What is spinning?

Just about to spin: OK, listened a few times now. Usually reunion albums suck but this is really, really good. Maybe AOTY

... a nice mix of Blue Note with a couple Riverside LPs thrown in for some live cuts.

Blakey and The Jazz Messengers :

• Ugetsu
• Kyoto
• The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of The 1960 Messengers

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Os Ovni / Blue On Blue split

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Nathan Bowles - A Bottle, A Buckeye

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Peoples Temple - More for the Masses

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Michael Chapman - Fully Qualified Survivor

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Arthur Blythe - Illusions

All stuff I picked up on vinyl in the last month or so. Some familiar to me, some new.

~Rae

So you are indeed still alive Rae? Happy New Year dude.

Same to you, babe!

~Rae

Happy New years all!

Last week I watched the Kennedy Honers and was thoroughly blown away by Beth Hart who I knew nothing about. I am really enjoying her latest venture with Joe Bonamassa but she has a whole catalog to go thru with plenty of awesome stuff.

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The Men - New Moon
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Good.

Plenty of reviews of this one out there; in aggregate they seem to characterize this as country-infused indie punk rock and cite Lynyrd Skynyrd, Crazy Horse, Wilco... All seem to be true-ish.

I'd add The Kinks to the list for the lyrical earnestness of the hard working class, balancing intimacy with hard rocking grunge. I'm very curious what their previous albums sound like.

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Excellent.

I started listening to NC&tBS when 2008's Dig! Lazarus Dig !!! was released. This one's not Dig!!! Rather its a languid set of ballads, fairly minimal. But there's a lot buried in the minimal. Currents of tension and darkness and insecurity (and sex, of course). One review I read put it this way

"a thoughtful, oceanic work that sucks one in, its hidden currents exerting a subtle but strong undertow."

I'll extend that metaphor a little more in that the album comes in slow tidal washes of hope and beauty that, as they wash back out, take something from you. Even lines that start out corny and almost charmingly funny fall back into the weight of the ebb tide.

I got love in my tummy
and a tiny little pain
And a ten ton catastrophe
on a 60 pound chain

You hear the first phrase and think, "did he really just sing that?" and then word by word you feel the simplicity of love erode...then "Oh, yeah. He did."

I personally, can't stand Leonard Cohen...bores me to tears. However, I can hear the similarity, if not influence, here. If you like Cohen, you'd probably like this too. I think of Cohen as extending minimalism to a dreary depressing, predestined conclusion. By contrast, here Cave uses minimalism as framework for artistry and poetry that promises ambiguity and exploration. That sounds pretty bullsh*tty. But that's all the words I got. Cave doesn't lack for words though...

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Higgs Boson Blues:
Can't remember anything at all
Flame trees line the streets
Can't remember anything at all
But I'm driving my car down to Geneva

I've been sitting in my basement patio
Aye, it was hot
Up above, girls walk past, the roses all in bloom
Have you ever heard about the Higgs Boson blues
I'm goin' down to Geneva baby, gonna teach it to you

Who cares, who cares what the future brings?
Black road long and I drove and drove
I came upon a crossroad
The night was hot and black
I see Robert Johnson,
With a ten dollar guitar strapped to his back,
Lookin' for a tune

Well here comes Lucifer,
With his canon law,
And a hundred black babies runnin' from his genocidal jaw
He got the real killer groove
Robert Johnson and the devil man
Don't know who's gonna rip off who

Driving my car, flame trees on fire
Sitting and singin' the Higgs Boson blues,
I'm tired, I'm lookin' for a spot to drop
All the clocks have stopped in Memphis now
In the Lorraine Motel, it's hot, it's hot
That's why they call it the Hot Spot
I take a room with a view
Hear a man preaching in a language that's completely new, yea
Making the hot cocks in the flophouse bleed
While the cleaning ladies sob into their mops
And a bellhop hops and bops
A shot rings out to a spiritual groove
Everybody bleeding to that Higgs Boson Blues

If I die tonight, bury me
In my favorite yellow patent leather shoes
With a mummified cat and a cone-like hat
That the caliphate forced on the Jews
Can you feel my heartbeat?
Can you feel my heartbeat?

