Twanging Tuesday # 92

Gene Vincent was one of those artists that grew up in the Southern states of the United States with a lot of influence of Country, Rhythm and Blues and Gospel. After school he signed to the Navy and was a part of the army in the Korean war. After an accident with his motorcycle his leg was damaged and he had to wear a metal rail. That's the reason why he didn't move much when he was performing. Be-Bop-A-Lula is his most popular song and always worth to listen sometimes.

I Am Chemistry

Yeasayer is an experimental band from Brooklyn, NY known for their combination of electronic music, world music and classical rock band instruments. This is a song from their upcoming next album and they put nearly everything in this song: indie rock, space electronics, world music, some ghosty folk and a bit of coral singing. Not to bad to start the week.



Drew published yesterday a fantastic version of a song originally from Yeasayer. Jon Hopkins' version is fantastic and you really don't need to listen to the original - the version of this song are much better.

Snow

The song for this cloudy, wet and cold Sunday is the latest release of the Vienna based band A Life, A Song, A Cigarette. Mostly they play a variation of alternative country and it's not my favourite kind of music. But this song is right for a moody Sunday. And an amazing video by the way.

Funky Friday

More than 30 years ago Gang of Four appeared on the scene with phenomenal records. It was pure post-punk / new wave with a lot of funk in their sound. Their sound was always minimal but the bass ruled over everything and the guitars played nearly painful. I always thought that the members were leftlist when I listened to the lyrics of their songs. After all the years that gone by I still love their music and I am always happy to listen to their songs.

Enjoy and have a good weekend.

Three In A Row

Yesterday it was very stressful to come home by public train. When I came to the station they announced that no train was running for the next two hours because the found an aircraft bomb from World War II while they were rebuilding the main station in Stuttgart. There was a lot of confusion to get to the best connection to find a train to bring you home. I decided to be calm and go for the next chance to get a train that will take me home. In this mood I just watched the masses running a hectic pace and listened to the music on my mobile phone. This was the three songs that appeared in a row. It was funny to listen to that up-tempo songs while others almost went crazy to get the next train.

Twanging Tuesday # 91

Man of Astroman? is a a surf rock group from Alabama celebrating the sound of Dick Dale and The Spotnicks. Deeply based in this genre they mashed it up with sience fiction and some audio samples. This is not new for sure but still worth to listen sometimes to. Raw, mean surf guitars from outer space.

Our Darkness

While I was searching youtube for some music I stumbled into early 80s electronic music and found some classics by Anne Clark. Her music was very unusual for these times while most of us listened to post punk and New Wave. Her combination of spoken word, electronic music and dancefloor was very new to us but it was a sound a lot of mates could agree to. The best credit I can give to her is, that she opened our ears to another kind of sound. Nice to remember this after 30 years.