tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23007176356695959502024-02-06T22:35:36.828-08:00Note EnergyJeremy Cargillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01620729678670680418noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300717635669595950.post-77197071166669301102014-06-30T15:22:00.001-07:002014-12-02T21:19:30.919-08:00Mocha, Maxin' & Reclamation: Soundtrack v16 [Hoi Polloi – S/T -- review from Instagram]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hoi Polloi <i>Hoi Polloi</i> (<a href="http://www.folkevaluation.com/" target="_blank">Folk Evaluation</a> / <a href="http://family-vineyard.com/" target="_blank">Family Vineyard</a>, 2013)<br />
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A prized export of its time, 1972’s one-off ensemble piece from a near-dozen college pals and collaborators under the Hoi Polloi name was a work of determined ingenuity. After taking over the audio-visual department post-graduation, college-aged John Schuerman hatched a plan with rural Indiana schoolmates Charlie Bleak and Dan Mack—both whom he’d recorded as part of two volumes of student-led LPs during his schooling—along with the multi-talented Bruce Wallace (and other friends who played a supporting role) to record and self-release an album of original material. With full use of the school’s equipment at their disposal they spent two strenuous weeks of multiple takes, layering, and ping-ponging tracks between two primitive two-track tape machines. In so doing they created a surprisingly assured set of tunes, which at no point have you considering the low-budget atmosphere they were helmed in.<br />
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The general tone plays like a well-crafted sample platter of post-psychedelic Anglophile progressive pop, with the fumes of Procol Harum, Soft Machine, Traffic, and a liberal dosing of late period Beatles (particularly McCartney) sprinkled over the platter—as well as stateside iconoclasts like Todd Rundgren. Front-loaded with two burners, there’s the bouncy, fresh as a daisy “Who’s Gonna Help Me?” with mellow-funky, tastefully in-the-pocket drums, minimal strings and horns, followed by the beatific piano and organ ballad “Old Bootstrap,” while the remainder of the A-Side offers jazzy mini-songs expertly tape-spliced together as a suite of sorts, culminating in the splendidly melodic “Satisfaction Guaranteed.” The B- bursts forth with total widescreen Todd moves in “It’s a Nice Day,” and mellow breeze vibes weave through the remaining grooves, with more melodic mastery appearing in “Stories.”<br />
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Hoi Polloi is not an artifact of lo-fi charm, or obscurantist fantasy, but a fully-realized set to be enjoyed by all, and a personal fave-rave. Thankfully, you now have the opportunity to grasp its magic at ease, and in expansive packaging. <br />
(The LP includes an MP3 download of the album remastered, with bonuses in the form of live versions of three album tracks—and one live tune which never saw the inside of the studio—plus three solo tunes from Hoi Polloi member Dan Mack's <i>Shaggy Joe</i> album and two from Charlie Bleak's <i>Crucible</i> LP. Reduced to a solo, acoustic setting Dan and Charlie additionally show that their talents were just as ripe in spare form. A comprehensive interview by recently departed friend, scribe and editor of <i>The Acid Archives</i>, Patrick "The Lama" Lundborg, forms the bulk of the liners.)<br />
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Twilight Nuages Twilight Nuages (<a href="http://www.folkevaluation.com/">Folk Evaluation</a>, 2014)<br />
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Connecticut 1977, high school teacher and songwriter Bill Last with pals and pupils lending the assist cuts live in his parents' basement a nine song sampling of self-penned songs to share with comrades, and send onto industry shakers soliciting placement with stars. Last’s earnest tunes resonate with a commanding simplicity, but perhaps due to the breadth of a full set, or a lack of being able to see around the rough edges, they didn’t attract the short attentions of important ears, and landed swiftly in the round file of many A&R departments.<br />
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Despite being conceived as a pitch illustrating his songwriting skills, <i>Twilight Nuages</i>—which explained in the liners is "the magical hour between day and night"—reads remarkably like a well-planned collection, cohering amid tempo changes and slight variation in style, even including a two minute, breezy instrumental to close the first side. The looming presence of Macca’esque balladry is evident, but the simple and direct manner of Last’s songs—which shine brightly through even the more shambolic moments—are so charming you must entirely give yourself over to the experience. Last believed in these songs deeply, and that strong belief permeates the songs, causing others to believe via magnetism. A brief and beautiful “Intro,” shy of a minute ends in a splash, leading smoothly into the ‘hit’ of the set, “Lazy Sunday Afternoon,” with galloping piano chords, slightly askew lead vox, group backups and a gleeful kazoo solo. Other shades are found in the touches of exotica in “Rose Marie,” groovy Latin lounge vibes in “Lonely Clown,” and the previously unreleased “Nobody Loves Me,” hitting a near power pop balladry/folk-rock hybrid (the latter included in the download).<br />
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While some may find the female students voices lending hand a tad too melodramatic, I believe they and Last alike serve the material greatly. For those with an ear-tuned to shambolic lo-fi pop, the polished real people vibes of Donnie & Joe Emerson, and school band records, you’ll find yourself ruing the fact these tracks didn’t catch on somewhere, anywhere, to rise to greater exposure. The LP includes full lyric sheets/sheet music, interviews with participants, and a loving tribute by UT contributor and project curator <a href="http://bubblingdusk.blogspot.com/">Jack D Fleischer</a>.<br />
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:spiritual sustenance provided by the perfect combination of notes and words, bringing about the sensation of excitationJeremy Cargillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01620729678670680418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300717635669595950.post-38102605714438101382014-06-28T22:08:00.000-07:002014-06-29T22:25:27.229-07:00Anonymous — Inside the Shadow [Review from UT #36, Fall / Winter 2013]<br />
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Anonymous <i>Inside the Shadow</i> (<a href="http://www.machupicchurecords.com/" target="_blank">Machu Picchu</a>)<br />
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Originally released privately in 1976 on the playfully-named, A Major Label, the Indianapolis-based combo Anonymous was led by Ron Matelic, who along with group drummer John Medvescek had been in ‘60s fuzz and mild-psych punks with a pop edge, Sir Winston & the Commons, but since their dissolution and preceding the <i>Inside the Shadow</i> sessions had been playing together purely for kicks, kinda making the grand-scale majesty on display here all the more impressive. <i>Inside the Shadow</i> is a collision of the post-psychedelic return-to-roots arena many were mining in the late ‘60s-early ‘70s (Buffalo Springfield, Byrds, CSN&Y, early Bread, etc), while retaining some of the high-flying trippiness of the pre-“goin’ up the country” (think early QMS) era, and the omnipresent influence of later ‘60s Beatles, yet it coalesces into a truly singular and unique work with its own voice intact, standing as a supreme out-of-time treasure. Having invited a few other musician friends along for the project, Matelic found his perfect foil in Marsha Rollings, with the purity of their two voices working in tandem to such a marvelous degree that I’d rate them higher than some total groups singing in unison, just awesome.<br />
