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DANIELLE DURACK – ” No Place “

Posted: February 6, 2021 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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There is an amalgam of young female singer-songwriters these days, but every now and then another one pops up that you really don’t want to miss, which is absolutely true of Danielle Durack After hearing her new album I was sold Danielle Durack’s “No Place”. It’s a great performance by the young singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona, because there has been quite a bit of appeared in this genre in recent years and the bar is now anxiously high. As far as I’m concerned, No Place by Danielle Durack is easy to distinguish from everything that’s already there. She has a very pleasant voice, she colours her Americana pop songs in a beautiful but also special way, she can play in several genres and also writes personal lyrics that are packed into appealing songs. 

No Place is the third album by this Danielle Durack, “Mistakes”, the album’s opening track, only lasts just a minute, but it’s a minute that immediately convinced me of the talent of the young American musician. It is a track with some sober, but also beautiful and special sounding guitar chords, a beautiful clear voice with a gently raw edge and a slightly southern tongue trap, choruses consisting of several layers of this voice and in the text the announcement of a breakup album.

They are ingredients that all return to the rest of the album, although most of the songs on the album are much fuller than the opening track. Danielle Durack joins a big pile of albums of ilk with No Place, of whom I would at least mention Phoebe Bridgers.  The instrumentation on the album stands out when listening to No Place, with influences from the folk, country, pop and rock. It is an instrumentation that not only sounds dark, but also a bit sweltering and adventurous.

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It’s  a surprisingly versatile album that is also full of excellent songs. They are songs with a love break as a central theme, which makes No Place a personal album, but Danielle Durack certainly doesn’t make it an overly depressed album.
Danielle Durack pays for her modest musician existence with a job in a pizzeria. Surely that’s got to change very quickly. 

Thanks to De krenten uit de pop

CLARA ENGEL – ” A New Skin “

Posted: February 6, 2021 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Clara Engel has been making music of a special beauty for about fifteen years and again this week’s “A New Skin” is another album that enchants and impresses Toronto-born Clara Engel doesn’t need much to make music that makes a deep impression time and time again. Also A New Skin is made again with minimal means, but the effect is again maximum. The instrumentation on the album is sober but wonderful. The alternately swooning and earthy sounds are also accompanied this time by the equally beautiful and penetrating voice of Clara Engel, who takes you to dark and mysterious landscapes. Everything is recorded as mentioned with simple means, but what does it all come out of the speakers beautifully. Clara Engel is a unique and idiosyncratic musician, who makes beautiful albums on the assembly line. Also A New Skin is another one.

Canadian musician Clara Engel has been releasing music through her bandcamp page for more than 15 years. 
One time a loose song, the next time an EP, but also with some regularity a full album. They are albums that are cherished in small circles, but which are unfortunately unknown in wider circles.

Recorded at home in the autumn of 2020. This album is absolutely gorgeous. It’s probably Clara’s most accomplished work yet, and that’s saying a lot. The perfect accompaniment to short, dark, but beautiful days.

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Released December 21st, 2020

All songs written, performed, and recorded by Clara Engel Instrumentation: Voice, cigar box guitar, electric guitar, melodica, and harmonica.

ICEAGE – ” The Holding Hand “

Posted: February 6, 2021 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Ten years on from their debut New Brigade, the Copenhagen band is sharing new song “The Holding Hand” today. Lead singer and lyricist Elias Bender Rønnenfelt’s voice crawls over slow-marching percussion, and as scorching guitar and Nils Gröndahl’s piercing violin layer in, the song rises to a noisy peak.

Danish punk outfit Iceage have signed to Mexican Summer and shared their first single for the label, “The Holding Hand.” It comes with a Anders Malmberg-directed video, and it follows their 2020 single “Lockdown Blues.” Iceage’s languorous, beatific rock frequently embodies the pain that arises when things are just out of reach, and “The Holding Hand” is filled with a similar anguish. Throughout the song, Elias Bender Rønnenfelt sings in a near-stupor, as if his emotions are overwhelming to the point of incapacitation, about feeling powerless in a harsh scene of mythological proportions. The over-five-minute track is cloaked in a shadowy echo, slightly unsettling wind chimes and, for added drama, slowly pounding guitars and strings that match the gravitas of this tale.

