Musick that Needed Work: T - Twiggy Frostbite

 

Twiggy Frostbite was originally a five piece indie pop outfit made up of Elin Lindfors - vocals, Joel Thedéen - guitar, AnnaKarin Berglund - keyboards, Emma Sjöberg - bass, & David Kramer - drums from Gävle, Sweden.

 

Twiggy Frostbite play a unique style of dreamy ethereal pop, spectral icy music that recall Mazzy Star, Cocteau Twins, or Sigur Ros. The band is now an all-female quartet consisting of Elin Lindfors, Anna-Karin Berglund, Emma Sjöberg with newly added member Sofia Stolpe. 

 

Twiggy Frostbite - Through Fire, Despotz Records DZCD006, 2009.
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Intro    
Eye for an Eye    
Morning    
Thrown in Two
Chimera    
Heroes
Grime Star    
Narrow Pride
Along Your Way    
All I Need    
Still Here    
Angels

 

 

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NØ

Musick that Needed Work: T - Tar Babies

 

The Tar Babies was a band from Madison, Wisconsin. The original line-up consisted of Bucky Pope - guitar), brothers Jeremy & Robin Davies - vocals & bass respectively with Dan Bitney - drums.

They played their own unique style of artsy-hardcore punk. With the departure of Jeremy Davies in 1987, the remaining trio signed to SST Records. By this point their sound had progressed into a streamlined punk/Funk sound.  

 

Tar Babies - Fried Milk, SST Records SST101, 1987.
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Side A -        
More Salt
My Spiritual Forklift
Clenched Fist
Swing Set
Loose Convictions
Karma Soldier
Pig Relevance
Sound & Color
No Light Ever
On the Phone (W/ Pepsodent)

Side B -
Love Epidemic
Vices
Ceiling Skies
Set Me Up
Blood Sugar
Stryofoam
Flower Power
Storm’s Over
Paradise Shines

 

 

 

 

 

On No Contest, the trio has added saxophone player Tony Jarvis who pushes their sound ever so slightly in a jazzier direction.

 

 

Tar Babies - No Contest, SST Records SSTCD169, 1988.

Lay of the Law    
Lupe    
Link in a Chain    
Actualizing    
Clean Living    
Catch My Fall    
Wisdom Drill    
Cure it All    
Blood Onion    
Real Time

 

 

 

 

 

The Tar Babies - Honey Bubble, SST Records SSTCD236, 1989.

Rockhead    
Rhino a Go Go    
Lab Test Animal    
Ninety Pounds    
Bimbos & Idiots    
Joy Ride    
Yama Yama Man    
Waking    
Reprise Reprise    
Spaight & Ashbury

 

 

 

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NØ

Musick that Needed Work: T - Traces of Torpid

 

Traces of Torpid is a Russian trip-hop project made up of BogoMire (Mikhail Tulikov) - guitar / bass & Squash - sampling / programming / drums, recorded at SquashHomeStudio, Moscow, Russia. 

  

Traces of Torpid - Plastic Mirror EP, No Head Records, 2002.
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Silence Sale    
Traces of Torpid    
Overhelming Sorrows Laugh    
Azure Pantomime

 

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NØ
 

Musick that Needed Work: T - Time for Dreams

 

Time for Dreams is the Australian duo of Amanda Roff & Tom Carlyon. 

 

They make bleak yet vivid bad-dream pop where the twosome's thoughts & memories are condensed into sound driven by deep Dub basslines, beats, mesmeric melodies, & vocals. 

 

Time for Dreams - In Time, It Records itCD009, 2017.
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Projects    
The Stranger    
Lighthouse    
Move It    
I Love that Tiger    
My Operator    
Orders    
Newscene

 

 

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NØ

Musick that Needed Work: T - Traffic

 

Traffic was basically a super-group of British musicians: Steve Winwood; Dave Mason; Jim Capaldi & Chris Wood. They were around from 1967 until 1975 with break-ups between & many line-up changes. Winwood was in post-Cream band Blind Faith during a 1969-1970 break-up. They re-united briefly in 1994. 