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<i> Inside the Shadow</i> is no in-the-dark spectacle salivated over by its unique strangeness, nor does it live in the praise-the-ineptitude realm many who chase private-press joys are forever-searching, this album literally is one of the best releases to come out the year of 1976 and it’s a travesty more people haven’t heard it. And, for those needing a toe-dippin’ entry into the possibilities of the private-press it’s as perfect and accessible as at gets—well-produced, but no overly so and played expertly—but also one of its pinnacles, so tread lightly moving forward, as there’s not a weak moment in the set to my ears. The bouncy and rollicking “Pick Up and Run,” carries as sweet a 12-string jangle as any post-McGuinn try this side of <a href="http://www.starryeyedandlaughing.com/" target="_blank">Starry Eyed & Laughing</a>, while “Shadow Lay,” spins the spectrum of the totality of the qualities on display across this set, beginning with mellow-bred magic and ascending to hero-worthy guitar play. Quite likely the album I’ve listened to most this year and definitely in my top reissues of the last twelve months. Liners handled by Aaron Milenski (<i>Acid Archives</i> and <i>UT </i>contributor).<br />
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Public Enemy <i>It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back</i> (Def Jam, 1988)</div>
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At this juncture in time critically assessing Public Enemy's 1988 opus is a moot point, it's akin to speaking on the relevance of the Beatles, Stones, Hank Williams, Coltrane, et
cetera. P.E. are towering figures who, indisputably, created a shift in aural
environs. Anyone that doesn't at least acknowledge their achievements,
regardless personal opinion, is quite plainly... D.U.M.B. Chuck D's intelligent,
angered, and passionate lyrics, combined with the near minstrelsy buffer of
Flavor Flav to distract from the facts, the Assault Technician given ample time
to speak with his hands (DJ Terminator X), and the Bomb Squad on production—doing
their name proud with ground-quaking aggression and heaviness—were a mighty,
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Placing that all in mind, recently some memories were triggered after picking up a minty, in-shrink with promo sticker intact copy of the LP (which I hadn’t previously owned on wax) on the cheap at a block sale. So, in lieu of diving inside this modern miracle of sound—you can find plenty of that elsewhere—I'll instead relay some personal experiences that wind around this album somewhat
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For those familiar with my writing about
privately-pressed obscurities in many realms of the rock spectrum, and my
affinity for '30s-'70s entrenched sounds, it may come as a surprise that all of this sprouts from my youthful background as a fanatical, faithful follower of
hip-hop—where my fannish attention to detail and passionate concentration bloomed. My evergrowing interest in the history of music criticism found footing during this period, via fastidiously devouring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_%28magazine%29" target="_blank">The Source</a> (with a non-breaking streak of every issue from late '92 through roundabout early '98 still hard-filed in the home office), <a href="http://www.rapsheet.com/" target="_blank">Rap Sheet</a>, Rap Pages, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_Up!_(magazine)" target="_blank">Word Up!</a> / Right On!, early <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibe_%28magazine%29" target="_blank">Vibe</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXL_%28magazine%29" target="_blank">XXL </a>and the like, while inquisitions inside the lyrical choices of my fave-raves of the day served to nurture an interest in the winding roads of vocabulary.<br />
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Radicalized at an early age, I gravitated toward the more righteous, militant and esoteric artists of the hip-hop nation, and concurrently absorbed the works of <a href="http://www.malcolmx.com/about/bio.html" target="_blank">Brother Malcolm</a>, MLK, Eldridge Cleaver and the like as a suburban, small town, teenage white kid—which all quilted together contributed greatly to a deep sense of understanding, equity, and openness to the world around me. Mine
was a self-contained world in podunk Walla Walla, WA, with few comrade-in-arms, where the sounds in my portable players and the dense air of my personal haven was filled with the Native Tongues (Tribe, De La, Black Sheep—their
<i>A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing</i> standing as the
first cassette I ever bought by my own hand), Common Sense
(pre-truncation), the Roots, Black Star (as well as early solo Mos and Kweli), Brand
Nubian, early Wu-Tang, Nas, Company Flow, Hieroglyphics (Del,
Souls of Mischief, Casual, Extra Prolific), Aceyalone, PE, Gangstarr, Jeru the Damaja, the Def Squad (EPMD, Redman, Keith
Murray, K-Solo), Eric B & Rakim, Black Moon, Big Daddy Kane, Ultramagnetic MCs,
Organized Konfusion, the Pharcyde, BDP / KRS-One, early Ice Cube, Dungeon Family (Outkast, Goodie Mob, Witchdoctor), Geto Boys, Scarface, Digable Planets, Fugees, Digital Underground, early 2Pac, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Black Moon, DITC, (Diamond D, Showbiz & A.G, Big L, OC, Lord Finesse, etc.), the Alkaholiks, Compton's Most Wanted / MC Eiht, Ras Kass, and eons more—as well as nascent threads of future nerd-outs cropping up in deciphering sample clearances and diggin' into James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic/George Clinton, Barry White, et cetera, at as early as twelve years old <br />
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Following the trails into activity I began cobbling together
my own rhymes (and still do from time to time today... more on that at a later
date), and several years later began connecting with fellow-travelers when first exposed to the interweb. This "building" occurred while I was attending a running-start program
at the local community college as an adjunct to my high school studies. Among
the many folks I met online was a man named Brian Dillard
(aka Dabri) who was the founder of an organization for the preservation of
the hip-hop culture—the four elements, natcherly: MCin', DJin', breakdancing,
and throwin' up brightly hued graffitti on walls—called Ill Crew Universal (aka
ICU). Within a short period of time I became an active and key member in ICU, including
recruiting members to the organization. In our first three years of existence
we swelled to over 80,000 members worldwide, issued a handful of compilations composed
of tracks by worldwide members, and in 1997 had a big
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Frustrated by the strictures of institutionalized learning,
and with increased involvement in ICU I opted to snatch up my GED ASAP and
troop down to the Bay Area as swiftly as possible—though, a change-up with my
ICU partners repositioned my final destination to Southern California (the La Puente / City of
Industry area in LA County). Working together once I'd made my move Dabri
exposed me to the non- hip-hop faves of his KROQ radio obsessed SoCal youth, and
this is where I first became wise to '80s underground rock and
punk—some of which I had faint memories of via having a sister twelve years my
senior in the '80s. This was an incredibly eye-opening experience in connecting the dots for me, as up to this point I was virtually hip-hop culture bred'n'fed. Unlike many of my generation whose underground launching point was the gateway drug blast of
Nirvana—I only recall irritation that <i>Yo!
