but they sometimes do good compilations.
This months Krautrock compilation is fabulous.
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but they sometimes do good compilations.
This months Krautrock compilation is fabulous.
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Agreed – a winner for me.
There have been some good ‘uns recently – the Punk one a couple of months ago was dandy, as was the one on the Jimi Hendrix cover the month before that.
That punk one was why I cancelled my subscription. I`m not knocking your taste in punkish aural themes Rigie, but it ain`t no more for me.
Who`s in this month`s Misogynist Monthly? Because if I like the content, I`ll buy and I love my Krautish aural themes.
The CD is to tie in, albeit loosely, with the cover piece on Bowie’s Berlin years.
I`ll get Mad Stevie T to give it to me and I`ll do him a copy with a cover because the tight bastard dosen`t have a printer.
Bowie`s Berlin years are my least favourite of the Great Man`s output and I think I`ve read all I need to know of those times.
Got a printer matey.
Well you know what you need to do, pal.
Have to point out that Krautrock is not exactly a genre enamoured by most females, so that is a lose-lose scenario for me. However this month they did have a glowing review of Lizz Wright’s latest album Grace, who I really like, and also praised Marry Waterson & David Jaycock and The Weather Station’s forthcoming ones so it was not a write-off.
I tend to prefer the Uncut CDs which often introduce me to new artists.
Try listening to some of La Düsseldorf`s output Carolina, you may be suprised.
Unfortunately the Mojo CD is already on its way to landfill. Bearing in mind I don’t like any loud crashy discordant music with complicated rhythmic structures, what would you recommend me to try Krautwise, Baron?
Don’t know what the Baron might recommend, but I’ll recommend Ash Ra Tempel/Ashra/Manuel Göttsching (basically the same bloke plus associates), Cluster/Harmonia (Moebius & Roedelius sometimes with others) plus Popol Vuh.
Thanks, will go and investigate!
I’ve found in the past that nothing gets the females stirring more that Zwei-Osterei Part 2 by Kluster. Mmmm-mmmm.
Should you have or intend to buy a copy of the LW elpee could you do an Afterword review? I trust the opinions expressed here more than the mags.
I have got the Lizz Wright, @attackdog. I find it a bit difficult cognitively to do a complete Nights In Review, but I would say if you are already a Lizz Wright fan you will probably like this. And if you are not you should check it out! It is mostly laid back and mellow, apart from a few spirit-filled upbeat numbers and a gospel choir joins her on two tracks with great effect. She manages to be powerfully soulful and yet display a delicious subtlety and restraint. The only song I’m not keen on so far is a cover of Southern Nights but perhaps it’s because I’m so wedded to the original version. In a way I think it’s her most complete album so far, but maybe it is just that it is the one most to my taste. . She does a stunning version of the song Grace, written by one of my other favourites, the Canadian artist Rose Cousins. There is a cover of Every Grain of Sand and the album closes in a beautiful way with the song All The Way Here. I think the producer Joe Henry, whose work I like a lot, has done a terrific job here. Here is the song Grace, especially wonderful with the Gospel choir.
Many thanks Carolina and for the PM link – I love it. Will explore further.
That’s really good.
Love her first album “Salt” but haven’t heard anything else up to now.
I buy Mojo if I am travelling, but am finding it harder work. As well as the Bowie articles (which would be OK), it also has:
Otis Redding’s climactic 1967; Dhani Harrison on life as a Beatle’s boy; Taj Mahal takes the blues to the world; Chris Hillman remembers the Byrds, Burrito Brothers and beyond; and we celebrate the staggering legacies of Holger Czukay, Walter Becker and Glen Campbell. Plus: Slade; KLF; Tricky; First Aid Kit; Lukas Nelson; Wolf Alice; The Smiths; Robert Plant; Liam Gallagher; St. Vincent; Beck; Kevin Ayers; Peggy Seeger and… Crass!
Their obituaries are routinely superficial and mediocre. Dhani, theByrds, Taj Mahal… hardly compelling. Think I’d prefer a more review-focussed mag now that one with decent analysis (TW) is gone.
When Uncut relaunched recently it said it would major on reviews with 30 odd pages of them, but I noticed lately the reviews have shrunken considerably.
Because, frankly, 30 pages of reviews is pretty difficult to get through.
30 pages of reviews suggests an absence of decent articles.
I rarely read the articles (another Neil Young retrospective etc) and mainly buy it for the reviews so I wouldn’t be that bothered. I find decent articles are few and far between, and seem to be the province of the Word, but perhaps it’s because rock history doesn’t interest me as much as what is happening now, or wider media/music industry stories or analysis.
Well I scan through them and discount ones I’m not interested in very quickly (anything with the words “thrash” “punk” “insistent beats” etc) so I could manage 30 pages ok.
Occasionally I pick up Mojo or Uncut in an airport or wherever and then think “who on earth is buying this tosh?” I seem to have found at least five of their readers..
The year is 2017 and they still do cover mounted CD’s! Do people still want them. Can’t they do a Spotify playlist and knock a quid off the price?
Some prefer fresh air music.
Some prefer music from CDs/LPs.
The year is 2017 and we still have free choice.
I’m just glad that finally, long after every other magazine that I know of, they’ve given those horrible plastic jewel cases the heave-ho and gone cardboard. Only a few years behind the competition.
I really like that Krautrock/Kosmiche CD too, BTW.
I have a Mojo subscription thanks to a great free box set deal they did a few years ago. I pick up the latest Uncut when it turns up in Sainsbury’s. Both have their good and bad issues and cover CDs. I like the crosswords in the back of them both and cheat like hell with Google and Discogs.
Forgot we are a bunch of moaners these days. I still buy CD’s so yes this medium is fine. Spotify is a tool that I occasionally use to verify if an artist is someone I want to invest in. More often I trust my own instincts or base my purchasing on the reviews in either Uncut or Mojo.
I stopped my Uncut subscription a couple of months ago and got a great deal on a 2 year Mojo offer (about 2 quid a month) so the new edition with Bowie is fine by me.
I never played the Uncut CDs.
You missed out on some great music Wheaty.
I prefer Uncut to Mojo but when my subscription runs out that’s it, but I’ll probably pick up editions that appeal same with Mojo.
I still prefer to read a music magazine and will keep my subscriptions to Shindig & Prog going.
Our local market has a stall selling magazines around 2 months old with the CDs for £1 each or 3 for £2.50 and they always have Mojo, Uncut etc. I find being 2 months late nothing to really get concerned about!
Neither would I at that price.
I prefer to find ’em, Unshod, Boho, at the supermarket: that way I can pretend I won’t bother if I don’t want to or don’t like the cover. (A: never) RnR I now get delivered as it is not available other than in WH Smith.
I get the occasional other at airports if traveling, Cue, Songlines or FRoots.