I’ve long posited that Miles Davis had a more extreme evolution over the course of a career than any other musician. Maybe I’ve been wrong. Elza Soares went from this in 1965 to this in 2017. The Brazilian octogenarian’s abrasive new samba album Deus É Mulher (God Is Woman) resembles an experimental Bill Laswell production. Even though I can’t pretend to understand even half of the social, political and artistic implications of Soares’ transformation, I’m awed by her audacious fearlessness. Here’s the punk-infused “Dentro de Cada Um”.
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Lazy Lester has died. I documented a 2008 performance by the blues man.
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Ed King of Lynyrd Skynyrd has died.
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Ed “Mr. Bongo” Costanzo has died. (Tip via BGO.)
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I love every element of Erykah Badu’s Tiny Desk Concert.
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I understand the appeal of being one of Nicki Minaj’s minions. Unfortunately, I can’t bring myself to sign up. While fascinating, Queen is wildly inconsistent. That said, all 47 minutes of Sweetener, the blissful pop album by Minaj’s pal Ariana Grande, are delicious.
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Thee Oh Sees have a full metal freakout on the hilariously gonzo Smote Reverser. RIYL: Atomic Rooster, acid rock, Spooky Tooth. The joke wears thin halfway through the hour-long album. Here’s “Anthemic Aggressor”
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Slug and Ant on a train! Atmosphere’s “Virgo” may be corny, but I remain all-in on my generational and regional peers in Atmosphere.
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I’m a sucker for metallic novelties. Trappist recently issued an entire album of thrash songs about beer. Ancient Brewing Tactics opens with the video-of-the-year candidate “No Soldiers Left Behind”.
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
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