MTV Raps</i> was postponed at the time of Cobain's death—or someone with a hip older sibling or cousin, I found direction from my good friend. As an easy transition
the first artists I latched onto (Dead Kennedys, the Clash, Devo, etc) with gusto
carried much the same spirit as my hip-hop heroes, while I also opened my eyes back up to my pre-teen obsessions with the California Raisins singing soul classics and Chipmunks
going moptop, and everything came full circle. During this time I picked up the scent for weirdos
like Camper Van Beethoven, (early) XTC, Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart. So, my
initial spins fit in with the same trends and yarns I'd been following to that
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ICU continued to flourish and attract attention from some heavy
players, though we began to have less and less time to deal with it (just trying
to get by), which coalesced in meetings concerning an outside party taking
over ownership of the organization and hiring us on as employees to continue
and further the cause. That man was Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, better known by
his stage-name... Chuck D. Though, due to personal falling outs, the position
which was offered to me by Dabri to work directly under Chuck vanished into the
mists, and I trailed back to the milquetoast environs of Eastern Washington
state—and the deal never went down (but, another visible player was openly
known to have copped some of our moves).<br />
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This is just a brief chapter from the beginning murmurings of my future action... So, when ya see me beatin' feet down the street don't let
the book deceive ya...<br />
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Jeremy Cargillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01620729678670680418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300717635669595950.post-43742588449063285392014-06-26T13:42:00.002-07:002014-06-28T22:15:21.141-07:00Donnie & Joe Emerson — Dreamin' Wild [Review from UT #34, Fall / Winter 2012]<br />
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Donnie & Joe Emerson <i>Dreamin’ Wild</i> (Enterprise & Co., 1979 ; <a href="http://lightintheattic.net/releases/705-dreamin-wild">Light in the Attic</a>, 2012)<br />
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One of the most visible reissues of 2012 (via a combo of indie name-dropping and wildfire press spread) is also my personal fave-rave, emanating from 1979 in the very area I was born’n’bred, Southeastern Washington state. <i>Dreamin’ Wild</i> is the work of 17-year-old wunderkind, Donnie Emerson, <i>seriously </i>tuned in to whatever reached the radio in his remote locale of farm-friendly Fruitland at the time, with a heavy hankerin’ for smooth ‘70s soul/funk and mucho soft rockin’, shot through with a dose of arena-ready muscle rock. Yet the strange beauty created by isolation, unaffected child-like enthusiasm and startling sincerity makes it a beast all its own, merging these disparate threads instead of touching on different modes on a track-by-track basis. Don’t let the cover fright, there’s a stone groove goin’ on in here, despite the ultra-white (skin, jumpsuits and all) sights, the two-headed boy next door monster on the cover makes the contents all the more surprising. Plus, the tale of one proud papa literally putting up the farm to support his tenacious boys with star-bound eyes—sibling Joe Emerson handles drums on 5 of the eight tracks—in the liners is inspiring and worth the price of admission alone.<br />
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“Good Time” leads the charge as a rollickin’ raver with the wheat-field-soul vox that lord over this wondrous release, quickly followed by “Give Me the Chance” (Donnie in a solo frame) with a worming Blaxploitation funk groove peppered with thunderous oscillations, and an aural hat trick capped off by the sweet, euphoric, burning ballad “Baby.” As a vocalist, Donnie carries fragility as a badge, with the occasional quaver, but this is nowhere near the tuneless musing of many private-press releases that take some warming to. With some studio steering—this was an entirely self-produced affair—summa the tunes on display could have been AM Gold in another world. Transmitting the moods of a lovesick teen, “Don’t Go Lovin’ Nobody Else,” wears mumbled “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”-like riffery and subtle grooves, and bringing the concept of behemoth bookends to the fore we’ve got the album ending epic “My Heart,” with a mellow metronomic vibe and overall sound kin to late-take rural psych. Has a heart so young ever ran this free?<br />
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<i> Dreamin’ Wild</i> ekes out a curious spot of its own, and I recommend it to anyone that is willing to listen. Far removed from any “scene” the Emerson’s created a more polished/gentle variation of underground rock’n’roll with none of the pre-punk bile of fellow-travelers a few years prior issuing their own basement-fried psychedelic visions with none of the eyes for success, but this is just as important of a release.<br />
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Black Oak Arkansas <i>Black Oak Arkansas</i> (Atco, 1971)</div>
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Dialing back to when the slight psychedelic hangover is in effect from their days as Stax artists The Knowbody Else. <br />
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Artful Dodger <i>Honor Among Thieves</i> (Columbia, 1976)</div>
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Ace sophomore album from VA's '70s power pop wonders, Artful Dodger, which paired the muscle and raunch of the Faces with a Raspberries-like dedication to songcraft. </div>
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Eddie Bond <i>Sings the Legend of Buford Pusser</i> (Enterprise/Stax, 1973)<br />
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Stax subsidiary set o' pickin' and a'singin' country tunes tellin' the tales of Eddie's old pal<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—</span>the legendary big, bad lawman, Buford Pusser (whose story was turnt into 1973s cult classic <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070895/" target="_blank">Walking Tall</a></i>) <br />
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Gary's Gang <i>Keep on Dancin'</i> (CBS, 1978) <br />
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The rhythm-led (drummer Gary Turnier marched at the front of this gang) kinda disco that formed the bedrock for early hip-hop and coulda been chopped up for the breakers by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Bambaataa">Bambaataa</a>, <a href="http://djkoolherc.com/">Herc</a>, and the like—with the occasional salsa rhythm, and break-downs galore. These sorta boogie vibes have a '80s growin' days soft spot for me even beyond a personal hip-hop connection/come-up. I copped this'un from a dollar-bin years back thinking it may be power pop or decent new wave from the cover, and have never been disappointed so smashingly. It's a solid set, but my fave-rave is "Party Tonight!" with it's near glam rock chorus/chant. [The title track was also comped by Kenny Dope on his <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Kenny-Dope-Disco-Heat/release/123856"><i>Disco Heat</i></a> set.]<br />
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UP <i>Killer Up</i> 10" (The Legendary White Panthers Garage Band from Detroit) [<a href="http://www.alive-totalenergy.com/" target="_blank">Total Energy</a>, 1995]<br />
