Crime & the City Solution - Zivi v Ljubljani

Same story as yesterday, a Birthday Party offshoot performing live in Ljubljana during the latter part of the Eighties - this time, featuring Mick Harvey, and having featured Rowland S. Howard (he was out before this show). This show was recorded on September 16th 1988 if the Internet is to be trusted, the cassette rip is rather nice sounding (although there really is no need for the FLAC format I found and kept it in, because some people prefer hissy unlistenable bootlegs to be preserved in 10 MB-a-minute formats), so enjoy.

Track listing:

1. All Must Be Love (5:42)
2. The Greater Head (4:24)
3. On Every Train (3:37)
4. Angel (6:09)
5. Stone (4:20)
6. New World (4:43)
7. Hunter (2:45)
8. Dangling Man (4:47)
9. Encore (3:49)

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Zivi v Ljubljani

Here is another one from the FV Music edition of "official bootlegs", featuring Nick Cave during the "Kicking Against the Pricks" tour. The sound quality is mostly rather good, although "Train Long Suffering" and "Wanted Man" unfortunately sound like shit for the most part due to a chewed source tape - I hope modern cassette enthusiasts will appreciate this "warm analogue sound".

Track listing:

1. I'm Gonna Kill That Woman (3:47)
2. Your Funeral, My Trial (4:11)
3. Long Time Man (5:26)
4. Train Long Suffering (3:53)
5. Wanted Man (5:33)
6. The Singer (3:37)
7. All Tomorrow's Parties (5:28)
8. Muddy Water (4:52)
9. I'm Gonna Kill That Woman (dif. source) (3:52)
10. Long Time Man (dif. source) (5:18)
11. All Tomorrow's Parties (dif. source) (5:28)
12. The Singer (dif. source) (3:42)

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Coal Palace Kings - Bovina

The Coal Palace Kings are (were?) a nice country-punk band (that's country as if played by punk rockers, but still country; not really Nine Pound Hammer-type stuff) I know nothing about, and whose one single I accidentally own and enjoy. It's short and sweet so give it a try.

Track listing:

1. Bovina (3:46)
2. It's Too Late (3:44)
3. Middle of the Day (2:29)

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Joe 4 - Live in Sarajevo 2011 + bonus

Joe 4 are a great noise rock band from Croatia, a rare thing these days. Their sound is, to my ears at least, somewhere in the vicinity of Shellac/The Jesus Lizard (foreign), or Why stakla/Cog (Croatian) - and you can do much worse reference-wise, right? They have one 10" record and a compilation appearance out (with a Cog cover, rough mix of which is included here as a bonus track), which you can probably get directly from the band at http://joe4.bandcamp.com; they have also just finished recording their debut LP with a guy called Steve Albini. Google search says he did a Bush record before so expect some really great post-grunge melancholy! For a taster of their music here is a live recording from Sarajevo, quite good sounding but nowhere near actually seeing them live (you can't properly record on tape the fact that the singer is a body builder in short shorts). Thanks to the guys for letting me share this, admittedly not completely representative recording (it seems you can't properly record his voice either), and best of luck to them - although, judging by the amount of effort they are putting in the band, they probably won't need much of it to accomplish whatever it is they want to accomplish (marry Gwen Stefani).

Track listing:

1. Johnny (4:11)
2. Pop Is (3:23)
3. His Profile (3:40)
4. Cards Song (2:29)
5. Pigman (4:09)
6. Simon Says (2:52)
7. Spartacus (4:13)
8. Mars na Ilovu (3:16)
9. Simon (Cog cover - rough mix) (2:59)

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Cog - Live Guranje s litice 29.04.2006

Here's a great-sounding (except for an unfortunately low level of the vocals) show by the great Cog, recorded and preserved by the guy who probably did the most for archiving Croatian '90s underground scene (and beyond), Igor Mihovilovic. It's from the latter part of their career, but it does feature two early "hits", "Belly Dancer" and "Puppet Play", which the bastards never played whenever I saw them past 1998 or so. The legend has it that they have even written a song in English called "Stare" so they could play it when somebody from the crowd yelled "Sviraj stare!" (play the old stuff) - but I haven't come across a recording of that song, and if they did play it, I don't remember (there was usually drinking involved). Thank you, Igor!

Track listing:

1. Intro (0:56)
2. Boombar (2:57)
3. 101 (3:26)
4. Darryl (Tech-Marvel) (4:11)
5. Argo (4:03)
6. Butcher Shop (4:45)
7. Micrographia (3:30)
8. Queen Ann's Revenge (3:45)
9. Puppet Play (2:16)
10. Belly Dancer (1:40)
11. Onvolvo (3:01)
12. Gambler (4:17)
13. Up Anchors, Down Sails (4:36)
14. Truckers and Rrivers (3:42)
15. Level (2:36)
16. These Robes Are Worn By Strangers and Strangers' Sons (3:50)
17. Puppet Play (Soundcheck) (2:03)

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Cosmic Psychos - Live at the Zoo, Brisbane, 23.06.2007

A good-sounding live set from Australia's ugliest band (and that's saying something!). Fourteen songs, fifty-two minutes, no big surprises but tons of classics.

The Cosmic Psychos have been the world's least nice band for nigh on thirty years, issuing wonderful examples of regular-guy misanthropy towards the world for the whole time; "I'm just a man who drank too much", "Damn, I shot the neighbour's cat" and "I don't think the neighbours like me" are all choruses from the same album. If you have managed not to find out about them yet and you do like no-bullshit working class rock, hurry up and hear what you've been missing.

Track listing:

1. Pub (4:09)
2. Mortician (2:51)
3. Lead Me Astray (2:24)
4. I'm Up, You're Out (4:08)
5. Dead in a Ditch (3:54)
6. 20 Pot Screamer (4:28)
7. Dead Roo (3:17)
8. Custom Credit (5:43)
9. Goin' to Hell (3:23)
10. Quarter to Three (4:16)
11. Bee Sting (4:15)
12. Back in Town (2:44)
13. Lost Cause (3:33)
14. Rip 'n' Dig (3:16)

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Killing Joke - 2001 Demos

 

Killing Joke are one of those rare bands to have remained brilliant throughout multiple decades and numerous lineup changes. This is a demo they used to get a contract for their 2003 "comeback" self-titled album after a seven-year hiatus; the album featured drumming by Dave Grohl, should anyone care. After the three songs from the original demo, the archive contains another three tracks, these being UK and Japanese bonus tracks from the album. Enjoy!

Track listing:

1. Loose Cannon (4:16)
2. Future Shock (4:37)
3. Silent Rage (2:54)
4. Inferno (3:38)
5. Zennen (5:38)
6. Wardance (Ultimate Version) (3:29)

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