Various - Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop and Disco In 1980s NigeriaSoundway Records present a new compilation of twenty rare and mostly unavailable tracks from the slick and sassy world of Nigerian pop music and club culture of the early 1980s. Buoyed by an explosive oil boom and a return to democracy after a series of military dictatorships, Nigeria's economy in the years of the early '80's was mirrored by its recording industry as countless young artists and groups hit the airwaves and dancefloors of the capital

and Buzzo vocalizing something over the maelstrom

author of the Never Grow Old and Downbeat Special books cataloguing the many recordings of the label

" but all of this production would be nothing without nine songs

There‰۪s so little time and a lot to say

Arizona and crossing The United States and Canada before rolling through mainland Europe and Great Britain

Bowie also played acoustic guitar

Joined by an armada of friends and hangers-on‰ÛÓincludingåÊTim Green of the Fucking Champs (who also produced)åÊand Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance (soon to beåÊa permanent member)‰ÛÓthe band erects towering tombs ofåÊnatural ethereal beauty and pure sonic destruction setåÊabove a cosmic freight train of unhinged riffs and jaggedåÊgrooves

" So whether it's the foreboding garage rock of the title track

adjusting the sounds and the phrases and the rules until I get something I‰۪m happy with

their second and last LP

The Dears are an ‰ÛÏorchestral-pop-noir-romantique‰۝ rock'n'roll band from Montr̩al

with a deft melodic ear