CSC Funk Band- Things Are Getting Too Casual (Fat Beats records, released 8/23/11) CSC Funk Band’s debut album is a thing of mysterious wonder, a heady, sweaty brew of extended improvisations and afro-beat inflected grooves. The group pull a variety…
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Album Review: Wu-Tang And Jimi Hendrix
At the beginnimg of 2010, a music teacher from England made available for download an album he’d created that mixed vocal tracks by the Wu-Tang Clan with beats made from Beatles songs. That collection, Enter The Magical Mystery Chambers, created…
Album Review: Urge Overkill – “Rock And Roll Submarine”
Yes, this album is called Rock & Roll Submarine. It’s a ridiculous title, and that’s only fitting; Urge Overkill, better than most anyone, have always personified and reveled in the inherent absurdities of rock and roll. And they’ve finally returned. …
Album Reviews: Yuck, Gorillaz, Bob Geldof, Alex Turner
Yuck- s/t (Fat Possum Records, released 2/15/11) A couple years back, there was a band called Cajun Dance Party. I adored them; they recorded one album of glorious shimmering brilliance, and then they split up. Their vocalist and bassist (Daniel…
Album Reviews: Gang Of Four, R.E.M., Clinic, Wire, “West Indies Funk”
Gang Of Four- Product (Yep Roc Records, released 1/25/11) Well, Gang Of Four’s first record of new material in far too long is… Pretty good. Not phenomenal, but good. It contains all the squeal and rumble and resigned lashing-out one…
Album Review: Radiohead- “The King Of Limbs”
On Friday, Radiohead released their new album for download. I bought it, and had every intention of playing it and writing up a quick review. And then after my first listen, I didn’t have a lot to say except “well,…
Overlooked Treasure: The Real Jamaica Ska (1964)
I’ll freely admit it: I love classic Caribbean music. Calypso, Ska, Rocksteady, Mento, Bluebeat, Reggae, and other cross-pollinated and intermingling classifications take up a lot of space on my shelves and hard drives. There’s something I find endlessly fascinating about…
Album Review: “The Music Of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection”
Well, this is something. It’s a fairly impressive, 31 track compilation of superhero theme songs from various films and TV shows, covering nearly the entire 75-year history of DC Comics. The oldest track here is the “Superman March” from the…
Advance Album Review: The Go! Team – “Rolling Blackouts”
The Go! Team: superheroes sent to save pop music from the tyrannical power of no-fun. Their secret hideout laboratory is located not far from here, in a blanket fort, in a treehouse, in a playground, on the corner of Beat…