10 Bands Who Love The Pastels

Melody Maker. 1993.

Aske Skat & His Psychedelic Country Band + Emile. Playliste 27. maj 2021.

1. Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Jane B (1969)
2. Aske Skat And His Psychedelic Country Band - Picked Up Gold (2020)
3. The United States Of America - Cloud Song (1968)
4. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - We Almost Lost Detroit (1977)
5. Dean Allen Foyd - The Shifting (2020)
6. Salty Miller - One More Time (1980)
7. Emile - Det Kollektive Selvmord (2020)
8. Happy End - Kurayamizaka Musasabi Henge (暗闇坂むささび変化, (1971)
9. Levitation Room - Midsummer's Daydream (2018)
10. Aske Skat And His Psychedelic Country Band - Moonboy (2020)
11. Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms (1970)
12. Heaven & Earth - Jenny (1973)
13. The Sonic Dawn - Hits of Acid (2020)
14. Barefoot Jerry - Come To Me Tonight (1971)
15. Bob Dylan - Three Angels (1970)
16. The Velvet Underground - Heroin (demo) (1965)
17. The Bermuda Jam - Good Trip Lollipop (An Antihystahymn) (1969)

Året første Klub Soja

”Bryggens alternative musikklub slår dørene op til en aften med hjemmedyrket weedburner country og udsyret loner folk

Aske Skat & His Psychedelic Country Band er hjemmedyrket weedburner country, vokset direkte ud af den sydfynske undergrund. Musikken passer perfekt til en tilbagelænet sensommerdag i solen. Med sig på scenen har Aske sit Psychedelic Country Band. Et sandt stjernehold af skæve eksistenser fra den danske musikscene. Tilblivelsen af debutalbummet 'Riding Silver Mind' er sket i et tæt samarbejde med Emile. Sammen har de været på en musikalsk rejse, og har med udgangspunkt i country og folk skabt rammerne omkring deres helt eget psykedeliske univers. Aske Skat har skrevet sangene og Emile har hjulpet med at forme og producere albummet, som har fået en utrolig flot modtagelse og hele oplaget af LP’er er praktisk talt revet væk.

På aftenen vil Psychedelic Country Band, udover Aske Skat og Emile bestå af Peter Kohlmetz Møller (Andorra/Tom Bjerg/Aza Falls) på piano og Fender Rhodes, Oscar Lundsteen (Orcas/Fyr) på banjo og elguitar, samt forskellige special guests.

Emile spiller udsyret loner folk, som kalder på fordybelse og eftertænksomhed. Musikken tager afsæt i 1960’ernes singer-songwriter-tradition, båret frem af kunstnere som Nick Drake og Jackson C. Frank. Elegante og melodiske lydbilleder, der flyder gradvist ud i det mystiske og surrealistiske. Sangene er skrevet på både dansk og engelsk, og temaerne spænder fra dystopisk undergang over i hallucinerende naturbilleder.

Debutalbummet 'The Black Spider/Det Kollektive Selvmord' er udgivet på det toneangivende italienske pladeselskab Heavy Psych Sounds. Ud over soloprojektet er Emile sanger, guitarist og sangskriver i det danske psychband The Sonic Dawn. Med bandet har han udgivet fire anmelderroste albums og spillet mere end 200 koncerter på tværs af det europæiske kontinent. Hun er en erfaren musiker med et ekspressivt og flydende musikalsk sprog.”

- fra Klub Sojas Facebook-side

Firs er ingen alder. Tillykke til Bob Dylan

Shoot From The Hip #10 (2021). Playliste 20. maj 2021

1. Black Francis - You Can't Break A Heart And Have It (2007)                        
2. John Wesley Harding - If You Have Ghosts (1990)
3. Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy feat. Ty Segall - Miracles (2021)
4. TV On The Radio - New Health Rock (2004)
5. Ytterlandet - Trean (2017) 
6. Birds Of Maya - Please Come In (2021)
7. Omar Khorshid - Popcorn (1974)                 
8. The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket (1979)
9. Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind (1975)                       
10. Teengenerate - 1979 (1994)
11. Coach - Endeløs Strøm (2021)                    
12. Total Heels - Go Hard, Roll Soft (2014)
13. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Century City (1979)
14. Royal Baths - Nikki, Don't (2010)
15. Tony Jay feat. Karina Gill - Melted Car (2021)
16. Dinosaur Jr - On The Way (1993)
17. Jeremy Gluck with Superczar - Girl From The North Country (2005)
18. Peter Case - Old Part Of Town (1989)
19. J. Tex - Rocket Ship (2020)                           
20. Thin Lizzy - Emerald (1976)
21. Reigning Sound - Let's Do It Again (2021)

