Just finishing the Ultimate Music Guide on The Kinks while listening to Gurdjieff’s harmonium improvisations from 1949. There are, though, a bunch of interesting newer things here as well. Have a listen to the new Mark Kozelek song, for a start (he played a really compelling gig in London last Friday, incidentally, which I haven’t had a chance to write about). Follow me on Twitter: www.twitter.com/JohnRMulvey 1 Cheval Sombre – Mad Love (Sonic Cathedral) 2 Mark Kozelek – You Missed My Heart (www.caldoverderecords.com) 3 The Heartbreakers – LAMF: Definitive Edition (Jungle) 4 Broadcast – Berberian Sound Studio (Warp) 5 Cockney Rebel – Cavaliers: An Anthology 1973-1974 (EMI) 6 Yo La Tengo – Fade (Matador) 7 Richard Thompson – Electric (Proper) 8 Martha Wainwright – Come Home To Mama (V2) 9 Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer – Child Ballads (Wilderland) 10 Rage Against The Machine – XX (Legacy) 11Jessica Pratt – Jessica Pratt (Birth) 12 Jamey Johnson – Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran (Decca) 13 Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day (Atlantic) 14 Koen Holtkamp – Liquid Life Forms (Barge) 15 Julia Holter – Ekstasis (Domino) 16 L Pierre – The Island Come True (Melodic) 17 Duane Pitre – Feel Free (Important) 18 K-X-P - K-X-P II (Melodic) 19 Robust Worlds – Emotional Planet (De Stijl) 20 Chris Darrow – Artist Proof (Drag City) 21 Mountains – Centralia (Thrill Jockey) 22 GI Gurdjieff - Harmonium Improvisations (www.archive.org/details/GurdjieffsHarmoniumImprovisations1949)
Just finishing the Ultimate Music Guide on The Kinks while listening to Gurdjieff’s harmonium improvisations from 1949. There are, though, a bunch of interesting newer things here as well. Have a listen to the new Mark Kozelek song, for a start (he played a really compelling gig in London last Friday, incidentally, which I haven’t had a chance to write about).
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1 Cheval Sombre – Mad Love (Sonic Cathedral)
2 Mark Kozelek – You Missed My Heart (www.caldoverderecords.com)
3 The Heartbreakers – LAMF: Definitive Edition (Jungle)
4 Broadcast – Berberian Sound Studio (Warp)
5 Cockney Rebel – Cavaliers: An Anthology 1973-1974 (EMI)
6 Yo La Tengo – Fade (Matador)
7 Richard Thompson – Electric (Proper)
8 Martha Wainwright – Come Home To Mama (V2)
9 Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer – Child Ballads (Wilderland)
10 Rage Against The Machine – XX (Legacy)
11Jessica Pratt – Jessica Pratt (Birth)
12 Jamey Johnson – Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran (Decca)
13 Led Zeppelin – Celebration Day (Atlantic)
14 Koen Holtkamp – Liquid Life Forms (Barge)
15 Julia Holter – Ekstasis (Domino)
16 L Pierre – The Island Come True (Melodic)
17 Duane Pitre – Feel Free (Important)
18 K-X-P – K-X-P II (Melodic)
19 Robust Worlds – Emotional Planet (De Stijl)
20 Chris Darrow – Artist Proof (Drag City)
21 Mountains – Centralia (Thrill Jockey)
22 GI Gurdjieff – Harmonium Improvisations (www.archive.org/details/GurdjieffsHarmoniumImprovisations1949)