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\"Pere<\/a>#10
\nPere Ubu
\nElitism for the People 1975\u20131978
\nFire Records<\/h4>\n

Pere Ubu frontman David Thomas once told me<\/a>, \u201cI am pretentious and I revel in my pretensions, but I don\u2019t like elitism, particularly.\u201d The title of this boxset of Ubu\u2019s earliest work flies in the face of that assertion and is no doubt more than a little tongue-in-cheek. But whatever you make of the moniker, this set contains some of the most vital music ever laid to wax: Pere Ubu\u2019s first two studio albums, The Modern Dance<\/i> and Dub Housing<\/i>, both released in 1978, and the collected singles that the band released on its Hearpen label leading up to those records. It also includes a newly unearthed live recording of a show at Max\u2019s Kansas City in 1977. And though these studio recordings have been re-released in several forms over the years, they\u2019ve been newly digitally remastered to meet Pere Ubu\u2019s excruciatingly high standards. As such, cuts like \u201cNon-allignment Pact,\u201d \u201cStreet Waves\u201d, and the title from The Modern Dance<\/i> have never sounded better. Same for \u201cFinal Solution,\u201d the second greatest song ever recorded (\u201cSister Ray,\u201d being the first). While anyone not intimately familiar with these records has no good reason not to pick this up, the attraction for longtime fans is the new live material, which captures the band in its gleaming, glorious infancy. In short, this is the definitive version of Pere Ubu\u2019s defining period. SS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Cocteau<\/a>#9
\nCocteau Twins
\nThe Pink Opaque
\n4AD<\/h4>\n

In the definitive tome on 4AD Records, Facing the Other Way<\/i>, author Martin Aston spends most of the book\u2019s 650 pages detailing the highs and lows of the label\u2019s bellwether band, the Cocteau Twins. It\u2019s debatable, but in retrospect label founder Ivo Watts-Russell was absolutely right about the enigmatic sound Liz Fraser and Robin Guthrie created. Without the duo, the term \u201cethereal\u201d may never have existed in music, and it\u2019s easy to see how their minimal, yet expansive, dark lullabies have spawned an entire genre. With their first three albums only available as imports, American audiences weren\u2019t formally introduced to the Cocteaus until 1986 with the release of The Pink Opaque<\/i>, a best-of compiled from that early work. As opposed to later albums, The Pink Opaque<\/i> found the Cocteau Twins at their most primitive, not yet insulated by a full band and colorful arrangements, and arguably at their peak of vulnerability. KJE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>#8
\nChris Knox
\nSeizure
\nCaptured Tracks<\/h4>\n

Tall Dwarfs
\nWeeville
\nCaptured Tracks<\/h4>\n

While it\u2019s certainly arguable that not every release in Captured Tracks\u2019 new reissue partnership with famed New Zealand label Flying Nun is essential (no offense Bird Nest Roys), certainly the deluxe\u00a0re-releases of the Tall Dwarfs\u2019 Weeville<\/i> and Chris Knox\u2019s second solo album,\u00a0Seizure<\/i>,\u00a0are\u00a0cause for celebration. Knox has proven himself one of the most important figures in the history of New Zealand rock music, and his work with the Tall Dwarfs (alongside collaborator Alec Bathgate) and as a solo artist nicely represent the dichotomy of experimentation and pop hooks that marks the island\u2019s best. Whether you\u2019re new to the whole kiwi scene, you slept on buying these the first time around, or you\u2019re just replacing some battered classics, there’s no argument, this pair of LP reissues is\u00a0essential.\u00a0NK<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>#7
\nA Tribe Called Quest
\nPeople\u2019s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
\nLegacy Recordings<\/h4>\n

