January 11, 2023 Playlist

Spacemen 3 "The Perfect Prescription" (1987)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Spacemen 3 "The Perfect Prescription"  1987 (UK)
Spacemen 3 was the group that originated "shoegazer" music: droney trippy songs with as few chords as possible (sometimes one chord is enough and NEVER more than three chords). The band's two leaders have gone on to even more acclaim since the Spacemen broke up: "J. Spaceman" (Jason Pierce) has led the popular psych-rock band Spiritualized for more than 30 years now, while "Sonic Boom" (Peter Kember) has produced and mixed countless cool underground bands (I recall Stereolab, Moon Duo, Animal Collective and MGMT) while also leading his own group Spectrum. Their most quintessential album together was The Perfect Prescription, a concept album about the highs and lows of a drug trip. However the title of a compilation of their early demos captures the aesthetic more succinctly: Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To. Which in the midst of the Thatcher/Reagan 1980's actually made them more subversive and countercultural than they would have been had they been around in the 1960's. Their influence has been pretty massive considering how little-known they were at the time: the most notable record that comes straight from their playbook is probably My Bloody Valentine's highly acclaimed Loveless (1991), which was released the same year as Spacemen 3's final album.
(N) = New Release
(R) = Listener request

   
Artist Song Album Year Country
The StoogesLittle DollThe Stooges1969USA
The DamnedI Feel Alright ("1970" by The Stooges)Damned Damned Damned1977UK
Iggy Pop Modern Day RipoffEvery Loser (N)
2023 (Gold Tooth / Atlantic)USA
OFF! Muddy The Waters
   --> Murder Corporation
   --> Behind The Shifts
Free LSD (N)2022 (Fat Possum)USA
Black FlagNervous BreakdownNervous Breakdown EP1978USA
WireI Am The FlyChairs Missing1978UK
Cheekface You Always Want To Bomb The Middle EastToo Much To Ask (N)
2022 (New Professor Music)USA
 
 
Otoboke Beaver Where Did You Buy Such A Nice Watch You Are Wearing Now
   / George & Janice
SUPER CHAMPON (N)2022 (Damnably)Japan
Capsule Virtual FreedomMetro Pulse (N)2022 (Warner Japan)Japan
Ano Chu, Tauousei.
(a pun on "Diversity" and "Kiss, Vomiting." - sic?)
single (N)2022 (Toy's Factory)Japan
Appare! Pa Pi Pu Pe POP! (written by Tamaya 2060% from Wienners and Dempagumi.inc)Appare! Future (N)2022 (Appare! Records)Japan
Tricot Stenno
(name of a monster in Greek mythology - sic?)
Fudeki (N)
("Bungle")

2022 (8902/Cutting Edge)Japan
Atsuko Chiba SeedsWater, It Feels Like It's Growing (N)2023 (Mothland)Canada (Quebec)
   
 
Spacemen 3Take Me To The Other SideThe Perfect Prescription
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1987UK
Spacemen 3Ecstasy Symphony
  --> Transparent Radiation (The Red Crayola)
The Perfect Prescription
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1987UK
Spacemen 3Things'll Never Be The SameThe Perfect Prescription
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1987UK
Spiritualized
(J. Spaceman (Jason Pierce) from Spacemen 3)
The A Song (Laid In Your Arms)Everything Was Beautiful (N)2022 (Fat Possum)UK
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom
(Sonic Boom (Peter Kember) from Spacemen 3)
Go OnReset (N)2022 (Domino)USA/UK
   
 
SpectrumSweet Running WaterSoul Kiss (Glide Divine)1992UK
My Bloody ValentineI Only SaidLoveless1991Ireland
Band Of SusansTiltThe Word And The Flesh1991USA
Sonic YouthWhere The Red Fern Grows (studio demo)Sonic Youth + Early Live
(bonus track on reissue of first EP)
rec. 1981USA
GongFlying TeapotFlying Teapot1973UK/Australia/France
   
 
KOKOROKO Ewa Inu
Could We Be More (N) (R)2022 (Brownswood)UK
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Exploding SunsChanges (N)2022 (KGLW)Australia
Adrian Quesada Rise Of The Have-Nots Jaguar Sound (N)2022 (ATO)USA
The Soft Pink Truth Toot Sweet
Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This? (N)2022 (Thrill Jockey)USA
Muriel Grossmann CompassionUniversal Code (N)2022 (Dreamland Records)Austria/Spain
   
 
Träd, Gräs Och Stenar
("Trees, Grass and Stones")
Hemlösa Katter - Till Vankelmodets Lov
("Homeless Cats - Praises Of The Inconstancy")
Hemlösa Katter2009Sweden

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