Michael Gregory Bridavsky wrote:i think Nina Nastasia's "Blackened Air" is the best sounding recording I have ever heard. It is astounding.

I'm not going to argue too strongly with this.

One of my faves is the terribly unpopular 'Comfort' by Failure.

Low - Things We Lost In The Fire.

That's some good work there.

Rodabod wrote:

stewie wrote:

Gramsci wrote:Oh Christ, they're Irish...

Thankfully, they're one of the only 2 good Irish bands. And the other one isn't U2, The Cranberries, or the fucking Corrs.

Stewie, do you not like Therapy?(?)

I was listening to Troublegum last night.

Therapy? were great up until Nurse - but Troublegum (and onwards) didn't do it for me. Fyfe was such a great goddamn drummer though. I was so sad to see him leave that band.

Their first 2 EPs are just great too.

Nurse was good, and I have to agree, the only good thing about them was Fyfe.

My Bloody Valentine were irish wernt they?

Therapy? were from Northern Ireland. I believe this makes a difference, yes?

I liked "Born in a Crash" or something.

Bartok wrote:Nurse was good, and I have to agree, the only good thing about them was Fyfe.

My Bloody Valentine were irish wernt they?

Ahh crap. There's another one. Although Belinda Butcher was English though...

...ok, but APART from The Frames, Therapy?, The Dudley Corporation, My Bloody Valentine, the aquaducts, drinkable water and public health, what have the Irish done for rock?

and to be fair, Therapy's first EP sounds like kids ripping off Rapeman.

All the SKWM discs recorded with Steve sound great in their own way--from the other-side-of-the-gym drums on Developer's "Give Me Some Skin" to the ultra-dry and in-your-face It'll Be Cool, and the just plain perfect sounding Libertine. (RIP, spoot.)

To pick favorite recordings--the two I use as reference discs--it'd have to be Joel R.L. Phelps/The Downer Trio's 3 and Bedhead's Transaction de Novo. Both gorgeous.

For Bob's work, I'm a real sucker for the Coctails' Peel. Pretty much everything about that record is exactly right.

run joe, run wrote:

Michael Gregory Bridavsky wrote:i think Nina Nastasia's "Blackened Air" is the best sounding recording I have ever heard. It is astounding.

I'm not going to argue too strongly with this.

3 of 28 agree. Nina is best.