Thursday, August 29, 2013

Gary Wilson -- You Think You Really Know Me

  Gary Wilson's You Think You Really Know Me is an experimental mix of Lounge lizard funk and Musique Conrete, kinda like Suicide meets Prince.  It may be goofy and strange but it definitely has it's place, like the natural progression to Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica, passing the torch of weird ...

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Gang Green -- Another Wasted Night

  Kind of typical, slight hint of Thrash, late 80's Hardcore album.  What I don't understand is how these guys managed to survive Boston straight edge jock Punk scene all those years, Gang Green were too cool and too fun, but maybe that was it, they just laughed in all their faces and partied on!!

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Les Rita Mitsouko -- The No Comprendo

  Punk Synth Wave frenchy weirdos Les Rita Mitsouko.  Although I really like this album primarily because of two great numbers, C'est Comme Ca and Someone To Love, the rest of it sounds so unsteady even thought they had producer extraordinaire Tony Visconti at the helm ... and there's something about mega hit Andy that sounds like an avant-garde goofy stripper song.  

Monday, August 26, 2013

Sugarhill Gang

  Soul Funk drenched Hip Hop innovators The Sugarhill Gang.  I admittedly didn't hate this LP but for god sakes was it ever cheesy, case and point and I quote, "on and a on and a on and a on on on, I'm gonna rock you like a filet mignon ..."

Friday, August 23, 2013

Rodriguez -- Searching For Sugar Man

  A heavily underrated, mega talented and almost completely lost singer/ songwriter, who has finally gotten the kudos he's deserved 40 years later thanks to the academy award winning documentary Searching For Sugar Man.  Was Rodriguez like Nick Drake, missing the folk boat by a couple years, his blend of Bob Dylan meets Leonard Cohen who hangs out with Donovan was a year or two too late, but brilliant nonetheless, one of the tunes even forced out a couple crocodile tears out of my eye ducts, which in itself says it all ... not every great song writer can make you cry!

Friday, August 16, 2013

Timbre Timbre

  So there I am having an after work beer at my friend's place, I suggest that she play something I could review, so she puts on this watered down Sesame Street version of Nick Cave ... don't get me wrong there were some exceptional tracks, but all in all I'm not about to go out and bust a nut to get this on vinyl.

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Punk & Disorderly

  A run of the mill Punk UK compilation, and why are the Kennedys always the only American band to make it on these things??  Admittedly these songs are good but very forgettable,  except for Demob's No Room For You, which is inscribed Dmob on the album, anyway, the track is a bass driven anthemic chanter, and probably one of the best one's I have ever heard, unfortunately the band only released two singles before splitting up, fortunately their best tune made it on this record!