sábado, 28 de abril de 2012

Spirits Of The Dead

Spirits Of The Dead (2008)

The Great God Pan (2011)

Norway
Very stylish retro-futuristic prog rock
Progressive Rock + Hard + Heavy + Psychedelic + Crossover + Folk + Stoner + Edgar Allan Poe
Ragnar Vikse (vocals), Ole Øvstedal (guitars), Deadly Nightshade (bass, keyboards) & Geir Thorstensen (drums)

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MySpace
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domingo, 26 de fevereiro de 2012

The Entrance Band

The Entrance Band (2009)

USA
Power trio!
Psychedelic Rock + Stoner + Pop + Prog
Guy Blakeslee (lead vocals, guitars), Paz Lenchantin (bass, backing vocals) & Derek James (drums)

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Wikipedia

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segunda-feira, 20 de fevereiro de 2012

The Indelicates

The Indelicates - David Koresh Superstar (2011)

UK
A fantastic concept album!
Indie + Alt Rock + Folk + Country + Desert + Punk + Art Rock + Politics + Religion + anything else…
Simon (Clayton) Indelicate (vocals, guitar), Julia (Clark-Lowes) Indelicate (vocals, whistle, piano, keyboards), Al Clayton (guitar), Laurence Owen (bass, vibes) & Ed Van Beinum (drums) – with: Lily Rae (guitar, voice, vibes), Sara Passmore (saw), Katty Rose Cox (fiddle), Todd Pertll (banjo, pedal steel, resonator guitar), Roberto Sanchez (drums) & The Indelicates (all other instruments)

Reviews:
Zenarchery
Pop Matters
Corporate Records

Official Website
The Indelicates blog
MySpace
Wikipedia



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quarta-feira, 15 de fevereiro de 2012

Mustasch

Mustasch - Sounds Like Hell, Looks Like Heaven (2012)

Sweden
The Cult on amphetamine
Rock + Hard + Stoner + Metal
Ralf Gyllenhammar (vocals, rhythm guitar), David Johannesson (lead guitar), Mats Johansson (bass) & Danne McKenzie (drums)

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MySpace
Wikipedia
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segunda-feira, 13 de fevereiro de 2012

Surrounded

Surrounded - Oppenheimer And Woodstock (2010)

Sweden
Amazing album!
Alternative + Psychedelic + Space + Post Rock + Americana + Prog + (Flaming Lips + Pink Floyd + Super Furry Animals)
Marten Rydell (vocals, guitar), Marcus Knutsson (guitar), Erik Gustafson (keyboards),
Tom Malmros (bass) & Johannes Linder (drums)

Read the review by Tom Walters @ The Line Of Best Fit
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Wikipedia
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terça-feira, 7 de fevereiro de 2012

Steve Kilbey And Martin Kennedy

Steve Kilbey And Martin Kennedy - White Magic (2011)

Australia
Awesome & beautiful album!
Alternative + Psychedelic (later 60s / early Pink Floyd) + Folk + Art Rock + Post Punk + Dream Pop + Downtempo + Pop + Prog
Steve Kilbey (vocals, bass, guitars – The Church) & Martin Kennedy (all instruments – All India Radio) – with: Ben Sims (drums on 1, 2, 5, 9), Mark Wendt (bass on 2, 5, 6), Kaz Seiger (keyboards on 2, piano on 6), David Spall (strings, piano and theremin on 4), Michael Evans-Barker (drums on 10), Leona Prune (backing vocals on 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11) & Selena Cross (backing vocals on 1)

Review by John Bergstrom @ PopMatters
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Steve Kilbey @ Wikipedia

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quinta-feira, 2 de fevereiro de 2012

Lifeguards

Lifeguards - Waving At The Astronauts (2011)

USA
Guided By VoicesRobert Pollard & Doug Gillard side project
Alternative Rock / Rock
Robert Pollard (vocals) & Doug Gillard (guitars, bass, drums, all instruments) with Travis Harrison (drums)

