Archive for June, 2012

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Marti Mendenhall – An Evening of Live Jazz (2012)

Most performers are wary of live discs, this typically unforgiving setting that can reveal as much of the bad as it does the good. Fewer still are brave enough to choose a concert date as their recorded debut. You May Also Like: Alex LoRe – ‘Evening Will Find Itself’ (2023)Read More

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Half Notes: Various artists – Flower Power (2007)

This massive 10-CD box set is perfect for somebody looking to load up on music from a variety of 1970s genres: folk, folk rock, pop, rock, psychedelic rock … it’s all there. The broad categories presented are: “Groovin,’” “Born To Be Wild,” “Time of the Season,” “Age of Aquarius,” andRead More

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Twisted Sister – Club Daze Vol. II: Live in the Bars/ Live at Hammersmith (2012 remasters)

It’s been a good few weeks for Twisted Sister fans. You May Also Like: ‘We Are Twisted F***ing Sister!’ (2014): Movies

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Billy Martin & Wil Blades Duo – Shimmy (2012)

Medeski, Martin & Wood has cast such a long shadow over the whole acid jazz movement for so long that the MMW can no longer be considered merely a band, it’s a franchise. You May Also Like: Medeski Martin & Wood with Alarm Will Sound – ‘Omnisphere’ (2018)

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The Chocolate Watch Band – The Inner Mystique (1968, 2012 reissue)

Originally released on the Tower label in early 1968, The Inner Mystique marked the second album from the Chocolate Watch Band. Basically an excursion in exploitation, the majority of cuts on the disc were performed by session musicians, with absolutely zero input from any of the group members. As expected,Read More

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Heart – Strange Euphoria (2012)

Heart, like many legacy bands in the 1980s, struggled to marry its original sound with the synthesized style of the day. Strange Euphoria, a sweeping new compilation due June 5, 2012 from Epic-Legacy, charts that journey You May Also Like: ‘Fanatic’ Rocked All the Way Out, But Still Had PlentyRead More

Joel Larson, Co-Founder of the Grass Roots: Something Else! Interview

Joel Larson, Co-Founder of the Grass Roots: Something Else! Interview

Drummer Joel Larson, a founding member of the Grass Roots, was on board for their most memorable accomplishments.

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One Track Mind: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, "Your Precious Love" (1967)

They told me he might not cry. Same with her. Both times, in the moments before our son Jack and then our daughter Ella came into this world, I was down the hall You May Also Like: Noah Jack, “Neighborhood” (2017): One Track Mind

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Lettuce – Fly (2012)

Lettuce is funk powerhouse of a supergroup, a rare supergroup where the group was formed before many of its members became “super” from other projects. You May Also Like: WRD (Robert Walter, Eddie Roberts, Adam Deitch) – ‘The Hit’ (2021) Takuya Kuroda – ‘Fly Moon Die Soon’ (2020)

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Half Notes: Fantomas – Suspended Animation (2005)

Each of their most recent three albums had some sort of gimmick involved, and jazz-metal-avant weirdos Fantomas’ Suspended Animation didn’t deviate from that successful formula. The album mirrors Fantomas’ self-titled album a bit in that it’s essentially just a bunch of short tracks named consecutively. Where their first album wasRead More