A Tribe Called Quest, and specifically their first album, was my gateway into hip-hop. As a Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2013obsessed freshman in high school, I didn\u2019t think hip-hop had much to offer me\u2014that is, until I heard \u201cCan I Kick It?\u201d With its prominent use of Lou Reed\u2019s already great \u201cWalk on the Wild Side,\u201d once you hear Q-Tip and Phife Dog come in on the beat, a feeling that anything is possible (in music) washes over you. That universal vibe holds up throughout the entire album. From \u201cI Left My Wallet in El Segundo\u201d to \u201cBonita Applebum\u201d to \u201cHam \u2018n\u2019 Eggs,\u201d Tribe wrote songs that are equal parts poignant, crass, goofy and peculiar in both a lyrical and production standpoint. As the 25th anniversary edition proves, People\u2019s Instinctive Travels<\/i> still sounds as fresh as ever and might very well still be the hip-hop answer to the closed-minded listener. ML<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Thomas<\/a>#6
\nThomas Jefferson Slave Apartments
\nStraight to Video
\nStraight to Video Records<\/h4>\n

In terms of critical (and most definitely commercial) acclaim, Ron House probably isn\u2019t going to ascend much higher than where he is right now, which is more or less where he\u2019s always been for the past couple decades. And that\u2019s just fine. Those of us familiar with the Columbus indie mainstay\u2019s barstool wisdom and punk\u00a0poetics consider ourselves lucky. The guy really is a national treasure, but for a country that doesn\u2019t know what to make of such a gift.\u00a0Straight to Video<\/i>\u00a0is the second Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments full-length (following the major label\u2013affiliated debut, Bait and Switch<\/i>), and it originally came out only on CD in 1997 on Anyway Records. I\u2019ll make this easy: it\u2019s fucking great, okay? And for all the talk of TJSA being lo-fi and gritty,\u00a0Straight to Video<\/i>\u00a0has some seriously catchy songwriting and is a reminder of House\u2019s authentic pop sensibilities.\u00a0Now it\u2019s been reissued on vinyl, for the very first time too. So get with the program, if you\u2019re not already. NK<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>#5
\nSisters of Mercy
\nFirst and Last and Always
\nFloodland
\nRhino Records<\/h4>\n

Arguably one of the most goth things an artist that helped define the genre can do, Sisters of Mercy\u2019s Andrew Eldrich shunned the goth term, while the black-clad legions embraced the British band\u2019s sound and leather and sunglasses aesthetic. Like the Cure\u2019s dark melodic pop and Bauhaus\u2019 post-punk strains\u2014two bands that also deny the goth tag\u2014Sisters of Mercy carved out its own niche in the \u201980s with its layered, moody rock & roll, defined in part by Eldrich\u2019s deep resonating vocals and the mechanical beats of Doctor Avalanche, his drum machine. The reissue of 1985\u2019s First and Last and Always<\/i> as a digital release and vinyl boxset includes the iconic album that gave us the icy gloom of \u201cBlack Planet\u201d and the haunting \u201cMarian,\u201d as well as three 12-inch singles: \u201cBody and Soul,\u201d \u201cNo Time to Cry,\u201d and \u201cWalk Away.\u201d The band\u2019s career-defining Floodland<\/i> (1987) has also been re-released digitally and as a four-record set with the singles that were among the band\u2019s most popular and enduring: \u201cLucretia My Reflection\u201d with its mesmerizing bassline; \u201cThis Corrosion,\u201d a bombastic triumph featuring a choir intro that served as a siren song to club dance floors, and \u201cDominion\/Mother Russia,\u201d a track that holds up even with its Cold War references and saxophone solo. These re-releases are reason for Simon Pegg\u2019s character in The World\u2019s End<\/i> and goths everywhere to rejoice (well, as much as goths can allow themselves to outwardly show happiness). JR<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>#4
\nBob Dylan
\nThe Cutting Edge 1965\u20131966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12
\nColumbia Records\/Legacy Recordings<\/h4>\n

