psychopompe

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DeAge™ : 8184 days • Here since 11 january 2004
Pearl Jam Gigaton
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Listening to the PJ after Yield (but I had already started to stop after the release of No Code) is an endeavor that should be rewarded.
Gary Higgins Red Hash
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We were talking about it with @[SilasLang] the other day. I hadn’t even realized that no one had done it yet; I was sure it was the opposite—I would have published mine years ago. Never mind, you're doing a great job filling a gap, lector. It's always a very nice record, personally known for a cover of "Thicker Than A Smokey" done by Six Organs Of Admittance on the album School of the Flower from 2005. It was actually Ben Chasny who brought Higgins back from obscurity and had this record reissued by Drag City right in 2005, if I'm not mistaken. He should have also released a second album a few years later, unfortunately never heard.
Samuele Bersani Caramella smog
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With just those 4 CDs around, I would say it was more of a torture than childhood.
Mama Ska Cielo di Puglia
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Salento dance + Latin music = outbreak of Covid-19. Next time tell him to give me a heads up, so I can just emigrate directly.
Colour Haze We Are
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Oh look who we have here, I guess I should start sending something too then:). Bartolo, my dear, how are you? Stellar offspring? Here, I work in the morning, shout to get the homework done in the afternoon, amidst Tik Tok moves, Stranger Things rewatched for the N-th time, yoga classes in the living room, revising the entire discography of Six Organs Of Admittance strictly through headphones, and random Netflix. As for Koglek and company, you made me want to listen to it at this point; after "All" I lost interest, also because unfortunately there’s a certain heavy backlash in the genre. To put it bluntly, I’m increasingly convinced that of the "canonized" stoner sound, aside from the Sacred Trimurti that you and @[puntiniCAZpuntini] know well, the only apocryphal ones worth saving are Colour Haze and an album by Josiah. Keep in touch!
Effervescent Elephants From The End To The Beginning
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The review comes in handy because I was just listening to some old stuff, but I’m going against the trend: both Birdmen of Alkatraz and Plan, considered quintessential, do absolutely nothing for me. It might be the 80's production that is still noticeable, but they leave me fairly indifferent. A different story for what came from halfway around the world; for instance, I just got the reissue of the EP (but with added tracks) by the Australians Tyrnaround, and that’s a damn perfect 60's revival album as it should be! Sometimes almost too close to the originals it draws from, but if it weren't like that, I’d feel like I'd need to listen to the originals for a couple of lifetimes.
The Black Keys Let's Rock
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Write about what you know, or rather, write without having to keep the mask on all the time; the game gets tiring after a while. A bit like the formula of the Black Keys, until Rubber Factory the best rock duo (oh yes, not the White Stripes), then inconsistent. Personally, after RF I only save Brothers.
柳田ヒロ Hirocosmos
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Prog in Japan, like in Italy, had a vibrant local scene and became well-rooted in the student culture of the '70s, somewhat similar to our experience here. I know very little about it because I have little appreciation for our own prog scene and I only need Canterbury and a few others, but I still have a great live recording from a historic group of the Japanese scene from that era (it was gifted to me by Japanese friends when I lived there), the Yonin Bayashi, who I think were quite famous.
Hayao Miyazaki Il mio vicino Totoro
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The Miyazaki most beloved by at least two generations of Japanese people. The theme of Totoro, at least until the mid-2000s, was used almost everywhere in Japan, even at metro stations, for instance. It’s strange to think that until the Oscar won for Spirited Away, he remained largely unknown, except to those following Japanese animation; to understand who he was, one had to mention Heidi or The Castle of Cagliostro (which had only been broadcast a few times on TV). My daughter grew up with all his films, so over the years I’ve watched them hundreds of times, and now I appreciate even the less "adult" works like Totoro and Ponyo. For years, Miyazaki was only Nausicaa for me (I still remember that Raidue aired it in two parts around '84-85, and a friend even managed to record it with the first VHS tapes), Cagliostro, Mononoke, and Spirited Away; over the years, I’ve come to appreciate everything else as well.
Unwound New Plastic Ideas
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Thank you @[kloo] for reminding me of Unwound, whose discography I had been meaning to revisit. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past twenty days. Well, for now, I prefer the latter part of their production, namely Transmission and Leaves Turn... The latter is a beautiful album that I completely missed back in the day even though many recommended it to me. Better late than never, as they say.
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