Growing

Following two outstanding releases on their newly adopted home at The Social Registry, a 7" and EP that both play out in the direction the band began to adopt around the time of 2006's Color Wheel; the band now unleash an album that fully embraces their drop away from drone and into shimmering psychedelics. Though All The Way isn't exactly pop per-se, it ebbs the band further into the territory of melodies, structuring them into repeated fragments that pulse along with the same attention to the tonal shifts they've embraced in the past. Again as with their last EP this seems reminiscent of the changes in sound that have run through the Black Dice camp of late but All The Way also finds the duo injecting an awareness of Kevin Doria's solo work in Total Life through their use of repetition and a much greater reliance on beat. It's easy to get lost in this record; a real argument for headphones that envelops you in a sea of blurred lights and soft fog. Arguably one of the band's strongest releases and testament to experimentation and not letting genres or expectations limit your sound.

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[MP3] Growing - Green Flag

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In the mid 60's it seemed that every British rock musician had a bit of a love affair with the American bred blues and thus spawned an era of British blues that rang out from the garage to the stadium. The Jukebox this week rounds up a few garage-blues classics and even some larger contenders.

[MP3] The Birds - You're On My Mind
Another great rip of garage blues from The Birds here. Snotty British youth in check with a swagger and a snarl of guitar that plows over the steady walk of the rhythm section. There are very few Birds tunes that don't fit the criteria for a great late night burner and this is no exception.

[MP3] Measles - Fly Birdie, Fly
The perplexingly named Measles also pay a visit to the garage floor and with some pretty strong harmonica chops they cut through this down and dirty cut of blues. The kid on vocals probably hasn't come within a thousand miles of the Mississippi delta but that doesn't stop him from translating teen angst into a delightful concoction of blues rollick. I've heard little else from this band but to tell you the truth this might be all I need.

[MP3] Muleskinners - Need Your Lovin'
Again, can't vouch for the name here but at least it sounds like a band that should be playing the blues. This has a definite garage beat pushing it along but the harp pushes it right over into the blues' corner and you couldn't ask for better material than pining over love. A pretty decent shot all around here.

[MP3] The Yardbirds - I'm a Man
Well this probably doesn't fall under the lost classic header as I'm pretty sure The Yardbirds have a few fans out there (you think?) but tipping the hat to British Blues just seems like a good opportunity to hear the boys tear through this Muddy Waters classic. Of course most members of the band went on to more notoriety but right here they had the mix just perfect.

[MP3] Santa Barbara Machine Head - Porcupine Juice
Speaking of bands whose members went on to other things, the short lived and mostly live band Santa Barbara Machine Head acted as a bit staging area for talent and almost all members split before the band got much notoriety. Featuring Jon Lord of Deep Purple, Ronnie Wood of The Birds, Twink Adler of The Pretty Things, etc., and Kim Gardener of The Creation. With that line up it couldn't really help but be good but I guess too much talent in one place is a bit unstable.

Gentleman Jesse and his Men

As I'm a sucker for a good power pop album, Gentleman Jesse's debut hits me squarely in the softest spots of my heart. Formed by Carbonas bassist Jesse Smith and drummer Dave Rahn and put out by the spot on Douchemaster records, this is just a catchy slice of pop with a keen awareness of late 70's provocateurs ala Johnathan Richmond. Acting as a cleaner and catchier counterpoint to his work in the Cabonas, Smith's songs have the kind of instant appeal that begs attention and more importantly begs movement. This is a bedroom dance party type of record, hairbrush microphone fully in check, and that youthful exuberance is the album's most addictive feature. Atlanta's had its fair share of garage fury spill out of its streets lately and along with Memphis its quickly poised to become one of the new favorite cities to trawl for scrappy garage combos. And rightly so, this pop gem along with Cheap Time's (who've also released a 7" on Douchemaster) debut are bringing back the glory of power pop and that can never be a bad thing in my book.

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[MP3] Gentleman Jesse and His Men - The Rest of My Days
[MP3] Gentleman Jesse and His Men - You Don't Have To (If You Don't Want To)

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Well between the last 7" and this one the obscurity rate just jumped from hard to fint to damn near impossible. This entry into the Jay Reatard 7" series was a scant offering that pairs our hero Jay against a formidable opponent in the form of Bradford Cox.

