Quo Vadimus


Thursday, June 19, 2003

 

I Like These Records, Do You Like These Records? #005:
Afghan Whigs - Black Love (1996, Elektra)




Remember when Dulli hosted 120 with Donal Logue? That was awesome. They did stuff like re-enactments of scenes from Scarface, The Godfather, and At Close Range. Man. Now we've got dork-boy in a subway tunnel on the retitled Subterranean. Sure, the videos are still good, but there's no more of those crazy mix-em-ups. I want these guys back - I want Matt gazing at his shoes while trying to interview bands, firing references like a mad dash through AMG (Great non-120 Pinfield moment: he was on TRL the day after Sinatra died and he tried to convince Daly and the throng of crazed teens that Frank was indeed "punk"), or Dave talking about Joy Division and introducing Banshees clips. Or, how about Jancee Dunn? Or Thurston Moore!!

So yeah, Black Love. The entire Whigs catalog rocks, and I may like Congregation and Gentlemen a bit more, but this album appears to be underrated by many (the link above - "lumbering and unmelodic"?? -, Bob C., etc.).



posted by Linus | 8:38 AM

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