What do the Young Knives, Clor, Editors, Maximo Park, Wilderness, and the Rakes have in common?

Caved Arse, celebrated mystery man of music from Hull City, UK recommends them– and the man is always right about his music. Read on to learn more about Mr. Arse and the bands he wants you to know about, all 19 of them…
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Arling and Cameron
Music for Imaginary Films
Reviewed by Clarence Baxter in Barcelona

We disembarked in Barcelona at the crack of dawn. My crew of music radicals had dwindled due to attrition, disease, and tinnitus, but the core was in full force: DJ EZ-FU, former yurt dweller and post-rock pioneer, Akbar X and Shenard Rodriguez, the ‘brothers’ from another galaxy who got turned on by internacional pop, and Master Fung, former red Army commander turned Drum n Bass aficionado. We were a motley crew and morale was low.

Akbar X and Shenard Rodriguez

In fact we hadn’t had a truly epic mission since our adventures in Moscow in late 1999. The new millennium had brought us bad weather, blaster malfunctions, and too many run-ins with customs to mention here. Still, we remained dedicated to the cause: to open up minds through the guerilla tactics of high volume.
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I had an epiphany today. I recently gotten a copy of the new Foetus album called “Love” (which is about the most ironic title for this musical entity). Anyhow, the one song that sucked me sideways was “Don’t Want Me Anymore”. The musical landscape of this tune sounded like the Love Boat was sinking into Gondwanaland… and I was on my way down…
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Summer was just breaking through when the rains came. Although the temperature was fine, at around 19c each day, the grey skies and wet ground just weren’t for me. I thought about visiting my wife Coverton (of whom we shall speak no more) at her bedside at the recovery center in Geneve, but decided against it. It probably wasn’t best for her treatment program to see me sliding up with a silk cut in one hand, 2.5 sheets to the wind– shopping addiction is a serious and fast-growing problem and not one that can be cured overnight.
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We get a lot of fine CDs in the USOUNDS office, so it’s once again time to blow the doors off and let you know about some albums which none of our high-flying journalists have been sober enough to review. Once again, associate editor Hassan Jenkins takes up the task this quarter and finds some gems worth checking out. This time, he focuses on albums with a common theme of pretentious rock albums that actually deliver the goods.
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I have told you so many times that life is suffering, and suffering comes from desire. This is why the Buddhist tries to free his life from desire– but it is not easy.
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Ever since the internet writers unionized earlier this year, it’s been required for a music magazine to hire an indie dork, replete with glasses, “ideas”, and heinous snobbery. Ours is named Piers Reginald and this is his first review for usounds — ED.

Wolf Parade s/t
Grade: 989/100

I’ve officially changed my official list of the best music of 2004, Wolf Parade’s album is now at the top. Couldn’t get Wolf Parade’s 6 song EP until 2005, and didn’t have time to write something until now. But there are certain records which just have a magic to them– you can’t single out one song but are blown away by a ton of specific moments where musicians just bonded perfectly and created a live jam of perfect madness.
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