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Scott_Williams on 08/16/2011 at 12:08PM
New Bin Faves: Terrors - Lagan Qord (Weird Forest) [MP3s]
Somewhere in the cold grey spaces between Amen Dunes and Kurt Vile live the faraway, mournfully woozy guitar ballads of Terrors, the home-recording project of Elijah Forrest, whoever that is (I'd like to know).
Lagan Qord is a CD & vinyl issue of 2 years' worth of cassette releases. Check his take on "God Bless the Child," which sounds almost like John Cale demoing tracks for Nico's Chelsea Girls sessions.
>> Terrors - Lagan Qord @ Weird Forest
(via Recent New Bin Faves at WFMU's Beware of the Blog, August 2011)
Scott_Williams on 01/12/2011 at 05:59PM
Oneida live at WFMU, Three Full Sessions, plus!
Brooklyn's Oneida has long occupied a large engorged chunk of the collective heart of us freeform freaks in Jersey City, so it's with much excitement that we're finally able to share with you three full sets (and then some) that the band has performed over the years on WFMU. I'll introduce you to the two I was fortunate to host.
Oneida's first appearance, on my show in June 2000, introduced us to their homebrewed blend of minimalist no wave, kraut jams and freedom rock. Overheated farfisas and squalling guitars collided with the most propulsive and exciting drumming since Keith Moon, while the singers mined the classic lyric canon of rock music.
FMU history buffs take note of the answer to the question "who was the first band to play live on WFMU after 9/11?": Oneida, on my Sept 17, 2001 show. When you need a heavy fog-lifting and blast of clarity, you call Oneida. They delivered. Set opener "To Everything There is a Tyme to Remember Aaliyah" rescued the recently deceased singer from the historical black hole that swallowed Gary Condit and sharks, while "Sheets of Easter" provided the necessary peeling back of the sky and release of a lot of anxious, nervous, just plain bad feeling. Fittingly, when the radio show was over, the band kept playing, as you'll hear on "Double Lock Your Mind". This set, by the way, was one of my all-time personal favorite WFMU experiences.
Five years later, Oneida returned yet again, performing on Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic, and we've got that set here as well; then there was that amazing collaboration with Alan Vega, doing Suicide's "Rocket USA" at one of our FMA launch shows in October 2007. Annnnnd, we've got their May 2009 performance on the banks of the ol' Mediteranney, at Barcelona's annual Primavera Sound Festival, recorded and broadcast by WFMU. Whew... Dig in!
Oneida's artist page on the FMA, containing full downloads of everything discussed in this post, is right here. Thanks to Oneida and Jagjaguwar for allowing to share this treasure trove.
