John Zorn - Mount Analogue (2012)

1.- Mount Analogue (Feat. Cyro Baptista, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Tim Keiper, Brian Marsella & Kenny Wollesen) 38:21

Mr.Zorn is back with this one-song album, full oriental soundscapes, contemporany music passages and the experimentation that always goes with him. This is performed by Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits quartet: Shanir Blumenkranz, Tim Keiper, and Brian Marsella, with Kenny Wollesen on vibes and chimes.This work is close to the Film Works series. As always, a pleasure.

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Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral (2012)

01. The Gravedigger’s Song
02. Bleeding Muddy Water
03. Gray Goes Black
04. St Louis Elegy
05. Riot In My House
06. Ode To Sad Disco
07. Phantasmagoria Blues
08. Quiver Syndrome
09. Harborview Hospital
10. Leviathan
11. Deep Black Vanishing Train
12. Tiny Grain Of Truth

Yeah! One of the most anticipated albums for this 2012 is already here. And I have to say that at first listening it sounds a little bit..."dark wave"? Listening songs as "ode to sad disco", "harborview hospital" or "gray goes black" it looks like if you were listening Peter Murphy, or bands as Trembling Blue Stars. This is not bad, because the voice of mr.Lanegan still being here. His immense voice and highlights as "st louis elegy", "phantasmagoria blues" or "deep black vanishing train" make this album, once again, a jewel, and surely, from now on, one of the best albums of this year. I let you proudly with Mark Lanegan and his band. 

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Gillian Welch - Hell Among The Yearlings (1998)

01. Caleb Meyer
02. Good Til Now
03. The Devil Had A Hold Of Me
04. My Morphine
05. One Morning
06. Miner's Refrain
07. Honey Now
08. I'm Not Afraid To Die
09. Rock Of Ages
10. Whiskey Girl
11. Winter's Come and Gone 

One of the best female voices of the american folk/country music. A quiet work with a bunch of great songs. Enjoy it.

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The Blueflowers - Watercolor Ghost Town (2009)

1 Watercolor Ghost Town
2 A Reason
3 I Can’t Stop My Heart From Breaking
4 Any Three Words
5 The Weight
6 Just for Show
7 Float
8 I Wasn’t Her
9 You’re Not the Only One
10 The Strangled Song
11 Helpless and Hopeless

Well, let´s go with something less malignant. A bit of good easy-listening music with and angelical fermale voice. Americana, alt-country, folk and a very good taste, all of it wrapped in a cinematic atmospheres. Remarcable first album. Enjoy it!

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Magnus Pelander - EP (2010)

1.- A Sinner´s Child

2.- Hope

3.- You Have Got NO Friends To Turn To

4.- Stardust

Solo ep of Magnus Pelander, guitarist and vocalist of Witchcraft. What we can find here is something more folkie and psychedelic, altough we can find some sounds closer to what Witchcraft does. Good, hippie, easy, and fresh work. A good way to wait while the new Witchcraft´s record arrives.

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Olivia Pedroli - The Den (2010)

1. Bow 
2. The Day 
3. A Path
4. To Be You
5. Raise Erase
6. You Caught Me
7. I Play
8. Stay
9. House
10. Silent Emily

Recorded in Iceland, this is a work of acoustic folk with some experimental soundscapes and the sweet and evocative voice of Olivia. An album to listen in the calm of your own shelter.

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Peter Broderick - How They Are (2010)

01 - Sideline
02 - Human Eyeballs On Toast
03 - Guilt's Tune
04 - When I'm Gone
05 - With A Key
06 - Pulling The Rain
07 - Hello To Nils 

 Quiet and smooth new work by this multi-instrumentalist, mixing the contemporary piano pieces, with an acoustic and folky tunes. Pleasant voice and evocative soundscapes. Music for relaxing in the shelter of home.

