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Author: | PopTodd [ Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:32 am ] |
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As you may or may not have heard, I have been writing record reviews for New Zealand-based psych blog The Active Listener. Been doing it for about a year now and it's been cool getting free music to listen to and write about. So, yeah, I don't get paid in money, but in music. My ego tells me that you all are dying to read every single thing that I've written! Actually, I just want to share because I like to share. So, I'm setting up this thread to put in links where my reviews will reside. Check them out if you like (there is always at least one song sample at the end of each), and maybe you'll find something new that you'll like. My newest: DRINKS - Hermits On Holiday Welsh chanteuse Cate Le Bon and San Fran psych man Tim Presley (White Fence) team up to confuse their fans with a fun new project - DRINKS. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... liday.html I'll make new posts as I have new ones published, but here are links to the rest of my reviews: Martin Newell - Teatime Assortment A sort of "best of" the last 5 years or Martin's output as Cleaners From Venus. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... tment.html The Thons - Hot Fun Chicago post-punk trio with killer guitars, takes on a slight psych flavor. But not too much. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... t-fun.html The Chills - The BBC Sessions Excellent career-spanning live in-studio document from the brilliant Kiwi band and Flying Nun stalwarts. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... sions.html Wand - Ganglion Reef If Black Sabbath were an Elephant 6 band. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... -reef.html The Limiñanas - (I've Got) Trouble In Mind: 7"s and Rare Stuff 2009/2014 Excellent French husband/wife duo who channel all that is good and right about the Nuggets box sets. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... ouble.html Tinarawen - The Radio Tisdas Sessions/Amassakoul Vinyl reissue of the first 2 albums from the great Tuareg collective. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... isdas.html Fumaça Preta - Fumaça Preta My #1 album of last year (depending upon the day). Like Captain Beefheart jamming with Os Mutantes and Tom Zé. Seriously. And seriously awesome. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... ta-st.html Let me know if you check any of these out and if it helps you discover anything new that you dig. That would make me happy: to make you happy. |
Author: | FT [ Mon Aug 17, 2015 10:50 am ] |
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Awesome - thanks for sharing, PT! |
Author: | PopTodd [ Fri Sep 18, 2015 4:07 pm ] |
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Here's another new one: Dr. Cosmo's Tape Lab - Coconut Summer Drop In 432 Scottish psych weirdos do their best Brian Wilson impression. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... -drop.html And I should have 2 more up sometime next week. |
Author: | bort [ Sat Sep 19, 2015 12:07 am ] |
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PopTodd Wrote: Here's another new one: Dr. Cosmo's Tape Lab - Coconut Summer Drop In 432 Scottish psych weirdos do their best Brian Wilson impression. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... -drop.html And I should have 2 more up sometime next week. Thanks for bringing this to my attention! Always looking for new/different Brian Wilson impersonators. |
Author: | PopTodd [ Sun Sep 20, 2015 9:44 pm ] |
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bort Wrote: PopTodd Wrote: Here's another new one: Dr. Cosmo's Tape Lab - Coconut Summer Drop In 432 Scottish psych weirdos do their best Brian Wilson impression. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... -drop.html And I should have 2 more up sometime next week. Thanks for bringing this to my attention! Always looking for new/different Brian Wilson impersonators. Let me know what you think! |
Author: | PopTodd [ Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:45 pm ] |
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Salad Boys - Metalmania A New Zealand band from Christchurch, who sound like they're from Dunedin. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... mania.html |
Author: | toots [ Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:36 am ] |
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sweet! |
Author: | PopTodd [ Sun Oct 04, 2015 12:16 pm ] |
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The City - Now That Everything's Been Said Did you know that Carole King had a psychedelic phase? http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... -said.html |
Author: | duckyboy [ Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:50 am ] |
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PopTodd Wrote: Salad Boys - Metalmania A New Zealand band from Christchurch, who sound like they're from Dunedin. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... mania.html Not to be pedantic, but FYI, Flying Nun did actually start in Christchurch. Later moved to Auckland. It's just a lot of the early bands were from Dunedin. |
