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Sound sculptors Mudsuckers twist, bend, and coax sound samples, found sounds, electronic tones, field recordings, and the occasional musical instrument into awe-inspiring sonic collages on their debut collection. Here, drones, feedback, and sine waves interweave among percussive interpolations, experimentation is the norm, and the touchstone is Lou Reed's METAL MACHINE MUSIC.
Recording information: The Hill, El Cerrito, CA.
Mudsuckers: Robert Horton (vocals, wooden flute, harmonica, recorder, cymbals, computer, turntables); Tom Carter (acoustic guitar); Gabriel Mindel Saloman (pedal steel guitar); Henry Kuntz (tenor saxophone); Michael Donnelly (drum, percussion).
Personnel: Gabriel Mindel Saloman (guitar); Tom Carter (lap steel guitar, E-bow, loops); Robert Horton (wooden flute, harmonica, cymbals, percussion, turntables); Michael Donnelly (drums, percussion).
Mojo (Publisher) (p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a layered psychedelic blitz of earth-juddering drones, distressed amplifier eruptions and insistent tribal hammering." Mudsuckers Music | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Experimental (Noise) CDs, Alternative, Rock | | Label | Important | | Orig Year | 2006 | | All Time Sales Rank |  302061  | | CD Universe Part number | 7241992 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 22, 2006 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Robert Horton; Robert Horton | | Personnel | Gabriel Mindel Saloman - pedal steel guitar
Henry Kuntz - tenor saxophone
Michael Donnelly - drum, percussion
Tom Carter - acoustic guitar
Robert Horton - wooden flute, harmonica, cymbals, percussion, turntables
Robert Horton - wooden flute, harmonica, cymbals, percussion, turntables
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Mudsuckers Songs | 1. | Endocrine Disrupters |
| 2. | Here Come the Mud Dragons |
| 3. | Longjaw Mudsuckers |
| 4. | Electric Sunflower |
| 5. | Sweet |
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Purchase Mudsuckers CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Yo La Tengo I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass CD (2006)
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With 2006's cheekily titled I AM NOT AFRAID OF YOU AND I WILL BEAT YOUR ASS, the beloved indie-rock trio Yo La Tengo presents a dynamic set of songs that echo the band's past, while notably downplaying the soporific atmospherics of preceding discs (the lauded AND THEN NOTHING and SUMMER SUN). The New Jersey-based group opens with "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind," a feedback-drenched guitar workout anchored by pulsing, insistent rhythms, which is followed by the jaunty "Beanbag Chair," a charming pop ditty that percolates under Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley's breezy vocals. Other ...
| | Xiu Xiu Air Force CD (2006)
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After the expansive darkness of La Forêt, Xiu Xiu return with The Air Force, a set of songs that manages to be just as challenging as La Forêt, but sparer and somehow more eclectic-sounding at the same time. This time around, Jamie Stewart and company's explorations of vulnerability and ugliness-beauty are even more vivid; as usual, Stewart's breathtakingly concise, poetic lyrics are front and center. He captures longing and self-loathing on "Buzz Saw," singing "Your acne is like pearl/I swear mine is like brimstone." On the closing track, "Wig Master," he whispers, "Loneliness isn't being alone/It's when someone loves you/And you don't have it in you to love them back," a statement as devastating as it is true. Even for a Xiu Xiu album, The Air Force has a remarkable mix of contrasting sounds and textures: "Bishop, CA" builds dense cathedrals of noise, while the icy, bustling electronics on "Vulture Piano" suggest delicate mechanical wildlife. Meanwhile, the koto, violin, and piano on "Pineapple vs. the Watermelon," "Glue Stick," and "The Fox and the Rabbit" give these tracks the intimacy of chamber music. On the whole, The Air Force leans more toward the avant-garde side of Xiu Xiu's sound, but its poppier moments are no less challenging in their own way. Chief among them is "Hello from Eau Claire," which is written and sung by Stewart's cousin, Caralee McElroy. A simultaneous declaration of love and wish for independence, the song surrounds her with chilly, strangely innocent-sounding electronics as she sings "I know it's stupid to ...
| | Tara Jane O'Neil In Circles CD (2006)
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Tara Jane O'Neil's fourth self-produced album is an intimate, ...
| | Mono Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain CD (2006)
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Its cover art (a charcoal black photograph of a decomposed ...
| | Explosions In The Sky All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone CD (2007)
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Back in the mid 1990s, when post-rock dominated the indie landscape, instrumental bands offered a sonic vision beyond what they saw to be the tired rock clichés of 4/4 time and G-C-D riffs, but very often negated the simple energy that makes rock so vital in the process. On their second full-length ...
| | Kinski Down Below It's Chaos CD (2007)
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Onstage and over the course of several previous albums, Seattle thunder purveyors Kinski honed the art of staring Mount St. Helens in the mouth and spelunking for the explosive rock powers within--an experience that for the listener worked much more in the former setting than in the latter. On DOWN BELOW IT'S CHAOS the quartet keep that live power intact, but ...
| | Show Goes On: A Portfolio Of Theater Songs CD (1998)
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| | Completely Assforterly (1990-1993) CDs (1999) (Import) United Kingdom
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| | Nice Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack CD (1967) (Import) Bonus Tracks; United Kingdom
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THOUGHTS OF EMERLIST DAVJACK is the 1967 reissue by prog rockers The Nice, featuring "Flower King Of Flies," "The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack," and "Rondo."
The 1998 Castle Communications reissue (ESM 647) of the only album by the progressive band as a quartet runs circles around every other version of this album on CD, including the material in the 1995 Charly Records box, which was pretty good. Otherwise, the music is a flawed but valiant effort at progressive-type art rock, a little too heavily influenced by spaced-out, druggy psychedelia and suffering severely from the lack of a real singer in the ranks of the band. Keith Emerson's organ and piano flourishes never sounded crisper, and Davy O'List's Hendrix-ish guitar is in sharp relief as well. Mostly, though, this record still suffers from the fact that the players had virtually no experience in a recording studio, and seem uncomfortable working without an audience in front of them. ~ Bruce Eder
An okay, but unambitious first album, heavily influenced by Jimi Hendrix. Lacking discipline, but full of surprises. ~ Bruce Eder
Full title - The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack. 2003 reissue of 1967 album (13-track edition) includes a bonus disc with 13 tracks, (Alternative Autumn 67 Versions) ...
| | Piano Man:Very Best Of Billy Joel CDs (Import) Import
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CD+DVD (NTSC/Region 0). Piano Man- Greatest Hits Collection from one of the best-loved singer songwriters of the 70's ...
| | Metro Station CD (2007)
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Issued in early 2008, Metro Station's self-titled debut is the sound of emo-rock going pop. Given the HANNAH MONTANA connections of singer/guitarists Mason Musso and Trace Cyrus--who ...
| | Green Birds Of A Feather CD (2008)
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The album opens with a cooking country rock version of Don\'t Miss Your Water and moves swiftly to the title track, Birds of a Feather - a Parsons Green original. On Steve Goodman\'s Looking For Trouble, Meridian\'s vocal shines with a smoky roadhouse flavor and California Blues chugs down the steel rails of this Americana classic like a pedal steel and harmonica powered locomotive. A lively original bluegrass instrumental, Lily\'s Hotbread, is marked by sparkling acoustic guitar work while No, You\'re Not Broken showcases a folk-pop beat and catchy melody, augmented by soaring harmonies. The banjo and a choir of harmonies highlight the joyous bluegrass-gospel ...
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