This set is so good that six discs seem like not nearly enough; I wish I could afford the 18-disc version. In the 14 months covered in this set, Dylan recorded Bring it All Back Home<\/i>, Highway 61 Revisited<\/i>, and Blonde on Blonde<\/i>, three of his best albums and among the most important records in rock music history. The Cutting Edge<\/i> lets you listen in to how it was done, as Dylan learns and reforms his ideas about his music. Iconic songs like \u201cShe Belongs to Me,\u201d \u201cIt Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry,\u201d and \u201cVisions of Johanna\u201d stretch and fold in on themselves as Bob switches from acoustic to full-band arrangements, switches up the tempos, and searches for just the right groove. Over the course of the these astonishing sessions, Dylan\u2019s lyrics become richer and more surreal, and he transmogrifies his voice to embody his ever-shifting identity. This is as close as you’ll come to hearing a genius inventing himself. MS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>#3
\nVarious Artists
\nOrk Records: New York, New York
\nNumero Group<\/h4>\n

Numero Group did lovers of rock history a huge favor this year with their compilation from the short-lived, vitally important Ork Records. This snapshot of the scrappy little label bursts out of the gate with classics: The Feelies\u2019 slab of hooky weirdness, \u201cFa Ce La,\u201d sandwiched between the original single versions of Television\u2019s cracked epic \u201cLittle Johnny Jewel\u201d and Richard Hell\u2019s \u201cBlank Generation,\u201d which is still striking in its louche swagger. But beyond the punk staples, there\u2019s a strong power-pop vein with contributions from Chris Stamey (with The Erasers and backed by The dB\u2019s), Peter Holsapple, and legendarily lost band Prix. It also features charming curios like writers\u2019 Mick Farren and Lester Bangs\u2019 cuts and tantalizing glimpses of a proposed Rolling Stones tribute like Alex Chilton\u2019s sardonic \u201cThe Singer Not the Song\u201d and Richard Lloyd\u2019s \u201cConnection\u201d played on the edge of falling apart. New York, New York<\/i> is a Rosetta Stone for what became NYC punk that still sounds fresh and sharp. RS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>#2
\nVarious Artists
\nPunk 45: Burn Rubber City, Burn!
\nPunk 45: Extermination Nights in the Sixth City
\nSoul Jazz Records<\/h4>\n

When it comes to punk, the story usually focuses on New York and London, with L.A. not far behind and some begrudging nods to Detroit. But if you\u2019re an Ohioan, you will inevitably have a conversation where you try to explain the legacy of the state\u2019s bands. Despite the fact that Ohio bands have made some noise, they\u2019re still seen as outliers, so these compilations\u2014one focusing on Cleveland and the other on Akron\u2014are yet another attempt to set the record straight. Extermination Nights<\/i> features such relatively well-known names as Pere Ubu, electric eels, The Pagans, and Rocket from the Tombs, while Burn Rubber City, Burn!<\/i>, features Devo, The Waitresses, and Tin Huey as the marquee names. But where the compilations shine are the focus on the smaller bands that were likely mainly remembered by local fans, but never really broke out of the Midwest. It also shows a lot of sonic diversity and that the bands who did break out weren\u2019t unicorns but part of a scene. But more importantly, the songs speak louder than any thinkpiece. DSH<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Close<\/a>#1
\nClose Lobsters
\nFirestation Towers 1986\u20131989
\nFire Records<\/h4>\n

Named after the track the band contributed to NME\u2019s<\/i> landmark C-86<\/i> compilation, this set includes the two studio albums and singles collection the Close Lobsters released during their all too brief initial run from 1986 to 1989. The 39 songs on those three records reveal just how perfectly the Scottish band encapsulated the jittery energy and buoyant pop that came to epitomize the so-called C-86 aesthetic. But though the band gained recognition on both sides of the pond before calling it quits, they\u2019ve largely been forgotten in the intervening years, a fact this set will hopefully help correct. Indeed, listening to cuts like \u201cJust Too Bloody Stupid,\u201d \u201cIn Spite of These Times,\u201d and \u201cLets Make Some Plans,\u201d I feel like I\u2019ve been missing out all these years. Tracks such as these are the perfect combination of guitar jangle, wry wit, and frenetic zip, and reveal the Close Lobsters to have been on par with the best of their peers. With the band having reconvened and promising more music in the near future, it\u2019s a good time to appreciate its stunning past. SS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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