What are you listening to? August 2018

[Old Uncle Toe]

Van Morrison - Roll With The Punches

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Patti Smith - Gung Ho (2000)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Giant Sand - Returns To Valley Of Rain (2018)

 

[lpfreak1170]

The Struts - Everybody Wants (2016)

 

[lpfreak1170]

Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest (2011)


Looking forward to seeing her again Thursday night.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Hills - Master Sleeps (2011)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Sorry to say it, but about 2 stars. If you're a big fan of blues guitar, especially West Side Chicago blues guitar (as I am), it's an interesting listen. But there's nothing terribly remarkable going on here.

Willie Kent was a bass player for the likes of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Willie James Lyons was a very good guitarist and singer and sideman to some equally famous Chicago bluesmen, but not quite flashy enough to become a front man. So what you have is a band where the front men are both side men. Nothing wrong with the music, but just not enough personality to get its head above water. This album is apparently live recordings, so they couldn't benefit from repeated takes, over dubbing, good mixing, etc.

As a fan of the genre, I'm glad I listened to it. If you are, then give it a try. I recommend "Blue Guitar." If you''re not, then I recommend Melvin Taylor's "..Plays The Blues For You." Same style, much better execution.

That’s too bad. I guess I won’t hold my breath for the trio project with Willie Nelson.

 

[axolotl]

Hills - Master Sleeps (2011)

Are Hills still alive, with the sound of space music?

 

[axolotl]

V/A ~ Sif Safaa: New Music From The Middle East (1995)



Thanks be to Nickyboy for suggesting this one.

 

[axolotl]

Dapp Theory ~ Y'all Just Don't Know (2003)




Best song on here is a rendition of Bruce Cockburn's "Let the Bad Air Out."

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The Libertines - Up The Bracket (2002)

 

[axolotl]

Hood ~ Singles Compiled (2003) [Disc 2 of Compilation]

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Crippled Black Phoenix - 200 Tons Of Bad Luck (2009)

 

[axolotl]

Joan of Arc ~ Joan of Arc Presents: Don't Mind Control (2010)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Hildegarde - Hildegarde (Seeco 1958)

Vinyl Rip And Scan Of The Day.

A live side from The Cotillion Room at the Hotel Pierre in NYC plus a studio side add up to a complete picture of this consummate entertainer. Despite growing up in New Holstein, Wisconsin, Hildegarde managed to bring continental flair to everything she did, with more than a soupcon of double entendre.

on the Sam-O-Meter. Wunderbar!

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (1999)



I used to not care for NIN very much because it sounded too much like "club music".

Something clicked for me lately and I can enjoy it. It helps that it's edgy and heavy.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Woody Herman - In Disco Order - Vol. 16 (rec. 1944-45, Ajaz comp. 1980)

Another Vinyl Rip And Scan Of The Day.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Ultra Vivid Scene - Rev (1992)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Bobby Bare, Norma Jean & Liz Anderson - The Game Of Triangles (1967)

Vinyl Rip Of The Day.

Simply one of the greatest cheatin' albums of all time. Even the cover shot is full of nuance.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Jimi Hendrix - BBC Sessions (1998)