MOTT the HOOPLE – ” Live From Hammersmith 1973 “

Posted: October 19, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Live At Hammersmith 1973

Featuring a full live set from Mott The Hoople on double vinyl, Live At Hammersmith 1973 is one of the best live recordings in Mott’s archive. Featuring six tracks on vinyl for the first time including the rare 16 minute ‘Medley’ as a bonus track.

A 2LP set on 180gm vinyl in a gatefold featuring photos from the time, printed inner bags with liner notes written by MtH authority Campbell Devine and an 84x56cm 1973 UK Tour replica poster.

Live at Hammersmith 1973 is probably the best live recording in Mott the Hoople’s archive. The group was riding on the crest of a wave at the time, parading their hit singles “All the Young Dudes” and “Roll Away the Stone“, and promoting their critically acclaimed Top 10 album, “MOTT”.

Mott The Hoople played two shows at the Hammersmith Odeon on 14th December 1973 and the second set became famous in rock folklore when theatre staff and stewards grappled with invading fans, while Mott played on and sought to defy the venue’s “curfew.” The British press raved about “The Battle of Hammersmith” and gave the show front-page headlines including – ‘MOTT RIOT’ and ‘ROCK ’N’ ROLL IS HERE TO STAY’! “Sensational; swashbuckling; pandemonium; punches and imprecations thrown on a crowded stage”

SOUNDS review of the Hoople’s Hammersmith extravaganza certainly helped to encapsulate the atmosphere, adrenaline and aggro attached to one of rock music’s most incredible shows.

Released following acclaimed 2018 and 2019 Mott reunion concerts, this vinyl captures the fire and brimstone of the band’s 1973 show and their battling finale, as they conclude a memorable night with a scorching version of “Walkin’ with a Mountain“. Featuring sparkling renditions of “Sweet Jane“, “Sucker” and Mott’s memorable, fifteen-minute “Deadly Medley”, the passion, the power and the glory are all here – six of the nine cuts appearing on vinyl for the first time.

LP 1 A.1. Jupiter (from `The Planets`) A.2. Drivin` Sister A.3. Sucker A.4. Sweet Jane B.1. Sweet Angeline B.2. Rose B.3. Roll Away The Stone LP 2 C.1. All The Young Dudes C.2. Medley: Jerkin` Crocus, One Of The Boys, Rock And Roll Queen, Get Back, Whole Lotta Shakin` Violence D.1. Walkin` With A Mountain D.2. Medley: Jerkin` Crocus, Sucker, Violence

MIKAL CRONIN – ” Mikal Cronin ” Vinyl Re-issue

Posted: October 19, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Conceived and recorded as a form of therapy to help cope with adjusting to life post-college, an ensuing break-up and geographic isolation, Mikal Cronin steps away from the rhythm section of Orange County surf-punk bashers The Moonhearts with his eponymous debut solo LP. Fans can take heart, this isn’t a “vanity project” or half-baked endeavor – Mikal’s 2011 solo debut is fully realized, cohesive and beautiful, with themes that are as personal as they are universal; questioning your future, accepting your past and living in the moment.
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Taking influences such as late sixties Del Shannon and The Everly Brothers and filtering them through his own mutant California fuzz, Mikal deftly explores his singer/songwriter side that at moments feels like a punk Harry Nilsson or Curt Boettcher that balances sweet melodies & chords with chunky, psychedelic guitar freak-outs. Don’t let the opening Beach Boys-ian harmonies of “Is It Alright?” fool you into thinking this record can be easily pinned down… with long-time friend & collaborator Ty Segall producing, Eric Bauer running the tape machine and guests like John Dwyer of The Oh-Sees, you can be positive you’re in for something special. Once those guitars kick in, and you hit that first transcendent chorus, you’ll be hooked and anxiously awaiting what comes next.
with special guests:
Ty Segall: drums on 2, 3, 7, 10
Charles Moothart: drums on 4, solo on 3
John Dwyer: flute on 1

“… an album of wistful, psychedelic pop that pits lush and layered arrangements against needle-pinning power chords.” ~Pitchfork

released October 18th, 2019

U2 – ” The October Tour – The Ritz New York 18th March 1982 “

Posted: October 19, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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U2’s second album, “October”, was released in October 1981. The October Tour ran from August 1981 to August 1982 split across five legs encompassing Europe and North America. This stunning performance broadcast from The Ritz, New York took place on 18th March 1982.

This deluxe vinyl edition is limited to 1000 copies only and is presented with a permanent heavy weight glass clear vinyl cover to provide permanent protection for your priceless album. The deluxe limited edition also includes a unique code that unlocks an amazing suite of digital companions to enhance your enjoyment of the music on the CD. Included here, a free 120 page e-book featuring the definitive guide to the lives and music of U2 – We Will Follow, containing QR codes which accesses a series of companion video podcasts to complement and enhance your enjoyment of the music on the album.

