Herman’s Hermits – Their Greatest Hits (2014): Reissue
Led by teen heartthrob Peter Noone, Herman’s Hermits’ sweet and snappy songs thoroughly matched their family-friendly image.
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Steely Dan Sunday, “Gullywater” aka “Funky Driver” (1975, unreleased)
Another cut with great promise, only to be shelved along with so many other ‘Katy Lied’ session nuggets. Perhaps not a Top 5 tune lay in the heart of this beast, but a heart that was very much ALIVE.
One Track Mind: Johnny Butler, “Macaroni Dip” (2014)
Earlier this year, outlier saxophonist Johnny Butler made an EP titled Raise It Up, pulling most everything from the pantry and throwing it into a logic board-laden blender. You May Also Like: No related posts.
Mud Morganfield + Kim Wilson – For Pops [A Tribute to Muddy Waters] (2014)
The late Muddy Waters is in the blood, soul and heart of Mud Morganfield.
Gimme Five: Overlooked Albums by Bad Company, Genesis, Husker Du, others
Call this one: A Trip to St. Cecilia’s Orphanage for Homeless Albums.
Farmers By Nature – Love And Ghosts (2014)
This improvised music supergroup is truly a democratic musical commune.
The Road Hammers – Wheels (2014)
Forget about the genre this album is supposed – or not supposed – to be.
Something Else! sneak peek: MoeTar, “Regression to the Mean” from Entropy of the Century (2014)
Does a song have to be repetitive and elementary to work? MoeTar says: No.
Darius Jones + Matthew Shipp – The Darkseid Recital (2014)
Unpredictability and real passion characterizes ‘The Darkseid Recital’ as a whole, just as it did for Jones’ and Shipp’s amazing ‘Cosmic Lieder’, but those things are magnified from doing it from the stage. That’s the perfect way to follow up on that earlier, acclaimed duet.
‘I’m still kind of shocked and delirious’: Nils Lofgren goes inside his personal new box set
This hand-picked nine-CD, one-DVD collection arrives today.
