Editor Blog July 2007
Music Wise, One Hell of A Month!
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Wooden Wand JAMES & THE QUIET. Ectstatic Peace
I love American contemporary folk music but there’s been too few great new records released over the past few years. Ryan Adams, Josh Rouse and the late, lamented Rainer are some of the best albums I’ve heard, that is until this little beauty arrived through my door. Recorded on Thurston Moor’s Ectstatic Peace label (and produced by Lee Ranaldo) James Jackson Toth, aka Wooden Wand, has produced a minor contemporary folk classic.
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The Beasts Of Bourbon LITTLE ANIMALS. Albert Productions
The PR blurb goes something like this: “Legendary Australian rockers The Beasts Of Bourbon release their first ever UK album of new songs on July 30. Entitled LITTLE ANIMALS it was recorded and mixed in just three days. And it will KICK YOUR ARSE.” And it friggin’ well does!
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TRANSFORMERS Music From And Inspired By. Warner Brothers
One blockbuster movie deserves one blockbuster soundtrack, and here it is. And if you want to hear some of the best heavy rock tracks from some of the best bands around, taken from their newest albums, look no further.
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Smashing Pumpkins ZEITGEIST. Martha’s Music/Reprise
ZEITGEIST is the band’s sixth album, and the first new material since 2000’s MACHINA/THE MACHINES OF GOD. The album was produced by Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin with Roy Thomas Baker and Terry Dale working separately on various tracks. ZEITGEIST took two years to complete and it shows. It’s a dark and ambitious heavy rock album, and certainly up there with the band’s best.
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Queens Of The Stone Age. Era Vulgaris. Interscope
I’ve lost count on how many side projects Josh Homme has been involved in but do know that this is the Queen’s fourth studio album, and in my view its best.
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Bat For Lashes FUR AND GOLD. Echo
The Nationwide Mercury Prize short-list for album of the year has now been published and includes this debut album by Bat For Lashes aka Natasha Khan. The album has garnered significant acclaim including, “Nothing short of breathtaking” from The Observer, and “One of the most stupendous, haunting debuts in ages” from The Sunday Times. I had not heard the album and so quickly obtained it to see for myself. Khan is described (amongst other things) as a visual artist, and it is this which really features on her debut album.
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Reverend & The Makers and The Ting Tings Live
Carling Academy, Liverpool. 19 July 2007
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The Bravery & Cinematic Live
Carling Academy, Liverpool. 10 July 2007
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Bella Union 10th Anniversary Celebration Concerts
Royal Festival Hall, London, 10 & 11 July 2007
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