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I will preface this by saying (admitting) I was not expecting this album from Mojave 3. That being said, I am very much into it. Trading in their slow-country-ish past for an upbeat and happy-go-lucky sound, the band’s reinvention is aiding me in riding out the end of this hot West coast summer. While unexpected, Puzzles Like You is a real treat.
I had fallen off the Mojave 3 wagon several years ago, and while still a fan, was not over-eager to listen to the old softly strummed and whispered songs that they crafted so effortlessly. No matter, things have changed. The band now works an uptempo roots-pop groove that immediately smacked me right in the face with the album’s opener “Truck Driving Man.” Call it an uptempo guitar-pop smoothie on a hot August day.
DOWNLOAD:
MP3: Mojave 3 :: Truck Driving Man
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www.mojave3online.com
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Daily Blast From The Past:
MP3: Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra :: Some Velvet Morning
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Eugene Kelly’s career would probably have fared better had he arrived on the “indie” scene en masse in 2006 with his band’s The Vaselines and Eugenius instead of the late ’80s and early ’90s respectively. While he may not have received commercial notoriety, his influence has been heard the past ten years in countless waves of indie-minded guitar pop outfits. I recently dug out the 1992 Eugenius debut LP Oomalama and it more than holds up 14 years later. There is something to be said for repeating the same word over and over.
Download:
MP3: Eugenius :: Oomalama
MP3: The Vaselines :: Son of A Gun
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Amazon: Eugenius - Oomalama
www.myspace.com/eugenekellyrocks
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Today is a big Tuesday for all of us in Dylan’s camp. Like a lot of you, I will be at the record store bright and early (relatively speaking) to pick up a copy of Modern Times, Dylan’s 31st studio album. I have resisted checking out any of the tracks prior to the release date in order to take it in as a whole (quite the excercise in self-control.) If this LP is anything like hispast two Daniel Lanois produced “comeback” albums, we’re all in a for a real treat.
Appropriately, most music media has had some sort of Dylan feature gearing up for the release. My favorite of these has been Mojo Magazine’s “Roots of Bob Dylan” compilation in which they have compiled a smattering of various artists said by Dylan himself in Chronicles Vol. I to have had an effect/influence on his work. The magazine did a fantastic job and is well worth your eight (U.S.) dollars.
One of the tracks featured on the comp is Lightnin’ Hopkins “Baby Please Don’t Go.” A fine version in and of itself, but for me the definitive rendition will always be Van Morrison’s take on the tune while working with his old band THEM (see below mp3). Also below you will find Dylan’s cover which can be found on the unreleased bootleg “the Freewheelin’ outtakes.”
******If you’ve bought/heard the new Dylan record, let me know what you think below in the comments.
DOWNLOAD:
MP3: Lightnin’ Hopkins :: Baby, Please Don’t Go
MP3: Them :: Baby, Please Don’t Go
MP3: Bob Dylan :: Baby, Please Don’t Go
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Amazon: Bob Dylan - Modern Times
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