viernes, 17 de julio de 2015

Hüsker Dü

Historia

Hüsker Dü fue un influyente grupo de punk, hardcore y rock alternativo de los años 1980, originario de Estados Unidos. El grupo fue formado en Minneapolis (Minnesota) en 1979 por el guitarrista Bob Mould, el bajista Greg Norton y el batería Grant Hart. Husker du quiere decir «¿te acuerdas?» en noruego; añadieron las diéresis para darle un toque más misterioso.
Mould y Hart se repartían a partes iguales las tareas de escribir los temas y cantar. Aunque nunca fueron ampliamente populares, tuvieron un enorme impacto, mucho mayor de lo que sus modestas ventas pudieran indicar. Después de una serie de discos relativamente exitosos, como "Zen arcade" (1984) y "New Day Rising" (1985), saltaron de la discográfica independiente SST Records a Warner Bros. Records, convirtiéndose así en una de las primeras bandas "underground" que dio el salto a una gran multinacional (junto con sus vecinos y colegas de Minneapolis The Replacements).
En 1988, se separaron por problemas internos, sin haber llegado a alcanzar el éxito comercial masivo. Mould formó Sugar a comienzos de los años 1990; Hart formó Nova Mob, donde sustituyó la batería por la guitarra y Norton ha estado más ocioso desde entonces en lo que a música se refiere.
A pesar de su escaso éxito comercial, Hüsker Dü influyeron a varios grupos de punk pop, rock alternativo y noise pop desde mediados de los 1980 hasta finales de los 1990: Pixies, Nirvana, Green Day, Soul Asylum, Dinosaur Jr., Superchunk, The Posies, Foo Fighters.
Al principio Hüsker Dü ganaron notoriedad como banda hardcore punk con unos riffs abruptos y voces desgarradas. Poco a poco abandonaron este sonido inicial y empezaron incluir melodías pop y pequeños matices innovadores en el campo del hardcore (como riffs basados en arpegios o algún que otro teclado). Incluso llegaron a grabar canciones instrumentales de corte psicodélico, en las que hacían extenso uso de los "tape loops" y el "reverb" (por ejemplo, en «Reoccurring dreams», de Zen arcade). Esto seguramente fue fruto de su admiración por The Byrds y The Beatles, a los que versionaron en sendos singles.
Las letras también evolucionaron de forma significativa. Ampliaron su espectro para incluir, aparte de los estereotipos del hardcore (temas sociopolíticos, angustia post-adolescente, violencia y brutalidad), composiciones más abstractas y poéticas, a veces de contenido metafísico o romántico.
Durante un tiempo combinaron a la perfección este nuevo sonido con su ideario hardcore punk; sin sacrificar sus reivindicaciones políticas ni la tremeda distorsión de las guitarras de Mould o los frenéticos ritmos de Hart y Norton. Un claro ejemplo de esta etapa es el doble LP Zen Arcade, de 1984. En él, Mould y Hart alternan las estrofas relativamente melódicas con estribillos llenos de furia y rabia. Esta dinámica de "loud quiet loud" (ruidoso tranquilo ruidoso) sería uno de los ingredientes fundamentales del grunge en la posterior década de los 1990.
Al dar el salto a una discográfica multinacional, tras "Flip your wig" (1985), su sonido cobró un corte más cercano al pop convencional y la velocidad de las canciones disminuyó notablemente.


Discografía


01- Metal Circus (1983)


1. Real World
2. Deadly Skies
3. It's Not Funny Anymore
4. First of the Last Calls
5. Lifeline
6. Diane
7. Out on a Limb
8. Today's The Day (Outtake)
9. Won't Change (Outtake)
10. You Think I'm Scared (Outtake)
11. Standing By The Sea (Outtake)


02- Eight Miles High (EP) (1984)

1. Eight Miles High
2. Masochism World


03- Zen Arcade (1984)

