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2010 release from the critically acclaimed British band. Following a self-imposed three-year hiatus, Field Music returns with a new 20-track double-album of artful English pop. Powered by brothers and co-frontmen Peter and David Brewis, Field Music's line-up now includes Kev Dosdale (guitar and keys) and Ian Black (bass). Field Music (Measure) is a gloriously rich album that entwines the brothers' renewed love of the Rock music canon with a rediscovery of some of Pop's overlooked adventurers.

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2009 album from the Blues sensation. Produced, written, recorded and engineered by Seasick Steve (with the assistance of engineer Roy Williams), Man From Another Time is a resolutely organic album that eschews modern studio trickery in favour of the warm style of 'live' analogue recording. Everything on the album was performed by Seasick Steve, aside from drums which are credited to his longstanding Swedish sticksman Dan Magnusson. Seasick Steve utilised a variety of favorite guitars on the album including a one-string Didley-bo (a 2x4 with a string nailed to it), a guitar made out of an old cigar box (with four strings), his famous 3-string Trance Wonder guitar and an old beat-up acoustic guitar. His array of guitars were complimented by a tattered '50s Fender Tweed Deluxe amp, old '40s ribbon mics and other weird and wonderful vintage microphones. The natural sounds and echoes of the recording rooms were used for reverb and any delays were done with tape.

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Often described as the greatest British blues wailer since Free frontman Paul Rodgers, William Topley is a deep-voiced singer with a taste for the bluesy and countrified sound of the Deep South mixed with the undeniable influences of the Rolling Stones and Van Morrison. Making his Warner Bros. debut with the scorching Sea Fever, Topley proves to be at the top of his game. The supporting band consist amongst others Mark Knopfler and Colin Vearncombe(Black).

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Synchronicity is the last full-length studio recording from the Police, the final evolution of their sound, and the album that yielded their greatest success. It is a brilliant pop record, but it's something more, as well. The singles, particularly "Every Breath You Take," "King of Pain," and "Wrapped Around Your Finger," while pure gems by themselves, are an integral part of the album's musical and lyrical texture. As the title indicates, the album's intellectual content is inspired by C.G. Jung's psychosocial connecting principle and it manifests lyrically in some of the most evocative imagery Sting has ever created. Musically, the band defines a sonic space with arrangements that are often spare to the point of transparency. The songs are constructed from delicate arpeggios and eerie washes of guitar, sinuous keyboard lines, solid, repetitive bass figures, and the signature Stewart Copeland drum sound, all topped by Sting's voice moving through a wide range of pitch and sentiment. Synchronicity is a collection that creates and sustains a mood in the sensitive listener, a feeling that remains after the last note has died away. A benchmark album from a tremendously influential band, it will stand the test of time as a genuine classic.

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Duncan Browne (1947-1993) was an overlooked pioneer of cool stories of love and loss much like Bryan Ferry. The musicianship on these tracks is excellent , with standout performances by bassist John Giblin, who went on to successful gigs with Simple Minds and Brand X. If you like your music dressed to the nines and your songs soundtracks of the elusive girl that got away, Duncan Browne is your man. Further backed up by Tony Hymas on keyboards and Simon Phillips on drums.

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Born from the ashes of the prog band Jet, whose sole album was 1972's Fede Speranza Carità, Matia Bazar formed in Genoa in 1975, with a line-up comprising Piero Cassano (keyboards), Aldo Stellita (bass), Carlo "Bimbo" Marrale (guitar), iancarlo Golzi (drums) and singer Antonella Ruggiero. In 1985 the band reached the top notches of the Italian charts for the last time with "Ti Sento" (a.k.a. "I Feel You", in its English translation), taken from the album Melanchòlia, the first recorded after the band quit ways with producer Roberto Colombo.

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If you need some pointy-headed pundit to sell you on the merits of Pet Sounds, your money might be better spent on an ear specialist. Brian Wilson's gift to 20th-century music elevated this pop album into a beguiling musical and emotional cogency that still operates outside pop culture's fickle space-time continuum--and limited critical lexicon. There's never been another record to compare (Rubber Soul, its inspiration, is close; Sgt. Pepper's, its response, misses the point), and certainly no album has been as dissected, overanalyzed, and predigested for public consumption. In 1997 Capitol Records devoted an entire four-disc box set, The Pet Sounds Sessions, to its thorough deconstruction. The techno-marvel centerpiece of that project--the album's first true stereo mix, painstakingly conjured out of multitape session sources by producer-engineer Mark Linett (under Wilson's supervision)--was at once heresy and revelation. Now the label has gratifyingly seen fit to offer both mixes on a single disc (along with alternate versions of "Hang On to Your Ego," the original title of "I Know There's An Answer"), an idea that should please the orthodox and heretics alike. And while the album has always clearly been The Brian Wilson Show featuring the Beach Boys, David Leaf's concise new notes attempt to be more inclusive of a wider band perspective. The result (three of the five band members claim credit for the album title) sometimes resembles Rashomon. If Pet Sounds forever crystallized the band's various creative (in)differences, it also became Wilson's grand karmic joke on his band mates; its burgeoning reputation (Mojo magazine's panel of pop experts once elected it greatest album of all time) guaranteed they would sing its songs--and praises--until the end. And if putting two different versions of the same album on one disc seems like overkill, look at the bright side: it's a perfect excuse to listen to the glorious Pet Sounds twice.

