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Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
What are you listening to? April 2025
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Blur - Parklife (1994)
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Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground (1969)
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Rashied Ali - First Time Out: LIve At Slugs' (rec. 1967, rel. 2020)
Let's go back to Slugs' for another powerhouse set, this time with Coltrane's last drummer, Rashied Ali. His stellar quartet included insurgent avant garde pianist, Stanley Cowell. Downbeat sez:
"The bandleader's drum solos are absolutely gripping throughout; each time his number is called, he shifts effortlessly from an energetic accompanist into a sharp, dynamic tone poet... The purposeful and heartfelt quality that the ensemble conveys is a striking testament to the generative edge that can result from the right combination of open-eared musicians and loose, spacious compositions."
I would add that a venue like Slugs' added a key ingredient by creating the perfect supportive environment to incubate this challenging music.
Let's go back to Slugs' for another powerhouse set, this time with Coltrane's last drummer, Rashied Ali. His stellar quartet included insurgent avant garde pianist, Stanley Cowell. Downbeat sez:
"The bandleader's drum solos are absolutely gripping throughout; each time his number is called, he shifts effortlessly from an energetic accompanist into a sharp, dynamic tone poet... The purposeful and heartfelt quality that the ensemble conveys is a striking testament to the generative edge that can result from the right combination of open-eared musicians and loose, spacious compositions."
I would add that a venue like Slugs' added a key ingredient by creating the perfect supportive environment to incubate this challenging music.
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Snooze - I Know How You Will Die (2025)
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Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power (2025)
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The Darkness - Dreams On Toast (2025)
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Califone - The Villager's Companion (2025)
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Sundar's INDUSWEST PROJECT ~ Hope and Infinity (2016)
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Global A Go-Go (2001)
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Ron Goodwin/Henry Mancini - Hitchcock's Frenzy (soundtracks 1972, Quartet 2022)
Only once in his storied career did Henry Mancini have a soundtrack rejected. After hearing the proposed score for his penultimate film, Hitchcock thought it too dark for this tale of a serial killer in London.
No wonder Mancini was confused.
So Hitch hurriedly enlisted Ron Goodwin, who scored over 70 films himself. Goodwin's music has a somewhat lighter if more conventional tone that relied on two recurrent themes. Hitchcock kept a tight rein on the sessions, having tapes flown to him from England to California each day.
This extraordinary release in Universal's "Film Music Classics Collection" offers a rare opportunity to compare two very different approaches to composing for The Master of Suspense.
Can you dig it?
Only once in his storied career did Henry Mancini have a soundtrack rejected. After hearing the proposed score for his penultimate film, Hitchcock thought it too dark for this tale of a serial killer in London.
No wonder Mancini was confused.So Hitch hurriedly enlisted Ron Goodwin, who scored over 70 films himself. Goodwin's music has a somewhat lighter if more conventional tone that relied on two recurrent themes. Hitchcock kept a tight rein on the sessions, having tapes flown to him from England to California each day.
This extraordinary release in Universal's "Film Music Classics Collection" offers a rare opportunity to compare two very different approaches to composing for The Master of Suspense.
Can you dig it?
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The Doors - L.A. Woman (1971)
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Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)
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Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention - We're Only It It For the Money (1968)
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Connie Smith - The Best Of Connie Smith (1977)
Vinyl Spin of the Day.
Last time we finished Connie's long string of successful albums for RCA Victor between 1964 and 1972. In 1973, she moved on to Columbia where she would remain for just four years. During this time, she charted a dozen singles, all but two of which appear on this collection. She was still getting strong material from top writers like Whitey Shafer and her old friend, Dallas Frazier. But she also resorted to covering not one but two oldies by the Everly Brothers. Ray Baker's production aimed for a softer sound than Chet Akins had used at RCA's legendary Studio B. The results still charted respectably but most missed the top 10.
Back in the day, I grabbed this "Best Of" because her regular albums looked like a lot of filler padding her so-so singles. Bear Family did a big box of her complete Columbia sessions, but I'm still very happy with this abbreviated view.
Vinyl Spin of the Day.
Last time we finished Connie's long string of successful albums for RCA Victor between 1964 and 1972. In 1973, she moved on to Columbia where she would remain for just four years. During this time, she charted a dozen singles, all but two of which appear on this collection. She was still getting strong material from top writers like Whitey Shafer and her old friend, Dallas Frazier. But she also resorted to covering not one but two oldies by the Everly Brothers. Ray Baker's production aimed for a softer sound than Chet Akins had used at RCA's legendary Studio B. The results still charted respectably but most missed the top 10.
Back in the day, I grabbed this "Best Of" because her regular albums looked like a lot of filler padding her so-so singles. Bear Family did a big box of her complete Columbia sessions, but I'm still very happy with this abbreviated view.
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Palestrina - Missa Papae Marcelli/Motets (Sistine Chapel Choir)
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Johnny Cash - American Recordings (1994)
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The Jesus Lizard - Goat (1991)
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