Hannah Montana does the African Savannah
As the simulated rainy season begins
She curses the queue at the Zulus
And moves on to Amazonia
And cries with the dolphins
Mama ate the pygmy
The pygmy ate the monkey
The monkey has a gift that he is sending back to you
Look here comes the missionary
With his smallpox and flu
He's saving them savages
With his Higgs Boson Blues
I'm driving my car down to Geneva
I'm driving my car down to Geneva

Oh let the damn day break
The rainy days always make me sad
Miley Cyrus floats in a swimming pool in Toluca Lake
And you're the best girl I've ever had
Can't remember anything at all

yeah, that new Nick Cave is pretty excellent! I'd add that it taps into a similar vein of sparse, but very subtle-y rich and deftly played music that Neil Young hit with On The Beach and Van Morrison on (esp. the first half) Veedon Fleece.

Currently listening to both the Tame Impala albums a lot - Innerspeaker I find even stronger than Lonerism. In a totally different vein, the new one (only one maybe?) from Rhye is gorgeous. Obvious comparisons to Sade abound though its two dudes singing and making the music. The production is lush on it too.

This has been spinning a lot this weekend.

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Should appeal to those who like a the taste of indie-alt-country. This thing is so full of sound it's hard to believe its more or less a solo project. Starts out sounding like a Fleet Foxes redux, but then carves out its own space in grand sweeps.

I particularly like THIS track, "The Quotidian Beasts". Nice quote from Paste

"...in Muchacho Houck achieves the near impossible by upstaging “Song For Zula” with the scorching pulpit testimonial “The Quotidian Beasts.” Holy ****. Crescendo after crescendo of outlaw fiddle, volcanic guitar and cross-handed Jerry Lee piano fills, everything but live snakes and kerosene as the track erupts with the brimstone fury of Jason Molina’s “Farewell Transmission,” no lurching Crazy Horse but a Goddamned Whipping Post Gethsemane, dark magic and lighting and nails in the spine while whooping and testifying to battles done and battles lost and battles won purely by virtue of staggering up to chance another blow."

I'm not sure I got all that out of the track. Personally, I think of Son Volt when I hear it. But, it's a damned good cut. The aformentioned "Song For Zulu" made me think of U2's Joshua Tree "With or without you", except that Zulu's more personal, intimate, raw and maybe better.

Worth putting on the watch list.

Been on a Jeff Kollman kick for a while.

Steve Mason - Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time
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Warm grooving and thoughtful trip-hop, psychedlic-tinged alt-pop from former Beta Band frontman. Pulls in a diverse array of sounds without ruining the very nice flow of the whole album.

Easy to listen to, engaging positive sounds, thoroughly enjoyable. Got it on repeat.

Some reviews
Steve Mason - Monkey Minds In the Devil's Time / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound
Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time - Steve Mason : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic
Steve Mason: Monkey Minds in the Devil's Time

Electr-o-Pura for me by Yo La Tengo. Never get tired of this one. Just about the perfect mix of styles. Well, that and the next record. But 1995 was the best.

My Bloody Valentine is the best this year, by a big margin. Be fun if that changes. Listened some to Nitin Sawhney Beyond Skin from the turn of the millennium. That's a good one. And the new David Bowie, way too loud and sounds like crap, but some of his best music in a long time. And worked on a comp, remember those? Mine was called Desert Roads, and was inspired by dean_martin's Desert Drive Mix thread, and then the sad passing of long-time favorite Jason Molina. And it had some Mark Linkous too, cause I miss him too. And that led to some PJ Harvey, because they made some pretty amazing music. And you know how that goes. Pretty soon it's about twice what will fit on a CD, but deleting anything is like selling your soul. Imagine what it must be like when it is actually your music that has to be cut :)

A couple new ones I've kept cued up lately -
the new Low 'Invisible Way' is just gorgeous. Nicely produced and recorded I think by Jeff Tweedy at his studio in Chicago. My wife heard this right away in a way I haven't..."is this some weird new Wilco album?". It's not that transparent to me, but his sound definitely seeps through. The sound is lush and rich though. Plus Mimi sings, finally, a majority of the songs and the band just sound excellent throughout.
Jim James - 'Regions of Light and Sound of God' I'm not a big My Morning Jacket fan (he's the lead singer/writer) but this is a nice one. Extremely John Lennon-heavy in sound/vibe/vocalization but that's not a bad thing I guess. Sort of reminds me of the feel that some Traffic albums have - of another era, groovy, soulful in a white-boy way but still not contrived...The clincher for me is an excellent use of keyboard-sound that borrows from a more laid-back Mike Ratledge (Soft Machine). The production and mastering on the vinyl is also really nice - Chris Bellman mastered at Bernie Grundman studios...
The new Kurt Vile is just awesome, laid-back groovy psychedelic perfect pop, awesome.