Lifeguards
MySpace

Robert Pollard
Official Website
MySpace
Wikipedia

Doug Gillard
Official Website
MySpace
Wikipedia

Guided By Voices
Official Website
MySpace
Wikipedia

Review by Mark Deming
"A quick look at Robert Pollard's post-Guided by Voices body of work makes two things clear - left to his own devices, his solo albums tend to be uneven and often indifferent, while when he teams up with worthy collaborators (such as John Moen and Chris Slusarenko in Boston Spaceships or Tommy Keene in the Keene Brothers), he's still capable of making smart, vital rock & roll with a hard edge despite their pop inclinations. If anyone needs an example of this principle in action, they need look no further than Waving at the Astronauts, the second album from Lifeguards, in which Pollard teams up with his former Guided by Voices bandmate Doug Gillard. Gillard is a fine songwriter as well as a powerful guitarist (he penned "I Am a Tree," one of the finest GBV tracks written by someone other than Pollard), and with a similarly talented colleague on board, Pollard has made the strongest album he's released since he retired GBV in 2004. Gillard and Pollard both contributed to the songwriting on Waving at the Astronauts, and while there are plenty of Pollard's usual melodic tricks here and his lyrics are clever but oblique in his usual manner, the tunes are also shot through with a wiry energy and an adventurous but hard-rocking attack that make the most of their shared obsession with 1970s rock. And with Gillard's guitar work giving this music a firm backbone and a bold sense of drama, Pollard steps up his game as a singer - he's sometimes sounded more precise than he does here, but it's been quite some time since he's felt like a for-real rock & roll singer, as he clearly does on this material. There are moments when Pollard and Gillard's fascination with the textures of prog rock allows these songs to meander more than they should, but far more often this music sounds intelligent but passionate and muscular, and Waving at the Astronauts is that rarity, a rock & roll album that's mature, adventurous, and exciting at the same time. It's clear Pollard and Gillard bring out the best in one another, and if they have any sense at all, they won't wait another eight years before starting work on Lifeguards album number three."

Check also a great review @ Whatevers with Doug Gillard's song-by-song notes
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sexta-feira, 27 de janeiro de 2012

Kozmic Muffin

Nautilus (1994)

Space Between Grief And Comfort (1997)

Spain
1994 – Psychedelic Hard Prog Rock
Pedro Granell (guitar, vocals), Pablo Rega (guitar), Enrique Otero (Hammond organ), Javier Vaamonde (bass) & Patxi Valera (drums) – with: Hosanna Fernández (chorus on 4) and Julio González (vocals on 4)
1997 – Progressive Rock
Julio Gonzalez (guitar, vocals), Pablo Rega (guitar, vocals), Enrique Otero (Hammond organ, moog, vocals), Javier Vaamonde (bass) & Patxi Valera (drums) – with: Javier Ferreiro (percussion), Jorge Rivera (violin), Fito Ares (saxes, flute) and Maruxa (berebere yelling)

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Bio @ La Fonoteca

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terça-feira, 24 de janeiro de 2012

Sex Museum

Sex Museum - Again & Again (2011)

Spain
Excellent retro 70’s psychedelic heavy rock
Rock + Hard + Psychedelic + Hard Prog + Space + Garage + Stoner
Miguel Pardo (vocals), Fernando Pardo (guitar), Marta Ruiz (keyboards), Javier Vacas (bass) & Roberto "Loza" Lozano (drums)

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Wikipedia




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sexta-feira, 20 de janeiro de 2012

Midnight Zombie Alligator

Midnight Zombie Alligator - See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil (2011)

Spain
Power Trio!!
Hard Progressive Rock + Stoner + Psychedelic + Space + Doom
Alejandro Moreno (lead vocals, drums, keyboards), David Trillo (guitar) & Toni Pérez (bass guitar, vocals)

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sábado, 14 de janeiro de 2012

Lifesmyth

Lifesmyth - Music For The Third Ear (2000)

USA
Retro 70’s Psychedelic Folk Rock
Psychedelic + Folk + Prog + Rock + Acid + Analog Recordings
Scott Smith (vocals, guitar, mandolin, sitar, keyboards, bass, drums) + Derrick Acker (vocals, tambourine, engineering), Denise Arram (sitar), Rashad Arram (sitar) & Rebecca Zlyatt (cello)

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segunda-feira, 9 de janeiro de 2012

Violet Sedan Chair

Violet Sedan Chair - Seven Suns (1971? / 2009?)

USA
Psychedelic Rock
Rock + 60's Psychedelia + early Pink Floyd + Pop
Richard Lather (vocals, tambourine, crotales), Roscoe Joyce (percussion, harp, saxophone, vocals on "Seven Suns (Setting)"), Davey Plunkett (organ, electric piano, mellotron), Joe Priest (bass, hammer dulcimer) & Mick Michaels (drums, prepared piano) + ?!?!? (guitar)

This album was recorded by a fictional band created by TV serie Fringe producer JJ Abrams.

