Battlegods
Battlegods
14 jan 18

DeRankā„¢: 5,99  Isola

Big Star - Kangaroo "September Girls", "In The Street", "Thirteen"... all beautiful, but this one?! Immense.
 
sotomayor
sotomayor
14 jan 18

DeRankā„¢: 0,07

Given the revival of "Medicine Fuck Dream," which I wasn't familiar with, I present you with a Greg Ashley album for the #zot2017 showcase, sure that this particular record will only garner your utmost appreciation.

Greg Ashley - Pictures Of Saint Paul (Trouble In Mind Records, June 30, 2017)

The truth is that Greg Ashley has become increasingly angry over the years. Over time, he has fine-tuned his writing, but he has also made it more concrete and has begun to pay more attention to the society around him. His tones have consequently become even more irreverent compared to his early days as a singer-songwriter. At first glance, you wouldn't say heā€™s a huge fan of Leonard Cohen (he completely covered the album "Death of a Ladies' Man"), yet if you listen to "Jailbirds and Vagabonds," the echo of the giant of Canadian music is all there. But Greg Ashley today is primarily what we might call a punk singer-songwriter focused on social issues, inspired as much by Billy Bragg ("Goodbye Saint Paul Street," "Six A.M. At The Black And White"...) as by the sounds of the always-present 1960s psychedelia and bands like the Kinks ("A Sea Of Suckers") or Syd Barrett ("Two Person One Man Band"), alongside the honky tonk sound of the early Stones ("Self Destruction Derby," "Medication #9," "Pursue The Night Life"). Recorded at his studios in Oakland and published by a fine label like Trouble In Mind Records, "Pictures Of Saint Paul" is one of the best singer-songwriter albums of 2017, and Greg Ashley is clearly a great son of a bitch who sings about those people whose existence is on the margins, walking the razor's edge without being acrobats; for these reasons, I can only recommend that you absolutely listen to this record. If you donā€™t like it, just go back home to your mom. Five out of five.

#oakland #punk #gregashley

Greg Ashley "Medication #9" (Official Video)
 
sotomayor
sotomayor
14 jan 18

DeRankā„¢: 0,18

Even though the #buzz review always wants us to be attentive to every hint of experimentalism, for once we have this album by Greg Ashley, a Californian singer-songwriter already known for being the leader of the Gris Gris, and an album that is certainly more conventional than usual. But equally very, very beautiful. Enjoy. Thank you @ALFAMA. Happy Sunday.

Greg Ashley - Medicine Fuck Dream (Birdman Records, 2003)

Greg Ashley (Oakland, California) is one of the most active names in the California neo-psych scene for at least fifteen years. Aside from participating in projects like Mirrors, Strate Coats, Sir Lord Von Raven, and especially the Gris Gris, with whom he recorded two studio albums ("The Gris Gris" and "For The Season"), Greg Ashley is also a producer (he has his own recording studio in Oakland: the Creamery Analog Recording Studios) and has started a fruitful solo album production since 2003. The first album is this "Medicine Fuck Dream," recorded between 2001 and 2002 in Texas and California, and originally released on Birdman Records, then reissued in 2013. Greg Ashley, a sensitive singer-songwriter inspired by the folk psychedelia of the sixties, here is ironic, irreverent, nostalgic, visionary, and offers us ten songs that look to the USA tradition ("Lost Highway," "I Said These Are Lonely Days," "Apple Pie And Genocide") and especially to the Southern California scene of the sixties ("She," "Legs Coca Cola," "Deep Deep Down," "Mona Rider"). The result is an album that should be listened to with closed eyes, dreaming of Big Sur California as narrated by Jack Kerouac. A myth that never ends.

Greg ashley - Medicine Fuck Dream

#psychedelia #folk #california
 
R13572432
R13572432
14 jan 18

DeRankā„¢: 3,00

Metal from Rising Sun n.2 (Remastered)

[HD] X Japan - Kurenai

ā€¢ X Japan is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in Chiba in 1982.
ā€¢ They are considered one of the greatest artists in the history of Japanese rock. They hold the absolute record for attendance at the Tokyo Dome (which can host 55,000 people), having sold it out 18 times. They have sold over 30 million records.
ā€¢ In the 1990s, Yoshiki (the leader, drummer, and pianist of the group) collaborated with Roger Taylor (the drummer of Queen) on the single Foreign Sand, with George Martin (the producer of the Beatles) to create an album featuring orchestral arrangements of X Japan's biggest hits, and joined other artists for the tribute compilation to Kiss, Kiss My Ass, proposing a new arrangement of one of their biggest hits, Black Diamond.
ā€¢ According to Gene Simmons of Kiss, if X Japan were American, they would be the most important band in the world.
ā€¢ The albums "Blue Blood," "Jealousy," "Dahlia," and "Art of Life" all reached the number 1 position on the Oricon chart (Japanese music chart).
ā€¢ In 2016, the documentary film "We Are X," directed by Stephen Kijak, who previously directed the Rolling Stones documentary "Stones in Exile," was released in the United States.