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While they may not pack quite the revelatory whallop of their Grande Ballroom comrades in the MC5 and Stooges<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—</span>come on, who does??<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—</span>the Up whipped up a mighty worthy proto-punk / proto-metal furor of their own, and having been a local live attraction from '67 to '73 were no bandwagon opportunists hitching on the wave of post-psychedelic / 'High Energy' Detroit sounds. The fact is, they never got their day to run in the sun, and left behind precious little recorded evidence in their wake (1 1/2 singles, with the fourth side occupied by ol' Al Ginsberg on harmonium and recitation on the proposed emancipation of John Sinclair). </div>
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The UP served as support on the very night Jac Holzman snatched up their comrades (MC5/Stooges) for proposed Elektra fame and fortune, but were passed over<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—</span>though, it wasn't for lack of skill: Franklin "Frank" Bach had character to spare and also served as Grande MC/announcer, the hammer-handed Scott Bailey showed the skins no mercy, and Rasmussen brothers Bob & Gary peeled off frenzied fuzz riffs and supplied buoyant basslines, respectively. And after the Five moved on to their own vibes UP became Sinclair's prime proselytizers, epitomizing the dope, guns, and fukcing in the streets ethos perhaps more than any other. This 10" captures a combo drifting in the same sh*t-hot proto- waters as their Panther compadres, and the more charging moments of Cheer, collecting the bulk of the recorded output. From the anthemic brush country dreams of "Just Like an Aborigine" to an incendiary take on Bobby '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53iso7IailQ" target="_blank">Do You Wanna Dance?</a>' Freeman's "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l2agUPZ7lc" target="_blank">C'mon & Swim</a>" it all rushes by in a flash of excitement etched in wax. Plain git it!<br />
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(Gary Rasmussen later found further infamy in Detroit supergroup <a href="http://sonicsrendezvousband.net/" target="_blank">Sonic's Rendezvous Band</a> along with members of the MC5, Stooges, and <a href="http://www.scottmorganmusic.com/scott_rationals.html" target="_blank">Rationals</a>.)<br />
[To get the full scoop, there's also a companion CD on Total Energy from 1995 containing a few additional studio sides and a batch of live tracks. UK label <a href="http://www.easyaction.co.uk/" target="_blank">Easy Action</a> also issued much the same material in 2010 as <i>Rising</i> on a CD/DVD set, adding some rare video footage.]</div>
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Dino Valente <i>Dino Valente</i> (<a href="http://www.tompkinssquare.com/" target="_blank">Tomkins Square</a>, 2013)<br />
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1968’s sole offering from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicksilver_Messenger_Service">Quicksilver Messenger Service</a> founder member, Chester “Chet” William Powers, Jr—aka Dino Valenti, or Jesse Oris Farrow—cut/produced by Bob Johnston directly after Dino’s 'Big House' bid on marijuana charges, illustrates why he was an able acolyte of <a href="http://www.fredneil.com/">Fred Neil</a>, Dylan, <a href="http://lightintheattic.net/artists/5-karen-dalton">Karen Dalton</a> and the like in NY’s East Village folk boom of the mid-‘60s. Valente rejoined QMS after his solo career didn’t quite catch fire as he hoped it would, though, this set bears no mark of failure—and illustrates similar mellow-mystical moments he offered to QMS’ Just for Love album. Dino Valente provides a more intimate setting, as well as giving an eye into the formation of his later contributions to the shifting sound of QMS in their ’69-’72 period. <br />
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Ex-Hardtimes member Rudy Romero (they of San Diego, CA, with a clutch of folk-rock 45s & '68 LP on World Pacific) laid down this rootsy and varied slab with detours into funky pale face soul, heavier radio rock, blues and somber ballads all filtered through an AM Pop prism, with assistance by past bandmates (Hardtimes vocalist Lee Keifer produces here), his heavy friends in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Light" target="_blank">Clear Light</a> (keyboardist Ralph Schuckett), <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/things-to-come-mn0000593843" target="_blank">Things to Come</a> (bassist Bryan Garofalo), the Undertakers (drummer Warren Pemerton<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—not to be confused with the UK-based Jackie Lomax-led combo</span>), and some ace sessioners (lead guitarist John Ussery<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—</span>more on him in future days<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—</span>and backup vocalists Clydie King & Venetta Fields, both of the <a href="http://humble-pie.net/the_blackberries/html/the_blackberries.html" target="_blank">Blackberries</a>). Two favorites are the mellow majesty with light orchestration of "Love Comes (When It Wants to Anyway)," and the epic title track that ends the set with sweeping orchestration, and a call for earthly preservation bursting forth with resounding piano, organ swells and pained, swirling geet licks that morph into bouncy, island-flavored pop, down-stroking to only come back in force with pulsing rhythm and spiky horn charts. Blissful.<br />
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Typical construction for the Gulf-Western-funded label, this one was lavish with a die-cut / peek-through sleeve and white vinyl (pretty heavy emphasis for a minor release in 1972). For the Beatle-heads out there there's also fair evidence (from the mouth of label shaker Robb Kunkel<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—</span>more on him in future days too) that George Harrison contributed to four tracks. </div>
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[I dedicate this entry to our dearly departed colleague and friend Patrick Lundborg, who was a big fan and cheerleader for the Tumbleweed stable, you can check some of his musings here <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">—</span> <a href="http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop/Tumbleweed/lamaTumbleweed.htm">http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop/Tumbleweed/lamaTumbleweed.htm</a> </div>
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Medusa <i>First Step Beyond</i> (<a href="http://www.numerogroup.com/" target="_blank">Numero Group</a>, 2013) <br />
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Housed in one of the most dynamite packaging jobs I’ve seen to date (and definitely the best of the last 365), this gatefold of faux-velvet with shining gold and blood red debossing includes an illustrated version of the mythical one Medusa herself, demonic claws and ye olde sabbatic goat on the cover, while the gate is pentagram-enhanced with various vintage group visages intermingled into the blank space inside and surrounding it. But it’s not all surface joys, First Step Beyond is a space-prog opus that nips at the heels of outsiders like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkwind">Hawkwind</a> and the more heavy, moody, groove-oriented practitioners of progressive, such as Keith Relf’s post-Yardbirds outfit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon_(A%26M_band)">Armageddon</a>. <br />
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['Twas originally a 1960 scare film that can be procured from <a href="http://www.somethingweird.com/product_info.php?products_id=23532" target="_blank">Something Weird Video</a> in a combo pack along with early HG Lewis treat <i>The Alley Tramp</i>] <br />
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More info here <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">— </span><a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/09/365-days-265.html">http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/09/365-days-265.html</a> ; <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480469/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480469/</a><br />
