Disc of the day
The Meters - The Meters
Kings of Nawlins "fonk" go it alone. Cue incurable itch in sacroiliac.
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 06/11/2009 1 Comments
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Blur - Blur
Sun sets on Damon Albarn's Little England. "Look inside America," he urges. "She's alright."
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 05/11/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 04/11/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 03/11/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 02/11/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 30/10/2009 2 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 29/10/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 28/10/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 27/10/2009 0 Comments
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Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth
He wore headphones with aerials, but he wasn't Dave Stewart, heavens be praised.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 26/10/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 23/10/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 22/10/2009 7 Comments
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Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Safe As Milk
Van Vliet's blues-rocking debut. Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal guest!
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 19/10/2009 1 Comments
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Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
In tribute to arranger David Van De Pitte, who died in August this year.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 16/10/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 15/10/2009 0 Comments
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The Dream Syndicate - The Days Of Wine And Roses
MOJO messageboarder on an underrated seedpod of US alternative rock.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 14/10/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 11/10/2009 0 Comments
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The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
Jojo's still-stunning proto-punk grooves of straight-edge enlightenment.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 09/10/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 06/10/2009 0 Comments
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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits
Almost two decades of AOR monster hits from the stonewashed Bob Dylan.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 05/10/2009 0 Comments
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Razor X Productions - Killing Sound
Super-hardcore dancehall sounds blow speakers, burn the house down.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 02/10/2009 0 Comments
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Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963
MOJO messageboarder has his life changed at an Ohio Record Bar...
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 01/10/2009 5 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 11:07 AM GMT 30/09/2009 2 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 28/09/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 25/09/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 23/09/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 21/09/2009 0 Comments
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The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
From a year of giant leaps in jazz, could this be the most underrated?
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 18/09/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 17/09/2009 0 Comments
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My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
Highly suspicious? A MOJO messageboarder stands by Jim James's curveball.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 16/09/2009 0 Comments
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Levon Helm - Electric Dirt
The Band's drumming genius continues his 21st Century comeback, in style.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 15/09/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 11/09/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 10/09/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 8:08 AM GMT 09/09/2009 0 Comments
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Various Artists - A Cellarful Of Motown Vol.1
Thank Northern Soul for reviving Motown's cast-offs. A MOJO messageboarder polishes his backdrop.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 08/09/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 07/09/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 04/09/2009 0 Comments
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Various Artists - Messthetics Greatest Hits: The Sounds of UK D.I.Y. 1977-80
US label disinters the lost nuggets of UK indie. MOJO messageboarder rejoices.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 03/09/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:57 AM GMT 01/09/2009 0 Comments
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Various Artists - Dr. Boogie Presents Rarities From The Bob Hite Vaults
Choice cuts from the Canned Heat man's enviable 78rpms collection.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 28/08/2009 0 Comments
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The Dells - I Touched A Dream
RIP Johnny Carter, member of not one but two of the finest ever vocal groups.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 27/08/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 26/08/2009 0 Comments
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Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step
In the anniversary week of his tragic death, mourned by MOJO messageboarder.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 25/08/2009 1 Comments
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KUKL - Holidays In Europe (The Naughty Nought)
A 19 year-old Björk enjoys 'free jazz' anarcho-punk freak-out...
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 21/08/2009 0 Comments
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Easy Star All-Stars - Radiodread
NY-based collective follow Dub Side Of The Moon with the reggae OK Computer. No smirking please.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 20/08/2009 0 Comments
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The Adverts - Cast Of Thousands
One chord wonders seek second chord! Tubular Bells producer joins unlikely quest!
