A few days ago the ticket for Mark Lanegan's concert in Stuttgart arrived. My area is sadly a desert for good live music and can't be compared to Cologne or Hamburg. All the great (new) bands mostly don't stop here. As far as I know one of the reasons is that the government requests a lot of taxes for concerts. Anyway I am glad that Mark Lanegan will appear in four weeks because his latest record Gargoyle is one of his best. I know him since his early days with Screaming Trees and later with Queens Of The Stone Age and liked his way of singing. His baritone is unbelievable and expressive. I think only Lee Hazlewood and Leonard Cohen are more punchy. The more I listen to Gargoyle the more I think that this is one of the best records this year - so far.
Agreed Walter, 'Gargoyle' is a very fine piece of work. Enjoy the concert.
AntwortenLöschenI agree it is a very very good album
AntwortenLöschenYep, an excellent record, and this track is particularly good.
AntwortenLöschenI've got a ticket for his show in London and I'm very much looking forward to it. I don't normally like such well produced rock music, or such melodramatic lyrics. But he just makes it all work.
AntwortenLöschenI still can't quite get with the notion that he would work alongside Isobel Campbell, who many regard as the queen of indie-twee thanks to her time in early Belle & Sebastian. But for the most part, their collaborations did work.
AntwortenLöschenEnjoy the gig Walter.
JC