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Richard Kimble <i>...IN ACTION </i>(Vista International Productions, 197?)<br />
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Paper doll-style cut-out action shots on front slick represent the lively Canuck performer described by a Variety Mag critic as, "A bright, brisk, sexy bundle of energy, who communicates with his audience like a magnet!" on this covetable private lounge treat. I'm partial to the B-side where the groovy smaltz and Twilight Zone Holiday Inn vibes kick into high-gear, with my brand o'kicks dialing into the "Charlie Rich Medley" ('specially "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" take!), and "Memories (The Way We Were)" [which I later found my pal Mike Ascherman comped on <i><a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/5915069-c9b" target="_blank">The Worst Lounge Extravaganza Ever</a></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">—click title for download]</span> , but the whole side's a kick in the gut for those searching ace lounge vibes<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">—</span>and the set ends with "The Impossible Dream" NATCH'LY!<br />
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Berringer <i>Takin' A Chance</i> (Gambler Prods, 1982) <br />
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IL Lounge / AOR / SSW Soft Rock at its best when the synths get stuck on overload, the guitar kicks in, and there's a frantic, ramshackle disco-like rhythm pulsing in the background<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—</span>the heat is in the upbeat<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—</span>otherwise it's 3/4 melodramatic balladry (which has bursts of promise, but is pretty ho-hum). Worth the price of admission for "Love Is A Lonely Way to Feel," and the two-part title track also holds attentions (there's even a brief drum solo/break in the 2nd part!). "Magic in the Eyes of Love" and "Dreamer" also serve some hooky joys. Only to be entered by the open and adventurous.<br />
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(First, can we forgive Dave Edmunds' role in foisting the Stray Cats upon us? Now enjoy...)</div>
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Dave Edmunds <i>Get It</i> (Swan Song, 1977)<br />
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Even if you don't dig throwback vibes, ya gotta admit Edmunds did it better than many, was adept in various modes, and was an ace at connecting the faint threads of good pop music that transcend genre<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—</span>and his collaborations with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Lowe" target="_blank">Nick Lowe</a> <i>are</i> (yessir!) undeniable. Stabs at teener balladry ("Where or When"), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakersfield_sound" target="_blank">Bakersfield </a>jones' ("Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets"), gentle nods to godhead <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Sahm" target="_blank">Sahm </a>("Juju Man"--penned by under-legend <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ford" target="_blank">Jim Ford</a>, and cut at an earlier session in '75), and classic Lowe-assisted numbers ("I Knew the Bride," "Here Comes the Weekend," "What Did I Do Last Night?," and "Little Darlin'") make it hard to pinpoint the '50s-early '60s gems from the pastiche. (The Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup by way of Elvis gem "My Baby Left Me" even dates back to '69 with superb, scorching backing from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Sculpture" target="_blank">Love Sculpture</a>). Even with slight tweaks all tunes carry the waft of Edmunds, combining his love for '50s <a href="http://www.sunrecords.com/" target="_blank">Sun </a>slapback rockabilly and pre-Brit Invasion pop, and filtering other kicks through that prism (plus, if you watch the songwriting credits close it could be debated Edmunds knew his way around a hook just as well as Saint Nick<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">—</span>Lowe, natch). Like his first two sets the majority of instruments are executed by the name on the cover, though here he finds gentle assistance from a few pals as well (members of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinsley_Schwarz" target="_blank">Brinsley Schwarz</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilli_Willi_and_the_Red_Hot_Peppers" target="_blank">Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rumour" target="_blank">the Rumour</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_(band)" target="_blank">Man</a>, Love Sculpture)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">—</span>and a handful of tracks see the embryonic pieces of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockpile" target="_blank">Rockpile </a>begin to fall outta the womb. <br />
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I bend my ear close to the Lowe-assists, but that's just where one man's interests lay. I take umbrage to a take on Hank's "Hey Good Lookin'" (ya can't mess with perfection, after all), 'tis solid throughout otherwise, though.<br />
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<b>Zolar X <i>Timeless</i> (Pyramid Records, 1982; RE - Alternative Tentacles, 2004)</b><br />
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Sonic outliers of the '70s Hollywood glam / Rodney's English Disco Scene (where they played regularly), Zolar X, as Rodney Bingenheimer himself said were, "...of course, one step ahead of everybody," beaming down to earth in 1973.<br />
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Zolar X took a "method" approach to performance and donned their outrageous garb influenced by early B-grade sci-fi/comics (where they also borrowed lyrical ideas), identical shags with center-pointing bangs resembling a helmet when taken as a whole, and spoke in an invented dialect on and off stage. Their self-described "Space/Punk Rocket Roll" was an amalgam of high-wired hard rock'n'roll buyoed by Bowie (Ziggy-era, natch), snatches of Sabb'esque sounds, manic, laser-driven keyboard fire, and some raw power blenderized into a space-driven proto-punk/proto-metal stew.<br />
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Co-led by Zory Zenith (Billy McCartney - lead vox*) and Ygarr Ygarrist (Stephen Della Bosca - lazor lead gtr) from '73-'81 before dematerializing, this 1982 posthumous release in non-descript packaging collects tracks from three recording sessions—the bulk of which were, oddly, produced and engineered by Memphis titans James Dickinson and Terry Manning, respectively. The set begins with "Recitation", some lost language incanting, bringing you into their created/imagined world, before surging into an ode to eternal life for all in the anthemic "Timeless," and hits on several space-floating concepts along the way ("Test Tube Baby"—that's how we're made now, dig?; "Space Age Love," a tale of love in space environs), but what separates them from others is less poetic remove, replacing metaphors with words concerning everyday occurrence. Though, the crux of all they stood for in sound and vision resides in the four-part "The Horizon Suite: Overture on Air / Tomorrow's Sunrise / Inside the Outside / Sound Barrier," where they reach their heaviest heights and most dramatic, adrift in space dust mellow, with rumbling Iommi-worthy doomy riff charge and some James Williamson'esque leads. They went all the way, and for forty entrancing minutes you too can get lost in space with Zolar X.<br />
*Also original drummer for LA street glam outfit Shady Lady.<br />
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[Also available as an Alternative Tentacles CD w/ bonus tracks. And, languishing in post-production is <i><a href="http://www.zolarx.com/documentary/" target="_blank">Zolar X: Starmen on Sunset</a></i>, a documentary on the band.]
