Caravan Palace ST

Upon first listening to Caravan Palace’s “Brotherswing”, I was taken back instantly to the Cantina Scene in George Lucas’ Star Wars. The Caravan being made up of a violin, double bass (always a gem to see in action), francophones, guitar, a clarinet and trombone and held together by programmed beats and chirping electro-scat vocals…the unit is truly a classic ensemble infused with unpredictable club-mix intensity. It’s intrepid burlesque on a hot and sweaty sugar high. Doing the hop, nod and wave, snapping my fingers with the un-busy hand, I would definitely kill Greedo to this music.

Having toured for a year prior to the release of their debut album in France, and due out here in the US soon, The Caravan Palace (Facebook) were a sensation at the 2007 Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival in Samois. Django’s being a name I hadn’t heard since picking up The Buckingham/Nicks self-titled album second-hand for 95 cents maybe a decade ago and hearing Lindsey Buckingham’s aptly named “Django,” a tribute to the Parisian gypsy-guitarist. I have now been introduced and re-introduced to this musician through his brilliantly inspired musical foundlings.

Adopted by the Café de la danse, sent to studio and made to gig by the manager Loic Barrouk, The Caravan Palace was able to perfect such offerings as “Bambous” a roiling stew of sound made for lovers of The Charleston. The spastic growly vocal soothes the blisters forming on your frenzied toes. “Starscat” is a slower violin-laden jive, boy-vocal and all. “Dragons” is too bubbly for words, and a personal favorite, obviously. The dual violins dueling in “La Villette” as caressed by the central guitar, charming to the ear as the battle slowly takes on tempo. A modern touch on an old genre. Well played.

01. Dragons (4:05) 02. Star Scat (3:50) 03. Ended With The Night (5:00) 04. Jolie Coquine (3:46) 05. Oooh (1:49) 06. Suzy (4:07) 07. Je M'amuse (3:34) 08. Violente Valse (3:35) 09. Brotherswing (3:41) 10. L'envol (3:46) 11. Sofa (0:51) 12. Bambous (3:14) 13. Lazy Place (3:57) 14. We Can Dance (4:23) 15. La Caravane (5:05)

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Ronald Jenkees - Disorganized Fun

YouTube sensation keyboardist. 2nd release and really well polished. OUTSTANDING virtuosity. Think Keith Emerson for this generation. All done on midis and electronic keyboards - sounds like a throwback to the great MOOG discs of yore. Nothing cheezy here - just well aged funk. You will like it - except for the obligatory last two rap craps. So delete those and groove out.

01 - Disorganized Fun 02 - Fifteen Fifty 03 - Guitar Sound 04 - Synth One 05 - Throwing Fire
06 - Minimal MC 07 - Stay Crunchy 08 - Inverted Mean 09 - Outer Space 10 - Let’s Ride
11 - It’s Gettin Rowdy

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Exotic Erotic Reverb - Latin Surf Comp

Found this great comp on the Mexican blogs. Figured you guys would like it and I needed to add a dose opf twang so here it is. Yummy. The music is just as exciting as the cover.

1. Espetroplasma - Kakatua
2. Los Pijama - Sin nombre
3. Los Magnificos - La F (Version Psycho)
4. Nicotyna - El tren siguio su curso
5. Los Javelin - Tubo d'escape
6. Alotropica Central - Surfactante
7. Los Peligrosos - Rockabilly boogie
8. Botica Xochimilco - Tun tun: El enano caliente
9. Espetroplasma - Tutu papa tutu pa
10. Los Pijama - Ya no
11. Los Magnificos - Ultrasecuestro 2002
12. Nicotyna - Nicotyna
13. Alotropica Central - Satanico 14. Los Javelin - Tarantino 15. Botica Xochimilco - Inspector
15. Los Peligrosos - Camino a memphis 16. Espetroplasma - Simbiat 17.Botica Xochimilco - Guardacostas 18. Los Magnificos - Murmullo (Version noise)

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Fast 'n' Bulbous - Tribute to Captain Beefheart

This long-out-of-print, rarely seen album from the early days of compact discs is possibly one of the best tribute albums ever. Well at least it's one of my favorites! A couple famous bands, some not-so-famous, a few dimly remembered 80's bands and some you probably never even heard of. Maybe one or two of these groups were formed just for this release it's hard to tell since the packaging is skimpy with no liner notes at all. Zippo.Don't matter tho. Whether these bands are trying to emulate Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band or whether they're trying to own the material, every track is a success. Every track smokes. Shreds. Rocks. A very enjoyable album and I don't think you need to be a hard-core Beefheart fan to get into it.