Iceage. Playliste 13. maj 2021

1. Iceage - Dear Saint Cecilia (2021)
2. The Electric Prunes - Kyrie Eleison (1968)
3. Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth For Christ Choir - Like A Ship (1971)
4. Wax Poetic - On (2020)
5. Lee Hazlewood - Send Out Love (backing track) (1969)
6. Khun Narin’s Electric Phin Band - Lai Sing (2014)
7. DJ Spoko - Azange (2013)
8. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain (1973)
9. Alan Vega / Alex Chilton / Ben Vaughn - Fat City (1996)
10. Iceage - Vendetta (2021)
11. Rudimentary Peni - Anthem For Doomed Youth (2021)
12. Los Tigres Del Norte - Jefe De Jefes (1997)
13. African Head Charge - Off The Beaten Track (1986)
14. James Massiah - Natural Born Killers (Ride For Me) (2019)
15. Kahil El'Zabar - How Can We Mend A Broken Heart (2020)
16. Janet Jackson - Empty (1997)
17. Giorgos Mouflouzelis - Yper Kyria (197?)
18. Babyfather - Meditation (2016)
19. Joe Strummer - Love Kills (1986)
20. Moist 96 - LLB (2020)
21. Dinah Washington & Max Richter - This Bitter Earth/On The Nature Of Daylight (2010)
22. Iceage - Drink Rain (2021)

Leizure. Playliste 6. maj 2021

1. Leizure - Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace (2020)
2. Jeremy Gluck - Looking For A Place To Fall (1987)
3. Jeffrey Lee Pierce - Love And Desperation (1985)
4. Marty Robbins - Big Iron (1959)
5. Beasts Of Bourbon - Psycho (1984)
6. Synd og Skam- De Hænder (live) (2012)
7. The Pogues - Thousands Are Sailing (1988)
8. Leizure - Sylvia's Comedown (2020)
9. The Contortions - Dish It Out (1979)
10. Mick Harvey feat. Anita Lane - 69 Erotic Year (1995)
11. The Fall - Bill Is Dead (1990)
12. Laughing Clowns – Law Of Nature (1984)
13. Elvis Presley - Burning Love (1972)
14. Leizure - High Frequency (2020)
15. Nina Simone - Sinnerman (1965)

 

Wreckless Erics mindeord om Lew Lewis

“Early in 1980 I did a show in France with the Lew Lewis Reformer, a TV special filmed at Olympia in Paris. It was a strange bill - Don Cherry was the headliner, I was in the middle and the Reformer opened the show. We flew in and our flight was delayed. Lew and his gang got there before us and hijacked my limousine - I was at the flashpoint of my brief pop star career at the time but I had to get a taxi from the airport. The Reformer had apparently flown from Southend in a privately owned plane. I was already completely outclassed.”

Læs dem alle herunder….

Eksjugoslavien med Sabina Smailagic. Playliste 29. april 2021

1. Elektricni Orgazam - Igra Rok En Rol cela Jugoslavija (1988)
2. Josipa Lisac - O Jednoj Mladosti (1973)
3. Bijelo Dugme - Pristao Sam Bicu Sve Sto Hoce (1980)
4. Sarlo Akrobata - Ona Se Budi (1981)
5. Sarlo Akrobata - O, O, O… (1981)
6. Sarlo Akrobata - Rano Izjutra (1981)
7. Idoli - Maljciki (1981)
8. Idoli - Plastika (1981)
9. Idoli - Rusija (1982)
10. Elektricni Orgazam - Krokodili Dolaze (1981)
11. Elektricni Orgazam - Nebo (1981)
12. Haustor - Radio (1981)
13. Haustor - 60’-65’(1981)
14. Darko Rundek & Cargo Orkestar - Ruke (2004)
15. Zabranjeno Pusenje - Dok Jezdis Na Alemanji (1985)
16. Zabranjeno Pusenje - Kazu Mi Da Novog Frajera Imas (1985)
17. Partibrejekrs - Ono Sto Pokusavam (1989)
18. Partibrejekrs - 5 Ispod Nule (1988)

