MUST SEE! The Deep Dark Woods

21 Apr
The Deep Dark Wood, Papier Saal, Zürich

The Deep Dark Wood, Papier Saal, 20.4.2013, Zürich

The Deep Dark Woods, Concert: Papier Saal, Zürich. So I had a beer and plucked up the courage to speak to one of them before they went on stage; Geoff Hilhorst – Keyboard troubadour and who is as tall as the Sitka Spruce was generous enough to share a couple of  facts.
The all Canadian band (singer and guitarist Ryan Boldt, bass guitarist, vox Chris Mason, organist and pianist Geoff Hilhorst, drummer Lucas Goetz, along with Clayton Linthicum- replacement for Burke Barlow) hail from Saskatoon and Toronto, they’re signed to Six Shooter Records in Canada and Sugarhill Records in the US, and to experience them play is something like coming in from the cold and rain to a freshly baked apple pie. As the set progresses you realise you’re lost in the deep dark woods as if it’s their aim – to spellbound and slowly intoxicate with the help of  light sonic dueling of Boldt’s guitar and Hilhorst’s Keyboard. They’ve been compared to Neil Young among others of that ilk but they have  definite personality of their own – they draw their music influences from all over but love stuff coming out of england and Ireland. They’re going to be giants – physically they already are.

If you haven’t had the privilege to see them live yet, it’s a must. They have a new album coming out Autumn/Winter which will be the 5th under their belt: http://thedeepdarkwoods.com/?page_id=7

Plus. Here are the current dates (GO SEE THEM!) and link to their website: http://thedeepdarkwoods.com/?page_id=5

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RECORD STORE DAY IS UPON US

20 Apr

As stated on the 18.3.13 post – RSD is upon us. There’s absolutely tonnes of good stuff happening today. Celebrations over the globe rejoicing in vinyl!
2013 kicked off with 78 percent more vinyl record sales than the previous year –  and to add sugar to the figures, 500 plus records have been exclusively produced for the days events – which is a definite incentive for fans to get their hands on limited editions.

Check it out. Here are links to news and events:

http://www.recordstoreday.com/Venues?country=Switzerland&venue=

http://www.muzu.tv/recordstoreday/playlists/record-store-day-uk/1106716/

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World Art Day 15 April

15 Apr

In the hope of spreading Art awareness, last year Bedri Baykam presented a proposal suggesting that Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday, April 15, be declared World Art Day (WAD). A whole bunch of countries including Mexico, France, China, Cyprus (Greek), Sweden, Japan, Slovakia, Mauritius and Norway unanimously accepted the proposal by the IAA’s General Assembly. The AA/AIAP, is an NGO operating with UNESCO, comprising artists belonging essentially to the fields of painting, sculpture, printmakers and artists practising other forms of creative work in the visual arts. http://www.facebook.com/worldartday.iaa

Although the music world isn’t included in WAD, there does exist a World Music Day celebrated every year (since 1982) which takes place on 21. June. More of that in June, but for now here is WAD playlist. I have to praise John Langford for his entertaining prowess. He’s just great and this song slaps down on the counter what it’s like to be an artist and entertainer. And it goes without saying that Langford’s other bands, mates and collaborators – Sally Timms, The Sadies and the amazing Mekons – join him in excellence.
Brian (Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle ) Eno, is not only an accomplished master mind musician and author, he created ‘Self Storage’  – an Installation that was exhibited at the Alcan Foil Factory near Wembley in 1995. http://youtu.be/gKxuVtQuIfg. The song Regiment from the Album My Life In A Bush Of Ghosts (Brian Eno, David Byrne) is an amazing, eclectic, sensual mix of east meets west and the Album as a whole was considered ground breaking upon its release in 1981. It is indeed timeless as it brings together electronics, ambience, held together with a beautiful bass line and beat.

  1. Regiment, Brian Eno and David Byrne
  2. There She Goes Again, Velvet Underground & Nico
  3. Andy Warhol, David Bowie
  4. Renaissance Man, Gene Burnett
  5. Architects Dream, Kate Bush
  6. John Langford, Are You An Entertainer
  7. Art For Art Sake, 10CC
  8. Street Life, Roxy Music
I leave you also with the video of Roxy Music’s Street Life. Brian Ferry- well he’s just a walking work of art in a sharp suit.

