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Post by Ayinger on Jan 30, 2008 0:56:40 GMT -5
! I have read a whole bunch of crap about how the tracks on the Led Zeppelin comp "MOTHERSHIP" sounded better than the already remastered catalogue and that they were going to reissue it all once again. Cmon man! What were they personally remastered by Jimmy Page? LEAVE IT ALONE! hmmmm, I seem to recall an article that said the sound is actually worse on Mothership.....I'll have to dig for that. |
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Post by maarts on Jan 30, 2008 3:41:12 GMT -5
Fuck Zep- I'm going on hols and see Focus and Wishbone Ash in Holland!
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Post by Ayinger on Mar 1, 2008 19:15:52 GMT -5
I can think of at least ONE person here that will be eyeing this one:  APRIL 8, 2008 - 2CD Disc 1 -- 1. Limelight 2. Digital Man 3. Entre Nous 4. Mission 5. Freewill 6. The Main Monkey Business 7. The Larger Bowl 8. Secret Touch 9. Circumstances 10. Between the Wheels 11. Dreamline 12. Far Cry 13. Workin Them Angels 14. Armor and Sword Disc 2 -- 1. Spindrift 2. The Way the Wind Blows 3. Subdivisions 4. Natural Science 5. Witch Hunt 6. Malignant Narcissism Drum Solo 7. Hope 8. Distant Early Warning 9. The Spirit of Radio 10. Tom Sawyer 11. One Little Victory 12. A Passage to Bangkok 13. YYZ And coming out this Tuesday, a disc I have HIGH hopes of being very nicely done:  The Gutter Twins SaturnaliaThe Gutter Twins being Messrs. Mark Lanegan and Greg Dulli --- these two voices gotta go together! |
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Post by Ayinger on Mar 4, 2008 0:53:38 GMT -5
There are few surprises on the debut album from the Gutter Twins, ’90s renaissance rockers Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees and Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs. As was the case with each of their previous bands, the songwriting on this record sits upon a dark throne through which themes like dysfunctional love, personal tragedy, and self-doubt are exhaustively considered. Such grim lyrics and accordantly moody instrumentation have long been the preferred tools of these two eminently troubled loners, and not surprisingly, the result sounds like a logical amalgamation of both frontmen’s former outfits.
However, if there’s a prevailing musical influence to be identified on Saturnalia, it’s clearly that of the Whigs. Beginning with their 1988 debut, the Ohio group cut a uniformly clear path with their releases until 1996’s disappointing Black Love, which attempted to remodel the band as some kind of sexually juiced funk/soul combo. To such ends, this new album sounds much like a refreshed and re-focused Afghan Whigs who’ve successfully worked the bad juju out of their system, and who have invited Lanegan to join up as an added presence.
And presence he does have. Saturnalia places the vocal skills of the erstwhile Screaming Tree appropriately towards the front of the mix, and on songs such as the epic “Idle Hands,” the timbre sinks to such rumbling depths that one might imagine Lanegan’s regular speaking voice to be routinely deployed at 16 RPMs. By far the album’s most propulsive track, it could pass as a stand-in for the Whigs at their finest but is given a fresh veneer with the addition of a more prescient vocal angle than anything in Dulli’s stable. Clearly not being the sort to be outdone by a dinner guest, Dulli successfully re-captures the reigns in “Circle the Fringes” – a gloomy, cabaret inspired number which recalls some of the best moments of the Whigs’ universally acclaimed Gentlemen LP.
Perhaps surprisingly, the album’s most interesting moment arrives in an uncharacteristically light and innocent song called “The Body,” which reveals an appealing moment of vulnerability in both men’s oft-impenetrable repertoires. It’s in those moments as well as in the swarming chorus of “God’s Children” that the duo hit their true heights, and those same qualities are the ones most likely to mark this album as an enduring piece of work from two icons of a class that has long since graduated.
By Mike Lupica
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Post by skovrecky on Mar 4, 2008 11:13:03 GMT -5
^ I'm excited about getting that!
And it appears that Robert Plant has completely nixed the Zep reunion World Tour, which I commend him for. He turned down 200 million dollars and said he was more interested in working with his new project with Alison Krauss which isn't going to be a one off thing apparently. Kudos to him for turning down the cash and going "no".
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Post by Thorngrub on Mar 4, 2008 13:27:14 GMT -5
Wow. Poor Jimmy.
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Post by RocDoc on Mar 4, 2008 17:42:18 GMT -5
holy shit, how'd i miss this thread??
yet another live representation of rush?
hey, as far as i'm concerened the material always holds up especially now that geddy lee has reached puberty!
and focus AND wishbone ash...wow!
too cold for a festival, so musta been club gigs.
tho the native sons, focus might rate a smaller arena somewhere?
thijs van leer!
to this day my copy of hamburger concerto sends me instantly into mescaline flashbacks...great head music there.
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Post by RocDoc on Mar 4, 2008 17:44:06 GMT -5
hope you made those shows maart!
(*sits down arms crossed waiting for the review*)
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Post by maarts on Mar 5, 2008 3:03:18 GMT -5
Made Focus, had to give up on the Wishbone Ash- I was only 11 days in the Netherlands and stayed most close-up with my folks....but got out and watched 300 fourtysomethings go nuts over Hocus Pocus, Sylvia, Hamburger Concerto and the rest....
Van Leer's enormous girth belies the fact he still is the heir to Ian Anderson's throne- but the real God here was Akkerman who flamed the building down!
Lots of fun, banter but most of all a showcase of great Dutch prog 'n roll.
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Post by skovrecky on Mar 5, 2008 10:31:21 GMT -5
Maarts, have you ever picked up the Andy Votel prog mix CDs of some obscure artists that was released through B-Music? Some pretty stellar stuff that you should check out if you haven't and you dig on Prog. The Welsh one is pretty good......but even saying that I have JLLM whispering in my ear "fack the welsh". Still pretty good for a bunch of sheep-shaggers.
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Post by Matheus on Mar 5, 2008 11:05:15 GMT -5
 I'm so looking forward to this. |
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Post by Thorngrub on Mar 5, 2008 14:02:39 GMT -5
"Now that geddy lee has finally reached puberty", lol
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Post by maarts on Mar 5, 2008 14:36:23 GMT -5
Maarts, have you ever picked up the Andy Votel prog mix CDs of some obscure artists that was released through B-Music? Some pretty stellar stuff that you should check out if you haven't and you dig on Prog. The Welsh one is pretty good......but even saying that I have JLLM whispering in my ear "fack the welsh". Still pretty good for a bunch of sheep-shaggers. I had that in my hands yesterday!!! Music To Kill Your Dog By or sumthin' similar? I saw there were three different titles...will give it a spin today! Finally I have all 33 2 Many DJs- As Heard On Radio Soulwax-mixes complete. Still good fun mixes to have around. |
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Post by Ayinger on Apr 10, 2008 18:17:09 GMT -5
RHINO is re-releasing The Replacements' TwinTone albums in a couple weeks....with bonus tracks !!! Might have to pick up another copy of Let It Be just for the "Heartbeat, It's A Lovebeat" cover. "Temptation Eyes" is another great tune on there.
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Post by maarts on Apr 11, 2008 6:26:31 GMT -5
I'm more excited by Rhino's impending re-release of Otis Blue in the original mono-mix....
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