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
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Tepid Peppermint Wonderland
(Tee Pee, 2004)
The mad, bad world of Anton Newcombe and his psychedelic freaks distilled into a 2-CD set.
Rewatching DiG! recently confirmed two things in my mind. Firstly, that it remains a brilliant film (drugs, rock'n'roll, occasional violence, arrests, roller skates - what more do you want?). But perhaps more potent was the realisation that when the Brian Jonestown Massacre were good, they were really good. It all made me reach for this 2004 Best Of... a compilation that plots a warped path through the band's first two decades of '60s psych worship. Anton Newcombe - a man whose ground zero lies somewhere between Odessey & Oracle and Loveless - is a songwriting machine, writing and recording full albums in a single night. His best songs have always come when he's reined in the temptation to voyage too far into the cosmos. When Jokers Attack, Nevertheless and Straight Up & Down are economical, Byrds-esque rockers that pay homage without sounding dreary, while Prozac vs. Heroin (he really does wear his influences on his sleeve) is underpinned by the sort of mantric pulse you'd expect to find humming away in George Harrison's grotto. During these moments, his commitment to reawakening a bygone era is intoxicating. For Newcombe and his ever-revolving carousel of BJM personnel, the past is the present. This compilation proves that, for some people at least, that's no bad thing at all.
Ross Bennett
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 06/07/2010
Further Listening
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request (Bomp! 1996)
The Byrds - Fifth Dimension (Columbia, 1966)
MGMT – Congratulations (Columbia, 2010)
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An overlooked small wonder from an unpredictable career.
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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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Reawakening a bygone era? Ripping it off more like. The guys a thief and an arsehole.
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Reawakening a bygone era? Ripping it off more like. The guys a thief and a total arsehole.
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Reawakening a bygone era? Ripping it off more like. The guys a thief and a total arsehole.
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RE: Anonymous
Keep your knickers on Anonymous, we got it the first time! Some of us would tend to disagree, imitation being the sincerest form of flattery etc, and he does it so well. Rings my bell for sure!
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