	Jay Reatard/Deerhunter - Split 7" Sporting the only cut that won't make it onto the upcoming Matador Singles compilation, this split with Deerhunter has the two artists dipping into each other's song-stylings with outstanding results. Somehow both covers are able to
bring out a shade in their respective songs that wasn't present on the original. Deerhunter scale back the severity of Jay's original delivery of "Oh, It's Such A Shame" and in the course turn it into a bubbling fuzz of new wave fury that also shows Bradford in a new light, with a strong vocal delivery free from the haze and reverb that usually nestle his voice. On the flip the Reatard himself tackles the title track from the Fluorescent Gray EP bringing the vocals out from the fog and sharpening the edges on this already dark anthem. Its a damn shame that this wasn't more available because besides being another great entry into both artists legacies, it remains one of the more captivating 7"s of the year. Download: [MP3] Deerhunter - Oh, It's Such A Shame Support the artist. Buy it HERE (Try the hounds at eBay for this one.)

The Shining Path

So this one comes as a bit of a pleasant surprise for two reasons. First, though I expect dark psychedelics from Holy Mountain, they don't usually come with dub inflections and echoes of This Heat. Second, one key collaborator in The Shining Path, Ilya Monosov, has previously only been known to me through his lulling folk songs via Language of Stone. Though as I add, these surprises are pleasant indeed. Not surprising however is the second collaborator in The Shining Path formula. Preston Swirnoff has been tapping the dub plate for a while now via releases on Eclipse, Last Visible Dog and Gematria. But surprises aside and collaborators notwithstanding, Chocolate Gasoline is a superb release that pairs humid rumbling beats with some atmospheric touches and even a few meaty stabs of synth. Vocals swirl out of the marshes and lights dance at the edges of the scattered fog. This is tribal spirit dub that takes quite a liking to No Wave affectations and quite honestly that seems like a great combination.

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[MP3] The Shining Path - Lonely Hearts Killers

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Thee Oh Sees

Recorded prior to their latest exhaustively titled album, this "live" set showcases several periods of the band's music distilled into a subdued but still swaggering style. This proves especially interesting with the inclusion of some newer tunes from the Master's Bedroom set; slowed and distilled to their core elements with a bit of the stiff grease drained out of their veins. The album is a concept cooked up between the band Brian Lee Hughes and the DVD portion of the package sets the band live but without audience against the scenic backdrop of San Francisco. Overall the recording harkens back to the sound present on Cool Death of the Island Raiders which shouldn't be surprising since much of the material is taken from that record, but with a band that's changed their sound so much over the course of their existence its interesting to hear material from other era's presented through the lens of a particular time period. The result comes out lo-fi and decidedly low key. A sleepy loll through the long grass in the heat of August, and even if you've never heard a single track previous to experiencing Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion this aesthetic wins over on first listen. The DVD's more interesting for fans but again, even if you're not a devoted Dwyer disciple it proves to stand on its own as an entertaining piece. A nice addition to an already outstanding year for Thee Oh Sees.

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[MP3] Thee Oh Sees - Gilded Cunt
[MP3] Thee Oh Sees - Ghosts in the Trees

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Tobacco

Core Black Moth Super Rainbow Member Tobacco follows up his acclaimed DVD with a solo record on former leftfield hip-hop haven turned instrumental refuge Anticon. Though going it alone, Tobacco manages to take most of the key elements that make up BMSR's sound with him; dusty beats, huge 70's synths and vocodered vocals still reign supreme here. This comes as no disappointment for me however since those are precisely the elements I love about the collective's sound. The only apparent change to the concoction comes in the form of an Aesop Rock guest spot on "Dirt". Said cameo sticks out a bit among the mostly instrumental/vocordered fare though I guess - release an album on a hip hop label and you're pretty much required to have at least one MC on there somewhere. If anything could be said about the difference between Tobacco's solo work and BMSR's output its that Tobacco strips away a bit of the layer of ennui that waxes the edges of all of the Black Moth's work while still keeping the nostalgia in check. He utilizes their penchant for evoking a 70's aura without tapping into the lost childhood vibes that often accompany said aura. Fucked Up Friends is yet another superb entry into the BMSR family of releases and an endlessly enjoyable listen.

