Rabid Chords 002: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground

Amazing! Japanese-only double CD Velvet Underground tribute album. Featuring: Jim O'Rourke (peforming "Venus In Furs"), John McEntire (Tortoise, performing ""Guess I'm Falling In Love/Loop"), Tagomago, The Olivia Tremor Control, Zoobombs, Of Montreal, Nakako, Chicago Bass, Coil (not the UK group), Ladybug Transistor, Luminous Organge, Smile Kick, Pate, Swarm's Arm, Ahh! Folly Jet, Honey Skoolmates, Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her, The Music Tapes. Various Gerard Melanga spoken excerpts are interspersed into the album. Many of the groups listed that are less likely to be familiar to Western lips represent the new Japanese pop underground.