Pocahaunted makes it all ways. Make It Real is my new favorite Pocahaunted release, surpassing the last one by simply being the latest but also by being the freshest. Make It Real has cowbell and organ; has disco boots; is hazy, hot, and humid; is funkier and fresher than anything Pocahaunted has ever released. If you recognize that dubbed-out, laidback sway, it’s because you know Sun Araw’s Cameron Stallone, lucky bastard, on guitar and…
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Make it real, make it real, make it real. Make it real what? Make it real good. Make it real hard. Make it real long. Make it real.
I’ve also been digging the debut LP from Gongasufi, A Sufi And A Killer, on Warp Records. You listen to the first track and you’re like, “Hmm?” Listen to the second track and you’re like, “Oh.” Listen to the third track and you’re like, “What the hell is this?” Listen to the fourth track and you’re in love, you’re on your way to the record store even though you swore off buying records for a month, or at least until the next payday, but whatever, you have to have this record now. Now.
But “She Gone” is what did it for me. “She Gone” sounds like the Beatles on crack rock, led…
From Hospital Productions, Cold Cave & Prurient: Stars Explode.
Coaster for Guinness Float!
Mmm...It's breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, and beer all at the same time. Smart.
Cheers!
Corrina sent me a link to this video for "70 Million" by Hold Your Horses, a band I know nothing about. It must have been so much fun to make this.
Happy Monday.
And here's one that brightens Andrea's day.
This magical little film was written and directed by Angela Kohler and Ithyle Griffiths and stars Alison Sudol of A Fine Frenzy.
In the we-all-make-mistakes department:
A few weeks ago, I groused in this space about the tendency of audiophile LP companies to reissue the same jazz titles over and over. Yes, the pressings are nice and thick, the sound generally excellent, but I called on their proprietors to stretch a bit. I mentioned some untapped labels, some (I hope) intriguing direct-to-disc possibilities, and other random oversights.
I also noted that if the ’philes were determined to perpetuate the Blue Note mystique (for understandable reasons, both commercial and artistic), the label did produce…
I assume you’ve been in a situation like this before, too.
Don’t worry: The LPs only stayed like this for the amount of time it took me to move the LP shelves one and three-quarter inches to the left. It had to be done. No records were harmed.
The room is coming along, slowly. And, with the help of friends, I’ve come to think of the reorganization as a process that should be enjoyed, rather than some horrible exercise in frustration.
John Fahey cites Bill Monroe’s “Blue Yodel #7” as the song that changed/destroyed his life. After hearing that song, he knew he had to play guitar.
After reading Fahey’s book, How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life, I knew I had to have the record. I searched eBay for "Blue Yodel #7," and there it was! I bought it! A sweet Bluebird 78rpm disc (Bluebird B-8861, released in 1941, b/w "In The Pines") from the RCA Manufacturing Co., in Camden, NJ!
I kept it in my office, on top of my filing cabinet, neglecting to bring it home. Minutes ago, our publisher, Keith Pray, came…
The April 2010 issue of Stereophile is now on newsstands. For the cover, we selected the Monitor Audio Platinum PL200 loudspeaker. Like Bob Deutsch, I was impressed by this speaker when I heard it at the 2009 Salon Son & Image, so I was especially pleased by John Atkinson’s decision to highlight it. Our cover photographer, Eric Swanson, and designer, Natalie Baca, were also pleased by the speaker’s great looks: The fine-furniture finish of its Santos Rosewood cabinet, the silvery ceramic-coated aluminum magnesium drive units, the handsome Strathspey leather front baffle, and,…