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[MP3] Tobacco - Truck Sweat
[MP3] Tobacco - Little Pink Riding Hood

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As the "countercultural" elements began to work their way into modern music this opened the doors for more than just drug references and sweeping changes in fashion. While an obvious influx of politics flooded popular music, there were also many that attacked the staunch social norms set by the lingering 50's. Here the social satire of those like Frank Zappa, Firesign Theater and in Britain The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band eased in right alongside the more overt theater of groups like the Merry Pranksters and the San Francisco Mime Troupe.

	G.T.O.'s - Permanent Damage This Zappa affiliated and released project was constructed from a collection of groupies who's mission was often stated as "being to bed as many rock and pop stars as possible" which in the face of social sexual norms of the time may have
seemed much more outrageous than they would have today. The acronym in fact stood for Girl's Together Outrageously. The album itself is rooted in a musical/satirical nature but the music is definitely secondary to the button pushing that's at the core of the project. Though the couple of spoken word pieces that center around pickup lines and perverts are an interesting peek into the time period. While it was probably born out of good intentions from Zappa and crew, and even sports quite a few cameo contributions from the likes of The Monkees' Davy Jones among others, there are times that it becomes obvious that it's a bit unfocused and somewhat of a vanity project. All in all more of a curiosity than an essential release but there are a few songs that make for good mixtape inclusions and it's definitely worth a listen or two. Download: [MP3] G.T.O.'s - I Have a Paintbrush in My Hand to Color a Triangle [MP3] G.T.O.'s - The Ghost Chained to the Past, Present, and Future (Shock Treatment) Support the artist. Buy it HERE (this one's pretty scarce but you can find some copies on ebay and the like)
	The Bonzo Dog Band - The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse The British equivalant of Zappa's Mother's had to be the Bonzo Dog Band (originally the Bonzo Dog Dada Band, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, etc.) whose ability to fuse comedy, social satire and music influenced
many Brits to come. Their sketches are often cited as a precursor to many elements present in Monty Python and members went on to form the Rutles, in fact the band gained a bit more notoriety after a brief appearance in the Magical Mystery Tour film. They originally started as a vaudeville style stage act and their first album showcases a more whimsical jazz style. It's on this, their second album though, that the band began to pick up a bit of influence from the British Psychedelic trends and fused them much in the way the Mother's had, finding a perfect balance between satire and the experimentalism of psychedelia. These psychedelic touches add greatly to the impact of this album with much of this album being written by key BDB members Viv Stanshall and Neil Innes, who would later scale back their role in the band, making this a favorite among fans and critics alike. Download: [MP3] The Bonzo Dog Band - Humanoid Boogie [MP3] The Bonzo Dog Band - My Pink Half of the Drainpipe Support the artist. Buy it HERE

Brightblack Morning Light

Nabob and Rabob return, mellow as ever and smoldering in the desert sun. Their third album Motion To Rejoin still maintains the "smoky lounge in the middle of the forest" vibe that's permeated much of their other work and though its not exactly a huge departure, the fact is that their sound still remains so intoxicatingly natural that change would only come as a disappointment. The band do play up a bit of the southern soul touches in their music on Motion but it's the core swells of Rachael's organ and Nathan's smoke stained vocals that remain the focus. Ever the poster children for alternative energy and unencumbered living (you know hardcore hippies) the duo powered the recording sessions with solar panels, which all kidding aside and coupled with their penchant for carbon offsetting while touring, makes them one impressively conscious band. Green politics notwithstanding, Motion is yet another testament to Brightblack's prowess and is definitely inching up my list of albums of the year.

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[MP3] Brightblack Morning Light - Hologram Buffalo
[MP3] Brightblack Morning Light - Oppressions Each

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Just a short break

Hey everybody. Just a short interruption in RSTB posts while I move apartments. As soon as internet service is installed we'll be up and running again. Should be early next week.

