Heartland

Lech Janerka
The Sisters of ....
QotSA

The Best Band In The World (do I need to say more?)

and lots of Scandinavian metal/punk - Cult Of Luna, Hives, HEllacopters, Boozed, In Flames, Quit Your Dayjob... many many more. Plus MAstodon!

James Blast wrote:FGG - Live in Antwerp

YEAH!


IZ.

All the new stuff this year has been s**t, except for Malcom Middleton's new album.

But this year I did discover Shriekback, Johnny Thunders, and Charles Manson's obscure album Lie.

boudicca wrote: This year, it has been Laibach , Kraftwerk , and Swans.

I just bought "Anthems" by Laibach yesterday and was mightily impressed. I only have "Opus Dei" other than that, which was acquired about 5 years ago.

The songs from WAT sound good... Can you recommend one of their albums to listen to next?

So, I'm saying, for this year... Late re-discovery of Laibach, a return to form from Rammstein, and a band called Near Meth Experience sound quite good from the (very dodgy) bootleg I heard

Sisters.....always the Sisters....year after year....

bands of the year...
Seth lakeman, the bleeding hearts, blyth power, spear of destiny, NYAAA, B-bang Cider/ monique maasen (has ANYONE heard of this lot? they're amazing!) X-japan, Abigail's Mercy, pornovurt, NFD, Moriarti and the Sith...

Mr. Wah wrote:


The songs from WAT sound good... Can you recommend one of their albums to listen to next?

Where to begin..

Anything pre Opus-Dei - Untitled, Nova Akropola etc - tends to be a lot harsher, more minimal and involves a lot of Slovenian and political diatribes

Personally I would probably say try Let It Be..

Fine its full of Beatles covers but by heck they don't have make their best effort to get Lennon rolling in his grave!

Failing that the NATO Live album is bloody excellent and covers a lot of their career up to 91..

Mr. Wah wrote: The songs from WAT sound good... Can you recommend one of their albums to listen to next?

WAT is a great album - one of these few (and I MEAN few) that I can ever listen to straight through without skipping a track .

NATO itself, the studio album, is also very good - and very funny, if you find the idea of "The Final Countdown" being growled in a poker-faced Slovenian accent funny. Which you undoubtedly must . Also has a fantastic cover of DAF's "Alle Gegen Alle"... you might have thought it was impossible to beat the original BUT IT IS!

Also, Let it Be is a good one. Particularly if you're familiar with the Beatles Album (one of my earliest musical purchases)... but even if you're not it barely matters. No-one else does cover versions like Laibach - making the most innocent lyric take on an entirely different meaning, funny and bloody alarming at the same time.

Uneasy listening.

Editors cd is this year's discovery along with a greek singer called Dinos Sadikis

All in all a good (musical)year though i ll never forgive Mozz for not including "speedway" on the Earl s court live cd

boudicca wrote:No-one else does cover versions like Laibach - making the most innocent lyric take on an entirely different meaning, funny and bloody alarming at the same time.

Yes, I've heard all of those cover versions you mention; they're all on "Anthems." And you are quite right... They sound great, are very amusing and are quite scary if you stop to think for a minute.

Their treatment of Queen's "One Vision" I like in particular.

I'm off to buy WAT... 'cause it's the only one available in HMV Hong Kong.

Thanks for the advice.

Mr. Wah wrote:

boudicca wrote:No-one else does cover versions like Laibach - making the most innocent lyric take on an entirely different meaning, funny and bloody alarming at the same time.

Their treatment of Queen's "One Vision" I like in particular.

I love their cover of the Final Countdown - I like how they make it sound all nationalistic

Mr. Wah wrote:Their treatment of Queen's "One Vision" I like in particular.

Yeh, if I had to pick a single Laibach track, that would be it.

boudicca wrote:

Mr. Wah wrote:Their treatment of Queen's "One Vision" I like in particular.

Yeh, if I had to pick a single Laibach track, that would be it.

No Final Countdown!

The Sisters Of Mercy - in every respect
excellent gigs - saw 4 of them in 2004, enjoyed (all kind of) their audio and video recordings much as well, they are still the best
(and their members are nice guys actually)

Die Krupps
great gig, great from records, very nice persons (and funny video of 'To The Hilt' )

Laibach
particularly due to their groovy gig and funny videos as well (didn't listen to their records much in 2004).

New Model Army
enjoyed them (and Justin Sullivan) only from CDs in 2004, but I did many many times.

Ladytron
the last album was very good surprise for me

Peru 4080, Smurphs and Rhombus
- thanks for good shows in Leeds

Deine Lakaien
their gig in Hildesheim (just before the Sisters) made me think they are still a very good band, although I'm not their fan anymore...

Siouxsie and Joy Division
- they are still in my playlist as well

...and now... look again the top of the post...