Posted on October 29, 2008 by DEZ
This month’s list of things on the horizon. The Fennesz date is a guestimate, by the way. Everything else is official or semi-official.
3rd Nov
BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP – The Radiophonic Music (Mute)
FUNCKARMA – Vell Vagranz (N5MD)
JOHANN JOHANNSSON – Fordlandia (4AD)
NORTHERN VALENTINE – The Distance Brings Us Closer (Silber)
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS – Alpinisms (Ghostly International)
ZEROVA – I Think We’ve Lost (Herb)
10th [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2008 by DEZ
Twenty more of the Music Musings and Miscellany 1000.
CHAMELEONS – A Person Isn’t Safe Anywhere These Days / Thursday’s Child (Statik 6 1983)
The influence of the Chameleons is all over the place these days, from Interpol and Glasvegas to shameless carbon-copyists Editors. They seldom get due credit. “A Person Isn’t Safe…” is one of the [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2008 by DEZ
This was reviewed on the excellent Mapsadasical (which you probably read – if you don’t, you should). It sounded too good to miss, so I downloaded a (free) copy to have a listen myself. James Devane is based in San Francisco, and his self-titled album is an impressive beast indeed. The nine tracks are named after [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2008 by DEZ
I spent six hours of yesterday’s Oxfam organized Oxjam Music Festival spending a semi-nomadic existence, flitting from bar to bar and trying to catch as many of the sixty or so acts on offer as I could. What I did see was a mere fraction – it couldn’t have been anything else. The general standard [...]
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Posted on October 25, 2008 by DEZ
The Complete Motown Singles Volume 11A covering the first six months of 1971 is issued (in the US) on November 18th. I don’t know when a UK release date is planned. Owing to the weak pound, the import price is prohibitive – something in the region of £70-80. It confirms the rumour that the 1971 [...]
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Posted on October 25, 2008 by DEZ
A few years ago I got hold of a copy of Dave Marsh’s book The Heart of Rock and Soul (ISBN 0140121080) that modestly claimed to be a list of the 1001 greatest singles ever made. While there were obviously loads of classic records in there, and it was fairly well written, it struck me [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2008 by DEZ
Doors opened at 8.30 and everything had finished by 10. That must be the shortest gig I’ve ever attended. Opening act Finn is a young Icelander who sings sweet, sorrowful songs accompanied only by his guitar (and with occasional use of a sampler to multitrack his voice). His clear semi-falsetto invites obvious comparisons to Jónsi [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2008 by DEZ
The annual jamboree that is Oxjam takes place in and around Ashton Lane in the West End of Glasgow this Sunday (26th). There are supposedly around 60 acts scheduled to play on eight stages in the various bars, kicking off just after lunchtime and going on till 1am. Loads of folk I’ve never heard of [...]
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