 

Shoot From The Hip #9 (2021). Playliste 22. april 2021

1. The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash (1968)
2. Daimi - Jeg Plukker Fløjlsgræs (1970)
3. Jacques Dutronc - Et Moi, Et Moi, Et Moi (1966)
4. Paul Leary - The Shah Revisited (2021)
5. Useless Eaters - Temporary Mutilation (2016)
6. The Lime Spiders - Slave Girl (1985)
7. The Dictators - (I Live For) Cars And Girls (1975)
8. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Surfer Joe And Moe The Sleaze (live) (1990/2021)
9. Iggy Pop - Candy (1990)
10. Michael Beach - Metaphysical Dice (2021)
11. The Black Jaspers - Born In '77 (2001/2008)
12. The Armitage Shanks - Ambition (1996)
13. Sons Of Kemet ft. Kojey Radical - Hustle (2021)
14. Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté - Monsieur le Maire de Niafunké (2005)
15. Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood (1981)
16. Public Image Ltd - Poptones (1979)
17. Ultravox - Artificial Life (1977)
18. XTC - Senses Working Overtime (1982)
19. Lightships - The Warmth Of The Sun (2012)
20. Dinosaur Jr. - Garden (2021)
21. The Beasts Of Bourbon - Hard For You (1988)

Spændende samarbejde

At anbefale et album med xylofon som hovedinstrument ville for blot få år siden ligge mig meget fjernt. Og så tilmed en ghanesisk variant af en xylofon. Variant er måske et forkert ord, da xylofonen vistnok har sin oprindelse i Afrika. Den er blevet brugt i indvielsesritualer, men også til skræmme aber og fugle væk fra afgrøderne. Der er tale om en såkaldt gyil, den er bygget af trælameller, gedeskin, sejlgarn, en bundramme af træ og hvis lydforstærkning består af flere kalabasser.

Albummet jeg vil fremhæve er ’Nong Voru’ af ghanesiske Alfred Kpebesaane og amerikanske Brittany Anjou, der kom på Chant Records for en måneds tid siden. Anjou vil nogle måske kende, fordi hun optrådte sammen med medlemmer af The Shaggs for ti års tid siden, og derefter var med til at indspille frontkvinden Dot Wiggins comeback-udgivelse ’Ready! Get! Go!’, som udkom på Jello Biafras selskab, Alternative Tentacles, i 2013. Anjou er ligeledes med i den lidt mere eksperimentelle punk-jazzgruppe, Bi Tyrant.

Kpebesaane og Anjou venskab trækker tilbage til 2006, hvor Anjou var taget til Ghana for at blive undervist i gyil og djembe. Kpebesaane var hovedlærer i det halve år, hun befandt sig på skolen. Siden begyndte Anjou selv at undervise i det særegne instrument i Brooklyn, så hun havde ikke glemt håndelaget, da Kpebesaane ud af det blå, ringede hende op i 2017. De blev hurtigt enige om at lave noget sammen. Men i og med, at de befandt sig i New York, ikke Ghana, begyndte de at tilføje elektroniske overdubs, Casio-synth, en specielt tunet bas mv.

 

Hound Dog Taylor og Muddy Waters

Junta. Playliste d. 15. april 2021

1. Junta - Timeglassets Tyranni (2020)
2. Sick Thoughts - Poor Boys (2021)
3. Jarlen And The Dreamers - Winter Is Coming (2011/2021)
4. No Nose - Eyes For Miles (kommende plade)
5. The Monoliths - Love Spender (kommende plade)
6. Birds In Flight - Where There's Smoke... (2018)
7. The Kids - This Is Rock'n'Roll (1978)
8. Kollaa Kestää - Kaupunkisissi (1979)
9. Junta - Matando Amanhã (2020)
10. Flere Døde Pansere - Greenham Common (1983)
11. War Of Destruction - Systemer (1983)
12. Iconoclast - Battlefield (Nightmare) (1983)
13. Vorkriegsphase - Scheiss Krieg (1983)
14. The Abused - Loud And Clear (1983)
15. MC5 - Sister Anne (1971)
16. Potential Threat - Don't Conform (1983)
17. Anti Cimex - En Död Soldat (1982)
18. Absurd - Blodig Stad (1983)
19. Enola Gay - Flere Bomber, Mere Magt (1984)
20. Alkibar Gignor - Lahidou (2012)
21. Charles Mingus - Boogie Stop Shuffle (1959)
22. The Easybeats - Friday On My Mind (1966)
23. Black Sabbath - Sabbra Cadabra (1973)
24. The Hammersmith Gorillas - Shame, Shame, Shame (197?)
25. Forster Care - Fleshes/ Snuff You Out (2019)
26. Alambrada - Muerte Preventiva (2021)
27. Junta - O Fim Do Mundo (2020)

