tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13872292166816330922024-03-19T03:43:43.510-05:00Kickin' Out the Jams, Mofo!Very occasional commentary on music--both old and new--that is currently on my radar and helping me to kick out the jams, mofo.Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-10407806949515326922015-11-04T14:47:00.001-06:002015-11-04T14:56:03.741-06:00My Favorite Albums of 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</span><!--[endif]-->Ty Segall – Manipulator<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span><!--[endif]-->D’Angelo and the Vanguard – Black Messiah<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dean
Wareham – Dean Wareham<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sweet
Apple – The Golden Age of Glitter<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sharon
Van Etten – Are We There<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mascis – Tied to a Star<o:p></o:p></div>
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Passenger
Peru – Passenger Peru<o:p></o:p></div>
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Iceage
– Plowing into the Field of Love<o:p></o:p></div>
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White
Fence – For the Recently Found Innocent<o:p></o:p></div>
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Leonard
Cohen – Popular Problems<o:p></o:p></div>
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Drive-by
Truckers – English Oceans<o:p></o:p></div>
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Scott
Walker & Sunn O))) – Soused<o:p></o:p></div>
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Reigning
Sound -- Shattered<o:p></o:p></div>
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Billy
Joe Shaver – Long in the Tooth<o:p></o:p></div>
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Guided
by Voices – Cool Planet<o:p></o:p></div>
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King
Tuff – Black Moon Spell</div>
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Robert
Ellis – The Lights from the Chemical Plant<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
Bad Plus – Inevitable Western<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lucinda
Williams – Down Where the Sprit Meets the Bone<o:p></o:p></div>
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Gruff
Rhys – American Interior<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thee
Oh Sees -- Drop<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hookworms
-- The Hum<o:p></o:p></div>
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Black
Lips – Underneath the Rainbow<o:p></o:p></div>
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Masics – Tied to a Star<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bob
Mould – Beauty & Ruin<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ex
Hex -- Rips<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kelly
Willis & Keith Robison – Our Year<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lydia
Loveless -- Somewhere Else<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tony
Molina -- Dissed and Dismissed<o:p></o:p></div>
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Shellac
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Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-80015142814089075202013-12-20T08:16:00.003-06:002013-12-22T07:29:31.532-06:00My Favorite Albums of 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I had planned on a Top 30 combined "new release" and "archival" list, but I ran out of room. Sorry, I don't have time for writing the usual capsule reviews for the albums on my list this year. See you in 2014, mofos.<br />
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Parquet Courts – <em>Light up Gold </em><a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/2txqIXQU0GCnzg8mTxw1lY" target="_blank">Spotify</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPpihD340yE" target="_blank">Youtube</a></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Savages – <em>Silence
Yourself </em><a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/0aMC5DDAF86GvYNPaivEKd" target="_blank">Spotify</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G27S0f2FOI8&list=PL0kaguUgAkTpBFjYAMiQHmSgNnE1RYrZ7" target="_blank">Youtube</a></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou -- <em>The Skeletal Essences of Afro Funk
1969-1980 </em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SfFT3ie-ok" target="_blank">Youtube<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hookworms – <em>Pearl Mystic </em></span></span><a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/5rI4XLxlkkhrqLXMJdAb0u" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Spotify</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> or </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R75rFeabwLc&list=PLfzm89pT1VbHlPmZ4etzlysWa6I7z75HB" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Youtube<o:p></o:p></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span><!--[endif]--></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fuzz – <em>Fuzz </em><a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/1D3YttJsWvUUSvOVRbic0o" target="_blank">Spotify</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twylUtWKdt4" target="_blank">Youtube<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Various Artists - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stand Up, People: Gypsy Pop Songs From Tito's Yugoslavia 1964-1980</i> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frqlBEqz-w4" target="_blank">Youtube</a></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Janelle Monae – <em>The Electric Lady </em><a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/3bnHtSmmsgJiG82hGCmsq9" target="_blank">Spotify</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-kiMZvR6KA" target="_blank">Youtube</a></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Waxahatchee – <em>Cerluean Salt </em><a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/4OfohS2lFQOeCXsrNcdh5s" target="_blank">Spotify</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTzIwvUMEYw&list=PLFiDLMMNKCxUabcdqYHdDuXWRsfL2jZf7" target="_blank">Youtube</a></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mikal Cronin – <em>Mc II </em><a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/2spxrQq50aGqf9Barvc8fg" target="_blank">Spotify</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S2eTV2v3V0&list=PL9OgY_wfK4Q_THNf0rdFCGZgB7H5iPgd1" target="_blank">Youtube<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wooden Shijps – <em>Back to Land </em><a href="http://open.spotify.com/album/1VyWvAkunNZTJ0PCUv81dj" target="_blank">Spotify</a> or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax6-FtmKOZ0&list=PLF23nPY231nNYbmQnKxwLolk-Dp08HX6C" target="_blank">Youtube</a></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Various Artists -- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Rough Guide to Psychedelic Bollywood</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Robbie Fulks – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gone Away Backwards</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">David Bowie – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Next Day</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bob Dylan -- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Another
Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Various Artists -- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kurt Vile – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Walkin
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Grant Hart – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Argument</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Various Artists -- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Kenya Special: Selected East African Recordings From The 1970s &
80s</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ty Segall – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sleeper</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">William Onyeabor – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nothing</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anna Calvi – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">One
Breath</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Various Artists -- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-83</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">of Montreal – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lousy with Sylvianbriar</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Various Artists -- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I Heard the Angels Singing: Electrifying Black Gospel from The Nashboro
Label 1951-1983</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">White Denim – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Corsicana Lemonade</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thee Oh Sees – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Floating Coffin</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wire – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Change
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">38. Laura Marling -- <em>Once I was an Eagle</em></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Bob's 10th bootleg series release is probably really my #1 album of the year, but sometimes I need to hide the degree of my Dylanphile-ness in order to maintain overall credibility.</span></o:p></div>
Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-79313248451685226862013-02-02T08:42:00.000-06:002013-02-07T04:48:15.294-06:00My Favorite Albums of 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I planned on taking a stab at writing an erudite and compelling take on 2012’s