Kemialliset Ystävät

Good rumblings from the Secret Eye camp of late. The label, who I hadn't heard from in a bit, at least not since that excellent Black Forrest/Black Sea 10" that graced these pages, is back with an interesting offering from everybody's favorite Finnish psych-folk collective. That's right its Jan Anderzén and Kemialliset Ystävät and this previously tour only release features all sorts of cameo attention from Avarus, Kiila, Es and Christina and Tom Carter. This disc shows the Fins clanking away like mad, but at the same time retaining some of the refinement and shades of melody that they began to emit on their last full length for Fonal. Seems fitting I suppose, since they're most likely playing much of that on tour. Still the band isn't exactly turning in their squelch and squalor just yet, which is why we love them. I'm still yet to see this bunch live but from the sounds of things it has to be a memorable experience. Pick this one up while you can, the Secret Eye store still appears to have a few copies left but once those are sold this release is gone.

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[MP3] Kemialliset Ystävät - Tervehdys, Roskasakki!
[MP3] Kemialliset Ystävät - Lempijuoma: Talo

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Apse

Though rooted in a post-rock past, Apse, one of the latest signings to ATP, has moved far beyond the realm of predictable crescendos and instrumental workouts. The band has evolved into a much more formidable force and with the further emphasis on singer Robert Toher's spectral vocals and an amped up rhythmic force, Spirit arrives as the band's most captivating work to date. Focusing on what they describe as a "tribal" rhythmic style, the band has branched out into an underlying cacophony of drums creeping the songs along like a pulsing wave. This is dark war-like wooden tribal, no sight of celebratory Animal Collective drum circles here, as the title might let on Spirit is more about raising the ghosts from the barren ground, feet clapped to the earth and smoke rising in the pre-dawn light. Apse have been tooling around the foreign labels for some time now, despite their American heritage and its fitting that they should land on a home as diverse as ATP. The band has tested the waters on past releases but it seems that they've finally found their stride with Spirit.

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[MP3] Apse - Legions
[MP3] Apse - The Crowned

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Even members of successful bands don't have all the luck when they strike out on their own, especially if they're not the star of their former band. Though the fertile music environment left chances open to many, not everyone who struck out on their own could sell records like Blind Faith. Hell they didn't even sell that many and they were a "supergroup", these faired a bit worse but that doesn't totally discount their talent and effort.

	Fat Mattress - Fat Mattress Noel Redding was always a bit resentful of his position in The Experience, though he and Mitch Mitchell created one of the greatest rhythmic backbones rock ever saw, he was a guitar player at heart and never really settled into his role at
the bass. So when the opportunity presented itself, as Jimi dissolved The Experience in favor of the Band of Gypsys, Noel struck out on his own as Fat Mattress. The band played around the London scene and didn't fair well with the press and more often than not this credited his role in The Experience as the only reason to check out his new project. Moving away (probably wisely) from his former band's blues based sound and into a wispy folk-rock style, Noel's songwriting isn't terrible, its more that it wasn't what fans were expecting. Its clear that Noel and his cohorts had their heads deep into West Coast psychedelia and maybe London just wasn't the place to market this sound at the time. Aside from its tangential connections its well worth listening to with a blind heart, try to forget where the members came from and its got some great nuggets that can fall in alongside some other West Coast sound-alikes such as Wizards of Kansas. Download: [MP3] Fat Mattress - I Don't Mind [MP3] Fat Mattress - How Can I Live Support the artist. Buy it HERE
	Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond Captain Beyond culled together some top ex-members of Deep Purple, Iron Butterfly and Johnny Winter's band. Despite this core of talent, they were to be sorely overlooked for much of their career. This debut record stands alongside
the Moody Blues and Hawkwind as a great prog/ space-rock forerunner. Mixing elements of jazz, heavy blues and what was burgeoning into progressive rock the band's most obvious touches of space-rock laid in their lyrics. The band's roots allowed them to develop into a tight, cohesive unit more quickly than most bands were able to on their first release, and this experience crafted a seamless head trip that is just now getting the attention it deserves. The band was subject to some lineup changes following this album and never really achieved this level of brilliance on subsequent releases, especially the third which suffered from the loss of singer Rod Evans. However, this album stands much more than the test of time and is one of the great lost albums of the 70's. Download: [MP3] Captain Beyond - Mesmerization Eclipse [MP3] Captain Beyond - Thousand Days Of Yesterdays (Time Since Come And Gone) Support the artist. Buy it HERE

