#^d 2015-09-28
#^h Music Week
Music: Current count 25572 [25544] rated (+28), 437 [436] unrated (+1).
Cut this week short, closing it on Sunday afternoon so I can
move on to packing. I'll be on the road for the next 2-3 weeks,
driving straight east to New York City, then some less straight
route back. Not sure about internet access, especially while we
are in New York. At any rate I won't have the computers, tools,
books, and gear I use to produce these posts, so don't expect
much here. Lot of stuff still in the queue, and there will be
more before I get back. Ulrich Gumpert album is sounding pretty
good at the moment, but I should hold back on it.
Time may have contributed to the dip in rated count, but also
note the sheer number of A- records this week. Most of them took
4-5 plays -- only New Order and the older Hooker were obvious
picks from the start, and I still don't think the new MOPDtK is
as good as most of the old ones (although Jon Irabagon has a
field day). The Pop Group, the Specials, and Madness got extra
plays in just missing, too. The latter came out of the
Pitchfork 1970s list
(well, not Madness, but it seemed like the moment). Very little
left there that I haven't heard, just a couple records that
aren't on Rhapsody.
John Lee Hooker's Don't Turn Me From Your Door was a
suggestion from Phil Overeem. There are, of course, dozens of
Hooker albums I haven't heard, but On Vee-Jay 1955-1958
was on Robert Santelli's blues list, number 18. Metric is
probably the most marginal of the A- records, something that
became more apparent after I played New Order.
New records rated this week:
- Bob Albanese: Time Remembered (2012 [2015], Mayimba): [r]: B+(*)
- Ezra Furman: Perpetual Motion People (2015, Bella Union): [r]: A-
- Miho Hazama: Time River (2015, Sunnyside): [cdr]: B+(**)
- Metric: Pagans in Vegas (2015, Metric): [r]: A-
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Mauch Chunk (2015, Hot Cup): [cd]: A-
- Caili O'Doherty: Padme (2015, Odo): [cd]: B+(**)
- New Order: Music Complete (2015, Mute): [r]: A-
- The Pop Group: Citizen Zombie (2015, Freaks R Us): [r]: B+(*)
- Noah Preminger: Pivot: Live at the 55 Bar (2015, self-released): [cd]: A-
- Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment: Surf (2015, self-released): [r]: A-
- John Wojciechowski: Focus (2015, Origin): [cd]: B+(**)
Old music rated this week:
- Madness: One Step Beyond . . . (1979, Stiff): [r]: B+(**)
- Madness: Absolutely (1980, Stiff): [r]: B
- Madness: Complete Madness (1979-82 [1982], Stiff): [r]: B+(***)
- The Pop Group: Y (1979 [2007], Radar): [r]: B+(***)
- The Pop Group: For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? (1980, Rough Trade): [dl]: B+(**)
- Saturday Night Fever [The Original Movie Sound Track] (1976, Polydor): [r]: B+(*)
- The Specials: The Specials (1979, Chrysalis): [r]: B+(***)
- The Specials: More Specials (1980, Chrysalis): [r]: B+(*)
- The Specials: The Singles Collection (1979-84 [1991], Chrysalis): [cd]: A-
- Suicide: Suicide (1977, Red Star): [r]: B
- Suicide: Suicide (1980, Antilles/ZE): [r]: B+(**)
- This Are Two Tone (1979-82 [1983], Chrysalis): [r]: A-
Unpacking: Found in the mail last week:
- Marnix Busstra: Firm Fragile Fun (Buzz Music)
- Rich Halley 4: Eleven (Pine Eagle)
- Scott Hamilton & Jeff Hamilton Trio: Live in Bern (Capri): October 20
- Harth/Fischer/Daemgen: Confucius Tarif Reduit (Spore Point)
- Keigo Hirakawa: And Then There Were Three (self-released)
- Innerroute: Fourmation (self-released): October 15
- Matt Mitchell: Vista Accumulation (Pi): October 16
- Maria Schneider Orchestra: The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare)
- Martin Speicher/Peter Geisselbrecht/Jörg Fischer: Spicy Unit (Spore Print)
- Manuel Valera & Groove Square: Urban Landscape (Destiny)
- Galen Weston: Plugged In (Blujazz)
- Patrick Williams: Home Suite Home (BFM)