[INITIATION] bruce haack / moondog / deerhoof

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oh what a minefield. recently heard a few tracks from each of the above and need to get my hands on some albums.

i have no clue where to start. they're all so damned prolific.

recommendations anyone?

― AmyCamus, Sunday, 6 May 2007 00:10 (eighteen years ago)

http://allmusic.com/

this is a good web site for questions like this. you can also use the search function :)

― poortheatre, Sunday, 6 May 2007 00:13 (eighteen years ago)

allmusic?, err .. thanks!

i'll try the search function.

― AmyCamus, Sunday, 6 May 2007 00:28 (eighteen years ago)

maybe some actually trusts the opinions of ILXors more!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Sunday, 6 May 2007 00:29 (eighteen years ago)

i know i do!

― AmyCamus, Sunday, 6 May 2007 00:31 (eighteen years ago)

Bruce Haack you need the Electric Lucifer record first up, that's thee fucking shit.

Deerhoof I'd say try out Milkman and Apple O' first; the former displays enough of their range for you to know if they're for you, the latter has some of their best noisier playful stuff. Their classic is The Runners Four; a pop masterpiece. The newie is also excellent but needs more growing time.

Wrong Time Capsule and Spirit Ditties Of No Tone off TRF are probably my two favourite Deerhoof songs.

― Mister Craig, Sunday, 6 May 2007 00:32 (eighteen years ago)

brill! thanks a million.

― AmyCamus, Sunday, 6 May 2007 00:35 (eighteen years ago)

Runners Four seconded, though some of my OG Deerhoof pals would insist otherwise.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 6 May 2007 02:20 (eighteen years ago)

Yma Sumac!

― am0n, Sunday, 6 May 2007 04:52 (eighteen years ago)

runners four is my least favorite deerhoof album

― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 6 May 2007 04:57 (eighteen years ago)

fuck deerhoof ad their twee singer bullshit

― am0n, Sunday, 6 May 2007 05:11 (eighteen years ago)

coherent

― zappi, Sunday, 6 May 2007 05:45 (eighteen years ago)

Moondog 1&2 has most everything on there, and is readily on SLSK (I wouldn't necessarily buy it, but I stole my copy from my brother who didn't appreciate it, and I think that's about the exact amount of effort it's worth).

Deerhoof— Milkman and Apple O' are the perfect points to start out at; I think there are diminishing returns past that, but on Deerhoof reasonable men may differ.

Bruce Haack— Electric Lucifer and Bite are the ones I have, and I'd start with Lucifer, but they're both kinda goofy novelty records.

― I eat cannibals, Sunday, 6 May 2007 06:17 (eighteen years ago)

thanks for all the suggestions. looks like i'm about to obliterate my carefully accrued OiNK ratio. tralalalalalala.

― AmyCamus, Sunday, 6 May 2007 10:24 (eighteen years ago)

The Runners Four is a great pop-psych record; a different beast to the other stuff, more 'songy' but full of tunes to die for. Take a bit of a while to fall for it but there's shitloads of amazing stuff on there.

If you don't like her voice then obviously don't bother.

― Mister Craig, Sunday, 6 May 2007 12:16 (eighteen years ago)

Electric Lucifer is amazing. I'd recommend buying it so you get the full insanity of the liner notes. Just recently heard some of his stuff for kids and that's pretty wonderfully strange too, but probably not the best starting point.

― emil.y, Sunday, 6 May 2007 14:01 (eighteen years ago)

Electric Lucifer seconded/thirded/ninthed/whatever.
I don't like Deerhoof much these days; the last record of theirs I got into was "Reveille."
I would suggest the new, expansive double set of Moondog stuff on Honest John's. It's all rarities like singles etc that never made it onto the LPs. Very diverse and very awesome.

― ian, Sunday, 6 May 2007 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

spirit ditties of no tone is the best deerhoof song ever

― cutty, Sunday, 6 May 2007 15:16 (eighteen years ago)

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