Random Album Cover Game

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feeds@yuku.com (Untoward) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:55:13 PST

What the hey I miss doing this so I'll add a new one and hope people are still reading!

Gillen D'Arcy Wood- Enough Suffering For Anyone. In this world of wars, economic crisis and mental turmoil, we all need to take a breather and visit the beach for a stroll. Well, D'Arcy Wood has crafted the perfect acoustic soundtrack for just such a thing. When dark clouds gather, open the windows and listen to the rain and thunder along with this superb album. D'Arcy Wood plays soft piano and guitar equally well, being the product of a '60s musical family. No theatrics here, just a singer-songwriter and his thoughts.

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feeds@yuku.com (Untoward) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:46:07 PST

A lot of tumbleweeds and crickets on this thread now.

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feeds@yuku.com (Untoward) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:39:55 PST

Skydancer's released some nice YouTube videos, featuring more avant-garde photography ala the cover of the demo CD. Nice, quiet, rainy day tunes. I see them matching perfectly the cadre of musicians on Second Motion Records.

Quantum3D- The Deeper They Burn. The usual Music For Airports-inspired group, also Low-era Bowie. Since their debut in 1997 with Only the Mad Are Sane, they have plied their instrumentals towards insurance ads, automobile campaigns, vegan rights rallies and other causes. Despite the seemingly peaceful aura they exude, there has been considerable strife within this five-piece, but they always patch up before venturing out to promote the newest release.

Some standouts tracks include:

Use, Do Not Abuse
Power in the Mysteries of Thought
Lie to Find the Truth
Prisoners of Their Own Minds, i-xxii -An epic of Floydian and Emerson, Lake and Palmer proportions. Harkening back to the times of '70s synthesizer overload, they employ no less...

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feeds@yuku.com (chrome3D) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:28:43 PST

Skydancer - Eternal spring is in my heart

Soft, girly folk duo. Another chick is from US midwest and the other is british. They have played together only two times so far. Thanks to modern technology they swap stuff over the internet and chat about this and that. This is their first self released demo and they hope that it catches the attention of some record label and they would be able to continue doing this.

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feeds@yuku.com (Untoward) — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:13:25 PST

Ah, I see you discovered my fellow Hoosiers, Chrome. Always nice to see a shout-out for my home state. The alt scene is big in Indianapolis with plenty of experimental bands touring the area and trudging up to Chicago to work on their jazz chops. Native Soil is a nice, moody piece for traversing the flat cornfields up north, particularly in late winter when introspection is all you have to occupy your time. These guys have got it down and I expect big things from them when they tour Europe this fall.

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feeds@yuku.com (chrome3D) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:12:27 PST

I N D I A N A : N A T I V E S O I L O F M A N H O O D

Electronic and minimalistic piece from Indiana- based duo. Channeling native americans again only in an urban and angsty way.

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feeds@yuku.com (Untoward) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:34:57 PST

Yeah, I won't play RM at night, either, for fear he'll appear in my bathroom mirror behind me.

Ciulfina Rentzi, wow, what a voice. I'm a sucker for the low, throaty females and she's up there. I much prefer the Riflessione I - VII, but if I were fifteen years younger her other material would be perfect for getting the demons out of my mind. Wow, you've mentioned Janette Napolitano, and I remember an album in a similar vein, but without the speed metal, diamond-tipped drill of either Rentzi or Revolution Man:

Darkroom- All The Years You Have Lived. This is a circa 1990 cassette-only release I've got, yet to find a proper CD or MP3 of this husband-wife combo from Arizona. They channel the spirits of long-forgotten Native Americans and frontier tragedies for their avant-garde, slow acoustic rock, along with tequila-flavored tales of shootouts, old flames and battered dreams of the American West, both old and new. Part Concrete Blonde (Mexican Moon), Eagles' Desperado and...

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feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:22:23 PST

OMG, I had to digest Revolution Man over the whole last week. It should come with a health warning sticker. Though there are no influences, this is what would have happened if Iggy hadnt gone on the macrobiotics trip after rehab with Bowie and then joining the early Swans. I think Helios Creed (ex-Chrome) is playing one or the other guitar solo (though "solo" is a pretty weak word for the general sonic brainfuck between the "verses", think someone trying to play the beginning of Wagner's "Ring" with a steamhammer), but i can be wrong. I didnt know Low-Fi can sound so menacing and evil. It's still refreshing! Very! Another giant in the field of No Compromise. "Stirner's Dream" is totally awesome. I won't play it at night. I can see R.M. becoming a cult hit very very soon. let's see if and how he is going to react.

