Welcome to the world of monsters
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slipjig3Oh, wow....
All right, I just made one of my rare visits to the official website of the Drovers, the Chicago band that is still the best live band I have ever seen, bar none. (If you've ever seen Blink with Madeleine Stowe, you know who they are—they're the real-life Irish rock band that they made her character a fake member of). Anyroad, I haven't seen them since the early 90's, and every indication shows that they'd been wavering in quality for some time, getting better, getting worse, etc. They had two albums in mid-decade that got national distribution: one quite good EP, Kill Mice Elf, and one load of whiny dreck, Little Sky High Show, which serves as a warning as to why young bands should handle Albini with extreme caution. They put out a few things afterwards that I have not even seen copies of, let alone heard.
But before those, in '92 or so, came something much better: World of Monsters, a CD that got neither the distribution nor the attention it deserved. It is a perfect album. Allow me to repeat that: a perfect album. Whenever I try making my 20 Greatest Albums of All Time list, it is always, always in the top three. It's the CD that I invariably throw at people seeking out good music that they've not heard, burning copies by the handful because the thing is so bloody hard to find.
So. I hadn't been to their website in quite a while, largely because I find it depressing; the site hasn't had a meaningful update in years, which leaves it stuck in a state of faded glory. But today I popped in, hoping for a major update, and didn't find one. What I did find, though, was this:
You can now download the entire World of Monsters album for free.
Go. Do it now. I mean it.
If you must sample, listen to the following three tracks: "The Boys and the Babies," "All Good Times are Past and Gone," and "Book of Songs." You will be hooked forever. (They laso have Little Sky High Show available for download as well, but really, except for the title track, it isn't much worth it. If you insist on doing so, please listen to W.o.M. first, so you know what they're supposed to sound like.)
All right, I just made one of my rare visits to the official website of the Drovers, the Chicago band that is still the best live band I have ever seen, bar none. (If you've ever seen Blink with Madeleine Stowe, you know who they are—they're the real-life Irish rock band that they made her character a fake member of). Anyroad, I haven't seen them since the early 90's, and every indication shows that they'd been wavering in quality for some time, getting better, getting worse, etc. They had two albums in mid-decade that got national distribution: one quite good EP, Kill Mice Elf, and one load of whiny dreck, Little Sky High Show, which serves as a warning as to why young bands should handle Albini with extreme caution. They put out a few things afterwards that I have not even seen copies of, let alone heard.
But before those, in '92 or so, came something much better: World of Monsters, a CD that got neither the distribution nor the attention it deserved. It is a perfect album. Allow me to repeat that: a perfect album. Whenever I try making my 20 Greatest Albums of All Time list, it is always, always in the top three. It's the CD that I invariably throw at people seeking out good music that they've not heard, burning copies by the handful because the thing is so bloody hard to find.
So. I hadn't been to their website in quite a while, largely because I find it depressing; the site hasn't had a meaningful update in years, which leaves it stuck in a state of faded glory. But today I popped in, hoping for a major update, and didn't find one. What I did find, though, was this:
You can now download the entire World of Monsters album for free.
Go. Do it now. I mean it.
If you must sample, listen to the following three tracks: "The Boys and the Babies," "All Good Times are Past and Gone," and "Book of Songs." You will be hooked forever. (They laso have Little Sky High Show available for download as well, but really, except for the title track, it isn't much worth it. If you insist on doing so, please listen to W.o.M. first, so you know what they're supposed to sound like.)
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Date: 2005-06-08 01:57 am (UTC)I must have given you their first album, the live one. I can't find it in my pile of tapes anymore. There's some amusing Gaelic stuff on there.
Steev Albeenee is the source of everything I hate about Chicago indie rock.
Anyway, yeah, World of Monsters is really good. Downloads away!
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Date: 2005-06-08 06:06 am (UTC)This is good stuff...downloaded it all and am playing the album in proper order...on track 3 now.
Kelyn
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Date: 2005-06-08 03:06 pm (UTC)