Yes I understand that comment Lowlife - whilst out this afternoon I must have been through 4 or 5 heavy showers, got totally soaked once even though I had a coat and large umbrella.
I listened to the Incredible String Band in the car again, decided I didn't really like it that much
This is a really fun album that got ruined by over saturation. Now after 2+ (maybe even 3) years, I can listen to it again and enjoy it for what it is. Good pop.
According to Last.FM, I have been listening to Klaus Schulze for the last five hours. Feeling sort of like Tangerine Dream meets 80's Doctor Who soundtrack right now.
Daniel Knox - "Disaster"
-Sorta like if Tom Waits focused mostly on Vaudeville and Great American Songbook. Knox is actually a former drinking buddy of mine in Chicago. He was doing the open mic thing back then, but now he's actually got some momentum... residencies in New York, vouched for by David Lynch, touring with various decent acts... pretty neat. Ran into his current projects quite by accident. Can't even remember now, but one of those random things... following sidemen to other projects, a retweet on twitter, a mention in an article... something like that.
so, to pick up on something we discussed earlier on this thread, it appears that bandcamp's staff have a twitter page where they recommend favorites. not really digging the first few recommendations, and they've just started posting (120 tweets since the beginning of april, but it's something close to what i've been seeking. so: an encouraging development IMO.
@Daniel, I wrote to Bandcamp to complain about the reduction to ten pages of browsing by genre. They wrote back:
Though we restricted the depth into which you can stumble around tag pages (they were very expensive to render) we will soon be introducing a suite of new features to take their place, and then some.
I hope this will prove to have more substance than similar language from emusic.
So I was watching Nero Wolfe and reading Kaviler and Clay, and thought that Bandcamp ought to have some 30's style swing. O Sister! is scratching that itch, even though they are a Spanish band. Great harmonies, recorded in one take just like the originals.
Says Bandcamp: "O Sister! is a tribute to the popular American music of the 30s and in general to the golden decades of Dixie and Swing. The group was created in an attempt to recuperate the open spirit with which jazz was born, when it still lacked the intellectual and even elitist connotation we insist on attributing to it today. Jazz was, quite simply, music to dance to and have fun with, the music of the streets. And all this took place in a social and economic context not unlike the uncertain moments we are living today.
The project is also a tribute to The Boswell Sisters, a ground-breaking female vocal jazz trio, perhaps not as popular as they deserved in spite of being imitated by many later vocal groups and admired by artists as important as Ella Fitzgerald herself. "
preliminary view, but i dig this o sister! sound. if they put a little more bite in it -- maybe explore the noir-ish, mobster vibe that i think underlies (or, at least, could underlie) this type of music -- it could be a very cool retro sound. dinah and dream a little dream are the template here.
By the way, I believe there is a problem with the MP3 file of the second track of the Frahm/Arnalds album. It cuts off before the end. I've emailed them about it, but you might want to consider holding off purchasing until they fix that. I'll post an update when I hear back.
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Having an Epic 45 day
More Epic 45, just the music for the UK weather today
I listened to the Incredible String Band in the car again, decided I didn't really like it that much
This is a really fun album that got ruined by over saturation. Now after 2+ (maybe even 3) years, I can listen to it again and enjoy it for what it is. Good pop.
Craig
then
Main Attrakionz - 808s & Dark Grapes II
Craig
Music and Arts Programs of America & http://www.newband.org/
According to Last.FM, I have been listening to Klaus Schulze for the last five hours. Feeling sort of like Tangerine Dream meets 80's Doctor Who soundtrack right now.
Free sampler from Gizeh. Lots of good stuff on here.
Daniel Knox - "Disaster"
-Sorta like if Tom Waits focused mostly on Vaudeville and Great American Songbook. Knox is actually a former drinking buddy of mine in Chicago. He was doing the open mic thing back then, but now he's actually got some momentum... residencies in New York, vouched for by David Lynch, touring with various decent acts... pretty neat. Ran into his current projects quite by accident. Can't even remember now, but one of those random things... following sidemen to other projects, a retweet on twitter, a mention in an article... something like that.
http://danielknox.bandcamp.com/album/disaster
That Antony & the Johnsons reference was a good one. And apt.
Streaming this again and still quite enjoying it.
Charlie Hunter: seven string electric guitar
Bobby Previte: electronics, electronic drums, acoustic drums.
Nils Frahm and
This is the right stuff, thanks BN!
Jessica Lurie - "Megaphone Heart"
-Wow.
yeah, emusic's been a stumbling mess lately. still, there are some people populating the message boards that make me sympathetic for emusic.
O RLY?
So I was watching Nero Wolfe and reading Kaviler and Clay, and thought that Bandcamp ought to have some 30's style swing. O Sister! is scratching that itch, even though they are a Spanish band. Great harmonies, recorded in one take just like the originals.
Says Bandcamp: "O Sister! is a tribute to the popular American music of the 30s and in general to the golden decades of Dixie and Swing. The group was created in an attempt to recuperate the open spirit with which jazz was born, when it still lacked the intellectual and even elitist connotation we insist on attributing to it today. Jazz was, quite simply, music to dance to and have fun with, the music of the streets. And all this took place in a social and economic context not unlike the uncertain moments we are living today.
The project is also a tribute to The Boswell Sisters, a ground-breaking female vocal jazz trio, perhaps not as popular as they deserved in spite of being imitated by many later vocal groups and admired by artists as important as Ella Fitzgerald herself. "
action camp's new ep, better made fast, is available on bandcamp, and features a killer single, desert dogs.
Free Sampler from Amazon UK.