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Post by musicaljustice on Sept 27, 2005 17:57:42 GMT -5
Right now, I'm listening to a pre-release copy of the great new Marah CD, "If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry"... Think Replacements meet Exile on Main Street, with a bit of a folk-punk edge...
JC
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Post by mcallan on Oct 27, 2005 21:32:27 GMT -5
Lately, I've been digging back through the archives to late sixties early seventies proto-Punk--Iggy & the Stoodges "Raw Power"; the MC5 "Kick out the Jams"; the New York Dolls. This stuff has been in heavy rotation on the iTunes shuffle mode. If you think Green Day or Rancid when you hear the word "punk," go back and check this stuff out. It honestly doesn't get much better than Iggy and the Stooges.
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Post by musicaljustice on Oct 28, 2005 13:28:18 GMT -5
You mean Iggy did music before "Lust for Life"?
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Post by wallrock on Nov 1, 2005 13:29:52 GMT -5
The latest albums I have been rotating heavily in the car stereo are the new Lucero CD "Nobody's Darlings" (which I purchased after hearing a few of the tracks on MJ) coupled with Wilco's "Being There" double and Two Cow Garage's "Please Turn The Gas Back On". Now that it is so dark on the evening commute, I have been putting in something slightly stronger for maximum adrenaline. This has lately entailed the Dillinger Four's "Midwestern Songs of the Americas" and the new Rancid, "Indestructible," throwbacks to my younger, punker days (I am well aware of the sound and the fury of the Stooges - No Iggy=No Punk). I have also been playing My Morning Jacket's "It Still Moves" a lot lately, and I am figuring on picking up "Z" sometime in the near future.
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Post by bullrun on Nov 5, 2005 11:27:35 GMT -5
Rancid comes about as close as any current band to measuring up to the tuneful fury my personal "benchmark band" for punk--the Clash. I've been hearing about My Morning Jacket for some time now, but haven't actually checked them out.
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Post by bullrun on Nov 5, 2005 11:37:35 GMT -5
A couple of weeks ago, I heard about Year Long Disaster on crooksandliars.com.
wow.
The band features Daniel Davies on guitar and vocals. Davies is the son of Kinks guitarist, Dave Davies (and therefore, nephew of my songwriting hero, Ray Davies).
They are a classic power trio--guitar, bass, and drums. Davies plays a classic, thick, distorted, Led Zeppish, Gibson. I have not heard music like this in years, and I haven't heard this kind of confidence in a debut CD in a long time.
It's kind of odd, as I'm writing this post, I'm hearing Jacob Dylan on MJ, and thinkin' that maybe we have some great things to look forward too from the offspring of the old guard. I still haven't been able to confirm or refute the notion that the Crimea's Davey McManus is the Son of Declan. . . .
oh, Year Long Disaster is featured on MySpace Music, but they are probably easier to access through yearlongdisaster.com
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Post by cynthia85014 on Nov 11, 2005 7:36:29 GMT -5
The new Son Volt, Marah, and Kate Bush.
I'm really disappointed that Marah is not gaining momentum and cannot seem to build their audience beyond the faithful in the bars. I blame their management. I've met them a few times over the years and actually got to know their mom while sitting with her at a show in Jersey about 3 years ago - they are as committed as they can be, but they have been at the same level for over 4 years.
One of the characters in Nick Hornby's A Long Way Down is based on Serge and I just hope it's not a portent....
I love that you play them on musical justice. And I was happy to hear Kings of Leon too - again, why not popular here? Drives me nuts. Europe just loves both these bands, although Marah, still with the obsessive bar crowds.
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Post by musicaljustice on Nov 15, 2005 12:21:07 GMT -5
Had no idea that Hornby based a character on Serge, but then again, that shouldn't be a surprise given how much time they've spent together.
I think that Marah had all the stars lined up to move to the next level right before they released "Float Away with the Friday Night Gods". They were touring with Black Crowes/Jimmy Page, had a big name producer and some promotional dollars evidenced by the fact that Float Away was featured in Best Buy stores.
Almost a year before that record came out, I remember getting drunk with Serge and having him tell me that the next record (which became Float Away) was going to be a big rock record. I think the timing was wrong. I'm not even one of those folks that'll tell you that it's a bad record, but I just think it didn't capture the essence of what the band's all about. The songs are there, as evidenced by the deconstructed version of the CD that's available on their website.
I've seen them 10 times and the only bad show I ever saw was on that tour and they just looked like they weren't having any fun. I've never really talked to them about this, but my guess is that a lot of compromises were being made at that point in time. Whenever I stray into that territory, it becomes pretty clear that they've distanced themselves from the business/sales side of things in order to keep themselves sane.
But the good news here is that I just saw them in St. Louis a couple weeks ago and the current version of the band is probably the best yet. The new CD gives Kids in Philly a run for it's money too. Unfortunately, with the state of modern radio the way it is, it takes major amounts of cash to break an artist that way. The only other option is building word of mouth and that's a long process without a lot of guarantees...
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Post by mcallan on Nov 21, 2005 8:25:16 GMT -5
HEY! I just heard the Fruit Bats on the webcast. Very cool that you picked them up. Subpop is such a great little label.
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Post by mcallan on Jan 7, 2006 12:03:25 GMT -5
I've been digging back into the archives lately, pulling out those CD's that I love but haven't listened to in a long, long time. Here's a short list.
XTC-English Settlement The Replacements - Let it Be Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live at the Bottom Line, 1975 (bootleg) Richard Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights and Henry the Human Fly The Byrds - Sweethearts of the Rodeo (the version that includes Gram Parson's Vocals) Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes
If this list jogs any fond memories or prompts even one person to go back and listen to an old favorite, then my work is done.
mcallan
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