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Album review: DAVID BOWIE – Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95)
Parlophone Records [Release date 03.07.20] When it comes to the oft-debated world of posthumous releases, the gatekeepers of David Bowie’s catalogue can surely be held up as an example of how to do it right. Since Bowie’s passing in 2016 … Continue reading
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Tagged album, avant garde, David Bowie, electronica, Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95), pop, review, rock, Tin Machine
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Album review: THE TUBES – The A&M Albums
In Part 1 (above) of a two-part special, Fee Waybill chats about the formative years of The Tubes. (First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, 28 June 2015) Part 2 (above) discusses the band’s progress from the early-1980s to … Continue reading
Album review: CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND – Somewhere Over Detroit
Gonzo Multimedia [Release Date 23.05.14] Given the atrocious sound quality of this album and the apparent jumble of material ‘Somewhere Over Detroit’ is for completists only. Recorded in December 1980, this concert was part of Beefheart’s comeback, as he reverted … Continue reading
Album review: HOT HEAD SHOW – Perfect
Tentacle Films Limited [Release date 14.10.13] Hot Head Show is a trio with art rock and avant-garde pretensions. ‘Perfect’ is an album that has its moments of starling musical innovation, as it explores imaginative horizons, but ultimately it struggles lyrically … Continue reading
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Tagged avant garde, Captain Beefheart, Eve Copeland, Frank Zappa, Hot Head Show, John Cooper Clark, Jonah Brody, Jordan Copeland, King Crimson, Maxwell "Betamax" Hallett, Moldy Peaches, Moxy Fruvous, Perfect, review, Robert Fripp, Sonja Kristina, Stewart Copeland
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Album review: MR AVERELL – Gridlock
Gonzo Multi Media [Release date 06.05.13] René van Commenée is Dutch visual sound artist. He trained as a graphical designer and is a self taught musician who studied Indian classical music as a tabla player. Never one to take the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amon Duul, art rock, avant garde, David Bowie, David Jackson, Dutch rock, Dyane Donck, Hugh Banton, Ivor Cutler, John Ellis, Judge Smith, Lene Lovitch, Lisa Weiss, Martijn Alsters, Mike Garson, Mr Averell, Ninca Leece, prog rock, René van Commenée, Stewart Gordon, synthesizer, Tammo Heikens, Van Der Graaf Generator, Willem Tanke
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Album review: SIDONY BOX – Rules
Sidony Box play what they call, ‘music of the moment’, revelling in free- form spontaneity which leaves the listener wondering just where they will go next. Nothing is predictable, except perhaps the opening blast of cacophony and … Continue reading
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Tagged albumj, alto sax, Arhthur Narcy, avant garde, drums, Elie Dalibert, Ex-tension records, free=from, guitar, imorov, jazz, Manuel Adnot, percussion, progressive, review, rock, Rules, Sidony Box, spontaneity
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