This is swiftly becoming “Not really heard their older stuff, but…” month. Then again, it’s the 31st so hopefully that’s all out of the way now. Latest, and hopefully last for a bit, in a line of slightly guilty posts about artists whose work has gone a bit on the under-appreciated side over here, is [...]
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Although I certainly appreciate Sonic Youth’s lofty position in the alternative rock pantheon, I have to admit that they somewhat passed me by. I have no idea why this is so, as the rare occasions that our paths have crossed have been largely (and strangely) memorable. There are a couple of 12″s and singles floating [...]
Maybe if I hadn’t read other reviews by more learned and professional types of this album, I’d have got it done sooner. Aside from a single or two, I’d not really heard much from this Austin, Texas group. So in order to make it look like I knew what I was on about, I did [...]
It’s not unfair to say that I have been looking forward to this one for a bit. I’ve liked a lot of what Danger Mouse has done previously, I’ve enjoyed what little I’ve heard so far of Daniele Luppi’s orchestrated work to date (my fault!), and I really loved their previous album together. And I [...]
There’s something innately fun about blundering through the way that one’s record collection and associated experiences unfold. Give five people with no defined taste in music the same album as a starting point, and in five years’ time they could all be into the most varied and disparate stuff, all from that same root. Or [...]
Short one to start the day off with, although in fairness it’s quite a short, trim and filler-free album. Bass players making solo albums is an act fraught with danger, because let’s face it – most people who take up that particular instrument do so because they decide that six strings are far too complicated, [...]
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