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Four albums in--an eternity in British rock--Clinic must be considered among the greatest bands in the U.K. VISITATIONS continues their string of classics which began with 2000's INTERNAL WRANGLER. Unlike most indie bands, whose production values tend to get more whitewashed as the budgets grow, Clinic retains the specialness of their debut's sound--a menacing organ pulse and murky production--while molding the eeriness into hummable Brit-pop.
The results are astonishing: "If You Could Read Your Mind" sounds like a late '80s Manchester groove dragged through the sewer; singer Ade Blackburn's exasperated moans offer no definitive answer to the philosophical questions posed in "Animal/Human;" "Gideon" chugs with a freakish guitar and Suicide-esque organ grind that has become Clinic's stock in trade. Like most of their contemporaries, the band cannot resist an acoustic jones as "Jigsaw Man" and "Visitations" drone into freak-folk territory. While the latter may not be their most comfortable arena, VISITATIONS still throbs with the energy and originality of a band at the top of their game--and one with few equals.Spin (p.82) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[With] fuzzily distant guitars, Ade Blackburn's half-decipherable rasp...fleshy dub undertones, and a sense of urgency and mystery..."
Entertainment Weekly (p.123) - "With its lushly forbidding soundscapes and enigmatic lyricism, VISITATIONS bears repeated journeys." -- Grade: A
Magnet (p.94) - "[The songs] offer variations on familiar themes, but add some new colors. 'Tusk' is a punk rave-up..."
CMJ (p.3) - "Packed with fuzzed-out guitars, driving rhythms and plangent autoharp, Clinic's latest offering is laced with Ade Blackburn's ghostly vocals."
CMJ (p.39) - "[I]ts approach is vicious and well-planned, stuffing effective creepers like 'Animal/Human' and 'Paradise' as atmospheric pranks amidst disco-flavored, teeth-baring anthems like 'The New Seeker'..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[E]xtra-voluminous bass drums are near-rhythmically pounded...while Ade Blackburn mewls in his unnerving, breathless way..." Visitations Review
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Purchase Visitations CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Clinic Winchester Cathedral CD (2004)
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Clinic's third full-length album capitalizes on the band's skill for mixing haunting, memorable melodies and surging rhythms into a chilly, ...
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| | Good, The Bad & The Queen Good, The Bad & The Queen CD (2007)
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Expectations run supremely high for a group like The Good, The Bad & The Queen. In addition to being Damon Albarn's first project since the Gorillaz, the GB&Q are also quite the super group, with Clash bassist Paul Simonon, Verve guitarist Simon Tong, and legendary drummer Tony Allen--the man who put the beat in Afrobeat--rounding out the line-up. Adding to this stellar cast is producer/DJ Danger Mouse, who mans the boards and twists the knobs.
The group's 2007 self-titled debut is supremely well-crafted, featuring deeply layered electronic textures that recall the Gorillaz at their most atmospheric and warp the propulsive piano and guitar lines in a playfully foreboding manner. And while Allen doesn't exactly open up the way fans of his work with Fela Kuti might hope, he expertly anchors the whole affair, gently shifting the rhythms and pacing of the tracks without disrupting Albarn's expansive, slightly noir-ish new approach ...
| | Deerhoof Friend Opportunity CD (2007)
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Although Deerhoof famously covered the seemingly uncoverable Shaggs gem "My Pal Foot Foot" early in their career, their overall vision has more in common with ...
| | Lcd Soundsystem Sound Of Silver CD (2007)
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As wryly noted on LCD Soundsystem's debut 2002 single, "Losing My Edge," in the underground music arms race, aging hipsters are losing ground against young upstarts who are (perhaps) unaware of their own influences. And if influences are the stuff with which post-millennial musicians are made, Murphy has trumped us all. Touching on reference points ranging from disco, krautrock, Bowie, house, and post-punk, to singer-songwriter types, SOUND OF SILVER is a veritable catalog of left-field cool. Leading off with the slow-boil, hypnotic opener, "Get Innocuous"--which sounds a bit like a reprise of "Losing My Edge" crossed with Kraftwerk's "The Robots"--the album moves from dance-floor stormers to plaintive piano numbers without batting an eye. On "North American Scum," Murphy lampoons the often mistaken idea that LCD Soundsystem is a U.K. act; his nasal vocal echoing Jonathan Richman as he declares "for those of you who think we're from ...
| | Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers Classics CD (2003)
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Steve "Skeeta" Charlot (drums, background vocals); Wilfred "Caveman" Pierre (rubboard, background vocals).
This retrospective collection draws on material from Beau Jocque's four previous studio recordings for the Rounder label: Beau Jocque Boogie (1993), Pick Up on This! (1994), Gonna Take You Downtown (1996), and Check It Out, Lock It In, Crank It Up! (1998). When Beau Jocque died of a heart attack in 1999, the world of zydeco music lost one of its most exciting talents, a man who took the traditional sounds he had learned at his father's knee and combined them with elements of rock & roll, funk, R&B, and even reggae. Not everything on this collection is spectacular -- his adaptation of the John Lee Hooker classic "Boogie Chillun" is more interesting in theory ...
| | Slanderin Rumba Of Rattlesnakes, A Murder Of Crows CD (2003)
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The Slanderin rose from the smoldering L.A. underground in the tradition of the great 80s punk rock scene that influenced them in their upbringings, and fused with, and steeped in the hard core European Psychobilly that they have based their sound on, have created a new monster in Rock-n-Roll!!!Heavily ...
| | Well Respected Gentlemen City Lights CD (2004)
Visitations album
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The Well Respected Gentlemen are Jake Sockolov (vocals), Wes Holliday (guitars), Mike Jordan (keys/bass), and T.J. Siewert (drums). The Well Respected Gentlemen formed in Nov., ...
| | Kathleen Tracy Calling The Dragons Home CD (2006)
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Kathleen Tracy dives deep on this lush, poetic offering. Original instrumentation includes Kathleen on ukelele and charango, Jami Seiber on cello and Linda Severt on percussion, creating a rich and unique sonic tapestry, with Kathleen's honest and intimate vocals right down the middle. Or in the case of 'When I Was a Horse,' soaring into the stratosphere when she incorporates overtone singing into the arrangement.The title song "Calling the Dragons Home" is a beautiful and haunting melding of music and lyrics to create a strikingly unique take on the age-old break-up song. 'Busy Little Monkey' conveys the ambivalence of motherhood, 'the most healing and humiliating experience of my life so far. ' These are songs for grown-ups, ...
| | Fall Rebelious Jukebox CDs (2007)
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| | Rise To Addiction New Shade Of Black For The Soul CD (2007)
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| | Les Stances A Sophie CD (2008) (Import) Import
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