 

Here's one of their classics, released next after the John Barleycorn reunion of 1970, graced by the sublime presence of Rebop Kwaku Baah...

 

Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Island Records SW9306, 1971.
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Side 1 -        
Hidden Treasure
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Light Up or Leave Me Alone

Side 2 -
Rock & Roll Stew
Many a Mile to Freedom
Rainmaker 

 

 

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NØ

Over 5,000,000 Served

On October 4, 2025 I posted 4,000,000 Served. On that post I sez:
          "Well this time it only took from June 7 last year until now (October 4) to pass the 4,000,000 mark. So for a "backwater blog" like I've got going here, I'm even more more mightily chuffed. I have you all to thank for making my journey here so rewarding. You are the best."

Previosly it took from 2007 until July 2017 to reach 1 million, then from July 2017 until October  27, 2021 to reach 2 million, then from October 27, 2021 until June 4, 2024 to reach 3 million, then from June 4, 2024 until October 4, 2025 to reach 4 million...an ever accelerating rate that had my head spinning. 

Well, over night last night (April 23) my visitor count passed the 5,000,000 mark. So in less than seven months I’ve had another one million visits. I don’t even know how to express my gratitude to all of you who come by here for a look or a listen. The only reason that I do what I do is all of you. All I can really say to you out there cruising the interweb searching for musick is...

Thank you so much. I am truly overwhelmed, You all are what keep me going & I salute you.

NØ

Musick that Needed Work: T - The The

 

This band survived the purge of "The" from the band names because there was nowhere to hide. I doubt if I need to go into much of a history of this band. Pretty much anyone interested in music is familiar with the musical work of Matt Johnson, the founder & only constant member of The The. 

 

This version of Soul Mining, The The's first full-length comes with a bonus 12" 45rpm limited edition... 

 

The The - Soul Mining, Epic EPC25525, 1983.
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Side A -
I've Been Waitin' for Tomorrow (All of My Life)
This is the Day
The Sinking Feeling
Uncertain Smile
Side B -        
The Twilight Hour
Soul Mining
Giant

 

 

 

 

 

The The - Perfect limited edition bonus 12", Epic XPR1250, 1983.

    

Side A (over) -        
Perfect
Side B -
Fruit of the Heart
Soup of Mixed Emotions

 

 

 

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Musick that Needed Work: T - Twilit Grotto

 

Twilit Grotto was a short-lived experimental avantgarde Art rock Noise project of Mark Dicker of London.

  

Twilit Grotto - Holiday Snaps cassette, Beartown Records, 2013.

Side 1 -
Digging the Sunken Palace
Old City Walls
Side 2 -
Bats in the Cave
bonus track
Ascending Node

 

 

 

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NØ

Musick that Needed Work: T - Thousand Yard Prayer

 

Thousand Yard Prayer is the alter-ego of Secret Archives of the Vatican's Vince Millett & Louis Counter & friends. 

 

They make Dark Age primordial music: medieval echoes, Dub dubstep, D'n'B, metal, & prog all rolled into one tight sound. 

 

Thousand Yard Prayer - Seven Towers, Broken Drum Records, 2015.
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Uyghurs with Attitude
Enter the House of Wisdom
The 24 Villages of Xianjing
The Fortress of Seven Towers
Fierabras

 

 

 

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NØ

Musick that Needed Work: T - Twisted Nerve

 

Twisted Nerve was a band from Edinburgh, Scotland. They formed in the late 70s as a punk unit originally caled the Insults. By the early 80s they had changed to Twisted Nerve & had transformed into a Goth band. They often played alongside Sex Gang Children as part of the old Batcave scene. 

 

The band consisted of Craig Paterson - vocals, Colin Moxey - guitar, Norbert Bassbin - bass, & Keith Hamilton - drums. 

