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b Ugh
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Langhorne Slim; Netherfriends.
they were cool. I mean I was pretty crunked at that point, I mean ... No, that was dur- ing the other band ... Yes, I saw them! They were good. Whatever, it was just a bunch of dudes playing loud music. I mean, they were good.
No, I didn’t make out with anyone else. That night. — Champagne Chipotel
MANBITESDOG Demo cassette Self-released
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Hardcore for the hardcore, bro. Recorded in a garbage can and over before you break a sweat going apesh*t over these tasty riffs. There’s enough feedback and tempo chang- es to keep it interesting and that’s all I know. No song titles. No credits. My copy is 92 out of 97.
97?
Just three tracks of something between Minor Threat, Void and solid 90s hardcore influenced by bands like Minor Threat, cer- tain eras of Black Flag, etc. And the cover is a dude getting beaten by cops. Some things
Svenonious had joined a roots rock rockabil- ly band. Slim had his sound down pat back then. He had signed to the going-under major label V2 Records and his album, Be Set Free was a decent enough affair, but it didn’t have the energy of his live show, nor the uniqueness needed to sustain my interest. It was two great songs and eight or so good ones and it was more than pleasant enough.
The Way We Move, Slim’s follow up con- tains no surprises. It’s rockabilly a little bit. It’s 60s pop and soul a little bit, it’s singer- songwriter a little bit. It sounds like nothing on the radio today. It’s nostalgic in all the ways I’m okay with.
If you’re in the same sinking boat: if you continually wonder, when listening to new music why isn’t there anything as good as Cat Stephens these days, then seek out and turn on. The Way We Move could brighten
your day. It did mine.
Netherfriends
Netherfriends Does Nilsson
Self-Released
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— FC
never change.
Langhorne Slim & The Law
The Way We Move
Ramseur Records
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— FC
Sometimes I love this job. From the press release: Coming from an album created solely of Harry Nilsson samples, here’s Netherfriends [...] featuring Chicago rapper Show You Suck. [...] “The Point!” which Nilsson came up with while tripping on acid and staring at the tops of trees and houses realizing everything comes to a point. Ah, the 70’s ... Feel free to share the video as well the album.
I don’t know if Harry Nilsson was really on acid when he conceived the Point but it doesn’t really matter. The nice thing about
I don’t know that I’ll ever forget Lang- horne Slim and the War Eagles in Flagstaff at the Decimal Point years ago. I might not remember the year, but I remember his set blew my hair straight back. It was as if Ian
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