Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod the Mod finds his solo footing, headed for stardom, with the Faces in his wake.
6:00 AM GMT 22/06/2011
Features Disc of the day
Deerhunter
Microcastle
(Kranky/4AD, 2008)
Atlanta bedroom psych-pop flings open the windows to greet the wider world.
Twice in as many weeks I’ve hurried excitedly round the corner and into the MOJO office to find out “who’s playing Carwash Hair?” or “Is it The Soft Bulletin Day?” Only they weren’t. And it isn’t (not until Hawkwind month ends at any rate…). Fooling me into this Proustian rush of heady ‘90s avant-pop is the new Deerhunter album. Loose and groovy, it’s become a firm office favourite (which is rare in a room full of bat-eared malcontents). And while it’s really only the first few seconds of Cover Me that open the album with that Dave Fridmann-fried psychedelic balm in an obviously recognisable way, the rest of the record still shares the Mercury Rev/Flaming Lips ability to balance melody with sonic disturbance. Little Kids is a lulling, Velvets-y ballad that brings back happy memories of Ultra Vivid Scene and the title track builds from a whisper to an ecstatic, pulse-quickening roar. But best of all is Nothing Ever Happened, its motorik groove bundling along a melody that seems close to suffocating before the EEW-OO! keyboard line swoops it up to an euphoric high, before segueing into the next track as if it nothing special had just happened. Whistle that, art department!
Jenny Bulley
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 25/11/2008
Further Listening
Mercury Rev – Yerself Is Steam (Amplified Mint, 2007)
Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (WEA, 1999)
Arcarde Fire – Funeral (Rough Trade, 2005)
Previous Disc of the day
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Earl Brutus - Larky
Last salvo of Ginsters Pasty-Warholism from Britpop ramraiders.
12:04 PM GMT 08/06/2011
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Loudon Wainwright - T-Shirt
An overlooked small wonder from an unpredictable career.
6:00 AM GMT 03/06/2011
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Landscape - From The Tea-rooms Of Mars… To The Hell-holes Of Uranus
Dry computer club Futurists, upon hitting implausible chart paydirt.
6:00 AM GMT 17/05/2011
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Causa Sui - Summer Sessions Vol 1-3
Epic Danish jams, for when the neighbours get you down.
6:00 AM GMT 12/05/2011
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