Archive for March, 2014

Deep Beatles: “I Need You,” from Help! (1965)

Deep Beatles: “I Need You,” from Help! (1965)

Due to the overwhelmingly positive response to my last Deep Beatles column on “The Night Before,” this week shines the spotlight on another underrated Help! track: “I Need You,” an early George Harrison composition that still sounds haunting and airy. You May Also Like: The Beatles, “You’re Going to LoseRead More

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On Second Thought: Jon Irabagon – It Takes All Kinds (2014)

If Foxy was a test of endurance, It Takes All Kinds is its continuation in the most expansive of senses. You May Also Like: Andrew Barker + Jon Irabagon Duo – ‘Anemone’ (2020) Barry Altschul & The 3Dom Factor – Live In Kraków (2015) Jon Irabagon – ‘I Don’t HearRead More

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Something Else! sneak peek: moe., “Blond Hair and Blue Eyes” from No Guts No Glory (2014)

Only a free-form improvisational group like moe. could start out with the aim of a barn-recorded acoustic album and somehow end up working with a producer who made his name in hip hop-circles. You May Also Like: Here’s Chippy – Things We Left Behind (2018): Something Else! Sneak Peek DavidRead More

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The Friday Morning Listen: Material – Hallucination Engine (1981)