music by exploring the notions of derivation and decentralization in the modern music scene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, dear reader, I can’t find the
time to deliver the goods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fortunately
for you, however, you can read a post on this very subject on my friend's Best of 2012 list over at <a href="http://joyofspeed.blogspot.com/2013/01/favorite-19-albums-of-2012.html" target="_blank">joys of speed</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It probably would just make sense for you to
read his music blog on a regular basis, period. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let’s just suffice it to say that many (but not all!) of the
albums on my list are either clearly inspired by bands I have already listened
to on a regular basis from yesteryear, or are artists that I have been following for 5, 10, or 20+ years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Besides, we spend the clear majority of our home music time spinning country/western records from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrTVv4gB5W4" target="_blank">1950s</a> to the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJS6ZsxG2tI" target="_blank">1970s</a> and also <a href="http://www.soundwayrecords.com/label/about" target="_blank">archival Latin American and African music</a> from the 60s and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI5FyU0W6ls" target="_blank">70s</a> on the turntable. I can tell you a lot more about what was going on in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anbh27D6SdE" target="_blank">Nashville</a>, <span class="st"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmAmFkLJE4k" target="_blank">Cartagena</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5wrzwINOJM" target="_blank">Austin</a>,</span> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgRQxlUF7HM" target="_blank">Lagos</a> in 1972 than I could tell you about popular music in the U.S. in 2012.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Olds Sleeper – <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Head
First</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New Year’s Poem</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Olds Sleeper is a medium-fi home recorder from rural, southern
Pennsylvania.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For efficiencies sake, I'd describe him as sort of a cross between Bukka White, Townes Van Zandt, J.J. Cale, and Tom
Waits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that sounds like crazy
talk, but I swear on my copy of TVZ’s “Live at the Old Quarter” it is true. Olds
put out two albums in 2012 and I included both of them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[Cheating, I know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You better get used to it as it happens a few
more times.] He also records albums as Jellyspine Jenkins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of his albums can be streamed for free (and
downloads purchased) at his Bandcamp site:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><a href="http://oldssleeper.bandcamp.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://oldssleeper.bandcamp.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Goat – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">World
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Voodoo fusion from northern Sweden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They never appear in public without wearing goat masks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can meets Fela meets Sabbath meets…and so
forth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a listen to the album on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aen0yyHX8Nk" target="_blank">Youtube</a> and then
buy their album on lovely purple vinyl.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ty Segall Band – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Slaughterhouse</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hair </i>[with
White Fence], and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Twins</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*A tremendous trio of albums by this fine San Francisco-based psych-freak-garage rocker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is prolific and has
the creative stamina to match the productivity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
He has had an album on my year-end favorites list for 3 years running. </span>I finally caught him in concert with his band (and White Fence) in May ’12 at the High Noon Saloon
in Madison, WI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They rawked. Take a listen to <em>Twins</em> on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GutRR9FYTw" target="_blank">Youtube</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bob Dylan – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tempest</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Yet another obscure medium-fi home recorder—this time from the Midwest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow, some dude from the Iron Range in
northern MN releases his first album after a lifetime of working at a grocery
store in Hibbing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a late bloomer!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder which customer inspired the song “Pay
in Blood” on the album?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Patterson Hood –<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Heat Lightening Rumbles in the
Distance</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*I had been a bit underwhelmed by the last two or three Drive-By Truckers (one
of my very favorite bands of the last decade) releases, but Hood’s second solo
album is a dandy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a restrained
album (don’t expect DBT 3-guitar wailing) with great instrumentation to
go with his descriptions of life, violence, love, sorrow, and the 'southern thang.' <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lambchop – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mr.
M</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Another
mellow, haunting, quirky, and wonderful masterpiece by this orchestral, countrypolitan Nashville
institution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been buying and
digging their albums since 1996.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Guided by Voices – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Let’s Go Eat the Factory, Class Clown Spots a UFO, </i>and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> The Bears for Lunch</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*I was at the “final” Guided by Voices shows on Dec. 30<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> and
31<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>, 2004 at the Metro in Chicago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you would have told me after that farewell 3-hour concert that the
“original” mid-1990s GbV lineup would be releasing three great new albums in 2012, I
probably wouldn’t have remembered as I was exhausted from the 100+ songs played
over the course of the two nights. Though maybe I should have seen the signs of reunification through the foggy haze of those last two shows--Mitch Mitchell and Tobin Sprout played with Pollard those nights for the first time in some years and everyone seemed to be having a grand time.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Japandroids – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Celebration Rock<o:p></o:p></i></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*To be honest, I thought they would have a sophomore slump after a great
debut with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Post-Nothing</i> in 2009.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was a cornerstone of my early summer soundtrack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sharon Van Etten – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tramp</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Third
album by Ms. Van Etten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Produced by that
dude from The National.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Striking lyrics
and that voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That voice!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Alt-J – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">An
Awesome Wave</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*I don’t use a Mac but this album still rang the bell for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, triangles are my favorite shapes too!</span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bomba Estereo -- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Elegancia Tropical</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*The sophomore album by a Colombian band that I started digging after a
trip to the country in 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Electro-rock that pulls from all sorts of traditional Colombian musical
traditions.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">12.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Iris DeMent – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sing the Delta</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Her first album in forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nearly 15 years?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am still
