Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Missed It: Lewis & Clarke


I heard one song long back, and forgot it.  How?  I've just discovered Lewis & Clarke, eons after everyone else of course.  If I could find the words, I would.  Some seems singer-songwriters folkish, other stuff just goes elsewhere,

Try the title song of their first outing:


Or, from their most recent Blasts of Holy Birth:


They have an awesome session on Daytrotter here.

PS  Another classic first line:

Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine

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American Music Club: The Golden Age


After a spell solo, Mark Eitzel's reborn American Music Club return with The Golden Age.  The feel this time is, as seems a bit of the zeitgeist now, a 'seventies soft rock feel (and none the worse for that, the ghosts of Fleetwood Mac are walking).  Definitely worth checking out; try this opener for size:


As a bonus, one from the last AMC effort, Love Songs for Patriots:


And one from way back San Francisco


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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The Race: The Damnwells, Damien Jurado & The Weight


It's getting near the end, thank the Lord.  This one could be decisive.  fortunately, some great songs can keep us going:

mp3 The Damnwells: Texas (live at KEXP)

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Monday, February 25, 2008

Lest we forget: The Velvet Underground's third album


Everyone (now) knows the first album; the feedback drenched experimentalism of White Light/White Heat is widely recognised as hugely influential.  The third Velvets album seems to slip under the radar.  Indeed, there is much about it that almost seems designed to do so.  It is sonically downbeat and subtle, a song cycle that is notable for some of Lou Reed's finest songs. A couple are now pretty well known, such as Candy Says (of which I posted a cover earlier) and Pale Blue Eyes; others should be:


And a live version from their great 1969 recording:


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Friday, February 15, 2008

Traveler: Ryan Adams, Magnolia Electric Co, Track a Tiger & Screaming Trees


Off to the north of Denmark for a couple of days, so I might not be posting for a few days.  So, here's some stuff inspired by the fact...
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Lest we forget: Mott the Hoople

I'm away for a few days... so a few posts early doors,,,
Mott the Hoople are mostly remembered as a singles band, and the albums that get remembered are mostly the two that they took with them to stardom.  So, we're going elsewhere. Their last album, The Hoople, was recorded when guitar ace Mick Ralphs had left the band for Bad Company and Ian Hunter became wholly dominant; yet it contains some of their finest songs.  Many will remember the singles:

On youtube:  The Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll and Roll Away the Stone (from Top of the Pops with Ian Hunter singing over his own vocal line)

Two album tracks make the point:


As a bonus, a lovely early Mott song:


But Mott the Hoople here
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Monday, February 11, 2008

The Race:Okkervil River, The National, The Damnbuilders & Steve Earle


The latest installments

mp3 Steve Earle: Christmas in Washington (it had to be this one really).

Enjoy...

New feature: great first lines (thanks to the wee Makem)...

"Dropped acid, Blue Oyster Cult Concert, 14 years old" Anyone know?

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