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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Caesars (Re: 80s reissues) |
| Date | Wed, 23 Apr 2003 00:17:51 -0500 |
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I looked at the track listing of this today -- the bulk of the album was
recorded in 1998, and came out on Minty Fresh when the band was called (in
the U.S.) Twelve Caesars. They've put out two full LPs since then in
Sweden, under their actual name, Caesar's Palace, which I still need to get
(still have the links kindly sent to me off-list by fellow Auditeers).
New or not so new, Stewart has captured a lot of what makes their music so
friggin' cool.
Mike Bennett
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>From: Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org, audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: 80s reissues
>Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 00:27:24 -0400
>
>New release that I'm inordinately fond of: 39 MINUTES OF BLISS (IN AN
>OTHERWISE MEANINGLESS WORLD) by the Caesars (known as Caesars Palace in
>their native Sweden), out today on Astralwerks. It's tracks from two
>previous Scandinavian albums, including the snotty "I'm Gonna Kick You
>Out," a Farfisa-stoked Nuggets wannabe that you might remember from that
>really irritating Smirnoff Ice commercial where those assholes destroyed a
>laundromat by overloading all the machines and then dancing in the suds.
>(Seriously, who was supposed to pay to clean all that shit up?) Unpleasant
>advertising associations aside, this is actually one of the most enjoyable
>garage-revival releases to come down the pike so far. The singer has an
>appealing whininess to his vocals (always a plus in this most adolescent of
>genres), and the keyboardist/guitarist mixes his Farfisa organ attack with
>an unexpected electronic gloss that adds a freshness to a sound that
>otherwise would be indistinguishable from folks like the Hives or the Cato
>Salsa Experience. ("Crackin' Up" sounds like Neu! gone garage-punk!) More
>importantly, they're smart, capable songwriters who know the difference
>between "homage" and "rip-off." And hey, they cover the weird waltz-time
>end section (only that part!) of Teddy and His Patches' wild-eyed "Suzy
>Creamcheese," stretching it out into its own bit of icy electronic
>psychedelia! What's not to love?
>
>S
>
>NP: KEEP YOURSELF AMUSED -- Cockeyed Ghost (well, I wasn't gonna *leave* it
>in the dollar bin!)
>
>
>
>
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