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2010 two CD live set from the veteran guitarist. This very special recording depicts Satriani's stirring May 2008 performance in Paris, France. Some of his most memorable songs, "Surfing With The Alien", "Flying in a Blue Dream", are matched with recent hits like "Super Colossal" and "I Just Wanna Rock." Following the success of his other live releases, Satriani Live in 2006 and Live in San Francisco in 2001, Satriani has gained new heights with Live in Paris. The quality of music by the 15-time Grammy nominee is unquestionable.

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Die Antwoord is a hip hop crew from Capetown, South Africa. Blending multiculture styles into a groovy new musical style, their bad taste is both addicting as hilarious. Try out the album '$0$' here at The Mood Indicator and check out Youtube for their adorable videos, 'fokking' raps and brilliant and over the top image. TMI predicts that this is the beginning of a new worldwide hype. Worth checking out. Website Die Antwoord here.


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Donald Fagen's 1982 solo debut extends the sleek, smart pop craft of his work with Steely Dan into the realm of the concept album, taking the Dan's penchant for intricate plotting, evocative narrative voices, and allusive imagery to the logical next step. Fagen's connective thread is futurist nostalgia for the "New Frontier" as anticipated from the prosperous vantage point of late-'50s America. He romanticizes a brave new world of technology in the sultry diorama of "I.G.Y.," celebrating the coming glories of the Atomic Age. He then filters that view through his own suburban adolescence--a would-be seduction in a fallout shelter, the siren song of a graveyard-shift jazz DJ, a not-quite-hard-boiled noir adventure ("The Goodbye Look") that borrows its title from an early '60s Ross MacDonald mystery. Song for song, the set's a stunner and stands apart from Steely Dan thanks to a unique, poignant romanticism embodied in Fagen's yearning "Maxine" and a creamy update of Dion & the Belmonts' "Ruby Baby."

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The Courage of Others is the lusted after follow-up to Midlake's 2006 cult classic The Trials of Van Occupanther.
Existing outside the plane of trends and even time, Midlake has once again conjured a novel world, but one that seems to have existed forever. Looms of intricately textured keyboards, flute, guitars and voice are woven into broad cloaks of sound, all riding the wave of songwriter Tim Smith s sweeping vocals. Recorded over the course of two years in their Denton, Texas studio, The Courage of Others is the result of the band's quest to create a complete work. It is an album in the classic sense, meant to be digested in a single sitting and given the opportunity to become more than its constituent parts. Here the band blends early Brit folk influences with thick-throated guitars to propel themselves toward new sounds and emotions. Creeping and epic, The Courage of Others is positioned to be the latest installment in the important and everevolving discography of one of modern music's most unique torchbearers.

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The legendary Django Reinhardt appears on an AVID release for the second time, here featuring his electric period. Focusing on his music after 1947 when he returned from the USA having played with Duke Ellington, we also include a valuable recording made at the RDF radio studios possibly for a film soundtrack and skillfully re-mastered by AVID's own sound engineers. Django's music in the 1950's underwent many changes as witnessed among these tracks. We travel through small group swing to bebop influenced modern harmonic and rhythmically conceptual pieces, urgent, wild and frantic as detected in his amazing guitar playing!