kicking myself for missing the local Prine/DeMent show in the spring.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">King Tuff – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">King
Tuff</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*You may know him as the singer in J. Mascis’ doom metal band Witch, but
this is his garage band project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> There is a</span> bit
more polish this go around as compared to the King Tuff debut release a few years back. Hooks and drooling guitars abound.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bob Mould – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Silver
Age</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*”Return to form.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Best release
since Copper Blue.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Helps the listener
make sense of his authored plots for his WCW pro wrestling gig.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> "Mould seems to be enjoying rocking again." </span>Believe the hype.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tame Impala – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lonerism</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*A top-notch retro (with modern flourishes), atmospheric, psych voyage from
Oz. I was underwhelmed by 2010's <em>Innerspeaker</em> but really dig this one.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">16.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thee Oh Sees – Putrifiers II<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*The
1,447<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> album release since 2007 by these San Fran garage rockers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This one has fewer rough edges—not
necessarily a good thing but a nice change of pace.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jack White – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Blunderbuss</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*As JW’s appearance slowly morphs into Michael Jackson’s:
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who will be his Elizabeth Taylor?</span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fiona Apple – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping
Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do<o:p></o:p></i></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*She may very well need a chaperone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Neil Young & Crazy Horse – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Psychedelic Pill<o:p></o:p></i></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Embrace
the squall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could any other artist sing
lines like “Gonna get a hip hop haircut“ and “I used to dig Picasso“ to such
great effect?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">20.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dr. John -- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Locked
Down</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*The
Doctor goes deep swamp on this fine rockin’ album.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While I’m not a big fan of The Black Keys,
Dan A. does a great job with the production on this one.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">21.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ray Wylie Hubbard -- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Grifter's Hymnal</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Seriously.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Get up against the
wall, red neck mothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stop your sons
from kicking hippies’ asses and raising hell.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Mountain Goats – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transcendental Youth</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*My
favorite Darnielle release in some years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">23.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shintaro Sakamoto -- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">How to Live with a Phantom</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*By far and away my favorite Japanese sunshine pop-rock album of the
year.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">METZ – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">METZ</i><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*A booted kick in the head from this Canadian power trio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite “rock” album of the year.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leonard Cohen – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Old Ideas</i></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">*Really
like this and it probably should be higher up the list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite since <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Future.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-555559247414100572013-02-02T08:06:00.002-06:002013-02-02T09:46:03.479-06:00My Favorite Albums of 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm only about 13 months late with this....have had it ready to paste for a whole year.<br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">St. Vincent –<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Strange Mercy</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">White Denim – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">D</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">TV on the Radio – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nine Types of Light</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PJ Harvey – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Let
England Shake</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Battles – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Gloss
Drop</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tom Waits – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Bad
as Me</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ty Segall – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Goodbye
Bread</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Fall – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ersatz
G.B.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wilco – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Whole Love</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Various Artists -- <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sing For Your Meat: A Tribute To Guided By Voices</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Centro-matic – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Candidate Waltz</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">12.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mirror Traffic</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">13.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Black Lips – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Arabia
Mountain</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">14.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Seun Kuti & Egypt ’80 –<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">From
Africa with Fury: Rise</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kate Bush – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">50
Words for Snow</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Various Artists – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This One’s For Him: A Tribute to Guy Clark</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">17.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tinariwen – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tassili</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Robyn Hitchcock<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> – Tromso, Kaptein</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Boston Spaceships – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Let it Beard</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">20.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Merle Haggard – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Working in Tennessee</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">21.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wire – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Red
Barked Tree</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">22.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Man Man – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Life
Fantastic</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">23.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Blitzen Trapper – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American Goldwing</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Laura Marling – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Creature I Don’t Know</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The War on Drugs – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Slave Ambient</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-54810166646530858322011-06-06T18:49:00.001-05:002011-06-06T18:50:26.150-05:00Neil Young in 1984/1985<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Pw-24evBDOM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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Neil's tours with the "International Harvesters" in 1984 and 1985 have provided me with some of my favorite concert bootlegs. The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Treasure-Neil-Young-International-Harvesters/dp/B004VQGGL6/ref=tmm_acd_title_0">new "A Treasure" release next week</a> provides us official release of 12 live tracks from those tours. The new album probably won't stack up to the complete Austin 1984 soundboard tape or 3-disc 1984 tour compilation that have been in circulation for a long while, but I look forward to hearing it nonetheless.Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-32397428040751479972011-04-25T21:53:00.001-05:002011-04-25T21:54:05.215-05:00My Upcoming Disaster Songs Compilation (Coming Summer 2011, mofos)I have been working on my disaster songs mixtape for many a month. Here are two of the selections:<br />