Author: | PopTodd [ Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:04 am ] |
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duckyboy Wrote: PopTodd Wrote: Salad Boys - Metalmania A New Zealand band from Christchurch, who sound like they're from Dunedin. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... mania.html Not to be pedantic, but FYI, Flying Nun did actually start in Christchurch. Later moved to Auckland. It's just a lot of the early bands were from Dunedin. Good to know. Thanks! I've just always heard it referred to as "The Dunedin Sound." |
Author: | duckyboy [ Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:43 pm ] |
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Only mentioned it because in your review you say "Dunedin's Flying Nun Records", in case you wanted to edit! |
Author: | PopTodd [ Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:44 pm ] |
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duckyboy Wrote: Only mentioned it because in your review you say "Dunedin's Flying Nun Records", in case you wanted to edit! Already published. I have no control over content now. I don't own the site. |
Author: | bort [ Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:29 pm ] |
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Anyway, I listened to that Salad Boys, it's pretty good. |
Author: | PopTodd [ Sat Oct 10, 2015 11:51 pm ] |
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The Butterscotch Cathedral - S/T A psychedelic masterpiece, with two 18-minute, multi-movement suites that fly by. Quite awesome, indeed. http://active-listener.blogspot.co.nz/2 ... al-st.html |
Author: | PopTodd [ Tue Oct 27, 2015 4:18 pm ] |
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Here We Go Magic - Be Small Engaging synth pop, inspired by John Cale & Brian Eno's masterful 1990 collaboration. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... small.html |
Author: | PopTodd [ Sat Nov 14, 2015 11:51 am ] |
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Invisible Astro Healing Rhythm Quartet - 2 Modern jazz with post-rock and Ethiopian funk influences. http://active-listener.blogspot.co.nz/2 ... tet-2.html |
Author: | PopTodd [ Sun Nov 22, 2015 6:57 pm ] |
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Cumbias Chichadélicas - Peruvian Psychedelic Chicha A really fun compilation of psychedelic Cumbia music from Perú in the late 60s and early 70s. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... uvian.html |
Author: | PopTodd [ Sat Dec 05, 2015 3:01 pm ] |
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Mystic Braves - Days of Yesteryear Think "psychedelic" and the sound of this record is pretty much exactly what you would expect, I think.I don't think it's my best writeup, but it's a pretty good record, and I think that comes across. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/2015/12/mystic-braves-days-of-yesteryear.html |
Author: | PopTodd [ Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:44 am ] |
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Klaus Johann Grobe – Baby Lass Uns Sein / Peter Stringer-Hye – Sunday Girls EP A single and an EP from a couple of artists on my current favorite label—Trouble In Mind. And, TIM pulls through again. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/2015/12/klaus-johann-grobe-baby-lass-uns-sein.html |
Author: | PopTodd [ Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:50 pm ] |
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Dogbowl - Zone of Blue After more than a decade without a peep, a very, very welcome return by one of my most-beloved weirdo artists of the 1990s. http://active-listener.blogspot.co.nz/2 ... -blue.html |
Author: | PopTodd [ Tue Feb 02, 2016 7:12 pm ] |
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Boogarins - Manual The excellent new album from a terrific young Brazilian psychedelic band. http://active-listener.blogspot.co.nz/2 ... anual.html |
Author: | PopTodd [ Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:18 pm ] |
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Fumaça Preta - Impuros Fanáticos Their second album is just about every bit as good as their first. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... ticos.html |
Author: | PopTodd [ Tue May 31, 2016 8:08 am ] |
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Barry Adamson - Know Where To Run The new cinematic noir sounds from one of my favorites! http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... o-run.html |
Author: | PopTodd [ Thu Jun 09, 2016 11:40 am ] |
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Klaus Johann Grobe - Spagat der Liebe I had a bit of a hard time writing this one, but it's a very cool new psych-Krautrock record. I really am digging these guys. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... liebe.html |
Author: | PopTodd [ Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:15 am ] |
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Omni - Deluxe My first one published in a long while. Some pretty great post-punk from former members of Deerhunter and carnivores. http://active-listener.blogspot.com/201 ... eluxe.html |
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