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The Ruby Suns, the band pseudonym of nomadic Californian-New Zealander Ryan McPhun, have returned after four years with a brilliant and ambitious new record ‘Sprite Fountain’. For this new material, Ryan relocated to the Norway, where he immersed himself in the local scene, started a family and began recording his latest alt-pop offering ‘Sprite Fountain’, set for release by Sellout! Music on 9th June.
It’s a treasure box of potent ideas, discrete and often discreet. The record makes for an experience that is blissful, psychedelic and always totally surprising; with each subsequent listen revealing gleaming new attractions.
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This meditative, immersive film is a tribute to the astonishing work and achievements of naturalist, inventor and pioneering filmmaker F. Percy Smith, who worked in the early years of the 20th century, developing various cinematographic and micro-photographic techniques to capture nature’s secrets in action.
‘Minute Bodies’ is an interpretative edit that combines Smith’s original footage with a new contemporary score to create a hypnotic, alien yet familiar dreamscape that connects us to the sense of wonder Smith must have felt as he peered through his own lenses and seen these micro-worlds for the first time.
The forming of the edit and its musical score evolved over a three year period.The music was created from a loose collective of invited musicians . With tindersticks at its heart it also greatly benefits from the involvement of Thomas Belhom (percussion) and Christine Ott (Ondes Martenot and piano). There are also cameos from David Coulter (Musical saw and Nose flute) and Julian Siegel (Saxophone). It was recorded and mixed at the bands studio in France.
“My main aim for Minute Bodies – The intimate world of F. Percy Smith is that it invites Smiths work to breath and exist in the present. Smith was a major, unique figure. His work transcends the constraints of its time, and now it teaches us about patience, commitment, ingenuity and determination. ” Stuart A. Staples, director.
“The world now sacrifices everything to speed; quiet seems to be regarded as a detestable condition to be ex¬purgated by any means which applied science can devise; and this state of affairs does not encourage the production of the type of individual who can satisfy himself in an investigation of the hidden beauties of Nature.” F. Percy Smith
“With its insistent sexual rhythm, Minute Bodies is about the urgency of life on a cellular scale… a richly steamy experience.”
Sight and Sound
“A cinematic wonderland…” Evening Standard
“A beautiful hypnotic melange…” The Guardian
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SUPERB COLLECTION OF LIVE COVER VERSIONS FROM BRUCE AND THE E STREETERS Featuring a wonderful selection of cover versions performed in concert by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band between 1974 and 1994, this collection proves how the boss and his group are just as dynamic a unit when playing the songs of others as they are performing their own material.
Tracklist:
1 Boom Boom (Live at the Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden, 1988) 4:00
2 Back in the USA (Live at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pa, 1975) 6:51
3 When You Walk in the Room (Live at the Bottom Line, New York City, NY, 1975) 3:40
4 Good Rockin’ Tonight (Live at the Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Ga, 1978) 3:16
5 The Wanderer/Kansas City (Live at the Marz Club, Long Branch, Nj, 1994) 5:11
6 Pretty Flamingo (Live at the Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Ga, 1978) 6:38
7 I Want You (Live at the Main Point, Bryn Mawr, Pa, 1975) 6:22
8 Twist and Shout (Live at the Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Oh, 1978) 7:11
9 Sentimental Journey (Live on Klol-Fm, Houston, Tx, 1974) 1:36
10 Raise Your Hand (Live at the Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Oh, 1978) 7:40
11 Not Fade Away (Live at the Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Oh, 1978) 6:04
12 Mona (Live at the Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, Ca, 1978) 7:53
13 Then She Kissed Me (Live at the Bottom Line, New York City, NY, 1975) 3:07
14 Summertime Blues (Live at the Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Oh, 1978) 2:29
15 It’s My Life (Live at the Capitol Theatre, Passaic, Nj, 1978) 5:25
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Ray Scott will release his sixth studio disc, Guitar For Sale, on June 9, 2017, with distribution through The Holland Group / Sony/RED.
“When I went into the studio with my friend, and new producer, Michael Hughes, my goal was to do something a little different, something live tracked that’s not so polished, maybe even rough in spots, with the hope we’d come out with a product that had elements reminiscent of the way music first hit my ears when I was a young’un,” said Scott. “It wasn’t my intent to worry about what the rest of Nashville was doing… ‘course it never has been. I’m proud to say I think we accomplished that. My first single, ‘Livin’ This Way’ is based on a classic country music theme – pain. In keeping with my habit of honesty in songwriting, I thought it was a good way introduce this new project.”
Ray Scott has built up an impressive career over the past decade. His 2005 debut album My Kind of Music racked up sales of over 100,000 units, and became the # 1 Country Album on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and his “Those Jeans” single has sold over 300,000 copies – all from the song’s exposure on SiriusXM. He has tallied four No. 1 singles in the United Kingdom, accounted for over one million Spotify streams, and over 711,000 new views on YouTube. Scott has also performed on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry over sixty times in his career. The entertainer has also tasted success as a songwriter, with cuts from superstars Trace Adkins, Clay Walker and Country Music Hall of Fame member Randy Travis to his credit.
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SUPERB RADIO BRADCAST FROM AUSTRALIA 1989 Spawned from the burgeoning New York noise-rock movement of the early 1980s, the impulse for Sonic Youth s sound was necessity rather than aesthetics. As struggling artists working in an underground scene, the band could only afford cheap guitars, and subsequently used every method possible to mask evidence of their substandard instruments; alternate tunings, distortion, feedback and unusual playing techniques, such as hitting their strings with drum sticks, were all tactics employed by guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Renaldo, and bass player Kim Gordon, in this endeavor. However it was this very playing style that contributed hugely to Sonic Youth becoming a hugely influential group whose success was even more startling once alternative music in the US gained momentum in the middle of the decade. Daydream Nation, the band s 1988 double album, remains their most critically acclaimed recording, and its lead single Teenage Riot became their first hit, reaching No. 20 on the charts and earning the group a major label record deal. In support of their new record, in September 88 Sonic Youth went out on tour and by early 89 had reached Australia. This recording is taken from a live FM radio broadcast recorded at the band s show at The Palace Theatre in Melbourne on 19th January 1989, and captures an act quickly reaching the peak of their creative powers. Featuring a set focusing on tracks from Daydream Nation, alongside some earlier material, this CD captures a group clearly enjoying their newly found success, but doing so without losing any of their original, challenging impetus.
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Tracklist:
01. Aerolites (03:36)
02. Join the Riot (03:09)
03. Black Sails (03:22)
04. The Way We Wanna Go (03:27)
05. Sail Away (03:35)
06. Blow (03:49)
07. Castaway (04:17)
08. One Last Ale (03:11)
09. Where Red Paints the Ocean (03:39)
10. Another Life (04:05)
11. Bound by Blood (04:05)
12. Raging Bull (02:34)
13. Summer Girls (03:09)
14. I Won’t Drink Again (03:51)
15. Children of the Night (04:36)
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Brother O’ Brother began in late 2013, transitioning to a 2 piece in 2014 and has never looked back. Defying notions of what a 2 piece act should be, Brother O’ Brother’s live performance has been dubbed the best live performance in all of Indianapolis by multiple press outlets. Mix MC5 with early Black Keys and you’ve got it