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O'Death -- "Fire on Peshtigo":<br />
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Obviously, side B will open with Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald":<br />
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<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hgI8bta-7aw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-79125770162034068452011-02-26T00:19:00.002-06:002011-02-26T00:24:16.219-06:00The 4 things I am currently liking about TV on the Radio1. New single from the forthcoming album <i>Nine Types of Light</i> which comes out April 12th on Interscope Records:<br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F11071950&"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F11071950&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed></object><a href="http://soundcloud.com/igamusic/tv-on-the-radio-will-do">TV On The Radio - "Will Do"</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/igamusic">Interscope Records</a><br />
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2. I preordered <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nine-Types-Light-TV-Radio/dp/B004NTVMN8">the new album on amazon.com</a>. <br />
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3. The new album cover -- photo by band member Dave Sitek.<br />
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4. I just bought tickets today for <a href="http://www.first-avenue.com/event/2011/04/tv-radio">a TV on the Radio show in April</a>.<br />
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I am one happy TV on the Radio fan, mofos.Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-40851740805266368512011-02-20T17:44:00.013-06:002011-02-21T08:33:23.233-06:00I've Been Partying with Jann WennerAll apologies for the lack of updates in the last 7 weeks.<br />
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Ever since this blog <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-best-of-the-rest-the-year-end-lists-you-may-have-missed-20101227">was featured in the year-end music coverage in Rolling Stone</a> (well, actually by a music column on rollingstone.com), I have had little time to post. Once Jann's private jet picked me up on December 31st, I have been hitting the international rock-n-roll party circuit on Mr. Wenner's dime. Chatting about surrealist poetry with David Bowie and Chevy Chase at a party in Paris? Check. Making fun of Mick Jagger with Keith Richards and Johnny Depp on a rooftop in South Beach? Check. <br />
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I ducked out of the non-stop Jann-guided party right before the Grammys. I had to draw a line somewhere.<br />
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I hope to provide capsule reviews soon on some of the new albums that I have heard this year--from the likes of PJ Harvey, the Decemberists, the Drive-By Truckers, New York Dolls, Wire, Radiohead, Gang of Four, Ghostface Killah, Yuck, Hayes Carll, The Dirtbombs, Wanda Jackson, Iron & Wine, Destroyer, Smith Westerns, etc.<br />
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I haven't watched the Grammys since 1998 [then it was mainly to watch the Dylan lovefest that culminated in <i>Time Out of Mind </i>winning album of the year], but I sought out this fine Janelle Monae clip from this year's Grammys. I am still beating myself up over missing the Monae/Of Montreal tour this past fall. Arghhh.<br />
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Be cool, stay in school.Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-11944861148130056702010-12-29T19:00:00.001-06:002010-12-29T19:30:42.711-06:00Today was a Day for "Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals" by The Smiths<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVuZ3pMzmV8ewDG3vf5oXs9wPak9wA0sJpk7snI9d9GnLuMa2UGqKs_sgUwT79pvCSTR6qo_yfRO4e9NBTnLsUu0BcRLJbu_vPHHtoZp9JTFFBLidoZD0kRqvZoa_Z3IwIFCs50GAjlk/s1600/smithsdemos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="314" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVuZ3pMzmV8ewDG3vf5oXs9wPak9wA0sJpk7snI9d9GnLuMa2UGqKs_sgUwT79pvCSTR6qo_yfRO4e9NBTnLsUu0BcRLJbu_vPHHtoZp9JTFFBLidoZD0kRqvZoa_Z3IwIFCs50GAjlk/s320/smithsdemos.jpg" /></a></div><br />
About 10 days back a handful of new demos and outtakes from The Smiths started circulating--the best copies seem to come from a gray market double-LP set that hit various record stores in the U.S. and Great Britain earlier in the month. Some of the demos have not been in wide circulation before this release. I am trying to track down the rumored connections to the Wikileaks document dump but haven't solved the case as of yet. I'll keep you posted.<br />
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Download this treasure trove of high-quality tunes for yourself <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?dpfvvpb49rfa006">here</a>.<br />
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<b>Tracklist</b>:<br />
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle<br />
Reel Around The Fountain<br />
Rusholme Ruffians<br />
The Queen Is Dead<br />
Sheila Take A Bow<br />
This Night Has Opened My Eyes<br />
Untitled One (Marr Instrumental)<br />
Ask<br />
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out<br />
Is It Really So Strange?<br />
Frankly, Mr. Shankly<br />
Shoplifters Of The World Unite (Reprise)<br />
Girlfriend In A Coma<br />
Death Of A Disco Dancer<br />
Paint A Vulgar Picture<br />
Untitled Two (Marr Instrumental)Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-47515535281403739172010-12-27T23:53:00.029-06:002011-01-02T22:37:56.533-06:00My Favorite Albums of 2010Last week I posted my list of <a href="http://jamsmofo.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-favorite-archival-albums-of-2010.html">Favorite Archival Albums of 2010</a>. Today's list is comprised of albums of "new" material released during this calendar year. It wasn't really too hard to keep up with new releases in 2010, as streaming services like lala.com [for the first half of the year], <a href="http://soundcloud.com/">soundcloud.com</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listen">NPR's First Listen</a>, and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com">grooveshark.com</a> allow one to stream albums for free. As well, vinyl and CD prices are fairly low right now which allowed me to purchase a good amount of PVC and polycarbonate platters, respectively. <br />
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Anyway, let's get to the list. I have known my likely favorite album of the year since early summer, though the rest of the list has been in flux up to this morning. I was shooting for a top 15 list, but I couldn't make 'em all fit without cheating. Here is the list of my 16 favorite albums of 2010, along with some honorable mentions:<br />
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<b>1) Janelle Monáe – <i>The ArchAndroid </i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/ArchAndroid-Janelle-Monae/dp/B002ZFQD0E?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002ZFQD0E" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and stream <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/The+Archandroid/4016062">on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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It was not really much of a competition for the number one slot. This was by far and away my favorite album of the year. This release is all over the map musically, with no song sounding the same as the one before it--funk, soul, Disneyesque interludes, tripped-out folk, paranoia-infused crooning, sharp electric guitar licks, wistful ballads, etc. Plus it has the added benefit of being a concept album set in a futuristic sci-fi world with an interlocking storyline of survival and rebellion. It is as if Ms. Monae intentionally set about the task of punching all your faithful blogger's buttons, both musically and lyrically. I hope she "keeps it weird" as her career moves forward and that she stays this ambitious. <br />
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<b>2) Titus Andronicus: <i>The Monitor </i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Monitor-Titus-Andronicus/dp/B00347ZXQC?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00347ZXQC" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/The+Monitor/4102667">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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Angst --> Ambition --> New Jersey -->Indulgence -->Brilliance<br />
