Most of my knowledge of Polish bands is confined to a series of Polish Jazz albums that came out in the seventies and even though I own some of that series, I’d be hard pressed to actually name the artists. One band that has made an impression in the moody, Prog Metal genre is Riverside. […]
Eight years ago this month the news came that Brad Delp the original singer from Boston had committed suicide. It made me feel so terribly sad because More Than A Feeling defined Classic Rock and was supposed to be the antithesis of that dark place. It was supposed to be pain free, good times, melodic, unthreatening, […]
Robert Wyatt releases a new retrospective through Domino Records on November 17th called, Different Every Time – Ex Machina/Benign Dictatorships. The album is a fascinating look at his long and interesting career, including collaborations and solo work and is the perfect place to start for anyone curious to discover this incredible artist. The link below is an […]
Arty Japanese/American New Yorkers release their new album Barragán on September 2nd. Two singles have appeared so far, No More Honey and Dripping. Blonde Redhead are a three piece with twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace on drums and guitar/vocals respectively and guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Kazu Makino. No More Honey, the first single is sung by Makino and Dripping by Amedeo Pace […]
This is an extension of the post on Edwin Starr’s War and the fact that Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote this song for The Temptations after War was deemed too controversial for them. Ball Of Confusion appeared on The Temptations Greatest Hits Vol.2 in 1970 and betwen 1970 and 2007 there have been some […]
This is a song from Woods more experimental second album At Rear House from 2007. It features some great old animation and a different sounding incarnation of the band. The picture is later, from their middle period – in the short time they have been together (since 2005) they have released a healthy seven albums. […]