 

Twisted Nerve – Eyes You Can Drown In 12" EP, Criminal Damage Records, 1983
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This Side –
Medusa
Other Side –
Gargoyle
Geronimo

 

 

 

 

 

Twisted Nerve – Séance 12" mini-LP, +1 Records, 1984.

Nerve 1A (45rpm) –
Séance

Nerve 1 (33.3 rpm) –
Yes Man
Twisted Nervosis
Freak of Nature
Scaramouche
It's All in the Mind

 

 

 

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NØ

Music that Needed Work: T - Trumans Water

 

Trumans Water is an experimental post-punk outfit from San Diego. 

 

 They were formed in 1991 by brothers Kirk (guitar) & Kevin (bass) Bransletter along with Jeff Jones (drums). The three advertised for a "lead singer, brain optional" & soon added Glen Galloway. Galloway quit part way through the 1993 Godspeed tetralogy (Godspeed the Static, ...the Punchline, ...the Hemorrhage, & ...the Vortex). 

 

Trumans Water - Godspeed the Static, Drunken Fish Records DF10, 1993.
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Side Black -
Sweet Sister Gay
Kick Penmanship
Other Side Blacker -
Shower Stopper Shower Stopper Shower Stopper Shower Stopper Yeah
California Lies

 

 

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NØ

Musick that Needed Work: T - The Tapes

 

The Tapes (one of the T bands making the The cut cut) are a late 70s/ early 80s band from Amsterdam, Netherlands.

I bought this record when it first came out on Passport in 1980. At the time I knew nothing about the band, but picked up the LP at the suggestion of a good friend. Over time I accumulated all three of their releases but this one is still my favorite. The band has been called  "the Dutch Talking Heads" but I don't really think that is very accurate. To me they have a sound all their own. Listen & decide for yourself. 

 

The Tapes - Party, Passport Records PB9842, 1980.
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Side 1 -
(I Fall) Head First    
The Mating Season    
Blue Thighs    
Point Eighty-eight    
Into Action

Side 2 -
To Assemble    
LG/DG    
In the Crocodile's Mouth    
Lonesome Max
Party    
Inside Out

  

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NØ

Musick that Needed Work: T - Tortoise

 

Tortoise is a post-rock band from Chicago formed in 1990. In fact, Tortoise is one of the progenitors of the whole 90s post-rock sound. Their eclectic blending of Dub, dance, electronica, lo-fi, punk along with spaghetti western, jazz, & classic rock set the tone for the entire genre 

 

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One of the really unique things about the band was its instrumental make-up, initially two bass guitars (Doug McCombs/co-founder & Bundy K. Brown) with three percussionists(John Herndon/co-founder, John McEntire, & Dan Bitney)  switching between drums, vibraphones, & marimbas, all manipulated by John McEntire’s recording & mixing genius. Around 1998 Jeff Parker joined the group as guitarist. 

 

 

Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship, Thrill Jockey THRILL210, 2009.
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High Class Slim Came Floatin' In    
Prepare Your Coffin    
Northern Something    
Gigantes    
Penumbra    
Yinxianghechengqi    
The Fall of Seven Diamonds Plus One    
Minors    
Monument Six One Thousand    
De Chelly    
Charteroak Foundation

 

 

 

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NØ

Musick that Needed Work: T - Turn Me on Dead Man

 

Turn Me on Dead Man was a psychedelic glam rock band from San Francisco, California formed in 2003. They play heavy psych space rock ala Ziggy Stardust meets Jane's Addiction. 

 

Jello Biafra sez:
       "Turn Me On Dead Man plays Heavy Crush Bliss Rock breaking the sound barrier on their own private Lear Jet headed straight to HELL!"  

So put on your headphones, turn up the volume, & let Turn Me on Dead Man turn you on... 

 

Turn Me on Dead Man - God Bless the Electric Freak, Alternative Tentacles VIRUS340, 2005.
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Killer Sound Waves from Space
The Hale-Bopp    
Astrophobia
Silky Milky Way    
Sunshine Supercreep
Apocalypse Rock
Beatle George
Molecules    
Take a Stress Pill    
Daisy    
Yzai    
Mystery Ride

 

 

 

 

 

Turn Me on Dead Man - Technicolour Mother, Alternative Tentacles VIRUS362, 2005.