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 19/08/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 18/08/2009 0 Comments
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Thelonious Monk - Plays Duke Ellington
Unexpected side effects of paternity: Part One of an occasional series.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 17/08/2009 0 Comments
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Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
Bad name and worse sleeve art hid great, granite-chipping guitar maelstroms.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 14/08/2009 0 Comments
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The Three Degrees - The Three Degrees
In memoriam of founder member Fayette Pinkney, who died on June 27.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 13/08/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 12/08/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 11/08/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 10/08/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 07/08/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 06/08/2009 0 Comments
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Various - Zodiac: Songs From The Motion Picture
Soul, funk and psych treats soundtrack one of the best movies of recent times.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 05/08/2009 0 Comments
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Sparks - Indiscreet
The fabulous freak brothers' finest moment? This MOJO messageboarder thinks so...
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 03/08/2009 0 Comments
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Vernon Elliott Ensemble - Ivor The Engine & Pogles Wood
Ridiculously inventive animation soundtracks for kids of all ages and eras.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 31/07/2009 0 Comments
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Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket 88
Was this the first rock and roll record? Don't worry about it!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:31 AM GMT 30/07/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 29/07/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 28/07/2009 0 Comments
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Malcolm Middleton - Into The Woods
Ex-Arab Strap guitarist's deceptively jaunty second album: Pacific Ocean Blue set in Falkirk.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 27/07/2009 0 Comments
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Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin - Missa Luba
Gorgeous, timeless vocal thrills from the Congo. Namechecked in the Clash's Car Jamming!
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 24/07/2009 0 Comments
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The Jacksons - Destiny
Just when you think you've cracked it, the one with the talent makes a dash for it.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 23/07/2009 0 Comments
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Ray Price - Night Life
Country legend turns down the lights. Suspect characters emerge on the horizon...
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 22/07/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 21/07/2009 0 Comments
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Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
West Hampstead's Queen of Soul takes on Elvis's town, and wins!
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 20/07/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 16/07/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 15/07/2009 0 Comments
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P.G. Six - The Well Of Memory
Folk ghostliness arises from the no man's land between insanity and normality.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 14/07/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 12/07/2009 2 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 10/07/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 09/07/2009 0 Comments
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The 5th Dimension - The Magic Garden
Sunshine pop romantic ambivalence from balloonist-harmonisers. Nick Drake liked it!
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 08/07/2009 0 Comments
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Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness And Charm
Ladbroke Grove's favourite space truckers face down punk's challenge.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 07/07/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 02/07/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 02/07/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 01/07/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 26/06/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 24/06/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 23/06/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 22/06/2009 0 Comments
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Headless Heroes - The Silence Of Love
Novel covers album finds the essence rare. From 2008 - or is that 1968?
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 19/06/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 17/06/2009 0 Comments
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Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark - Dazzle Ships
Million-selling pop-synth duo's musique-concrète homage to communism 'n' communication
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 16/06/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 15/06/2009 0 Comments
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Dionne Warwick - Make Way For Dionne Warwick
She made demos for Bacharach & David, then she made their greatest hits.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 12/06/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 11/06/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 10/06/2009 0 Comments
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Chuck Higgins - Pachuko Hop
Greasy R&B platter, containing the best last drunken record of the night.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 09/06/2009 0 Comments
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Earl Brutus - Tonight You Are The Special One
The art-glam, prog-punk, drunk-and-disorderly sound of a Britain about to crash and burn.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 08/06/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 05/06/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 04/06/2009 0 Comments
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The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Gold-plated-but-melancholy escapist fantasy. Skyscraper Condemnation Affiliates need apply!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:21 AM GMT 03/06/2009 0 Comments
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The Stones Roses - Second Coming
Their bass player thinks it should have been called Premature Ejaculation. He's wrong.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 02/06/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:02 AM GMT 01/06/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 29/05/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 3:02 PM GMT 26/05/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 26/05/2009 0 Comments
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Bob Dylan - New Morning
Back from the brink and happy at home... Why is this Woodstock classic always overlooked?
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 4:49 PM GMT 22/05/2009 0 Comments
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Perrey & Kingsley - The In Sound From Way Out!