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Hayseed Dixie is a novelty band that issued a tribute album to heavy metal legends AC/DC in 2001 (completely reworking the Australian band's classics as country/hillbilly rave-ups), titled A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC. Their sense of humor is also evident in their bio, which claims that the band hails from Deer Lick Holler, "deep in the heart of the Appalachia," where its members grew up playing the traditional hillybilly music of their forefathers. But as fate would have it, they just so happened to stumble across AC/DC's back catalog of recordings when a stranger driving through the boy's hometown crashed his car and perished, but his records were saved by Hayseed Dixie! The bandmembers of AC/DC have taken quite a liking to Hayseed Dixie, as AC/DC bassist Cliff Williams invited the band to play a set at the band's tour wrap-up party at his East Coast mountain retreat in summer 2001. Hayseed Dixie isn't the kind of group to let a smart-ass idea go to waste, and followed the AC/DC album with 2002's A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love, which gave the same bluegrass treatment to assorted hard rock songs. Kiss My Grass: A Hillbilly Tribute to Kiss appeared a year later in 2003. A Hot Piece of Grass was released on Cooking Vinyl Records in 2005 and two years later, following the same theme, Weapons of Grass Destruction, which featured covers of songs by the Beatles, Judas Priest, and the Scissor Sisters, among others, came out.

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You always remember certain moments in your life when you hear a particular song for the very first time and it hits you in a certain way. That moment came in the 80s when Wonderful Life by Black (Colin Vearncombe) first aired on MTV. Having already been a huge Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music fan, I was happy to see the doors opening once again to sophisticated, romantic rock. And there stood Black, a James Bond figure, who like his music, was glam, romantic, cool, and suave, drenched in melody and melancholy. My favorite tracks include the title track, "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "Blue," "Just Making Memories" and "Sweetest Smile." Although this album may not have touched a lot of people's lives, it certainly made my life more wonderful.

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21 Great tracks from the Three punks who derived their aggressive sound Base from the Mods of the 60's, the Kinks, the Beatles, the Who and shared a fervent reverence for american Rhythm and Blues. With their skinny ties and suits, they stuck out in the punk crowd, but their mildmannered appearance flew in the face of their aggressive sound and lyrics. Guitarist Paul Weller grew into a master tunesmith and the band's focus was decided British. They racked up an impressive line of chart Toppers and popularity that continues to this Day. This collection showcases the Best of their relatively short, successful career.

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Twelve years into a career as purveyors of top drawer dance music, Andy Cato and Tom Findlay have completely reinvented their sound, with thrilling results. Thus, in a break with GA tradition, their band was brought into the studio early in the making of the Black Light, helping to bring authenticity to their new song-based sound. Features guest vocalists including Bryan Ferry, Will Young, Jess Larabee (She Keeps Bees) & Nick Littlemore (Empire of the Sun).



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Hailed as one of Americana and folk music's most esteemed artists, Patty Griffin has sold over a million records and was awarded with the Americana Music Association's highest honor as "Artist Of The Year" in 2007. Griffin has received multiple Grammy nominations and has toured the country relentlessly, creating avid followers wherever her music is heard. She is a natural songbird that can hush an audience with her performances, but Griffin's power is in her passionate storytelling with a voice that is mournful yet uplifting. Patty Griffin's new album, Downtown Church, is a collection of Gospel-infused songs produced by longtime friend, bandmate and acclaimed producer Buddy Miller at the Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville, TN. Downtown Church brings to life Gospel songs that have influenced contemporary music in a way that only Patty Griffin can do.

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It is true that David Sanborn has a unique and instantly recognizable sound. He is without doubt the most influential alto saxophonist of the last three decades. His 25th studio release is much anticipated-yet it doesn't break any new ground for Sanborn. Here and Gone, Sanborn's 24th release (released in 2008) and "Only Everything" are dedicated to Ray Charles and his band of the 50s and 60s. Both releases have tribute songs (and remakes of) David Fathead Newman (tenor sax of Ray Charles' fame), Hank Crawford (alto Sax of Ray Charles fame), and Ray Charles music. Both CDs are heavily influenced by the jazz and blues side of the spectrum. Both CDs feature some of the same artists (Joss Stone and Phil Ramone for two examples). While this will please many jazz saxophonists, much of Sanborn's influence has been when he has stepped outside of the traditional blues and jazz end of the spectrum, and worked with such greats as Eric Clapton, Marcus Miller, Stevie Wonder etc. who have been more on the R&B/rock side of the spectrum. While many jazz enthusiasts were pleased with Sanborn returning to the roots of Jazz with his 2008 release "Here and Gone", others who enjoyed the more contemporary end of Sanborn's playing, missed his more modern ideas in his music. If you are a jazz enthusiast at heart, you will enjoy this CD. If you enjoyed "Here and Gone", you would enjoy this CD too, as stylistically and musically, they are the same. If you have followed Sanborn throughout his long career, since his "Beck and Sanborn" and "Taking Off" releases of 1975, you will know that typically each Sanborn release is different from previous ones.

