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[BrettG83]

Well I started this one in the old forum, so figure I would get it going again...seemed to be a good discussion for albums and new CDs that come out.

This week I have got the following:

Decoder Ring - They Blind The Stars, And The Wild Team (instrumental, atmospheric rock..the 1st disc is their best work).

Brian Blade Fellowship - S/T & Perceptual (smooth jazz with one of the best modern day drummers leading the group, but dont expect drum solo's its very restrained and beautiful with some brillant keys, horns & pedal guitar).

Sage Francis - Sick of Wasting ( the latest mixed/promo CD from Strange Famous, what you would expect from a Sage tape, funny witty & political hip hop at its best).

[Rachel]

As all that know me realise I treat cds terribly......yes I'm naughty :/
yesterday I rebought ben folds back catalogue , can't wait to hear unscratched tunes again

[merbo]

m :cool: A little vinyl addition :cool:

[Jojomojo]

Decoder Ring - They Blind The Stars, And The Wild Team (instrumental, atmospheric rock..the 1st disc is their best work).

Yay I got this one too!! First disc is great yeah.....I've only heard 3 tracks of CD2 and I must say track one is a bit of a tinitus nightmare...well.....in the car it was....I'll try it on the stereo later and see if it's better.

Signed copy...2 discs.....less than $30....sweet!

[MusicMakesMeHappy]

I picked up a CD by a guy named Graham Wilkinson. I'm really digging his sound.

[BrettG83]

Harry Manx & Friends - Live at the Glen Ghould


Jojo - that 2nd disc is basically one whole track they did live in the studio, that is what they played and that is the result, the aimed to keep it fresh with that one as the first disc of the album was a major labour effort. I guess its more of a bonus then anything. The first disc however is brillant!!

Edited by BrettG83, 11 July 2009 - 03:00 PM.

[Jojomojo]

Harry Manx & Friends - Live at the Glen Ghould


Jojo - that 2nd disc is basically one whole track they did live in the studio, that is what they played and that is the result, the aimed to keep it fresh with that one as the first disc of the album was a major labour effort. I guess its more of a bonus then anything. The first disc however is brillant!!

On second listening on my stereo the second CD isn't too bad! And yes the first one is brilliant!

[merbo]

I went and bought this video to celebrate. The jays played it just after JB's announcement about the new band.
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[Ross1394]

i recently got into this guy called Scroobius Pip he's a spoken word poet with some catchy beats and some jazzy tunes

[P-Man]

I just got my Sunrise Over Sea vinyl (#723)!
I also got Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals.... great album!
For my birthday I got Street Sweeper Social Club... Tom Morello's (guitarist from Rage Against The Machine) new project... good stuff, rap rock, but good!

I purchased a little while back a CD by a guy named Vince Vaccaro. really chill music. he's from Canada and slowly gaining popularity. check him out!
http://www.myspace.com/vincevaccaro

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Edited by P-Man, 16 July 2009 - 04:22 AM.

[merbo]

Something in the Night ~ Buckley Ward
*the free track this week @Aussie(m)itunes :cool:

[BrettG83]

The Phenomenal Handclap Band

I highly recommend this album. It is a sweet, blends many of many genres - pop, soul, funk, dance, electro, blues & psychedelia seamlessly mixed throughout the album. Here is a review:
http://www.uptownsou...a/music-reviews … clap-band/
http://www.blurt-onl...iews/view/1246/

[merbo]

The Phenomenal Handclap Band

I couldn't get into them , champ. I guess I have a bit of an aversion to the beat. It's too much like disco. I'm not saying it is disco. Just a bit too reminiscent for me. Such is life. Nauseating memories of binging to hard on brandivino in the churchyard across from the U18 disco, '78. Hmmm, too much information.

http://www.artistdir...,,82277,00.html

On Land represented a significant move away from the strategies Brian Eno had employed in earlier ambient releases such as Discreet Music and Music for Airports. Instead of using a specific process to generate music with minimal interference from the composer, he here opts for a more gestural and intuitive approach, creating dreamy pictures of some specific geographical points or evocative memories of them. It's quite easy to imagine these works as soundtracks to mysterious footage of imprecisely glimpsed landscapes. On Land is an album that would become highly influential with the rising tide of new age composers, though few if any would capture the chilly beauty or latent romanticism that is part and parcel of Eno. The first piece, "Lizard Point," includes an early recorded performance of Bill Laswell on bass, and one imagines that his association with Eno was a crucial factor in the ambient directions his later work would sometimes take. On Land remains a landmark event in the genre, as well as one of its high-water marks, and sounds entirely up to date 20 years after its initial release. A superb effort. ~ Brian Olewnick, All Music Guide

This is so mellow as to be almost inaudible. I reckon it would be great to study to because you hardly know it's playing after a while. And yet you miss it when it finishes. Very strange. Kind of like technicolor white noise. I almost gave up on it because I couldn't get into the plastic packaging. :shifty:

Edited by merbo, 05 August 2009 - 06:51 PM.