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A couple new ones I've kept cued up lately -
the new Low 'Invisible Way' is just gorgeous. Nicely produced and recorded I think by Jeff Tweedy at his studio in Chicago. My wife heard this right away in a way I haven't..."is this some weird new Wilco album?". It's not that transparent to me, but his sound definitely seeps through. The sound is lush and rich though. Plus Mimi sings, finally, a majority of the songs and the band just sound excellent throughout.
Jim James - 'Regions of Light and Sound of God' I'm not a big My Morning Jacket fan (he's the lead singer/writer) but this is a nice one. Extremely John Lennon-heavy in sound/vibe/vocalization but that's not a bad thing I guess. Sort of reminds me of the feel that some Traffic albums have - of another era, groovy, soulful in a white-boy way but still not contrived...The clincher for me is an excellent use of keyboard-sound that borrows from a more laid-back Mike Ratledge (Soft Machine). The production and mastering on the vinyl is also really nice - Chris Bellman mastered at Bernie Grundman studios...
The new Kurt Vile is just awesome, laid-back groovy psychedelic perfect pop, awesome.

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I just heard about the new Low and Kurt Vile records from a close friend. I reminded him that we saw Kurt live when his band opened for Pavement during their reunion tour (9/17/2010) and nobody paid them any attention. I tried to watch/listen but fewer than 20% of the seats were filled at that point and everyone was talking so loud that it distracted from the performance. I'll be getting those two for sure.

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I've been jumping from album to album lately. Last night went something like this:
First track from Built to Spill's Perfect from Now on set the tone
UNKLE'S Unreal
Gorillaz Dirty Harry
then started and stopped several miscellaneous
landed on Beck's Debra
Sigor Ros Gloslo from Takk
Eleventh Dream Day For a King from Eighth
Yo La Tengo Decora from Electr-o-pura

Then I got a text from the wife telling me one of our dogs was barking for me and could I come shut her up. All she (the dog) needed was a little attention. Have some new albums coming including the new kurt vile and low. Thanks for reporting on those guys.

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~Rae

THE O-ZONE PERCUSSION GROUP THE PERCUSSION RECORD (180G IMPORT LP) at Music Direct

Good stuff and excellent demo of a quality system

Kurt Vile should get a real singer. I don't require Freddy Mercury-level talent but Kurt can't sing at all.

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~Rae

Some old, some new, but this one by Felt from the mid 80s stands out a bit ...


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And then there was some Joy Division from the really nice sounding early 90s Japan box, and that's what's going around again right now ... Take my hand, and I'll show you what was and will be

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I've been jumping from album to album lately. Last night went something like this:
First track from Built to Spill's Perfect from Now on set the tone

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What an opening song, and what a perfect record ... Where will you spend eternity? I'm gonna be perfect from now on.

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What an opening song, and what a perfect record ... Where will you spend eternity? I'm gonna be perfect from now on.

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Yep, awsome opening track and great album but my restlessness of late still has me jumping from album to album or 45. Some record store day and other new stuff are making the cut though. The 45 of the demo version of Bob Dylan's Wigwam is very good. It's the version without horns. From what I've read, Dylan wasn't even around when the horns were added.

Another top notch track is Blue Randy from a Beck 45 released last year. It's the b-side to I Just Started Hating Somebody Today.

The big winner of late is River Man from the reissue of Nick Drake's first album released in the US.

Also, Girl Called Alex from Kurt Vile's new one is getting alot of play. I had "I think about them all the time" running on a loop in my head for a couple of days.

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one of the best bluegrass-y albums ever

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How many times have I said that?!

Glass Harp - Phil Keaggy

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Some 45s from Hendrix, Beck, The Jayhawks and Bob Dylan and other various lps and cds including Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You and a Sly and the Family Stone 10". Not sure why I'm bringin' the funk. I'm trying to give the new Son Volt album a chance but it's not catching on yet. I have the new Low waiting in the wings.

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Boards of Canada: Tomorrow's Harvest

First Boards of Canada in over 8 years. Worth the wait. They do an excellent job of expanding their palate while still sounding like themselves. One of their darker, moodier releases. Almost more a follow-up to Geogaddi than Campfire Headphase. Many of the tracks are subtly informed by more modern electronic music, they've been listening out there. Especially with electronic music it is easy to get caught in the glut of constant releases and not get too tuned into specific artists or groups. Then these guys pop back around and you remember there really are masters and apprentices. Likely one of my favorites of the year.