“No. 1 Record is one of the sleepers of 1972”

“In the late Sixties, a Memphis teenager named Alex Chilton won moderate fame and fortune as the lead singer for a sometimes inspired, sometimes insipid recording unit known as the Box Tops. The group was a vehicle for the ideas of producer-writer Dan Penn, and Chilton's raspy, young punk voice was the focal point. After several erratic albums and a couple of downright classic singles, "The Letter" and "Cry like a Baby," Alex tired of being just a mouthpiece. The final Box Tops LP, Dimensions, was a fairly successful attempt at being more than just a singles-making band (although, ironically, two well-made and moderately successful singles, "Soul Deep" and "Sweet Cream Ladies," were drawn from it). But that was merely a last fling; the Box Tops were finished, and Alex Chilton, now writing songs and feeling rather embarrassed about his Top 40 credentials, was on the move. He cleared his throat, packed his guitar, and headed for New York City. When he came to realize that picking and starving in New York wasn't necessarily on a higher karmic level than cutting slick singles in Memphis, Alex headed back home to reconcile his two musical stages and to see what he could get together.

No. 1 Record isn't revolutionary--the group works within the well-defined forms--it's just exceptionally good. There's not a trace of Memphis soul in Big Star: The group seems to have used the California bands of the mid-Sixties--primarily the Byrds and Moby Grape--as models, but there's a brightness on the uptempo tunes that seems Beatles-inspired. Parallels are Badfinger and Raspberries, I guess, but Big Star shows more depth and consistency than either of those. A closer parallel is Todd Rundgren, who's equally adept at evoking the Beatles, California rock, and 1965, but even Rundgren hasn't made a whole album as impressive as this one.

The first side is dominated by rock & roll while the second becomes increasingly reflective and acoustic as it winds down. In both styles, the guitar sound is sharp-edged and full; even the prettiest tunes have tension and subtle energy to them, and the rockers reverberate with power. The rock & roll tracks can be seen as a succession of imaginative guitar and vocal ideas, but "When My Baby's beside Me," "Feel," "Don't Lie to Me" and the rest move so smoothly that you have to be technique-oriented to give the pieces conscious attention. It's on the slower songs that the influences are more noticeable. The oddly titled "Ballad of El Goodo," with modal harmonies and a great McGuinn-style vocal by Chilton, may be the best song here. The even more oddly titled "ST100/6" and "Try Again" sound like the tranquil Grape of "8:05" and "Sitting by the Window," dominated as they are by weary harmonies. And Chilton's unaffected vocal style comes across to best advantage on the quietest tunes, "Sunrise," "Give Me Another Chance" (this one really reinforces the Rundgren parallel), and "Thirteen," a wistful, funny remembrance of junior high.

All the songs I've mentioned carry the Bell-Chilton credit line and all of them are fine. The only unsuccessful track is "The India Song," and that was written by Hummel; it just doesn't fit with the rest of the music. But 10 out of 11 is practically unheard of. No. 1 Record is one of the sleepers of 1972. Well, you've done it, Alex: Your Big Star record even cuts The Box Tops' Super Hits.”

- Bud Scoppa.  Rolling Stone, april 1972

Yung. Playliste 8. april 2021

1. Yung - Autobiography (2021)
2. Kim Wilde - Just A Feeling (1982)
3. The Replacements - All Shook Down (1990)
4. bob hund - Allt På Ett Kort (1993)
5. Annette Peacock - Questions (1978)
6. Yung - Dismantled (2021)
7. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl (1976)
8. Sickoids - Hope Subsides (2012)
9. Mount Eerie - The Place Lives (2012)
10. Cindy Lee - Heavy Metal (2020)
11. Yung - Lust And Learning (2021)
12. Captain Sensible - Glad It’s All Over (1983)
13. Weed - Thousand Pounds (2015)
14. Glazed Baby - Handgun (1993)
15. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Further Than We've Gone (1974)