When LULU
When LULU
And still the critics yelled for it to be silenced.
I’m in the sixteenth minute of Lou Reed & Metallica performing the album live in Köln, and bloody hell it’s good.
LULU by Lou Reed and Metallica
Monthly Joint Series by Amon Tobin
Amon Tobin released an album called Monthly Joint Series, which was made in the year 2009 from the bastard children of his then current album he had underway. Each song stands on its own, as a valiant soldier marching forth into the industrial wreckage ready to reek salvation upon the land. I guess, as legend has it, Amon released a song a month digitally, which fans ate up ravenously.
It’s what you’d come to expect from Amon Tobin, filled with futuristic sounds, traditional beats, and much bass.
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Triggerfinger by Triggerfinger
Triggerfinger is on board to be one of my favorite bands of 2013. They’ve been around since 1998, but this album, their debut album was only released in 2004. Apparently they weren’t picked up on and enjoyed in Belgium… I just got hooked on them from this song, which also was their first song to hit the Dutch charts:
However, they’re not really an acoustic band, though some of their top tracks on YouTube may convince you differently, being that they seem to all be acoustic performaces. In fact, they’re dubbed as Antwerp’s loudest band. Read their bio on their website, that’ll get the hairs raised on the back of your neck.
Triggerfinger’s self titled album, Triggerfinger
The band is three members from Belgium, Ruben Block plays guitar and sings, Paul Van Bruystegem who plays bass, and
Mario Goossens on the drums.
Ride The Lightening by Metallica
Photo source: Metallica
One of Metallica‘s finest hours comes in the form of Ride the Lightning
Rumor has it that there’s a French green copy of the album that was mistakenly printed that are a rare collectors item. Another little tidbit of information is that this was the last album that Dave Mustane, former guitarist for Metallica who then went on to found Megadeth, was credited for co-writing a song.
The band members recorded on this album are James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Cliff Burton, and Kirk Hammett.
We Sink by Sóley
Photo source: Sóley | www.soleysoley.com/
Every so often you run into an artist that simply makes you stop and think of looking up at the sky for some time wondering about things. Sóley unquestionably does this. I was first introduced to her at what is known as Bedroom Disco, a really ground roots movement where bands play by donation in a living room of some generous soul.
Sóley, a very charming individual, presents to the listener an array of songs filled with loops of dainty tidbits of delightfulness, and she does it all with this charisma that shows she is simply expressing her soul. Sóley is from Iceland, and she has a marvelous way about the world.
Album Review: Folk Singer by Muddy Waters
In 1964, Muddy Waters released his album Folk Singer
Coral Fang by The Distillers
One of my favorite punk rock albums of all time is The Distillers 2003 major label debut album, Coral Fang
Bad As Me by Tom Waits
Tom Waits, like wine, gets better with age. Well, that would imply that he wasn’t great back in the 70’s..
Tom has just released a new album, yes, marking just over 40 years of producing albums for the world’s content. Continue Reading →
On The House by Head of the Herd
The first track I heard of Head of the Herd blew my socks off, and so did the next track, and so did the one after that. This same pattern continued until I had exhausted everything I could find to listen to by these two guys, Neu and Clay.
Seriously, before I say anything further, go to their website and download their free CD, stuff like this doesn’t last long free. Continue Reading →
Velvet Underground & Nico
The Velvet Underground held a regular gig at Andy Warhols Factory. One of the hippest spots of the 60’s and into the 70’s, where everybody wanted to be, but only select few penetrated the inner circles.
Led by front man Lou Reed, and also including John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen “Moe” Tucker The Velvet Underground & Nico
The arrangement of instruments in this is pretty extensive, and no wonder why they were so great. Sunday Morning starts off with a twinkling sound, somewhat similar to a xylophone. At any rate, it’s a song you should most definitely recognize if you listen to music, in fact, most of the songs on the album you should recognize. Continue Reading →