23285. (Henk Badings) Symphony #3
23286. (Wu-Tang Clan) Enter the Wu-Tang
23287. (Real Estate) Days
23288. (Tarun Bhattacharya) Hypnotic Santoor
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First-time listening for June 2015
Posted by Phil Paine
on June 30, 2015
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First-time listening for May 2015
Posted by Phil Paine
on May 31, 2015
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23200. (Sergei Rachmaninov) Liturgy of St. John Chrysistom
23201. (Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd) The Moon and the Melodies
23202. (Bohuslav Martinů) Concerto #1 for Cello and Orchestra
23203. (Kendrick Lamar [as K‑dot] & Jay Rock) Training Day [mixtape]
23204. (Suede) Suede
23205. (7oi) Lost Under a Pile
23206. (Jhené Aiko) Sailing Soul(s)
23207. (Jefferson Airplane) Takes Off [2003 remaster]
23208. (Mini Mansions) The Great Pretenders
23209. (Kendrick Lamar) Overly Dedicated [mixtape]
23210. (Run the Jewels) Run the Jewels
23211. (Veldhuis & Kemper) We Moeten Praten
23212. (La Rue Kétanou) Live at Furia Sound Festival
23213. (Charlie Parker) The Complete Verve Years CD2 1950–1952
23214. (Anthrax) Armed and Dangerous
23215. (Jefferson Starship) Dragon Fly
Abbeville Breakdown 1929–1939:
. . . . 23216. (Amédée Breaux) “Vas y Carrément”
. . . . 23217. (Joe Falcon) “Poche Town”
. . . . 23218. (Cleoma Breaux) “Prenez Courage”
. . . . 23219. (Cleoma Breaux) “Quand Je Suis Partis Pour le Texas”
. . . . 23220. (Joe Falcon) “Aimer Et Perdre”
. . . . 23221. (Breaux Frères) “Egan One Step”
. . . . 23222. (Breaux Frères) “T’as Volé Mon Chapeau”
. . . . 23223. (Breaux Frères) “Home Sweet Home”
. . . . 23224. (Breaux Frères) “Le One Step à Martin”
. . . . 23225. (Breaux Frères) “La Valse du Bayou Plaquemine”
. . . . 23226. (Alley Boys of Abbeville) “Abbeville Breakdown”
. . . . 23227. (Alley Boys of Abbeville) “Te A Pas Raison”
. . . . 23228. (Alley Boys of Abbeville) “Se Toute Sain Comme Moi Ma Sain”
. . . . 23229. (Alley Boys of Abbeville) “Jolie Petite Fille”
. . . . 23230. (Alley Boys of Abbeville) “Quel Espoire”
. . . . 23231. (Alley Boys of Abbeville) “Moi Et Ma Belle”
. . . . 23232. (Alley Boys of Abbeville) “Je Vous T’Aime Lessair Pleurer”
. . . . 23233. (Alley Boys of Abbeville) “Es Ce Que Tu Pense Jamais A Moi”
. . . . 23234. (Alley Boys of Abbeville) “Tu Ma Quite Seul”
. . . . 23235. (Alley Boys of Abbeville) “Jolie Petite Blonde”
. . . . 23236. (Alley Boys of Abbeville) “Apres Jengles A Toi”
. . . . 23237. (Alley Boys of Abbeville) “Te Bonne Pour Moi Estere”
23238. (Shellac) At Action Park
23239. (Django Django) Django Django
23240. (Childish Gambino) Camp
23241. (Belle and Sebastian) If You’re Feeling Sinister
23242. (Chvrches) The Bones of What You Believe
23243. (Gwendal) Joe Can’t Reel
23244. (Judy Garland) Judy Garland in Hollywood
23245. (NONONO) We Are Only What We Feel
23246. (Of Monsters and Men) “Little Talks” [single]
23247. (Mumford & Sons) Babel
23248. (Aulis Sallinen) Symphony #3 “The Sea Symphony”
23249. (Anthrax) Spreading the Disease
23250. (Mr. Twin Sister) Mr. Twin Sister
23251. (Sleater-Kinney) Call the Doctor
23252. (Drake) Take Care
23253. (Charli XCX) True Romance
23254. (Will Butler) Policy
23255. (Björk) Vulnicura
23256. (Mumford & Sons) Wilder Mind
23257. (Soldat Louis) Bienvenue à bord
23258. (Peter & Gordon) The Best of Peter & Gordon
23259. (Ghostpoet) Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
23260. (Nuclear Assault) Survive
23261. (Trombone Shorty) Backatown
23262. (Alan Stivell) Tro Ar Bed
23263. (Josquin des Prez) Motetti De Passione: “Tu solus qui facis mirabilia”
23264. (Josquin des Prez) Motetti De Passione: “Domine, non secundum”
23265. (Josquin des Prez) Motetti De Passione: “Ave verum corpus”
23266. (Josquin des Prez) Motetti De Passione: “O Domine Jesu Christe”
23267. (Josquin des Prez) Motetti De Passione: “Christem ducem; Qui velatus”
23268. (Josquin des Prez) Tout a par moi
23269. (Josquin des Prez) Missa faisant regretz
23270. (Chance the Rapper) 10Day
23271. (David Bowie) Rare Singles, Outtakes & Lives,1969–74
23272. (Killers) Battle Born
23273. (John Renbourn) Live in Italy
23274. (Of Monsters and Men) My Head Is an Animal
23275. (Armens) Sans contrefaçon
23276. (Patrick Watson) Waterproof9
23277. (Overkill) Feel the Fire
23278. (Shellac) Live in Tokyo
23279. (Vielles Pies) Utopies de Comptoir
23280. (Paolo Nutini) Caustic Love
23281. (Paloma Faith) A Perfect Contradicton
23282. (Ellie Goulding) Halcyon Days
23283. (Pharrell Williams) G I R L
23284. (Bastille) All This Bad Blood
Image of the month: Leonard Cohen…
Posted by Phil Paine
on May 1, 2015
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… looking so Canadian, it makes your teeth ache.
