Blogcritics: Comments on The Friday Morning Listen

Comment by Mark Saleski

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 14:16:59 EST

i think you're right about that tom. so far i haven't been disappointed with anything from that label.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 14:16:41 EST

Yes! Epitaph's "Outside the Law" is on Amazon here - classic! - and Lucifer's Friend's first, and by far best, is here. I just listened to them both again and they haven't aged a day.

Comment by Tom Johnson

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 14:13:54 EST

Mark, it sounds like, based on what you mention there, that you'd probably really like a lot of the Thrill Jockey label's bands. Definitely check out Chicago Underground in one of its forms (Duo, Trio, Quartet, or Orchestra.) All this post-rock stuff is very much informed by krautrock from what I sense.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:52:01 EST

after discovering Neu! i went on a rock instrumental binge: Tuatara, Drums & Tuba, Disco Biscuits, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Tortoise.

Comment by Tom Johnson

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:43:19 EST

I love Neu! Great stuff, so hypnotic. I never realized until recently how much I loved krautrock - all the elements I'd loved in other, newer bands can be traced back to this stuff. It was Porcupine Tree's cover of Neu's "Hallogallo" that finally did the trick (it's on the new bonus-disc version of Signify if anyone's interested,) and eventually I tracked down a copy of Neu 2, then 1 and 75. I've been picking up Can discs whenever I happen upon them, and recently got my hands on the very cool Faust boxset The Wumme Years: 1970-73 to accompany Faust IV and the newer material like You Know FaUSt and Ravvivando. Are Lucifer's Friend and Epitaph still available, Eric?

Comment by Mark Saleski

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:11:56 EST

ya...i know.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:07:13 EST

Cool, but I was thinking more like a post.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:03:09 EST

"Krautrock: from Tangerine Dream to Rammstein"

Comment by Eric Olsen

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12:41:38 EST

There was all kinds of great German music in the '70s, a real flowering, someone should write about it.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12:32:03 EST

i had never even heard of Neu til a friend introduced me to them a while back. there was an article about them in either rs or sping...it's a shame, but that guy Dinger was instrumental in keeping their music out of print for years and years.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12:11:05 EST

M, I love Neu and Krautrock in general. Two German bands from the era (without the electronic component) I love and NEVER hear anyone talk about are Lucifer's Friend and Epitaph - they were both on the Billingsgate label. Lucifer's Friend's first album was like gothic Led Zeppelin and Epitaph had a great double-lead guitar attack both rocking and melodic.