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Live & Mo' is a custom blend of songs hand picked by multiple Grammy winning artist Keb' Mo' for the premier release on his own label Yolabelle International. Comprised of six live performances harvested from pinnacle moments on the road and four new studio recordings, including the aspirational anthem A Brand New America and the wry funky groove of Government Cheese. Live and Mo' represents another musical experience to be savored from Keb' Mo'. Mo's music is a purely post-modern expression of the artistic and cultural journey that has transformed the Blues, and his own point of view, over time. His distinctive sound embraces multiple eras and genres, including pop, rock, folk, jazz and the singer songwriter movement. For Keb' Mo' the common bond between these influences is the underlying storytelling ethic, the power of song to convey human experience and emotional weight. Keb' Mo' is a multiple Grammy award winner for Best Contemporary Blues album in 1997,1999 and 2005. He was nominated four other times. He has also won 10 WC Handy Blues awards. His self-titled first album from 1994, Keb' Mo', has been certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000. Keb' Mo' portrayed Robert Johnson in the documentary film Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? and portrays Jimmy Rogers in the forthcoming Who Do You Love, the biopic of Leonard Chess and Chess Records. He also composed music for 18 episodes of television's Freddie series (Freddie Prinze jr.), was a guest actor on five episodes of Touched By An Angel and more...

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Ub40's 'labour of love iv', is their first labour of love album since 1998's 'labour of love iii', and coming just in time for valentines day! Literally millions of people from across the globe have developed a love for jamaican music after hearing ub40, and the band's commitment to their early influences is as strong as ever. The labour of love series began in 1983, with a number one album and number one single ('red, red wine)'. This was followed in 1989 by labour of love ii, which spawned a no.4 single ('kingston town') and two u.s. billboard top 10s. Another top 10 album, labour of love iii, and single ('come back, darling') was released in 1998. 'labour of love iv' continues what has become a passion for the band; to share their love of reggae classics, some well-known, some not so. Recorded at ub40's reflex studios in birmingham in the spring 2009, the album comprises 14 tracks featuring covers such as delroy wilson ('close to me'), john holt songs ('i don't want to see you cry' and 'man next door'), american soul stars smokey robinson ('tracks of my tears') and sam cooke ('bring it on home to me') plus more. Labour of love iv is the first to feature another talented campbell brother, duncan, on lead vocals.

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The call went out in 2008 for the group to re-convene at Peter Gabriel's Real World studio, near Sade's home in the countryside of south west England. It was the first time the four principals had met up since the Lover's Rock tour wrapped in 2001. Bassist Paul Denman de-camped from Los Angeles, where he had been managing his teenage son's punk band, Orange. Guitarist and sax player Stuart Matthewman interrupted his film soundtrack work in New York, and keyboardist Andrew Hale gave up his A&R consultancy.

In a series of fortnightly sessions at Real World, Sade sketched out the material for a new album which, they all felt, was probably their most ambitious to date. In particular, the sonic layering and martial beats of the title track, Soldier Of Love, sounded quite different from anything they had previously recorded. According to Andrew Hale: “The big question for all of us at the beginning was, did we still want to do this and could we still get along as friends?” The answer soon came back as a passionate affirmative.

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This record is a balance of darkness and light, thanks in no small part to the studio presence of Joe Barresi, the man behind the sonics of Tool and Queens Of The Stone Age. For years, audiences have swooned and swayed to the dark throb of Rudd's live shows, the pulsing low-end of the Australian didgeridoo, and the biting drone of his slide guitar - now "Dark Shades Of Blue" captures that visceral presence with Rudd's guitar and vocals at their most heavy and psychedelic. Fans of Tool will embrace the new sound, while the fan base Xavier has built touring with Dave Matthews and Ben Harper will be amazed at how the new album captures his live performance.

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There are a few recognisable Four Tet trademarks along the way on this record, notably the chopped-up vocals and general CD-on-the-blink effects of album opener Angel Echoes, which, again, may sound slightly off-putting for those who wouldn’t normally purchase experimental electronica. But the soulful female voice, stuttering and struggling against the onrushing sonic wave, is so affecting that the track’s abstract nature becomes almost incidental. It’s a theme that recurs throughout the record, and, indeed, that defines the Four Tet canon: mesmeric, melody-laden music, with varying degrees of difficulty. There is Love in You should be a fine introductory course.

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Falling Down a Mountain, Tindersticks’ eighth album, is the sound of a band rediscovering themselves. Its immediate predecessor, 2008’s The Hungry Saw, felt an afterthought. That record ended a five-year hiatus during which it seemed ­– judging by singer Stuart Staples’ budding solo career ­– that Tindersticks might have ground to a terminal halt. In and of itself, The Hungry Saw still sounds the runt of the group’s generally impressive litter of melancholy soul. But this, their first collection for 4AD (and first with a new line-up including drummer Earl Harvin and guitarist David Kitt),­ represents a significant recovery of nerve.

