Who have you rediscovered lately?

[Wolter]

After a long, long time, I am listening to Leatherface right now. Fuck, I forgot how much I love this band.

I find it amusing that you could basically use every adjective used by emo fans to defend the genre to describe Leatherface, but they sound nothing like emo.

[Dr. Medulla]

Bauhaus and Love & Rockets. The latter isn't aging well for me, but old Bauhaus still does it perfectly.

[eumaas]

Mostly listening to John Cage as a means of seducing women.

[Wolter]

I went through a massive reassessment of Bauhaus last year. I avoided them for ages because the idiot goth fans I knew in the 90s turned me away from almost everything they liked. Then I finally internalized the fact that early goth is basically just postpunk, and suddenly I liked them a lot more.

[eumaas]

Bauhaus has some reeeeally avant-garde guitar work.

[Dr. Medulla]

I went through a massive reassessment of Bauhaus last year. I avoided them for ages because the idiot goth fans I knew in the 90s turned me away from almost everything they liked. Then I finally internalized the fact that early goth is basically just postpunk, and suddenly I liked them a lot more.

Other than some corny lyrical imagery on a few early tracks and Murphy's theatrics, I never really saw them as goth. Definitely post-punk.

[Wolter]

I went through a massive reassessment of Bauhaus last year. I avoided them for ages because the idiot goth fans I knew in the 90s turned me away from almost everything they liked. Then I finally internalized the fact that early goth is basically just postpunk, and suddenly I liked them a lot more.

Other than some corny lyrical imagery on a few early tracks and Murphy's theatrics, I never really saw them as goth. Definitely post-punk.

Well, remember, I came of age musically in the early 90s. Bauhaus fans in my acquaintance were uniformly goths at the time.

[eumaas]

It's not goth, it's death rock.

[Still216]

After a long, long time, I am listening to Leatherface right now. Fuck, I forgot how much I love this band.

I find it amusing that you could basically use every adjective used by emo fans to defend the genre to describe Leatherface, but they sound nothing like emo.

I only have Leatherface's 2004-ish CD Dog Disco, and even that rules - best CD I ever bought as a result of a Big Takeover review. What's their best older album to start with? Hot Water Music is another one of those bands that is legendary in the emo circles, but they're closer to Embrace or Leatherface than the mainstream "emo" bands. Their last two CDs (Caution and The New What Next) are by far their best, probably I'll spin those tonight.

Last night I busted out Faith No More's Angel Dust for the first time in a while. Played it back to back with the Manics' Holy Bible, with lyric sheets for both of 'em. Laughed for a second that there was a time that bands had enough pull with record labels to put completely dark, evil, barely accessible stuff like this out after releasing moderate hit singles.

[Wolter]

After a long, long time, I am listening to Leatherface right now. Fuck, I forgot how much I love this band.

I find it amusing that you could basically use every adjective used by emo fans to defend the genre to describe Leatherface, but they sound nothing like emo.

I only have Leatherface's 2004-ish CD Dog Disco, and even that rules - best CD I ever bought as a result of a Big Takeover review. What's their best older album to start with? Hot Water Music is another one of those bands that is legendary in the emo circles, but they're closer to Embrace or Leatherface than the mainstream "emo" bands. Their last two CDs (Caution and The New What Next) are by far their best, probably I'll spin those tonight.

Last night I busted out Faith No More's Angel Dust for the first time in a while. Played it back to back with the Manics' Holy Bible, with lyric sheets for both of 'em. Laughed for a second that there was a time that bands had enough pull with record labels to put completely dark, evil, barely accessible stuff like this out after releasing moderate hit singles.

I would suggest Mush. They also did a pretty damn good split album with Hot Water Music, as a matter of fact.

[daredevil]

Because of another thread, I've been listening to the Damed - Fiendish Shadows.

[JennyB]

I've been listening to the Violent Femmes a lot lately.

[eumaas]

I've been listening to the Violent Femmes a lot lately.

Good choice.

Did you know that John Zorn played on one of their songs?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zorn_ ... s_featured

[JennyB]

I've been listening to the Violent Femmes a lot lately.

Good choice.

Did you know that John Zorn played on one of their songs?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zorn_ ... s_featured

Wow, I never knew that -- I'll have to go give Hallowed Ground another listen!

[eumaas]

I've been listening to the Violent Femmes a lot lately.

Good choice.

Did you know that John Zorn played on one of their songs?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zorn_ ... s_featured

Wow, I never knew that -- I'll have to go give Hallowed Ground another listen!

He's also on Marisa Monte's Mais, which is how I discovered her and all MPB.