Gently "soundforged" by Edson D'Aquino (Gravetos & Berlotas) - thank you, dude!!

Essa postagem vale umas palavrinhas...
Achei esse disco em um algum blog que não lembro qual foi.
Tudo indicava que fosse um álbum de uma das várias bandas obscuras de rock psicodélico (e/ou de garagem) da virada dos anos 60 para os 70.
Baixei meio que por acaso e com ele veio a foto do personagem da série de TV Fringe (Dr. Walter Bishop, personagem vivida pelo ator John Noble) segurando o disco.
Fui procurar pela rede qual era a conexão e descobri coisas do arco da velha, tipo teoria de conspiração... Ao que pude verificar, parece que JJ Abrams, criador desta série (e da já clássica Lost), inventou a banda Violet Sedan Chair, cujo tecladista apareceu em um episódio (vivido por Christopher Lloyd) em que Bishop se declarava fã da banda.
O lance é que o maluco (Abrams) não parou por aí, pois deve ter arregimentado alguns músicos e preparou o “produto”, ou seja, produziu e gravou o disco da banda, pegou algumas cópias e distribuiu, de alguma forma bem obscura, em algumas lojas especializadas em LPs (raridade...) nos Estados Unidos.
A partir daí, a coisa virou quase que uma lenda urbana, com pessoas fazendo as mais diversas conexões, até que o assunto foi parar em fóruns, blogs e sites referentes à série Fringe.
O disco, que tem de tudo para nos levar a acreditar que foi produzido em 1971, na verdade foi lançado em 2009. Não há qualquer tipo de informação sobre os músicos envolvidos, nem sobre compositores, onde foi gravado, etc. Por exemplo: na capa há o nome dos músicos e o que eles tocam, porém não há relacionado nenhum guitarrista, mas, mesmo assim, não há qualquer referência a estes músicos na rede. Tudo isso ainda permanece um mistério – pelo menos pra mim, depois de tantas pesquisas, conforme se pode ver em alguns links que selecionei (abaixo).
O que interessa, a música, surpreende ainda mais depois que sabemos toda essa história, porque é totalmente excelente! Uma mistura de rock de garagem e psicodelia típicas da época (final dos 60 e começo dos 70), com um toque de rock alternativo, meio que se misturássemos o Pink Floyd dos primeiros discos com o Kula Shaker, qualquer coisa nesse sentido.
O “nível de embuste” é tão alto que algumas músicas até têm estalos e chiados – falsos e desnecessários, diga-se de passagem –, que meu grande amigo Edson D’Aquino, El Presidente De Los Gravetos & Berlotas, fez o favor de remover através do Soundforge; é esta versão que estou disponibilizando aqui.
Se alguém tiver mais alguma informação, por favor, faça as honras: a caixa de comentários seve pra isso.
Divirtam-se!

P.S.: eu nunca vi um episódio inteiro dessa série... Quem sabe um dia?...

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Wikipedia
Fringe Television
Fringe Television
SwanFungus
Fringe Matters
Wired
Fringe Bloggers
Fringe Bloggers
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terça-feira, 3 de janeiro de 2012

One

One (1970)

UK
Rare & Obscure
Progressive Rock + Hard + Psychedelic + Jazz + Jam
Alan Marshall (vocals, guitar, harmonica, harp, percussion), Bobby Sass (guitar, organ, piano, vocals), Kevin Fogarty (guitar), Norman Leppard (flute, sax), Brent Forbes (bass) & Conrad Isidore (drums)
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sexta-feira, 30 de dezembro de 2011

Earth

Earth
(seen from ISS expeditions 28 & 29 2011)


Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew of expeditions 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011.
NASA, Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
Editing: Michael König
Music: “Do Dekor” by Jan Jelinek



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terça-feira, 27 de dezembro de 2011

Pseudoboss

Pseudoboss – EP II + I (2010)

USA
Fantastic power trio!
Rock + Hard + Blues + Stoner + 70’s + Led Zeppelin + Wolfmother
Noah Stroup (vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards), Conner O'Shea (lead guitar) & Chris Harver (drums)

MySpace
Website (TheSixtyOne.com)

Check out the review by Jake Ten Pas @ OregonLive.com


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