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Post by kds on Oct 23, 2020 13:57:00 GMT
I'm loving this new song from Blue Oyster Cult, from the album they released on 10/9 It's sung by Richie Castellano, who joined BOC as a touring member in 2004 as a bassist. He took a slightly bigger role in the band once Allan Lanier retired, and would often sing Hot Rails to Hell in concert (the original sung by former bassist Joe Bouchard.). Richie's vocals are somewhat similar to Joe's, and I like the fact that Eric and Buck give Richie a few songs on the new album. Honestly? I wouldn't even recognize it as a Blue Oyster Cult song without knowing ahead of time. I guess Buck's guitar in there is recognizable, and it does slightly resemble their power ballads/songs circa Spectres and Mirrors. Time moves on, doesn't it...I has been almost 50 years for the group.
Do you have the album kds? I don't have the album yet, but I've listened a couple times on Spotify, and I'm really enjoying it. I think it's miles better than their most recent album prior - Curse of the Hidden Mirror, and probably also better than Club Ninja or Revolution by Night.
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 29, 2020 12:22:57 GMT
The first new Crowded House song in a decade, "Whatever Your Want," is out. I'd say it's pleasant but unspectacular. Kind of silly video (featuring musician Mac DeMarco).
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Post by Kapitan on Oct 30, 2020 12:16:55 GMT
Elvis Costello's new album, Hey Clockface, came out today. In my first listen, I'm thinking it sounds a lot like the past decade+ of his albums: relatively diverse, nothing really jumping out as amazing but consistently solid and sometimes really beautiful.
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Post by Kapitan on Nov 9, 2020 16:18:02 GMT
Time sneaks up on a person...
It's already approaching mid-November, and while I have been OK at compiling my favorite new music into a 2020 folder, I've been pretty bad about whittling it down into my (ninth!) annual year-end playlist. I've occasionally been removing tunes here and there, but probably 90% of them are still sitting in the '20 folder.
As of now, it's 260 songs from 41 artists, more than 15 hours of music. I've got some serious listening, assessing, and editing to do, to say nothing of putting things into a good running order! (Last year's playlist was the longest so far, at 46 songs and about 2 hours, 40 minutes. I'd rather keep it shorter than that.)
I also wonder how many other things I'll be adding for consideration before the end of the year. Certainly I'll be listening to McCartney III, at least. I don't think I've got any pre-orders hanging out there, so it'll only be new music I wasn't aware of as being on the way.
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Post by Kapitan on Nov 9, 2020 22:40:05 GMT
As of now, it's 260 songs from 41 artists, more than 15 hours of music. I've got some serious listening, assessing, and editing to do, to say nothing of putting things into a good running order! (Last year's playlist was the longest so far, at 46 songs and about 2 hours, 40 minutes. I'd rather keep it shorter than that.) Not to brag or anything, but I'm down to 230 songs.
No, no, I'm not a hero. I'm just a regular guy... Please, hold your applause.
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Post by Kapitan on Nov 12, 2020 17:50:57 GMT
Another new AC/DC song has been released. And as I said with the first one from the upcoming album, it sounds like AC/DC (which is a good or a bad thing depending on how you feel about AC/DC!).
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Post by Kapitan on Nov 12, 2020 17:55:25 GMT
And while I'm at hard rock new music, how about this surprising one from Haim? The Haim sisters released a new song associated with "The Croods" movie, reportedly inspired by Guns 'n' Roses. And as I listen ... yeah, I can hear that. For sure. Those women are really talented, having taken in a ton of different influences and putting out music ranging from this kind of hard rock to "Walk on the Wildside" Lou Reed-inspired "Summer Girl" to the garage rock sound of "The Steps" to more synthy, 80s inspired pop. I know I go on about them, but with so few bands writing and performing their own music on real instruments, especially among women artists outside of the singer-songwriter vein, it's just great to hear one such group.
