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Last of the all bands (not named All) is Allo Darlin who hail from London but revolve around the excellent vocals of Australian Elizabeth Morris (formerly of Talulah Gosh and Tender Trap). Sure, there are influences draped all through this album, but music is supposed to be fun, and Biffy Clyro comparisons aside, take some time to discover a couple of gems – “ New Education,” “The Horizon” and “Arcane.” Hell, Morrissey likes them. However, as I shuffle through the iTunes, I keep getting sucked into the catchy melodies and fun songs. This album will get lost in the shuffle because the vocals ( which are really well done) are not that distinctive. This album is amazingly produced, which presents the difficulty – the production takes away from some songs that would have been better, striped of the production. Keeping with the all theme, All The Young from Stoke, England, are really a left field pick for this month. Try “Goodbye Rock and Roll,” “Fuel Fire,” and “Plan B.” Another late night record. This record, which is not due out until October 2012, features a duo of lead vocalists, Kathryn and Rosalie who make acoustic, California pop, that should find them broad appeal when this LP is actually released.

#WHISKEYTOWN PNEUMONIA MEGAUPLOADS MAC#

You can probably guess, that I love piano in my rock music, and this album is loaded with tunes that remind of the best parts of Fleetwood Mac (Rumors) but with its own lush feel. Sit back…and smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.įalmouth’s All The Fire also makes beautiful music. Try the breathtaking ballad “Can’t Make Me Run,” “Big Station” and Bottom of the World. This record has some Springsteen touches ( see “Bottom of the World”) and is most notably, a great late night after the party record with a terrific smoky blues bar feel. Alejandro, as much as others are credited, notably Whiskeytown, is really the founder of the alt-country genre. A founding member of the legendary punk rockers, the Nuns, Alejandro moved to Austin to form Rank & File (the birth of cow-punk) with the Kinman Brothers and True Believers (with his brother Javier and the Skunks, John Dee Graham). While I am not a big believer in history, Alejandro has played in several legendary bands and has recorded an amazing wealth of amazing songs over the past 40 years. At 61, Alejandro has not slowed down and this is a great straight forward, hook laden rock record. “Man of the World”, the first track on this record says it all – he is a man of the world. Okay, he’s older than I am by a few years. Although some of you may recognize some of these, it is always good to pull out some gems that need some dusting off and which over time have grown into some of my all time favorites.Īlejandro Escovedo is as old as time. I think you will find that this month’s offerings are amongst the most diverse I’ve dropped ever, and I managed to sneak in some oldies that I’ve been listening too as well. I have been hard at work on a special project, of sorts, compiling some of the best, rarest, unreleased recordings, live shows, demos and outtakes, but there has been such a rush of great new recordings that felt that project should be put on the back burner so I could get this new stuff into the drop box. It has been a while since the last blast into the drop box. Stay tuned….įor those of you who tuned in – here are the older notes that I could locate ( in reverse chronological order i.e newest first:

I’m going to place the old drop box notes that I can find on this page so everyone will have access to the complete recorded history of the drop box.

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