"Atoms of pop music exploded into fresh patterns" by bold Moog-ists. Squonk!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 21/05/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 20/05/2009 2 Comments
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The Dells - It’s Not Unusual: The Very Best Of The Vee-Jay Years 1955-1965
Oh What A Night and Stay In My Corner: so nice they recorded them twice.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:58 AM GMT 19/05/2009 1 Comments
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Global A Go-Go
Clash man spins the dial, travels the world on his last LP in this lifetime.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 18/05/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 15/05/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 14/05/2009 1 Comments
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Dexys Midnight Runners - Let’s Make This Precious
Kevin Rowland's glittering career overviewed, with two newies adding value.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 13/05/2009 0 Comments
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The Gosdin Brothers - Sounds Of Goodbye
An aptly titled farewell to an overlooked Bakersfield belter.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 12/05/2009 0 Comments
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The Stairs - Mexican R’n’B
Mersey "superstars of smoking" begin their "degree in R&B, to do a PhD in Psychedelia."
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 11/05/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 08/05/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 06/05/2009 1 Comments
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Various - Sun Record Company: 50 Golden Years 1952-2002
8-CD, 50th Anniversary collection incorporating two tracks culled from El Pelve's 1953 demos.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 05/05/2009 2 Comments
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Grant Lee Phillips - Ladies Love Oracle
Former Buffalo guy still got his ju-ju. Ask this MOJO messageboarder.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 01/05/2009 4 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 30/04/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 29/04/2009 6 Comments
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Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
Moving, sparkling triptych from the sexagenarian who just keeps getting better.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 28/04/2009 0 Comments
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The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage
Improve your life with the darkly swirling sound of Heavy Motorik Folk!
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 27/04/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 24/04/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 23/04/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 22/04/2009 0 Comments
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Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
Still Bill: The man formally known as Smog enjoys career high.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 21/04/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 20/04/2009 4 Comments
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Zoot Money's Big Roll Band - It Should’ve Been Me
The Flamingo, Wardour Street, London W1 1962-67 sounded something like this.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 17/04/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 16/04/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 09/04/2009 2 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 08/04/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 07/04/2009 0 Comments
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Otis Spann - The Biggest Thing Since Colossus
Chicago piano legend is joined by British upstarts for killer blues set...
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 03/04/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 02/04/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 01/04/2009 2 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 31/03/2009 0 Comments
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The Black Crowes - Amorica
Never mind the "clocksprings", here's rock'n'roll at its most stupendously unmoored.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 30/03/2009 4 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 27/03/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:42 AM GMT 26/03/2009 2 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 25/03/2009 10 Comments
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Santana - Santana (Legacy Edition)
MOJO messageboarder finds a latinbluesjazzrock classic agreeably swollen...
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 24/03/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 23/03/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 20/03/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 19/03/2009 2 Comments
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The Beta Band - The 3 E.P.s
Scots oddballs' first recordings compiled: three eccentric EPs from 1997-98.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 18/03/2009 1 Comments
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Tyrone Davis - Turn Back The Hands Of Time
A well-kept secret, but immense Chicago soul satisfaction to be had right here.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 17/03/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 16/03/2009 1 Comments
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The Fall - Totale’s Turns (It’s Now Or Never)
First Rough Trade release is bug-eyed, two-fingered live album. Thank you, Doncaster!
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 13/03/2009 3 Comments
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Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Torture and enlightenment courtesy of one of jazz's true giants...
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 12/03/2009 1 Comments
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David Bowie - The Buddha of Suburbia
The Dame's experimental brainstorm stands up rather well, claims MOJO messageboarder.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 11/03/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 10/03/2009 2 Comments
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Giacinto Scelsi - Natura Renovatur
The eerie, andante sound of a giant meteor approaching the earth, in slow motion.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 09/03/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 06/03/2009 0 Comments
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Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off, Baby
Lost R&B weirdness from the Captain's junkyard of inspiration...
