Best of 2020 #10: lie - You Want it Real (Mint Records)

 Two months late, but I'm finally getting into reviewing the best albums of 2020, starting with #10. lie, from Vancouver, play a noisy and dark form of punk. The band's name is pronounced Lee-ay. After a couple of well received indy released, lie made the move to Mint Records, the home of pretty much every great Canadian indy and post punk band on the west coast. Their sound in this album is decidedly more noisy and punky than previous efforts, which have dabbled with new wave and techno. This album chugs along quickly with pummeling guitars, half-screamed vocals and a vicious feminist edge. They have truly come into their own on this record.

DNTTA Playlist for March 12, 2021

 

Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

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Elephant Skeletons - Sleep* - Sleep (Independent)
Daft Punk/Ki Theory - The Son of Flynn - Tron: Legacy Remixed (Disney)
Sega Sisters - Ho Hum* - Gene Sis (Independent)
Secret Mommy - I Can’t Get Down* - Plays (Ache)
Aphni - Never Ending* - Circle Sky (Independent)
PaintedFoxes - Cool Mint* - Dig (Independent)
Microbunny - Gamma Hydra IV* - Dead Stars (Independent)
Proffessor Undressor - Suspended in Syntax* - POP (Independent)
TWRP - Roll With It* - Over the Top (Independent)
Drop the Lime - Glassy Eyes - This Means Forever (Elephant6)
Lex Plexus - Googoomunga* - Vault Smashing Vol. 6 (Ulusulu)

Who We Lost in 2020

 Our annual look at musicians we lost in 2020, with a special focus on underground and Canadian musicians. We lost a lot of great musicians this year to Covid-19 too.

This is not a comprehensive list, but a list of musicians I want to celebrate, and I try to get all the notable names in here, along with their music.

Marty Grebb (The Buckinghams)
Tommy Hancock
Neal Peart*
Bobby Comstock
Wolfgang Dauner
Steve Martin Caro (The Left Banke)
David Olney
Jimmy Heath
Robert Parker
Norman Amadio*
Meritxell Negre (Peaches and Herb)
Joe Payne (Nile)
Sean Reinert (Cynic)
Bob Shane (The Kingston Trio)
Reed Mullin (Corrosion of Conformity)
Lucien Barbarin
George Blondheim*
Andy Gill (Gang of Four)
Andrew Brough (Straitjacket Fits)
Buddy Cage (New Riders of the Purple Sage)
Steve Weber (The Fugs)
Lyle Mays
Paul English (Willie Nelson's band)
Ron Thompson
Pearl Carr
Henry Gray
Andrew Weatherall (Two Lone Swordsmen)
Pop Smoke
Elyse Weinberg*
David Roback (Mazzy Star)
Barbara Martin (The Supremes)
McCoy Tyner
Laura Smith*
Keith Olson (The Music Machine)
Eric Taylor
Danny Ray Thompson
Phil Phillips
Genesis P-Orridge
Wray Downes*
Kenny Rogers
Gabi Lopez (D.A.F.)
Mike Longo
Peter Stapleton (Dadamah)
Eric Weissberg
Manu Dibango
Bill Reiflin
Edward Tarr
Neil Landon (The Flower Pot Men)
Luigi Roni
Bob Andy (The Paragons)
Jan Howard
Joe Diffie
Alan Merrill (The Arrows)
Bill Withers
Cristina
Wallace Roney
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
Bucky Pizzarelli
Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne)
Barry Allen* (Painter)
Black the Ripper
Eddy Davis
Steve Farmer (The Amboy Dukes)
John Prine
Peter Ecklund
Big George Brock
Ceybil Jeffries
Jymie Merritt
Ryo Kawasaki
Kenny Young
Eddie Cooley
Lee Gates
Lee Konitz
Giuseppe Logan
Matthew Seligman (The Soft Boys)
Ian Whitcomb
Derek Jones (Falling in Reverse)
Jacques Pellen
Florian Schneider
Fred the Godson
Big Al Carson
Bobby Lewis
Tony Allen
Cady Groves
Dave Greenfield (The Stranglers)
Sweet Pea Atkinson (Was Not Was)
King Shooter
Uganda Roberts (Dr. John)
Brian Howe (Bad Company)
Mark Berkan
Little Richard
Betty Wright
Moon Martin
Jean Nichol*
Denny DeMarchi* (Alias)
Phil May (The Pretty Things)
Lucky Peterson
Sean Tyler (Ducks Deluxe)
Willie K
Bobby Digital
Jimmy Cobb
Al Rex (Bill Haley and the Comets)
Bucky Baxter
Bob Kulick (WASP)
Majek Fashek
Joey Image (The Misfits)
Gaynel Hodge
Chris Trousdale (Dream Street)
Rupert Hine
Steve Priest (The Sweet)
Marjan
Frank Bey
Floyd Lee
James Hand
Bonnie Pointer
Paul Chapman (UFO)
Ricky Valance
Keith Tippett (King Crimson)
Yuji Adachi (Dead End)
Victor Feldbrill*
Hugh Fraser*
Hux Brown
Vera Lynn
Ryan Anthony
Tami Lynn
Freddy Cole
Tom Finn (The Left Banke)
Johnny Mandel
Benny Mardones
Max Crook (Del Shannon)
Joe Pennington
Nick Cordero*
Cleveland Eaton
Tiloun
Charlie Daniels
Ennio Morricone
Eddie Gale
Rich Priske*
Ken Chinn/Chi-Pig*
Jamie Oldaker
Dobby Dobson
Annie Ross
Tim Smith (Cardiacs)
Dominic Sonic
Peter Green
Helen Jones Woods
Bent Fabric
Malik B
Randy Barlow
Tony Costanza (Machine Head)
Chip White
Wayne Fontana
Vern Rumsey (Unwound)
Salome Bey*
Belle du Berry (Paris Combo)
Trini Lopez
Steve Grossman
Pete Way (Fastway)
Jack Sherman (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Hal Singer
Todd Nance (Widespread Panic)
Frankie Benali (Quiet Riot)
Justin Townes Earle
Bryan Lee
Water Lure (The Heartbreakers)
Peter King
Mick Hart
Gerry McGhee (Brighton Rock)
Archana Mahanta
Erick Morillo (Reel 2 Reel)
Gary Peacock
Lucille Starr*
Bruce Williamson (The Temptations)
Sid McCray (Bad Brains)
Toots Hibbert
Reggie Johnson
Jaoquin Carbonell
Edna Wright (Honey Cone)
Peter Starkie (Skyhooks)
Roy C
Lee Kerslake (Uriah Heap)
Tommy DeVito (The Four Seasons)
Roy Head
Ira Sullivan
Guitar Crusher
Max Merritt
Rocco Prestia (Tower of Power)
Helen Reddy
Karel Fiala
Bunny Lee
Johnny Nash
Ray Pennington
Brian Locking (The Shadows)
Erin Wall*
Pierre Kezdy (Naked Raygun, Pegboy)
Dyan Birch (Arrival)
Harold Betters
Jon Gibson
Kim Massie
Ezra Schabas*
Saint Dog (Kottonmouth Kings)
Paul Matters (AC/DC)
Gordon Haskell
Johnny Bush
Toshinori Kondo
Chet White (Girls)
Spencer Davis
Tony Lewis (The Outfield)
Viola Smith
Margie Bowes
Jerry Jeff Walker
Billy Joe Shaver
Phil K (Lostep)
Ronnie Peel (Thunderclap Newman)
Ken Hensley (Uriah Heap)
Len Barry
King Von
Bones Hillman (Midnight Oil)
Alec Baillie (Leftover Crack)
Andrew White
Lynn Kellogg
Jim Tucker (The Turtles)
Doug Supernaw
Tony Hooper (Strawbs)
Hal Ketchum
Anne Sylvestre
Dan Morrison (Area-7)
Andre Gagnon*
Eric Pacheco (Babylon AD)
LD Beghtol (Moth Wranglers)
Harold Budd
Jason Slater (Third Eye Blind)
Sean Malone (Gordian Knot)
Joseph Morganfield
Gene Tyranny
Charlie Pride
Sam Jayne (Love as Laughter)
Albert Griffiths (The Gladiators)
Carl Mann
Stanley Cowell
Clay Anthony (Junkyard)
Pelle Alsing (Roxette)
Chad Stuart (Chad and Jeremy)
KT Oslin
Leslie West (Mountain)
John Fletcher (Whodini)
Tony Rice
Tito Rojas
MF Doom