“The song lives in a slurred world, movements are elastically stretched out and strength is found in weakness while you find it hard to tell the difference between fume and matter,” Rønnenfelt says. “Gently the swaying intensifies, feel it escalate. Reach out for the holding hand, it seems almost within scope now.”

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SLOW WEATHER – ” Clean Living “

Posted: February 6, 2021 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Slow Weather is the new project of Chris McCrory and Annie Booth, of Catholic Action and Last Night From Glasgow fame. The collaboration came about when Chris and Annie worked together in recording sessions for a track by wojtek the bear, followed by Chris providing production on Annie’s ‘Spectral’ EP which was released in 2019. Slow Weather is an exciting partnership of two hidden gems of the Scottish music scene; one that on their debut EP showcases two truly great songwriters combining to deliver a very cohesive set of luscious yet varied songs packed with character and nuance.

‘Lisbon’ is a particular highlight, where shimmering guitar glistens over a sleepy rhythm section that brings to mind the dying breaths of day as the sun fades. Annie Booth’s melancholic vocals guide the listener through a series of poetic musings that feel nostalgic in their whispered delivery. The latter parts of the song really begin to take flight and it’s easy to bear resemblances to Beach House, with reverby guitars wash through a circling stream of consciousness. It really is a captivating piece of dream pop and a clear point where the production really shines in giving the songs space to open up and breathe.

The title track ‘Clean Living’ sets off with gentle plucked guitars and lullaby-like keys, which don’t even begin to prepare the listener for this expansive musing on the comedown from a failed relationship. Lines like ‘I’m an optimist’ being met with ‘I’m a realist’ shows the duo’s musical chemistry and interplay as they cohesively weave a sense of narrative that ebbs and flows alongside the instrumentation so elegantly. In the latter half of the track, Chris and Anna deliver a spiralling ‘How did I let this happen to us?’ refrain which repeats over and over, as the keys gently build and layer to drive home the sense of circling thoughts and regret over what has been lost. It’s an emotionally captivating moment that frequently threatens to spill over, yet stays restrained and understated, almost as the character tries to keep their emotions intact. It’s such a powerful finishing statement that leaves a lasting impact.

Slow Weather’s debut is the affirming sound of two artists maturing in their craft and exploring the possibilities offered by collaboration. This clever, emotionally compelling yet often playful set of songs provides an experience more akin to an album than just five songs.

‘Clean Living’ is out now on 12” vinyl, available from Last Night From Glasgow in the UK.

The DIRTY KNOBS Feat Mike Campbell – ” Pistol Packin’ Mama “

Posted: February 6, 2021 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The Dirty Knobs served as a fun diversion for Campbell over the past 15 years for whenever Tom Petty wasn’t keeping him busy. With Petty’s passing in 2017 eased Campbell’s time restraints and “Wreckless Abandon” was written and recorded in 2019.  As a Petty follower I was naturally very interested in Wreckless Abandon, When it was finally released on November 20th, I streamed it right away, and enjoyed what I heard. 

The first track, Wreckless Abandon is fine enough.  It feels like something that Tom Petty would have easily approved of.  The most glaring element of The Dirty Knobs is how Campbell’s cadence on vocals is very close to Tom Petty’s. October 2017 gave Campbell the chance to focus on The Dirty Knobs for the first time – until he received an offer from Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood to join the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers as a full-fledged member less than four months later. Ultimately, Campbell embarked upon a Fleetwood Mac world tour which took him through the end of 2019, one of the longest outings of his career.

