My friends look at me as if I'm a heretic every time I mention Radkey's striking resemblance to the Misfits and Glenn Danzig. I guess I didn't get the memo that pointing out the obvious characteristic of the St. Joseph trio is forbidden. I happen to adore Danzig, so my taboo commentary isn't an indictment. My primary concern about the young band's prospects are related to the quality of their songs. The raw power of Radkey's live performances, however, is incontestable. That's why the new Spotify Sessions is my favorite Radkey recording.
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I would have enjoyed last week's concert by François Rabbath even more if the woman next to me hadn't been chomping on gum. Here's my review.
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I reviewed a concert by Sarah McLachlan at Starlight Theatre.
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I review Everette DeVan's new album at Plastic Sax.
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D/Will's 13-minute mixtape Ready. Aim. Beautiful is nice.
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The blasphemers behind the Studio Rio project have extracted the original vocals from iconic songs and recast them in Brazilian settings. Listen to them mess with Billie Holiday's "You've Changed". Welcome to the future.
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Drums are dumb. That's my takeaway from Scott Feiner's A View From Below. A Brazilian hand drum replaces a drum kit on the fascinating release. The trio's keyboardist provides the low end while the fusion-happy guitarist is given plenty of room to meander.
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Lizzo's new album LizzoBangers is delightful. RIYL: Lazerbeak, honesty, Missy Elliott.
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I can't believe that I'm infatuated with a Judas Priest album in 2014. Redeemer of Souls is surprisingly solid.
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As a concept album, CunninLynguists' Strange Journey, Volume Three is terrible. As pure entertainment, it's very good. RIYL: Grieves, rhyming dictionaries, Aesop Rock.
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Mournful Congregation's Concrescence Of The Sophia is RIYL: funerals, Tombs, 20-minute death metal jams.
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Kendrick Lamar parodied ignorant rappers on "Backseat Freestyle." Most of These Days, the new album by his label mate Ab-Soul, sounds like the moronic music Lamar mocked. Largely because it could have been great, the project infuriates me. Here's Lamar's contribution to the mess. RIYL: Kendrick Lamar, darkness, Jay Rock.
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Ginger Baker's Why? is RIYL: Charlie Watts' jazz, Charles Mingus, Jack Bruce's jazz.
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A lot of the cool kids are touting Forgetting the Present, the latest release by the Mogwai-affiliated Remember Remember. My verdict? It's a propulsive new age album. RIYL: Shadowfax, the healing properties of crystals, Nightnoise.
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Bill Frisell goes surfing.
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
2 comments:
Good to hear that the new Judas Priest album is good. I'll pick it up.
As long as you're not hoping for anything new, AJ, you'll love it.
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