1. Something I Learned Today
2. Broken Home, Broken Heart
3. Never Talking to You Again
4. Chartered Trips
5. Dreams Reoccurring
6. Indecision Time
7. Hare Krsna
8. Beyond the Threshold
9. Pride
10. I'll Never Forget You
11. Biggest Lie
12. What's Going On
13. Masochism World
14. Standing by the Sea
15. Somewhere
16. One Step at a Time
17. Pink Turns to Blue
18. Newest Industry
19. Monday Will Never Be the Same
20. Whatever
21. Tooth Fairy and the Princess
22. Turn on the News
23. Reoccurring Dreams


04- New Day Rising (1985)

1. New Day Rising
2. Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill
3. I Apologize
4. Folklore
5. If I Told You
6. Celebrated Summer
7. Perfect Example
8. Terms of Psychic Warfare
9. 59 Times the Pain
10. Powerline
11. Books About UFOs
12. I Don't Know What You're Talking About
13. How to Skin a Cat
14. Whatcha Drinkin'
15. Plans I Make


05- Flip Your Wig (1985)

1. Flip Your Wig
2. Every Everything
3. Makes No Sense at All
4. Hate Paper Doll
5. Green Eyes
6. Divide and Conquer
7. Games
8. Find Me
9. The Baby Song
10. Flexible Flyer
11. Private Plane
12. Keep Hanging on
13. The Wit and the Wisdom
14. Don't Know Yet


06- No Sense At All (EP) (1985)

1. Make No Sense at All
2. Love Is All Around


07- Candy Apple Grey (1986)

1. Crystal
2. Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely
3. I Don't Know for Sure
4. Sorry Somehow
5. Too Far Down
6. Hardly Getting Over It
7. Dead Set on Destruction
8. Eiffel Tower High
9. No Promise Have I Made
10. All This I've Done for You


08- Warehouse Songs And Stories (1987)

1. These Important Years
2. Charity, Chastity, Prudence, and Hope
3. Standing in the Rain
4. Back From Somewhere
5. Ice Cold Ice
6. You're a Soldier
7. Could You Be the One?
8. Too Much Spice
9. Friend, You've Got to Fall
10. Visionary
11. She Floated Away
12. Bed of Nails
13. Tell You Tomorrow
14. It's Not Peculiar
15. Actual Condition
16. No Reservations
17. Turn It Around
18. She's a Woman (And Now He Is a Man)
19. Up in the Air
20. You Can Live at Home


09- Everything Falls Apart And More (1993)

01- From The Gut
02- Blah, Blah, Blah
03- Punch Drunk
04- Bricklayer
05- Afraid Of Being Wrong
06- Sunshine Superman
07- Signals From Above
08- Everything Falls Apart
09- Wheels
10- Target
11- Obnoxious
12- Gravity
13- In A Free Land
14- What Do I Want?
15- M. I. C
16- Statues
17- Let's Go Die
18- Amusement
19- Do You Remember?


Demos & Rarezas

01- Cassette Demos (1980)

01- Picture Of You
02- Can't See You Anymore
03- The Truth Hurts
04- Do You Remember?
05- Sore Eyes
06- Writers Cramp
07- Let's Go Die


02- Zen Arcade - Complete Outtakes (1983)

CD 1

01- Something I Learned Today
02- Broken Home, Broken Heart
03- Chartered Trips
04- Hare Krsna
05- Indecision Time
06- I'll Never Forget You
07- Beyond The Threshold
08- The Biggest Lie
09- Pride
10- What's Going On
11- Masochism World
12- Standing By The Sea
13- Somewhere
14- Pink Turns To Blue
15- Dozen Beats Eleven
16- Turn On The News
17- Newest Industry
18- Whatever
19- Eight Miles High
20- The Tooth Fairy & The Princess

CD 2

01- Reoccurring Dreams
02- Chartered Trips
03- Hare Krsna
04- One Step At A Time
05- Monday Will Never Be The Same
06- Untitled, aka Granted
07- Never Talking To You Again
08- Somewhere
09- One Step At A Time
10- Pink Turns To Blue
11- Newest Industry
12- Monday Will Never Be The Same
13- Whatever
14- Something I Learned Today
15- Broken Home, Broken Heart
16- Chartered Trips
17- Indecision Time
18- I'll Never Forget You
19- Beyond The Threshold
20- The Biggest Lie
21- Pride

