Desert Triple

 

Could do with some peace and quiet today, so let's head down to the desert for a while. That special atmosphere, that's what we're after.

Ikue Mori with Robert Quine & Marc Ribot - Mojave
Marisa Anderson - Mojave
SUSS - Mojave

No Consolation

 

The demos part is what makes Richard Hell's Destiny Street Complete really interesting. Here's the best of the batch, a cool song in typical Hell style with fine fine guitar work by the late great Robert Quine -somewhat surprisingly - Ivan Julian. "You know the power only comes from your dread..."

Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Smitten

Wild Weekend Vol. 6

Wild: aj. - not tamed or domesticated; not cultivated

Weekend: n. - Saturday and Sunday (as a period of rest or holiday)

iPod: t.m. - a pocket-sized device used to play music files

Shuffle: v.t. - to mix together so as to make a random order of arrangement

Yes, and here we go again... with yet another edition of Wild Weekend. Let´s kick it off with Swedish garage rockers supreme the Nomads, and their swampy Where The Wolf Bane Blooms. Saw these guys live a couple of times in the early eighties, and I can tell you their guitar player Hans Östlund was really something else. After which we slow down the tempo a bit with a smooth but still very funky piece of soul by the eccentric hypochondriac Donny Hathaway, from his classic debut Everything Is Everything (´70). "I hear voices, I see people, I hear voices of many people..."

The Nomads - Where The Wolf Bane Blooms MP3

Donny Hathaway - Voices Inside (Everything Is Everything) MP3

Time for some roots reggae now. One of Jamaica´s finest vocalists - Bob Marley even called him the best reggae singer in the world at some stage - Dennis Brown scored many a hit on the island. Deliverance Will Come, produced by the mighty Joe Gibbs, is a fine example of his powers. Next up are the Velvets, with a live track recorded back in ´69 by future Voidoids and Reed guitarist Robert Quine. Lofi they may be, but the Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes are definitely essential listening for fans of Lou and company.

Dennis Brown - Deliverance Will Come MP3

The Velvet Underground - Over You MP3

John Phillips was the brain behind the Mamas & the Papas, but I´d rather listen to his country-tinged solo album John, The Wolf King Of L.A. to be honest. A question of "subtracting the former from the latter" I suppose. And yes, that´s practically the whole Elvis band taking care of business here. And we´ll call it a day with a fine song from the obscure Marc Benno, who you may remember from his collaboration with Leon Russell in the Asylum Choir. Here he´s lost in his hometown: Austin, Texas. Attention Slowhand fans: listen closely, for that really is Clapton on guitar.

John Phillips - Let It Bleed, Genevieve MP3

Marc Benno - Lost In Austin MP3