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Tags: art yard
Terminal Boredom loves the Art Yard 7″
Art Yard “The Law” 7″
More exceptional archival material from Ride the Snake, this time from Art Yard, post-Maps art-pop-rockers from early-Eighties Boston. These tracks originally appeared on a cassette comp from Propeller Records in 1981, with “The Law” being an obscure hit that garnered them some local/college radioplay/popularity, but as these things surely go, just as the band was picking up steam they broke up. “The Law”, a song I’ll cop to never having heard before, is quite an exciting find, a angsty-pop hit about depression that has a pounding backbeat and some post-punky nervousness to its hook. Reminds me of Suicide Commandos with some arty Mission of Burma touches. A song good enough to pay for on its own. “Something in Your Eyes” is a break-up tune with some more clever lyrics, the slower tempo allowing some time to focus on the angular guitar playing. Not as direct a hit as “The Law”, but still satisfying and a bit more challenging even. You should shell out for this one, as it’s a great “reissue” of a band that barely existed, but one you really should hear.(RK)
(Ride the Snake // www.ridethesnakerecords.com)
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Art Yard/Maps drummer Jim Clements unearths rare Maps footage!
Wow. Footage of the late great Maps playing at the Modern Theater in downtown Boston in 1979. The Modern Theater was closed in 1980 and then fell into disuse in for decades and only recently has been revamped by Emerson University, so this is maybe the only way to see what it looked like back in the day. This was filmed for a public access TV show that no one seems to remember the name of. 3/4 of the Maps went on to form Ride the Snake recording artists Art Yard in 1980 and singer Judy Grunwald went on to a long career in the acclaimed Salem 66. I wish the sound was a bit louder, but it is still thrilling to watch this band in action!
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Tags: Top 10
End of the Year Top 10′s
So obviously the only records you really needed to buy in 2011 were the records that Ride the Snake released. We pretty much had the market covered. However, if you still have money to burn and some kind of crazy vinyl record buying addiction, here are some other records that came out in 2011 that are worthy of your cash. Happy New Year!
Rock lps:
1. Total Control-Henge Beat lp (Iron Lung)
2. Rank/Xerox-s/t lp (Make-a-Mess)
3. Kitchen’s Floor-Look Forward to Nothing (Siltbreeze)
4. La Ligne Claire-Cheri lp (Bruit Direct Disques)
5. Shoppers-the Silver Year (Drugged Conscience)
6. Royal Headache-s/t lp (RIP Society)
7. Comet Gain-Howl of the Lonely Crowd lp (What’s Your Rupture?)
8. Iceage-New Brigade lp (What’s Your Rupture?)
9. Household-Items lp (Dull Knife)
10. Mmoss-”i” lp (Burger)
Runners Up: Crystal Stilts-In Love With Oblivion lp (Slumberland), Cruddy-Negative World lp (12XU), Apache Dropout s/t lp (Family Vineyard)
Non Rock lps
1. Red Horse-2nd lp (Type)
3. Clams Casino-Instrumentals 2xlp (Type)
4. Glands of External Secretion-Reverse Atheism 2xlp (BUFMS)
5. Pumice-Pebbles lp (Soft Abuse)
6. R/S-USA lp (Pan)
7. Stillbirth-Toward Sailor lp (Hospital)
8. Call Back the Giants-the Rising lp (Kye)
9. Graham Lambkin-Amateur Doubles lp (Kye)
10. Ali Ag Amoumime-lp+7″ (Mississppi)
Singles/eps:
1. Holy Balm-7″ (Hustle Muscle)
2. Bad Banana-Cry About It 7″ (Puzzle Pieces)
3. Andy Stott-Pass Me By 2×12″ (Modern Love)
4. Andy Stott-We Stay Together-2×12″ (Modern Love)
5. Crazy Spirit-Remastered Demo 12″ep (Quality Control)
6. Raime-Hentail 12″ ep (Blackest Ever Black)
7. Regis-In A Syrian Tongue 12″ ep (Blackest Ever Black)
8. Vaccuum-2nd 7″ ep (Irukandjji)
9. Factory Floor-Two Different Ways 12″ (DFA)
10. Home Blitz-A.T.K. 7″ (Mexican Summer)
Reissues:
1. Void-Sessions 1981-83 lp (Dischord
2. v/a-Krypton Ten 2xlp+7″ (Unwuch)
3. the Vacuum 7″ (Siltbreeze)
4. Jack Ruby-Hit and Run 7″ (Saturday)
5. the Embarassment-Sex Drive 7″ (Last Laugh)
6. Bastard-Controlled in the Frame 7″ (540)
7. Just Urbain-Everybody Loves Just Urbain 7″ (540)
8. Young Identities-New Trends 7″ (540)
9. Trad Gras Och Stenar-Gardet 12.16.70 2xlp (Subliminal Sounds)
10. Dow Jones and the Industrials-7″ (Family Vineyard)
runner up: Erkin Koray-Mechul: Singles and Rarities lp (Sublime Frequencies), all 3 Dead Moon reissue lps (Mississppi), v/a-Those Shocking Shaking Days 3xlp (Now Again), June Brides-London 1983-85 lp (Social Music/Mississppi), Black Humor lp (Superior Viaduct), Hagar the Womb-A Brighter Shade of Black lp (Mississppi), Above Ground-Gone AIWA lp (Siltbreeze)
live shows:
1. Big Freedia/Katey Red at Red 7, Austin TX
2. Kreigshog/Double Negative at the Broken Neck, Austin, TX
3. Lebenden Toten at O’Briens, Allston, MA
4. Kitchen’s Floor/Reports at PA’s Lounge
5. Mmoss at PA’s Lounge during the Deep Heaven Now fest last January, Somerville, MA
6. Arnold Dreyblatt at Goethe Institute, Boston, MA
7. Felix Kubin at Goethe Institute, Boston MA
8. Slices at “HOUSE”, Allston, MA
9. Iceage/Rank/Xerox at the Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain MA
10.Whore Paint/Major Stars at Precinct, Somerville Ma
11. Destroy All Monsters at Boston University, Boston, MA
12. Swann Che at Aviary Gallery, Jamaica Plain MA
13. Boston Strangler at Midway Cafe, Jamaica Plain MA
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