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The loose groupings of proto-punk
and power pop that can describe crazed, out-of-time contenders of many heavy
stripes and those dedicated to the glory of P-O-P, respectively, carries several
one-offs in its ranks. Over the last few years the well-spring has sprung with
45 excavations eulogizing frenzied footnotes with no end in sight. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My aim is to spotlight the previously shaded
here, so feast on the choice offerings, kiddies…<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> The new</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://hozacrecords.com/" target="_blank">HOZAC ARCHIVAL</a></b> label—offshoot of HoZac Records, known for damaged modern sounds—hits many modes with digs into the back catalog of
Sonny Vincent (of early NYC scene band The Testors) and his previously unheard 1972 trio
<b><a href="http://hozacrecords.com/2012/09/fury/" target="_blank">Fury </a></b>with “Flying” b/w “100% Proof”; a few mid-late ‘70s vintage unreleased
gems from power pop gawds <a href="http://hozacrecords.com/2013/10/dwight-twilley-band/" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dwight Twilley Band</b></a> (the ‘Band’ when co-singer Phil Seymour was still on-board)
with “Shark” b/w “Burning Sand”; NY glam titans <a href="http://hozacrecords.com/2013/10/the-brats/" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Brats</b></a> (formed by early NY Dolls member Rick Rivets) with more raw and
powerful takes of their two-sided classic “Be a Man” b/w “Quaalude Queen” from
1974; and members of Midwestern lo-fi ‘70s proto-punks Mike Rep & the
Quotas <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">with the</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Accept It! </i>EP<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>under the <a href="http://hozacrecords.com/2013/10/true-believers/" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">True Believers</b></a> name from 1980. Fury beats a mean combo of
proto-heavy punk’ish frenzy and Sonic’s Rendezvous Band-style rock’n’roll on
their two-fer, while the Twilley Band harnesses harmonies rivaling the Everlys with
a foot in ‘70s rockin’ AM Gold, The Brats broadcast the grit and grime of
the gender-bending ‘70s NY Street Glam scene, and the True Believers rally in a ramshackle yet
together trio of skewed folk jawns and rockers residing on the precipice of
total destruction to your mind, with the title track my fave-rave. All
essential slabs.<br />
[Cut as a Titan Records single by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EFR8zYEb-k" target="_blank">Gary Charlson</a>, this marks
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.superiorviaduct.com/" target="_blank">SUPERIOR VIADUCT</a></b> continues pushing a stream of treasures from the international
post-punk underground, and recently reissued a master-sourced version of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Seventh World </i>EP from 1978 by <a href="http://www.superiorviaduct.com/collections/releases/products/the-sleepers-s-t-7-inch" target="_blank"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Sleepers</b></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Ricky Williams as vocalist (a wheel in the early workings of both CRIME and
Flipper) and guitarist Michael Belfer (pre-Tuxedomoon) recorded this 5-song EP—the
title track the standout among standouts—of dark-toned psychedelically descendent punk prior to their transition into the moodier post-punkian vibes of their LP, and
the EP stands as a tight example of the early S.F./West Coast scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Seventh
World</i> EP is a release that has been long-deserving of reissue and a
necessary purchase for anyone following the psychedelic trails down the
decades.<br />
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Also from Superior Viaduct: <b><a href="http://www.superiorviaduct.com/collections/the-urinals-100-flowers" target="_blank">The Urinals</a></b>, the loose, garage-psych-tinged punk progenitors see official reissue of
their three 45 releases for their own Happy Squid label released from 1978-1980<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">S/T</i>
EP, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Another</i> EP, and the “Sex” b/w “Go
Away, Girl” 45). Trafficking in minimalist musings like “I’m a Bug,” and “Black
Hole” from their second EP, and the Brit DIY’esque jangly strum of “Dead
Flowers,” from their first—where the whole instrumental and vocal onslaught was
driven through one amp—they committed some of the most damaged and uncompromising
music of the era, inspiring the short-fast-rules-art-punk of groups like the
Minutemen and many others. Having initially started as a learning-on-the-fly
parody of the punk scene, while maintaining their rawness they charged forward
as a refined machine, bringing to the fore their ‘60s avant & garage-pop roots
transmitted through a distorted lens, eventually morphing into <a href="http://www.superiorviaduct.com/collections/the-urinals-100-flowers" target="_blank">100 Flowers</a>,
whose first LP has also been reissued by the label. <br />
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Lastly, <a href="http://www.cheaprewards.net/" target="_blank">CHEAP REWARDS</a>, whose primary focus is power pop and punk nuggets
from TX, steps outside that state to the sunshine where The Rockers
(pre-The Finders—who has seen recent LP treatment on Cheap Rewards as
well) resided, by issuing their sole single released in 1980. The
group's members had played together in combos since the late '60s, and
all that coalesced into this perfect distillation of early '70s primo
pop—not quite Badfinger/Blue Ash heights or moves, but markedly different than the punkier stance of The Rockers' contemporaries—a four-song holy grail of pure perfection from the Bay Area. The mind reels at what could've gone down had the pop-faithful Rockers issued the A-side ballad of Mersey-bred jangly gold, "Understanding," to a wider audience. Go on and get it!<br />
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(ahem)...If be you the sort that transits in digital, please drop your sounds here for my perusal and amusement: <br />
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:spiritual sustenance provided by the perfect combination of notes and words, bringing about the sensation of excitationJeremy Cargillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01620729678670680418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300717635669595950.post-26966424317454460112013-09-18T00:29:00.003-07:002013-09-18T00:51:17.357-07:00Beatleisms: How the Fab Four Cast a Shadow Over the 1970s (Shindig! #35 addendum)<br />
Shindig! #35 is soon to drop (Sept. 26), and I've contributed a few entries to the list of Beatles-influenced gems, but, naturally, a few of my fave-raves were already spoke for. Pick up the new issue soon-like, but in the meantime lemme tell you about a few choice selections whose virtues will be served by the pen of another, in my own words:<br />