The Dirty Knobs with Mike Campbell “Pistol Packin’ Mama” Live From The Troubadour

The Dirty Knobs is led by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers lead guitarist and co-writer on many tunes, Mike Campbell.  The line up includes: 

Mike Campbell – Lead vocals, Guitar
Jason Sinay – Guitar
Matt Laug – Drums
Lance Morrison – Bass

RICHARD THOMPSON – ” Live In London “

Posted: February 6, 2021 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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“We had great fun performing the Live From London shows, that streamed online recently. We felt the audio quality was so good that we wanted to pick the best of those tracks, and release them on Bandcamp, I tried to pick an interesting and less obvious selection – hope you like the ones I chose!” Richard’s Live From London recordings from his livestream series in 2020 from Kore Studios in the UK.  This unique shows each with a completely different setlist and all professionally produced and as close to being at a live gig as we can possibly get it! The livestreams will be available for 48 hours after each show. The first show I will be playing my new EP, Bloody Noses, in full as well as classic hits. The second stream will be Fairport Convention Era music with a majority of songs from the 60’s and 70’s. The last show will be all requests so be sure to send in your requests ahead of time! I am very much looking forward to this series and I hope you can join me for one or all three shows

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Released February 5th, 2021

The DECEMBERISTS – ” Live Home Library Vol I “

Posted: February 5, 2021 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The Decemberists (including @lavenderdiamond and @mybrightestdiamond), standing amid the ivy in Forest Park on a particularly wet and cloudy day. This group of seven, fuelled by kombucha and bourbon, would go on to storm dozens of mid- to large-sized venues across greater North America and parts of the UK and Europe, playing our new record, “The Hazards of Love”, in its entirety. We recorded many of the shows. One such show distinguished itself among the many, partly because of the inspiring level of performance and partly because we made the fewest mistakes. We’ve released it as the first volume of our live series, “Live Home Library”. Those of you who pre-ordered, back in October or whenever, should be getting your copies imminently if you haven’t already. Thank you for you patience. 

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The Hazards of Love tour was my absolute favourite live performance ever. so glad to have a live recording now.

Released February 5th, 2021

NIGHT BEATS – ” Outlaw R&B “

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On May 7th 2021, Night Beats – the Texas-born brainchild of Danny Lee Blackwell – will release their fifth full-length, ‘Outlaw R&B’, via Fuzz Club Records. The album arrives following the 2019 ‘Myth of A Man’ LP (produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and released by Heavenly Recordings) as well as last year’s ‘That’s All You Got’ 7” vinyl. Made during the height of the California wildfires (where Blackwell currently resides), rioting in the streets and a nation in lockdown, the raucous technicolour rock’n’roll of ‘Outlaw R&B’ is a call to rejoice in some sorely needed post-apocalyptic hedonism.

Blackwell says of the album: “Outlaw R&B is music for the borderless, the free, the outcasts and the forgotten. The outlaw is the runner. Those whose minds aren’t sold by perfect pitch and clean fingernails. Through this medium you can escape the confines of mental feudalism and bask in the euphoric glow of psychedelic R&B.” Where the last Night Beats LP was a distinctly polished and soulful affair, ‘Outlaw R&B’ sees the band return to their natural habitat: riotous, acid-fried rock’n’roll to lose your head to.

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HOOVERRIII – ” Water For The Frogs “

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Having originally been born as a solo drum machine project by Bert Hoover, Hooveriii (pronounced “Hoover Three”) has now evolved into it’s true final form – a six member band adept at creating their own brand of psychedelic space rock. And after almost a decade in, the band is set to release their sophomore album and debut for The Reverberation Appreciation Society, “Water For The Frogs”. Influenced by Iggy’s The Idiot, Bowie’s Berlin records, and Soft Machine, the LP sees the band creating their own version of prog rock, circa 2021.

In 2019, Hooveriii took their live show to Europe for the first time. Bert Hoover shares, “seeing all the old cities and beautiful landscapes while becoming closer as a band had a huge impact on this album. A lot of our favourite music came from the Krautrock scene in Germany from the late 60’s-70’s, and when we had a day off in Furth, Germany, we spent most of it writing the record,” he continues, “we were able to rehearse in an old German bunker that has been converted to rehearsal space. It definitely had a strange energy that helped give this album light.”

