Disc of the day
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 05/07/2008 0 Comments
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Tad - 8-Way Santa
Mr Doyle and co’s hefty, Jack Endino-produced second unveils new genre: harmony sludge!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 04/07/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 03/07/2008 0 Comments
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Scud Mountain Boys - Massachusetts
Giving lowlife, alt.country dirges a good name, pre-Pernice Brothers
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 02/07/2008 1 Comments
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Zumpano - Goin’ Through Changes
Lost pearl of sophisto-pop from Sub Pop’s post-grunge wilderness years.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:24 AM GMT 01/07/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 11:01 AM GMT 30/06/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:49 AM GMT 29/06/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 28/06/2008 0 Comments
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Supergrass - In It For The Money
The Banana Splits of Britpop grow up fast, deliver their masterpiece.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 27/06/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 26/06/2008 2 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 25/06/2008 1 Comments
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Nico - Chelsea Girl
Teutonic ice maiden delivers stately pop masterpiece with a little help from her (boy)friends.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:33 AM GMT 24/06/2008 1 Comments
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Ennio Morricone - A Fistful Of Dollars/ For A Few Dollars More
Spaghetti western grandmaster in elemental majesty. When the chimes end, pick up your gun!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:02 AM GMT 23/06/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 22/06/2008 0 Comments
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Aretha Franklin - Live At Fillmore West
1971 supergig that witnessed Lady Soul inveigle the world of rock.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 21/06/2008 0 Comments
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Brigitte Fontaine - Brigitte Fontaine Est... Folle
Avant-garde pop bonkers from the Existentialist sparrow of ’70s Paris.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 20/06/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 11:24 AM GMT 19/06/2008 2 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:21 AM GMT 18/06/2008 1 Comments
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Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
“Acquired taste” prog diabolists take up stakes, gather kindling, terrify all-comers.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 17/06/2008 0 Comments
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Chris Smither - Don’t It Drag On
26-year-old Crescent City native decamps to Woodstock for growly folk-blues radiance.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 16/06/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 15/06/2008 1 Comments
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Luther Ingram - I Don’t Want To Be Right: The Ko Ko Singles Volume 2
A treasure trove of soul gems by the late, undervalued singer from Jackson, Tennessee.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 14/06/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 13/06/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 12/06/2008 0 Comments
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Fountains Of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
Grown men channel their adolescence via super-streamlined power-pop.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 11/06/2008 2 Comments
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Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle
Enfant terrible of arrangement submits woozy, sprawling slice of Cosmic Americana.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:01 AM GMT 10/06/2008 0 Comments
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Rival Schools - United By Fate
Splenetic oldsters take hardcore to the masses, ignite a generation of poppy punks.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:54 AM GMT 09/06/2008 0 Comments
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Sigur Rós - Takk…
Ambient-rock pixies go pop (kind of). Nature doc-makers of the world swoon as one.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 08/06/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 07/06/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 06/06/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 05/06/2008 2 Comments
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The Shaggs - Philosophy Of The World
The original “anti-trio” crash about, seemingly aloof to their own brilliance.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:59 AM GMT 04/06/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 03/06/2008 1 Comments
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Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Berkeley activists usher in a new dawn with acid-drenched debut album…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:55 AM GMT 02/06/2008 0 Comments
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Métal Urbain - Anarchy In Paris
French ’76 synth-punks beloved of Steve Albini anthologised across 24 tracks of uneasy listening…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 01/06/2008 0 Comments
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Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Los Angeles hip hoppers go platinum with a glock in one hand and a bong in the other.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 31/05/2008 0 Comments
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Hem - Rabbit Songs
Brooklyn folk collective’s debut. Lullabies for the urban sophisticate booze-hound.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 30/05/2008 1 Comments
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Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
30 years old on Monday: the most underrated entry in The Boss's great American songbook.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 29/05/2008 1 Comments
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The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Vancouver collective say goodbye to restraint. World says hello to a power pop gem.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 28/05/2008 0 Comments
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The White Stripes - De Stijl
A musical volcano erupts in Detroit; world still experiencing aftershocks...
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:49 AM GMT 27/05/2008 2 Comments
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Global Communication - 76:14
West Country Ambient droogs break out the bean bags, say sit down and party.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 26/05/2008 0 Comments
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Gong - Magick Brother
A psychedelic jazz-rock, stoner-folk manifesto. As approved by Massive Attack!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 24/05/2008 0 Comments
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The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
When the “no hit Supremes” became the group that couldn’t miss.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 24/05/2008 0 Comments
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Beck - Mutations
Happy 10th birthday to the low-key follow-up (or not) to the zillion-selling Odelay.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 23/05/2008 0 Comments
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Stephen Stills Manassas - Down The Road
En route to collapse, Stills & friends leave us with their second and final album…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 22/05/2008 0 Comments
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Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
Arizona desert rockers tighten up and add funk to their musical melting pot.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 21/05/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 20/05/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 19/05/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 18/05/2008 0 Comments
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The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
Sex, drugs and transubstantiation from Brooklyn’s unlikely rock stars.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 17/05/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 16/05/2008 0 Comments
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Cornelius - Fantasma
Japanese boffin’s sunshinepsychoturntablist opus. Turn it up and open the windows!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 15/05/2008 0 Comments
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Rocket From The Tombs - The Day The Earth Met The...