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 05/03/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 04/03/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 03/03/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 02/03/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 27/02/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 26/02/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 25/02/2009 0 Comments
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Talking Heads - Fear of Music
NY multiplex art rockers' third shakes hips, detects heightened significance everywhere.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 23/02/2009 3 Comments
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The Ronettes - Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
We pay homage to Estelle Bennett, who died earlier this month.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 20/02/2009 1 Comments
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Reigns - We Lowered A Microphone Into The Ground
Pseudo-Victorian experiment in audiospeleology accesses beauty of inner earth.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 19/02/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 18/02/2009 0 Comments
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Various - Dave Godin’s Deep Soul Treasures: Volume 3
Peerless mix-tape of southern rarities from the UK’s Soul Brother Number One…
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 17/02/2009 2 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 13/02/2009 4 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 12/02/2009 3 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 11/02/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 10/02/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 09/02/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 06/02/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 05/02/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 04/02/2009 5 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 03/02/2009 0 Comments
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King Tubby Meets Jacob Miller - In A Tenement Yard
From 1976, a buried synth-dub masterpiece to bust your bins.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 02/02/2009 0 Comments
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Los Lobos - By The Light Of The Moon
Is it hot in here? No it’s just Los Lobos, reckons MOJO messageboarder…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 30/01/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 29/01/2009 3 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 28/01/2009 0 Comments
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Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life
Esoteric psych punk from Toronto. As seen in MOJO’s Albums of 2008…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 26/01/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 23/01/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 22/01/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 21/01/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 20/01/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:32 AM GMT 19/01/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 16/01/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 15/01/2009 0 Comments
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Rhythm & Sound - Rhythm & Sound
If the passenger service of the Deutsche Reichsbahn had ever, well, gone dub.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 14/01/2009 3 Comments
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Tahiti 80 - Wallpaper For The Soul
Defeat sodden streets and winter gloom with a great summer record.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 13/01/2009 0 Comments
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Coldcut - Journeys By DJ
Or, a ’70 Minutes Of Madness’ DJ-mix chestnut from the deck tagteam who go the distance.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 12/01/2009 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 09/01/2009 2 Comments
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Valentin Silvestrov - Silent Songs
Soft, hush, it’s cold and it’s getting colder, especially in the Ukraine.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 08/01/2009 5 Comments
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Hot Club De Paris - Drop It ’Til It Pops
Lurching, jazz-time explosions laced with irrepressible pop joy by Liverpudlian trio.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 07/01/2009 1 Comments
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Olivia Tremor Control - Music From The Unrealized Film Script, Dusk At Cubist Castle
Elephant 6 collectivists from Athens, GA announce their otherness. World is baffled.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 06/01/2009 2 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:30 AM GMT 05/01/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:54 AM GMT 02/01/2009 1 Comments
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Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds Of Silence
Two-man choir wrap up warm, but dispense with seasonal empathy.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 01/01/2009 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 31/12/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 30/12/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 29/12/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 26/12/2008 5 Comments
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Gabrieli Consort & Players - Praetorius: Lutheran Mass For Christmas Morning
Put another layer on, you’re going to a Northern Renaissance knees-up.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 25/12/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 24/12/2008 2 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 23/12/2008 0 Comments
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Scott Walker - Climate Of Hunter
Brr! For ex-heartthrob’s semi-approachable staging post en route to dungeon of madness.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 22/12/2008 2 Comments
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Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
The King Of Pop Drama before he was swamped by showbiz: a MOJO Messageboarder loses his cool…
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 19/12/2008 9 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 18/12/2008 0 Comments
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Various - The American Song Poem Anthology
Musical vanity publishing venture generates glorious weirdness.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 17/12/2008 4 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 16/12/2008 6 Comments
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Nick Lowe - The Convincer
Songwriting masterclass comes with ahead-of-its-time Middlesex soul groove.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 15/12/2008 2 Comments
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Albert Collins, Robert Cray, Johnny Copeland - Showdown!
Guitar supergroup that actually deserved its prefix. Goddamn!
