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I cringe at half that lineup (particularly the headliners), but there's some good in there. I've seen the Toadies quite a few times since they dropped off the planet and they still bring it.
What are you listening to right now?
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I cringe at half that lineup (particularly the headliners), but there's some good in there. I've seen the Toadies quite a few times since they dropped off the planet and they still bring it.
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This just came in the mail, so I'm giving it a spin. Came pressed on a semi-translucent red vinyl with white mixed in like little wisps of smoke. The guys publishing this comp are hunting out all this really obscure proto-metal, heavy rock, and heavy psych from the late 60s-70s. They've pushed a bunch (10?) of releases and this was something of a 'best-of' that was published for RSD.
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Just got VIP tickets to see The Black Crowes in Charlotte. I know I know - it's not the Crowes if Gorman and Marc Ford at the very least aren't with them. And I agree. I am mad at myself for joining in the Robinson brothers' money grab. But I like their music and I wanted VIP tickets so I could talk to Rich Robinson maybe a little. I have one of his old guitars and Marshall amps and was going to ask him some about them. Never done a VIP meet and greet at a concert ever. Both of the Robinson brothers are renowned dicks so I'm sure I will get blown off.
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It's going to be a great show at least. From what I've seen and heard of this tour, the band sounds great. You might actually get some interaction out of Rich since you have some of his old gear. I'm going to see them at the end of the month at Red Rocks and I'm pumped!
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This also came in the mail and I am INTO it. Love the disco-soul sound of this album - Colemine did a beautiful job pressing this on colored vinyl as well.
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Earlier this summer I picked up the Grateful Dead 5/3/72 RSD release and it sounds really good - such a great period for them. They continue to do a great job putting out pressings that sound fantastic.
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New Sturgill album came out today; another very well done bluegrass concept album that tells a fantastic story. Sturgill is so fucking good at what he does.
It may be an unpopular opinion, but I think Amorica is my favorite album by the Black Crowes. Shake your money maker is a hell of a debut but the song writing and musical skill is really good on Amorica.
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i find this interesting bc southern harmony is prob in my top 3 fav albums of all time
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my morning song > time will tell
shine a light > soul survivor
lonely hearts pt2 > day in the life
warm tape > venice queen
off the top of my head, final two songs of albums that i think work really well (granted i’m not a yuge album guy)
shine a light > soul survivor
lonely hearts pt2 > day in the life
warm tape > venice queen
off the top of my head, final two songs of albums that i think work really well (granted i’m not a yuge album guy)
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Brain Damage > Eclipse
Wish You Were Here > Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts V-IX)
Carry that Weight > The End (I'm not counting Her Majesty)
The Rock > Love Reign O'er Me
Greenville to Baton Rouge > Angels and Fuselage
Wish You Were Here > Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts V-IX)
Carry that Weight > The End (I'm not counting Her Majesty)
The Rock > Love Reign O'er Me
Greenville to Baton Rouge > Angels and Fuselage
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Read this piece on BBC this morning: Edge of Seventeen: An anthem that stuns each new generation
Got me into a rabbit hole of reading about Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, 1977 music, etc.
Sometime today I’m going to listen to “Edge of Seventeen”.
And probably Rumours.
Of course the single isn’t on that album.
But that album takes me back…
Got me into a rabbit hole of reading about Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, 1977 music, etc.
Sometime today I’m going to listen to “Edge of Seventeen”.
And probably Rumours.
Of course the single isn’t on that album.
But that album takes me back…
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A friend got me the 33 1/3 series book on In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, and I read it in about 3 hours (and recommend for those who love the album!), so I'm listening to that today.
There are lots of interesting tidbits in the book, but I was fascinated to read about the recording of Oh Comely, which was just meant to be a demo and runthrough, but Jeff got into it so much that he played the whole thing through by himself solo acoustic while the rest of the band and some of their friends just watched in the booth. They'd add in some vocal doubling and a horn track after, but the single take was what eventually made the album. You can hear Scott (horn player)'s "HOLY SHIT" at the end of it on the recording.
There are lots of interesting tidbits in the book, but I was fascinated to read about the recording of Oh Comely, which was just meant to be a demo and runthrough, but Jeff got into it so much that he played the whole thing through by himself solo acoustic while the rest of the band and some of their friends just watched in the booth. They'd add in some vocal doubling and a horn track after, but the single take was what eventually made the album. You can hear Scott (horn player)'s "HOLY SHIT" at the end of it on the recording.
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similarly this weekend my 5yo daughter made me buy/download Takin' Care of Business b/c she thought it was the greatest thing ever when it came on the radio. i think we listened to it 10x in a row.
I fucking love that album, but I've read that the book was written with out Jeff's approval and he was pissed because it felt invasive so I've been ambivalent about the book.
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hm the acknowledgments page at the front says "Thanks go out to Jeff Mangum, whose approval of this project precipitated many of the interviews within, and whose songs are the reason for them." so i find that pretty hard to believe, though i know he's an incredibly private guy.
the album has always been special to me, but something in reading about how it was made, with a disconnected group of guys just sorta bopping around all over georgia, denver, nyc, and eventually just landing in one place through some magic and happenstance reminded me of how i came to know and love it best, in college, playing it over and over with friends, obsessing over the lyrics and going down rabbit holes of what they meant and what they meant to us.
i love the way the author treats the lyrics, too, which is basically to say she doesn't give much of an interpretation, just notes where the echoes are, the repeated symbols, the imagery, because we probably all hear it differently. i also really enjoyed learning that it was kinda musically inspired by jeff and scott's weird love of crate picking records, especially from eastern europe. you can hear the influence in the horns and the saw and odd instrumentation of balkan marches and experimental, improvisational technique.
makes me want to really dig deeper in the elephant 6 catalog again, where i haven't gone much further than dusk at cubist castle