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Jon Foreman - The Fall EP (2007)

1.- The Cure For Pain

2.- Southbound Train

3.- Lord Save Me From Myself

4.- Equally Skilled

5.- The Moon Is A Magnet

6.- My Love Goes Free

The first Ep of his solo adventure. Really inspired beautiful work of folk acoustic music, despite the ultrareligious lyrics (please don´t pay too much attention). For those moments...

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Isobel Campbell&Mark Lanegan-Hawk (2010)

  

01- We Die and See Beauty Reign

02- You Won't Let Me Down Again

03- Snake Song

04- Come Undone

05- No Place to Fall

06- Get Behind Me

07- Time of the Season

08- Hawk

09- Sunrise

10- To Hell and Back Again

11- Cool Water

12- Eyes of Green

13- Lately

Mark Lanegan (or The Voice) goes on with the third album  together with Isobel Campbell. Following the steps of their past works, the duo combines the powerful and deep voice of Lanegan with the most sweet and smooth voice of Campbell, besides some collaborations like Willy Mason. Of course it is not the best project, and certainly nor the best Lanegan´s album but still remains a good choice. Also we can find a couple of covers of  Townes Van Zandt, "Snake Song" and "No Place To Fall". 

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Neil Young-Live At Massey Hall 1971 (2007) DVD

01. On the Way Home 3:42
02. Tell Me Why 2:28
03. Old Man 4:56
04. Journey through the Past 4:15
05. Helpless 4:15
06. Love in Mind 2:47
07. A Man Needs a Maid - Heart of Gold Suite 6:38
08. Cowgirl in the Sand 3:45
09. Don’t Let It Bring You Down 2:45
10. There’s a World 3:33
11. Bag Fog of Loneliness 3:26
12. The Needle and the Damage Done 3:54
13. Ohio 3:39
14. See the Sky about to Rain 4:04
15. Down by the River 4:08
16. Dance Dance Dance 5:48
17. I Am a Child 3:19

This is a very, very special dvd. The show was recorded on 19th January 1971, at the Massey Hall, in Toronto. Neil Young perfomring a solo acoustic show, full of melancholy, beauty and emotion. His lovely voice and the intimate atmosphere, create the perfect scene to enjoy of an unforgettable experience. Music for the soul!

By the way, the audio is excelent, and the video is old, but very much in keeping with the music.

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Agalloch-Marrow Of The Spirit (2010)

1. They Escaped The Weight Of Darkness [3:41]
2. Into The Painted Grey [12:25]
3. The Watcher’s Monolith [11:46]
4. Black Lake Nidstang [17:34]
5. Ghosts Of The Midwinter Fires [9:40]
6. To Drown [10:27]

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We Are Only Riders-The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Session Project (2010)

1. Nick Cave - Ramblin' Mind

2. Mark Lanegan - Constant Waiting

3. The Raveonettes - Free To Walk

4. Debbie Harry - Lucky Jim

5. Lydia Lunch - When I Get My Cadillac

6. David Eugene Edwards - Ramblin' Mind

7. The Sadies - Constant Waiting

8. Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell - Free To Walk

9. Lydia Lunch - St. Marks Place

10. Crippled Black Phoenix - Bells On The River

11. Cypress Grove - Ramblin' Mind

12. Johnny Dowd - Constant Waiting

13. Nick Cave & Debbie Harry - Free To Walk

14. Mick Harvey - The Snow Country

15. David Eugene Edwards & Crippled Black Phoenix - Just Like A Mexican Love

16. Lydia Lunch, Dave Alvin & The JLP Sessions Project - Walkin' Down The Street (Doin' My Thing)

This is a tribute album to Jeffrey Lee Pierce, leader of  The Gun Club, and dead when he was 37. What we get here are the songs that he wrote a while ago and never saw the light. The musician Cypress Grove gathered this amazing group of artists to make that the album comes true. It´s worth to listen carefully this wonderfull work for you can enjoy it to the max. All yours!

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