a gun called tension

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hm.

i remember a time there were ten threads on dancehall and five more on the bug / dj scud.

nobody picked this up? it got 8.4 on pitchfork.

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 29 December 2005 00:26 (twenty years ago)

Those were the days. I'd never even heard about this. Is it good? I'm vaguely excited about the prospect of the new-ish Bug record (which has been delayed a million times AFAICT). The last Wasteland record was good, but other than that has Scud been doing anything (oh wait there are a couple of 12"s with Panacea out aren't there? I should check slsk for them.)

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 29 December 2005 00:33 (twenty years ago)

a gun called tension = one of the worst things that i've heard in years. like, really bad.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 29 December 2005 00:36 (twenty years ago)

well, figures.

tell me more. i am still curious and don't have the energy to p2p. alternately suggest contemporary alternatives in the bad brains tradition.

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 29 December 2005 00:39 (twenty years ago)

the press has been mostly positive on these guys, too.

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 29 December 2005 00:40 (twenty years ago)

There are mp3s on the website. I might listen when I get home.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 29 December 2005 00:42 (twenty years ago)

i don't remember it sounding ANYTHING like bad brains. i remember it being a really ill-advised hybrid of indie-rock and bad beats and horrible lyrics that made me cringe. you are better off with an old Dr. Israel album.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 29 December 2005 00:46 (twenty years ago)

Haha ouch. Okay maybe I won't.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 29 December 2005 00:48 (twenty years ago)

the new Dr. Israel album is really good too!

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Thursday, 29 December 2005 10:50 (twenty years ago)

bug record is definitely out soon. i have a finished copy here that i need to listen to, once i finish with all this fucking transcribing.

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Thursday, 29 December 2005 11:54 (twenty years ago)

i am listening. it is fab. (to the bug that is)

when the fuck did www come out? i played that 7" to death at the time, and then left it at some club i was djing.

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Thursday, 29 December 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

I think WWW came out in 2003 (maybe even earlier)? It was ages ago.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 29 December 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)

there's a redub of killer with vox by warrior queen that's insanely brilliant.

and 'boom boom clat' proves even the bug isn't above cutting assholish homophobic bullshit. :(

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Thursday, 29 December 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

actually, i'm listening again to 'boom boom clat' and i'm not clear enough on the lyrics to be sure - its all pretty distorted, and parts really nonsensical, so i could be completely and assholishly wrong there.

its a good record tho. and there's a CD of versions coming with too.

you need to hear 'Killer Queen', yes.

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Thursday, 29 December 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

Have you heard "Dem Bomb We" and "Money Honey"?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 29 December 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

money honey rings a bell - was it a 7"?

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Friday, 30 December 2005 00:38 (twenty years ago)

I think it's a 12. It's on one of the Hyperdub labels. "Dem Bomb We" is a 7 though.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 30 December 2005 00:49 (twenty years ago)

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