@ Jonah - I am still at emusic, but unless they are NYOP at Bandcamp it is better for me to buy at emusic as dollar conversion charges add a lot to the cost and I am still on my grandfathered plan, but thanks. Often I struggle to find 100 tracks to download each month other than your jazz picks, so the column is really helpful in all kinds of ways.
@amc2 - thanks. Unfortunately little time to listen to music, and when I did on my 45-50 minute commute no wireless internet, yet, on my train to connect to emusers. Back now for a couple of weeks or so, then on holiday to Disney with grandchildren for a week. When they know where we are actually going in France, I am expecting lots of excitement....
@Lowlife - I haven't played Pirates in quite a while - I must search it out. Time was when I played that a lot. I really liked her voice back then. I remember going to a contemporary dance performance, must have been mid 1980s, where that CD was the musical backdrop.
Like Bellowhead, Passenger has moved to a major label, both Island, in the UK so neither are available here at emusic. Both have de-luxe, 2 CD versions of their new album and both are quite expensive to download or buy as CD. this cost me 5 times what I would have paid if emusic had it!
BT, fwiw, Classical Shop gives a date of 2007. The album concept is interesting: "violin sonatas composed for or given to the German Virtuoso Johann Pisendel by two famous Venetian composers---Vivaldi and Albinoni," along with works by Pisendel himself
Meanwhile, I have moved on to other worlds, namely Pharoah's:
Listened to the La Serenissima last night. Enjoyable.
About to listen to Brad Mehldau, Live in Marciac.
On my way to Perth, Western Australia (preceded by the obligatory 30 hours in purgatory) for a week or so.
Intelligent Noise Music of the non entertainment genre. Netlabel, CDs, CDRs. Drones. Free improv. musique concrete. Black ambient metal. Field recordings. Experimental electronics. Since 1983.
Anthony Pirog & J. Surak - Galaxy Hut
- Recorded live July 14, 2014 at the Galaxy Hut in Arlington, Virginia.
Jeff Surak - dictaphones & califone
Anthony Pirog - guitar
The Westerlies - "Wish the Children Would Come On Home: The Music of Wayne Horvitz"
-Brass quartet tackles the Horvitz songbook. One of the best things I've heard all year. Of course, I'm going to be particularly biased on this, since I've been a huge fan of Horvitz's ever since I happened upon one of his CDs back around '94 (The President "Bring Yr Camera"), slowly accumulating as much of his discography as I can. I'm curious how much I'd enjoy this album had I been completely unaware of Horvitz. I think still pretty into it, but it's always hard to accurately measure the level of bias generated by established fandom and related elements like nostalgia.
Review on BitW soon, sometime in the next three weeks.
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Not sure if you're still with eMusic or not, but both the Armstrong and Lo-Res recordings are on Bandcamp.
I'll also be reviewing both albums for BitW.
Cheers.
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
Then
Madonna - Like a Virgin (1984)
Shoegazy pop, NYOP
Arc - Umbra
Martin Tingvall - En Ny Dag
Contemplative piano pieces. nice.
- Johnny Winter really had the blues . . . Rest in peace.
ETA: It's decades ago since I last listened to this album, what can I say other than WOW !
@Lowlife - I haven't played Pirates in quite a while - I must search it out. Time was when I played that a lot. I really liked her voice back then. I remember going to a contemporary dance performance, must have been mid 1980s, where that CD was the musical backdrop.
Like Bellowhead, Passenger has moved to a major label, both Island, in the UK so neither are available here at emusic. Both have de-luxe, 2 CD versions of their new album and both are quite expensive to download or buy as CD. this cost me 5 times what I would have paid if emusic had it!
The latest and very enjoyable Classical Shop freebie. The Amazon link has a substantial and informative review
Meanwhile, I have moved on to other worlds, namely Pharoah's:
About to listen to Brad Mehldau, Live in Marciac.
On my way to Perth, Western Australia (preceded by the obligatory 30 hours in purgatory) for a week or so.
The Triffids - Wide Open Road
- Wonderful song . . .
Anthony Pirog & J. Surak - Galaxy Hut
- Recorded live July 14, 2014 at the Galaxy Hut in Arlington, Virginia.
Jeff Surak - dictaphones & califone
Anthony Pirog - guitar
- Magic !
Rainbows . . . Rainbows . . .Rainbows . . .
NP, Fennesz, Black Sea.
I don't quite get the fuss over Fennesz, but I am still trying.
The Westerlies - "Wish the Children Would Come On Home: The Music of Wayne Horvitz"
-Brass quartet tackles the Horvitz songbook. One of the best things I've heard all year. Of course, I'm going to be particularly biased on this, since I've been a huge fan of Horvitz's ever since I happened upon one of his CDs back around '94 (The President "Bring Yr Camera"), slowly accumulating as much of his discography as I can. I'm curious how much I'd enjoy this album had I been completely unaware of Horvitz. I think still pretty into it, but it's always hard to accurately measure the level of bias generated by established fandom and related elements like nostalgia.
Review on BitW soon, sometime in the next three weeks.