SR XXIX: Goodbye 10% of the 21st century

June, wow been a while. I assume you've been having one of those lives I hear so much about?

Also decided to really listen to Alchemist. The alleged psychedelic death metal band from aussie land.

A Person wrote: Oh hey June.

Oh hey Matt

Man, I'm listening to this album of Leonard Cohen covers by Beck and it's such garbage...


Edited by June - December 16 2010 at 20:08

June wrote: There's a lot of current bands that are rooted in 70s rock, no? Airbourne, Year Long Disaster, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Them Crooked Vulture...

John Paul Jones is in TCV, and their album is excellent.

There's a lot of current bands that are rooted in 70s rock, no?

Airbourne, Year Long Disaster, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Them Crooked Vulture...

NecronCommander wrote: :(

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Watching newbie reactions to Walter is so f**king hilarious.

That being said, I'm off for the night. Have fun! 

CCVP wrote: harmonium.ro wrote: CCVP wrote: harmonium.ro wrote: Thanks Caio. Also, Tropicalia sounds awesome as a name for a cultural movement.  Yes, indeed. If you can, take a peak @ the portuguese article about it. The english & spanish ones aren't very informative about it. The English article is brief but it'll have to pass the Portuguese one unfortunately . Apparently I knew about the movement (I read some stuff when I discovered Caetano Veloso) but I didn't know it had a name. And Caetano is such a cool guy. True. I actually find it amusing that people actually look at good eyes at the 80's music, excepting the ressurecting metal scene, when the 70's music scene was so rich and powerful. Most of the legendary BR artists of today recorded their best and strongest albums during the 70's/late 60's, as is the case with Caetano, for example.

I don't find it amusing, but perfectly understandable. Current tastes are rooted in 80s alternative (post-punk, new wave, etc.), to which the 70s classic rock is the complete opposite. No wonder there isn't much of a 70s revival except for the prog-scene (which isn't much of a revival because the patient is IMO quite dead). I can agree there is a small brand of contemporary art-rock that borrows a lot from 70s art rock like Queen, Floyd, Bowie (I'm thinking of Muse, PT, dredg, Pineapple Thief, Demians, byron). But even if one the bands I mentioned is highly popular I still think they're a niche. I think that the 60s revival that is happening (to an extent) is much more promising for fans of the classic rock sound, because 60s psych sound is much more akin to the alternative sound.

And there is The Mars Volta, who are mixing 60s influences (Santana, Hendrix, The Who, Floyd) with 70s influences (KC, Can, VdGG, prog-fusion, funk) with hardcore in a completely unique recipe that I don't even know how to relate them to the above ideas

CCVP wrote: harmonium.ro wrote: Thanks Caio. Also, Tropicalia sounds awesome as a name for a cultural movement.  Yes, indeed. If you can, take a peak @ the portuguese article about it. The english & spanish ones aren't very informative about it.

The English article is brief but it'll have to pass the Portuguese one unfortunately . Apparently I knew about the movement (I read some stuff when I discovered Caetano Veloso) but I didn't know it had a name. And Caetano is such a cool guy.

harmonium.ro wrote: A Person wrote: NecronCommander wrote: ? Envy

Kevin,