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I'm a big fan of indie music but I think the genre has become a bit too repetitive lately with too many bands attempting to sound like The Shins or Death Cab for Cutie. For those of you who feel the same you should definitely check out The Airborne Toxic Event. Singer Mikel Jollett has a very pleasant voice that is very fresh in a music industry that loves to mimic Chris Martin. The tracks on the self titled album are really different from each other yet still feel like they belong on the same album together. The Airborne Toxic Event incorporates strings and pianos into some of their songs which adds another whole new depth to the album. Music is all about finding what's next in the business. While I don't think The Airborne Toxic Event will perform well on the mainstream chart I think they will find their place amongst the indie and alternative fans. This is one band you don't want to miss.

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Ozric Tentacles have long been a mainstay on the underground music festival circuit, and it is due time for them to garner real recognition. Ed Wynne is a marvelous guitarist, and he is also the writer of all of the band's songs. And the synthesizers: it's like you're spinning through space with a flying teapot of Pot Head Pixies forming a band playing their asses off. At once peaceful yet invigorating, the Ozric Tentacles are probably like nothing you've ever heard before, although you've probably heard elements of their sound here and there in other bands. But imagine if Jimi Hendrix played psychedelic jazz rock fusion instead of straight forward songs or the blues, and you're starting to get the idea.

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Once laughed off as a prog rock dinosaur as the founder of Genesis, Peter Gabriel has gained an immense amount of newfound respect this decade through tireless collaborations, supporting the advancement of world music, and not being Phil Collins. After returning the favor of being namechecked by Vampire Weekend with a cover of "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," it's no suprise that Gabriel's been keeping tabs on the latest crazes in music. Scratch My Back may be the sum of Gabriel's collaborative spirit, with covers of everyone from Elbow, Bon Iver, to Arcade Fire and Radiohead to David Bowie and Paul Simon. Gabriel's first solo album since 2002's Up will no doubt bring younger bands to the attention of baby boomers who will buy anything Gabriel produces.

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Of a Revolution, better known as O.A.R., is an American rock band consisting of Marc Roberge (vocals, guitar), Chris Culos (drums, percussion), Richard On (guitar, backing vocals), Benj Gershman (bass guitar), and Jerry DePizzo (saxophone, guitar, backing vocals). Due to massive online distribution over campus networks, the band has become a hit among college students, with many songs relating to the band members' personal lives at The Ohio State University and growing up in Rockville, Maryland. 4 CD Set with 37 Songs Recorded over 2 Nights at Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, this electrifying 4-disc set was mixed by Jeff Juliano and Produced by O.A.R. 'Rain or Shine' is packed with percolating rhythms, thought provoking lyrics and soaring vocals truly capturing the raw energy and power of O.A.R.'s live performance.

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This four-CD box set remains the absolutely definitive B.B. King collection, with 77 recordings and a biographical book that contains the great singer-guitarist's own remembrances of his decades-long career. It samples every stage of his development, from his days struggling to craft his music in the shadow of influences like T-Bone Walker and Lonnie Johnson to his latter-day pairings with rockers like Bonnie Raitt and Gary Moore. The one constant is his open-hearted singing and the soulful, contemplative solos he squeezes from his beloved guitar Lucille. These discs, of course, embrace all his essential hits, from his first--1951's "Three O'Clock Blues"--to his 1970 smash "The Thrill Is Gone," which took King to the pop charts and made him a household name. If this package is too lavish for the budget, try the excellent Best of B.B. King, Volume 1, which collects many of King's great early works.

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This is a great collection of tunes by a truly fun and in their day unique band. They always had tunes that translated well into long jams with an infectious groove reminicient of the Grateful Dead. One of the best things about this particular collection is that it includes "LETS WORK TOGETHER",a really foot thumping,head boobin beat song that is often left off of other CANNED HEAT collections. A must for any sixties collection or for anyone who just loves to boogie.

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This 2 CD set represents the best introduction to Hooker's trademark sound: one- and two-chord vamps delivered with a hypnotic, perpetual boogie rhythm and accented by reverberating staccato runs and intense foot-stomping. With his deep, rich voice, Hooker electrified the blues of the Delta, bringing the stark, brooding sound to the city and influencing scores of rock musicians. Most of his highlights are here: from early Modern classics "Boogie Chillen," "Crawlin' King Snake," and "House Rent Boogie"; to Vee-Jay singles "Boom Boom" and "Dimples"; to 1966 Chess work with Chicagoans Lafayette Leake and Willie Dixon; to 1971 collaborations with rockers Canned Heat; to performances with modern blues stars Roy Rogers and Bonnie Raitt.