Setlist:

01. Gloria 0:00:00 02. Another Time, Another Place 0:04:50 03. I Threw A Brick Through A Window 0:09:03 04. A Day Without Me 0:13:06 05. An Cat Dubh / Into The Heart 0:16:29 06. Rejoice 0:24:08 07. Happy Birthday Adam / The Cry / The Electric Co. 0:27:50 08. I Fall Down 0:34:26 09. October 0:37:54 10. Tomorrow 0:40:13 11. I Will Follow 0:46:46 12. Twilight 0:50:51 13. Out Of Control 0:55:14 14. Fire 1:00:51 15. 11 O’Clock Tick Tock / Give Peace A Chance 1:04:28 16. The Ocean 1:10:22 17. Southern Man 1:14:49 18. A Celebration 1:20:11

MATT BERNINGER and PHOEBE BRIDGERS – ” Walking on a String “

Posted: October 18, 2019 in MUSIC
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Phoebe Bridgers and Matt Berninger (Photo by Chloe Brewer).

The National’s Matt Berninger and singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers have teamed up for a new track featured in Zach Galifianakis’ Between Two Ferns: The Movie, which is out today. The song is called “Walking on a String” and the studio recording arrives October 17th via Dead Oceans.

“Walking on a String” was written for Between Two Ferns by Berninger in collaboration with his wife and National collaborator Carin Besser, as well as musician Mike Brewer. It was recorded with Walter Martin and Matt Barrick of the Walkmen and produced by Bridgers, Tony Berg, and Ethan Gruska.

It’s the first joint song from Berninger and Bridgers.

WEEPING ICON – ” Weeping Icon “

Posted: October 18, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Weeping Icon deliver feverish and gloomy warnings about the state of society. Their messages are buried under acidic scrawl and booms of noise and smears of black, but they still comes through clearly enough. The songs on their debut album are about how we engage with the world through the lens of our screens and how disengaged that makes us with the actual world around us. The trio aren’t heavy-handed, though; instead, they’re tightly-controlled and cutthroat. They make you think twice about picking up the phone.

Listening to Weeping Icon’s debut album is to enter a dim catacomb of psychical catharsis. Urgent yet calculated riffs rip through a thunderous pummel of percussion, an anomalous blend of punk and psychedelic drumming carries the songs with an atmosphere of organized chaos.. Lyrically they are both serious and sarcastic, trading off vocalists to confront issues central to a generation, dosing listeners with a controlled sense of horror and humor like flavors in a dish.The band’s debut record “Weeping Icon” is a collection of 7 songs that archive the metamorphosis into heavier and more provocative territories. In keeping with their live performance, a sequence of dystopian sound interludes complete the album, serving as guided meditations between the candid subversive fury of the main tracks. Recorded and mixed by Uniform’s Ben Greenberg and mastered by Jonathan Schenke in New York City.

From Weeping Icon’s debut self titled album out in September on Fire Talk Records.

SCREAMING FEMALES – ” Singles Too “

Posted: October 18, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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“Singles Too” is a complete collection of Screaming Females’ non-album recordings, gathering the band’s early 7” singles, digital-only b-sides, rarities, and one pretty great remix. The digital version also gathers six cover songs, including the New Jersey trio’s re-works of songs by Neil Young, Taylor Swift, Sheryl Crow, and Patti Smith.

The tracklist — which is arranged chronologically provides a roadmap of the band’s progress through 15+ years, seven albums, and countless tours. “On the first single we ever put out, there were mistakes that I made playing guitar that make me want to crawl in a hole and die,” says guitarist Marissa Paternoster, recalling the sessions for “Arm Over Arm” and “Zoo of Death.” “At the time I didn’t know I was allowed to say, ‘Can I do that again and correct it? I was 19, giving it my all.”

On Singles Too, you can hear Screaming Females lay it down at Milltown, NJ’s post-apocalyptic recording-on-a-budget one-stop, The Hunt tin roof, flammable mixing board, DIY growlab housed in back of Marshall cab and at posh Los Angeles hit-factory, East West Studios, where they convened with members of Garbage to cover “Because the Night.”

The b-sides included here also capture the breadth of the trio’s creativity, with compelling detours and tangents otherwise unrepresented in their catalog — from Sammus and Moor Mother’s re-work of “End of My Bloodline” to the stripped down demo of Rose Mountain’s “Hopeless.” And it doesn’t hurt that Singles Too is also full of hits, even though they’re other people’s hits, though.

Formed in 2005, Screaming Females are Marissa Paternoster (guitar), Mike Abbate (bass), and Jarrett Dougherty (drums). They have released seven full-length albums and toured across the world.

