East Coast Cavity <> West Coast Candy

Sonic Youth.
New York, 1981.

Browse-out what the Urban are saying>>>
Sonic Youth:
"The oldest band out there with "Youth" in the title. But they own my ass, your ass, and all ass everywhere at any time."

Sonic Youth, The Covers, Bootleg, 2001.



01 Hallowed Be Thy Name
02 Personality Crisis
03 Within You Without You
04 I Am Right
05 Computer Age
06 Burning Farm
07 Electricity
08 Is It My Body
09 Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence
10 Mama You've Been On My Mind
11 Black Candy
12 I Know There's An Answer
13 Ca Plane Pour Moi
14 Superstar
15 Moist Vagina
16 Santa Doesn't Cop Out On Dope
17 That's All I Know (Right Now)
18 Touch Me I'm Sick
19 European Son
20 Simpsons Theme




Beat Happening.
Olympia, WA, 1982.

Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis & eventually Brett Lunsford played all-ages shows.
Those X's and that hand-stamp were like real influential.

Michael Azerrad writes:
"Beat happening ruffled more feathers than almost any other punk band. Their music was not fast, hard, or especially angry. They didn’t have a bassist and all three members switched instruments on stage frequently. But the most alienating factor of the band was Calvin Johnson’s (far right in) contra-bass voice. Although they did not adapt to any of the punk trappings of the day, by rebelling against punks newfound traditionalism, Beat Happening were essentially out-punking the punks. They confronted their audience by not living up to expectations, whatever those were. Calvin, the singer/guitarist/drummer, also started his own record label, “K Records”, further tying him into punk’s DIY culture. I think bands like Beat Happening display a real love for the individual and their capability to make art. For example, Calvin released a cassette tape on K Records of people he met singing improvised songs with no musical accompaniment. Perhaps not the easiest collection of songs to listen to, but the tape was certainly a daring experiment in how art does not have to be professional to be legitimate."

[Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2001.]

More on Beat Happening here: Beat Happening.

Apparently, fans & critics did not connect with the what-EVER fuckall guttering / careless beat on third studio album, Black Candy. The record is much less praised in the press compared to favorites Jamboree and You Turn Me On.

Beat Happening, Black Candy, K Records, 1989



1. Other Side
2. Black Candy
3. Knick Knack
4. Pajama Party in a Haunted Hive
5. Gravedigger Blues
6. Cast a Shadow
7. Bonfire
8. T.V. Girl
9. Playhouse
10. Ponytail



Happy Halloween.

+ mp3 Beat Happening - Black Candy
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