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Arguably the greatest blues guitarist of the last quarter century, this is two-and-a-half hours of his best work. The 33 tracks are presented essentially in chronological order beginning with a 1980 live performance of Willie Dixon's "Shake for Me" and ending with the stark performance of the autobiographical "Life By the Drop" taken from 1991's posthumous release THE SKY IS CRYING. Also included are a couple of tracks ("Telephone Song" and "Long Way from Home") from FAMILY STYLE, an album he cut with his older brother Jimmie just months before his death.

While there are no previoulsy unreleased tracks on this compilation, this is a solid overview of the most influential guitarist since Jimi Hendrix. If you can't afford his entire catalog, this is an excellent alternative. Highly recommended.

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Hello visitors of TMI, i hope you had a good turn of the year. As 2010 is staring at The Mood Indicator, i wonder if the journey to heal is finished. As there have been many great musical moods over the years that turned in to the soundtrack of my life, i doubt about continuing with The Mood Indicator. Merely because the effort to maintain this blog is putting me off. Well, we will see. In the meantime enjoy this little compilation i put together. Many great and classic moods that travelled along with me over the years. BTW: Australia was great. Play it loud, do take care, she be right.

01 Joy Division - Atmosphere.mp3
02 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah.mp3
03 Johnny Cash - Hurt.mp3
04 Gavin Friday - Wind and Rain.mp3
05 Joe Bonamassa - Happier Times.mp3
06 Neil Young - Like a Hurricane(unplugged).mp3
07 John Hiatt - Stood Up.mp3
08 Keane - You dont see me.mp3
09 Live - Lightning Crashes.mp3
10 Talk Talk - I Don't Believe in You.mp3
11 The Beatles - Let It Be(Remastered2009).mp3
12 Pearl jam - Just breathe.mp3
13 OMD - The Beginning And The End.mp3
14 Phil Lynott - Fatalistic Attitude.mp3

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Of all the two-piece rock bands (Dresden Dolls, The White Stripes, The Kills, John & Jehn) out there making a royal racket, The Black Keys are by far the least affected by the last three decades of popular music, and evolution. Even more so than Jack & Meg. Which makes you check the album credits twice and then seek a second opinion--produced by celebrated uber-producer, superstar DJ and one half of Gnarls Barkley, the ubiquitous and really quite modern Danger Mouse?! No, your eyes do not deceive you, but thankfully neither do your ears. He may have brought a discipline and expensive sheen to Attack & Release, the riffing is buffed up real good, but this is essentially the same band that continues to live less of a life and more a Jimi Hendrix Experience. If there is a change it's that for the first time their foot is teased off the accelerator, with "Lies", "Remember When (Side A)" and "Oceans & Streams" loosening their shoulders and playing a more chilled brand of dusty sunset southern blues, adding in keys and new layers of texture (is that really a flute on "Same Old Thing"?!). There's still plenty of chance, on the massive Zeppelin-esque "Strange Times" and "Remember When (Side B)" for instance, to leave a boot mark though. More release than attack this time around, but the blues key still fits.

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The mind-bending band that gave us what is largely considered the decade's most viewed music video (60M clicks- even the Simpsons parodied it), the treadmillmanned "Here It Goes Again" is back. Never content to rest on their laurels, OK GO is preparing to tread anything but familiar territory with their upcoming new album, Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky.The super creative Ok Go still has the DIY attitude and artistic vision that millions fell in love with. Innovative videos for "WTF?" and "This Too Shall Pass" Syncs for Ok Go have already debuted in Soundtracks, including NEW MOON, the second installment of The Twilight series, The 90210 soundtrack and "One Tree Hill".

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Built on the powerful songwriting of Christopher Owens and the ethereal production of Chet "JR" White, Girls recorded Album in a variety of bedrooms and rehearsal studios in their adopted hometown, San Francisco. The resulting 12 tracks are the perfect San Fran summer record, evoking a narcotic, sunny afternoon in Dolores Park, yet promising the eventual hangover of summer's departure. Album is self-described as "honest, loose, ethereal, obnoxious and perfect," it is a sincere tribute to the majesty of great pop music and the healing power of rock and roll.

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Formed in late 2007 through a shared love of country, bluegrass and folk, the Mummers belong to a clique that’s already scaled grand artistic peaks; performers such as Laura Marling and Noah And The Whale taking the shambling, confessional style of the New York anti-folk scene and fleshing it out for broader commercial appeal. Initially known as the on-off backing band for Marling, the group finally step out of the shadows with ‘Sigh No More’, staking its claim as The Band to the elfin one’s Bob Dylan. The result is a record to rouse rabbles and warm cockles in equal measure, full of salty words to the wise and buoyed by Arcade Fire and The Maccabees accomplice Markus Dravs’ slick production job.

