Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod the Mod finds his solo footing, headed for stardom, with the Faces in his wake.
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Features Disc of the day
Kelley Stoltz
Crock-O-Dials
(Beautiful Happiness, 2005)
He’s been playing in London this week. Time to reconsider his recovering of The Bunnymen’s debut.
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. At his best (as on 2004's Antique Glow album), Frisco-based psych troubadour Stoltz transforms the Portastudio into a magical instrument spewing warped, purple pop. Then there's Crocodiles, a flawless fever-dream of a rock record, where people roll around on the carpet and the vibrant, psychedelic texturing never gets in the way of urgent, economical songs full of head-turning phraseology - "Instinct is the common lawyer" and all that jazz. No Will Sergeant, Stoltz chucks out the rococo guitars and pares back to the heart of the songs, keying into Ian McCulloch's inner Roky Erickson and delivering versions that are simultaneously faithful and renewed. It's a worthy obsession, but you have to worry when you hear that Stoltz is already halfway through "his" Porcupine. Someone stop him before he gets to The Game.
Danny Eccleston
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:30 AM GMT 23/11/2007
Further Listening
Petra Haden - The Who Sell Out [Bar None, 2005]
Jeffrey Lewis - 12 Crass Songs [Rough Trade, 2007]
The Dirty Projectors - Rise Above [Rough Trade, 2007]
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