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ALotOfBottle 
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Yeah, if I'm not mistaken, it is their first studio release since Dopesmoker. And it was released on 4/20, which just really fits in the whole Sleep shtick.
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Meltdowner
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 10:46 |
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^ I'll give it a listen the next time I'm in the mood, although I have some bands of the genre to listen to that I'll see next August.
Today: Atavismo - Inerte Quarteto 1111 - Onde, Quando, Como, Porquê, Cantamos Pessoas Vivas Skyramps - Days of Thunder Kosmischer Läufer - Volume Two Deep Purple - Made in Japan Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind Casiopea - s/t |
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 11:23 |
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Kaleidoscope: Tangerine Dream
the Misfits: Beware Kevin Ayers and the Whole World: Shooting at the Moon Venom: Black Metal
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Larkstongue41
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 14:18 |
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Rush - Caress of Steel
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness The Theater of Eternal Music - Dream House Third Ear Band - Alchemy
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Prog Sothoth
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 15:06 |
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Miami Sound Machine - Eyes of Innocence: Nothing craptastic, although the two ballads are poorly composed. I know back in the early 80's lots of pop & rock musicians were excited about the latest in new musical technology, but it would, in retrospect, be dope if this gang was thinking "hey, let's make an album that will be completely dated beyond belief in a decade!". "Orange Express" at least brings the latin mayhem, but otherwise eh.
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine - Let it Loose: This is classic percussion and big hexagon drum bangin' fun. Lots of hits, but how about the cheeseball cringefest that is "Love Toy"? Now THAT is craptastic. If a bad song makes me smile due to its hilarity, it can't be that bad after all. In the title trackGloria mentions "rock & roll in danger from machinery". Quite the premonition, at least 30 years later. Gloria Estefan - Cuts Both Ways: Another album with a slew of big hits. Nothing craptastic like "Love Toy" or "Movies" from Primitive Love, but there's more white-bread ballads to contend with instead. The production is not as "pink and blue neon" as her previous albums, but the goofy keyboards still make appearances. The upbeat songs have more of a latin vibe than before, which is not a bad thing. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: I just noticed that the title track and "Sabbra Cadabra" are structured the same (verse/chorus/verse/chorus/totally new rhythms and verses/jammy finale). "A National Acrobat" and "Killing Youself to Live" are pretty similar too as at some point they both go off into a bunch of different riffs and melodies without segueing back to the initial verse/chorus. Skinny Puppy - Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse: I always found this to be their grooviest album, and I "dig it" the most out of their output. Not big on the sound collage over drum machine pounding stuff ("Stairs and Flowers") but stuff like "One Time, One Place" and "Antagonism" are righteous industrial coolness. VdGG - He Who is Like the Only One or Something: "Killers" is killer. It's a great album, but I do find it more difficult to just kick back and enjoy with some drinks as it goes along, with the last number especially being one of those tunes I "respect" more than actually "like". It's probably why I'm not so huge on their next album but utterly love The Least we can blah blah...
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HolyMoly
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 15:42 |
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I have so far resisted buying a Gloria Estefan/MSM album, though I have been tempted in the past. I grew up in Miami in the 80s and always kind of liked her - sometimes as a singer but mostly because she’s a genuinely cool person who gives a lot back to the community. And I’ve always liked her ballad “I See Your Smile”. Somewhat generic but the melody and lyrics resonate.
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 19:39 |
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Gloria Estefan was my sole goto mainstream pop counterpart to all the metal, punk, goth, prog and underground stuff I was into. I really liked her voice; it wasn't doll-like and she didn't do the histrionics and air-raid sirens. Plus one thing I hated when forced to listen to all the top hit stuff during the 80's (thanks sisters and mum!) was the simplistic metronome drum machines and/or bare-bones drumwork. If nothing else, Gloria's upbeat tunes were often loaded with more percussive pounding and madness than your typical industrial act back then, even the big hits such as "1-2-3".
It's funny, she had a slew of major English hits from the mid-80's through the early 90's, but I'm finding that, on an international scale, these days her legacy seems more focused on her Spanish language music, especially her Mi Tierra album, which was a global monster of a seller (and really good too with tons of organic instrumentation). As far as her ballads are concerned, I have a confession to make, in that I think "Anything for You" was a gem. Good lyrics for lovey dovey stuff, delivered with a perfect sense of emotion. Plus the ending is great with the tasteful acoustic guitar solo and then the big horns kicking in before the fade-out...not a typical ballad ending (and she composed the song too). Maybe I should be blushing, but nah, I'm too old to care...I like what I like. And oh yeah, her video for "Live for Loving You" is fun and apparently a treat for Miami residents. "Ooooh la la la la la la la"...such an earworm.