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Massive Attack are an electronic band from England formed by 3D, Daddy G, Mushroom and Tricky, who combine soul, jazz and hip-hop to produce their distinctive trip-hop sound.

Their debut album was the classic Blue Lines (1991). A fusion of hip-hop and dub, it pioneered trip-hop and gave meaning to the description 'the Bristol sound'. It included the much acclaimed single "Unfinished Sympathy", and was praised as one of the finest albums of the decade.

Follow-up album, 1994's Protection, produced the ultimate chill-out single "Karmacoma". The album was another critical success, though most thought it was not quite as good as Blue Lines.

The release of Mezzanine in 1998 saw the darker side of Massive Attack coming to the fore, with harsh guitars and deep, gloomy bass prominent. The album was another huge hit with fans and critics, and despite the whole album being available to download some time prior to its release, it still got to No.1 on the UK charts. 2003's 100th Window followed, pursuing similar themes to Mezzanine, though not quite so effectively.

In 2004 the band worked on the soundtrack for Danny the Dog, the Luc Besson film released in the US as Unleashed.

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Ed Kowalczyk knows a thing or two about transmitting personal anguish through song. Even though the Live frontman is often derided as a budget-bin Michael Stipe, there is no denying his cathartic influence on this Pennsylvania foursome's musical direction. Throwing Copper is not only Live's most successful release (six-million-plus copies sold) but also the best showcase for Kowalczyk's fierce vocal prowess. From the violent "Selling the Drama" to the moving "Lightning Crashes," this is an album of unparalleled intensity by a singer and group of rare passion

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Like the first album, Contra was produced by keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij and is the realization of a whole and unique musical vision that sees the band stretching out and adding new textures, instrumentation, and rhythms into their sound.Primarily recorded in New York with a springtime sojourn to Mexico, Contra feels altogether fresh, joyous, and like nothing else but is immediately recognizable as the sound of Vampire Weekend.

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Nine years after Lovers Rock aka the album that almost got us pregnant about a thousand times, Sade is back with Soldier of Love, due out February 2010. When we first found out about her return, our hearts (and reproductive organs) were filled with anxiety—would she be the same? would we be the same?—but the eponymous first single has put us at ease. It’s a narcotic skank with intro horns that remind us of Hov’s “Encore” and a guitar scratch smoothed by Sade’s inimitable cool voice. Plus, now we got jobs so if we have to go half on a baby it won’t be nearly as traumatic. Welcome back, Sade.

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Jimmy Page and Robert Plant changed the face of rock 'n' roll as cofounders of Led Zeppelin. The massively influential group disbanded in 1980 following drummer John Bonham's death, and Page & Plant pursued solo careers before reuniting in 1994 for MTV's hugely popular Unplugged. That historic session-which led to an international new studio album-became New Quarter. Page's guitar virtuosity and Plant's vocal mastery are potent as ever as they deliver those inspired, reinvented, takes on choice picks from the Led Zeppelin songbook.

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Exuberant, bright and energetic, these two string quartets performed by Apartment House ( a traditional line-up of 2 violins, viola and cello) manage to cover a few centuries' worth of style while never departing from a very contemporary aesthetic that finds unique inflections from Native American and Japanese cultures. Garland's first, String Quartet No. 1, "In Praise of Poor Scholars", seems to reference a number of styles and periods, but does so in a somewhat superficial way, acknowledging diverse compositional techniques without resorting to either emulation or pastiche. Like the music, the titles' inferences are playful and poetic. Movements are given engaging, conversational and descriptive names: "Like an elegant slow dance..." and "Like a simple Indian dance-elegant and eloquent". So like, but at the same time unlike. The 6 movements of String Quartet No.1 display theme and variation - the opening movement "Rondeau `nouveau'" displays a deft and rapid progression that shifts from a opening simple phrase through multiple variations to a sort of phase music peak all in a matter of just a few minutes - as well as a more intuitive slip and slide contrasts in rhythm, timbre and touch. The 5 movements of String Quartet No. 2, "Crazy Cloud" are as immaculately detailed as the No.1 and demonstrate a somewhat broader emotional range, momentarily setting aside the ever present vigor and shine for a somewhat minor-key movement that is reflective, slower, even a bit mournful. Garland provides listeners with access to two remarkably intelligent and highly approachable 20th century works.

