An inherited copy, on wax, of Ray Charles' Live In Concert has been in my regular rotation for years. Last month I read (via the LA Times) that the classic set was finally seeing a CD release. The following bit further grabbed my attention: "The original 12-song LP, which peaked at No . . .
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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 26 (SIRIUS), and channel 43 (XM), can now be heard twice, every Friday - Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.
SIRIUS 188: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Family Portrait - Other Side ++ Kurt Vile - Hunchback ++ Akron/Family - So it Goes ++ Grizzly Bear - Cheerleader ++ The Morning Benders - All Day Daylight ++ Cass McCombs - Dreams Come True Girl ++ Tunde Adebimpe :: Unknown Legend ++ Devendra Banhart - Bad Girl ++ Bon Iver - Stacks ++ Fleet Foxes . . .
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File under awesome. 1973 no-frills, no bullshit, cock rock. This is Zipper---Fred Cole and company's sicko American twist on Zeppelin and Black Sabbath.
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Speaking of western Africa...here's a set I've been sitting on since December---Psychedelic Aliens, Psycho African Beat. A funky, early 70s, Ghanaian psych-soul collection culled from a mish-mash of tracks destined to labor in indefinite obscurity prior to the entry of the Academy Records gang. Released at the tail end of 2010, the collection gathers up eight tracks sounding something like a garage-rock inflected Meters as filtered through Fela's transistor radio. Dig.
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Led by Evan Brody, Ridgewood, NJ's Family Portrait hooked me in 2009 with the hazey/fuzzy milieu of "Mega Secrets" prior to gigging at our inaugural Waved Out fest, last spring, here in LA. This week saw the release of the band's eponymous debut, the self-titled become a member or log in.
(Welcome to latest edition of A Soundtrack Enthusiast. Our latest entry comes courtesy of our friend John Gleason, of Roadside Graves, as he reflects on the music that framed 1990's Pump Up The Volume.)
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The only tape my father ever cracked in half was the soundtrack to Pump . . .
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After listening to Stephen Wilkinson’s album teaser a few months back---every track crammed and cut up into a two-minute psychedelic loop-a-thon---I anticipated a version of Ambivalence Avenue that was far more vivid, bouncy and song-oriented. It was an exciting taster of a preview that stoked fires and excitement in fans, and especially this writer. Not only because it sounded so promising but also because Ambivalence . . .
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This was Som Imaginario's (Imaginary Sound) debut album from 1970; a Brazilian band that often backed the great Milton Nascimento just as Os Mutantes had backed Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso on their early albums. In fact, this album could be seen as the perfect companion piece to Os Mutantes' 1969 masterpiece, A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado.
The band's name is very fitting as Som Imaginario is an invigorating blend of folk, soul, psychedelia, brit influenced pop, rock and traditional Brazilian homeland . . .
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With little fanfare from the mainstream, African music of the 60s, 70s (and to a lesser extent, the 80s-present) has seen a massive resurgence of late. From its wide influence on contemporary artists (some of whom have been accused of everything from gross appropriation to blatant ripoff) to the vast collection of compilations and reissues, it would appear that we have entered a period of unrivaled access to music that even a decade ago was mainly the provenance of crate-diggers and archivists.
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Last week I caught a screening of The Upsetter, the new Lee "Scratch" Perry documentary, at the Downtown Independent theater. For Perry fans, hell, for anyone interested in the genesis of reggae and dub, the doc comes highly recommended. Later that night when I got home I went digging through the stacks for some Upsetters stuff to throw on, and by chance happened upon a totally unrelated LP---West African . . .
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Watching this 1973 performance of Todd Rundgren guesting on The Midnight Special I am immediately struck by two things: a) what a great fucking song this really is, and b) wondering what early '70s middle America must have thought when greeted by this superfreak after flicking on their televisions after dinner. Rundgren could, and did, do it all---and went way avant/out there on the very next LP, but the man knew his chops and could pen a hell of a pop song. Rundgren . . .
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Night two of Aquarium Drunkard's New Orleans Jazz Fest shows continue Thursday with Smith Westerns at One Eyed Jacks. We have three pairs tickets for AD readers. If looking to go, leave a comment below with your name and and an email address we can reach you at. Winners notified Tuesday night; tickets held at will-call. Bass Drum Of Death and
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In 2009 Secret Stash Records dusted off this collection via a vinyl-only release. From the label: "In the spring of 1981 a group of reggae studio musicians from Jamaica gathered in New York City under the direction of Jeremy Taylor, a music professor at NYU at that time. The result was Reggae Interpretation of Kind of Blue". As fate would have it, several weeks after directing the sessions, Taylor passed away in his Paris hotel room while on a speaking tour . . .
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I'm jumping on an airplane bright and early Wednesday morning to fly into New Orleans for the first of Aquarium Drunkard's three Jazz Fest shows this week. We're kicking off Wednesday night with the unfuckablewith Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at One Eyed Jacks. We have three pairs of tickets to the rock show for the Aquarium Drunkard faithful. To enter for a pair leave a comment below with your name, a valid email we can reach you and you . . .
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