CD 3

01- What's Going On
02- Masochism World
03- Standing By The Sea
04- Somewhere
05- One Step At A Time
06- Pink Turns To Blue
07- Some Kind Of Fun
08- Turn On The News
09- Newest Industry
10- Monday Will Never Be The Same
11- Whatever
12- Eight Miles High
13- Whatever
14- Indecision Time
15- Somewhere
16- Dozen Beats Eleven


03- Drug Party (Bootleg EP) (1990)

01- Do You Remember¿ (1980 Demo)
02- Drug Party (Live In Indianapolis 21-06-1985)
03- Drug Party (Live In Madison 10-3-1984)
04- We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Dec 1986 Promo)


04- Up In The Air - Studio Outtakes (1996)


1- Erase Today
2- Listen
3- Some Kind of Fun
4- Gotta Lotta
5- Can't See You Anymore 
6- Do You Remember? 
7- Sore Eyes
8- Dozen Beats
9- All Work and No Play
10- Misty Modern Days
11- All This I've Done for You
12- Just Be
13- You Can Live at Home
14- Tell You Why Tomorrow
15- Charity, Chastity, Prudence and Hope
16- She's a Woman (And Now He Is a Man)
17- These Important Years (Live)
18- Charity, Chastity, Prudence and Hope (Live)
19- Could You Be the One? (Live)
20- Chartered Trips (Live)
21- Green Eyes (Live)
22- Never Talking to You Again (Live)
23- Gotta Lotta (Live)


05- Dü You Remember? (B-Sides & Rarities) (2010)

01- Soundcheck
02- Writer's Cramp
03- It's Not Fair
04- Everything Falls Apart (Live Version)
05- Drug Party
06- Today's The Day
07- You Think I'm Scared
08- Won't Change
09- Untitled
10- Eight Miles High (Byrds cover)
11- Masochism World (Live Version)
12- Listen
13- Erase Today
14- Love Is All Around (Sonny Curtis cover)
15- Ticket To Ride (Beatles cover)
16- All Work And No Play
17- Helter Skelter (Beatles cover)
18- Celebrated Summer (Live Acoustic)
19- Flexible Flier (Live Acoustic)
20- Fattie
21- Everytime
22- Gotta Lotta
23- Christmas Greetings (We Wish You A Merry Christmas)

Directos de Hüsker Dü




01- Live At Euphoria Club (Portland, OR) (1981)

01- Call On Me
02- Private Hell
03- Wheels
04- Don't Try It
05- Won't Say A Word
06- Diane
07- Gravity
08- Termination
09- From The Gut
10- Data Control
11- All Tensed Up
12- Don't Try To Call
13- I'm Not Interested
14- Sore Eyes
15- Push The Button
16- Gilligan's Island
17- MTC
18- Bricklayer


02- Live At Mabuhay Gardens (San Francisco, CA) (1981)

01- Intro
02- All Tensed Up
03- Don't Try To Call
04- I'm Not Interested
05- Sore Eyes
06- Wheels
07- Private Hell
08- Travel In The Opposite Car
09- Don't Have A Life
10- Bricklayer
11- Tired Of Doing Things
12- Sexual Economics
13- Do You Remember¿
14- Ultracore
15- Let's Go Die
16- Data Control


03- Land Speed Record (Live) (1982)

01 - All Tensed Up
02 - Don't Try to Call
03 - I'm Not Interested
04 - Guns at My School
05 - Push the Button
06 - Gilligan's Island
07 - MTC
08 - Don't Have a Life
09 - Bricklayer
10 - Tired of Doing Things
11 - You're Naive
12 - Strange Week
13 - Do the Bee
14 - Big Sky
15 - Ultracore
16 - Let's Go Die
17 - Data Control


04- Live At Goofy's Upper Deck (Minnesota, MN) (1983)

01- Something I Learned Today
02- It's Not Funny Anymore
03- From The Gut
04- Wheels
05- Everything Falls Apart
06- Chartered Trips
07- Sunshine Superman
08- Eight Miles High
09- Broken Home, Broken Heart
10- What's Going On
11- Newest Industry
12- Pride
13- I'll Never Forget You
14- What Do I Want - Data Control Intro
15- Data Control
16- Drug Party - Punchdrunk
17- 17out On A Limb


