Lao Tze
Lao Tze
15 jan 18

DeRank™: 9,00  JukeBox

The Motels - Only The Lonely (HQ)
Which is not the one by Roy Orbison, but a piece all their own.
It was 1982.
 
sotomayor
sotomayor
15 jan 18

DeRank™: 3,62

The inimitable (thankfully) #zot2017 review suggests:

Linda Perhacs - I'm A Harmony (Omnivore Recordings, September 22, 2017)

The story of Linda Perhacs is curious. She released an album in 1970 that became a cult object ("Parallelograms") and was reissued and rediscovered in 2010 by Mexican Summer and Sundazed Records. The music world discovers its own guilt, and in 2014 Sufjan Stevens, let's say, catches wind of the deal and produces her second studio album "The Soul Of All Natural Things" after more than thirty years, produced by Chris Price and Fernando Perdomo. Two or three years later, she releases another album "I'm A Harmony" (Omnivore Recordings), and nobody cares. To be intellectually honest, neither this nor the previous one reach the heights of "Parallelograms," not to mention that Linda Perhacs's sound is not exactly commercial nor does it lend itself to easy listening. But this album (which still features the valuable collaboration of Julia Holter) is at least interesting. Linda is an artist who continues to challenge herself; the album is a series of vocal experiments that create very particular suggestions ("I'm A Harmony," "Visions," "Eclipse Of Love," "We Will Live"...) and with unique arrangements influenced by tropicalism in "The Dancer," "Take Your Love To A Higher Level," and French touches in ("One Full Circle Around The Sun"). The rest is classic repertoire from an artist who may or may not appeal to you, but who still has something to say.

Linda Perhacs - I'm A Harmony (I'm A Harmony 2017)

#folk #psychedelia #newage
 
R13572432
R13572432
15 jan 18

DeRank™: 0,77

Metal from Rising Sun n.11

Sex Machineguns - Heavy Metal Thunder - 01 - Heavy Metal Thunder

• Sex Machineguns are a Japanese speed metal band formed in 1989.
• Their name is a tribute to the Sex Pistols.
• In September 1998, they released their first album "Sex Machinegun," which reached position 29 on the Oricon chart (Japanese music chart), followed by a 62-date tour (all sold out).
• They have a streak of 5 consecutive albums that entered the top ten of the Oricon chart (Japanese music chart).
• Their videos are ironic and take themselves quite lightly.
 
sotomayor
sotomayor
15 jan 18

DeRank™: 2,99

Once in a while, I propose for the #buzz review an album that I already knew, but which was recently reintroduced by @ALFAMA, and I've been happily listening to it again these days.

Dave Bixby - Ode To Quetzalcoatl (n-a, 1969)

"Ode To Quetzalcoatl" is clearly one of the cult albums of 1960s folk psychedelia. One of those mysterious objects that, for some reason, have been fortunate enough to be rediscovered over the years. Dave Bixby hails from Michigan, specifically Rockford in the Great Lakes area. Influenced from a young age by the Beatles and the Beach Boys, he clearly found himself drawn to the psychedelic culture of that time. He was just a kid when he got into drugs, starting to use LSD, and he even ended up in jail. Then, in the winter of 1968, he turned toward religion, which in some way marked a sort of rebirth for him after a period where drugs had really brought him down. It was during this time that he wrote "Ode To Quetzalcoatl," envisioning Quetzalcoatl as a kind of Christ figure walking across America. He performed his songs in his prayer group before recording the album. Contrary to what one might think, this album is tied to religious themes and speaks of rebirth. Its genesis is as incredible as its story: clearly, Dave never imagined that this work would tell how it was recorded and conceived during a time when his friends were dying in Vietnam or returning from Vietnam completely changed, and how he tried to help them avoid suicide after growing up with a father deeply scarred by his participation in World War II. While man was stepping on the Moon. Meanwhile, he was also writing an important piece of music history. He didn’t know it. No one knew it. All the songs are practically masterpieces, but if I have to mention the one I like the most: "Free Indeed."

DAVE　BIXBY ~ Free indeed

#folk #psychedelia #quetzalcoatl
 
rossana roma
rossana roma
15 jan 18

DeRank™: 8,18

Carosello Calimero - Miralanza episodio 11 What a delight. 😀 the unmissable class assignment!
 
zappp
zappp
15 jan 18

DeRank™: 1,33  BarNecchi

Final Scene Of Babel

- memorable scenes (70) -
 
mrbluesky
mrbluesky
14 jan 18

DeRank™: 5,13  JukeBox

Julio Iglesias - Manuela

But the cover, shall we talk about it?
 
Dislocation
Dislocation
14 jan 18

DeRank™: 2,20

Jaco Pastorius - Liberty City

PASTEURIZED WEEK: Liberty City..........