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Vitamin D Playlist

6 Apr

Through the grey April sky there seems to be a sun beam trying to fight it’s way through and feed us with some vitamin D –  I hope it’s the same where you are too. The Silver Jews I sneaked in to let off some steam. Enjoy!

The Beatles   Sun King

The Walker Brothers   The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine More

Bobby Hebb   Sunny

Violent Femmes   Blister In The Sun

The Ramones   California Sun

Richard Hawley   Just Like The Rain

Chris Montez    The More I see You

Fleetwood Mac   The Sun Is Shining

Reigning Sound   Stormy Weather

The Silver Jews   Sometimes a Pony Gets Depressed

Prince  Sometimes It Snows In April

Billy Holiday   Come Rain Or Come Shine
http://youtu.be/XqECFy_qzkM

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Aint No Mountain High Enough For King, 3 April 1968

3 Apr
Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King ‘I’ve Been to the Mountaintop’

On this Day Martin Luther King delivered his ‘I’ve Been to the Mountaintop’ speech. King made the speech one day before his assassination on the 4th April, 1968 at the Mason Temple in Memphis Tennessee. King called for unity, economic actions, boycotts, and nonviolent protest, while challenging the United States to live up to its ideals. At the end of the speech, he discusses the possibility of an untimely death.

I’ve chosen Aint No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell because as part of Kings speech;

we aren’t going to let dogs or water hoses turn us around. We aren’t going to let any injunction turn us around. We are going on.

strives with fervent determination and just a smidgen of good old-fashioned leuve. enjoy.

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Heartless Bastards

2 Apr
Heartless Bastards

Heartless Bastards

The first ear-connection I had with Heartless Bastards was on 6 Music. Erika Wennerstrom’s voice blew me away as it is undeniably ‘different’. I think you either love or hate it. Myself and 33,754 others (facebook fans alone) love it. I managed to catch their one-only gig in Switzerland a couple of months ago and Erika Wennerstrom’s voice didn’t seem to match up with her slight frame – A deep, southern, fine-sand-paper twang full of fragility – like it’s just about to break. They played hard to a semi warm appreciative audience and It reminded me again, how much dedication, bloody-mindedness, stubborn determination and a soupscon of madness you have to have to arrive at your goals in the music business. Their sound to me is a mix of grey-granite rock, wide-open prairies, mountain ranges, pools of blood, sweat and tears and heart-ache. They have been likened to The Black Keys- who are fellow Ohioions.

The Heartless Bastards had different line-up at the very beginning in 2003, with Erika Wennerstrom on vocals, piano and guitar, Dave Colvin on drums, Adam McAllister on bass and Michael Weinel on lead guitar. They played their first live show at The Comet bar in Cincinnati 2003 and have meandered their way through the circuits and festivals ever since. The present day members are Erika Wennerstrom, Jesse Ebaugh (bass), Dave Colvin (drums), and Mark Nathan (guitar). They’ve now got their fourth album Arrow (2012) under their belts and it’s not one to miss. Check them out on: www.theheartlessbastards.com Here’s a taster of their brilliance: Nothing Seems The Same, live at SXSW.

Got To Have Rock n Roll

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Easter Playlist

28 Mar

bunmic

There are one too many bunny references here, but it’s Easter so there you go … there are also so many songs in the world written with ‘Rabbit’ in the title for some reason. If you you know more, please let me know!
I cheated a little with *Patti Smith only because the Title Song from the album isn’t a favourite and Because The Night (by Bruce Springsteen) is. BUT it is from the Easter Album.
The Johnny Cash version of Personal Jesus is just pure fabness, Breathless floods you with spring and it mentions Gambling Lambs- a bit contrived but we don’t want to be too strict … and apologies for the JMJ Equinox part 5 (there are 7 parts I think), I’m not a fan but it reminds me of Gateshead and a man named Kroot and it starts the whole thing off with March 21st or there-abouts. I leave you with a TOTP youtube classic of  The Resurrection Shuffle to get your bunny feet tapping!

