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Originally Posted by Keeping It Simple

According to Wikipedia it was Echo and the Bunnymen.

Wikipedia is ignorant, I'm fairly sure it was a band called Blue Rondo a La Turk or something like that.

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Yesss! I dismissed them for years on much the same grounds, then recently got a CD and was utterly blown away. Completely unexpected, in the best possible way.

Same here.

what a monster...still

The Now – S/T 7″

June 16th, 2009 by The Flakes // Drummer

Not the original here no no. A reissue that I hope sounds as good as the original? Erich over at GoodBadMusic posted it years ago but a search over there result in nothing but I’m sure it’s still there buried underneath a pile of metal.
What a stiff drummer we have here! Sounds like he really struggles to keep up with the speed ha ha. Of course that’s the charm with it and both tracks are fine examples of UK punk at it’s best. Into the 80’s has gotten it’s fair share of recognition but I prefer Nine O’Clock. Love how they managed to get the guitar to sound a bit like a sitar or banjo. And the break at 1:52 kills me every time! Super duper fantastic. And the way Mike McGuire screams “Go!” just before the sitar/banjo solo breaks loose. Pew…
Learn more about The Now:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Now
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Country: UK
Year: 1977/1979
Label: Raw
Format: 7″
Songs:
Into The 80’s.mp3
Nine O’Clock.mp3
http://www.kbdrecords.com/2009/06/16/the-now-st-7/

Now in my top 10 of all-time.

Spain - She haunts my dreams

"Drone" by Autechre off their Peel Session. Unlike much of their work, it's not very droney at all.