128 page thread I guess its time to contribute.

Been listening to some Wilco
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Some Stooges
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Patti Smith
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Some 21st century Wire
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A little Social Distortion
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Alejandro Escovedo
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Hi Mark.

I've been listening to a couple of records that I picked up when seeing bands live in the last month-- the new one from Arrington De Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa, Open the Crown (former Old Time Relijun singer doing Indonesian throat-singing in some super-primal arrangements) and Bombino's Nomad (desert blues from Niger, one of the guys from the Black Keys had a hand in producing it and it's just the best thing). Other than that, hmmm... I picked up some CDs from the library, The Fall's This Nation's Saving Grace and a bunch of sacred harp recordings, mostly Folkways stuff. Oh, and I got really into The Pop Group for like a week.

I want to start listening to a bunch of Alice Cooper since I agreed to go with a friend to see him in concert next month. Anyone got any suggestions? Maybe I should start a different thread.

~Rae

Really been digging Cheatahs 'Extended Plays', which is actually comprised of two EPs they released in the UK. If you like My Bloody Valentine and Swervedriver, you should love this sucker. This could be my favorite of the year...so far.

I also listened to Earlimart's 'Treble and Tremble' for the first time in a very long time, and can't believe I left it unattended for so long. GREAT stuff and right in my wheel house. They remind me, at least on this record, of Grandaddy.

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The song I've heard on he radio is great - singer sounds A LOT like Siouxsie Sioux. They're coming to town on July 15 and I am tempted....

Here's a sample of what I've been listening to this week
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Lucinda Williams - Blessed
Eleventh Dream Day - Lived to Tell
The Vibrators - Pure Mania
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
John Vanderslice - Dagger Beach
Catherine Wheel - Chrome
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

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Pretty nice play list for the week. Mine went something like below ...

Hiss Golden Messenger [2013] Haw
Court & Spark [2001] Bless You
Cul de Sac [1991] ECIM
Califone [2001] Roomsound
T. Rex [1971] Electric Warrior
Talking Heads [1980] Remain In Light
Antony & The Johnsons [2009] The Crying Light
CocoRosie [2013] Tales Of A GrassWidow
David Bowie [1978] Heroes
Durutti Column [1981] LC
Cure [1989] Disintegration
Low [2013] The Invisible Way
Patty Griffin [2013] American Kid

I really love that new CocoRosie record, just one of the most interesting things I've heard in a long time. I think the vinyl was just released, might have to find a copy, but the CD sounds pretty good. Love Bless You by the defunct Court & Spark, one of my favorites. Just recently found out about the new band Hiss Golden Messenger with M.C. Taylor and Scott Hirsch from Court & Spark, and man this new record is a good one. Any of you that share some of my taste in rock and folk and Americana shit should grab this one right away, easily one of the best I've heard this year... Hiss Golden Messenger - Haw | The Line Of Best Fit

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Haven't checked out the Hiss G.M yet but have been on a big Steve Gunn kick - he did an excellent collaboration with Hiss G.M. earlier this year called, of course, Golden Gunn. He has a new one out now too, Boerum Palace, with Marc Orleans contributing some sublime pedal steel. Folky psychedelic guitar meanderings filtered through the jukebox of a late-night roadside dive bar...

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Haven't checked out the Hiss G.M yet but have been on a big Steve Gunn kick - he did an excellent collaboration with Hiss G.M. earlier this year called, of course, Golden Gunn. He has a new one out now too, Boerum Palace, with Marc Orleans contributing some sublime pedal steel. Folky psychedelic guitar meanderings filtered through the jukebox of a late-night roadside dive bar...

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Yea, shoulda figured, ya don't get this good without a bunch of cool-ass friends around. Now I'm gonna have to step back a few years and start checking out that whole trail of roadside juke joints. Folky psychedelic is describing the landscape.

Hey Maf,

I'm so out of the loop right now I didn't realize there was a new Wilco. How does The Whole Love compare to the rest of their catalogue?

I'm also intrigued by the Drive By Truckers album after being re-introduced to the band by a sampler from a workplace buddy. I'm guessing it's a classic release?

Snowie

My favorite album from 2011. Maybe of the 2000s. Hell, maybe of any era!

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