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<b>3) Blitzen Trapper – <i>Destroyer of the Void</i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Destroyer-Void-Blitzen-Trapper/dp/B003GEXBIU?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003GEXBIU" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/Destroyer+Of+The+Void/4347267">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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Few albums were in more frequent rotation this summer than the 5th album by Portland's BT. Starting with the prog turn(s) in the opening track and on through the laid-back vibe of the remainder of the album, it was the perfect soundtrack to my June through August. I think I am probably in the minority on this album as I like it even better than 2009's <i>Furr</i> (and also 2007's <i>Wild Mountain Nation</i>). BT have a knack for getting away with some fairly schmaltzy lyrics at times (on par with early career Neil Young). Yet they somehow work. I am not sure how they pull it off. After the Gold Rush, mofos.<br />
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<b>4) Ty Segall -- <i>Melted</i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Melted-Ty-Segall/dp/B003DZAMDY?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003DZAMDY" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/Melted/4419221">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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The Bay Area's one and only garage psych king. One of my great finds of the last year. I am now working my way backward through the Segall <i>oeuvre</i>. Don't make him carry the Jay Reatard (RIP) mantle--give him some breathing room.<br />
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<b>5) The Soft Pack – <i>The Soft Pack </i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Soft-Pack/dp/B002VBQEFQ?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002VBQEFQ" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/The+Soft+Pack/3864892">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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Yes, there are Jonathan Richman, Velvets, and surf rock influences here, but I think the band gives us considerable value-added with the nifty songwriting and the churning arrangements. Play this loud, mofos.<br />
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<b>6) Bee vs. Moth -- <i>Acronyms </i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Acronyms/dp/B0041S8FMC?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0041S8FMC" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" />)<br />
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I <a href="http://jamsmofo.blogspot.com/2010/10/this-week-is-week-for-acronyms-by-bee.html">reviewed this album</a> (well, sorta reviewed it and linked to some of the album's tunes) a few months back.<br />
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<b>7) Joanna Newsom – <i>Have One on Me</i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Have-One-Me-Joanna-Newsom/dp/B0034C263A?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0034C263A" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/Have+One+On+Me/3951651">stream disc 1 on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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I gave this wonderful triple-vinyl album a <a href="http://jamsmofo.blogspot.com/2010/05/today-is-day-for-joanna-newsoms-have.html">lengthy review back on the 1st of May</a>.<br />
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<b>8) The Budos Band – <i>III</i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Budos-Band-III/dp/B003Q96O5W?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003Q96O5W" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/The+Budos+Band+Iii/4709877">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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The soundtrack to what you should be doing right now instead of reading my blog.<br />
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<b>9) Roky Erickson with Okkervil River – <i>True Love Cast Out All Evil</i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/True-Love-Cast-Out-Evil/dp/B0035YPYPO?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0035YPYPO" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/True+Love+Cast+Out+All+Evil/4360428">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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Look, I’m not one of those dudes who is at your local indie record store, flipping quickly through the crates of vinyl, wearing a Roky shirt, and muttering about creatures with atom brains; but I am a fan of Roky and glad he can surface again with this great artistic update. I am not a big fan of the Okkervil River production and some of the arrangements, but the albums rises above those shortcomings. Goodbye Sweet Dreams.<br />
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<b>10) The Fall – <i>Your Future Our Clutter</i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Your-Future-Our-Clutter-Fall/dp/B003BET8GO?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003BET8GO" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/Your+Future+Our+Clutter/4406416">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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American translation: Get off my lawn. Get off my Goddamn lawn.<br />
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<b>11) Of Montreal – <i>False Priest</i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/False-Priest-Montreal/dp/B003U42ZM4?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003U42ZM4" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/False+Priest/4623099">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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I know that this album is underwhelming to certain OM fans, but Side 1A of the double vinyl set contains the best LP side of pop songs of the year for me. Sides 1B, 2A, and 2B are each a nice spin as well. I look forward to seeing where OM go next. <i>"I participated in all your protests / Supported your stupid little blog / Got a Bowflex / Wore colored contacts to match your dress." </i><br />
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<b>12) Grinderman – <i>Grinderman 2</i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Grinderman-2-Deluxe/dp/B003VQM2M4?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003VQM2M4" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/Grinderman+2+/4852454">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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Keep on keepin' on, Mr. Cave. Weird to be following you into middle-age. Who woulda thunk it? Mofo is 53. I hit the big 4-0 next month. Listen to this album instead of reading <strike>Tom Wolfe's </strike>Jonathan Franzen's <i>Freedom</i>. And certainly don't do both at the same time, etc.<br />
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<b>13) Various Artists -- <i>Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine </i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Hearts-Dirty-Windows-Songs/dp/B003JDQJLE?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003JDQJLE" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/search/song?q=broken%20hearts%20and%20dirty%20windows">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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A tribute album to one of my very favorite songwriters. The album includes prime Prine covers by the likes of Bon Iver, Conor Oberst, My Morning Jacket, Josh Ritter, Lambchop, Justin Townes Earle, The Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Sara Watkins, Drive-By Truckers, Deer Tick, and Those Darlins. I am only a fan of about half of these artists, but the majesty of Prine's songwriting shines through on each and every respectful track.<br />
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<b>14) Ted Leo And The Pharmacists -- <i>The Brutalist Bricks</i></b> (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Brutalist-Bricks-Ted-Leo-Pharmacists/dp/B00347ZXPI?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00347ZXPI" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/The+Brutalist+Bricks/3662034">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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Contains my favorite opening line of an album this year: "When the café doors exploded, I reacted, too. Reacted to you, reacted to you.” <br />
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<b>15) Maximum Balloon -- <i>Maximum Balloon</i></b> [tied](<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Maximum-Balloon/dp/B003VOVW6S?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003VOVW6S" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/Maximum+Balloon/4798862">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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This is Dave Sitek's (from TV on the Radio) solo album. Lots of special help on here: David Byrne, Karen O, Kyp Malone, and Theophilus London. I am very ready for a new TVotR release. Signs point to 2011? <br />
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<b>15) Midlake -- <i>The Courage of Others</i></b> [tied](<a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Courage-Others-Midlake/dp/B0030BYWKK?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">at amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0030BYWKK" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" /> and <a href="http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/album/The+Courage+Of+Others/3705530">stream on grooveshark</a>)<br />
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Grap your flute, don your cloak, and meet me in the forest. Hurry up, we have little time. <br />
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<b>Some honorable mentions, in no particular order:<br />
</b>•White Denim – <i>Last Day of Summer</i><br />
•King Sunny Adé – <i>Bábá Mo Túndé</i><br />
