This show is entirely based on a Guardian music article from October this year.
From Arsedestroyer to Zoogz Rift: 50 underground albums you’ve never even heard of
We took this headline as a challenge.
We’d heard of just 3. Of those 3, only 1 had provided a song for a previous show of ours. Way back in 2010, the wonderful My Time by Roberto Cacciapaglia & Ann Steel made the playlist.
1/50 Ain’t Bad
That left 47 albums to listen to, 47 reviews to research and 47 backstories to read. That’s the thing with underground albums – chances are there’s a backstory. You know the kind of thing. The entire pressing of a recording that samples sumo bouts 1 made in a small house on Skye 2 is warped on a meat packing machine 3 but eventually released on a limited edition cassette at a Science Fiction festival 4 shortly before the artist drives off in a VW Beetle never to be heard from again 5.
30 made the final cut. Some are the lowest of lo-fi, some are the most gleeful of rackets (we’re looking at you Harry Pussy), some are plain odd and most defy our technically limited attempts to blend them seamlessly into a mix.
Same old Joint really.
Direct download: The Joint – 25 November 2017
And here’s the playlist in full…
- ARSEDESTROYER – Track 4 (2001)
- SOICHI TERADA 1 – Shiko Stepper Rumblin’ (1996)
- JR. AND HIS SOULETTES 3 – Momma, Love Tequila (1971)
- JEM TARGAL – Call Your Name (1978)
- RAH DIGGA – Straight Spittin’ (featuring Brooklyn) (2004)
- THEE HEADCOATEES – Don’t Wanna Hold Your Hand (1997)
- HIROSHI YOSHIMURA – Soto Wa Ame (1982)
- BASTI – Culture (1991)
- ICHIKO HASHIMOTO – I Love Your Music (1984)
Terry
- CONNIE CONVERSE 5 – Honeybee (195?)
- FAST FLOOR – Over Me (1994)
- GROUNDHOGS – Cherry Red (1971)
- DANIEL PATRICK QUINN 2 – Socratic Linedancing (2014)
- WOLFGANG RIECHMANN – Abendlicht (1978)
- GASENETA – 宇宙人の春 (1991)
- NEW BAD THINGS – Freemason Love Triangle (1995)
- HARRY PUSSY – Showroom Dummies (1993)
Stephen
- LIVES OF ANGELS – Red Suit (1983)
- TWINK – Think Pink (1970)
- OTIS G JOHNSON – Time To Go Home (1978)
- MARGARET BERGER – Seek I’ll Hide (2006)
- THE BIRTH OF SHARON – Volition (198?)
- LULA CÔRTES E ZÉ RAMALHO – Nas Paredes Da Pedra Encantada, Os Segredos Talhados Por Sumé (1975)
Terry
- DISINCARNATE – Monarch Of The Sleeping Marches (First Part) (1993)
- RAS KASS – Nature Of The Threat (1996)
- LE FORTE FOUR – Bikini Tennis Shoes (One Pair) (1975)
- OPPENHEIMER ANALYSIS 4 – Men In White Coats (1982)
- DEEP FREEZE MICE – Transparent Evil Plays (1985)
- MACINTOSH PLUS – リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー (2011)
- ZOOGZ RIFT – My Stuffed Animals Have Rabies (1985)