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Post by kds on Nov 12, 2020 18:11:40 GMT
I mentioned this one earlier. www.blabbermouth.net/news/albert-bouchard-reimagines-blue-oyster-cults-imaginos-album-with-re-imaginos/Former BOC drummer, singer, songwriter, Albert Bouchard with a new release, maybe trying to gleam some of the attention from his former band's new album last month. This is an interesting one as it's a reimagining of the album Imaginos. Not quite on the same level as Smile, but this album began life in the early 70s as a concept piece. After leaving BOC, Bouchard intended to release it as a solo album, but it would up being released as a rather disjointed BOC album in 1988, featuring some reworked versions of BOC songs Astronomy and Subhuman. Now, in 2020, we get a new version, which actually flows a bit better than the BOC version since it's not full of guest musicians. This new version features another BOC song, Workshop of Telescopes (retitled as Black Telescope). All in all, it's not bad. Like I said, it flows better as an album, but I think the 1988 album is better overall. Although the 2020 version of Astronomy is better than the '88 version.
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Post by The Cincinnati Kid on Nov 12, 2020 18:29:46 GMT
And while I'm at hard rock new music, how about this surprising one from Haim? The Haim sisters released a new song associated with "The Croods" movie, reportedly inspired by Guns 'n' Roses. And as I listen ... yeah, I can hear that. For sure. Those women are really talented, having taken in a ton of different influences and putting out music ranging from this kind of hard rock to "Walk on the Wildside" Lou Reed-inspired "Summer Girl" to the garage rock sound of "The Steps" to more synthy, 80s inspired pop. I know I go on about them, but with so few bands writing and performing their own music on real instruments, especially among women artists outside of the singer-songwriter vein, it's just great to hear one such group.
I haven't listened to HAIM in a while, so this was pretty surprising to hear. Not really my preference, but I can appreciate it.
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Post by Kapitan on Nov 12, 2020 18:36:20 GMT
Yeah, it's not anywhere near what I'd call their best, but it's kind of cool they did it! (This year's album from them is a very strong album, though. Highly recommended, certainly one of my few favorites of the year.)
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Post by kds on Nov 12, 2020 19:22:34 GMT
Yeah, it's not anywhere near what I'd call their best, but it's kind of cool they did it! (This year's album from them is a very strong album, though. Highly recommended, certainly one of my few favorites of the year.) Have Haim dabbled in hard rock before? I've only heard a handful of their tracks, and they're really not my cup of tea. But, this was pretty good. Although, I can help but wonder why a band like Halestorm or The Pretty Wreckless wouldn't have been tapped for a soundtrack song like this.
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Post by Kapitan on Nov 12, 2020 19:34:44 GMT
Have Haim dabbled in hard rock before? I've only heard a handful of their tracks, and they're really not my cup of tea. Not that I know of, no. (I'm not aware of everything they've done, but I've heard a lot of the past few years' worth.) But I guess I've seen and heard enough diversity out of them that I'm not too shocked they could handle it. It's definitely out of character for them, though.
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Post by Kapitan on Nov 13, 2020 15:00:49 GMT
Alice Cooper announced a new album to be released in Feb. 2021 titled Detroit Stories.
"Cooper recorded the album with an array of fellow Detroit musicians, including MC5’s Wayne Kramer, the Detroit Wheels’ Johnny “Bee” Badanjek, celebrated jazz and R&B bassist Paul Randolph, and the Motor City Horns (long associated with Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band). Cooper’s long-time collaborator Bob Ezrin produced the record."
The first single is a cover of the Velvet Underground's "Rock 'n' Roll."
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Post by kds on Nov 13, 2020 15:05:41 GMT
Alice Cooper announced a new album to be released in Feb. 2021 titled Detroit Stories.
"Cooper recorded the album with an array of fellow Detroit musicians, including MC5’s Wayne Kramer, the Detroit Wheels’ Johnny “Bee” Badanjek, celebrated jazz and R&B bassist Paul Randolph, and the Motor City Horns (long associated with Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band). Cooper’s long-time collaborator Bob Ezrin produced the record."
The first single is a cover of the Velvet Underground's "Rock 'n' Roll."
Great minds......
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Post by Kapitan on Nov 13, 2020 16:46:40 GMT
I happened to notice this relatively new release today, though it came out in July. Roger Manning Jr, formerly of Jellyfish (and having once had what I believe were fruitless sessions with Brian during the late Landy years), has an EP called Glamping out. (A little extra googling shows this was also released in 2018; not sure how the 2020 release differs.) I might be mistaken but I think bellbottoms was a fan of him/Jellyfish?
Anyway, I like this little pop ditty, "Operator." Very much what you'd expect from someone who is so heavily based in the classics: Wilson, McCartney, Rundgren, etc.
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