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What combo better than sibling South Africans the Flame
(Fataar Bros – Ricky, Steve and Edries; with Blondie Chaplin) could be the only
non-Beach Boys group on their Brother Records imprint? Keepin’ it in the
family, they were successful as the Flames in their native land before
relocation to London where the keen ears of Carl Wilson—this LP’s producer—were
pricked and ferried them back ‘cross the pond. Altering the name to avoid confusion
with JB's boys stateside, they issued this consistent album of guitar-heavy, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Revolver</i> and forward harmonic delicacy
with Harrison’esque licks and a bit of Stonesy swagger to little acclaim in
1970, beyond a singles chart blip from “See the Light” b/w “Got To Get Your
Mind Made Up” (a one two-punch if there ever was one). Group members went on to
play with the Boys proper, the Rutles, Byrds, Stones and the Band. The embers
will keep smoldering till we see an official reissue and proper birth of their
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The hydra-head strength of Jimmy Campbell (ex-Kirkbys, 23<sup>rd</sup>
Turnoff & solo) and Billy Kinsley (ex-Merseybeats, Merseys; future Liverpool
Express) was much more than that of proseful pretenders posing in the
aftermath, having been weaned on the same fruits as the Beatles in their own
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dialing back after rural sojourns
and stylistic diversions, they wanted to create something inspired by their
initial turn-ons and penned one of the most potent, soul-wrenching power pop
records extant. Probing the pop planet (being pioneered by Badfinger and others at the time), they
hit with a double-shot opener of “Biggest Gossip in Town” and “Oh Carol, I’m So
Sad”—the former their A-side single release, and both comped as the maiden 45
voyage on Greg Shaw’s Voxx empire. The only thing that should be “lost” about
this platter is the feelings it imbues with pathos-drenched tunes like “Stayed
Out Late Last Night” and “Don’t You Ever Think I Cry”. This top of the pop
canon album should be owned by all. Not only one of my favorite moments of Beatle'esque outstretching, but one of my favorite albums, and a real class package was produced/reissued by Sing Sing Records just a few years back, which you can knab <a href="http://singsingrecords.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Matt Rendon and his one-man four-track recording project (though you wouldn’t know it by the fullness captured), the Resonars, have been creating Mod-pop/power pop bedrock sounds nonpareil since “their” first footlong in 1998—with roots and unsuccessful augmentations including additional heads stretching back to '91. An off-on concern since that time amidst membership in other bands, Rendon’s creations have been resuscitated and reissued in full (every release, natch) by the king-size cheerleaders at <a href="http://www.burgerrecords.org/" target="_blank">Burger Records</a> over the last few years. His most recent album under the name<i>, Crummy Desert Sound, </i>could well serve as Matt's last new release as a “solo” offering though, as this increased visibility has allowed him to put into place an able stable to express the varied emanations of his pen.<br />
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Sir Rendon has the inner-workings of timeless pop dialed, channeling the fragility, dexterity and power of Move-era Roy Wood (“Vanishing People”), prime-time ‘60s Townshend power chords with Mooney kit whallop, and note-perfect Hollies’esque harmonies (“Invisible Gold”) exuding so much charm he deftly evades contrivance. All radiating from one man’s mind in Tuscon, AZ, the Resonars serve as something akin to a less specifically psychedelic-oriented Dukes of Stratosphere, with tunes standing aside their sources, or perhaps a very minor step under. A solid spin for anyone with a passing interest in the age-less pop playbook or looking for the magic of mid-late '60s England in one platter. Anyone not already exposed has some work ahead them.<br />
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:spiritual sustenance provided by the perfect combination of notes and words, bringing about the sensation of excitationJeremy Cargillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01620729678670680418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300717635669595950.post-40573805376444778422013-07-07T23:51:00.001-07:002013-07-07T23:51:32.162-07:00Traversing the Technicolour Underground - Singles Column for Shindig! [Exclusive Preview] <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn2A42QtpZmfj5SSZ0Cs4kEB1txO25neQE__nlcKawyTLOwgCvrrUQUUM6cGkYlTJJ8QZJPQTAtKthQhgIF5fhRXXpUYxanDIRIQXwQ0R7c6fPE54a5jl6TgKDpLFcAj8Kpoo7mw6nxo/s1600/115895531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTn2A42QtpZmfj5SSZ0Cs4kEB1txO25neQE__nlcKawyTLOwgCvrrUQUUM6cGkYlTJJ8QZJPQTAtKthQhgIF5fhRXXpUYxanDIRIQXwQ0R7c6fPE54a5jl6TgKDpLFcAj8Kpoo7mw6nxo/s320/115895531.jpg" /></a></div><p>Who woulda thunk France had high-energy, raw'n'righteous rama lama rumbling in the dire early '80s? Cameleon Records here proves it with the only issued 45 by Soggy (Waiting for the War b/w 47 Chromosomes) who really had '70s Dee-troit prime dialed in, with a hard-wired sound more akin to early American metal murmurings than what passed for danger in those days. Fronted by a manic mass of musculature all gangly and gyratin' in praise of Ig with a mane like a young Metal Mike Saunders (see the blazing amateur video of the surging A-side below) and backed by a treacherous trio choosing chunky, chugging riffs to complement all grunting and grinding. Essential.</p><p>[This review is exclusive to this destination, and acts as an addendum to the reissue column I've started for <a href="http://www.shindig-magazine.com/">Shindig!</a> which will start to appear in Issue 34 focusing on 45 reissues of proto-punk, power pop, "out of time" sounds and suchlike. Be on the lookout in the coming month at your fine, local newstand!]</p><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/58XPsyWDEkw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>(ahem)...If be you the sort that transits in digital, please drop your sounds here for my perusal >>></p><style type='text/css'>a.soundcloud-dropbox:hover {color: white !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-position: -200px 0 !important;}*html a.soundcloud-dropbox {background-image: none !important; filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='(http://a1.sndcdn.com/images/dropbox_square_dark.png?271c828)', sizingMethod='crop') !important;}/* if you want to have valid HTML, please be so kind and put the style part in the head of your page */</style><a href='http://soundcloud.com/jeremynobodyesq/dropbox' style='display: block; margin: 10px auto; background: transparent url(http://a1.sndcdn.com/images/dropbox_square_dark.png?271c828) top left no-repeat; color: #D9D9D9; font-size: 10px; height: 82px; padding: 39px 15px 5px 10px; width: 105px; text-decoration: none; text-align: center; font-family: "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em' class='soundcloud-dropbox'>Send me<br>your sounds</a><p><b>note energy</b> (\ˈnōt\ \ˈe-nər-jē\ )<br>:spiritual sustenance provided by the perfect combination of notes and words, bringing about the sensation of excitation</p>Jeremy Cargillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01620729678670680418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300717635669595950.post-12050350243106187462013-03-05T02:00:00.000-08:002013-03-05T02:21:33.095-08:00An Epistle for Insane Times...