•Mulatu Astatke – <i>Steps Ahead</i><br />
•Merle Haggard – <i>I Am What I Am</i><br />
•Various Artists -- <i>Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to Shel Silverstein</i><br />
•Willie Nelson – <i>Country Music</i><br />
•Harlem – <i>Hippies </i><br />
•Thee Oh Sees – <i>Warm Slime</i><br />
•Trampled by Turtles -- <i>Palomino</i><br />
•Justin Townes Earle – <i>Harlem River Blues</i><br />
•Magnetic Fields – <i>Realism</i><br />
•AfroCubism – <i>Afrocubism</i><br />
•Superchunk - <i>Majesty Shredding</i><br />
•Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band – <i>Legacy</i><br />
•Nels Cline Singers – <i>Initiate </i><br />
•Ray Wylie Hubbard -- <i>A: Enlightenment B: Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C)</i><br />
•Arcade Fire – <i>The Suburbs</i><br />
•Marc Ribot -- <i>Silent Movies</i><br />
•Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – <i>I Learned The Hard Way </i><br />
•Phosphorescent – <i>Here’s to Taking it Easy</i><br />
•Wolf Parade – <i>Expo 86</i><br />
•Alejandro Escovedo – <i>Street Songs of Love</i><br />
•The Steeldrivers -<i> Reckless</i><br />
•Bryan Ferry – <i>Olympia </i><br />
•Laurie Anderson - <i>Homeland</i><br />
•The Dead Weather – <i>Sea of Cowards</i><br />
•Orquestra De Tambores De Alagoas -- <i>Bantus E Caetes</i><br />
•The Black Keys – <i>Brothers </i><br />
•Mavis Staples – <i>You are Not Alone</i><br />
•Konono No. 1 -- <i>Assume Crash Position</i><br />
•Richard Thompson – <i>Dream Attic</i><br />
•Menomena - <i>Mines</i>Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-19026017893207298132010-12-17T10:54:00.002-06:002010-12-17T13:43:23.934-06:00This Morning is a Morning for Willie Nelson singing "Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down"My sincere advice is to listen to Willie's 2010 [and/or Uncle Tupelo's 1992, and/or Medeski, Martin & Wood's 2009] version of this traditional song to cleanse the awful 2010 Robert Plant version from your brain (in case you have been exposed):<br />
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<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RuibW8WGCTA?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RuibW8WGCTA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-75216320398036726312010-12-17T00:13:00.001-06:002010-12-17T00:15:24.955-06:00Tonight is a Night for the Decemberists covering the Grateful Dead (Row Jimmy edition)A couple of days back the Decemberists released this Dead cover as the B side of a vinyl 7″ single.<br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8073118"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F8073118" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/jp917/the-decemberists-row-jimmy-grateful-dead-cover">The Decemberists - Row Jimmy (Grateful Dead cover)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/jp917">jp917</a></span>Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-73713978006991318712010-12-12T23:47:00.005-06:002010-12-16T13:12:59.557-06:00My Favorite Archival Albums of 2010Within the next 10 days or so, I'll make sure to post my Favorite Albums of 2010 list. I don't have it completed, though I have started to make some progress. <br />
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Today's list, however, is comprised of music that wasn't released for the first time in 2010. These albums contain recordings from many years or even many decades ago. It is an exciting time to be a fan of music from earlier time periods, as new archival releases on vinyl and CD have been coming out at a remarkable clip. <br />
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I spend increasing amounts of time "living in the past" with my musical choices, and in recent years I have explored three main (related) areas of interest [beyond the standard rock/c&w/jazz/bluegrass that I usually listen to]: 1)hard driving U.S. regional funk from the late 1960s and early 1970s; 2)Nigerian and other W. African rock/funk/fusion music from the late 1960s and early 1970s; and 3)traditional/modern psychedelic/fusion music from other corners of the globe--most recently this has concentrated on Peru, Colombia, Turkey, and India, with the music primarily from the late 1960s and the 1970s. <br />
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<b>The following 15 archival releases were my favorite of 2010 (in no particular order):<br />
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•Various Artists – <b><i>The Roots of Chicha 2: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru</i></b> (available on amazon.com: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Roots-Chicha-2-Various-Artists/dp/B0042EJDN0?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Roots of Chicha 2</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0042EJDN0" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />)<br />
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A truly wondrous second collection of the formative years of <i>chicha </i>in Peru from the late 1960s into the 1970s. <br />
<a href="http://barbesrecords.com/rootsofchicha2.html">Read an excerpt from the liner notes </a>on the Barbes Records website and <a href="http://barbesrecords.com/rootsofchicha2.html">stream the album for yourself</a>. A musical cup of coffee--day or night.<br />
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•Various Artists – <i><b>The World Ends: Afro Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria (Parts 1 & 2)</b></i> (available on amazon.com: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Soundway-Records-Presents-Psychedelia-Nigeria/dp/B003UNQNL4?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Soundway Records Presents The World Ends Afro Rock And Psychedelia In 1970s Nigeria</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003UNQNL4" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />)<br />
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The Nigerian Civil War lasted from summer of 1967 to the beginning of 1970. How many people eventually died as a result of the conflict? 1 million? 2 million? More? This two-disc collection compiles some of the rock music that was created in the wake of the brutal civil war and the humanitarian emergency that followed. It is 32 tracks of hard-rocking psychedelic mish-mash as traditional forms of Nigerian music were incorporated into Western, late 1960s rock music (or was it the other way around). Simply fantastic. <a href="http://www.soundwayrecords.com/catalogue/the-world-ends.html">Read a bit more on the album and check out some tracks for yourself on the Soundway website</a>.<br />
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•Various Artists – <b><i>Turkish Freakout! Psych-Folk Singles 1969-1980</i></b>(available on amazon.com: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Turkish-Freakout-v/dp/B003MWHUEW?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Turkish Freakout!</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003MWHUEW" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />)<br />
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A groovin' compilation of 7" singles originally issued primarily in the 1970s on various labels based out of Istanbul. This is a hypnotic and hard-driving mix of traditional Turkish instrumentation with influences coming from the Western rock and psych scenes of the late 1960s. <br />
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•Jimi Hendrix – <b><i>Valleys of Neptune </i></b><br />
(available on amazon.com: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Valleys-Neptune-Jimi-Hendrix/dp/B00328G4V6?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Valleys Of Neptune</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00328G4V6" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />)<br />
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Perhaps you remember all of the hype about these "new" Hendrix tunes from back in March. A very fun listen all the way through. RIP Jimi.<br />
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•Bob Dylan – <i><b>The Witmark Demos (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9, 1962-1964) </b></i><br />
(available on amazon.com: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Witmark-Demos-1962-1964-Bootleg-Vol/dp/B0040GJ312?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0040GJ312" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />)<br />
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While I have had these heavily-bootlegged demos on tape for 15 years and on CDR for nearly a decade, this comprehensive official release in Dylan's bootleg series has cleaner sound than what I had from my Dylan tape trading days. This is must-have for collectors and an interesting listen for even the casual Dylan fan.<br />
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•Various Artists – <b><i>Good God! Born Again Funk</i></b><br />
(available on amazon.com: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Good-God-Born-Again-Funk/dp/B002TZW408?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Good God! Born Again Funk</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002TZW408" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" />)<br />
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The second release of funk-tinged gospel music by the small label called Numero Group. I highly recommend putting this on fairly loud early on a Sunday morning, with hot cup of tea in hand. Has the Word ever been this funky?<br />
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(available on amazon.com: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Brazilian-Guitar-Bananas-Various-Artists/dp/B00307Q8VU?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00307Q8VU" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" />)<br />