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 21:09 |
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Hey, maybe I will invest in some Gloria after all. Why the hell not?
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Posted: April 25 2018 at 11:11 |
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Pink Floyd: the Best Of Tour `72
Simon & Garfunkel: Old Friends Live On Stage Gong: Rejoice! I´m Dead!
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True story...I did own some of her old cassettes back in the late 80's, but eventually they vanished. Last fall at a bar I got pretty drunk and in a state of nostalgic stupor after hearing one of her hits being played there, I ordered a bunch of her vinyls. Booze + current phone technology = potential trouble. My wife was pretty amused as album after album of MSM and Gloria albums kept showing up at our door. Thankfully, mainstream pop albums from the 80's and early 90's don't hurt the wallet (I paid more in reasonable domestic shipping costs than the LPs themselves). I'm having a pretty good time with them actually.  Today: Gloria Estefan - Into the Light: For a 1991 release, this actually sounds more 80's and dated than her previous album. She had a bad accident, and after recovery threw in some soul influence at the expense of Latin fun. In fact, it's only near the end of the album when the good stuff arrives (the charming "Live for Loving You" and the Latin banger "Mama Yo Can't Go"). There's also "Sex in the 90's", the most craptastic slab in her career. I'd love to play that at a retro 90's theme party just to mess with everyone. Gloria Estefan - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me: I liked the cover, but didn't realize it was an album of cover songs of pop hits from the 60's and 70's...ouch! I remember "Turn the Beat Around" being popular though. But after the mighty Mi Tierra album from the previous year (superb stuff), this album is chock full of wasted potential, since the band plays a lot of these songs straight. A tropical Latin madhouse version of that BS&T You Make Me so Very Happy tune could've been magical...but no, they kept it faithfull (thus a boring cover). Black Sabbath - Paranoid: It's a thing I guess; after Gloria binges I need some Sabbath. There must be tons of Black Sabbath cover bands out there, and this album alone has tons of inspirational opportunities for cover band names. Electric Caravan, Iron Salad, Planet of Doom, War Fairies, Paranoid Pigs, etc... Immolation - Here in After: Slithering death metal brimming with really weird riffs and a lot of blasphemous gutterals. My sons don't seem to get how I can actually enjoy this stuff. They're probably thinking at this point that the best way to rebel against dear old dad is to become choir boys.
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Posted: April 25 2018 at 17:58 |
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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - Big Fun
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HolyMoly
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Posted: April 25 2018 at 18:21 |
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(It was the Sonics’ “50” box containing their 3 LPs from the 60s. I’d bought their 2015 album the night before and was blown away). |
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Posted: April 25 2018 at 18:36 |
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Soft Machine | Alive and Well - Recorded in Paris Reanimation | Under the Last Tree Belle & Sebastian | Storytelling (soundtrack) The Fall | The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall Th Faith Healers | Lido Ty Segall | Singles 2007-2010 Also received not one (see above post) but two vinyl box sets in the mail today, the most vinyl I’ve ever received in the mail at once. Might get time to listen to some tonight but if I do I’ll list it manana. |
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Posted: April 26 2018 at 02:46 |
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Hey Tymon, I heard one track from the new Sleep and it sounds great, more interesting than Dopesmoker actually. I happened to be invited to a local radio show yesterday and it was played there :)
Yesterday: Laia - Viva Jesus e Mais Alguém (Post-Rock with Portuguese guitar and percussions. It's quite nice.)
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Posted: April 26 2018 at 11:58 |
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Roy Harper: Stormcock
Spooky Tooth: It´s All About Caravan: Waterloo Lily Faust: Faust IV
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Miles Davis - Big Fun
Miles Davis - Pangea Miles Davis - Osaka Shows
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Posted: April 26 2018 at 19:21 |
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Return to Forever - Hymn from the Seventh Galaxy
Faust - IV Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
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Posted: April 27 2018 at 02:48 |
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Godsmack - IV Iron Maiden - Live After Death Duran Duran - Rio Sensible Soccers - Villa Soledade
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Nina Hagen Band | unbehagen
Neil Young | Tonight’s the Night Amen Dunes | Love Beach Boys | Sunflower United Waters | The Narrows David Bowie | Station to Station David Bowie | Low Captain Sensible | Revolution Now Cheer-Accident | Introducing Lemon Intersystems | Peachy Velvet Monkeys | Rake Ty Segall | Twins Nihilist Spasm Band | Live in Japan |
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Yesterday & today:
Tomorrow Featuring Keith West: Tomorrow Fotheringay: s/t John Fogerty: Blue Moon Swamp the Soft Machine: s/t (compilation from before first album material with Daevid Allen in guitar) Dead Moon: Hard Wired In Ljubljana
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