05- Live At Saltlageret (Copenhagen, Denmark) (1985)

01- Flip Your Wig
02- Every Everything
03- Drug Party
04- Makes No Sense At All
05- The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
06- I Apologize
07- If I Told You
08- Folk Lore
09- Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
10- I Don't Know For Sure
11- Terms Of Psychic Warfare
12- Powerline
13- Books About UFO's
14- Hardly Getting Over It
15- Sorry Somehow
16- Find Me
17- The Wit And The Wisdom
18- Diane
19- Celebrated Summer
20- Pink Turns To Blue
21- Eight Miles High (Byrds)
22- Recurring Dreams
23- All Work And No Play


06- Psychepowerpopapunk (Live) (1985)

01- The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
02- Every Everything
03- Makes No Sense At All
04- Don't Want To Know
05- I Don't Know For Sure
06- Terms Of Psychic Warfare
07- Hardly Getting Over It
08- Sorry Somehow
09- You Are So Square
10- Celebrated Summer
11- Green Eyes
12- Divide And Conquer
13- All Work And No Play
14- Powerline
15- Books About UFO's
16- Flip Your Wig
17- I Apologize
18- If I Told You


07- The Complete Spin Radio Concert (Live) (1985)

01- Interview
02- Interview
03- Interview
04- Interview
05- Interview
06- Flip Your Wig
07- Every Everything
08- Makes No Sense At All
09- The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
10- I Apologize
11- If I Told You
12- Folk Lore
13- Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
14- I Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
15- Terms Of Psychic Warfare
16- Powerline
17- Books About UFO's
18- Hardly Getting Over It
19- Sorry Somehow
20- You're So Square - The Wit & Wisdom
21- Green Eyes
22- Divide & Conquer
23- Celebrated Summer
24- All Work, No Play


08- Live At 1st Ave (Minneapolis, MN) (1987)

01- These Important Years
02- Charity, Chastity, Prudence, And Hope
03- Standing In The Rain
04- Back From Somewhere
05- Ice Cold Ice
06- You're A Soldier
07- Could You Be The One
08- Too Much Spice
09- Friend, You've Got To Fall
10- Everytime
11- Visionary
12- She Floated Away
13- Bed Of Nails
14- Tell You Why Tomorrow
15- Flexible Flyer
16- Turn It Around
17- She's A Woman (And Now He Is A Man)
18- Up In The Air
19- You Can Live At Home
20- Books About UFO's
21- title unknown
22- Makes No Sense At All
23- Pink Turns To Blue


09- Live At Messepalast (Vienna, Austria) (1987)

01- Standing In The Rain
02- Back From Somewhere
03- Ice Cold Ice
04- Could You Be The One
05- Too Much Spice
06- Everytime
07- Friend, You've Got To Fall
08- The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
09- Interview (with German voiceover)
10- Books About UFO's
11- Hardly Getting Over It
12- Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely


10- The Living End (Live) (1994)

01- New Day Rising
02- Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
03- Standing In The Rain
04- Back From Somewhere
05- Ice Cold Ice
06- Everytime
07- Friend, You've Got To Fall
08- She Floated Away
09- From The Gut
10- Target
11- It's Not Funny Anymore
12- Hardly Getting Over It
13- Terms Of Psychic Warfare
14- Powerline
15- Books About UFO's
16- Divide And Conquer
17- Keep Hanging On
18- Celebrated Summer
19- Now That You Know Me
20- Ain't No Water In The Well
21- What's Going On
22- Data Control
23- In A Free Land
24- Sheena Is A Punk Rocker


11- Live Featuring J.C. (EP) (2008)

01- Drug Party (Duffy’s 14 April 1982)
02- What’s Going On (Goofy’s 12 August 1983)
03- Drug Party (Goofy’s 12 August 1983)

jueves, 9 de julio de 2015

The Old Firm Casuals

Historia

The Old Firm Casuals es una banda estadounidense de street punk / oi! formada en 2010 en San Francisco, California. El grupo está liderado por el guitarrista y vocalista de Rancid Lars Frederiksen.