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Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
Truly the best of best of’s: From 1984’s Holiday to 1991’s Rescue Me by the former Mrs Ritchie.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 02/12/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 28/11/2008 1 Comments
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Anthony Newley - Ain’t It Funny
Because Hollywood success counts for nothing when middle age, divorce and depression come calling.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 26/11/2008 6 Comments
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Deerhunter - Microcastle
Atlanta bedroom psych-pop flings open the windows to greet the wider world.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 25/11/2008 0 Comments
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Levon Helm - …And The RCO All-Stars
Heartbeat of the first, and best, Americana band, the drummer and sometime singer breaks out.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 24/11/2008 0 Comments
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John Phllips - John the Wolfking Of L.A.
Mamas & The Papas’ nabob explores the murky side of his California dream…
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 20/11/2008 1 Comments
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Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
Hats still off, and flags at half-mast for the mini-magician of rock drumming.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 18/11/2008 1 Comments
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Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell/Song To A Seagull
Forty years on, western Canada’s song-genius’s first sweet and eerie foray. Go on, have a fag!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:04 AM GMT 13/11/2008 2 Comments
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Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City
The ill-starred Memphis group’s first two albums. A real double whammy.
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Super Furry Animals - Radiator
Second album of trend-blind, genre-deaf head-pop from Welsh-speaking druid-wombles.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 05/11/2008 1 Comments
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Neil Young - Dead Man
This Halloween, embrace the rumbling fear of Young’s electric guitar improv noise.
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Shriekback - Oil And Gold
Ex-Gang of Four and XTC men utilize their primordial instincts, play eat-or-be-eaten terror-funk.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 29/10/2008 2 Comments
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Paul Duncan - Be Careful What You Call Home
Second album of ambient folk beauty from 25-year-old Brooklynite.
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Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Indie-rock poster children deliver sincerity and musicality in one surprise package.
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Yuichiro Fujimoto - The Mountain Record
Deputy editor’s Yuletide present finds its magic hour moment.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 30/09/2008 0 Comments
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Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & His Clowns - Having A Good Time
New Orleans’ party wildness with straight ivories for the queer guy.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:31 AM GMT 29/09/2008 1 Comments
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The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Second volcanic “head” charge from LA’s afro-delic freak brothers.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 26/09/2008 0 Comments
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Elton John - Madman Across The Water
Pop superstardom beckoned, but the American south still cast a spell on Messrs John and Taupin…
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Susanna And The Magical Orchestra - List Of Lights And Buoys
Norwegian torch singer joins former Jaga Jazzist keyboardist and brings forth lonesome tears.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 23/09/2008 5 Comments
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The Temptations - Sky’s The Limit
When the late Norman Whitfield found a way to play all the great quintet’s aces.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 22/09/2008 0 Comments
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Laurie Anderson - Big Science
She despised pop culture. Making a commercial album was the last thing she wanted to do, and yet…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 18/09/2008 1 Comments
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Half Man Half Biscuit - Four Lads Who Shook The Wirral
Birkenhead’s masters of deflation operate at their customary high standard.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 17/09/2008 0 Comments
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British Sea Power - Open Season
Last week: Mercury also-rans. This week and always: firm favourites in MOJO hearts.
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The Fall - Are You Are Missing Winner
Stimmerung! It’s album 24 from the teeming brain of MES, ripe for re-appraisal.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 09/09/2008 2 Comments
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Bobbie Gentry - The Delta Sweete
Lost high-point of the sultry, country songstrel's decade-long career...
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Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
Japanese noise tricksters become sun-worshipping drum-circle motorik cult.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 04/09/2008 1 Comments
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Bennie Maupin - The Jewel In The Lotus
Welcome reissue for Bitches Brew/Headhunters clarinetist’s finest hour.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 02/09/2008 0 Comments
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My Morning Jacket - Z
A refreshed line-up and a transcendent fourth album from the Kentucky quintet.
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Emitt Rhodes - Daisy-Fresh From Hawthorne, California (The Best of the Dunhill Years)
McCartney-esque proto-power-pop from the nearly man of ’60s Los Angeles…
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Isaac Hayes - The Isaac Hayes Movement
The industrious, illustrious Black Moses – where did he find the time to do it all?
