Category: Music releases
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Saint James Society
The direct approach works wonders, and is refreshing. Got an email from Elza from the band Saint James Society about their band. Really digging the older psych rock & psychobilly and this kind of fuzzed up / drugged up sound fits right in with my current listening. It’s not shoegaze since it’s darker and less…
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Children’s TV – damaging youth since the 1950s
Heard this at the end of Shaun Keaveny’s show and remembered it (I was thinking Magic Box…Music Box…not Picture Box!). It’s “Manège” performed by the Lasry & Baschet Brothers as ‘Lasry-Baschet Structures Sonores’, who like Mr Partch built their own instruments, sound sculptures (hence Structures Sonores). This was played on their own invention the Cristal Baschet – their version of…
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The Return of Martin Rossiter
Just heard this on Lammo’s 6Music program, didn’t know Martin Rossiter – of Gene who were one of my favourite bands OF ALL TIME (© Readers Wifes) and this song ‘Drop Anchor’ stopped me in my tracks. Apparently he has an album titled in usual style ‘The Defenestration of St Martin’ to drop on 26th…
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Old Skool: Clean Up Woman
Only one or a few of you might know why I’m posting this. And it’ll stay that way, apart from the fact that it’s a brilliant funk track by Betty Wright.
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Your Headphones – Silverclub
Listening to Tom Robinson’s Now Playing on 6Music playing new music and this track by Silverclub came around. I like it for two reasons 1) 90’s influences are being used now, sounds like they have an intimate knowledge of fellow Mancunians 808 State (listen past the 3 minute mark – THAT bassline) which is NOT…