Discografía


01- We Want The Lion's Share (EP) (2011)


1. We Want the Lion's Share
2. Don't Worry About Me
3. Ignorant Ones


02- Them Against Us - Split EP (The Old Firm Casuals + Insane Dogs) (2011)

01- The Old Firm Casuals - The Wire
02- The Old Firm Casuals - Death Dealers
03- Insane Dogs - Schuldig
04- Insane Dogs - Paradies In Flammen


03- The Last Resort + The Old Firm Casuals (Split EP) (2011)

01- The Last Resort - Last We Forget
02- The Last Resort - Soul Boys
03- The Old Firm Casuals - Public Enemy
04- The Old Firm Casuals - A Gang Like Us


04- Army Of One (EP) (2011)

1. Army of One
2. Bloodsucker
3. The Rabble


05- The Old Firm Casuals (EP) (2011)

1. Old Firm (D.M.S.)
2. Lone Wolf
3. Apocalypse Coming
4. Casual


06- Oi! Rules... OK! - Split EP (Evil Conduct + The Old Firm Casuals) (2012)

01- Evil Conduct - Working Class Heroes
02- The Old Firm Casuals - For The Love Of It All


07- Born Criminal (EP) (2012)

01- Born Criminal
02- Skinhead
03- Gag Order


08- Stesso Sangue - Split EP (Klasse Kriminale + The Old Firm Casuals) (2012)

01- Klasse Kriminale - Davide
02- Klasse Kriminale - La Ragazza Dalla T-Shirt Degli Angelic Upstarts
03- The Old Firm Casuals - Rat Race
04- The Old Firm Casuals - Red White & Blue


09- Oi! Ain't Dead - Split (The Old Firm Casuals + Razorblade + The Corps Booze & Glory) (2012)

01- The Old Firm Casuals - You Better Start Runnin'
02- The Old Firm Casuals - I Remain
03- The Old Firm Casuals - Love Street Kid
04- Razorblade - Back Once More
05- Razorblade - Demolition Man
06- Razorblade - Fighting The System
07- The Corps - Talk Is Over
08- The Corps - Know The Code
09- The Corps - Making Enemies
10- The Corps - Burning The Candle
11- Booze & Glory - Friends
12- Booze & Glory - England Will Never Change
13- Booze & Glory - Working Hard, Dressing Smart
14- Booze & Glory - It Was Our World


10- Yuletide Cheets & Oi! - Split EP (Evil Conduct + The Old Firm Casuals) (2013)

01- Evil Conduct - Silverbells
02- The Old Firm Casuals - Father X-Mas


11- The Old Firm Casuals + The Headliners (Split EP) (2013)

01- The Old Firm Casuals - March On
02- The Old Firm Casuals - We're All Gonna Die
03- The Headliners - C'mon C'mon
04 - The Headliners - You've Never Done


12- For The Love Of It All (2013)

1. We Want the Lion's Share
2. The Rabble
3. Army of One
4. A Gang Like Us
5. We Don't Bury Our Dead
6. Ignorant Ones
7. The Wire
8. Skinhead
9. Bloodsucker
10. We're all Gonna Die
11. You Better Start Runnin'
12. I Remain
13. Violence in our Minds
14. Public Enemy
15. Death Dealers
16. Red, White ~N~ Blue
17. Love Street Kid
18. Rat Race
19. D.M.D.P..
20. Born Criminal
21. Gag Order
22. Don't Worry About Me
23. March On
24. For the Love of it all...