FROM INDIAN LAKES – ” Dimly Lit “

Posted: October 18, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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From Indian Lakes started out in 2009 as an emo band — an atmospheric, post-rock-leaning emo band, but an emo band nonetheless — and they eventually signed to Triple Crown Records and toured with bands like Balance & Composure, so they got pigeonholed into that whole “emo revival” thing. They’ve been clearly moving away from that for a while, though, and with “Dimly Lit” their most ambitious and genre-defying album yet  there’s really no way to pigeonhole them into anything. For this album, From Indian Lakes took a more DIY route than they’d taken since the early days. Frontman Joey Vannucchi wrote, recorded, and produced the whole thing himself in his apartment in Harlem, and they self-released the record, and just put the early singles out straight to the fans, without premieres or press releases or anything like that. If Dimly Lit ends up being referred to as a “hidden gem” or an “overlooked record” or something, that might be part of why.

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But DIY doesn’t mean rawer or more bare-bones in the case of Dimly Lit; it’s From Indian Lakes’ most expansive and collaborative album to date. Joey worked with a handful of impressive guest vocalists, including Half Waif’s Nandi Rose Plunket, Queen of Jeans’ Miriam Devora, PVRIS’ Lynn Gunn, Lemolo’s Meagan Grandall, and Tummyache’s Soren Bryce, and their voices all make for a nice contrast with Joey’s airy, boyish croon.

Instrumentally, it’s still an indie rock record, but synths are the driving force, and the result is just great electronic indie pop, the kind of thing that could appeal to fans of anything from The Postal Service to Imogen Heap to M83. Like those artists, Dimly Lit has an alluring synthy atmosphere on the surface, but at their core, these are singer/songwriter songs that would work just fine on an acoustic guitar. It’s easy to let the aesthetic do all the work with music that sounds this pretty, but From Indian Lakes always make sure there’s substance and depth in the mix too.

COMMON HOLLY – ” Measured “

Posted: October 18, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Common Holly (real name Brigitte Naggar) has come a long away since self-releasing her debut album Playing House back in 2016. It quickly stirred up buzz, helping Brigitte ink a deal with Solitaire Recordings, who gave the album a wider release in 2017, which is when the Montreal artist started to catch on in the U.S. The album’s folk and jazz-pop vibes gained Common Holly more than a few comparisons to fellow Canadian Feist, but on its new followup — and Barsuk Records debut — “When I say to you Black Lightning”, she is taking her sound into much different territories. This time around, the first comparison that comes to mind is Julia Holter, but really she is just continuing to carve a unique space for herself. Instead of folk and jazz-pop, Black Lightning takes Common Holly’s sound in more atmospheric and more experimental art-pop directions than ever before.

It’s both more complex and more gorgeous sounding, and despite it being a more experimental album, it’s just as accessible as the debut. Brigitte herself says the album “documents a period of growth,” and that’s obvious just from listening to it. The album was made over a two-year period, which is sort of a long time in our fast-paced, short-attention-span world, but when you make artistic leaps like Common Holly did on Black Lightning, it’s worth the wait.

Common Holly’s Album “When I say to you Black Lightning” out October 18th.

WHITE REAPER – ” Real Long Time “

Posted: October 18, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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With whammied electric guitars, arena-ready vocals and an organ-led bridge, “Real Long Time” sounds so familiar, you’ll be singing along by the end of your first listen. That’s not a knock—the track is immediately catchy, with every member of the five-piece given a chance to soar above the rest in the groove-locked cut.

As White Reaper roll forward, they’re slowly abandoning their garage roots as they become preoccupied with the idea of playing arena rock. The group’s Saturday night SXSW set at the Clive Bar was pitched between these two extremes, with the group playing AOR with the coiled energy of punk. Occasionally, this combo is absurd, and it’s not always clear if it’s intentionally so: The blend of gilded synths and anonymous chugging riffs exists on the precipice of parody, but White Reaper plays with sincerity. Even if there’s an element of archness to the band – it’s hard not to feel that way when the guitars riff with bawdiness of Joe Walsh yet sound as sleek as Loverboy – it’s also difficult to deny that they generate the kind of kinetic good times ideal for the waning hours of SXSW. 

Band Members:

Tony – Guitar / Voice. Nick – Drums. Sam – Bass. Ryan – Keys. Hunter – Guitar.

White Reaper’s official video for their new track ‘Real Long Time’ – available now on Elektra Records.

The TWILIGHT SAD – ” Rats “

Posted: October 18, 2019 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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Recorded during the sessions for It Won’t Be Like This All The Time, the latest album by The Twilight Sad, ‘Rats’ is three minutes of fairly unbridled misery. The Scottish post-rock band aren’t exactly known for cheery outings but ‘Rats’ takes their typically sobering approach to a frantic extreme. Feedback screeches against the track’s driving refrain of “all you love is dead” before it all comes to a crashing halt. ‘Rats’ is dark, nihilistic, chaotic and so very cathartic.

The Twilight Sad have returned with a duo of new songs, recorded during the sessions for “IT WON/T BE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME” Listen to ‘Rats’ and ‘Public Housing’ –

both available across streaming platforms now. The AA-side 7” single is coming in December (limited to 1000 individually stencilled copies).

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