I've been outbid twice now on eBay trying to score a copy of this: Meet "Mississippi" Charles Bevel. Released in 1973, it never saw a cd release. If anyone has a vinyl rip, do hit us up in the comments below . . .
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Mid-70s Parisian proto-punk, spit out in churlish English amidst acres of fuzz and indiscriminate pulsars. This shit is wrong in so many perfect ways. Or as my pal Nick describes it: "Like an incoherent, uber-primitive Velvets or Simply Saucer collaborating with Pierre Henry - what with all the freaky synth doodlings and such." Also, depending on your level of French, the following interview goes into the roots . . .
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(Album artwork: Does it indeed affect our listening experience, and if so, how? Scratch the Surface takes a look at particularly interesting and/or exceptional cover art choices.)
His band having just wound down a fiery “Rock Bottom,” Paul Stanley surveys the crowd. “I got a little question for you!” he shouts. “I wanna know how many people here tonight like to take a taste of alcohol!” The crowd, an arena’s worth of people from Detroit, or Cleveland, or Jersey, or Iowa, roar their approval . . .
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I'm heading into the NC mountains to get lost in the woods for a week, but thought I'd leave you with this parting gift until I'm back on this internet thing. Without a doubt one of the funkiest homecoming jams ever laid to tape.
MP3: Elmer & Brenda Parker & The Nite Lighters :: Got To Get Back To Louisiana pt. 2
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(Volume 13 of Clifton’s Corner. Every other week on the blog Clifton Weaver, aka DJ Soft Touch, shares some of his favorite spins, old and new, in the worlds of soul, r&b, funk, psych and beyond.)
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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.
SIRIUS 244: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Takeshi Terauchi - What Have They Done / Venice - 30th Century ++ Beatle-ettes - Only Seventeen ++ Arif Sag - Su Sansunun Evleri ++ Nick Waterhouse - Some Place ++ Peaking Lights - Hey Sparrow ++ Sonny & The Sunsets - Dont Act Dumb (on The Tracks) ++ Buddy Holly - Dearest (version 1) ++ Ty Segall . . .
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It’s not our own world in which “everyone’s talking ‘bout haircuts.” The world Foxygen inhabits - one of enigma, sudden shifts in the weather, triumph and desperation, doesn't have time for the filler that peppers most of our lives. Here, each crescendo, synth layer, sha-bopped and aah’d harmony section are dropped with deft precision - like Jackson Pollock doing a covers set of Titian paintings.
The bursts and jaunts that erupt across the Take The Kids Off . . .
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Dr. John, née Mac Rebennack, released his 29th record last month, Locked Down. Produced by the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, the set is a distinct return to the doctor's hoodoo alter-ego, the Night Tripper - his go-to persona between 1968-1971. Swampy, muggy and psychedelic, this week's twenty track Spotify selection focuses solely on this side of Rebennack's dark . . .
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Given that Teenage Fanclub has been releasing music for more than 20 years, it's amazing that the first major steps outside of the group were only taken by members in the last year. First came Norman Blake's work with Euros Childs of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci as Jonny and now comes Fannies' bass player Gerard Love with his first project under the name become a member or log in.
Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.
SIRIUS 243: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Whitefield Brothers - Rampage ++ JD & The Evil's Dynamite - Beer (So Nice, Right On) ++ Ebo Taylor & Uhuru-Yenza - Love And Death ++ Mor Thiam - Ayo Ayo Nene ++ Nora Dean - Angie La La (Ay Ay Ay) ++ Alex Chilton - Jumpin' Jack Flash ++ Rob Jo Star . . .
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While Billy Paul's second album, 1970's Ebony Woman, is home to a number of inspired covers, it's this - his soul reimagining of Simon & Garfunkel's lily white "Mrs. Robinson" - that's worth the trip.
MP3: Billy Paul :: Mrs. Robinson
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Wednesday, May 2nd, Spaceland Productions and Aquarium Drunkard present Willis Earl Beal at The Autry The Echo. I've been wanting to see this guy live for months - his debut LP, Acousmatic Sorcery, is out now . . .
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Our weekly two hour show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35, can now be heard twice, every Friday — Noon EST with an encore broadcast at Midnight EST.
SIRIUS 242: Jean Michel Bernard - Generique Stephane ++ Witch - Introduction ++ Tinariwen - Tenere Taqqim Tossam ++ Howard Nishioka - Carnivourous Dogaramus ++ Monk Montgomery - Fuselage Pt 1. ++ Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets ++ Ify Jerry Krusade - Everybody Likes Something Good ++ West African Cosmos - Wuye Wuye ++ Seu Jorge - Rebel Rebel ++ Michael Kiwanuka - Tell Me A Tale . . .
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From the release of his 2007 comeback record, Dirt Farmer, up until the final moments of his life, Levon Helm seemed impervious to death. It’s not that he looked invincible, necessarily, or that he was suddenly filled with an inordinate amount of vitality. But as he neared his end, Helm carried himself with the same simple, rustic grace that powered his drumming and singing for most of his life. He laughed incredulously when Sheryl Crow called him sexy from the . . .
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Some more runoff from the headspace I'm currently in working on an upcoming radio set. I mentioned yesterday that I've been mixing Susan Christie's "Paint A Lady" with Kathleen Emery's "I Feel Like A Motherless Child". A lady psych-funk trifecta, here is the third slice of that work in . . .
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