Cardinalology (bloody awful title & cover, by the way) is out. To celebrate, one song from it & two older ones from a recent gig (get the whole gig here):
Having posted about Vic Chesnutt's old stuff, suddenly here's a home recorded collaboration between the man himself and other Athens luminaries. It has electrics, the man's familiar rasp, and sounds less confrontational than his last. Try this:
Will Oldham again? Yes, the ever prolific one returns with some live material recorded in the Celtic Fringes 2006. Why? Well, here's the reason. Some old songs, some current ones, some traditional, but all wrought anew in collaboration with a Scottish folk ensemble, Harem Scarem. Try this:
Antony & the Johnsons return with an ep, Another World. Much sounds familiar, bar Shake the Devil's rumbustious r'n'b at halfway. But, if it ain't broke... Try this:
Some classic songs, from albums or whatever, that weren't that great as a whole. The photo, by the way, is of St Kevin's, Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland.
Look, it's long been a given for me that his Bobness faded, his voice gone, the never-ending tour a tale of a man who's lost. And yet, Oh Mercy, parts of the latest stuff. Well her comes the latest installment of the Bootleg series. Some leaves me cold, but some.... Oh Mercy had some killer songs (a Lest We Forget to come), but this version just blew me away, with its raw beauty and echoes of Blood on the Tracks:
After The Jam. Paul Weller got lost in '80s soul boy frippery with The Style Council. The early 'nineties saw him reinvent himself, once more from a 'sixties starting point of the soul tinged British rock and demi-mystic folky feel of that era. The result was Wild Wood, which still sounds classic now. Try these:
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