Lots of little mini tributes in last night’s show, RIP to Ron Banks of the Dramatics, Belated Happy Birthday to Sly Stone, Congrats to the Stooges on (finally) being elected into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame and something from the Pogues and the Chieftans to close it up for St. Patrick’s Day. Also a bunch of new tunes, including Dum Dum Girls, Mulatu Astatke, Jamie Lidell, She & Him, Holly Miranda, Toro y Moi and newly issued somehow unreleased Jimi Hendrix, plus music from a great new collection put out by Finders Keepers covering the BYG/Actuel record label. Enjoy it while you can, it’s on demand for a week until the next one.
The Dramatics – Beautiful Feeling – Dramatically Yours
Big Joe Louis & the Soul Investigators – Go-Go Train – 7”
Gorillaz – To Binge – Plastic Beach
Sly & The Family Stone – In Time – Fresh
Sly & The Family Stone – That’s Pretty Clean – There’s A Riot Going On
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The Stooges – Funhouse (take 2) – Funhouse (Deluxe Edition)
The White Stripes – Black Math – Under Great White Northern Lights
Golden Triangle – Blood and Arrow – Double Jointer
Pere Ubu – Heart of Darkness – Datapanik In The Year Zero
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Dum Dum Girls – Blank Girls – I Will Be
Everybody Was In The French Resistance…Now! – The Scarborough Affaire – Fixing The Charts, Vol. 1
The Shangri-Las – Out In The Street – Shangri-Las ’65!
Tender Trap – Danger Overboard – Matinee Grand Prix
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She & Him – Sing – Volume 2
Bob Dylan – Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – Highway 61 Revisited
The Dutchess & The Duke – When You Leave My Arms – Sunset / Sunrise
Molina & Johnson – For As Long As It Will Matter – Molina & Johnson
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Broken Bells – Citizen – Broken Bells
Bonobo – The Keeper – Black Sands
Howard Roberts – Crystal Illusions – Spinning Wheel
Why? – Canada – Advance
Toro y Moi – Imprint After – Causers of This
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Holly Miranda – Sleep On Fire – The Magician’s Private Library
Julee Cruise – I Float Alone – Floating In The Night
Sparklehorse – Wish You Were Here – Lords of Dogtown Original Soundtrack
King Crimson – Epitaph (instrumental) – In The Court of The Crimson King (40th Anniversary Edition)
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Jimi Hendrix – Ships Passing Through The Night – Valleys of Neptune
Arthur Verocai – Sylvia – Timeless: Arthur Verocai
Jose James – Love Conversation – Black Magic
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Jamie Lidell – Compass – Compass
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow – Make Me Stronger – Into The Wind
Art Ensemble of Chicago – Rock On – The BYG Deal
The Bamboos – The Ghost – 4
Will Sessions – Spirit Animals – 7”
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The Hawk feat. Little Hannah Collins – Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover – 7”
Mulatu Astatke – The Way To Nice – Mulatu Steps Ahead
Rev. Roger L. Worthy & Sister Bonnie Woodstock – Get Back Satan – Fire In My Bones
The Pogues – Danny Boy – Just Look Them Straight In The Eye And Say Pogue Mahone
The Chieftans feat. Ry Cooder – Cancion Mixteca – San Patricio
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This looks like a very good show. I have to say with a heavy heart that I'm not so crazy about that Tender Trap song. I still like it because I adore Amelia so much, but it's not my favorite…
There was a pretty good single that came out last year on the Fortuna Pop label called "Fireworks." Although I remember reading an interview Amelia a few years back where she said she wanted forthcoming Tender Trap to sound like the Shop Assistants (so maybe the result would be a bit Talulah Gosh esque?!) Not sure if that will happen at this point, but I suppose none of that really matters. Amelia Fletcher is one of the most underrated female musicians ever, and Heavenly produced some of the world's most brilliant pop songs so I guess the bottom line is anytime a related project shows up on anyone's playlist it's a cause for celebration. Amen.
Heavenly was a brilliant group, and Amelia has a great quality to her. Similar to Rose Melberg, who put out a perfectly fine record on K last year though it pales in comparison to Tiger Trap and early Softies, I'd listen to just about anything that has her voice.
yeah, i liked that rose melberg record quite a bit though i didn't listen to it as much as i imagined that i would. i actually liked her solo record from a few years prior called "cast away the clouds" a bit more. i can't remember what label that one was on, and it was a similar feel to the one on k just some of the songs were a bit stronger to my mind. that of course could have (and very likely did) have more to do with where i was in my life when that one came out.
i'm also beyond excited that go sailor are playing that slumberland anniversary show this sunday at the echo!