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More of the most brilliant rocker ever.

A few tastes and a zip of a great live show from Glastonbury 1999.

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01 Techno D-Day

02 London Calling

03 X Ray Style

04 White Man In Hammersmith Palais

05 Tony Adams

06 Rock the Casbah

07 Yalla Yalla

08 Brand New Cadillac

09 I Fought The Law

10 Diggin' The New

11 Tommy Gun

12 Bankrobber

I’ve got two hot-off-the-presses copies of the brand new Val Emmich CD of glistening pop, “Little Daggers.” It’s a sweet record, and you may recall the little write up I did on the record here, at my old site. You can check out the single below.

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Brazilian musician Curumin has released one of the most eclectic albums of the year. “JapanPopShow” begins with the title track, a creepy, creeping murmur that is part lament, part spiritual, before launching into “Compacto,” an upbeat, funky bossa nova track that brings a hip hop element by utilizing samples and
scratches at the break, then gradually building back into the incredibly catchy hook for the fade out. I’m not generally a fan of songs in other languages, because I like to know what the song is about, but I find that with Curumin, the music is so fascinating, so varied, so complex, and so much fun that I just don’t care. The third track, “Kyoto,” is a cookout party track, with Blackalicious & Lateef The Truthspeaker, which is guaranteed to start you moving. Blackalicious is one of the most underrated underground rap crews out there, and Curumin first teamed up with that group’s Chief Xcel back in 2005.
Every track is great, but a few other standouts include Salto No Vacuo Com Joelhada, which
incorporates what sounds like a child’s mobile music box with aggressive high hat and more DJ
scratches—it’s a sound collage easily as good as anything the X-Ecutioners ever produced.

But he can also do more straightforward rock and samba. The slower and beautiful “Misterio Stereo” features fantastic live percussion and a combination of gentle instrumentation that feels like flying. And the surprise gem here is “Mai Ester Card,” where Curumin puts on a voice like Ray Davies over a jaunty, bouncy composition that you’ll swear is The Kinks in Portuguese.

Can it be that one my favorite albums of the year is not even in English?

Compacto

Mai Ester Card

BONUS:

I love love love this Grateful Dead cover by a really solid indie band. Can't tell you how great it is. You need to hear it, and buy the 7" that it's from, which you can find here, because it's got an equally great cover of Cream Puff War.

Cold Rain and Snow-Oneida

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