March 2013 archive
Janet Feder “Songs With Words” LP
I recently discovered http://downloadsnow.net/ via DSD Guide. I was idly clicking around Downloads NOW! one recent evening, stumbling through countless jazz and classical titles and finding little that could be considered inspiring. For some reason I clicked on http://janetfeder.downloadsnow.net/songs-with-words and began listening to random tracks. I read some bio info while checking out the rest …
Recent LP acquisitions – stopgap edition
On deck (all 2013 releases unless otherwise specified): Biosphere N-Plants (Biophon/Touch, EU) (2011) Deepchord DC07|DC08|DC09 Remastered (Echospace) (reissue) Dylan Golden Aycock Rise & Shine (Scissor Tail) Lee Hazlewood Trouble Is A Lonesome Town (Light In the Attic) (reissue) Bruce Langhorne The Hired Hand score (Scissor Tail) (reissue) Roy Montgomery Hey Badfinger (Yellowelectric) Mountains Centralia (Thrill …
Recent LP acquisitions: part III
Lloyd Cole & Hans-Joachim Roedelius Selected Studies Vol 1 LP (Bureau B, Germany) The noble Bureau B label has undertaken the long-overdue (and admirable) job of re-releasing the Sky Records catalog on high-quality LPs. Sky issued some of the best German electronic music of the late 70s/early 80s, but the vinyl nearly always crackled and …
Lucre
After 7 days decompressing at Kaua’i’s Moloa’a Bay, I’ve resumed what nearly resembles normal life. Tanned (OK, mildly sunburnt), somewhat rested, semi-ready…albeit with an bad head cold caught on the plane home. While sneezing, blowing my nose, totaling up receipts from the trip, wincing, and chiseling away at my my checkbook balance, my imagination somehow …
Latest LP acquistions: part II
David Byrne/Brian Eno My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts 2xLP (Nonesuch US) Color me late to the party on this 2009 reissue. The remastering isn’t an improvement. Overly bright in the mid-highs, meaning the already-tinny found vocals sound unpleasantly harsh, and the scratchy guitar chordings and electronic rhythms are especially metallic and jarring. Even …
Latest LP acquistions: part I
A week away from the office. Four cardboard mailers and a dozen or so LPs scattered across the desk…such a pleasant welcome-back. No choice but to just dive in. F.S Blumm and Nils Frahm Music For Lovers Music Versus Time / Music For Wobbling Music Versus Gravity (Sonic Pieces Germany) 2xLP On the first disc, …
I’m back from vacation. I will post more, I promise.
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