[merbo]

The Brown Derby album

King Biscuit Boy :cool:

[merbo]

blunted in the backroom - the nextmen

Edited by merbo, 06 August 2009 - 01:28 PM.

[Jojomojo]

Hey merbo......don't want to seem rude or anything....but like....how many CD racks do you need?

I'm just jealous really :shifty: :shifty: :shifty: you can't ever have TOO much music!

[Zephyr]

knees - mal webb

[merbo]

It's all good, Mama Jo. Boxes are best but. ha ha ha. Racks tend come crashing down when you least expect it. You wanna see the whole list? :cool: I was gonna listen first but I'm easy. Hey good on you too for getting to the docs. It's nice to have the experts on the job. May the recovery be a speedy one.

[Jojomojo]

knees - mal webb

he's so funny!! Ever seen him perform Zeph?

[Jojomojo]

It's all good, Mama Jo. Boxes are best but. ha ha ha. Racks tend come crashing down when you least expect it. You wanna see the whole list? :cool: I was gonna listen first but I'm easy. Hey good on you too for getting to the docs. It's nice to have the experts on the job. May the recovery be a speedy one.

Many thanks for the well wishes Merbo. It seems I'm doomed to a life of limited cheese consumption.....although goats cheese seems to be ok....yum!

I won't make you type out the whole list.....surely you'd get RSI? I like the look of that latest one! Anything with an Asian Flayva takes my fancy......are we talking traditional Bollywood with that one or some Underground tones too?

*shuffles off to JBHiFi online* :shifty: :shifty:

[merbo]

This one came from JB HIFI! Nice and cheap but I like it so far. I 'm not a huge Bollywood fan but it's pretty smooth stuff. I found that you can have a bit of a taste here. http://www.nonesuch....ith-asha-bhosle The singer is a legend - she has an amazing voice andthe band is pretty much out there. :cool:

[Jojomojo]

Thanks for the link Merbo....good stuff!

[Zephyr]

knees - mal webb

he's so funny!! Ever seen him perform Zeph?

nah, I'd love to tho. I think I missed him at a local(ish) festival a few weeks ago

[merbo]

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[merbo]

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[dreaded_freak]

After searching nearly every other shop in my area for the Newton Faulkner album that comes with the dvd, i found it today in Freo Myer, which had the smallest cd collection. Very happy!

[Jojomojo]

I'm um.....looking at JB HiFi Online right now..... :shifty:

[Jojomojo]

Has anyone got the new one from Paul Dempsey yet?

I haven't got any Something for Kate albums.....and I've heard Ramona Was a Waitress a few times and really like it......I like his voice .......oh ok so his lovely blue eyes too!

[merbo]

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[merbo]

mp3 >> Suburban Rock ~ Dave Warner's From the Suburbs

This is seventies Aussie punk rock and there is a handful of free tracks here for the historiographically inclined. Not the best Warner has to offer. Check out Suburban Boy on youtube or Mug's Game if you can find it.

'Cause . . . I'm just a suburban boy / and I know what it's like / to be rejected every night / and I'm sure that it must be / easier for boys from the city.

Edited by merbo, 18 August 2009 - 04:26 PM.

[BrettG83]

Florence & The Machines - Lungs

After hearing a bit of her on JJJ I decided to download the album. Only had a couple of listens but I must say not bad, I really like the first song. She has a great voice.

[Zephyr]

my parents got me cd from london called 'aboriginal chants' - kinda weird.

Technically, there's no chanting - unexpectedly has a fair bit of synth as well as the less-unexpected didj, got a cool vibe going tho.

[Zephyr]

chamber of justice - Vusi Mahlasela feat. Xavier Rudd

really good song, in fact the whole album ('Guiding star') sounds fantastic, I may have to get a copy of it.

Edited by Zephyr, 18 August 2009 - 02:25 AM.

[merbo]

[Ross1394]

The Seldom Seen Kid- ElBOW

great album

[Ross1394]

Scatter The Crow - Slaves To Gravity

Edited by Blade1394, 18 August 2009 - 06:41 PM.

[Jojomojo]

good stuff! I haven't got it....but I've seen them live a whole bunch of times

[merbo]

good stuff! I haven't got it....but I've seen them live a whole bunch of times

Oh yeah I just love these guys. I was getting into them when they were called Bellydance. It's hard to get any detail about this band. I go looking every once in a while hoping to find more. This guy, acidjazzy, who writes on this acid jazz blog is suffering a similar fate.

