Say you will put the reviewer on the guest list, but then at the last minute take her off. Reviewers don’t like spending money because nobody ever pays them.
Brian Eno – Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) – That so much frantic energy and disjointed lyrics can be so soothing is just another example of Eno’s genius.
Dead Can Dance Into The Labyrinth – Soaring Gregorian choral music, Middle Eastern percussion, dripping Goth sentiments: This album crystallizes a lifestyle.
The Birthday Party – Prayers on Fire – She and I snuck into the empty apartment I had just moved out of with a small tape player, on batteries, cranked to full.
Suicide “Frankie Teardrop”: As bleak as a Hubert Selby novel and kilos more visceral, this nerve-knotting meisterwerk is one of the scariest songs of all time.