Today:

Ciulfina Rentzi - Eccessi Americani

Another...

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feeds@yuku.com (Untoward) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:53:37 PST

Revolution Man-Reality Is To Go Insane. He has no name. He has no home. He appeared on the scene like a man walking across the desert, slow, distant, out of focus. He is Revolution Man. He subscribes to no musical philosophy and claims no influences. RM gargles glass and sandpaper to warm up his voice. Bourbon is his one true love. He doesn't f*** with live performances.

1. the harlot's door
2. time for my nap
3. move up to obscurity
4. positive equals unrealistic
5. he's not that kind of girl (cover of a Therapy? tune)

The only liner note on this release is "Pain makes man think."

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feeds@yuku.com (Untoward) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:42:53 PST

Oh, Moo Duk Kwan! That'll be awesome! So this will be like the "new" Jimi Hendrix album? I found a listing for the other three tracks of the Gough Map Wanderers EP, apparently available only through P2P, so no album cover (yet):
1. Many American Excesses (5:48) Experimental, basically allowing his id to reign free. I imagine he was blitzed on Ecstacy for this one.
2. Peace Right In The Moment (8:12) Dabbled with Zen Buddhism for about five minutes back in '92, producing this throat-sung track coupled with chimes and bells. One can practically smell the incense burning.
3. Created For Another World (2:07) Not really sure about this one, I can see why it was tacked onto the end. He apparently quadrupled-tracked his voice, repeatedly chanting "How my achievements mock me!"

You're completely right, I didn't want to know what a dickpipe was!

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feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:04:04 PST

Nope, that's not David, but they won't discuss the subject- Believe me, once M.D.K. start earning royalties, David's gonna resurface for sure. Maybe. If he's still alive. Or connected to the planet. Or to mundane subjects like royalties and sanity. I'm pretty fascinated that even in modern times, people can just disappear if they choose to. I don't think David's online. But his cult status as a musician's musician is something I'm happy about. I just hope the Gough Map Wanderers EP will be re-released at some point...it must be even rarer than the Chameleons' Tony Fletcher Walked On Water...i cannot remember the names of the other 3 tracks....can you help me?!

Thank you! Jukka-Pekka is an incredible musician, i mean he played with Shlomo Maurovitz AND with Djabadi Ibn Valhalla in the SAME band. And his expanded rendition of Numminens Eleitä kolmelle röyhtäilijälle as Eleitä kuuselle röyhtäilijälle is just plain fucking...

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feeds@yuku.com (chrome3D) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:04:35 PST

David Brookwell: Those who dream only by night

Worry no more, because this year will see the release of a new David Brookwell album...sort of. The Canadian slowcore-collective Moo Duk Kwan has aqcuired the rights to lost tapes and demos of David Brookwell and they are hard at work to splice and dice a new album out of them. There is a staggering 200 hours of material to choose from these tapes that are all over 10 years old. As we all know, he made only 4 albums and couple of odd EP´s during his active years but there is so much more waiting to be released. With the help of a rising fellow canuck Henri Lanquedoc providing additional backing vocals this is going to be curious journey. Hardcore fans of David will surely debate endlessly if this is robbing the grave of David, although he is not in the grave yet. Debate is also hot if that is a new photo of David on the cover but...

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feeds@yuku.com (chrome3D) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:39:45 PST

I think that euro-supergroup Eimerio Brunetti Quartet is the most incredible musical adventure of the year. Definitely too highbrow culture for the masses but it´s sure rewarding once you get into it. Nice to see Henk moving effortlessly from Gekkota´s big band stuff to this. Jukka-Pekka is truly a swiss army knife of a player and I believe that there is no instrument in the world that he couldn´t just pick up and become a virtuoso in a matter of minutes. Jukka-Pekka had crafted himself a niche appearing in finnish TV shows for kids but that was obviously not enough for a multitalent of his magnitude. TEBQ is destined for even bigger things.

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feeds@yuku.com (Untoward) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:21:09 PST

Oh yes, I forgot Janus was on the Gekkota tour, too. Excellent all around. Nice twist on American band standards, certainly better than the ghastly horse that is Winehouse. Might I dare suggest a burlesque-style setlist on their next tour?

Brookwell, our modern-day Steve Cooper! I imagine he's ready for a comeback, ala Brian Slade from Velvet Goldmine. But the world is not yet ready....

Eimerio Brunetti, wow, what can I say. I'm not Mensa material enough to even attempt to describe the cerebral beauty that is Signifying Nothing. Man, now if I only wanted to know what a Northumberian dickpipe really was. Perhaps this is a clue.