<p> 'ello, kiddies! After much resistance I've chose to forgo my more snobbish, puritanical tendencies and embrace the new age draped in a new flesh (resuscitating this few years passed corpse in the process). Standing in opposition to the modern rock writ scree which masquerades under a light cloak with a frail press release body underneath, you'll see no herculean hyperbole here; just the facts, jack! Rabid fandom prevails for us eternal fanboys blessed with future youth, and this space will contain nothing but truth-laced torrents of enthusiasm.</p><p>Thee preferred medium maintains to be print pages, but when sumthin' doesn't fit the codes of fine publications like <a href="http://www.ugly-things.com"> Ugly Things</a>, <a href="http://www.shindig-magazine.com/"> Shindig!</a>, <a href="http://www.flashbackmag.com/"> Flashback</a>, <a href="http://plasticcrimewave.com/projects/galactic-zoo-dossier/"> Galactic Zoo Dossier</a>, <a href="http://www.bananasmag.com/"> Bananas Magazine</a> and the like, but I'm still seam-burstin' to spill, this'll be the place, ace!</p><p>And, maybe, you'll get turned onto friens (sic) contributing worthy words to the digital melee from time to time as well.</p><p>Stay tuned...</p></p><p><b>note energy</b> (\ˈnōt\ \ˈe-nər-jē\ )<br>:<small>spiritual sustenance provided by the perfect combination of notes and words, bringing about the sensation of excitation</small></p><p>Awaken with me now...<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/N_WMEv-zE5g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><p>(ahem)...If be you the sort that transits in digital, please drop your sounds here for my perusal >>></p>
<style type='text/css'>a.soundcloud-dropbox:hover {color: white !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-position: -200px 0 !important;}*html a.soundcloud-dropbox {background-image: none !important; filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='(http://a1.sndcdn.com/images/dropbox_square_dark.png?271c828)', sizingMethod='crop') !important;}/* if you want to have valid HTML, please be so kind and put the style part in the head of your page */</style><a href='http://soundcloud.com/jeremynobodyesq/dropbox' style='display: block; margin: 10px auto; background: transparent url(http://a1.sndcdn.com/images/dropbox_square_dark.png?271c828) top left no-repeat; color: #D9D9D9; font-size: 10px; height: 82px; padding: 39px 15px 5px 10px; width: 105px; text-decoration: none; text-align: center; font-family: "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em' class='soundcloud-dropbox'>Send me<br>your sounds</a>Jeremy Cargillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01620729678670680418noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2300717635669595950.post-50388098375281692352009-03-06T09:05:00.000-08:002013-06-25T05:51:57.625-07:00CANADIAN CROWN CONTENDER...denim delinquent<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQVUXKdmupy6ZETEL2wsiO7L1ulOrmztXTqzXzrbY1rg5T-lwBF53PrUsElK-FYxi_v47ovYoFRG5a1cCg9aS8Wt7KyumHHeQ7_X03XVDvaehvgjCnUN7x3gEiX3wb8xvyS6k_es6KjE/s1600-h/denimlogopatchsm.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQVUXKdmupy6ZETEL2wsiO7L1ulOrmztXTqzXzrbY1rg5T-lwBF53PrUsElK-FYxi_v47ovYoFRG5a1cCg9aS8Wt7KyumHHeQ7_X03XVDvaehvgjCnUN7x3gEiX3wb8xvyS6k_es6KjE/s320/denimlogopatchsm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310124137877854658" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>What historically is Canada's most important contribution to Western civilization (or is it the decline of...)? I hear summa ya'll mumbling something about Tim Hortons from your BarcaLoungers, but it's awfully hard'ta hear ya amateur frogs with all those fritter bits stuck in yer face masks. No... Nationalized Health care? No, no, I'm talkin' about rock'n'roll, that's the prescription that feeds my needs. If yer noggin next wanders to Geddy Lee and his cronies, you've got sum ill-info at the turnpike and must head back from whence ya came, this off ramp isn't for you. That lot have more in common with Bach than Rock. Kiddies, dear kiddies, I'm talking about <i>denim delinquent</i> (though, it's a photo-finish with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/officialsimplysaucer">Simply Saucer</a>) the much heralded (at least by one, <a href="http://black2com.blogspot.com/">Mr Stigliano</a>) 70's rockzine which lasted a scant 7 issues even with a relocation to El Lay 3 issues in. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Slippery" Jymn Parret and Mark "Spike" Jones (though interest in publication quickly waned for the latter) were broadcasting the whatnots and knowhows on heavy metalloid music before most of you folks heard yer first Ramones rekkid. An assortment of other yahoos made contribs at points in time, including our and your hero, Mr Lester Bangs. Jymn's wife Dee Dee got in on the action too, literally, what with the odd offers from Iggy. Get a flash on Jymn's artwork duly, it's worth the visit alone. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It was a bare-knuckled blast at the then burgeoning supposed rock cognoscenti who wanted to decode the meaning of the latest Dylan rekkid, in lieu of embracing the decades survived spirit of rock'n'roll. From diggin' into the recent past, to catching the future infamous, all points were covered. Gab sessions and views on the Kinks, New York Dolls, the Seeds, Alice Cooper, Canadian partisans the Ugly Ducklings and the Haunted brimmed the pages. The boys even had the insight to interview our recently passed geetar hero, Ron Asheton in issue 4. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Like many of the revered fanzines/rockzines of the heavy 70's, it's a collector's market and finding summa those old tomes can often catch'uh princely sum. Luckily for us, Mr Parret has a <i>denim delinquent</i> inter-nerd site with hi-res scans of features and articles spanning the spectrum of his output. Go check him out at <a href="http://www.denimdelinquent.net/">http://www.denimdelinquent.net !</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Like long-time <i>denim delinquent</i> supporter Greg Shaw said before his passing, "It's not very scholarly." But goddamn if it isn't a stone-blast to read. </div><p><b>note energy</b> (\ˈnōt\ \ˈe-nər-jē\ )<br>:spiritual sustenance provided by the perfect combination of notes and words, bringing about the sensation of excitation</p>Jeremy Cargillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01620729678670680418noreply@blogger.com2