Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard - Kiss Your Kidnapped CharabancNikki Suddens collaboration with former BirthdayParty guitarist Rowland S. Howard peaked with Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc, the duos 1987 first and only fulllength. Howards sinister guitar flourishes and malevolent lyrical motifs lead Suddens paisley clad disposition intomurkier waters, drudging the same sludge inhabited by The Gun Club and Nick Caves Bad Seeds. Unhinged slideguitars, noise and primal drumming draw up demented pacts forged in the

Busta sounds right at home over this J Dilla beat trading verses with his Native Tongue cohort Q-Tip

released on The Reverberation Appreciation Society

so ahead of its time‰۝ - Dan Snaith (Caribou / Daphni)

‰ÛÏLose Myself in Sound‰۝ will appeal to fans of The Clean who favor songs where the band chugs along on a blissful straightline path

The Four Clefs I Like Pie

'The Equatorial Stars' consists of a series of seven soundscapes

memory and loss

capable of lifting heavier than even the records‰۪ thick layers of distorto implied

as Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve with Erol Alkan - but when it's time for someåÊsolo sonic action

originally issued in 1969

This compilation features some of the divergent bands emerging out of the North-West during this era

or on the handful of singles and live recordings Weekend put their name to before disbanding in 1983