Feb 18, 2009
What a relief to be getting back into some interesting music again.
Most of the week having been spent catching up with mundane admin
stuff, VAT (tax) returns included.
Really very cold over the weekend when Roy and Gwyneth came to
visit - but we had a good time anyway, despite the fact that there
is no central heating in the house. Then on Monday suddenly spring
arrived to the extent that I was able to put the roof down on the
car and still be comfortably warm. There is hope folks.
The Boys are Alright - The Dots
(Dresden and Berlin, Germany)
"THE DOTS play rock music with unusual boldness" according to Babel
Fish and who am I to argue, except that the English version of
their site suggests that "THE DOTS play British indie-rock".
From the 2007 album Fashion For
The Dressed And Naked, available on Jamendo, as is the 2008
5-track EP Fake modern love
songs. It was recommended by Organic Despair through
Jamendo.
Art Hustle - Vocals, Percussion
C.Blitzschutz - Bass, Vocals
MKO Swillus - Organ, Vocals
Dr.Valentine - Guitar, Vocals
Nils A. Antiknock - Drums and Percussion
www.the-dots.de/
www.jamendo.com/en/album/25550
Forget about love - AnnieMac
(Ashland, Oregon, USA)
AnnieMac's original music is a tasty mix of R&B riffs, soul
grooves, with a rock 'n' roll edge. Their vibe is reminiscent of
earlier eras, but with a sound all their own.
Since starting AnnieMac in January of 2006, Joe Diehl and Annie
McIntyre have brought the band from playing in McIntyre"s living
room to being heard in Starbuck's all across the world with their
new CD, Ignition. McIntyre
and Diehl rediscovered each other years after the musicians, who
had played together in one of McIntyre's former Bay Area bands, had
moved separately to the beautiful southern Oregon town of
Ashland.
From the album Ignition
which is available at CD Baby, Amazon and iTunes.
www.anniemacmusic.com/
www.myspace.com/anniemacmusic
cdbaby.com/cd/anniemacmus
Ils m'ont tous dit... -
Outred'encre (Serignan, France)
From the album Le Refus. A
posthumous album for dOutred'encre after the release of which
singer and comnposer Alexis Guerin quit the band. And I guess
that"s about the end of the story.
The album was recommended by Organic Despair - from whom I've had a
few good suggestions.
www.jamendo.com/en/album/35486
I want to know you - Jean
Synodinos (Austin, Texas, USA)
From the album Lucky. It has been a while since I played anything
by Jean. I was hoping to meet up with her at SXSW this year but
I've decided not to go, I've just not been able to fit that in with
all sorts of other commitments. May try to get over for NXNE
(Toronto) in mid-June. If you know anything about NXNE, give me a
shout I'll be very pleased to hear from you.
Third Coast Music says:
"Synodinos is amazing... she has excellent moves as a songwriter
and is an accomplished acoustic guitarist, but her big gun is the
marvel that is her voice."
There is a nifty video on her site.
www.jeansynodinos.com/
www.myspace.com/jeansynodinos
Angry Busdriver - CSW Studio
(Madrid, Spain)
Gael22 recommended an EP by the C.S.W Studio a.k.a. "The Bobby
Experience" - an open-minded Ambient/Experimental/Progressive
project. They are open to all kind of collaboration.
From Les Fonds De Tiroirs
(2008), is one of five albums on Jamendo
http://thebobbyexperience.blogspot.com/
www.jamendo.com/en/album/20662
I played Pauline's Taylor's track Hackney Crystal on SnC a couple of
weeks ago and I submitted it to the Association of Music Podcasting
weekly update show AMPed. It is included in AMPed 166 presented by
Daniel Johnson Jr. of "Journey inside my mind” podcast out of
Cincinnati, Ohio, who seemed to have a bit of fun with this show's
name.
http://journeyinsidemymind.com/
Excerpt from AMPed 166
There is a link to JIMM and all the other AMP member podcasts on
the Network links page on the SnC site.
Solo Flying Mystery Man - Pauline
Taylor (London, UK)
From the album A Simple Life
www.paulinetaylor.co.uk
www.myspace.com/paulinetaylor
Gnawa of Power - Secret Archives of
the Vatican (UK)
Codger played a couple of track recently which reminded me how good
they are.
"We mix drum'n'bass, breakbeats, dub, dubstep and triphop with
flavours of Indian, Persian, Turkish and Arabian traditional music
and more, Recently we've been exploring some Moroccan influences
and we did a couple of small gigs in Morocco last summer."
From the album Babylon
Halt available an mp3 download from any number of sales
sites including: iTune, Amazon, Rhapsody and eMusic. Full list on
the SAV site.
www.brokendrumrecords.com/
AMPed is now on
Twitter
http://twitter.com/musicpodcasting
Street Sound - The Pimps Of
Joytime (Brooklyn. New York, USA)
Played a track from the Pimps a while back - high time for
another.
The genre-defying Pimps of Joytime pay homage to funk, afrobeat,
latin and hip hop, combining loops and live playing in a way that
is seamless and infectious. The joyful noise you'll hear is a heady
musical gumbo sure to get you moving. Their eclectic debut album
High Steppin' is available
now on Wonderwheel Recordings.
www.pimpsofjoytime.com/
www.myspace.com/pimpsofjoytime