A Dick's Picks

I've had Amen Dunes Through Donkey Jaw since last summer, but it really just connected with me in the last week or so. I've been drifting off to sleep to this record mostly, but I swear it's not dull. Reminds me of classic loner-zoner shit like The Madcap Laughs or that old Simon Finn album, but it's no retro homage deal.



I saw Total Control open for Thee Oh Sees back in November, before I got my turntable game together, so I didn't buy the LP from them then (even though they slayed). I was very glad to find it on Friday night. Some of Henge Beat has a minimal synth thing going on, but it's always cut with a punk rock spikiness. They've got a guy from the awesome Eddy Current Suppression Ring, too. Australia rulez.



Dug out this Lansing-Dreiden cd I got from a dollar bin a long time ago. I don't know how these guys slipped through the cracks, because their take on 80's-style synth foppery is pretty great IMHO...