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Posted in Art Rock on Sep 30th, 2008 No Comments »
In 1969 Mayo Thompson released his first solo record, Corky’s Debt To His Father. Departing from his avant-garde psychedelic band, Red Krayola, Thompson created a record that evokes the spirit of Alexander Skip Spence, but makes things a little more country than spacey.
Oyster Thins [6:04]
Posted in Alternative Pop/Rock on Sep 29th, 2008 No Comments »
With Pure Guava, Ween moved away from the snippets of random craziness that defined their first two albums toward a more organized style. Considering Elektra released it, it’s just as uncompromising as their previous work, but it hints at just how much further they could go with their music.
Song: Push th’ Little Daises [2:50]
Posted in Post-Rock on Sep 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Classic hard rock swagger, metronomic krautrock pulses, vintage jam band noodling, pungent psych-rock bombardments, foliage-fuelled bucolic folk, with plenty of ambient breathing space for the instruments and a touch of Tinariwen-championed ancient Saharan blues to add a non-Western twang to the unfailingly melodic proceedings, the album’s main ingredients have put in way too much active duty in the last 30-odd years to become outdated anytime soon, thus sparing Grails from the rapidly ageing effects of trendiness.
Song: Silk Rd [8:14]
Posted in Hard-Rock on Sep 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Made a year before Nirvana’s Nevermind, Temple of the Dog was one of the first smash hits of the Seattle explosion; it also codified, with heart and muscle, the heavy anguish of the Puget sound. Gossard and Ament were Wood’s band mates in Mother Love Bone, but it was Cornell who wrote the lyrics and most of the music.
Song: Four Walled World [6:54]
Posted in Dream Pop on Sep 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Elbow epic, orchestral rock is complex and ambitious but never smugly clever, personally expressive yet not morbidly self-obsessed, sweetly glum rather than oppressively gloomy. That fans of Radiohead and The Verve haven’t fallen for Elbow’s sophisticated northern soul is a mystery, but their latest effort deserves to trigger a large-scale love affair.
Song: Some Riot [5:22]
Posted in Lo-Fi on Sep 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Andrew Broder continues reaching beyond the sample-heavy pastiche of his previous efforts as Fog, filling out as a proper three-piece for Ditherer with Mark Erickson and Tim Glenn. Ditherer abounds with melodies that congeal out of a strange brew of percussive bass, propulsive drumming, and the occasional rhythmic synthesizer effect.
Song: Inflatable Ape [4:00]
Posted in Psychedelic on Sep 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Bringing fans the best of obscure psychedelia, Arkama finally put collectors out of their misery with the reissue of Top Drawer’s Solid Oak. It doesn’t get much rarer than this: the Kentucky band self-released Oak back in 1969, pressing only a measly 500 records, and hardcore psychedelic aficionados have been searching for copies ever since.
by All Music Guide
Song: Song of a Sinner [8:46]
Posted in Psychedelic on Sep 12th, 2008 No Comments »
Two years after their brilliant popsike debut, 1967’s We Are Ever So Clean, Blossom Toes unleashed this extraordinary fusion of acid rock and prog, emphasisng how far they’d come since ‘the summer of love’. Characterised by complex song structures and memorable guitar solos, and featuring a guest appearance on sitar from US folkie Shawn Philips, the album has gone on to become a major cult favourite.
by All Music Guide
Song: Peace Loving Man [4:53]
Posted in Down-Tempo on Sep 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Reverberating with the same sort of soft, warm sheen that a lot of classic rock albums from Southern California in the 70s possessed, Widespread Reign of The Great Northwest of The Great Northwest sounds nothing at all like that group, instead taking on a true laid-back Pacific vibe that conjures up everything from the aforementioned So Cal feel to the spaced-out influences of bands from the area of their namesake.
Ready or Not [6:56]
Posted in Prog-Rock on Sep 7th, 2008 No Comments »
For those who think that Muse are the last word in musically and lyrically epic British rock, get ready to unearth the motherload. Whilst Teignmouth’s finest keep a canny ear on pop sensibilities and may rein in their most bombastic urges, Manchester prog-colossi Amplifier have no such qualms with heading towards the boundaries of the rock universe.
O Fortuna [6:22]
Posted in Indie Pop on Sep 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Bowerbirds’ debut LP is the sort of slow-release indie-folk almost-masterpiece that seems anything but the first few times through. So very slight are most of the arrangements collected here that unless attentions are finely tuned words and melodies that – later – will enrapture merely drift into the ether between a semblance of appreciation and the shrug of indifference.
Song: Hooves [2:40]
Posted in Math Rock on Sep 7th, 2008 No Comments »
“Accessible” is one of the last ways one could describe By The End Of Tonight. Instrumental could serve as the best possible term if you paid no mind to the sparse vocal snippets here and there. Essentially, the record is a series of manic twists and turns that, despite the occasional complete disregard for any kind of structure whatsoever, is also an entirely impressive example of technical ability. Even though the production sounds a little sub-par, there is no ignoring the band’s skill. On a dime, one can be ripped at any moment from entrancing, psychedelic trips and into an untamed fury of distorted, seemingly random madness, and then back out again into jazzy hooks and bridges. Throughout the listen they display their ability (and near mastery, really) to push the limits of the dynamics, at times leaping from one side to the other without hesitation. Despite also pushing the limits of the listener at times, the ever present question of “Where the hell will this go next?” seems to provide enough reason to stay with it, if only for curiosity’s sake.
Song: Delirious, Where Have You Been? [5:15]
Posted in Indie Pop on Sep 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Antònia Font is a pop band from Mallorca (Balearic islands), in Spain. The band was formed in 1997. Their music is basically festive and their lyrics are funny, inventive and realistic; they focus on space, astronomy and everything related with astronauts, but also on the everyday reality, establishing a constant game between a local and a universal or cosmic perspective of the world we are immersed in.
All their lyrics are written in Catalan. They have released six records: Antònia Font (1999), A Rússia (2001), Alegria (2002), Taxi (2004), Batiscafo Katiuscas (2006) and Coser i Cantar (2007).
Their song-writer is guitarist Joan Miquel Oliver who also produces records on his own and writes for other bands like Fora des Sembrat and La Fosca. The other band members are Pau Debon (voice), Jaume Manresa (keyboards), Pere Manel Debon (drums) and Joan Roca (bass).
Song: Robot [3:05]
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