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Tropicalia and beyond. <a href="http://jamsmofo.blogspot.com/2010/07/today-was-day-for-brazilian-guitar-fuzz.html">I talked about this release back in July.<br />
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•<i><b>Various Artists – California Funk: Rare Funk 45’s from the Golden State<br />
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Another in the incredible regional funk compilations put out by Jazzman/Now-Again. These tunes collected from the original 7" recordings, are from the local early 1970s funk scenes in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. I would also recommend checking out the Texas, Carolina, Florida, and Midwest comps as well, mofos. <br />
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•Various Artists -- The Afrosound of Colombia Vol. 1<br />
(available here on amazon.com: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Afrosound-Colombia-Vol-1/dp/B00393SNG8?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">The Afrosound of Colombia Vol. 1</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00393SNG8" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" />)<br />
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Since travelling to Colombia in the early summer, I have been exploring the country's musical past and present. This has been a gem of a find, as it contains a cornucopia of tracks: Salsa, Descarga, Funk, Boogaloo, Tropical, Chicha, Bomba, Cumbia, and Afro-Beat. <br />
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•Various Artists -- <b><i>Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia, 1975-91 <br />
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More great music and "lost" recordings from Soundway. If music from northern Colombia fails to get you moving, then you have a problem. You can stream a couple of tunes and read a bit more about this release on the label's website <a href="http://www.soundwayrecords.com/catalogue/palenque-palenque.html">here</a>.<br />
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•Various Artists -- <b><i>Afro-Beat Airways: West African Shockwaves, Ghana & Togo, 1972-1979<br />
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If you dig the sound of Fela Kuti and the classic Afro-pop vibe, do I have an album for you. This collection from the folks at Analog Africa explores musical nuggets from Ghana and Togo. It is a very fun listen. Read more <a href="http://analogafrica.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-post.html">here</a>.<br />
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•Various Artists -- <i><b>Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria</b></i><br />
(available on amazon.com: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Nigeria-Afrobeat-Special-Explosive-Sound/dp/B00303WRKU?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00303WRKU" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" />)<br />
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More great 1970s Nigerian music from Soundway. We have had something like 12 Nigerian music collections from this time period and there isn't much overlap. It was a fertile time, mofos. Thankfully it is seeing the light of day outside of Nairobi record stores. More information and some MP3's on the label website <a href="http://www.soundwayrecords.com/catalogue/nigeria-afrobeat-special.html">here</a>.<br />
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•Various Artists -- <i><b>Nigeria Special 2: Modern Highlife 1970-6</b></i><br />
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Superb compilation. I am still totally enthralled with this one as I only recently picked it up. Check out more information and some MP3's <a href="http://www.soundwayrecords.com/catalogue/nigeria-special-volume-2.html">here</a>. Soundway delivers again (make sure to listen to the original Nigeria Special compilation from a few years back.)<br />
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•Various Artists -- <b><i>Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga! Psychedelic Funk in India 1970-1983 </b></i><br />
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This just came out last week and I have only listened to it a few times. Wow, it is a fun listen. The world needs more psych rock compilations from India! More info and some MP3's <a href="http://www.nowagainrecords.com/pre-sale-psych-funk-sa-re-ga/">here</a>.<br />
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•Rikki Ililonga & Musi-O-Tunya -- <b><i>Dark Sunrise (1970s Rock from Zambia) </i></b><br />
(available at amazon.com: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Sunrise-Rikki-Ililonga-Musi-O-Tunya/dp/B0045CD6HI?ie=UTF8&tag=eric.jepsen&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969">Dark Sunrise</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=eric.jepsen&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0045CD6HI" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important; padding: 0px !important" />)<br />
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I just picked up this compilation of the king of rock music from Zambia. So, so good. Listen to a track for yourself and read more <a href="http://www.nowagainrecords.com/dark-sunrise-pre-sale/">here</a>.<br />
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<b>Viva globalization, mofos. We live in an amazing time of abundance with all sorts of dedicated labels that are collecting incredible music from decades past and releasing it. It is a glorious time to be a amateur musicologist. I'll be back with the list of my favorite new music from 2010 by the end of the year...</b>Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-50802672939957105362010-11-30T00:49:00.000-06:002010-11-30T00:49:28.087-06:00A Preview of My Favorite Albums of 2010 List (Budos Band edition)Sure to rank pretty darn high:<br />
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I haven't started writing my Favorite Albums of 2010 list as of yet, though I do hope to have in done by Christmas. I have a pretty good idea of the top 15 spots, but I am not sure about the order on a number of them.Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-75865216423165276942010-11-29T22:31:00.001-06:002010-11-30T00:34:58.569-06:00What He Said<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oXd25Jqi7G0?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oXd25Jqi7G0?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-62697981422303184022010-11-25T18:03:00.005-06:002010-11-25T23:40:49.326-06:00Just When I Thought I Couldn't Dislike Bono Any More Than I Already Do (Sorry Spidey edition)<embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" background="#333333" flashvars="si=254&uvpc=http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/uvp_cbsnews.xml&contentType=videoId&contentValue=50096451&ccEnabled=false&hdEnabled=false&fsEnabled=true&shareEnabled=false&dlEnabled=false&subEnabled=false&playlistDisplay=none&playlistType=none&playerWidth=425&playerHeight=239&vidWidth=425&vidHeight=239&autoplay=false&bbuttonDisplay=none&playOverlayText=PLAY%20CBS%20NEWS%20VIDEO&refreshMpuEnabled=true&shareUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7084121n#ixzz169g0Iqys&adEngine=dart&adCallTemplate=http://www.cbs.com/thunder/ad.doubleclick.net/adx/request.php?/can/news/undefined;site=news;show=undefined;undefinedpartner=news;lvid=50096451;outlet=CBS+Production;noAd=undefined;type=ros;format=FLV;pos=undefined;sz=320x240;ord=216823;playerVersion=1.0;&adPreroll=true&adPrerollType=PreContent&adPrerollValue=1" height="279" salign="lt" scale="noscale" src="http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"><br />
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This atrocity falls close on the heels of the mental anguish caused by my repeated accidental viewings of this advertisement on the back covers of <i>The Economist</i> and <i>The New Yorker</i> over the last few months: <br />
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Why won't a lawyer take my case? Please message me if you are an attorney willing to help me sue Bono for all the pain and suffering he has caused me in the last decade or so. He has to be stopped.Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-4448704065097891852010-11-24T12:36:00.015-06:002010-11-26T00:51:14.702-06:00Today is a Day for "New Garage Explosion! (Part I)" [View Out the Jams edition]A couple of days back I watched part 1 of an entertaining and quite well-crafted documentary by Scion on the recent years (and historical context) of "garage rock" across the country. This first 25 minute segment contains live footage and interviews with bands that I was already familiar with (Jay Reatard, Black Lips, The Dirtbombs, and The Oblivians) and numerous bands that I had not heard about prior to viewing this documentary. The short explorations of the local Memphis and Detroit scenes are fantastic. The kids are alright, mofos.<br />
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<b>Play it for free on the production company's site</b>:<br />
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The promo description:<br />
