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Features Disc of the day
Fugazi
In On The Kill Taker
(Dischord, 1993)
Redefining post-hardcore with the Beatles of the genre.
The way my CDs are arrayed at home, I disproportionately favour acts beginning with F, M and W. It's a simple matter of geography. They're at eye level, pretty much, obviating the stepladder I need to access the As, mid-Gs and latter Ps. This makes most weeks a good week for Fleetwood Mac, Funkadelic and Robert Forster. And Fugazi, who have blown through my April like a divine wind. This, their third album, saw the DC quartet stretching out, their viscerally powerful guitars undercut by aching, mournful melodies and buffeted by the superb split-personality co-vocal attack of Ian MacKaye (growly, dogmatic, redbrick sociology lecturer) and Guy Picciotto (hysterical, somehow feminine, like one big exposed nerve). An earlier, 1992, Steve Albini-produced version (you can hear bootlegs, if you must) was deep-sixed - one can only imagine the bad-vibe simmer of conflicting control-freakery at those sessions - before Fugazi regrouped in their native Washington with trusted Ted Niceley behind the knobs, and while a rawer, more "present" Fugazi is theoretically what we could have had, the sonic scale of the DC versh offers enveloping depths, adding oceanic ebb and flow to the supreme Lally-Canty rhythm section. In truth, it would tempt the Gods to ask for something better. There can be fewer more exciting ends to a rock song about US imperialism than the anthemic "cha-cha-cha-cha-champion!" exeunt of Smallpox Champion, nor a more beautiful rock instrumental than Sweet And Low, while 23 Beats Off is right up there with Slint's Breadcrumb Trail and Bitch Magnet's Americruiser in the pantheon of post-hardcore psycho-slowies. The intensity that pours off this record, the sheer blatant need for the music to exist, is a lesson to all. Do you care as much as Fugazi? Does anyone? Can anyone?
Danny Eccleston
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 26/04/2010
Further Listening
Fugazi - 13 Songs (Dischord, 1989)
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AMEN!!
as a callow youth this was the first Fugazi record i bought - on a value for money Dischord cassette (since replaced by vinyl) - and as such it will always hold a special place in my heart
always thought Guy Picciotto had something of the sexy librarian about him...
Posted by Manish Agarwal at 10:22 AM GMT 26/04/2010 Report Abuse
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Amazing stuff. Fugazi will never be matched in their genre. MacKaye is a master.
p.s.
Mojo I really like this feature on your website, however it usually is updated infrequently and there is no new disc of the day on the weekend. I hope the column regulates itself because you guys are the best music publication. Keep up the good work!
Posted by captaincrowe at 1:42 PM GMT 26/04/2010 Report Abuse
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Captain, my captain! Glad you liked the post. Our Disc Of The Day section was named in a Quixotic moment and we try to post as many as we can in between toiling on the mag. As you rightly note, however, we are invariably somewhat behind.
You could help us of course by posting your own piece/s (150-250 words works best) at our message boards, or if you’re shy you could send to mojo@bauermedia.co.uk.
Meanwhile, we'll try to keep up as much as we can!
Thanks for reading,
Posted by Danny Eccleston at 12:01 PM GMT 27/04/2010 Report Abuse
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RE: Danny Eccleston
I will indeed. Thanks!
Posted by captaincrowe at 2:28 PM GMT 27/04/2010 Report Abuse
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This is my favourite Fugazi record, well done for making this disc of the day. I always enjoy hearing this, not a dull moment from start to finish.
Posted by Andrew Winchester at 7:42 PM GMT 27/04/2010 Report Abuse
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Thanks for "turning me on" to this, man... Seems to be a good record. I'll go buy it first thing tomorrow!
Posted by Ivan at 7:18 PM GMT 29/04/2010 Report Abuse
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Thanks for "turning me on" to this, man... Seems to be a good record. I'll go buy it first thing tomorrow!
Posted by Ivan at 7:19 PM GMT 29/04/2010 Report Abuse
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