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Post by felonious on Aug 29, 2018 19:02:42 GMT
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Post by felonious on Aug 29, 2018 19:05:48 GMT
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Post by GeneralFaye on Aug 30, 2018 6:16:11 GMT
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Post by GeneralFaye on Aug 30, 2018 6:17:58 GMT
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Post by GeneralFaye on Aug 30, 2018 6:19:05 GMT
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Post by GeneralFaye on Aug 30, 2018 6:42:51 GMT
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Post by rickyfullerbeer on Aug 30, 2018 6:45:53 GMT
Big up The Manics.
I heard this groovy little jive on Radio 2...the Cerys Matthews Blues show to be precise. I really like it.
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Post by GeneralFaye on Aug 30, 2018 6:46:13 GMT
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Post by felonious on Aug 31, 2018 19:15:00 GMT
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Post by bigjohnritchie on Aug 31, 2018 19:17:19 GMT
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Post by felonious on Aug 31, 2018 19:32:24 GMT
Picked up two Midlake lps cheapo {£2} in the week. 'Van Occupanther' & 'Courage of Others', both really good and been on virtual rotation.
Just come across this info on Youtube.
Midlake is an American rock band from Denton, Texas. The band first gained popularity in Europe, signing to Bella Union Records and later playing at festivals such as Les Inrockuptibles, Wintercase, End of the Road and South by Southwest.
Midlake was formed in 1999 by a group of jazz students at the University of North Texas College of Music. The original lineup consisted of Tim Smith (vocals, guitars, keyboards), McKenzie Smith (drums), Paul Alexander (bass), Eric Nichelson (guitar), and Evan Jacobs (keyboards). Their initial work -- under the name "The Cornbread All-Stars" — consisted of funk/jazz explorations heavily influenced by Herbie Hancock.
Later the band began to lean more toward an indie-rock sound. Tim Smith quit playing saxophone and began writing songs that were heavily influenced by bands such as Jethro Tull, Radiohead, Björk, and Grandaddy, artists who experiment, while still remaining accessible.[1]
Speaking about the band's influences, Smith commented: "We don't want to get called a Radiohead rip-off band. I think Radiohead is a lot closer to my natural tendencies as a songwriter than a band like, um, Jethro Tull. I listen to way more Jethro Tull than I do Radiohead these days, but I could write 10 Radiohead songs before I could write one Jethro Tull song. I want to sound more like Jethro Tull, but I just can't. That's a big struggle." —Tim Smith of Midlake[2]
Jethro and Radiohead
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Aug 31, 2018 19:44:07 GMT
Picked up two Midlake lps cheapo {£2} in the week. 'Van Occupanther' & 'Courage of Others', both really good and been on virtual rotation.
Just come across this info on Youtube.
Midlake is an American rock band from Denton, Texas. The band first gained popularity in Europe, signing to Bella Union Records and later playing at festivals such as Les Inrockuptibles, Wintercase, End of the Road and South by Southwest.
Midlake was formed in 1999 by a group of jazz students at the University of North Texas College of Music. The original lineup consisted of Tim Smith (vocals, guitars, keyboards), McKenzie Smith (drums), Paul Alexander (bass), Eric Nichelson (guitar), and Evan Jacobs (keyboards). Their initial work -- under the name "The Cornbread All-Stars" — consisted of funk/jazz explorations heavily influenced by Herbie Hancock.
Later the band began to lean more toward an indie-rock sound. Tim Smith quit playing saxophone and began writing songs that were heavily influenced by bands such as Jethro Tull, Radiohead, Björk, and Grandaddy, artists who experiment, while still remaining accessible.[1]
Speaking about the band's influences, Smith commented: "We don't want to get called a Radiohead rip-off band. I think Radiohead is a lot closer to my natural tendencies as a songwriter than a band like, um, Jethro Tull. I listen to way more Jethro Tull than I do Radiohead these days, but I could write 10 Radiohead songs before I could write one Jethro Tull song. I want to sound more like Jethro Tull, but I just can't. That's a big struggle." —Tim Smith of Midlake[2]
Jethro and Radiohead
Absolutely, and so much more too. Put a friend or two onto 'Van Occupanther' since buying it. They played the Sugarmill apparently {as did The National}. Had a few 'Jethro Tull's" back in response, I don't really hear that in them, {prob because I don't know a lot of Tull}. Had it on earlier and a mate commented, "it's like a good Radiohead song." Thus un...
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Post by felonious on Aug 31, 2018 20:04:05 GMT
Just come across this info on Youtube.
Midlake is an American rock band from Denton, Texas. The band first gained popularity in Europe, signing to Bella Union Records and later playing at festivals such as Les Inrockuptibles, Wintercase, End of the Road and South by Southwest.
Midlake was formed in 1999 by a group of jazz students at the University of North Texas College of Music. The original lineup consisted of Tim Smith (vocals, guitars, keyboards), McKenzie Smith (drums), Paul Alexander (bass), Eric Nichelson (guitar), and Evan Jacobs (keyboards). Their initial work -- under the name "The Cornbread All-Stars" — consisted of funk/jazz explorations heavily influenced by Herbie Hancock.
