Archive for November 23rd, 2012

by / on November 23, 2012 at 2:20 pm / in Rock Music, Uncategorized

Jellyfish – Stack-a-Tracks (2012)

We Jellyfish fans will take whatever new music from the band we can get, even if by “new” that means “the same old music in a new form.” Record Store Day’s now annual Black Friday event this year included a limited edition of the bands two albums Bellybutton and Spilt Milk in instrumental form

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by / on November 23, 2012 at 8:20 am / in On Second Thought, Rock Music, Uncategorized

On Second Thought: The Who – Quadrophenia (1973)

Quadrophenia is getting new attention after the remaining members of the Who launched a U.S. tour this month focusing on their long-overlooked second rock opera. But how does it hold up nearly 40 years later?

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by / on November 23, 2012 at 7:54 am / in Rock Music, Uncategorized

Indian Handcrafts – Civil Disobedience for Losers (2012)

With a mighty swarm of guitar riffs and funky-as-hell vocals, Indian Handcrafts takes to Civil Disobedience for Losers with an attitude that is all too rare in today’s cookie-cutter rock scene.

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by / on November 23, 2012 at 7:24 am / in Fusion Jazz, Progressive rock, Uncategorized

Ligro – Dictionary 2 (2012)

I don’t know too many jazz-fusion bands out of Indonesia. As a matter of fact, I only know of one, and if one is a good enough sample, then I’m ready to state that this nation out of Southeast Asia is a hotbed for vital, dynamic and just plain great sounding fusion.

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by / on November 23, 2012 at 6:34 am / in Friday Morning Listen, Uncategorized

The Friday Morning Listen: The Grateful Dead – Fox Theatre, 11/30/80, 2nd Set (1980)

Thanksgiving rolls around every year and I mostly remain silent on the “Happy Thanksgiving” front. It’s not that I have nothing to be thankful for

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