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Bobby Charles - Bobby Charles
Lost Louisiana songsmith enlists The Band to create Cajun-roots masterpiece...
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Sweeney’s Men - The Tracks of Sweeney
They popularised Irish folk, and transformed into Steeleye Span, but don’t hold that against them.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 5:40 PM GMT 18/08/2008 1 Comments
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Patti Smith - Horses
1975 beat punk hallelujah that’s still one of rock’s most inspirational debuts.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 18/08/2008 6 Comments
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Cargoe - Cargoe
Luck-starved pioneers of powerpop/country-rock. Might they have been Ardent’s best band?
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 17/08/2008 1 Comments
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Your Funeral… My Trial
Choice cuts of Victorian menace from the belly of the beast.
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The Allman Brothers Band - …At Fillmore East
Southern longhairs make their mark with heavy blues live set…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 14/08/2008 1 Comments
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David Sylvian - Secrets Of The Beehive
Japan singer’s fourth solo album. Spooky-gorgeous avant-jazz pop opus ahoy!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 13/08/2008 0 Comments
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Silver Jews - The Natural Bridge
Pavement pal breaks free of their tutelage, delivers psyche-shattered alt.gagfest.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 12/08/2008 0 Comments
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Yello - Stella
Forward-thinking Swiss electronic duo mash up Hitchcock, the Pet Shop Boys and Gilbert and George!
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Dillard & Clark - The Fantastic Expedition Of…
Disillusioned ex-Byrd crafts psychic country magic with bluegrass banjo hedonist.
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 09/08/2008 4 Comments
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Edgar ‘Jones’ Jones - Soothing Music For Stray Cats
Hardy perennial, mystic scouse muso creates vintage R&B curio... in his bedroom.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 08/08/2008 0 Comments
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The Len Bright Combo - The Len Bright Combo Present…
Wreckless Eric teams up with two Milkshakes on lost ’80s garage gem. Made in Chatham.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 07/08/2008 0 Comments
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The Carter Family - The Decca Sessions Vol.II
Clean-cut trio from Clinch Mountain, Virginia, inventing country music as she is spoken.
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Edan - Primitive Plus
Maryland rap weirdo shouts out to "DJ Nazi Caligula" and drinkers of soy milk.
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George Faith - To Be A Lover
Lee Perry-produced trip-delay of dubular sci-fi soul covers; phasers set to stun.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 31/07/2008 0 Comments
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Evie Sands - Any Way That You Want Me
Brooklyn soulstress beats bad luck to produce country-soul gem...
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Julian Cope - Fried
Naked under a giant turtle shell, Cope gets to grips with psychedelic roots of oak.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 24/07/2008 1 Comments
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Various - Heartworn Highways
2006 reissue of songs from Jim Szalapski’s now-legendary document of ’70s ‘progressive country’.
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Jody Wildgoose - Afterlife
Super-charming cottage-psych from Sheffield. Tells Eminem “it’s OK to be gay”
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Darondo - Let My People Go
In the early ’70s, Al Green wasn’t the only dude who sounded like Al Green.
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Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
Enigmatic Cardiff trio’s post-punk benchmark. Still exquisite after all these years.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 17/07/2008 1 Comments
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Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
“Taking drugs to make music to take drugs to” was their motto. And this was their apotheosis.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 15/07/2008 1 Comments
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BB King - Live In Japan
The “lost” live album knocks seven shades out of the blues, reckons MOJO messageboarder.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 14/07/2008 12 Comments
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M Craft - Silver & Fire
Exiled Aussie makes downbeat, well (erm) crafted pop opus. MOJO messageboarder fights its corner.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 13/07/2008 1 Comments
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Duster Bennett - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions
One-man band country-blues passion play, from deepest Surrey
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 11/07/2008 3 Comments
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Fat Truckers - The First Fat Truckers Album Is For Sale
Sheffield electro deviants’ one and only belch into the void.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 10/07/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:44 AM GMT 09/07/2008 3 Comments
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Wild Billy Childish & The Buff Medways - Medway Wheelers
UK garage don Billy Childish and his Chatham gang get ‘groovy’.
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Pigeonhed - Pigeonhed
Seattle post-rock boffins recycle soul’s past to create soul’s future. No-one listens.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:23 AM GMT 06/07/2008 0 Comments
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Tad - 8-Way Santa
Mr Doyle and co’s hefty, Jack Endino-produced second unveils new genre: harmony sludge!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 04/07/2008 0 Comments
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Scud Mountain Boys - Massachusetts
Giving lowlife, alt.country dirges a good name, pre-Pernice Brothers
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 02/07/2008 1 Comments
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Zumpano - Goin’ Through Changes
Lost pearl of sophisto-pop from Sub Pop’s post-grunge wilderness years.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:24 AM GMT 01/07/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:49 AM GMT 29/06/2008 1 Comments
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Supergrass - In It For The Money
The Banana Splits of Britpop grow up fast, deliver their masterpiece.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 27/06/2008 1 Comments
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Nico - Chelsea Girl
Teutonic ice maiden delivers stately pop masterpiece with a little help from her (boy)friends.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:33 AM GMT 24/06/2008 1 Comments
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Ennio Morricone - A Fistful Of Dollars/ For A Few Dollars More
Spaghetti western grandmaster in elemental majesty. When the chimes end, pick up your gun!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:02 AM GMT 23/06/2008 0 Comments
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Aretha Franklin - Live At Fillmore West
1971 supergig that witnessed Lady Soul inveigle the world of rock.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 21/06/2008 0 Comments
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Brigitte Fontaine - Brigitte Fontaine Est... Folle
Avant-garde pop bonkers from the Existentialist sparrow of ’70s Paris.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 20/06/2008 2 Comments
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Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
“Acquired taste” prog diabolists take up stakes, gather kindling, terrify all-comers.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 17/06/2008 0 Comments
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Chris Smither - Don’t It Drag On
26-year-old Crescent City native decamps to Woodstock for growly folk-blues radiance.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 16/06/2008 0 Comments
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Luther Ingram - I Don’t Want To Be Right: The Ko Ko Singles Volume 2
A treasure trove of soul gems by the late, undervalued singer from Jackson, Tennessee.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 14/06/2008 0 Comments
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Fountains Of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
Grown men channel their adolescence via super-streamlined power-pop.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 11/06/2008 2 Comments
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Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle
Enfant terrible of arrangement submits woozy, sprawling slice of Cosmic Americana.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:01 AM GMT 10/06/2008 0 Comments
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Rival Schools - United By Fate
Splenetic oldsters take hardcore to the masses, ignite a generation of poppy punks.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 10:54 AM GMT 09/06/2008 0 Comments
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Sigur Rós - Takk…
Ambient-rock pixies go pop (kind of). Nature doc-makers of the world swoon as one.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 08/06/2008 0 Comments
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The Shaggs - Philosophy Of The World
The original “anti-trio” crash about, seemingly aloof to their own brilliance.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:59 AM GMT 04/06/2008 1 Comments
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Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body
Berkeley activists usher in a new dawn with acid-drenched debut album…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:55 AM GMT 02/06/2008 0 Comments
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Métal Urbain - Anarchy In Paris
French ’76 synth-punks beloved of Steve Albini anthologised across 24 tracks of uneasy listening…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 01/06/2008 0 Comments
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Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
Los Angeles hip hoppers go platinum with a glock in one hand and a bong in the other.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 31/05/2008 0 Comments
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Hem - Rabbit Songs
Brooklyn folk collective’s debut. Lullabies for the urban sophisticate booze-hound.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 30/05/2008 1 Comments
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Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
30 years old on Monday: the most underrated entry in The Boss's great American songbook.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 29/05/2008 2 Comments
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The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Vancouver collective say goodbye to restraint. World says hello to a power pop gem.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 28/05/2008 0 Comments
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The White Stripes - De Stijl
A musical volcano erupts in Detroit; world still experiencing aftershocks...
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 9:49 AM GMT 27/05/2008 4 Comments
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Global Communication - 76:14
West Country Ambient droogs break out the bean bags, say sit down and party.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 26/05/2008 0 Comments
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Gong - Magick Brother
A psychedelic jazz-rock, stoner-folk manifesto. As approved by Massive Attack!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 24/05/2008 0 Comments
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The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
When the “no hit Supremes” became the group that couldn’t miss.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 24/05/2008 0 Comments
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Beck - Mutations
Happy 10th birthday to the low-key follow-up (or not) to the zillion-selling Odelay.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 23/05/2008 0 Comments
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Stephen Stills Manassas - Down The Road
En route to collapse, Stills & friends leave us with their second and final album…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 22/05/2008 0 Comments
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Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
Arizona desert rockers tighten up and add funk to their musical melting pot.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 21/05/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 19/05/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 18/05/2008 8 Comments
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The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America
Sex, drugs and transubstantiation from Brooklyn’s unlikely rock stars.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 17/05/2008 0 Comments
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Cornelius - Fantasma
Japanese boffin’s sunshinepsychoturntablist opus. Turn it up and open the windows!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 15/05/2008 0 Comments
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Rocket From The Tombs - The Day The Earth Met The...
19-song blitzkrieg from short-lived US proto-punk warriors...
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 14/05/2008 0 Comments
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Muddy Waters - Live (At Mr. Kelly’s)
Talent is temporary, class is permanent, argues MOJO messageboarder.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 13/05/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 12/05/2008 1 Comments
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Ashra - New Age Of Earth
Manuel Göttsching’s post-Tempel mood piece, rehabilitated by MOJO messageboarder.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 11/05/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 10/05/2008 0 Comments
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Urge Overkill - Saturation
Ill-starred Chicago trio’s killer fourth LP. Goes great with late ’60s rock and Mini Cheddars.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 09/05/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 08/05/2008 0 Comments
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Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
The former Soft Machine drummer’s finest work – immediately post-wheelchair-confinement – from 1974.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 07/05/2008 1 Comments
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James Blood Ulmer - Black Rock
OK, that’s enough folk. Let’s go free jazz guitar rock nuts in No Wave New York!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 06/05/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 05/05/2008 1 Comments
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Martin Carthy - Martin Carthy
Debut solo album by Mr Norma Waterson, MBE. How can someone so respected be so underrated?
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 04/05/2008 0 Comments
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Seth Lakeman - Freedom Fields
New folk hunk braves wreckers, poachers and Roundheads to deliver his best record.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 03/05/2008 0 Comments
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Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands
Crackpot from Caracas perfects his early surge of sweet’n’sinisterly surreal meanderings.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 02/05/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 3:05 PM GMT 01/05/2008 0 Comments
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Fairport Convention - Full House
The loss of two key members forces folk-rock rethink. And it works!
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 30/04/2008 0 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 29/04/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 28/04/2008 0 Comments
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Al Wilson - Searching For The Dolphins
In memory of the man whose The Snake is now advertising something revolting called Lambrini.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 27/04/2008 0 Comments
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Nicky Hopkins - The Tin Man Was A Dreamer
Session player extraordinaire delivers solo album with help from a few special friends.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 26/04/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 25/04/2008 0 Comments
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King Biscuit Time - Black Gold
Ex-Beta Band front brain trembles in the psychic fall-out of their split, makes boss LP.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 24/04/2008 0 Comments
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Johnnie Taylor - Wanted: One Soul Singer
Sam Cooke’s replacement – more supersub than benchwarmer, says MOJO messageboarder.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 23/04/2008 2 Comments
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Animals That Swim - Workshy
Trumpets, but no fanfares, in this unique fusion of indie jangle and (down)beat poetry.
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 22/04/2008 1 Comments
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Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 21/04/2008 0 Comments
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Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix
A Small Face, a Rolling Stone, Eric Clapton and two members of The Who walk into a studio…
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 20/04/2008 0 Comments