1. Zig Zag Wanderer - The Dog Faced Hermanns
2. Ella Guru - XTC 3. Clear Spot - The Scientists 4. Ice Cream For Crow - The Membranes 5. Long Necked Bottles - The King Of Luxembourg
6. Sun Zoom Spark - The Beat Poets 7. Hot Head - That Petrol Emotion 8. China Pig - The Primevals 9. Electricity - Sonic Youth 10. Harry Irene - Good And Gone 11. Frying Pan - The Screaming Dizbusters 12. Big Eyed Beans From Venus - The Mock Turtles 13. Gimme That Harp Boy - The Beat Poets 14. Crazy Little Thing - The Primevals

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Art VAN DAMME Qintet - Accordion A La Mode (1961) A Perfect Match (1963) 2fer

Can't get enuff of this funky stuff. For those for whom the accordian primarily conjures up thoughts of Weird Al or polka music, take one listen to the man the folks at Space Age Pop Music call "the hippest cat ever to swing an accordion" and you'll never think of the accordion in the same way again. Considered by some *the* jazz accordionist of the 50's and 60's. Too many people dismiss the accordion as a toy, but in talented hands, it is a very much a musical instrument. Give it a listen and get ready for fun.
A prime example of the pluralism of our Internet age and it is a rare gem. Get Martini Time/Van Damme Sound right here in our archives, make a dry Martini and enjoy the anthesis of Weird Al.

01. A La Mode (2:40) 02. You Stepped Out of a Dream (3:31) 03. That Old Feeling (3:22)
04. Sweet And Lovely (2:41) 05. How About You (2:36) 06. I'm Shooting High (2:46) 07. You Were Meant for Me (3:14) 08. Charmaine (2:24) 09. On Green Dolphin Street (2:52) 10. Just You, Just Me (2:22) 11. Diane (2:28) 12. Star Eyes (2:49) 13. Bye Bye Blackbird (3:05) 14. In the We Small Hours of the Morning (3:04) 15. Tickle-Toe (2:27) 16. Gone With He Wind (3:45)
17. Valse Hot (2:34) 18. The Best Thing for You (2:28) 19. Satan's Doll (3:48) 20. Blusey (3:05)
21. Spring is Here (4:06)22. Tangee (3:47) 23. Poinciana (3:15) 24. Nicollet Avenue Breakdown (2:04)

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Al Caiola - Sounds For Spies And Private Eyes (vinyl)

Heads up to Oracle: More Sounds for Spies
While guitar names such as Duane Eddy, Chet Atkins, Santo and Johnny and others are much more familiar to fans of the early age of rock and roll, the sound of Al Caiola is very much a part of the music of that era. Only two of his single releases dented the top 100 of the pop charts but his albums were a part of the music of the 60's for the entire decade. And his guitar can be heard on many of the tracks of big recording stars of the era such as Frankie Avalon ("Venus" and "De De Dinah"), Fabian, Bobby Vinton, Connie Francis and others. Some of the most recognizable tunes he recorded were TV and motion picture themes along with covers of recordings made popular by other artists. One of the all round guitarists of the era. Plenty of his stuff here and all over the blogosphere so get crackin' twang fans. This will whet your appetite.

01) Theme From "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." 02) The Fugitive Theme 03) Secret Agent Man
04) Underwater Chase 05) "The Third Man" Theme 06) Slaughter On Tenth Avenue 07) Man Of Mystery 08) The Bronze Doll 09) Baker Street Mystery 10) Goldfinger 11) The Eye In Flat Five 12) A Quiet Thing

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Alan Hawkshaw Mo'Hawk

Subtitled - The Essential Vibes & Grooves 1967-1975. The focus of this RPM/Cherry Red compilation is on the music that swings in the clubs, the hammond organ driven beat sounds such as 'Beat Boutique' & 'Action Man', & the best chill out apres-ski numbers such as the stand out classic 'Girl In A Sportscar'.

Alan Hawkshaw is one of those unheralded heroes of popular music history. He's had his hands in a lot of places without anyone knowing who he is. He played with Donovan during the Hurdy Gurdy Man's heyday, collaborated with Serge Gainsbourg on several of Serge's 70s albums, and he did soundtrack work on countless cool movies. This collection is an excellent selection of some of Hawkshaw's best soundtrack work. If you're into 60s/70s groovy soundtracks, this one will hit your sweet spot. Heavy B-3 dominates the sound, which also features some cool fuzz guitar work. If the Ventures had Jimmy Smith as their organist, and if that band performed soundtrack scores composed by Ennio Morricone that were to be used in European crime and softcore sex movies from the 60s and 70s, what would come out of all of that is similar to the effect of Hawkshaw's work.

The original Library albums & commercial releases now highly sought after & these are Club friendly grooves. It is the first time on disc for two-thirds of the collection. 20 tracks. 2003.

You want this.