Jean Michel Jarre: Equinoxe part 5 (Houston, Lyon Mix)

Jefferson Airplane: White Rabbit

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: Breathless

Ashton Gardner & Dyke: The Resurrection Shuffle

*Patti Smith Group: Because The Night (Easter Album)

Johnny Cash (version): Personal Jesus

T-Rex: Rabbit Fighter

Judee Sill: Jesus Was A Crossmaker

Coco Rosie: Good Friday

Bob Marley: Exodus

Paul Westerberg: Mr Rabbit

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Track of the Day: The Old Man’s Back Again

27 Mar
Scott Walker

Scott Walker

Scott Walker’s passionate leftist political beliefs had been no secret by the time “The Old Man’s Back Again” was written and recorded, but the event which prompted one of his most pointed songs found him tackling not a right-wing dictatorship (as he later would with “The Electrician”) but a left-wing one. The subtitle – “Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime”) specifically refers to the repressive Czech government that overthrew the Prague Spring era in 1968 with Soviet military help, the ‘old man’ himself being the ghost of Stalin returned to a horrific new life. “The Old Man’s Back Again” found Walker blending a symbolic lyric of destruction and death with a striking combination of rumbling, prominent funk bass and a post-Ennio Morricone western-orchestral arrangement, stabbing strings courtesy Peter Knight and mournful, almost Russian chorale-tinged wordless calls coming to the fore. As is often the case with Walker, his smooth singing power sugars the pill, exchanging open rage or a cynical snarl with a stance that’s uneasy listening, at once romantically evocative and bitterly condemnatory. (source: www.allmusic.com by Ned Raggett)

Happy Late Birthday To The Late Fred Neil

19 Mar
Fred Neil

Fred Neil

 

Scouting through Spotify, I was looking for how many versions there are of The Dolphins. Tim Buckley did a great rendition of it as did Richie Havens, among others. But the original voice of this brilliant song is of Fred Neil. He wrote it and you’ll find it on the The Many Sides of Fred Neil album. He was indeed a Dolphin lover and became involved in The Dolphin Project – helping in the struggle to stop Dolphins being caught in Tuna nets.

Born on 16th March 1936 in Cleveland Ohio, he died 2001. A few days shy of his Birthday – this is for him.

RECORD STORE DAY, APRIL 2013

18 Mar

I think it’s only a good thing to keep the Record Shop alive and kicking in the sea of online and downloads. I always get great service and tips from the local Jamarico Record shop and RecRec here in my adopted hometown; Zurich. So I’m pleased have come across the ever nearing Record Store Day site. Check out the nearest store to you on: http://www.recordstoreday.com/Venues?
The following stores are also taking part right here in Switzerland: 

Dezibelle   Aarau VISIT WEBSITE
Plattfon Records Stampa Bookstore   Basel VISIT WEBSITE
TAKE FIVE   BERN VISIT WEBSITE
Mandrake Jazz & Comix   Lugano VISIT WEBSITE
outsider musicshop gmbh   Olten VISIT WEBSITE
Ventilator Records   Winterthur VISIT WEBSITE
Hum Records   Zurich VISIT WEBSITE

This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April. http://www.recordstoreday.com

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN QUOTE:

“I buy CDs all the time. I’ll go into a record store and just buy $500 worth of CDs. I will! I am singlehandedly supporting what’s left of the record business.

I hate to see record stores disappear, and I’m old-school in that I think you should pay for your music. But what my kids do is download a lot of things, pay for them, and then if they love something, they’ll get the CD. That may be the future.”

Brian Eno and Grizzly Bear will release a limited edition 12” for Record Store Day, featuring Nicolas Jaar remixes from their landmark 2012 albums ‘LUX’ and ‘Shields’.

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Chris Taylor, Daniel Rossen, Ed Droste, Chris Bear (Grizzly Bear)

Grizzly Bear was started as a solo project by Ed Droste in 1999. Their Debut album   Horn Of Plenty, 2004, was raved about and given top marks from various music press – they have a serious following in the Scandavian countries. 

Here’s their abstract on Alternative health perhaps – Gun Shy – their latest offering this of 2013.

 

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