13- Oi! Ain't Dead 3 - Split EP (The Old Firm Casuals + NOi!se + Razorblade + Badlands) (2014)

01- The Old Firm Casuals - American Dream
02- NOi!se - Two Faced
03- Razorblade - Annihilation
04- Badlands - Banner Of Hope


14- This Means War (Reissue) (2014)

1. Langskib
2. This Means War
3. Perry Boys
4. Election Day
5. Off With Their Heads
6. Never Say Die
7. Eternal City
8. Needle on the Record
9. Apocalypse Redux
10. Dear Leader
11. On Wolves of War
12. Victory
13. Watford Tuxedo

viernes, 3 de julio de 2015

Kompilado Ska Desde el Fin del Mundo

Aportado al blog por Gino



CD 1

01- Sandino Rockers - E P E L
02- Ska Prensao - Gringo Pellegri
03- Sonora de Llegar - Bar Cementerio
04- Ateos Gracias a Dios - El Alza
05- Peyote Rojo - Mujer Cabeza Dura
06- Santiago Rebelde - El Circo
07- Skizofrenia - Inmortal
08- Sandino Rockers - Mi Tierra
09- Peyote Rojo - Hay Repartidos En El Espacio
10- Santo Barrio - Botella
11- Los Precisos Rocksteady Combo - Ciudad Sin Tiempo
12- Dr. Skarlata - Mr. No Está
13- Fieromonos - A Ritmo Ska
14- Sin Apuro - Arica En Plomo
15- Santo Barrio - El Toque
16- Cholomandinga - La Marihuana
17- La Sativa Ska - Manifiesta
18- Los Kokos - Mala Noche
19- Skasez Mental - La Cajita de Cartoon
20- Brigada de Negro - Visagra
21- Pelados De A 500 - No Estoy de Acuerdo
22- La Rufina Ska - Vergüenza
23- Sonora de Llegar - Checho Lopez
24- Ska Prensao - Huye

CD 2

01- La Floripondio - Vacunazka
02- Santo Barrio - La Favorita
03- Brigada de Negro - La Chica del Barrio
04- La Rude Jasha - Consternado
05- Baskatumbao - La Vida Sigue Igual (Cover Sandro)
06- Fieromonos - Vago Voy
07- La Sativa Ska - Sin Trabajo
08- Los Kokos - Destino
09- Mano Inquieta - Cura Ladrón
10- Manifiesto SkaJazz - Manifiesto Ska
11- Pelados De A 500 - Latinoamérica
12- Brigada de Negro - Queremos Igualdad
13- Sin Apuro - Sin Apuro
14- Skaldik - Anarcopunk 1977
15- Sonora de Llegar - Mafioso
16- Peyote Rojo - Sentado En El Umbral De Lo Etereo
17- Cordones Flojos - Voces de Papel
18- Santiago Rebelde - El Animal
19- Dr. Skarlata - Nunca Pares de Ladrar
20- Santo Barrio - Marino Sin Vacilón
21- Los Revolucionarios Evolucionarios - El Galeón
22- Manifiesto SkaJazz - Blue Ska
23- Santiago Downbeat - Fidel Castro
24- Proyecto Secreto - Berguenda Ska
25- La Floripondio - Ven a la Ciudad
26- Santiago Downbeat - Y Ahora Tú Me Miras
27- Drakos - San Juan

CD 3

01- Cordones Flojos - Juicio y Realidad
02- Sonora de Llegar - Sit & Wonder
03- Los Revolucionarios Evolucionarios - Bonus Track
04- Ateos Gracias A Dios - No Hay Trabajo
05- Socios A La Fuerza - Este País Es Un Chiste
06- La Rufina Ska - Falsos
07- Skaldik - El Anciano
08- La Mayoría Ska - Maldito Corazón
09- Santiago Rebelde - Palitos De Rosa
10- Sandino Rockers - Charagua (Vivo)
11- La Peyote - Esperanza
12- La Rufina Ska - A la Huelga!
13- Santiago Rebelde - Skanero (Vivo)
14- Karnate! - Me Apesta la Wea!
15- Los Miserables - Todo Va Mal
16- Bruska Resaka - Bruska Resaka
17- Ateos Gracias A Dios - Pueblo Fantasma
18- Los Miserables - Cae la Noche Sobre Santiago
19- BBS Paranoicos - Skasi Un Chiste Que Te Maten Por La Patria
20- Karnate! - La Joya del Pacífico
21- Los Prisioneros - Maldito Sudaca
22- Los Miserables - Vacaciones en Hawai
23- Santiago Rebelde - Deskance