of ideas and desires but not very good words yet.
Working with the fellas on seeing if a new Luxury record is possible.