Buffalo Killers

A lot of the press surrounding Buffalo Killers has compared them to Blue Cheer and Cream and in some perplexing cases the Beatles. In all fairness the band does evoke the heavy blues of '69 - '70 but more often they channel the same power that flowed through these groups, and not necessarily the characteristics that defined their sound. I can't figure out the Beatles comparisons as anything but lazy but what the band does have is a real knack for evoking the more melodic mid 70's album rockers like Grand Funk and Free, bands who took their cues from the aforementioned forefathers and injected a sense of pop melody into the heaviness. Though in all fairness Buffalo Killers do scatter a bit of country charm into this heavy blues plate, giving them a nice psych-country bent at times as well. Now I mean these comparisons in the best of terms, hell I love Grand Funk, and would highly suggest that the band look into covering "Nothing is the Same" if at all possible during their live shows. Buffalo Killers have folded their influences and obvious affinity for 70's rock into their sound without coming off dated or overly derivative which is often a hard thing to do; instead sounding like a long lost classic which if you're a regular reader you know is something I can't resist.

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[MP3] Buffalo Killers - Get Together Now Today
[MP3] Buffalo Killers - Take Me Back Home

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Fantastic Magic continue to spread their own brand of joy, this time rounding up one of the tracks that graced their Abandon Ship CD/Cassette and adding a new one to this 7" on What Delicate Recordings.

	Fantastic Magic - Sea of Gold b/w Jam & Yima 7" Grabbing the cut "Jam & Yima" from the Abandon Ship release, one of the more carefree pieces from that record, and pairing it with the likeminded "Sea of Gold". FM keep the noise away on this one but its still a rough hewn shot of lazy
seaside folk that shows them at their best and brightest. Hopefully this is just one of many labels to pick up the Fantastic Magic yoke and run with it. The band has more than enough potential and my guess is that they'll be garnering more attention in the near future. Download: [MP3] Fantastic Magic - Sea of Gold Support the artist. Buy it HERE

Goldmund

Type alumnus Keith Kenniff returns again to his home label though this time back under the name Goldumnd. Around the Type hallways Kenniff was better known as Helios (though he's used the Goldmund alias to different ends there before) and after a short stint last year on Western Vinyl he's back with The Malady of Elegance. Admittedly Helios is one of Type's roster that never caught my ear much; the music being pleasant enough but amongst Type's incredibly strong roster it tended to get lost under pretty heavy competition. However Two Point Discrimination certainly caught my attention last year with its solo piano compositions and wonderful use of space. This follow-up is no less captivating, full of mournful pieces that spread cinematically across the graying horizon. Sharing a common bond with Eluvium's less dense material both in its breadth of sadness and knowledge that less is certainly more when it comes to expressing said emotion while also echoing bits of Max Richter's work. This is a much more fully realized vision of Goldmund than appeared in Western Vinyl's portrait series and it truly feels like the formal extension of the experiments that were conducted on that record. It's finally in this context that I see the true beauty of Kenniff's work.

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[MP3] Goldmund - In A Notebook
[MP3] Goldmund - Threnody

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Eternal Tapestry

The brothers Bindeman hold down quite a few prominent positions in the new wave of sprawling psychedelia. Nick, who has appeared here before with his solo project Tunnels, also punches time in Jackie-O-Motherfucker while his brother Jed has continued to blister the skins in Heavy Winged among others. This isn't their first outing together, and I'll hope emphatically that it won't be their last, but this reissue of their all too limited Altar of Grass CD-r is much appreciated. The brothers have brought along for the ride fellow Jackie-O guitarist Dewey Mahood and Bob Jones (Evolutionary Jass Band) on Bass. So, to say that there's a certain amount of talent running through the veins of Eternal Tapestry would be an understatement. Altar sees the band in calmer waters than I've sometimes heard them but the liquid edges of space rock they push into are welcome by any means. Taking cues from the book of Hawkwind and to a lesser extent Can, the band update that heritage for a newer generation of space/time traveler looking to fixate on the sympathetic tones of the stratosphere and lay on themselves upon the Altar. It's as complete a crossover of the limitless reaches of space rock and the earthen beat of tribal as there ever was. The band has also released an LP on NNF which may be seeing the last of its run but here's hoping for more from this ensemble soon.