First-time listening for April 2015
Posted by Phil Paine
on April 30, 2015
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23190. (Yann Tiersen) L’Absente
23191. (Platters) Four Platters and One Lovely, Vol.7
23192. (Charlie Parker)The Complete Small Group Sessions, vol.2
23193. (Henk Badings) Concerto for Harp and Orchestra
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First-time listening for March 2015
Posted by Phil Paine
on March 31, 2015
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23180. (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Missa ecce ego Johannes
23181. (Ed Sheeran) X
23182. (Sam Smith) In the Lonely Hour
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First-time listening for February 2015
Posted by Phil Paine
on February 28, 2015
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23153. (Delta Rae) Carry the Fire [deluxe version]
C’est Fun! Cajun Classics:
. . . . 23154. (Jambalaya Cajun Band) “C’est Fun”
. . . . 23155. (Cajun Traditional Band) “Louisiana Two Step”
. . . . 23156. (Balfa Toujours) “L’anse Auix Paillies”
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First-time listening for January 2015
Posted by Phil Paine
on January 31, 2015
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23115. (Camille Saint-Saëns) Première fantaisie in E‑f for Organ
23116. (Camille Saint-Saëns) Bénédiction nuptiale for Organ, Op.9
23117. (Camille Saint-Saëns) Offertoire in E for Organ
23118. (Camille Saint-Saëns) Elévation ou Communion for Organ, Op.13
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The Icicle Works
Posted by Phil Paine
on January 24, 2015
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This band was named after a short story by Frederik Pohl (“The Day the Icicle Works Closed”, Galaxy, February 1960). I read the story when I was a kid, in Pohl’s wonderful collection The Man Who Ate the World. There was a revival of “psychedelic” rock in liverpool in the early 1980’s, and this band was part of that movement. The frontman was Ian McNabb, who remains today a veteran craftsman in British rock, but isn’t well known in North America. Drummer Chris Sharrock and bassist Chris Layhe formed the other two legs of the tripod. The band stuck around for quite awhile, but it never made it big, perhaps because the “neo-psychedelic” formula really didn’t suit them. Despite a few trappings of that genre, it sounds to me like they really wanted to do good solid rock with clean, crisp arrangements. The only album I possess is the eponymous first (1984), which contains their biggest hit “Love is a Wonderful Colour”. But I prefer “Whisper To a Scream (Birds Fly)”, which was a bigger hit here in Canada, and I remember it getting considerable airplay on Toronto stations. Sharrock’s drumwork is fine in this one, lifting them out of the potential wimpiness of the psychedelic formula (the cut preceding it, “In the Cauldron of Love” sounds too much like recycled Moody Blues).
Addendum: A friend informs me that the Canadian release was quite different from the U.S. release, and reached much higher in the Canadian charts than in either the U.K. or U.S. ones, confirming my impression. Unfortunately, I don’t have the variations to compare. Mine is the Canadian.
First-time listening for December 2014
Posted by Phil Paine
on December 31, 2014
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23088. (Dan Ar Braz) Zénith [Live]
Best of Afro-Brazilian Jazz:
. . . . 23089. (Antonio Carlos Jobim) “Brazil Nativo”
. . . . 23090. (Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66) “Lapinha”
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Steve Tilston
Posted by Phil Paine
on December 5, 2014
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It will come as no surprise to anyone that I’m fond of the Fairport Convention song “Here’s To Tom Paine”. That song was originally composed by the fine English folk guitarist, Steve Tilston. While he must have over a dozen albums, the only one I own is Swans at Coole (1990). Though it nowhere says so on the album, this refers to the William Butler Yeats poem, “The Wild Swans at Coole”, a wistful allegory of transitory beauty. The album fits that mood. Tilston’s fine, controlled, but not flashy guitar playing is balanced with varied accompaniments on banjo (Kevin Boyle), violin (Stuart Gordon), flute (Maggy Boyle), and cello (Tony Hilligan). If you want to have something playing on a cold winter evening, gathered by the fireplace, with old friends not inclined to chatter, this is just about right.