This
two-disc, 21-track compilation of women artists covering early era
(1969 to 1979) Neil Young songs is an intriguing concept. This
collection of women's voice treatments of Neil Young's songs is
everything I had expected. There are some are real gems. The use of all
women's voices and creativity add an interesting slant on Neil's songs
demonstrating their breadth and true human connections. I enjoyed the
artists and group choices made by American Laundromat Records. The CD,
for the most part, avoids the problem of disjointed sounds many
multi-group artist tributes suffer from, flowing nicely together from
various styles and sound variations. It is quite enjoyable. I know as a
Neil Young fan that I will enjoy this for many years to come. It will
join the ranks of good tributes such as.This Note's for You Too!: A
Tribute to Neil Young and The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young.
Crawdaddy~
Disc: 1 1. Heart Of Gold (Tanya Donelly) - Tanya Donnelly 2. I Am A Child (Britta Phillips) - Britta Phillips 3. Comes A Time (Kate York) - Kate York 4. The Needle And The Damage Done (Lori McKenna) - Lori McKenna 5. Down By The River (Jill Sobule w/ John Doe) - Jill Sobule 6. Burned (Veruca Salt) - Veruca Salt 7. Cowgirl In The Sand (Josie Cotton) - Josie Cotton 8. A Man Needs A Maid (Dala) - Dala 9. Ohio (Darcie Miner) - Darcie Miner 10. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Carmen Townsend) - Carmen Townsend
Disc: 2 1. Cinnamon Girl (Euro-Trash Girl) - Euro-Trash Girl 2. I Believe In You (Julie Peel) - Julie Peel 3. Tell Me Why (Luff) - Luff 4. Ohio (Dala) - Dala 5. Helpless (Elk City) - Elk City 6. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Amilia K. Spicer) - Amilia K. Spicer 7. Sugar Mountain (Louise Post) - Louise Post 8. Powderfinger (The Watson Twins) - The Watson Twins 9. Like A Hurricane (Kristin Hersh) - Kristin Hersh 10. Old Man (Cindy Wheeler) - Cindy Wheeler 11. Walk On (Heidi Gluck) - Heidi Gluck
The band formed in the early 1980s, initially as Farmlife by Andy "Jesus" Mosquera (guitar), Peter Swaine (vocals), Steve Gerrard (guitar), Laurence Wood (sax),James Hunt(bass) and Mark Thompson (drums), who met on a fine art course at Leicester Polytechnic. They underwent lineup changes and then released one single under this name in 1982, "Susie's Party" (later covered by Yeah Yeah Noh); A second single on Dan Treacy's Whaam! label was withdrawn. In 1984 Farmlife split up, and Andy "Jesus" Mosquera (vocals), Steve Gerrard (guitar), Mark Thompson (drums) formed The Bomb Party, with Sarah Corina (bass). They took their name from a Graham Greene novel, debuting in 1985 with the Ray Gun EP on the Abstract label, the new sound described as "a Molotov cocktail of hardcore grebo gothability lying somewhere between The Cramps and Bauhaus". The bandmembers themselves rejected the "grebo (music)" tag, Mosquera stating "We're not grebos and we're not bikers or any of that shit. We're experimental. We are experimentalists but we don't have to say we're political and we credit our audience with enough intelligence to suss it out for themselves
Their fourth and final album, Nativity #3 appeared on Artlos in 1990, the band split up immediately after it was recorded. The band played their final gig at The Powerhaus in London on 17 December 1989.
Thompson subsequently joined members of Gaye Bykers on Acid and The Janitors in the band G.R.O.W.T.H.., who released the album For Lack Of Horses They Straddle Dogs. Mosquera reverted to a career in fine art. Corina joined The Mekons and, later, Striplight (with Alex Mitchell of Curve). She has also recorded with Bill Carter of Screaming Blue Messiahs.
~Wiki
Track List: 1-The Beginning And The End 2-Ship Of Fools 3-Hey Joe 4-31st Of September 5-Lucy Gas 6-Unavoidably Detained 7-Dreaming 8-Gimme Summat To Love 9-Use It 10-In This Land 11-Touched 12-Tonight 13-The Beginning And The End
1. The Scratch 2. Hip Like Junk 3. M.I.A. 4. Derailed 5. Cats Meow 6. Rock A Bye 7. It's Too Late 8. Damn Good And Well 9. Kiss My Ass Goodbye 10. Icy Blue 11. Get Lit
The Big F is a rock trio born out of the split of Berlin and featuring guitarist Mark Christian, bassist/singer John Shreve (aka John Crawford) and drummer Rob Donin (aka Rob Brill). The Big F is essentially Berlin, without the chick singing. But the
music is much, much harder. Though nowhere near as slamming as their
self-titled debut "Is" does contain some great songs with "Patience
Peregrine" the stand-out track. A hard-driving rhythm section pounds
behind anguished vocals and non-linear guitar playing to create a sound
so original no one wanted to hear it. With their albums long out of
print, used bins at record stores are about the only place to track
their masterpieces down.
Track List:
1. Patience Peregrine 2. Way Low To Be Low 3. Wicked Thing 4. Mother Mary 5. Idiot Kid Heads Out 6. Gone Ancient 7. Mama Jame 8. Fefofi 9. Lube