CD suggestion of the day

[Auricauricle]

With titles like Now I Lay Me Down and Bury My Lovely, it's gotta be good!

[nobody]

13 Cats

The one and only rockabilly super-group, featuring former member of the Stray Cats, Slim Jim Phantom, Danny B. Harvey of the Swing Cats, Tim Wormen of the Polecats and Smutty Smith of The Rockats. So yeah, that basically tells you exactly what it sounds like. Good **** if this sorta thing is your bag. But c'mon, how can you not like a song called Teddy Boy Kung Fu Weapon?

[unleasHell]

Recently discovered a band from Russia called VESPERO. Bought two of their CD's Rito (2007) & Foam (2008) from Synphonic, their newest release FOAM is actually released on a US label.

I can't stop listening to them both, they are a mix of Psychedelic, Prog and Space rock. Perhaps a blend of Korai Orom and Ole Lukkoye...

Great long songs with minimal cosmic female vocals, awesome percussion, cool guitars, synth's, some ethnic instruments as well.

The DPRP guys review them, but remember they only give 9's and 10's to prog-metal stuff, but they give them a couple some-what decent reviews..
http://www.dprp.net/reviews/v.html

Anyway here is another review:
http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=173084

and they have samples up on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/vesperomusic

Oh and they have a bunch of Videos on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0bk3AglPKw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE4_K...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCNrh...eature=related

[Demetrio]

Today's suggestion:



Huns & Dr. Beeker – The Middle of Somewhere

Tracklist:

1. A Day Like This
2. Cereal Girl
3. The Dew Drop Inn
4. Ponies
5. You Are the Best
6. Rosie
7. Cry Me a River
8. Second and Main
9. Company Man
10. How Lucky
11. Keeper of the Flame
12. Ghost Town
13. Lucy

HUNS & DR. BEEKER is an American duo from Burlington, WI, joined by Jon Hunsbusher (aka Huns) and Eric Erickson (aka Dr. Beeker).

The Middle of Somewhere, their unique release I know, is one of the most beautiful albums I have listened to in my life. It’s a wonderful combination of acoustic-driven compositions with gorgeous vocal harmonies and lush arrangements.

I came to know this stuff very casually, when I was navigating through internet pages about Chernobyl nuclear accident and suddenly found these two videos and the beautiful song played with them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbfsDAD-Hhk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lleQPaALSLo

I was totally blown away by that song and it touched me so deeply that I wanted to get the disc with it at that same moment. The song title is “Ghost Town”, a haunting tribute to the victims of that terrible nuclear disaster, as you’ll see on the videos above.

Samples of this great album available at these links:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/hunsbeeker

http://www.hunsanddrbeeker.com/music/?id=2

http://www.amazon.com/The-Middle-of-.../dp/B0016LUE1W

Cheers,
Demetrio.

[Auricauricle]

Recently discovered a band from Russia called VESPERO. Bought two of their CD's Rito (2007) & Foam (2008) from Synphonic, their newest release FOAM is actually released on a US label.

Yeah...I can get into this!

[Demetrio]

My today’s suggestion:



Group: NOSOUND
Title: Sol29
Year: 2005
Genre: Dream Prog

Tracklist:

1. In the White Air (6:57)
2. Wearing Lies on Your Lips (4:20)
3. The Child's Game (2:46)
4. The Moment She Knew (9:38)
5. Waves of Time (2:07)
6. Overloaded (6:13)
7. The Broken Parts (6:24)
8. Idle End (9:43)
9. Hope for the Future (5:57)
10. Sol29 (10:02)

Italian band leaded by multiinstrumentalist and composer Giancarlo Erra, also a former member of Porcupine Tree tribute band Redshift.

It is not a surprise, so, that Porcupine Tree is the main influence in the music of NOSOUND. Very specially the slow, more ambient sound of the early days of Porcupine Tree, of albums such as The Sky Moves Sideways and Up the Downstair. Their music also reminds a lot, of course, the sound of No-Man (another Steven Wilson side project, where he usually explores his more trippy / dream prog vein), featuring also some obvious influences of Pink Floyd, Bark Psychosis and Sigur Rós.

Sol29, released in 2005, was their debut complete album, and it is a great release from start to end. My favorite track in the album is “The Moment She Knew” (track 4), a 10-minute totally instrumental piece where the musical talent of Giancarlo Erra on the guitar (à la David Gilmour) really shines.

You can check a promo videoclip of this album at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y__lfperjSY

And a great performance of the song The Moment She Knew live here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJzkd...eature=related

Cheers,
Demetrio.