Month: July 2022

London’s Jazz-Rock-Vibe Trio THE COMET IS COMING Are Back With New Album/Single

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New striking strokes

29 July 2022


(Photo Press – Impulse)

Band: THE COMET IS COMING
Who: Funky jazz-rock trio from London
Danalogue – synth / Betamax – drums / Shabaka – sax & shakuhachi
Active: Since 2013 / 4 studio LPs (new one incl.)


Artwork new LP

New album: HYPER-DIMENSIONAL EXPANSION BEAM
Out: 23 September 2022 through Impulse – more info here

“The Mercury Prize-nominated trio creating a musical landscape that is equally cerebral as it is physically enthralling. While containing elements of jazz throughout, this release leans further into heavy dance-hall themes, providing hypnotic, electronic soundscapes to dance to while keeping you intellectually stimulated.”

First single: CODE

Trippy jazzy sax vibes with ambient/techno flavors.
Intoxicating for your limbs and your move mood.

Play that funky music, wild boys…

THE COMET IS COMING: Facebook

THE DOORS Topped The US Singles Chart 55 Years Ago Today With Timeless Classic ‘LIGHT MY FIRE’

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Works faster than caffeine

29 July 2022

Today 55 years ago, on 29 July 1967, immortal Californian rockers THE DOORS
conquered the top spot of the American Billboard Singles Chart with LIGHT MY FIRE,
one of their timeless classics.

It was largely written by the band’s guitarist Robby Krieger (76 now)
and with drummer John Densmore (77) the two surviving doors.

Lights on for this bewitching live version.

THE DOORS: Bio – Discography

oF MONTREAL Released New Album ‘FREEWAVE LUCIFER F<ck F^ck F<ck’ (I Swear This Is The Real Title) Today

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29 July 2022

Band: of MONTREAL
Who: Indie pop outfit from Georgia, Athens
orchestrated by Kevin Barnes
Active: Since 1996 / 18 LPs, new one incl.

New album: FREEWAVE LUCIFER F<ck F^ck F<ck
Out: 29 July 2022 – more info here
The third longplayer in 3 years

Turn Up The Volume: Put The Beatles (their dope years), Tame Impala,
Vampire Weekend in a bag, shake real hard for 10 minutes, than open
and empty the content What you get is flipped pop psychedelia with
layers of harmonies and symphonic LSD rainbows. Far-out!

Singles/clips: Marijuana’s A Working Woman / Blab Sabbath Lathe Of Maiden

– BLAB SABBATH LATHE OF MAIDEN –

– MARIJUANA’S A WORKING WOMAN –

Stream full album on Spotify

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oF MONTREAL: Facebook

BRIAN ENO Canned A New Album – Hear First Single ‘THERE WERE BELLS’ Here

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New striking strokes

28 July 2022

Musician-songwriter-producer (and once upon a time the alien lookalike who played
keys with Roxy Music) has a new album out in October. His first since 2017 LP Reflection.
It’s baptized FOREVERANDEVERMORE. Pre-order info here.

It’s the first longplayer in years that he sings on.

The first single THERE WERE BELLS is a familiar-sounding ambient
piece with Eno’s vocals making it resonate like a religious chant.

He wrote it after a performance with his brother in Greece last year.

Eno: “I thought, here we are at the birthplace of Western civilization, probably witnessing
the end of it. Like everybody else — except, apparently, most of the governments of the world. I’ve been thinking about our narrowing, precarious future, and this music grew out of those thoughts. Perhaps it’s more accurate to say I’ve been feeling about it… The music grew out of the feelings. Those of us who share those feelings are aware that the world is changing at a super-rapid rate, and that large parts of it are disappearing forever, hence the album title.”

Listen here…

ENO: Bio – Discography

THE KINKS – 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Of Two Essential 70s Albums Comes In September

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28 July 2022

With the forthcoming anniversary of their 1972 album EVERYBODY’S IN SHOW-BIZZ,
legends THE KINKS release a deluxe edition for it. It also includes a special reissue of
their 1971 LP MUSWELL HILLBILLIES.

Content: The box set contains 2CD, 1LP, 2LP, 2CD, 1CD x 2 and a 1971’s home movie, narrated by Ray Davies. The songs are remastered from newly discovered Davies’s original master tapes. More details on the box and pre-order info HERE.

Press statement: “The beginning of the 70s marked a shift in the Kinks’ career. Having
signed to RCA Records in 1971, the British band started a new era and gradually formed
a new identity. With their growing American fanbase, the Kinks revised the phenomenon of Englishness and looked back on their London roots. This revision started with the 1971’s album Muswell Hillbillies which combines tales about working-class families from North London and whimsical country sound, associated with American music. Following this trajectory, Celluloid Heroes, the final track from Everybody’s In Show-Biz, reflects on Hollywood as a factory, mass-producing the bittersweet American dream.”

You can listen to the 7″ single 2022 version (included in the Box) of Celluloid Heroes.

Ray Davies about the reissue: “Now with a new record company and a new image,
I could bring some of the old wild western spirit into my music. These albums capture
the re-emergence of The Kinks as a touring band.”

Stream original LPs on Spotify

– EVERYBODY’s IN SHOW-BIZZ –

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– MUSWELL HILLBILLIES –

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THE KINKS: Bio – Discography

One Live Shot A Day Turns Summer Into A Holiday – Today: Warming Up For The 2023 PULP Reunion

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90s Britpop heroes PULP‘s main man and voice Jarvis Cocker just revealed
that the band will get together again (1st reunion was in 2010) to invade
podiums in 2023. Details to follow.

To get us in the mood here’s a 1998 version of their
timeless cracker COMMON PEOPLE (like you)
at Glastonbury Festival in 1998.

EuphoricTastic!

PULP: Facebook