<i>To find out what American garage rock looks like (and to know what it’s like to be in an independent band) right now, VBS toted a bunch of cameras around the USA and found a scene that was vibrant, loud, eloquent, effed-up, and nearly impossible to define. The musicians, artists, writers, deejays and label owners that we talked to could only be united by a single common thread—their commitment to music that they enjoyed, on their terms, at whatever cost necessary (or, in some cases, unnecessary). We met nice, smart, funny people who love rock and roll, don’t traffic in B.S., and had the wherewithal to pick up a guitar (or complementary instrument) at some point in their young lives, put their face to a microphone, and manage to not think too hard about what was going to come out.<br />
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Join us for Part One of New Garage Explosion!! With a nod to the genre’s founding fathers (bands like The Lollipop Shoppe and MC5), we travel first to Memphis to mind-meld with Magic Kids and to go head-to-head with Jay Reatard in the last interview he filmed before his death in January of this year. Next we hit Detroit, where watch The Dirtbombs wreck a bowling alley and talked to Dave Buick about the power of the hand-printed record.</i><br />
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<b>I am very much looking forward to Parts II & III, mofos.</b>Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-12484982642110524122010-11-23T21:54:00.002-06:002010-11-25T18:06:45.705-06:00Tonight is a Night for Guateque Estelar by Matoraalman (2010)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9ngRVUxcCv_5qXLEDM8IzLpDLpMZFSKE74qJOYhlK_6DUVchKDL1mD9L-z618uiyIQcCH4EHOE2zx9tu_aOsBDz37MJu0L_yZaijy30v5ePhVVI6YMl6nYJpn8aHy2CTeHG4eQWEAWU/s1600/61YepJgF85L__SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu9ngRVUxcCv_5qXLEDM8IzLpDLpMZFSKE74qJOYhlK_6DUVchKDL1mD9L-z618uiyIQcCH4EHOE2zx9tu_aOsBDz37MJu0L_yZaijy30v5ePhVVI6YMl6nYJpn8aHy2CTeHG4eQWEAWU/s320/61YepJgF85L__SL500_AA300_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/matorralman">Matorralman</a> is led by Mexico City musician and producer Miguel Rizo. <br />
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<b>You can stream the entire album for free on their label's website <a href="http://www.nacionalrecords.com/preview/matorralman/">here</a>.</b><br />
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Information from the offical album promo materials:<br />
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<i>Nacional Records is proud to announce the release of the U.S. debut album from Matorralman. ‘Guateque Estelar’ is a collection of songs that fuse electronic lounge music with surf rock and retro sounds like go-go, ye-ye and psychedelia. It’s a tribute to those classic times of science fiction and foxy ladies. The sensational destiny that is so unavoidable and ruthlessly ironic. <br />
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Matorralman is a project created by Miguel Rizo, a selector, composer and producer from Mexico City. “Back in 2000, I bought my first computer and made my first trip to Europe,” Rizo says.<br />
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“I came back with a suitcase full of music from the films of the 60s and 70s which used to dazzle audiences with so-called ‘sexploitation.’ These were times when orchestral conductors would help color the plots of feisty teenagers in search of parties and wildness. The beats were mostly instrumental, giving sophisticated and loutish environments where the girls are without a doubt the visual attraction. That’s how the search for Matorralman’s sound began.”<br />
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The album name ‘Guateque Estelar’ translates to “stellar party.” “That is what we imagine to hear with our music,” Rizo says. “It’s a party without end – complete with music to lose your manners to - and all with style.”<br />
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While Matorralman began as a solo project experimenting with computers, samplers, keyboards and effects in Rizo’s studio, it soon evolved. “After a couple of years, I began working with Armando Vazquez on the keyboards and the true sound of the songs became more defined,” Rizo explains. “Our process is to find a good groove and develop it through structures– the adequate kind of sound, intention and melody for each musical cut. While looking for the right musicians to form a live band, I invited Gustavo Murillo on guitar and Benjamin Vázquez on bass and trumpet.”<br />
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Matorralman’s live setup has now developed into somewhat of a mini-orchestra highlighted by background visuals. “Why not?” Rizo asks. “Playing along with clips and images from the 60s and 70s helps create that audiovisual experience that completely encapsulates the concept of the group.”<br />
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I don't care if you are 16 or 64, you should be ashamed of yourself and renounce your Beatles fandom if you purchase these on iTunes. To every potential purchaser, young and old, I ask you this: why are you going to pay upwards of $1.29 a song (DRM-free) for sub-par, sonically-diluted, lossy music files of some of the richest studio work of the early rock era?* <br />
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You'll be paying yet more money for less. You will be downloading music of lower quality than what you can already get--Beatles vinyl records and CDs. Buy yourself a turntable (again or for the first time) and spin the wax, or buy the Mono box. Or rip FLAC or even 320kbs MP3 files if you really have to. But please don't listen to downloads that just don't sound as good (even over headphones on your iPod or iPhone or whatever). <br />
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I am sorry to say this, but iTunes downloads sound like crap. Yes, I know <a href="http://jamsmofo.blogspot.com/2010/01/im-going-where-theres-no-compression-to.html">I riffed on this back in January</a>, but these "finally, the Beatles are on iTunes!" stories are driving me insane.<br />
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*I would assert the same thing about music from more recent times. It still shocks me that people will listen to bands like Radiohead or Animal Collective via low-quality MP3's.Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-33325923088124452052010-11-14T11:17:00.006-06:002010-11-14T12:46:27.924-06:00This Morning is a Morning for "Fuego" by Bomba Estereo<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Td1hajshtGA?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Td1hajshtGA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br />
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I have been on a real LA rock/electronica/fusion/neo-cumbia/neo-tango/neo-tropical/rap-en-espanol jag in recent weeks. I'll post some of my favorites here in in the near future. Bomba Estereo is from Bogota and their second album was released in Colombia in 2008, with a U.S. market release of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blow-Up-Bomba-Est%C3%A9reo/dp/B002AJQ7G0">Blow Up</a> </i>(re-titled) in 2009. They are one of numerous bands in the traditional-music-meets-electronica sub-genere that has been pretty popular in Latin America for the last decade or so. <br />
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This movement has gone in numerous different musical directions and a few groups have had crossover success in the U.S. (see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nortec_Collective">Nortec Collective</a> as a prominent example). "Electro Tropical" is how Bomba Estereo describe thier own music. It is good stuff, Maynard. CD's and downloads at all the usual places, mofos.Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-30439553838173136302010-11-01T08:54:00.003-05:002010-11-02T13:23:55.316-05:00This Morning is a Morning for "Amar y Vivir" by Tonino Carotone (Day after Halloween edition)Sometimes you just have to start your day with a song by the Spanish, Italophile singer-songwriter (and former punk rocker) Tonino Carotone:<br />
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<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qVcK2BRvCgU?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qVcK2BRvCgU?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-59756901263473058872010-10-26T21:51:00.006-05:002010-10-30T17:29:21.478-05:00L.E.P. Bogus Boys - "Chicago Niggaz" (2010) [music video]I saw this music video by the L.E.P. Bogus Boys last week on a global music video show on public television in southern Minnesota. They played the L.E.P. Bogus Boys vid in between a New Zealand singer-songwriter vid and one from a rock band from Italy. For me, seeing this video was like watching a 4 minute version of <i>The Wire</i> set in Chicago--it is a hell of a song, mofos:<br />
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<b>UPDATE</b>: Know much about Blue Light Cameras and policing in Chicago? Curious? Here are some interesting links that I found on the subject: <a href="http://www.areachicago.org/p/issues/issue-4/surveilling-crime-control/">one</a>, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-04-30-chicago-police-cams_x.htm">two</a>, <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-03-10/news/ct-x-c-blue-light-cameras-0310-20100310_1_camera-network-chicago-police-covert">three</a>, and <a href="https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/About%20CPD/POD%20Program">four</a>.Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1387229216681633092.post-2437380067143216532010-10-26T14:10:00.000-05:002010-10-26T14:10:04.583-05:00Vintage Violence<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2EF0vSV2-TI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2EF0vSV2-TI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Kickin' out the Jams, Mofo!http://www.blogger.com/profile/16784730154896354483noreply@blogger.com0