I think Kula Shaker would've killed for for that kind of authenticity. Rishi Dhir, the leader of The Elephant Stone, ain't exactly trainspotting when it comes to the Indian influence in his guitar pop.
Switching OSes and multimedia players led me to rediscover some stuff I had hidden away on a media hdd. This was one of the stuffs. Was just reminded of how much this song kicks my ass and how happy I am that I got to see Girls live before they terminated.
New Steven Wilson!!!! Raven that Refused to Sing (and Other Stories) should be out sometime this month. For now, Here's the video, which is non-embedable because Yahoo sucks balls.
Some friends of mine formed a band called "The Ass Bastards of Mordor." I don't have anything else to share other than their awesome band name.
The name of a local band that I saw live translates to 'PoopeyePete'. They were a pirate band. It was pretty sweet.
Maybe I should stop watching so much old MST3K. Pretty sure I'm turning into a sixty year old hippie.
There used to be an Irish band called Damn You, Peter Pan and another one called I'd Doubt It Says Pauline.
Well, it's not so neglected if you're Canadian, but Gordon Lightfoot might fit in the whole 70s-sounding-country-crossover slot. I'm a fan, although you have to be prepared to deal with Shatnerian levels of hammy/schmaltziness.
He wondered at that point whether he should admit that he knows all the words to Carefree Highway. And Sundown. And If You Could Read My Mind. And maybe a couple others on that big greatest hits CD he bought a few years ago. I'ma stop now, but Gordon Lightfoot is one of those guys that's actually within reach for me, vocally speaking. Someday I'm sure I'll make some people very bored and unhappy at a karaoke bar for a little under four minutes.
Hey, if we're gonna do some 1970's, I'll play along. Back around 1977 or so a German fellow named Volker Langefeld scored himself not only a record deal and some serious studio time in both West Germany and England. Langefeld was a multi-instrumentalist but couldn't play drums, so his label found him a British drummer and they recorded a very expensive album and released it under the name "Key". It stiffed, and that was that. Having said "German" and "multi instrumentalist" and framed it in the late 1970's, you're probably thinking along the lines of Can or Kraftwerk or Faust or something similar. Maybe not. Check it: That's like the greatest 10cc song 10cc never wrote.
And if you want a country feel to your '70's tunes, ain't no reason to settle for vaguely creepy stuff like "Chevy Van" Not when Matthews Southern Comfort was around...
Or there's Plonk, god rest his beautiful soul: In 1977 or so, Pete Townshend discovered his old mod buddy Ronnie Lane was damned near homeless and decided to bring him 'round the studio and record an album together. The idea was, each guy would write 5 songs, and they'd alternate them on the album with both guys playing, but whoever wrote the song took the lead vocal, so that would alternate too. Townshend's talked about how he personally felt he was bring some very strong material to the recording sessions and was worried he might overshadow Ronnie Lane's stuff. And then Ronnie showed up with this song, which might be one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful songs from the 1970's:
(Also, if you've got Netflix, do yourself a favor and check out the BBC-produced documentary on Ronnie Lane, "Passing Show". Have a box of tissues nearby for the end.)
This finally reminded me of some musics you might like since you like this. It's all a bit different but most of these artists' strikes a similar chord in my brain. Pardons if this is an introduction to stuff you already know. Neon Indian Toro y Moi Washed Out I haven't been as much of a music nerd for the past two years so any of these guys might have more recent output that is better or worse.
So the new Cloud Cult record is out. It's eclectic and weird and alternately noisy and sing-songy and everything else that they do, but I freaking love it. Totally going to see them again next time I get the chance; best live show I've ever seen (not that I'm any kind of rock connoisseur). Also, the band logo in the style of the album's cover art doesn't look to me like what I assume it was intended to look like.
Paging madkevin.... Always kinda thought that maybe The Embarrassment and/or Big Dipper were ahead of their times. Here's evidence that I might've been right.
Live performance of my third-favorite album of 2012 (Kitsune by Marriages) with one of my favorite drummers (Dave Turncrantz of Russian Circles) filling in? YES PLEASE I was super pissed that I couldn't make it to that show; because I am old, it never occurred to me to see if somebody might have posted a reasonably good video of the entire performance the day after. I only stumbled across it while checking up on tour dates (hoping to catch them on Tuesday with Bosnian Rainbows, and damn those bastards in San Diego and Phoenix who are getting a Marriages/Boris show in April). Edit: And I just put two and two together and noticed that the same Youtube user put up the entire Russian Circles set from that same show! Oh man you guys are in for a treat. Part 1 Part 2 Encore
Ha yeah, it occurs to me as I get older that I don't like young people or muscians but I do like music. It takes a pretty unique experience for me to get off my ass and get to a show and put up with crowds. Lawn. Get off it. Did some googling today... Ever had a song kinda stuck in your head for 30ish years even though you don't know who the artist is? Me Too! I want to say I heard this song once or twice in the 80's on a Late Night show called Night Flight that I got off of a Canadian station. A quick wiki-ing reveals that Night Flight was a USA Network show. In the early 80's it showed some great stuff so I've always associated Canada with awesome early 80's counter-culture (seriously check the names of the movies that it showed, Breaking Glass, Ladies and Gentlement...the Fabulous Stains, Urgh! A Music War). So here's the song, I've been able to remember that whole "Late at night when the lights are all out she slips off her stockings and shoes... " lyric, off the top of my head forever. Turns out the song was "No Secrets" by Australian band The Angels (looks like the were also called Angel City in the States) - I'm not crazy right? That is an amazing pop song. (Though I don't remember the lead singer being so lead singer-y ah well.) I thought I'd never heard of them since, turns out they had a small hit in the US with a song called "Marseilles", which I'm swear I've always thought was an AC/DC song. Anyway, I've found my new awesomly cheezy new karoke standard. "Ah bon soir mademoiselle." Oh Wow. I just stumbled on this Acoustic version of "No Secrets". I did read (today) that the lead singer was diagnosed with a brain tumor in January, which leads extra poignancy to this, recorded in 2010 (30 years after the above video).
I've never heard anything else that Rialto did, nor do I care to, because I would hate to taint the near-perfection of this song.
"Night Flight" was a fantastic show. I'd say "ahead of its time" because of the way it pushed the envelope, but now that I think on it I cannot imagine it airing in any other era of pop culture.
So I was listening to my favorite radio show and it was dedicated to Reg Presley (he died 2 weeks ago). All covers and original songs n such. Had no idea who he was but I learned he was the songwriter for The Troggs (famous for Wild Thing). Wild Thing is boring to me but their other songs fuckin' rock. Two favorites so far:
May have posted this before, it's an old favorite - the legendary Bill Frisell with Greg Leisz on pedal steel, from the Montreal Jazzfest.
If you ever get a chance, see the Dum Dum Girls live. They sound more than great live but they also put on a super sexy show. Dee Dee unleashes her voice and boy can she put some power into it.