Later the band began to lean more toward an indie-rock sound. Tim Smith quit playing saxophone and began writing songs that were heavily influenced by bands such as Jethro Tull, Radiohead, Björk, and Grandaddy, artists who experiment, while still remaining accessible.[1]
Speaking about the band's influences, Smith commented: "We don't want to get called a Radiohead rip-off band. I think Radiohead is a lot closer to my natural tendencies as a songwriter than a band like, um, Jethro Tull. I listen to way more Jethro Tull than I do Radiohead these days, but I could write 10 Radiohead songs before I could write one Jethro Tull song. I want to sound more like Jethro Tull, but I just can't. That's a big struggle." —Tim Smith of Midlake[2]
Jethro and Radiohead
Absolutely, and so much more too. Put a friend or two onto 'Van Occupanther' since buying it. They played the Sugarmill apparently {as did The National}. Had a few 'Jethro Tull's" back in response, I don't really hear that in them, {prob because I don't know a lot of Tull}. Had it on earlier and a mate commented, "it's like a good Radiohead song." Thus un... I get the Radiohead connection on that track but not so much across the two albums. I can vaguely here Jethro particularly on the Courage of others album. I'm not hearing my beloved Grandaddy at all
I've been listening to Jethro Tull from the early days and even the lad now has a few tracks on his playlist. This is well worth 20 minutes of your time if you've not listened to it. Lyrically Ian Anderson is up there with the very best and musically as good as it gets.
On a separate topic I found out this morning that 6 Music has it's own Youtube channel. Haven't had the time for a proper listen yet but there are a few live Idles tracks which may be of interest to you.
www.youtube.com/user/sixgroupsix/videos?disable_polymer=1
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Post by felonious on Aug 31, 2018 20:06:57 GMT
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Post by felonious on Aug 31, 2018 20:10:39 GMT
All I need is somewhere I feel the grass beneath my feet A walk on sand, a fire I can warm my hands My joy will be complete
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Post by felonious on Aug 31, 2018 20:12:42 GMT
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Post by GeneralFaye on Aug 31, 2018 20:43:51 GMT
Idles, Anna Calvi, Spring King and Muncie Girls all releasing new albums today so I'll enjoy listening to them with my headphones on at work tomorrow before the Stoke game.
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Post by slicko on Sept 1, 2018 8:08:09 GMT
The soon to perform at New Vic Theatre, Graham Coxon (ex-Blur)
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Post by felonious on Sept 1, 2018 11:20:59 GMT
Katie Pukrick is knocking some tunes out on 6Music this lunchtime
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Post by felonious on Sept 1, 2018 19:02:48 GMT
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Post by felonious on Sept 1, 2018 19:05:41 GMT
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Post by felonious on Sept 1, 2018 19:14:05 GMT
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Post by felonious on Sept 1, 2018 19:16:11 GMT
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Post by felonious on Sept 1, 2018 19:30:32 GMT
Not many better end of show songs than this.
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Post by felonious on Sept 1, 2018 19:37:56 GMT
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Post by felonious on Sept 1, 2018 19:51:02 GMT
Paul Simon was being interviewed by Jo Wiley and that bloke who's on her show this week. New album out of re-workings of old songs. Can't imagine they'll be up to this standard.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2018 5:55:12 GMT
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Post by chuffedstokie on Sept 2, 2018 6:32:38 GMT
The Divine comedy. Absent friends. National express is fun but I'd forgotten all about this. It's a live version with half an orchestra. Very enjoyable.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Sept 2, 2018 15:05:33 GMT
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Sept 2, 2018 18:11:47 GMT
Absolutely, and so much more too. Put a friend or two onto 'Van Occupanther' since buying it. They played the Sugarmill apparently {as did The National}. Had a few 'Jethro Tull's" back in response, I don't really hear that in them, {prob because I don't know a lot of Tull}. Had it on earlier and a mate commented, "it's like a good Radiohead song." Thus un... I get the Radiohead connection on that track but not so much across the two albums. I can vaguely here Jethro particularly on the Courage of others album. I'm not hearing my beloved Grandaddy at all
I've been listening to Jethro Tull from the early days and even the lad now has a few tracks on his playlist. This is well worth 20 minutes of your time if you've not listened to it. Lyrically Ian Anderson is up there with the very best and musically as good as it gets.
On a separate topic I found out this morning that 6 Music has it's own Youtube channel. Haven't had the time for a proper listen yet but there are a few live Idles tracks which may be of interest to you.
www.youtube.com/user/sixgroupsix/videos?disable_polymer=1
I've moved on to 'The Courage...', great music but I'm finding it terribly morose and introspective, {as it's meant to be obviously.} And consequently nowhere near as immediate as 'Van O.' Epitimises the idea of a 'grower' I reckon'. "I will train my feet..." etc. Very early seventies Laurel Canyon. Mint for a nice Sunday.
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