1. Señor Thump - Alan Hawkshaw, The Mohawks 2. Beat Me 'Til I'm Blue - Alan Hawkshaw, The Mohawks 3. Move Move Move 4. Girl at the Top 5. Hastle 6. Millionairess 7. Beat Boutique 8. Piccadilly Night Ride 9. Dr Jekyll and Hyde Park - Alan Hawkshaw, The Mohawks 10. Sweet Motion - Alan Hawkshaw 11. Blue Note 12. Girl in a Sportscar 13. Dave Allen at Large 14. Raver
15. Drive On 16. Action Man 17. Rocky Mountain Roundabout - Alan Hawkshaw, The Mohawks
18. Powerboat 19. Rumplestilskin - Alan Hawkshaw 20. Hawkwind and Fire

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Man or Astroman? Is it ....

Man... or Astroman? came out with an impresive debut album when this was released back in 1993. This self titled album was a precedent to the music they would release later in their many albums to follow this one. This is were it all started, when Man... or Astroman? started with its humor and talent with the mixture of b-movie samples and amazing songs. The songs presented on this album are deemed classic Man... or Astroman? songs. Them being the first songs released for the whole audience of the world to hear. These songs are just incredible to listen to.

It all starts with Taxidermist Surf, a song that shows what is to come in the following songs and albums. Then as a follow up song is Invasion of the Dragonmen, a song that captures the listeners attention with the b-movie sample and then holds that attention with a great song. Nitrous Burn Out and Clean Up on Aisle #9 are just what is meant by classic songs by Man... or Astroman? And then Man... or Astroman? show how well they can cover a song by doing a cover song of one of the original innovators of surf, The Ventures, with a cover of their classic song 'Journey to the Stars'. All the songs that follow up until the last song, cheerfully named 'Alien Visitors', are a bundle of listening pleasure.

All these songs are played by the original recording members of Man... or Astroman? Starcrunch who plays lead guitar. Birdstuff who plays drums. Coco, The Electronic Monkey Wizard who plays the occasional bass, percussion, and is responsible for the sound bites. Finally there is Dr. Delecto & His Invisible Vaportron, who is refered to in the following album as Dr. Deleto, who plays bass, and rhythm guitar.

This foursome has come a long way, and through many changes in so many different regions of their attire and music genre, from this first album all the way up until their latest full length release, and have been releasing albums at an impressive rate and for this to be the first of their many, it is a prophecy proven true that they were destined to be great from the beginning.

1. Taxidermist Surf 2. Invasion of the Dragonmen 3. Nitrous Burn Out 4. Clean up on Aisle #9 (Turn up the Monitors) 5. Journey to the Stars 6. Cowboy Playing Dead 7. Sadie Hawkins Atom Bomb 8. Human Calculator 9. Organ Smash 10. Cattle Drive 11. Escape Through the Air Vent
12. Mermaid Love 13. Eric Estrotica 14. Alien Visitors

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5-6-7-8's ST

Japan exclusive compilation for the all female rock trio best known in the U.S. for their appearance in the film 'Kill Bill'. This album is a blast! A%*#! kicking, name taking garage rock o'plenty on this one. These gals are not just a cute novelty act, although they *are* cute as a button--but they can really wail too! Oomphy guitar sound with plenty of tasty licks and solos, the bass spices up and embellishes the songs without being too annoyingly obtrusive, and the drumming is impeccably solid with lots of jazzy fills. Our heroines know how to take a standard I-IV-V garage number and do a lot with a little! The garbled, indecipherable lyrics just add to the wacky fun, especially on the covers of old US rock standards Throw this one on at your next shindig and do the Arkansas Twist and the Rockin' Rochester!

1. Harlem Nocturne 2. Oriental Rock 3. I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield 4. Arkansas Twist 5. Handsome Man 6. Rockin' Rochester 7. One Potato 8. Long Tall Sally 9. Cat Fight Run 10. I Don't Need You No More 11. Highschool Witch 12. Teenage Cleopatra 13. Tallahassee Lassie 14. Scream

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Hot Club De Norvege - The Best Of (30 Years Anniversary 1979-2009)

StringJazz quartet from Norway, established 1979, by guitar player Jon Larsen. Influenced by the music of Hot Club de France, and the gypsy guitar player Django Reinhardt. The quartet were pioneers in the international renaissance of the the gypsy jazz music in the 1980-ies. Very active today - excellent live. Good stuff.
Tracklist:
01 Time On My Hands 03:27 02 For You, For Me, Forever More 03:46 03 Swing For Ninine 04:18
04 Guitaresque 03:59 05 The Hot Canary 01:46 06 Willie Nickersons Egg 02:24 07 Ekko 04:49
08 One-Four-Nine 03:12 09 Nuages 07:23 10 Dark Eyes 03:43 11 The Lonely Wolf 07:11 12 David 03:10 13 White Night 05:47 14 Swing Gitane 03:32 15 Karlov 03:42 16 Daphne 02:37
17 Swinging With Jimmy 03:43 18 Karius Og Baktus 02:27 19 Hvit Veranda 03:19 20 Tanta Til Beate 03:38

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