Good god, Fando, that's a good random album! I love the four chaps you found! Brunetti...

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feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:24:00 PST

Glad you all liked I SPY, I know you recognize good stuff when you hear some. Janus von Merrienboer was nice, wife n me had a lovely candlelight dinner yesterday, and she really liked it. I didn't know about the Brookwell connection, though...I think it's just a question of time when they exhume David Brookwell, in case he is still alive! Hey David Brookwell - if you're dead, you're gonna be Nick Drake in 10 years! If you're not dead, you can still be Vashti Bunyan. And if you're undead, you're gonna be on the Cpt. Beefheart side.

Gekkota was really uplifting - like a jazzier version of the Guillemots. "Walking down Portobello" and "Lambic Suite" are going to be my summer hits! And those bass solos/lines - Henk van Klompen is a true Paganini of the double bass. He's getting more and more renowned on the jazz scene recently. His most recent participation is out soon on ECM records, home of Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett and many many other high-cultural jazz esthets....

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feeds@yuku.com (chrome3D) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:03:47 PST

Gekkota is a band led by former Miss Belgium contestant Marie Zante. Her style is 50´s big band show tunes but with an indie style. Most of the stuff is covers but they have own songs too. The band is a trio and the other two members are pianist Adrien Collard and drummer Loic Jacquot. Rest of the band members and tour musicians are a revolving cast of local jazzy players from Belgium, Germany and Netherlands. In fact Janus van Merrinboer has also guested in Gekkota´s previous albums. Also french guitarist St. Martin d'Août played on their last hilarious and merry tour around southern France.

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feeds@yuku.com (Hanani) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:52:09 PST

fando, do you know a certain farontino? i swear you know this person!

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feeds@yuku.com (Untoward) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:04:58 PST

Yeah Hyptis could make a run on Patti Smith for immortality with a bit more study in the "learning your instruments" department. Perhaps some mystical Indian chantings courtesy of I Spy would be the help they need in that regard.

I Spy's "Avoiding A Man With A Past" rings the bell for potential commercial success, if radio and iTunes can overlook an eight-minute track featuring a Mellotron solo and counterpoint guitar fuzz that makes for some challenging listening if you don't get into the groove of it.

Janus van Merrienboer-No Such Thing As Algebra. This Amsterdam-based acoustic guitar virtuoso is a hit on the jazz rock scene. His opening track "Maybe This World Is Another Planet's Hell" is, as usual for Janus, completely instrumental and the basis for a new automobile advertising campaign in Brussels. I believe some Ibiza DJs have remixed it and added a...

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feeds@yuku.com (chrome3D) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:42:16 PST

Pop-post-punk lesbian band doesn´t sound like something I would enjoy but I have to admit that their visual side is just great. That chick is their lead singer right? She is some hot lesbian, I can see the all-out girl on girl act...nevermind...Hyptis will still be proud of this album when they will become big stars 10 years from now on with more post rock approach. 41 Remington Magnum will have some unexpected competition soon.
btw. I think that their version of Katy Perry´s "I Kissed a Girl" that was made as a joke to vinyl 7" b-side is going to catch some serious airplay pretty soon!

I Spy...well, I just hope this Brazilian band makes it because on paper it sounds just about the coolest brazilian band ever. Os Mutantes plink plonk blaa blaa, I´m ready for I Spy. That song "I am large, I contain multitudes" was just mind boggling. Beyond this universe.

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feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:58:40 PST

Hyptis are very very cool! I heard they're playing for free at the alternative high school prom for McMillan. "Joyless compulsions", "The Cockfighter", "Hymen Hymns" and "Frighten the horses" are blasting on my car stereo since it had leaked...

I SPY - Making an enemy

The follow-up to their acclaimed debut "Making an enema". Brazilian band. Hard to classify. Sometimes roaring hard-pop, sometimes beautifully ominous orchestral beauty. Lives in a burned and deserted place between Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, early Scott Walker and Sepultura. Guitar walls like marching dinosaurs, and when they leave, a bitter cello solo makes you forgot what planet you're living on...You're perishing on speed metal rocks, and suddenly there is a yearning female indian chant hovering all over it. The main fascination are the heavy heavy contrasts, it'S like they're shifting huge blocks of...

Random Album Cover Game

feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:10:51 PST

found that on facebook a while ago, loved it

Here's the challenge. Follow the directions below and put together your own album cover. Those with mad PhotoShop skillz will have a field day with this.

1 - BAND NAME
Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random

The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - ALBUM TITLE
Go to http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 - COVER ART
Click