Speaking of Australian Acid Jazz, I am desparately after an album from a Sydney band called Bellydance. It's called "One Blood". There's not much about it on the net, the only details I can find on it are here. If anyone could hook me up I would be eternally grateful.

I just happen to have this C.D. called Babylon Mixed Business. Named, I think, after a 'mixed business' shop with that name once located near the El Alamein Fountain in the Cross.

I couldn't find anything at all, not even a pic, from this one so I knocked some up of my own. hee hee






I just love this album. I was lucky cause I've got these stuck on mine.

:shifty::shifty: :shifty::shifty:

Maybe I should contact Ms Acidjazzy and give here the mail on Bellydance. Then again, maybe she could come and join up here. Hee hee.

I've just been reading this about King Tide's first album, Our Dearly Deported.

If you have been driving around Sydney and seeing people smile in their cars, or shaking their feet and swaying as they commute on the presently on time City Rail, or just walking around with their snappy mp3 players and looking quite blissed it may be because they have discovered the tide, the Kingtide.

This groovin’ little (well damn, they ain’t little with up to 10 musicians on the disc) conglomeration of local musicians have quite possibly put out the most rocksteady disc ever recorded on this continent. Waves Break, the opening track, gets the listener set for a reggae party that should be the soundtrack of everyone making their pilgrimage to the sultry sands of the beach this season. Tony Hughes (formerly of Bellydance) has a unique vocal characteristic that makes you sit up and listen and wonder whom you are listening to. That voice intrigues me.

The vocals don’t stop with Tony, joining him is the toaster of the band, Sean Collins, who can bring the house down with his chanting, rapping way. Sean, slips in and out between the vocal styling and brings us right down to Jamaica with his truly rocker style. More Lovers is a classic example of rock groove and gives all us car dancers and commuting groovers a chance to mellow and listen to the magic of their tonsils.

The only disappointment I have in hearing these two voices together is that the opportunity to have it happen again may only be done by technology and not by them sharing a room. The disc is entitled To Our Dearly Deported for a reason. Sean was taken to the beautiful and magical Villawood detention centre in February due to some visa problems. The band were able to raise a bond for him the week before his departure and they spent that week with Sean recording his vocals around the clock. I don’t know if they could possibly have sounded any better with more time. Let’s hope they are re-united.

Man, that must have been tough to have one of your king pin vocalists whipped off to the "the beautiful and magical Villawood detention centre" for a permanent holiday.

:cool: Now I just have to get this one and I'll have em all :cool:

Edited by merbo, 19 August 2009 - 03:59 PM.

[Jojomojo]

Hey Merbo,

if you're on myspace send Tony a pm and tell him that Phat Chiwahwah sent you

[dreaded_freak]

Ahhh my last purchase was:

milk, sweet chili hommus, cracked peppered crackers, cheese, ice cream.

[merbo]

Okay, I will Jojo

[merbo]

I found a secondhand copy of Bellydance's One Blood here If anybody is interested. They're in Parramatta but they're online too. :cool: Shop 13 15-17 Phillip St.
Parramatta N.S.W. 2150
Australia

Edited by merbo, 19 August 2009 - 05:14 PM.

[BrettG83]

R.L. Burnside - Burnside on Burnside (Live)

My first delta blues record, well i think its delta blues its dirty rocking blues anyway. You guitar type people should check it or those with an open mind to music check it out.

I must look into King Tide, always see their gigs advertised but never checked them out but read a review of there last abum and it got big wraps. I dont really dig on the reggae that much, well i never used to, but think i may like it abit more now.

[Jojomojo]

R.L. Burnside - Burnside on Burnside (Live)

My first delta blues record, well i think its delta blues its dirty rocking blues anyway. You guitar type people should check it or those with an open mind to music check it out.

I must look into King Tide, always see their gigs advertised but never checked them out but read a review of there last abum and it got big wraps. I dont really dig on the reggae that much, well i never used to, but think i may like it abit more now.

Hey Brett, worth checking out for sure. The thing I love about KT is they mix it up a bit and do a combo of reggae, ska, and dubstep so it's not like you get the classic skankers knee injury from doing the 'reggae bob'....if you're into dancing that is :shifty: They're a good fun party band!

[merbo]

Done.

Go for it Brett. KT is good medicine. They have one ep called Beggars Waltz, a divine track, very moving. There's a lot going on, different grooves all through, sometimes up to ten musicians in the groove, and Tony Hughes' voice is just amazing.

Edited by merbo, 19 August 2009 - 07:59 PM.

[Jojomojo]

not to mention Paul Snatch's mooooooves ............... :shifty: