Here we go again. Another year’s gone by and once more we got some good new music. It’s been hectic (for good reasons), that’s why I haven’t posted so much this year and that’s why this list doesn’t include comments for each album I picked. Maybe I’ll...
THE DIFFERENCE BETWE...
posted by Tony
I’ll never forget that night in July 2005. Seeing Pink Floyd taking the stage at Live8 felt like something huge, even if I was just in front of the TV. Roger Waters was unexpectedly back with his old mates David Gilmour, Rick Wright and Nick Mason. Nobody could believe it,...
NEW YEAR, OLD HABITS
posted by Tony
If you’re wondering how long it took me to buy the first record of the new year, well, it took less than three days. On January 3 I went downtown because, among other things, I wanted to check out an exhibit of soccer memorabilia. At the door, I found an outrageous number of people in...
2017: MY FAVORITES
posted by Tony
I couldn’t be happier to write this post because soon-to-be-over 2017 has been another year full of great music, much in the vein of 2016. One big difference though: if last year one record (Steve Lehman’s ‘Sélébeyone’) stood above the rest, I can’t single one...
AND SO THIS IS CHRIS...
posted by Tony
I love Christmas. I really do. Some might say it’s uncool but I couldn’t care less, I’m not a Grinch hipster. I enjoy decorating, I enjoy buying and getting gifts, I enjoy Xmas food, and I even enjoy Christmas movies (the cheesiest the better. The other day I turned the TV...
DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR
posted by Tony
My favorite part of this record is the hype sticker on the cover: “Do yourself a favour, buy this record“, it says. And when I found it at a thrift shop I was more than happy to oblige. Rosie Vela’s only album (‘Zazu’) came and went without much fanfare in 1986,...
FELLOW BLOGGERS: SUM...
posted by Tony
For this new issue of our Fellow Bloggers column, not only we’re giving you records, we’re also giving you cats! What else could you ask for? The cutie pictured above is called Summer. Her owner, AJ Martin, is a music lover who even named his website after her (something that...
A HALLOWEEN MIXTAPE
posted by Tony
I was supposed to see one of my favorite bands tonight, Unsane, but it’s not happening. I’m stuck at home with a bad flu so, for one reason or the other, I’m missing them for the third time in a row. I saw them live 10 years ago and that night still ranks high in my...
EUROPE: THE COUNTDOW...
posted by Tony
Maybe I wouldn’t call Europe my #1 favorite band, but it’s surely the #1 reason why I got into rock music. I was just a little kid barely able to walk when I heard ‘The Final Countdown’ in a car commercial (Peugeot I think) and begged my parents to get me that tape....
FELLOW BLOGGERS: NOT...
posted by Tony
And here it is! After so much randomness, I’m finally trying to add a regular (well, more or less) column. “Fellow Bloggers” is a space where I’m going to host a number of music writers whose posts I enjoy reading. We’ll be blabbering about music, writing about music, and anything else that...
B-SIDES OURSELVES
posted by Tony
One nice thing about the 12″ and 7″ singles is they often offer some obscure b-sides, be it previously unreleased tracks, remixes, or alternate versions… Not always interesting, but sometimes you can really hit the jackpot. One of my favorites it’s included in the...
TIPS FOR A SATISFYIN...
posted by Tony
I went to my local record fair yesterday. It’s called DiscoDays and it’s been held twice a year, in spring and fall, since 2009. I like it because of its size: it’s neither too big nor too small. Some record fairs are so huge that you don’t even know where to look....
THAT UNEXPECTED JAZZ...
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The Modern Jazz Quartet “Guest Star Laurindo Almeida” (1964, Philips) It’s not easy to score some nice jazz at thrift shops here in Europe, so yesterday I was more than happy to grab this nice album from The Modern Jazz Quartet, especially because Milt Jackson is (with Bobby...
WHEN DAVID GILMOUR R...
posted by Tony
I’ve been to countless shows over the last 20 years or so, but this is the first time a concert I attended is getting an official release. I’m talking about David Gilmour’s ‘Live At Pompeii’, just released today on Columbia/Sony. It was recorded over two nights...
CELEBRATING COLTRANE
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A quick post to celebrate John Coltrane’s birthday. Hadn’t he left us so soon, he would have turned 91 today. Despite the title, ‘Coltranology Volume Two’, which I’m spinning as I’m typing this post, is not an anthology. It came out around 1980 and consists...