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[MP3] Eternal Tapestry - Altar of Grass

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Parts & Labor

Well since Dan Friel and Shooting Spires have appeared in the pages of Raven I suppose its time to feature the whole bunch. This is the second installment of Parts & Labor's Escapers series; an EP (though 51 tracks of EP that is) that harkens back to the spastic punk comps roping in < 1min tracks and definitely pulling on the heartstrings of Melt Banana fans everywhere. Here the boys (and now girl it looks like) spit out just the distilled core of pop, sometimes leaving only the hook in tact which works out fine if you have ADHD or are just short of time in general. Escapers 2: Grind Pop is a ridiculously fun ride and by churning out 51 tracks in just two days you can see both the creative process and the endless potential that lies in this formidable group of tunesmiths. The boundless energy and enthusiasm displayed by this band are sorely missing from a lot of their contemporaries and even such off the cuff releases like this can't help but make me smile and appreciate P&L.

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[MP3] Parts & Labor - Blend Right In
[MP3] Parts & Labor - Lucky Times
[MP3] Parts & Labor - Semi-Annual

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Ok so we'll drive the jukebox back in the garage and away from the hammy side of the 70's but just for now, no long term promises. A few standards here, ranging from the clean to the fuzzy to the foreign. You know the drill by now.

[MP3] The Sons of Fred - Baby What You Want Me To Do?
Despite the perplexing name, The Sons of Fred had a short run of singles in Britain. The band swung between R&B shuffle and a more Hollies style pop. This was the band's final single but its got the frat house soul moves in check, and it was a welcome return to the group's original direction. Though they might not have clung on to a legacy this piece of garage beat secures them in my book.

[MP3] Herbal Mixture - A Love That Never Died
In-between his two incarnations of The Groundhogs, bandleader Tony McPhee headed up this psych-pop band that while not really delving into the psych end of the pool too hard, did result in some of his lightest and most melodic work. This piece simmers with fuzz and bouncy strums galore and its damn catchy to boot. While most will still always remember McPhee in the light of his Groundhogs blues-soul, these scattered releases will forever show his softer side.

[MP3] The Quotations - Cool It
Whoa somehow The Quotations were able to rip off "Cool Jerk" and "Cherry Cherry" at the same time. Well since they didn't really put out too much more and the results are nicely catchy I suppose its not worth raising too much of a fuss over. The soul of Neil Diamond squeezed through the delivery of The Capitols.

[MP3] Want You - Danny Wyant
Wyant here one upping Cheap trick on that chorus by a few years yet. This is a clean shuffle of almost frat soul but with a sneer of youth. Danny shelled out the big bucks for that row of background singers but you know under that veneer he means exactly what he says. Once again pent up teen sexuality saves the day.

[MP3] Blues Men - Silencio
Ah and to top off this bunch the Argentinian band Blues Men ring in with their superb cover of Joe South's "Hush", redubbing it Silencio, kicking the original in the ass with a low rumble, a click of cowbell, organ swells and that delightfully sneered accent. This has quickly ranked high up there as my favorite version of the tune.

Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh

Very interesting new release from Espers' cellist Helena Espvall and Ghost's Masaki Batoh. The pair originally planned this as a set of improvisations but it quickly began to focus on covers mostly traditional Scandinavian folk songs. To many this may sound like a completely irreverent choice but considering Espvall's Swedish heritage (even singing many songs in her native tongue) and the general psychedelic bent of much of the output from that region of late, it doesn't seem all that outlandish at all. The duo make fine sounding boards for one another. Espvall's string work is as fine as she's ever sounded and her voice is not only enchanting but more overtly bewitching on much of the record. Batoh brings his fluid guitar style, which has marked much of Ghost's work and fills in the nooks left by Helena's mournful tales. The Ghost singer even gets a few minutes himself to shine, pulling in a duet that twines the two voices nicely and helming the duo's cover of Son House's "Death Letter," which stands as a highlight of the album. This track in particular seems to hit on the central tone of the project; reportedly Espvall received word of the deaths of both a friend and her grandmother on the same day prompting the air of grievance that runs throughout. Excellent work from both parties and a wonderful channel for sadness into beauty.

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[MP3] Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh - Jag Vet En Dejlig Rosa
[MP3] Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh - Death Letter

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