DNTTA Playlist for March 4, 2021 - International Women's Day show

Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca 

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US Girls - Rage of Plastics* - In a Poem Unlimited (4AD)
Ladyshark - Market This - Good Stuff (Amityville)
The Garrys - Maria the Weaver* - Haxan OST (Independent)
Self-Cut Bangs - Shapeshifter* - Self-Cut Bangs (Independent)
girlongirl - Write That* - Take (Independent)
Buildings and Food - Particle Dream* - Up Down Strange Charm (Number F)
Curve - Dirty High - Come Clean (Interscope)
Chvrches - Gun - The Bones of What You Believe (Virgin)
Linaire - Go in the Morning* - Linaire (Independent)
Jody Glenham - Talking Out Loud* - Mood Rock (Independent)
Meg Lee Chin - Bottle - Piece and Love (Invisible)
Low - Time is the Diamond - Trust (Sub Pop)

DNTTA Playlist for January 28, 2021 - Best of 2020

 Artist - Song - Album (Label)  * indicates Canadian Content 

Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca 

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Lie - Digging in the Desert* - You Want it Real (Mint)
Crack Cloud - Bastard Basket* - Pain Olympics (Meat Machine)
Protomartyr - Michigan Hammers - Ultimate Success Today (Domino)
Jehnny Beth - The Rooms - To Love is to Live (Caroline)
A Certain Ratio - Family - ACR Loco (Mute)
METZ - Hail Taxi* - Atlas Vending (Sub Pop)
Bootblacks - The Jealous Star - Thin Skies (Artoffact)
Psychedelic Furs - You’ll Be Mine - Made of Rain (Cooking Vinyl)
Civic Center - The Prophet - The Ground Below (American Dreams)
Idles - War - Ultra Mono (Partisan)
Idles - Mr. Motivator - Ultra Mono (Partisan)