Child in the Sunburst Pyramid    
67 Dreams    
Cyclops (Dedicated to the One Eye Love)    
La Creature d'Amour    
Pharmaceutical Rainbows    
Wondermint    
Galaxina    
Her Planet is Love    
El Schizo    
Goodbye Earth    
Spiral Marilyn    
First Rockstar

 

 

 

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NØ

Musick that Needed Work: T - Tin Huey

 

Tin Huey was another proto-punk band from 1970s Ohio. Unlike many of the bands hailing from Cleveland, Tin Huey sprang up from Akron, Ohio in 1972. Their original run was until 1983. They disbanded for a while, then regrouped from about 1999 until 2011. 

 

Their original line-up featured: Michael Aylward - guitar & vocals; Harvey Gold - keyboards, guitar, & vocals; Mike Price - bass & vocals; & Nappy Lemans (Stuart Austin) - drums with Ralph Carney playing horns.
 

This line-up of Tin Huey played at venues such as Cleveland's Pirate's Cove & The Viking Saloon, venues where they gigged with Rocket from the Tombs, Mirrors, & the Styrene, then Kent's Townhouse & ultimately a 3-night-per-week gig at JB's on Kent's notorious Water Street, home of the legendary northeastern Ohio Numbers Band & the launch pad for Joe Walsh's James Gang. The first real "break" for the Hueys came about due to the rising popularity on a national scale of Devo, fellow geeks that were focusing national attention on Akron.

In 1977, Tin Huey pal Nick Nicholis of the Bizarros founded Clone Records & ran it 'til it folded in 1981. The label worked to document the scene in Akron, 39 miles south of Pere Ubu's Cleveland. Clone Records released more than a dozen records from bands such as Tin Huey, the Human Switchboard, the Waitresses, Unit 5, Teacher's Pet, Gray Bunnies, & the Bizarros.

The second release by Clone Records was Tin Huey's self-titled four-song EP...

Tin Huey - Tin Huey, Clone Records CL002, 1977.
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Side A -
Puppet Wipes
Cuyahoga Creeping Bent
Side B -
Poor Alphonso (live)
The Tin Huey Story

 

 

 

 

 

The following year they released their second on Clone, the single Breakfast with the Hueys... 

 

Tin Huey - Breakfast with the Hueys, Clone Records CL004, 1978.

Side One -
Robert Takes the Road to Lieber Nawash
Side Two -
Squirm You Worm

 

 

 

 

 

After these two releases came a whirlwind of activity. Chris Butler, guitarist from The Numbers Band joins the Hueys . Tin Huey does a show at JBs with the Bizarros that is attended by Robert Christgau of the Village Voice who has been doing a series called  "Down in the Boonies"  & is interested in the Akron sound. Christgau likes what he hears & contacts Warner Brothers A&R. Two weeks later the Hueys headline another show at JBs attended by Karin Berg of Warner Brothers A&R. Warner Brothers signs the band, flies them to L.A. & they record Contents Dislodged During Shipment which is finished & remixed by November 1978.
 

Contents Dislodged During Shipment was released in the spring of 1979. It was signed, sealed, & obscure by mid-summer. Tin Huey had made a largely non-commercial record for a label that was not going to promote it. This all perfectly coincided with the record industry crash of '79. Too much weirdness. A garage band gets a taste, does it's damndest, loses it's footing... 

 

 

Tin Huey - Contents Dislodged During Shipment, Warner Brothers Records BSK3297, 1979.

Side 1 - 

I'm a Believer
The Revelations of Dr. Modesto
I Could Rule the World If I Could Only Get the Parts
Coronation
Slide

Side 2 -
Hump Day
Pink Berets
Squirm You Worm
Chinese Circus
Puppet Wipes
New Yorks Finest Dining Experience

 

 

 

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NØ