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Releases April 9th, 2021

NICO – ” Heroine ” Live At Manchester Library Theatre 1980

Posted: February 5, 2021 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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The former Velvet Underground’s chanteuse Nico performing at the Manchester Library Theatre in 1983. An incredible collection of some her most haunting songs is included here in this 14 track-acoustic album. From the stirring a cappella version of “All Tomorrow’s Parties”, to some of the pieces included in Nico’s gem “Camera Obscura”, the album is a journey into her distinctive profound vocals, the enchanting voice and her impenetrable lyrics.

Includes the bonus track “Reich Der Traume”, released for the first time on vinyl. Presented on clear vinyl, here are some great recordings from Nico’s 1983 performance . Featured are acoustic renditions of some of her most haunting songs,

Nico had spent the best part of the 1980s living in Manchester – yet another unexpected footnote in the story of her life, “Manchester, during that period of the late 70s, early 80s, had a great music scene. After 1981’s ‘Drama of Exile’, Nico found herself in this rather unexpected city of Manchester and remained there for the best part of a decade. Initially paired up with a local promoter (who replied: “who’s he?” when asked to put her on), Nico soon found herself managed by this man, Alan Wise. Basing herself in Manchester during the 1980s may seem a bizarre choice for someone who has a history attached to the elegance of 1950s Paris or the bohemian boom of 1960s and ’70s New York but Young feels the city was something she could relate to. “Nico liked Manchester. It was a dark gothic city and was in a state of semi-dereliction at the time; empty Victorian warehouses, factories closing down. She said it reminded her of Berlin, the ruined city of her youth.”

James Young, who became the piano player in Nico’s band between 1981-86 and wrote a memoir about his time with her (Songs They Never Play on the Radio), recalls his first unexpected encounter with her, saying: “Out of nowhere there was this German lady on my doorstep with an old friend, Alan Wise. Before I knew it, Nico was taking over my flat. First she colonised the bathroom and once she’d ‘freshened up’ she took over the kitchen, as she wanted to make lentil soup. She carried a bag of dried lentils with her, like a nomad.”

At Manchester Library Theatre in a room thick with cigarette and marijuana smoke, a set that was “beautiful, powerful and dark.” Ignoring the heckles for Velvet Underground tracks such as ‘Heroin’, Nico played a request of ‘Frozen Warnings’,

It’s not totally clear when or where Nico was born. The late German singer, model and actor had a complicated relationship with the truth, even when it pertained to the details of her own life – she was most likely born in Cologne in 1938, but there’s a chance it could have been Budapest in 1943.

Since her death in 1988 (after suffering a heart attack while cycling on holiday in Ibiza), Nico has been immortalised as a troubled muse. To date, her work has mainly been examined in relation to the men by whom she was surrounded – the Velvet Underground, Andy Warhol and Alain Delon. Nico, born Christa Päffgen, is widely known for modelling for Chanel, appearing in Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and singing on the Velvet Underground’s debut album. Less well known, however, is her work as a solo musician.

SIDE 1:
1. My Heart Is Empty
2. Procession
3. All Tomorrow’s Parties
4. Valley Of The Kings
5. The Sphinx
6. We’ve Got The Gold
7. Mutterlein
8. Innocent And Vain

SIDE 2:
1. Afraid
2. Frozen Warnings
3. Fearfully
4. Tananore
5. Femme Fatale
6. Reich Der Traume

TIGER BAY is a label specialised in luxury and limited edition releases on vinyl. Focusing on progressive, experimental, psychedelic and jazz-rock, TIGER BAY’s releases include both out-of-print reissues and rare or unreleased material works by artists that contribute to expanding these genres through the years. TIGER BAY works closely with artists and labels to realise high-quality licensed vinyl, with re-mastered sound, and finely designed artworks.

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