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2009 release, the third album from the Norwegian Pop/Folk duo (Erik Boe and Erlend Oye). Declaration of Dependence is the story of two people living two very different lives sensing that they are immensely more powerful together than apart. In that sense it is the most adult, the most mature record Kings of Convenience have ever made. That it is their most gripping, their most revealing is, if anything, just a by-product of that honesty and their endeavor. "Erlend is a very stubborn individual with extreme belief in his own ideas," says Erik of his partner. "He's very free and creative and his access to unusual and fresh ideas is very good. I find that quite unique. For some reason they are very similar to my ideas on music - we like the same unusualness."

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Wolfsheim is one of Germany's inveterate synth pop groups, a band that has outlived numerous rock & roll trends by remaining committed to their original sound. The group was formed in 1987 by siblings Markus Reinhardt and Olli Reinhardt and Pompejo Ricciardi (vocals). However, Ricciardi departed from Wolfsheim shortly after they recorded their first demo; he was replaced by Peter Heppner, a singer who was already familiar with the brothers since they were all raised in the same area of Wilhelmsburg, Germany. Olli eventually left the band as well, turning Wolfsheim into a duo. Heppner started writing new tracks, and Wolfsheim distributed two more cassettes to record labels. All of them replied with a rejection. In 1991, Strange Ways Records released Wolfsheim's CD single "The Sparrows and the Nightingales"; it sold more than 10,000 copies. It was followed by "It's Not Too Late"; a full-length, No Happy View, appeared a year later, selling more than 40,000 copies. In 1996, Reinhardt recorded Der Genetische Traum under the name Neustart, a side project featuring members of Girls Under Glass and Stalin. Wolfsheim's fifth LP, Spectators, peaked at number two in Germany in 1999. Spectators was released in the U.S. in 2001 by Metropolis Records; Their swan song Casting Shadows came in 2003.

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I have been following the devics' music now for a few years. It never ceases to amaze me how much they continue to grow as musicians and change their style. The newest cd "the stars at Saint Andrea" is another example of just that. It is remarkably different from their last effort "my beautiful sinking ship" and their best work to date. Sara Lov has the most expressive and mellifluous voice I have heard. She is not just a singer but a narrator and a poet. Dustin O'Halloran plays almost all of the instruments this time around and apparently they wrote and recorded this record on their own in an old farmhouse in Italy. Don't worry Ed Maxwell is still in the mix adding his gorgeous upright bass and for the live shows they have 2 new members. "The stars at Saint Andrea" is the perfect mix of Analogue electronic sounds and organic instrumentation. Their music has too wide a range to pinpoint the source or diagnose a genre. If you are already a devics fan, you are going to LOVE this record. If it's your first time...I'm jealous.

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If you had heard only a few Bodeans songs and wanted to start a collection of CD's, start here. The more you listen to this album, the more you think you are listening to a greatest hits ensemble. On the contrary, it is simply an album that has few pitfalls, and every song seems to breath the songs title. The rythyms, the vocals matched with powerful lyrics give each song it's own trademark. Symbolically, "Good Things" seems to serve as a preamble to the entire album, just as "Going Home" is an emotion filled close to a masterpiece. You can't help but become attatched to the Bodeans sound after experiencing "Black and White" Enjoy!

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Beneath the curiously comic name, cabaret presentation and funky instrumentals, lurks a band of the sort that used to be signed by major record labels. A band whose sound and style develop from one album to the next, a band whose career evolves and matures. If The Voodoo Trombone Quartets debut was described as a "future cult classic" (Future Music) then Again must surely be, simply, a classic. The long-awaited and keenly anticipated second album from The Voodoo Trombone Quartet fulfills the tantalising promise of their progressively more polished 10" vinyl EPs: The Phantom (2007) and Vibrations (2008). Again showcases wonderful songwriting on tracks like So Innocent or South Westerly (the forthcoming summer single that has radio written all over it) and sees the band shake off their early ska tag. The songs here are at once accessible and positive without being either trite or corny. They are unashamedly grown-up pop, without being boring or middle aged. They have the confident smile of youthfulness playing across their faces; bold, bright funk; tight production and warm vinyl flavors and even include a reggae-tinged take on the Rocksteady Crews eighties b-boy anthem.

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1. Talk Talk – The Colour of spring
2. Pearl Jam – 10
3. Simple minds – New gold dream
4. Stone Roses – Stone Roses
5. Etta James – Burning down the house
6. Daniel Lanois – Acadie
7. Robbie Robertson – Robbie Robertson
8. The Waterboys – This is the sea
9. OMD – Architecture and Morality
10. Peter Gabriel – US

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