Comments on: The best CDs of 2007, pt. 2: Platinum LPs

By: Ed Colavito

Ed Colavito — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:13:20 +0000

Sammy, email me at ed@thelostpatrol.com. I would like to send you TLP’s new CD

By: Ed Colavito

Ed Colavito — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:41:22 +0000

just a word of caution when looking for lost patrol merchandise, there is also a Swedish pop punk band called The Lost Patrol a.k.a. The Lost Patrol Band. I know if you listen on last.fm the songs are comingled together. If you’re looking to purchase CDs, your best bet is CDBABY.com, search “lost patrol” and all available titles will show up. As for downloading “Launch and Landing,” it’s on iTunes, Trade Bit, etc… CDBABY should give you a list all download sites carrying the tunes; however, purchasers of the CD get an extra bonus cut, which is one of the band’s best songs.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:09:23 +0000

Ed: Congrats to the band on the deal. I hope it brings them a wider audience. Truly, they’re one of the best things in the world of music right now.

By: Ed Colavito

Ed Colavito — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:04:34 +0000

Hey Dr. Slammy! Thanks so much for the nod to Lost Patrol. The band is currently signed to Kalinkaland Records in Germany, and hopefully this spring a compilation will be released covering all the music from 2000 onward. We appreciate this very much! I’ll be sure to plug you guys in our blog.

best
Ed Colavito,
TLP’s Manager
ed@thelostpatrol.com

By: Anders T

Anders T — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:24:41 +0000

Yes, that older album is very much Tori. Her new album, “Through the Gash” is very different. You can check some of the songs out on her MySpace,

http://www.myspace.com/hannahfury

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:09:23 +0000

Hey, Thyr. Good to hear from you. Just sampled a bit of Fury’s 2000 CD (the only thing they have at eMusic). The Amos comparison is very apt, especially. Thanks.

By: Anders T

Anders T — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:13:15 +0000

Hey man,
Hope you’re fine.
thanks for the tips. The Birthday Massacre and The Lost Patrol I had not heard. They are really good. On the subject of goth and dark moods, I would recommend one big favourite right now: Hannah Fury. Someone described her as Tori Amos meets Tim Burton. I think that’s quite accurate…

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Scholars and Rogues » The best CDs of 2007, pt. 3: CD of the Year — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:27:14 +0000

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By: Brian Angliss

Brian Angliss — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:21:25 +0000

Just gave TLP a listen on Last.fm – Quite different. Not sure yet whether I like it or not, actually. I caught my foot tapping a few times, though, and that’s a good sign.

By: Russ Wellen

Russ Wellen — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:10:19 +0000

Looks like Lost Patrol’s latest mp3 can’t be obtained on Amazaon since it’s self-distributed. Too bad cause they’re cheap and I don’t like to download free.

Thanks for the added recommendations too, Dr. S.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:39:05 +0000

Yup. I don’t think these are the two best CDs of the year (although the Lost Patrol is damned close), but they’re probably my two favorites. Let me know what you think of TLP.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:32:19 +0000

Also – one that didn’t make the list. If you like really noisy, really dissonant electrometal where the “songs” go on for 25 minutes, I can’t recommend Nadja highly enough. On a far more accessible note, do look up thenewno2, Dani Harrison’s new band. They have some demo stuff floating around and I can’t WAIT for a real CD….

By: Brian Angliss

Brian Angliss — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:31:46 +0000

I listened to most of Walking with Strangers last night. Now it’s time to buy. TLP tonight…

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:29:52 +0000

TLP is awesome, but it’s a band that uses some electronics, not an electronica band. Of the things in the Gold and Platinum tiers this year, for the electronica lover I’d recommend you try out The Chromatics, Apparat (a must), Sarah Nixey and of course Skinny Puppy. The Birthday Massacre isn’t a techno band, but they’re not even a little bit afraid of a synthesizer….

By: Russ Wellen

Russ Wellen — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:43:18 +0000

As an electronica addict, I don’t listen to rock much anymore. But this list intrigues.

Especially your description of the Lost Patrol. Might seek it out.

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:14:19 +0000

Doug: I don’t rank, like I used to, but if I did I’d probably have the Plant/Krauss between 5 and 10. My take is that neither Plant fans nor Krauss fans are probably going to love it if they bought it hoping for what they’re used to from the individual artist. Maybe Plant fans would be a little happier, but on the whole I felt like the CD’s real strength was the fact that it WASN’T an all-star team, exactly.

Thanks for commenting, though. If I ever do one of these lists and get universal agreement on it I think I’ll probably kick over dead on the spot…

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:10:24 +0000

Robert Plant fans tend to like Raising Sand a lot more than Alison Krauss fans. I think she lost out on this one, T Bone Burnett’s production attaching bass bombs to the her ankles. It’s okay, but nowhere near the year’s best.

By: Brian Angliss

Brian Angliss — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:59:16 +0000

I admit that your description of them made me very, very curious. Time to play with Last.fm tonight while I develop bad guys for my DND game, I think….

By: Dr. Slammy

Dr. Slammy — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:53:15 +0000

Yeah, if you like Violet you’ll probably like this one. Be interesting to see what you think of The Lost Patrol, too.

By: Brian Angliss

Brian Angliss — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:51:27 +0000

Birthday Massacre? Coolness. Violet was great, so now I have more music to add to my list.

I’ve always appreciated these, Slammy, even when you were doing them over on the Pit, because even if I didn’t like half of what you did, I still was doing better than shooting blind.

Thanks!