19-song blitzkrieg from short-lived US proto-punk warriors...
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 14/05/2008 0 Comments
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Muddy Waters - Live (At Mr. Kelly’s)
Talent is temporary, class is permanent, argues MOJO messageboarder.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 13/05/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 12/05/2008 1 Comments
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Ashra - New Age Of Earth
Manuel Göttsching’s post-Tempel mood piece, rehabilitated by MOJO messageboarder.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 11/05/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 10/05/2008 0 Comments
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Urge Overkill - Saturation
Ill-starred Chicago trio’s killer fourth LP. Goes great with late ’60s rock and Mini Cheddars.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 09/05/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 08/05/2008 0 Comments
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Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
The former Soft Machine drummer’s finest work – immediately post-wheelchair-confinement – from 1974.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 07/05/2008 1 Comments
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James Blood Ulmer - Black Rock
OK, that’s enough folk. Let’s go free jazz guitar rock nuts in No Wave New York!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 06/05/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 05/05/2008 0 Comments
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Martin Carthy - Martin Carthy
Debut solo album by Mr Norma Waterson, MBE. How can someone so respected be so underrated?
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 04/05/2008 0 Comments
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Seth Lakeman - Freedom Fields
New folk hunk braves wreckers, poachers and Roundheads to deliver his best record.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 03/05/2008 0 Comments
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Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands
Crackpot from Caracas perfects his early surge of sweet’n’sinisterly surreal meanderings.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 02/05/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 3:05 PM GMT 01/05/2008 0 Comments
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Fairport Convention - Full House
The loss of two key members forces folk-rock rethink. And it works!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 30/04/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 29/04/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 28/04/2008 0 Comments
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Al Wilson - Searching For The Dolphins
In memory of the man whose The Snake is now advertising something revolting called Lambrini.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 27/04/2008 0 Comments
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Nicky Hopkins - The Tin Man Was A Dreamer
Session player extraordinaire delivers solo album with help from a few special friends.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 26/04/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 25/04/2008 0 Comments
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King Biscuit Time - Black Gold
Ex-Beta Band front brain trembles in the psychic fall-out of their split, makes boss LP.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 24/04/2008 0 Comments
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Johnnie Taylor - Wanted: One Soul Singer
Sam Cooke’s replacement – more supersub than benchwarmer, says MOJO messageboarder.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 23/04/2008 2 Comments
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Animals That Swim - Workshy
Trumpets, but no fanfares, in this unique fusion of indie jangle and (down)beat poetry.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 22/04/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 21/04/2008 0 Comments
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Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix
A Small Face, a Rolling Stone, Eric Clapton and two members of The Who walk into a studio…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 20/04/2008 0 Comments
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The Peddlers - Suite London
Cabaret kings get conceptual in 1972 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 19/04/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 18/04/2008 0 Comments
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Art Garfunkel - Watermark
Frizz-topped choirboy glides all over the J. Webb songbook. MOJO messageboarder nails the appeal.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 17/04/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 16/04/2008 0 Comments
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The Lemonheads - car button cloth
Evan Dando crawls out of the gutter. The blood, as they say, is on the tracks.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 15/04/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 14/04/2008 0 Comments
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Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
English folk rockers find their groove with the inimitable Sandy Denny in tow…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 13/04/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 12/04/2008 5 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 11/04/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 10/04/2008 0 Comments
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Nazz - Nazz
“Turd Runtgreen” bursts onto the scene in Philadelphia’s answer to the British Invasion.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 09/04/2008 0 Comments
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George Russell And His Orchestra - New York, N.Y.
Whodathought the Lydian Chromatic Concept Of Tonal Organisation would sound so damn cool?
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 08/04/2008 0 Comments
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Lee Dorsey - Holy Cow: The Very Best Of...
Allen Toussaint, The Meters and one laid-back dude align on the perfect “sick day” soundtrack.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 07/04/2008 2 Comments
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Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
Chicago’s avant-pop stars’ fifth album from 2004. Recorded while Jeff Tweedy had some “issues”.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 06/04/2008 3 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 05/04/2008 1 Comments
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Euphoria - A Gift From Euphoria
Solitary offering from forgotten psych pairing who almost secured a deal with Apple…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 04/04/2008 0 Comments